“Armors! Selling armors! We have different kinds and they are very durable!”
“Young Wolf man I think that this dagger really suit you, you look really quick and agile try this one.”
“Potion for all kinds of wounds and diseases sold here!”
“Hey shopkeeper how much is this Iron greaves?”
As soon as we arrived at the town center, the cries and shout of the merchants and customers were heard. This town actually has around three thousand locals and add to that this place is usually crowded by people coming from other towns just to trade. This explains why this town has large amount of goods being bought and sold.
Looking around, I was able to see different items, weapons, armors, salves, potions, pots, carpets, leathers, scales, and other whatnots. It ranges from things needed against beast, healing items, fruits and vegetables, meat, and even other miscellaneous items like papers and bowls.
As I was looking around, a certain thing caught my eye; it was an asymmetrical dagger around twenty centimetres in length with wavy edge similar to a kris dagger. What made it different with the other weapons on sale is that there is an engraving on the dagger itself that gives off a bluish light as well as the occasional lighting sparks that comes from it. As I was amazed by how the dagger looks different from the others my father gave a slight budge while saying. “I see that you have an eye for things, that’s a dagger with a magical engraving, usually there is not even a single magical item sold when I come here, we must be lucky to be able to see one today.”
Hearing this I was immediately happy that I was able to finally see the first magical item since I came to this world. With the existence of this items this I have realized how magical this world really is. Although I have already seen some villagers cast and use magic, it was the simplest magic that people can use and most of it cannot even be used for combat and dealing with enemies.
“Are magical items that rare?”
“Yes, magical weapons are extremely expensive as well as extremely hard to find because they are not produced on these parts, they are only made at the cities or sometimes the largest towns because they are the only places where there are engravers that can make them.”
“What’s special about those weapons? And why are they so different from normal weapons, do they inflict magical effects on your enemies?”
Usually magical items on games and novels have certain element attached to them, this makes items more powerful and easier to classify. There are also some that has active effect, while some have passive ones. I was really curious to see just what type of power this dagger gives.
“Magical items’ effects differ depending on the engravings on them. I am not good when it comes to those kinds of things as I have only heard a few things about it but I’m sure the merchants whose selling the dagger knows what kind of effects it gives.”
We went closer towards the place where the dagger is located. Here a lot of people are already gathered, most of them are clothed with more expensive clothing, and most of them even have their personal bodyguards with them.
As we were discussing the effects of the dagger, the Dwarven merchant immediately climbed towards the wooden platform that his assistants placed, while holding the wooden box containing the magical dagger, the merchant suddenly shouted.
“Greetings people of Baan I present to you this kris dagger that I am holding, the blade of this dagger is made out of the strongest steel and crafted by a grade three blacksmith from the grand village of Damas. Its handle also made out of the bones of a level three wolf, while the rest of the parts are made from different level two beasts. As you can see, the most special thing about this is that this has an engraving placed here by a level one engraver from the same village, and I know that the thing that you are most curious about is about the effects of this engraving.”
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While saying this, the merchant looked at every people around him while smiling. He grabbed the dagger while his assistant stood next to him while holding a tree trunk around fifteen centimeters in diameter and around a half a meter in height. While holding the dagger, the merchant placed his feet a half a meter apart, one at front while one at the back, then he raised the dagger, after raising it atop his head he immediately brought it down. “Ha!”
After a he brought the dagger down, the wood immediately split in half, in the middle of the trunk you could actually see the charred portion where the dagger cut the wood, it is cleanly cut in half and some smoke are still appearing.
The merchant then turned towards the crowd and then smiled. “As you can see this dagger has increased slicing capability while also having a lightning ability that adds to its destructiveness. It looks pretty weak when viewed by the ones who do not know its true capabilities, but I believe the experts among here knows the true value of this item.” The merchant smiled and then said.
“The starting price for this item is three thousand gold coins.”
Hearing this I was startled with how much this dagger costs.
“Three thousand gold coins? Father isn’t that too expensive for just a dagger alone?”
It should be known that commonly a middle class family usually earns around thirty gold coins per year, while a lower class family usually earns only around ten to fifteen gold coins per year.
Hearing this, my father just shakes his head then saying. “This price is actually low for a magical item, this is bidding will probably double or triple the price depending on the people whose bidding on this item. Magical items are extremely strong when used by an expert and it’s extremely rare to see one on this type of village so the price is especially high.”
“Three thousand five hundred!”
“Three thousand eight hundred!”
“Four thousand!”
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The bidding continued until it reached the price of eight thousand gold coins. An Avian beast man wearing a green scaled vest and scale pants with intricate designs was able to outbid the others for the dagger. He was accompanied by five bodyguards from the same race while all of them were wearing different weapons.
After the bidding, the avian quickly left with the dagger along with his bodyguards and the people watching immediately dispersed. As they left, I was able to see some people who were looking and went in the same direction as the man.
“Quit looking, we have already seen the bidding it’s now time for us to get what we came here for.”
“Yes father.”
After we went towards the nearest general store to look for the blood of a level two bull, not all stores have them, so we would have to visit a lot of shops in order to look for one.