[Delivered at three. I didn't break my promise. Four on Sunday. I hope everyone will support me.]
Continuing to the southeast, Salin finally saw the strength of the Caucasians. The huge stick on Sicar's back had never been used. She only hunted with a foot-long boomerang.
The V-shaped boomerang had a sharp blade inside and outside, and was usually kept in a leather case. Sicar held it with her bare hands, as if the sharp metal blade did not exist. Whether it was a beast, a magical beast, a giant tree or a rock, Sicar's boomerang cut it in half.
Sicar was not afraid of the cold. Her animal skin clothes exposed her belly button and thighs. She did not change her clothes even in this late autumn. Her leather bag was at least five times the size of Salin's, and it was stuffed to the brim. Fortunately, her appetite was not too big, only two or three times that of Salin.
The two wandered in the mountains for another month. It was already winter, and they finally found the way out. After asking around in the village, they continued walking east for 200 miles, and reached the city of Dean.
Sicar was in awe of Salin. A person who could find the direction of the city from the mountains without a map was amazing.
Out of the mountains, there was a large plain in the east, and the population was densely populated. The population of the four empires added up to more than 400 million. Skocenya had more than 100 million people and hundreds of big cities. It was purely an accident that Salin came to this direction.
After more than a month, Salin had a general understanding of Sicar. She was no different from an ordinary Caucasian, born in a poor tribe. Although the tribe was poor, the villagers were brave. Magical beasts could not affect the increase in the tribe's population. Every year, many Caucasian warriors like her would come out of the mountains just to make a living.
Sicar was smart and simple. Although she was a little muddle-headed in life, she was absolutely outstanding in battle.
Such a person would not be able to make money no matter how strong she was, unless the merchants were not evil. Sicar's intelligence was used in battle. Her body was as strong as a magic leopard, and she was as stupid as a pig when it came to managing money. This made Salin completely lose the idea of scheming. After entering the city, he would have to take care of her himself.
Sicar was also happy to follow Salin. She could not read, but as a Caucasian, it was not easy to speak the common language. Following a knowledgeable magician, Sicar felt that she had hit a treasure.
The prosperity of Dean City exceeded Salin's imagination. There were shops everywhere, adventurers and mercenaries could be seen everywhere. It was already winter, but the atmosphere here was as warm as summer.
Salin brought Shika to a few shops and felt that his gold coins were pitifully little. He couldn't even afford to buy a piece of equipment that satisfied him. The goods that mages used cost more than ten thousand gold coins. Salin really couldn't stand the sight of those that cost around one or two thousand gold coins. He could only describe them as simple and crude.
There was another problem. Shika's appearance had attracted the attention of adventurers. There were even a few mercenary groups blocking the way, hoping to recruit Shika. It was rare to see such a beautiful Caucasian. She was pleasing to the eye and powerful. One could tell just by looking at the weapon on her back.
Fortunately, no one was violent. Everyone here recognized Sorcerer Salin's attire, but his rude words and respectful demeanor looked very strange. After all, low-level mercenaries were not cultured and were used to rough communication.
Salin said with a headache, "Sicar, change your clothes."
"I'm out of money. Once I left the mountain, I used all my money to buy holy water." Shika shook her head decisively.
Speaking of holy water, Salin's eye twitched, as if the pain was still there. He was a little uneasy. Why didn't healing holy water work on him? Slightly distracted, Salin said, "I'll pay for you. You're attracting too much attention."
"Alright." Shika didn't stand on ceremony. She was annoyed by a few mercenaries blocking the way. She didn't care about their strength, but she couldn't chase them away in the city. She also understood that she was very popular with low-level mercenary groups, but it was too difficult for them to earn money. She wanted a lot of money to buy a lot of things to bring back to the tribe.
Based on his experience in Ceylon City, Salin brought Shika to a relatively remote street, randomly found a shop and walked in. The shop was not big, about fifty meters wide. There were stairs that divided into two floors.
Seeing a mage walk in with a Caucasian warrior, the owner came up to greet them enthusiastically.
"Sir mage, what do you need? I'll give you a discount." The owner put on a smiling face. He was more enthusiastic than the people in Ceylon City, and less fake. It was easy to earn money from mages. They all carried large amounts of gold with them.
"I want a set of leather armor, suitable for her." Salin pointed at Shika.
The owner was a little disappointed. She wasn't buying mage equipment, so he wouldn't earn much. But he still had fine leather armor, so it was a business. Still smiling, he bent over and gestured for Shika to go in.
Following the owner to the second floor, the owner called a worker over to serve tea and snacks. He accompanied Salin and Shika, and the worker went to get the leather armor. His shop was small, so he wouldn't put all his goods on the counter.
Soon, two assistants carried a huge wooden box from the warehouse in the backyard. The wooden box had not been opened yet, and there was a firm's logo on it. There were also a few pieces of paper with the place, date, and firm's mark of the order.
Opening the lead seal and lifting the lid, a set of leather armor was revealed under the light of the magic lamp.
Salin's pupils contracted. He felt a slight magic wave on the armor. This was a leather armor that had been treated with magic. There was no permanent magic on it, but the quality was already very good, and could be modified into magic armor.
This kind of equipment would be very expensive!
Shika's eyes lit up. The leather armor was grey, and there were black patterns treated with potions. These patterns were suitable for hiding in the wild, so they weren't completely useless decorations.
The leather armor was the style of the Qinyin Empire. It was a little complicated, but very practical. The helmet protected the forehead, and could let the hair out from the back. The chin was an adhesive buckle that was easy to remove.
The breastplate was thickened, and the interlayer was probably made of metal or magical beast bone.
The arm only reached the elbow, and then the wrist guard. There were no gloves like the Tanggulas Empire armor. The belt was very wide, and the front was made of polished magical beast bone. The lower body was designed in the style of skirt armor, and the boots were thick-soled leather boots with spurs made of polished magical beast bone at the heels.
The entire leather armor didn't have any metal parts, and there were no stitches. It was a little troublesome to wear, but it was very flexible and wouldn't affect any battle movements. Even people who hadn't worn this kind of leather armor didn't need much time to get used to it.
This leather armor looked like the standard armor of the Qinyin Empire, but there were some accessories in the box. They could be repaired and replaced by themselves. Because it was specially sold to adventurers, it also came with a leather bag, a blanket, and a short sword.
Shika carefully flipped the leather armor over. There was a leather ring on the back that was fixed to the interlayer of keel. Weapons like heavy swords could be hung on it. Shika looked at Salin expectantly as she wore the leather armor.
She also knew that this thing wasn't cheap, so she couldn't ask Salin to buy it immediately.
"How much is it?" Salin asked calmly. He had a good eye. This leather armor was almost tailor-made for Shika, even the size of the shoes.
"960 gold coins. I've already given you a 20% discount." The boss took off the note on the box and showed it to Salin. On it was written the place of origin of the leather armor. "It's a jungle weapon, guaranteed quality."
Salin heaved a sigh of relief. Although it was expensive, he could still afford it. But the original price of this leather armor was more than a thousand gold coins. He had misjudged it. Ordinary leather armor was only one or two gold coins, and the better ones were no more than a few dozen gold coins. Anything over a hundred gold coins was already magic armor. This leather armor was so expensive, it seemed to be made of special materials.
"Do you accept deposits from the Imperial Bank here?" Salin asked as he picked up a booklet from the box. The booklet was indeed a product introduction. Li Chu's eyelids twitched. He saw the name of the magic beast, the saltwater alligator.
Level six magic beast! This leather armor was made of the material of a level six magic beast! The saltwater alligator was extremely fierce. Any book about magic beasts would mention it. Salin had heard of it for a long time.
"Of course, of course." The boss was happy. The magician had said so, so he wanted to buy the leather armor.
"Yes, I also need some materials for making scrolls."
"Sir Magician, if you want to use it for practice, buy the cheapest one. I'll have someone prepare it. How much do you need?" The boss was very practical when doing business. He could see that Salin was only a low-level magician and didn't need the materials for high-level scrolls.
Salin hesitated. He had no experience in making scrolls, only theoretical skills. If he bought too little, it wouldn't help him. If he bought too much, he wouldn't have that much money.
"Buy fifty blank scrolls first. A magic pen and a set of dragon-blood ink will do. The magic pen needs to be better."
"Eight hundred gold coins." The boss quickly estimated the price of these materials.
"I also need ten level-three magic cores." Salin estimated his money and said cautiously.
"One thousand gold coins."
Salin felt something escape from his body. It was the feeling of falling on the stone steps as a child and spitting out blood. This speed of spending money was more painful than bleeding!
Calculating, there were still four hundred gold coins that hadn't been spent. Plus his own one hundred and eight gold coins, he felt a little poor again. He took out the ring he'd won from Baron Ming Hui and asked, "Do you accept this?"
The boss glanced at it and said skillfully, "We don't accept jewelry. The ring is gold-plated, but it's inlaid with diopside. Such a large ring is worth a hundred gold coins. If you want to sell it, I'll take it for a hundred gold coins."
Salin was depressed. He'd misjudged. This was a fake. Diopside was produced in large quantities. This was obviously processed. He'd thought it was a Green Frozen Stone. If it was a Green Frozen Stone, it would be worth a thousand gold coins.
Damn Baron Ming Hui. If he'd known this was a fake, he would've beaten his head into a beehive.
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