Lord of War

  The whole auction hall fell into silence for ten seconds.

  But Jero deserves to be the ace auctioneer. He quickly reacted and began to announce whether there were any bidders.

  At this moment, many people on the auction floor are still in a state of shock.

Although these people do not know the exact price of smoky quartz fluorite, in their opinion, a piece of silver-grade magic equipment is only four hundred thousand yuan, but a piece of material can be sold for eight hundred and fifty thousand. , Isn't this a loss?

  Almost all nobles have this idea.

  Includes Asuna and Kos.

  The two people now looked at Sean with shocked expressions.

  Because the quotation of 850,000 just now was called out by Sean.

   "You... are you crazy?" Even Asuna couldn't help getting excited.

  Of course, the reason for her excitement is not that Sean spent so much money on a completely worthless thing, but...

  "Do you have so much money?"

   Faced with Asuna’s direct question so frankly, Sean shrugged: "No."

"Then you still pay 850,000?" Kos's brows also frowned. "This price is not affordable for ordinary people. Even a Marquis with a real estate can take at least four or five years to save. Come on. Of course, this time refers to the formal channel. If there is other gray income, it may be faster."

  The way ordinary nobles save their families is nothing more than squeezing the leaders, or operating special products in their own territory, or forming a mercenary to make extra money. And this kind of money is usually not going anywhere, so there will be other gray income methods. For example, some more frenzied lords will even raise a group of bandits to looting caravans in their own territories wantonly.

  And Sean, but just a Duke who just got the domain. Before that, he was a pioneering knight with only the name of a baron. Therefore, it is conceivable that he could not have a family property of 850,000, and even if he did, his current territory was almost completely destroyed in the war. The money did not go to the reconstruction of the territory. In terms of investment, instead of buying such a piece of material, no one can understand it.

  But I can’t understand, I can’t understand. After all, they are still a whole.

   "I can probably lend you two hundred thousand." Kos thought for a moment, and then said.

   "I can only borrow one hundred thousand from you." Asuna also followed up and said, "If you borrow some more money from others. Eighty-five thousand dollars can still be collected."

  Asuna's current situation also requires money in many aspects. It is not easy to save these 100,000 gold coins to borrow Sean.

  However, maybe because of seeing that Sean and others need to borrow money to bid, the attitude of the maids in the original room towards Kose and others immediately changed slightly. It's just that these people are all trained by the Chamber of Commerce Alliance after all. So this subtle change in attitude is naturally hidden deeply. Had it not been for Sean to be very sensitive to changes in breath, he would not have noticed the changes in the attitude of these maids.

"No need." Sean was naturally very moved by the attitude of the two of Kos and Asuna, "The Chamber of Commerce Alliance will not take this money in their eyes, and if I photographed them, you think they really dare Do you receive money?"

   "That's not true." Asuna shook her head. "I heard that Rodsk is a very cunning old fox, if he pretends to know nothing. You still have to pay the money."

Sean smiled indifferently: "It doesn't matter, as long as the Chamber of Commerce Alliance is willing to barter.... However, I wish the old fox had better pretend that he didn't know anything, so that it would be more convenient for me to ask for it. Something. If he is really too polite, then I would be embarrassed."

  For Sean’s words, Kos and Asuna naturally understood them clearly, so they didn’t make any comments. But if Sean needs to borrow money, they can only prepare to lend it to him. No matter how much it is, it will be a very large burden for them who are now undergoing post-war repairs and reconstruction. Only the nobles of the royal capital who had almost no losses in the auction house can still slap their wealth here.

  But just as Xiao En and others were talking so well, at the moment that the auctioneer was about to close the hammer, the Alchemist of Ryan once again quoted a new price.

  Nine hundred thousand.

  This is probably the final bottom line for his complete bankruptcy.

  Asuna and Kos looked at Shaun, because Shaun’s next approach will directly depend on whether their relationship between the nobles outside the Great Wall and the alchemy blacksmith is friendly or hostile in the days to come.

  However, the price that could be won by 830,000 yuan was abruptly raised by Sean to 900,000 yuan. I am afraid that this is also destined to be friendly to each other in the days to come. If you have to say that someone will be happy, I'm afraid it is the alchemy blacksmith Arnom, because at this moment, Sean is very sure that the smoky quartz fluorite was definitely auctioned by this guy himself, so he took it. The higher he is, the happier he is.

  It's best to get the money from Ryan, the alchemy blacksmith.

  Because of this, he can achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone.

  "Nine-five-five thousand yuan." Sean made another offer.

  In the auction room, once again fell silent.

   But this time, the ace auctioneer Jero didn't lose his mind again, but quickly entered the state and began to stir up the atmosphere. But unfortunately, the special nature of smoky quartz fluorite has caused this auction item to be auctioned only by people who really understand its value, and it has been robbed at such a high price, so even if Jero wants to break a record of transaction prices, it is also Impossible.

  So this time, when Jero announced three deals, no one cut off the price again.

"I really can't figure out why you want to take this stuff." Asuna saw that Sean finally took such a piece of material at a sky-high price, and she still couldn't understand it. "If this material is really like this As Nom said, the market price is at most 400,000. If you can get 830,000, I think it is a struggle between the two alchemists.... But you are good, it just cost 90. Fifty thousand photographed."

"That's because Arnom is an idiot." Sean curled his lips disdainfully. "A small silversmith really thinks the world is invincible? But it's just a frog at the bottom of a well. He doesn't even know the true smoky quartz fluorite. The value. If he knew it, then he would definitely regret that he sold such a thing for nine hundred and fifty thousand today. You must know that smoky fluorite is not a common material in the surface world."

  Hearing Sean’s words, both Asuna and Kose’s expressions were a little surprised.

Because the two of them were not vase maids trained by the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, the two of them naturally heard the hidden meaning of Sean’s words. It was obvious that Sean could win the ink for his ninety-five thousand dollars. Jing Fluorite felt very happy, as if he had picked a cheap one.

   "This thing. Isn't it only possible to create silver-level demonized equipment?"

"If you use this thing purely as a material, you can really only build a silver-level magical equipment." Xiao En nodded, "but if it is combined with several other materials, it can be made into a special magical stability. Agent... And this kind of magic stabilizer is specially applied to some special special effects gold-level magic equipment. I said that, can you understand the true value of smoky fluorite?"

  Hearing what Shaun said, not only Asuna and Kose, but also the maids were shocked.

  Because if Shaun’s statement is correct. Then the true value of smoky quartz fluorite may be around two million.

  General special effects gold magic equipment. Of course it is impossible to sell so expensive. Usually the transaction price is around one million. Sometimes if there are several people with deep pockets in the auction house at the same time, then the transaction price may be raised by a few hundred thousand, but this is the limit. But what Xiao En said was a special effect gold-level magic equipment, so the meaning was extraordinary.

  The so-called special, it means that either it is tailor-made specifically for the user, or it can be comparable to the equipment such as the famous legendary epic.

  Whatever it is. All have determined that the value of this type of golden equipment cannot be as low as possible.

  In the most intuitive ratio, if a low-level sanctuary powerhouse possesses a specially tailored special effect gold-level magic weapon. He can even use his own strength to the level of 200% or 300%, so that even the powerhouse of the upper sanctuary dare not easily provoke him. As for the middle sanctuary, it is already an existence that can be ignored.

  This is what really determines the value of this kind of special effects gold-level magic equipment. After all, in the right hands, its power is no less than myth-level equipment.

  So equipment like this is not something you can buy with money.

  In this way, Sean only spent nine hundred and fifty thousand to take the smoky quartz fluorite, which is indeed a very cheap price.

  It’s just that everyone present is very suspicious of why Sean knows this.

  As a war mad, he is accustomed to more straightforward communication, so when he thinks of this question, he immediately asks. Upon hearing Kose’s words, although the maids next to them pretended to be careless and not squinting, their sudden acceleration of heartbeat and slightly moving ears still betrayed their thoughts at this time. Obviously, these people have focused their attention. Li is ready to get information from Sean.

  In fact, the Chamber of Commerce Alliance arranged these maids to the rooms of each guest, and it was also unkind.

  On the surface, these maids are just doing some ministry work, but at the same time they are also the best tool for the Chamber of Commerce Alliance to gather intelligence. As long as they stay in the room, they can naturally hear a lot of secrets or other intelligence, news and so on. After they go back, they can receive a good reward as long as they report the news they heard. As for information For things like screening, the Chamber of Commerce Alliance is naturally responsible for others.

  In fact, Sean is very clear about these, but he doesn't care very much.

  Because he has decided that in the future, he is likely to make good use of his life and occupation to make money, so letting out a little bit of news is not something he can’t do. After all, he is now a duke with a realm, and his subordinates are also considered strong, so he does not need to hide the fact that he is an alchemist, after all, there is no nobleman who dares to force him today. Does he do something he doesn't like to do?

   "Where do you think Fred and Rena's weapons came from?" Sean gave a chuckle. He answered Kos's question simply.

  Those maids still didn't react, but Kos and Asuna were already shocked to speak.

  Because the two of them never thought that Sean was actually a middle-level goldsmith!

at this time. There was a knock on the door.

  A maid finally opened the door after receiving a signal from Sean.

   Standing outside the door is the ace auctioneer Jero, with a beautifully crafted box in his hand. There is no doubt that the smoky fluorite was obviously placed inside.

  According to the usual situation of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, the auctioneer will definitely come with the accompanying guards, although in name it is to protect the safety of the auctioned items. But everyone actually knows that it's just to prevent guests from messing around.

  However, this time, the ace auctioneer Jero came over alone, so it's hard to say that Sean is the daring master of the other party. Or to be confident about the safety of the auction tonight.

  Of course, no matter what kind of situation, Sean doesn’t care anyway, he just signaled the other person to come in after seeing the other person.

  After entering the room, Jero gently put the box in his hand on the table next to him. Then turn it on. He said in a low and hoarse voice that was different from the exuberant tone of the auction: "Dear sir, this is the smoky fluorite that you photographed. Please check it. If there is no problem, then please pay the bill. No matter what. It is any payment method, we can accept it."

  Sean nodded slightly, then stepped forward and picked up the smoky quartz fluorite and began to examine it carefully.

It is no different from the smoky quartz fluorite that Sean observed before, but when he held it in his hand at this time, Xiao En found that the cracks on the smoky quartz fluorite were bigger than those seen on the display stand before. More subtle, and even in many places, it is as smooth and neat as ink.

  This discovery. Make Sean frown.

  Jero, who had been observing carefully, saw Sean frown, he couldn't help but said, "Mr. Do you have any questions?"

"On the display stand just now, you seem to have deliberately concealed the situation of this spar." Shaun pointed to the smooth and clear corner of the smoky quartz fluorite, and said in a deep voice, "I'm very curious. This is the meaning of your chamber of commerce alliance. , Or does that sender account to you like this?"

   "Sir, does this make any difference?" Jero was taken aback for a moment.

   "What's wrong?" Asuna and Kose both asked at the same time.

Sean ignored the ace auctioneer, turned his head and looked at Asuna and Kos, and then explained: "The true value of smoky fluorite lies not in its surface, but in the core of the spar. Block. So to distinguish the purity of smoky quartz fluorite, it is not by its crystallinity, but by the size and number of cracks on the surface of the spar....... The bigger the crack, the more dense it is, then it proves this. The higher the purity of the block stone, the more mature it is, so as long as some special percussion skills are passed, the core block inside can be completely taken out."

After the explanation, Xiao En pointed his finger at the smoky quartz fluorite in his hand, and then said: "But although the cracks on the surface of this smoky quartz fluorite are still dense, the cracks are not large, and there are more. There are interruptions, and even the bottom part is still smooth and even without cracks. This is enough to prove that this smoky quartz fluorite is not a mature smoky quartz fluorite. If you forcibly remove the inner core block, you will definitely suffer. So if I want to perfectly remove the core block, I have to spend more energy, time and money to guide and complete this process."

Having said this, Sean threw the smoky quartz fluorite back into the box with a look of indifference, and then turned his head to look at Jero. This time, his attitude and tone were not so friendly: "If it is the sender If you ask you to do this, then I can understand that your chamber of commerce alliance is a bit ignorant because there are no professionals to follow this time; but if your chamber of commerce alliance decides to do this, then I can understand that your chamber of commerce alliance has malicious deception behavior?"

  Hearing this, Jero's face changed instantly.

   "This thing is not worth nine hundred and fifty thousand." Xiao En curled his lips, "not to mention nine hundred and fifty thousand, even if it is three hundred thousand, it is a waste."

   "Your Excellency..." Jero spoke quickly, as if he wanted to remedy something.

It’s just that Sean didn’t bother to pay attention to him, and interrupted him directly: "If you have anything you want to say, go and explain to Lordske. By the way, when you met Lordsker, you would pass me a word by the way, today I still charge this account directly to the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. Therefore, the conditions that I said to him this morning are all invalidated, because I am very upset now....Since I don’t even know the strict control of auctions, why bother? What auction is it?"

  Jero's face also became a little ugly at this time.

  Although he didn’t know the origin of Sean, he knew very well about Lordske, and a person who could ask Lordske to come to visit the interview conditions in person would naturally not be a waiter. At least, the black-haired young man in front of him definitely has something that the Chamber of Commerce Alliance needs to pay attention to. And to offend such a person, his fate is naturally conceivable. After all, in the Chamber of Commerce, there are not one hundred or eighty ace auctioneers. Strictly speaking, they are really worthless.

   However, Xiao En and others didn't give Jero any opportunity to explain at all, and left them very simply and neatly.

  This made Jero naturally feel extremely angry with the sender.

  However, these have nothing to do with Sean and others.

  For Sean, what he needs to consider now is how to send out the news to let Ryan’s alchemist know that he saved his life. Because he does plan to build a few pieces of magical bronze equipment to sell for some money, but he lacks enough materials on hand, maybe he can start from this blacksmith. Of course, there is another advantage, that is, Sean has already figured out how to take this opportunity to blackmail the Chamber of Commerce alliance a lot.

   So speaking of it, he might really thank Arnom. (To be continued...)