my age of magic

Chapter 70
The orcs, who have endured the cold winter for nearly five months, can finally dig potatoes in the frozen soil, and dig rat holes in the wasteland full of wild corn, looking for the food left over by the guinea pigs. , this winter is a nightmare for all the orcs on the Pai Plateau.The spring of the germination of all things seems to be so long overdue.In the autumn of last year, the shaman of Kulpaolos issued a call-up order, collecting one-third of the winter supplies of the orc tribes on the Pai Plateau to the Gludin tribe, and mobilized [-] thunder rhinos. Ship materials worth [-] gold coins to the Grimm Empire to repay the debt owed.This time the material collection order made almost all the orc tribes on the verge of food and clothing last winter. Normally, only in the last month, they had to eat some sweet potatoes to satisfy their hunger, but last year the orcs ate sweet potatoes throughout the winter. I ate the potatoes so much that a bird came out of my mouth.One word, poor, everyone is poor.In such a year of poor supplies, the depressed Yemeni town has finally seen some improvement this spring. It is filled with a large number of orcs who want to exchange for living supplies. Food, meat, and some necessary daily necessities have become the most in demand in the market. of goods.

The black market and private auctions are born under such circumstances. The black market and private auctions in Yemen Town are not for tax evasion, but for avoiding the sight of the lowest-level orcs.In addition, some transactions are destined to be gray transactions that cannot be seen, and they must avoid the sight of the high-level orc tribe.The items traded in the auction house, except some magic equipment, rare magic metal materials, magic herbs, etc., which are not commonly seen in the market, have also added food and slave transactions that have attracted the attention of the tribal orc executives this spring.

In this winter, I don’t know how many weak orcs died of starvation and freezing. Food became the most precious material last winter. After the orc elders issued an order to close the warehouse, the food trade was serious enough within the territory of the Pai plateau orcs. The felony of beheading.However, absolute equality does not exist in any society, and the powerful orc chiefs still try their best to make their lives more comfortable, so the black market and private auctions have become popular since last winter, and even reached an intensified level. Degree.

The number of people in the auction venue continued to increase one after another, most of them were orc warriors in gorgeous armor. These burly, tall, muscular giants had braids of various colors on their heads, spears behind their backs, and swords on their waists. Sitting on a chair with a hatchet hanging like a hill, I finally know why the Chamber of Commerce Alliance that hosted this auction chose such a venue that is more suitable for watching boxing matches. No matter how tall the orc is, it will not affect the sight of the people behind.Some female orc warriors with curvy and curvy figures are not shuttled in the venue. Their bodies are not as majestic as the orc male warriors, but it can be seen that those fit bodies are full of wildness and explosive power, although their appearance is not high. , but Tiaoshun is also very eye-catching.

Of course, there are also some orc shamans wearing magician robes in the venue. These shriveled old orcs with various oil paints on their faces and tattoos on their bodies tend to have more status. On the closer seats, even if there are already other people sitting there, as long as these shamans walk over, no matter who they are, they will take the initiative to get out of the way.I even saw a group of merchants from the Human Chamber of Commerce retreating to the back row with no change in expression. I thought to myself that the status of the shamans here is so high!
Sister Guoguo saw that my persuasion had no effect, so she ignored me and turned her head to whisper in Qiangbach's ear. The two of them seem to be more in tune recently, and their every move seems very natural and very tacit.I secretly sighed in my heart: Once a woman falls in love, she will forget everyone around her completely, and there seems to be only one person in her eyes.

Qige looked at me with a mocking look on his face, and asked me next to my ear, "Do you want me to change seats with Katerina and let her comfort you?"

I glared at her angrily, and was about to quarrel with her.Just because the people around her are usually her subordinates, there may be few people who chat with her as friends like me, so she seems to enjoy bickering with me like this.But another door in the venue suddenly opened at this time, and the sound of metal chains rubbing against each other was crisp and harsh, which meant that the auction would officially kick off, and the venue became quiet, and I swallowed the words I was about to blurt. After entering the stomach, he held his breath and looked at the venue, and saw the orc auctioneer Ke Luo in a suit striding in, followed by a row of orc waiters carrying various items.

I saw Ke Luo striding to the square platform in the center, bowed to the surroundings, then straightened up and said in a loud voice: "Thank you for coming to this private auction held by the Yemen United Chamber of Commerce. As the auctioneer of this conference, I would like to reiterate the rules of our auction again. Our auctions are all settled in cash on the spot after the auction is successful. If the item cannot be paid in cash after the item is auctioned on the spot, it will be regarded as a transaction failure and the item will be fined. The penalty of [-]% of the value will be recovered by the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. In addition, the asking price of each order in the free auction shall not be less than one silver, and the asking price of each order in the official auction shall not be less than ten silver."

"Since there are a lot of auction items recently, I don't want to talk nonsense, so the next part is the free auction. Everyone in the field has the right to show their products once. They have 1 minute to introduce their products and report their prices. Low price, if no one makes a call within 10 seconds, it will be considered as a failed auction, and it will be the next one's turn to continue to auction your own product. Well, the first thing I will show you below is the free auction that you commissioned by the Chamber of Commerce on the field Items, ask the waiter to bring the first item!"

Ke Luo's speech speed is not slow, but the voice recognition is very high, and there are long enough pauses between each sentence, one can tell that he is a professional auctioneer.He strode forward to meet an orc waiter who walked into the square platform, and lifted the black cloth covering the tray, and saw three bottles of wound medicine neatly arranged on the wooden tray. Go around in a circle.

"Three bottles of wound medicine. There is nothing to introduce. The first-aid magic medicine is necessary for wild hunting. The base price of the three bottles is [-] silver! Now the bidding begins!" Ke Luo waved his hand, and his voice stopped when he said it was falling.

I'm afraid that everyone in the auction venue didn't expect that there would be such a tight commodity when the free auction came up. The wound medicine belongs to the category of magic potions, which can greatly increase the user's vitality in a short period of time. This is a must for wild lone rangers As one of the medicines, since the usual output has always been smaller than the demand, it is difficult to see a large number of wound medicines appearing in the market, and because the manufacturing cost and value of wound medicines have become transparent, most of the wound medicines have been sold for [-] to [-] years. The price of a bottle of ten silver coins is sold in the market, and if the price is too high, no one will care about it.The price of these three bottles of wound medicine is not low, and it is not cheap if they are bought, but they will not be much more expensive than those sold in the outside market, and if you buy them in the outside market, you have to try your luck.

I have never seen such an auction scene before, but this time it was an eye-opener, and it was still in a town of orcs. The person in charge of bidding in the center was actually an orc, and most of the surrounding bidders were orcs. As soon as the auctioneer Ke Luo's voice fell, there was a buzz of whispers in the field, and three voices came from the area opposite me at the same time: "I will offer fifty silver coins."

The atmosphere suddenly became lively. There was such a strong buying enthusiasm at the very beginning, but of course Ke Luo would not let such an embarrassing scene happen. He stood on the square platform holding a bottle of wound medicine with one hand, and turned to look opposite me. Then he said in a low voice: "The quotation for the second from the left in the third row in front is valid, please continue to increase the price."

"52."

"55."

"56."

In the end, the three bottles of wound medicine were bought by a tauren in the audience at a price of 56 silver. His hill-like body made me smack my tongue.This guy must be more than three meters tall, and his fist alone is bigger than my head. If he slapped me down, he wouldn't treat me like a fly swatter.Seeing such a strong orc warrior, I think he is probably also preparing to enter the wasteland.At this time, I saw Kurtz looking at me and beckoning me with his eyes. His expression seemed to say: Look, our orc warriors are strong enough!

Next, Ke Luo asked the waiter to bring up the items one after another. Common weapons and armor are the most common. These well-maintained items are precisely the things with the least purchasing power in the venue. No one cared about it, and it was embarrassingly missed.Ke Luo is like a non-stop player, standing in the center of the square platform all the time, without even drinking his saliva, he can talk non-stop.

Finally, it was the turn of a female orc waiter to come up with a wooden tray, and Ke Luo lifted the black cloth on it, revealing a scroll of magic scrolls stacked on top of each other, but these magic scrolls were more common than usual. The scrolls are much smaller, more like pocket scrolls.And it's not just one sheet, but a whole pallet.When such a magic item appeared in the free auction, it would make people feel that the grade of this item was no more valuable than the wound medicine or the black iron fine-forged crescent ax that was just bought for 63 silver coins.The auction field finally became noisy again. After all, magic items appeared, and so many appeared at once.

The orc Ke Luo put a scroll into his palm. Such a thumb-thick magic scroll with a length of only ten centimeters looked very small in Ke Luo's palm, but he introduced it seriously: "This is a seal with The magic scroll of Gathering Fire has a unique designer and has changed it into a field survival item. Of course, if you are a magician, I’m afraid you won’t be able to use it. The function of this scroll is portable field cooking and heating. Yes The smart designer is a magic scroll specially designed for this spring hunting in the northern wilderness, then I will not quote the bidding price of the scroll to everyone, this scroll will be the last item in our free auction The product is participating in the auction, and the reason why we are taking it out now is because we have obtained the consent of the owner of the scroll, so we will show you the function of the scroll first. Next, please ask the waiter to bring up a brazier!"

Immediately, a waiter came up from the audience with a charcoal brazier with an iron frame. The orc Ke Luo reached out and untied the Malian grass rope buckle of the scroll, and unfolded it into a palm-sized piece of parchment in his hand. Sitting in the last row of the stands, you can clearly see the magic circle on it. You can see a soft flame emerging from the circle of the magic scroll. Throwing it into the charcoal brazier, the next moment the flames shot up from the whole brazier.

"According to the scroll owner's introduction: this magic scroll of Gathering Fire can release magic flames, and the specific burning time is unknown. Then, let's let this scroll burn until it burns out. It's over, so if there are any of you who want to sell or exchange items, please come to the stage in order." Ke Luo stood near the steps of the square platform and said to everyone.

The magic pattern circle in the magic scroll releases the energy in the magic ink, and these magic energy runs along the route in the magic pattern circle, and finally forms a burning red flame. The flame core of the flame is light yellow, which looks like The temperature should not be very high.This flame filled the entire charcoal brazier, and the light of the magic flame illuminated the uncertain faces of everyone in the venue.

It is not uncommon for magic to be used in daily life. It seems that many expensive luxury goods need to be engraved with some small magic circles to show their high-end atmosphere. It is not impossible to buy magic scrolls in the market. But when these simple, cheap, palm-sized and easy-to-carry life-like magic scrolls appear in free auctions, the meaning becomes different again. The problem lies in the price positioning of these scrolls. Once the simplified version of the book appears, the conditions for camping in the wild will be significantly improved. Such magic scrolls are irrelevant for magicians or teams with magicians, but for hunters who walk alone in the wilderness or single-stores composed of warriors For the adventure team, it can reflect its value.

(End of this chapter)