Arad's Sword

Chapter 264 Valuation
In the Venus Auction House, apart from the free coffee and environment in the lobby on the first floor, every service from the second floor is priced.

The forbidden magic room, a senior alchemist with an appraisal certificate, the choice of the two is quite expensive.What's more, Victoria's request at the moment is to "arrange immediately" rather than "make an appointment in advance", which further doubles the cost.

Santos agreed immediately without blinking his eyes.

As a smart enough businessman, when he has already decided to trust his clients, even if he really has doubts in his heart, it is absolutely impossible to show even the slightest hesitation on his face or to be bothered. For professional managers, this is common sense.

As Midi thought, for profit-seeking businessmen, as long as they can give them profits, they will provide meticulous service and the most loyal attitude.

However, more than ten minutes later, when Midi and Victoria arrived at the forbidden magic room with Santos, a little accident happened.

"Are you the ones who brought the double-layered magic sealing box? There is a Gary Ice Barrier on it? And then you asked for an immediate appraisal?" A series of questions came over, without any politeness at all.

The person who asked the question was an old man in a robe. He had white beard and hair, but he was in good spirits, and his eyes were extremely sharp. Unfortunately, he looked at Midi with a somewhat unkind expression.

"Master Linde!" The corners of Santos' eyes twitched slightly.

It was originally a good thing that a master alchemist who was more authoritative than a senior alchemist personally made the appraisal.However, Master Linde is another matter.

You must know that although the most important factor in an auction is the value of the auction item itself, "value" is, after all, relative.Your fine nectar and jade dew, my arsenic poison, as the saying goes, radish and cabbage each have their own preferences, how to choose the auction audience, how to stir up the auction atmosphere, and the wording given in the appraisal will greatly affect an auction The final transaction price of the product.

However, Master Linde is too rigid and stubborn. Not only does he not care about the business promotion at all, but his standards are extremely harsh. Basically, if the "perfect" level identified by an ordinary alchemist falls into his hands, It will become "slightly flawed", and as a result, the price of the auction item will naturally not go up at all.

However, only he, a master alchemist, can solve some particularly difficult problems, and has repeatedly identified auction items that ordinary alchemists cannot identify at all, which has greatly increased the reputation of the Venus Auction House.

An obstinate stubbornness, for this kind of person, Jinxing Auction House has no choice but to avoid him, but not to disobey him.

But this time, Santos' luck was obviously not very good, because he was in a hurry to conduct an appraisal, and unfortunately bumped into Linde.

If you want to change it now, it is naturally impossible.

And if Linde's old problem breaks out, what will happen in the end, Santos doesn't even want to think about it.

However, as the oldest alchemist in the Venus Auction House, how could Linde care about Santos' thoughts? After entering the magic room, it is the space for appraisers to play. Coupled with Linde's pride, it is naturally Everything is up to him.

"I hope that the things you brought are worthy of my appraisal." After confirming his identity, Linde glanced at Midi and Victoria coldly, "This is the Venus Auction House, among the sea of ​​clouds in the sky, the highest Auction house! We don’t need any sensational things, we only want the most authentic rare treasures!”

"Please." Meddy answered briefly.

As a reborn person, he is very clear about the value of the Ice Soul Orb. Even after another ten years, this thing is still a rare material worth dispatching a heavy armored cruiser to obtain. Is it possible that it will not impress a person? Alchemist?
Midi's indifferent attitude made Linde's face even more gloomy. You know, he ran away during the alchemy experiment—not for a manager at the level of Santos, but for the service quality of the Venus Auction House. ——From this aspect, the old guy has a great sense of professional honor.

However, he was very disappointed by the level of magic fluctuations transmitted by the box brought by Midi and Victoria, so his temper naturally came up immediately.

With this kind of stuff, why don't you skip the appointment and ask for an immediate appraisal?

Master Linde made up his mind. After the appraisal result, he should show these two young people a little color, lest they take themselves too seriously.

With a judgment already in his mind, Master Linde didn't bother to talk to Midi and others, but directly put the magic sealing box on the large workbench in the center of the forbidden magic room, and made a series of extremely smooth gestures with his hands. The magic circle of the magic room has been activated, solidifying all the magic power.

After finishing the preparatory work, Master Linde stroked the frozen barrier on the magic sealing box again with his palm, preparing to open it.

In the past few decades, he has opened countless enchantments. The technique of breaking the seal is both beautiful and skilled, and it is completely master-like. Even Santos nodded secretly.

However, this time, in the face of this frozen barrier, Master Linde missed.

"What?" Master Linde's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe such a thing would happen.

He glanced at the magic box viciously, and then pressed his hand on it again. This time, he unsealed it slowly and carefully.

However, it is still useless!
At this moment, Midi's voice suddenly sounded: "I'm sorry, this ice barrier is not durable enough, so I added a seal on it, and it will be released."

What Midi said is the truth, and it is also the truth to forget.But in the eyes of such a proud master Linde, to tamper with himself in the enchantment and not let him untie it is simply playing tricks, and it is the most irresponsible kind.For a moment, he couldn't help but cast an angry look at Midi, and he almost yelled out the accusation of "Why are you so forgetful".

But the next moment, Master Linde instantly forgot all his anger.

A slender golden-red ray of light, like a hair, emerged from the runes of the ice-solid barrier like a cocoon, floating in the air like cotton wool, dancing with the wind, and slowly falling towards the sky under the guidance of invisible forces. Midi's palm.

This is the magical power of Midi, an indestructible force formed by the fusion of dragon blood, white crystal, extreme intention and the power of mysterious ghosts and gods.

The moment he saw this trace of magic power, Master Linde felt a turmoil in his heart, because he found that he didn't know this magic power at all.

This is not the most common essence of magic power in the sea of ​​clouds in the sky, nor is it the dark power of demons, nor is it the heavenly power of celestials. What is it?
Master Linde searched his mind repeatedly, but no matter what, he couldn't find even a similar comparison.

He couldn't help but glanced at Midi, wondering if he should pull his old face and ask directly.But just when the master alchemist had a rare desertion, a bone-piercing cold pulled his consciousness back to reality.

Without the confinement of Midi's golden-red magic power, the Ice Soul Orb immediately began to show its power.

In an instant, the fragile ice-solid barrier was broken, and the double-layer magic sealing box began to be eroded like a cardboard box.

The thick frost is like a living thing, it just keeps seeping out from the cracks of the magic sealing box, and then diffuses into the entire magic sealing room.

I don't know when, the water vapor in the room has condensed into snowflakes, falling from the sky piece by piece, the glass is covered with hoarfrost, and the door cracks, window cracks and other places are directly covered by the newly formed ice. Sealed, the temperature dropped below zero in an instant!
"Use the magic crystal to inject magic power into the magic circle to increase the level of forbidden magic. Also, open the magic sealing box immediately, otherwise it will freeze, and it will be troublesome to take out the contents. Also, Miss Victoria , please come behind me."

Midi issued orders in an orderly manner, and at the same time did not forget to take care of Victoria who had not yet awakened.After all, he had resold a lot of Ice Soul Orbs in his previous life, so he naturally knew the best way to deal with them.

Originally, no matter how correct it was, with Linde's stubbornness, of course he would not be willing to follow the instructions of outsiders, especially young people.

It's just that, after witnessing this extremely strange scene, Linde couldn't care less about face.

He didn't even care about the golden-red magic power that Midi showed just now.

At this moment, for this master alchemist, the only important thing is the treasure in this magic sealing box!

In an instant, an extremely dignified magical power surged from Linde's body, and the strength of the level 58 awakened magician was unreservedly released at this moment. It was as if being held down by an invisible big hand, and he couldn't move anymore!

Immediately afterwards, Master Linde's eyes lit up, he muttered even more words, and kept whispering, and on his hands, at some point, a whole set of alchemy tools had appeared.

I saw the hands of this master alchemist flying up and down, dazzling like a butterfly passing flowers, and all kinds of alchemy tools were picked up and put down by him in the process. The double-layer magic sealing box was directly restored into parts.

And in the magic sealing box, the ice soul orb taken out of the cloud beast's body was finally displayed in front of everyone.

It is pure and flawless, as crystal clear as the cleanest water surface, and the power of frost that has been soaked for hundreds of years is swimming back and forth in it.What's even more incredible is that this extremely cold transparent bead actually contains a strong vitality, it's almost like a sprout breaking out of the ground in spring, making people feel unprecedented vitality.

The fusion of the consciousness of the cloud beast and the coldness of the ice cloud is the most attractive charm of the Ice Soul Orb.

There is no doubt that Master Linde has also been completely fascinated by it at this moment.

"How, what is the appropriate starting price? What is the estimated selling price?" Midi asked casually, not caring about Linde's shock at all.

After a long silence, Linde took a serious look at Midi, and said in a respectful tone: "This gentleman, and this lady, I don't know what it is, and I can't estimate the price, but there is no doubt , after this treasure is sold, it will not be a problem no matter what you two want to buy."

Midi and Victoria looked at each other, and smiled at the same time, recalling the situation when they killed the cloud beast, everything was silent.

But at this moment, a trembling and hoarse voice interrupted inappropriately.

"Misters and ladies... Let me say, can you open the door for me first, let's go out and discuss it later?"

After trembling and saying this sentence, Santos, who had been forgotten for a long time, rolled his eyes, and fell straight to the ground with a bang like a frozen popsicle.

Apparently, for this senior manager who was also not yet awakened, the shock of the Ice Soul Orb seemed a little bit bigger.

(End of this chapter)