I was accidentally injured by God and I just want to be an ordinary person

After that, there were precious ingredients for making magic potions, monster eggs that could be kept as pets, high-level magic potions, collectibles, fine clothing, demi-human slaves, and magical weapons—nearly every aspect of the hunt was covered. It was worth noting that dragon scales seemed incredibly rare, fetching high prices whenever they appeared, even if they were unauthenticated fakes—which he could spot thanks to his Item Appraisal skill.

The ancient gold coins from the Demon God era that he sold in the middle were also among them. Although not many people bid for them, because the bidders were all nobles sitting in the front row, the final price was very high, sold for nearly 10,000 gold coins.

About two hours passed before the weapon engraved with rotating magic circuits came on stage.

The scantily clad female auctioneer introduced the items in a very seductive tone—much less so than what Iris usually did.

"This magical weapon just arrived tonight. It's engraved with the continent's only 'Wheel of Magic' circuit. Its magical structure is distinct from all other existing magical weapons on the continent, making it not only highly valuable in practical use, but also a historic step forward in magical weapon research. Our auctioneer originally wanted to start the bidding at one gem coin, but since the consignor is desperate for cash, we're now starting at 300 gold coins. This is the only 'Wheel of Magic' circuit on the continent, okay? First up, the spear—"

The female auctioneer displayed four types of magic weapons: arrows, long swords, spears, and daggers, and injected magic power into them one by one. Just as described, these weapons spun rapidly in the auctioneer's hands.

"It's the 'Wheel of Magic'? It'll definitely be effective against enemies with strong defenses. 320 gold coins!"

"This is the only thing on the continent! If I show it off to Fuglan, he'll be envious to death. 330 gold coins!"

"340 gold coins!"

As the price continued to rise slowly, Ella in the VIP room looked at the bidders as if they were idiots. When the price reached 400 gold coins, she finally couldn't help but complain.

"I can understand buying it for collection, but what on earth was the person who originally wanted to use it thinking? Why would they charge such a high price? And what about the 'Wheel of Magic'? It's just a simple spinning wheel, isn't it?"

"You can't say that, right? The core of the 'Wheel of Magic' is rotation, so it's not wrong to call those weapons magic circuits engraved with the 'Wheel of Magic'."

Iris shrugged and continued to look at the people in the venue with interest. Her expression looked as if she was waiting for something to happen.

"With this, I'll definitely be able to pierce the scales of the 'Giant Armored Earth Dragon'. I'll give you 450 gold coins!"

Hearing this, Ella spoke in a voice that only the people in the room could hear.

"Uh—no, no, your hands will get bruised before that."

"Ella-chan hasn't understood yet. For these adventurers, just having a magic weapon is a significant achievement. So it's not the adventurer who determines the magic weapon, but the magic weapon that determines the adventurer. Take that adventurer just now. 450 gold coins might be all he has. The first thing he'll do after getting a magic weapon is definitely to train himself, to master the skills to use it properly even when it's spinning."

"Well... rather than this, I think it would be better to buy other magical weapons, like a longsword with paralysis effect."

"The paralysis effect only sounds strong. If the user's level is low, the paralysis effect won't be very noticeable."

"Hmm... But the same goes for rotating magic circuits. The more magic power there is, the faster it spins."

"Well, that has to do with the conversion rate. For the same amount of mana output, spinning yields higher returns than paralysis, and so on. The details are endless. Anyway, it's a consensus among all Mithril-rank and above adventurers that the conversion rate of paralysis is very low. By comparison, it's more effective to gamble on spinning. At least, in the hands of that auctioneer, the spinning speed is already very fast. There's also the consideration of practicality. The paralysis effect works better on humans, but not so well on monsters."

“Is that so…”

Although she had a general idea, Ella still had an incredible feeling. As the price slowly increased, a voice that sounded a little old resounded throughout the venue.

"500 gold coins each! I'll buy all the rest for that price!"

"That voice is... Master Lid!?"

"It's actually Master Lied, the magic weapon forger, and he's not even wearing a mask..."

"For Master Lid to bid so high a price for it, it must be a rare item. In that case, the claim that it's worth a single gem coin might be true. I offer—"

"That's Master Lide, do you want to offend him?"

"What are you afraid of? No one can see me now. I'll give you 600 gold coins!"

“—700 gold coins!”

Another old voice resounded throughout the venue, and the venue became restless again.

"That's... Master Siska?! Hey, hey... What's going on today? Even the forging masters I rarely see show up today. Could it be... 750 gold coins?!"

"Tsk, 780 gold coins!"

"Ten thousand gold coins for one, totally worth it hahahahaha, 800 gold coins!"

Seeing this scene, Reed stood up, frowned heavily, and shouted very obviously at the old man named Siska.

"850 gold coins! Siska, I'll give it to you after the job is done. Don't fight over it anymore."

"Hmph, after the job is done, I'll give you 900 gold coins, too!"

"In that case... 1000 gold coins!"

In an instant, the entire venue fell into an uproar, and all eyes were focused on Lid. In addition to shock, there was also doubt about whether Lid had the ability to pay so many gold coins. You know, for most of the people present, the total assets may not even be a hundred gold coins, and a thousand is already a very high price.

"Tsk."

Siska smacked his lips in surprise. This number was beyond his ability. There was no need to continue. He could only yell at Reed unwillingly.

"Don't forget the share we agreed on."

"certainly."

"One thousand gold coins per time—"

After this price appeared, no one in the venue was willing to bid anymore, and the auctioneer who noticed this began to count down.

"One thousand and two times the gold coin—"

The result was almost in sight, and Shen Gan let out a long sigh.

"Haha—senpai, you've earned more gold than you can spend this time."

"Ahahaha... There are so many of them, it doesn't seem realistic..."

She gave a wry smile to Shen Gan's words. There were fifty-three pieces in total, and if each piece was worth one thousand gold coins, that would be at least five gem coins. Ella looked at Reed, the only person standing in the venue, who was very conspicuous. There was no feeling of regret for the gold coins on his face, only fanatical admiration for the magic weapons.

Just when everyone thought that Reed would take a picture of the items, Iris sat up straight on the sofa and put the fruit in her hand on the table.

"One thousand two hundred gold coins!"

"Iris?"

"Well, I'm just helping Ella-chan a little. I don't intend to buy it. If I'm not mistaken, 1,200 gold coins shouldn't be that person's limit."

Iris tilted her head and deliberately closed one eye, signaling Ella to look at Reed.

Reed was looking at him with angry eyes - of course, there was a magic glass separating them, so he could only see Reed, but Reed could not see him.

After hesitating for a moment, Reed made another bid.

"Hmph, 1,400 gold coins!"

"One thousand five hundred gold coins!"

"You—two thousand gold coins!"

When Reed gritted his teeth and said the number, Iris spread her hands and leaned back on the sofa.

"Well, isn't this better?"

"I just feel like I absolutely must not become an enemy of Iris anymore... Such despicable behavior."

"Hmm~hmm~hmm, that depends on Ella-chan's performance."

"Hahaha—that's terrible."

Fukagan sighed as if talking to himself.

In the end, a total of fifty-three magic weapons engraved with rotating magic circuits were bought by Reed. As for the fact that Reed had to resell some of the weapons because he owed money everywhere, it happened after Ella left the city of Jeos.

Chapter 30: Night Tour in the City of Zeos

*创世纪6187年1月30日 晚23:50分 杰奥斯城

After completing the somewhat troublesome procedures, Ella received the gold coins after deducting the handling fee - to be more precise, gem coins, a total of ten gem coins and thirty platinum coins. According to Ella's personal idea, of course she would exchange these gem coins and platinum coins for ordinary gold coins and take them away, but this was the result when the auctioneer delivered it to her, and it was not easy for her to make any other requests, so the final result seemed to have not changed.

——The amount of these coins is too large, just like using ancient gold coins from the Demon God era. It is impossible to use them in places like small vendors.

Since it was already late at night, the driver had long passed his working hours, so the three of them could only walk slowly to the hotel on the slightly empty streets.

Ella hummed in a somewhat distressed manner.

"So why did it end up like this? Nothing has changed at all."

"Why don't we just buy something in the capital tomorrow? The magic weapon shop in Noble Street should be fine. Everything there is sold in gold coins."

Shen Gan, who was walking side by side with Ella on the street, answered that there were no street lights in the city of Zeos, so the whole street looked extremely deserted, especially since even the moonlight was blocked by clouds, which even gave people a gloomy feeling.

"But it always feels a bit wasteful to buy weapons when you don't need them."

"That kind of gold coin is just a margin of error compared to the gem coins, right?"

“That being said…”

Ella's rebuttal gradually faded. The reason why Shen Gan said this was entirely because he had lived in a wealthy environment since childhood. She herself was not someone who had lived in a wealthy environment since childhood, so it was natural for her to feel reluctant.

While thinking this, he noticed Iris's presence in the corner of his eyes.

"By the way, Iris, do you have any regular gold coins? I'd like to exchange them for—"

"I refuse."

Without any hesitation, Iris rejected him.

"Eh? Why?"

"No reason, I just refused. Well, if you can add some conditions, I'll consider it."

"Hmm... in that case, forget it."

Rather than being dictated to by Iris, he would rather go to the weapons store and buy something at random.

While making the decision, Ella thought of the dessert she had eaten with Lotte during the day. Although she thought it was almost night and she should close the stall anyway, she still opened the "Terrain Search" to look for it with the mentality of giving it a try.

Surprisingly, the old woman didn't seem to be packing up. After tidying up her words, Ella tried to make some suggestions to the two of them.

"Do you need to go buy something to eat? I tried it with Lotte this morning, and that dessert seems to go really well with Fukagan."

"Dessert? I'd better go back first. I can't handle that kind of sweet food, that's all."

Iris frowned, waved her hand in disgust, said hello to Ella, and walked straight back to the hotel. She had been busy since the morning and now she just wanted to lie down on the bed in the hotel as soon as possible. Besides, sweet things were her natural enemies.

"Well... Iris is as expected, right? What about Fukagan?"

"That kind of sweets... If you, senpai, insist on letting me go no matter what—"

Although it is almost a stereotype that Fukagan likes sweet things, she herself does not seem to want to admit it. In Ella's opinion, she probably thinks that liking sweets seems too childish, so she will not admit it.

With a helpless sigh, Ella took Shen Gan to the other side of the street.

"Yes, yes. Just think of it as me forcing Fukagan to do this."

Silence fell again, and not even the sound of footsteps could be heard on the deserted street.

Except for the Noble Street and the main roads in the city of Jeos, there are no other places paved with stone slabs. This is not intentional, but a common practice on the continent. Laying stone slabs requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is not good for the nobles. After all, the nobles are not idle enough to wander around the streets and alleys often. It is an abnormal practice to lay stone slabs for easy walking throughout the city like the Holy Academy.

Therefore, every winter when it rains continuously, the city of Jeos will be covered with mud and stagnant water. Coupled with the crowds of people during the day, it is almost certain that outsiders will have their clothes splashed with mud and water. However, this is not the case for the local residents of Jeos City. The people of this city have long been accustomed to it. Even if two people approach each other head-on, they will avoid each other at a clever angle just before they collide. The ability to avoid mud and water is ingrained in their bones.

"There are a lot of homeless people..."

"Yeah, they'll attack when you're not paying attention, so be careful."

“Uh…it’s not something like that…”

What I want to say is that they just look pitiful. The royal decree does not allow vagrants and poorly dressed slaves to go out during the day, so they can only go out to look for food at night. The ragged clothes and the lifeless look of those sitting listlessly on the street are mostly children, which really makes me feel a little bit sorry for them.

"Even if those people have committed theft and other such things, would you still feel pity for them, Senior?"

"That's not their intention, is it? If they weren't abandoned... well, pity is one thing, but whether they'll help is another. After all, they can't just give gold coins."

Trying her best not to look at the wanderers and slaves on the roadside, Ella, feeling a little down, turned her gaze to Shen Gan.

Although she still had a few silver coins on her, giving them to the children wouldn't change anything. Luti had previously warned herself against giving money directly to slaves and street children, as even if she did, the money would be snatched away by their owners or local tyrants before they could spend it. If she truly couldn't bear it, it would be better to just give them food.

Feeling this depressing atmosphere, Ella changed the subject.

"When does Fukaman usually practice the piano? I've never seen him before."

Although Shen Gan occasionally skipped beats when playing the piano, he played very well overall, making those flaws seem insignificant.

"I didn't practice. I just tried to play what I heard on the street based on my imagination."

"Eh? No practice?"

There was no trace of pride on his face as Fukagami spoke with a lack of motivation.

"I originally just wanted to sing, but a cappella wasn't very effective, so I had to choose the xylophone. I'm actually better at the harp, but the harp isn't suitable for playing while walking down the street."

"A harp..."

I simply cannot match Shen Gan and the harp together in my mind. In my opinion, if there is an instrument like guitar that can be used in rock music in this world, Shen Gan will definitely choose the rock style. Although she is a young lady, she has the feeling of a kitten who can be scary when angry.