Chapter 134: Shadow Walker Outfit
“This next item is called the Arrow Avoidance Headband.”
“It is a silver level defensive tool!”
“When wearing it and imbuing it with energy, one can generate a forcefield.”
“Physical shells and arrows will be forced to the side by its power, thereby allowing people to evade barrages of long range fire.”
“Without a doubt, the one wearing it won’t need to worry about being shot at.
On the stage, the auction master raised the headband as he passionately spoke.
Shi Fa was the first to bid. He was a magician and needed all kinds of protective equipment.
Soon after, Ku Feng also joined the competition.
He used a katana, and relied on close quarters combat, thus he wanted that headband.
Because the headband did not interfere with his normal protection equipment, he just needed to wear it around his head.
Soon after, Mei Ban, Yue Ban, and others were bidding one after the other.
The Lightning Pirates’ first mate suddenly said, “Captain, that protection equipment suit you well. The price is suitable, we can seize it.”
“Every fight, you are always the first one shooting from the flagship, charging at the enemy ship alone.”
“With that, we can be a little more relaxed about that.”
Dian Wan was enthused, he had been bored senseless, and he promptly shouted his bid.
The price rose step by step.
Shi Fa had already shut up and withdrawn from the competition.
Dian Wan, Ku Feng, and a latecomer, the gunman Mei Ban, were the three parties in contention.
All of a sudden, Cang Xu’s voice was heard saying, “240 gold!”
Everyone went silent.
Room 21 acted again and had increased the current bid by 50 gold.
This rich and imposing style made everyone shiver slightly.
Ku Feng clenched his teeth, “240 gold…forget about it. I don’t need that equipment that much.”
Mei Ban rubbed his forehead, “Where did they come from. 240 gold! Who will accompany you into madness?”
He also withdrew from the competition.
Just as Dian Wan was about to speak, his first mate reached out and covered his mouth.
“Mumble, grumble…” Dian Wan struggled.
But the first mate did his best to wrestle with him as he growled. “Captain don’t bid again. Buying at that price will cause us to suffer great losses, don’t forget, we came here to buy medicine! Save enough money, don’t deplete our strength.”
Dian Wan’s struggle slowly ceased, and his face became depressed, “I’m truly bored.”
“If I had known about this earlier, I would have done more, robbed more ships, made more money.”
“I wouldn’t be as fearful as I am now.”
The first mate consoled him at once.
Dian Wan was still unresigned, “Those guys in room 21 are too vile. Out of the question, only I can be so arrogant, I won’t allow others to be like that!”
The desire for vengeance rose in Dian Wan’s heart/
A short time later, the Arrow Avoidance Headband was delivered to room 21.
Cang Xu put it on to test it. Using his magic power, he activated the alchemy treasure.
Immediately, he sensed an incorporeal force field wrapping around his body.
“That thing’s pretty good.” Zi Di nodded with satisfaction.
In the market, unless it was under unusual circumstances, protection tools were more in demand than weapons.
The Arrow Avoidance Headband was a protection tool, although not a traditional one.
In naval battles, perhaps there will be many situations where it will see usage, after all, long ranged firepower was an integral part of naval battles.
Of course, the headband still had a flaw.
For instance, it is unsuitable for squad based combat.
Because its barrier was only around the user and didn’t cover an area. Therefore, even though the forcefield was active and redirected arrows and bullets, it would only protect its user, while everyone around them would suffer a calamity.
If a teammate on the forefront was wearing the headband, no one could say for sure if the teammates at the back would be hit by those shots.
“This is something everyone should be familiar with.”
“That’s right, a moving map!”
“This is very convenient and fast maritime navigational equipment. It can automatically record a user’s position and route, then plot it precisely on itself.”
“The imperial navy already has it on every ship. It is clear that it has a significant impact on navigation.”
“One silver level moving map starts at the low price of 50 gold. Every bid must be at least 10 gold. Now let the auction begin!”
One Eye was uninterested in this thing, he already had one of them.
Shi Fa, Ku Feng, and others were indifferent, as far as these lone figures were concerned, spending dozens of gold coins to buy a rarely used treasure wasn’t cost effective.
The merchant alliance representatives in the private rooms ate fruit, while others were dozing off.
The merchant alliances had already provided them with moving maps. Despite not being silver level, they were adequate enough for them.
“60 gold.” Hong Zhu bid again.
She was a treasure hunter, and a moving map would be of great help when she went exploring.
It would be of considerable assistance especially when encountering labyrinths and other twisted topography,
After a moment of hesitation, a bronze level cultivator shouted out a bid of 70 gold.
Hong Zhu turned around to look at him, causing the latter’s eyes to shrink under the pressure.
Hong Zhu was pondering on whether to increase the price.
From room 14, the dragonman youngster said, “80 gold.”
That caused Hong Zhu to bow out.
If she wanted to bid again, it would be almost 100 gold.
“I have always had a strong sense of direction, spending almost 100 gold coins for a moving map isn’t worth it!”
Hong Zhu gave up, and so did the bronze level.
In the end, the dragoman youngster obtained the moving map.
Not bad for the price of 80 gold.
The main reason was that there were few bidders.
The dragonman youngster felt happy.
He had wanted a moving map. He also learned how to be a navigator, such as calculating speed, ship distance, position, and other such things.
Having a moving map makes things so much more convenient.
Next up, a dummy was moved onto the auction stage.
The dummy was the same size as a real person and was dressed in a dark leather outfit. Its gear comprised of leather armor around the upper body, leather pants around its lower body, leather boots, leather gloves, and a mask.
The auction master introduced it, “This is an outfit.”
“Three years ago, it was refined in some no named alchemy workshop.”
This alchemy workshop was called the Smell Cobbler Workshop. It has now become one of the empire’s esteemed alchemy workshops and has expanded a hundredfold.”
“Because when this outfit hit the market, it received widespread favorability, and in its second year of sales, became the most popular outfit in the imperial market!”
“I believe that after that introduction, everyone has already guessed what the name of this outfit is.”
“That’s right. It is the Shadow Walker Outfit
“The entire outfit has five parts and covers most of the body. The leather armor and leather pants can provide fairly exceptional defense. The leather boots can eliminate excessive sound, the leather gloves make one’s fingers nimbler, and the shadow monk mast can give one dark sight.”
“The entire outfit can dwindle one’s aura and amplifies all dark aligned battle qi to an outstanding degree!”
“The next auction shall begin.”
The auction master declared the price, followed up immediately by someone bidding.
This was the first outfit that had appeared in the auction, drawing the attention of many.
The number of cultivators bidding was at a record high!
The biggest reason was that this was a bronze level outfit.
Such outfits were not commonly seen.
Because it involved comparatively abstruse alchemy skill – part magic spell connection, short distance magic power conformation, among other things.
Through different components integrating with each other, one could form an outfit. The result was usually quite powerful and very practical.
The bronze level result of it greatly surpassed normal iron level goods and could even match silver level gear. It was tantamount to stepping over a level!
Therefore, from this respect, the bronze level outfit could enter a silver level cultivator’s eye.
Consequently, the bidders were not just bronze levels and iron levels, but also a few silver levels.
In previous auctions, the treasures were either silver or gold level. But the audience was mostly made up of iron levels.
Most of the iron levels joined the bidding.
Adding on the low base price and low price increases, for a moment, a boiling cauldron of voices formed in the auction, a bustling spectacle.
When Hun Tong in room one saw this, he couldn’t help but smile.
He deliberately planned for this to happen; he wanted to make this kind of auction ambience.
He had some people bidding on the auction stage.
At some crucial auctions, they would affect the atmosphere.
Xu Ma gazed at the bronze level outfit on stage, his saliva nearly dripping. Oh, how it suited him!
“I must have it!” In the audience, Xu Ma was constantly bidding.
The Iron Club Mercenary Corps also acted.
Their corps had an iron level thief, and if they put that outfit on, they could even fight silver levels.
“That outfit is very practical. We cannot do without information from spying. Buy it for me.” Qi You ordered.
But the Ten Touch Pirates were no match for everyone’s enthusiasm.
After the first round of bidding, people withdrew while others joined in.
The Stench Pirates also joined the competition.
Xu Ma was deathly pale as he gazed at the outfit on stage, his heart filled with laments and regret.
Despite making money from the necromancy information bounty, that money couldn’t compare to the funds the mercenary corps and pirates had.
More and more lone figures were also joining in.
The frequency of bids sharply declined, and every price increase was done with hesitation.
The outfit’s price had already exceeded market value.
“I want that outfit.” Said room 21.
All of the bidders’ hearts jumped, and they felt things were going to get bad.
Just as expected, Zi Di brought it up to 80 gold!
They were simply spilling money.
In room 3, the underling once again gazed at Qi You, asking for instructions.
Qi You coldly snorted, “Let them have it for the time being.”
As far as the Ten Touch Pirates were concerned, they had a second option.
The gold level pirates withdrew from the competition, to say nothing of the others.
The Shadow Monk Outfit fell into Zi Di’s hands.
Xu Ma gazed at room 21; he deeply sighed with a desolate expression.
Before room 21 joined the competition, he had been excited. He had hoped the dragonman youngster would be able to claim that outfit and fill up the team’s arsenal. In the future, perhaps he’ll have an opportunity to take possession of it.
But in the end, room 21 got it, shattering his hopes!
“Room 21, for what reason did you do this?” Xu Ma was both envious and spiteful.