Death Notice-Book 3: Chapter 10: The Shahbakh Ring
This time, Qin Lun did not put on airs and carefully examined the equipment items displayed by the other side. This Apostle had clearly prepared well for selling these surplus equipment items, as the projections mostly displayed specific attributes and equipment skills.
However, after a while, a trace of disappointment appeared on Qin Lun’s face. Although the equipment items this Apostle brought out included some good pieces, and one Dark Gold Wand in particular made Qin Lun’s mouth dry and his heart beat faster.
This Adis Short Staff was a top-tier item for Summoners, capable of using magical energy to duplicate summoning creatures of intermediate level and below, allowing for a multiple summoning in one go. With just this skill alone, it could become the Summoner class’s ultimate trump card.
However, the equipment requirements for the Adis Wand were too high, needing 500 Mana Value, meaning only intermediate Mages or above could equip it.
“Nothing you need?” The Apostle opposite him began to look livid.
This Apostle was named Feng Lin, and he was indeed the leader of a medium-sized Apostle team. In fact, Qin Lun did not yet know just how valuable the Hexagonal Prism Shield in his hand was.
As Apostles gained experience and strength, the Otherworld Missions they encountered would gradually increase in difficulty until they faced multi-person team missions that could not be completed alone. In team missions, once a group battle occurred, team members needed to fulfill their respective roles and could not fight individually.
Apostles with strong defense held the front line, long-range attackers stayed behind, and close-combat professions were positioned in the middle. Thus, as Apostle teams grew, some Apostles specializing in defense inevitably emerged. These Apostles were called team bulwarks, equivalent to the Main-Tank in some role-playing games of the Earth Federation.
There were various types of MTs, but they all shared a common characteristic: having wide-range battlefield control and team buff abilities. For example: a Magician’s Gravity Spell, Freezing Spell; a Warlock’s large barrier, Seal; a Warrior’s Charge, Intimidate; a Knight’s various buff auras, and so on.
Under their battlefield control, the entire team’s combat ability would be greatly enhanced, while the enemy team’s combat ability would be significantly restricted. In such situations, the enemy team could only focus their firepower on the MT first; only by killing the MT could they possibly achieve final victory in the battle.
As a result, the protection for other members of the Apostle team could be weaker, but the MT’s protection had to be strengthened to the fullest. A good shield was half the life of a non-spellcasting MT.
MT Apostles were very rare, as defense-oriented Apostles struggled to grow in the early stages, and spellcasting MTs were even rarer. Ordinary Apostle teams were considered impressive if they had a semi-T type Apostle warrior.
The Hexagonal Prism Shield was a small shield with limited coverage, but it possessed both physical and magical defense, along with a decent counterattack ability. Among Dark Gold shields, it was already a top-tier choice; beyond that, only Legendary shields remained.
Feng Lin’s medium-sized team had only one MT, which was himself. The shield he currently used was a large deep blue Tower Shield. Its physical defense was acceptable, but its magical defense was pitifully low. Once hit by magical attacks, the shield would break after a few hits and could only be repaired upon returning to the Shattered Starry Sky. If he replaced it with this shield, his protective ability would increase by at least one-third, which was very important for the entire team.
“Sorry, you are very sincere, but there really isn’t anything I need!” Qin Lun sighed and said frankly, “The method of FN-500 plus Shattered Crystal is also unacceptable to me…”
“Don’t refuse so quickly. What if I trade you with this?” Feng Lin gritted his teeth, raised his right hand, took off a ring from his middle finger, and placed it before the projector.
Shahbakh Ring (Ring)
Quality: Red Quality
Material: Crixi Gold, Fire Dragon’s Gallstone
Weight: 55 grams
Equipment Abilities: Ring of Fire, Shahbakh’s Wall
Shahbakh’s Wall (Passive Ability): This ring possessed considerable sentience; the fire energy within could spontaneously form a defensive fire barrier of 500 scales. Unless the stored fire energy in the ring was completely consumed, no attack could harm the ring’s owner.
Ring of Fire (Active Ability): This ring could unleash all its fire energy at once, projecting a 1500-scale fire ring around the user, pushing away all incoming attacks and enemies, with a certain chance to stun the enemies. Effective range: ten meters.
Note: After the fire energy in this ring was completely consumed, aside from a very few special fire-attribute recharge items, Apostles could only recharge it after returning to the Shattered Starry Sky.
Equipment Requirement: The Shahbakh Ring required the Apostle to have unlocked the Mana slot and possess at least 200 Mana Value.
“You want my FN-500 and are willing to trade with an MT Dark Gold Shield, so clearly you are a well-balanced and powerful lone wolf. The value of the Dark Gold Shield lies in MT protection, which is dispensable for you, but my defensive ring should be very suitable for you!” Feng Lin said with a dark expression.
“With the Hexagonal Prism Shield, the importance of this ring to me decreases. But for a lone wolf like you, its value is no less than Dark Gold level protective equipment. Two for one, swap or not?”
Red equipment was the mark of reaching the pinnacle of purple quality, just one step away from Dark Gold equipment. This ring was indeed precious; although it was an energy-consumption type protective item, it was still just a ring and couldn’t compare to a shield in terms of protection.
The advantage of a protective ring was that it could be worn on a finger without needing management, whereas a shield had to be held in hand. Actually, it should have been a top-tier protective item for Magicians. Worn on Feng Lin, a physical semi-T, it was completely underutilized.
But Feng Lin had no choice; every Apostle had only one life. Compared to offensive weapons, good protective equipment was more valued and also much more expensive. If not for encountering the Hexagonal Prism Shield, no matter how high the price others offered, they couldn’t buy his Shahbakh Ring.
“Plus your two firearm mastery scrolls and the Basic Swordplay scroll…” Qin Lun slightly lowered his head and said softly, somewhat shyly.
“No way! Do you even know the price of technique scrolls…” The leader Feng Lin in the projection flew into a rage, finally losing his composure and almost shaking the mask off his face.
He felt that the Apostle opposite him was truly shameless, completely asking an exorbitant price. Although mastery scrolls were the lowest level skill scrolls among technique scrolls, they still meant mastering an ability.
How long would it take an ordinary person to train and master a skill? Being able to preliminarily master and get used to gun shooting in half a year, hitting the target with every shot, could already be called a genius. But with a scroll, it only took one or two days of habitual training.
The Shattered Starry Sky was quite strict with rewards of such law items; in some aspects, even stricter than rewarding equipment.
Qin Lun rubbed his nose; he really didn’t know much about the price of technique scrolls and hadn’t carefully looked at the skill scroll auction list yet. But from Feng Lin’s reaction, he already understood that the Hexagonal Prism Shield’s value must be extremely high. He suddenly felt a bit reluctant to sell.
The face behind Feng Lin’s mask was slightly twisted, and his lowered hands clenched tightly into fists. If he had been in the auction hall, he probably would have already sent a challenge to this Apostle.
Shahbakh Ring + FN-500 in exchange for the Hexagonal Prism Shield was already almost equivalent. After all, the Shahbakh Ring was also a top-tier item, and the FN-500 was, after all, a Dark Gold equipment. Adding two scrolls was definitely not acceptable; the overpricing was too much…
“…At most, I’ll let you pick one more scroll!” Watching Qin Lun revert to that silent, deadpan expression, Feng Lin felt so frustrated he almost cried.
Who did business like this? At the slightest dissatisfaction, he put on a stern face, insisted others yield, and if they didn’t, he would call off the deal. This was just too tsundere!
Actually, if Feng Lin knew what Qin Lun was doing right now, he would probably vomit blood in anger. Because Qin Lun wasn’t weighing the trade terms at all; he was cramming at the last moment, checking the prices of technique scrolls.
After checking the prices of several technique scrolls, Qin Lun finally came back to his senses. After thinking for a moment, he took out the Wind Spirit Crossbow from his Storage Space, sighed, and showed it to Feng Lin with a very regretful expression, as if what he took out wasn’t blue equipment but another Dark Gold item.
“This crossbow was given to me by someone; it has great sentimental value!” Qin Lun blinked and said in a decisive tone, “Forget it, this crossbow + the Hexagonal Prism Shield, in exchange for your ring, FN-500, and two scrolls!”
Sentimental value my foot! No matter how much sentimental value it has, it’s still just an ordinary blue equipment! Feng Lin’s body swayed, and the face behind his mask turned purple with extreme rage.
After looking at the equipment list for so long, Qin Lun basically had an idea of the value of items in the auction house.
According to the Shattered Starry Sky’s exchange list, the purchase price and selling price for ordinary blue equipment differed by ten times; on average, a very ordinary blue equipment cost 15,000 Shattered Crystals. If equipment materials were used and commissioned for crafting, including labor costs, the price would drop to about half, around 7,500 Shattered Crystals.
Such a blue equipment placed in the auction house, due to auction commissions and display fees, would rise to about 7,800 Shattered Crystals. Top-tier blue equipment generally doubled in price, meaning one top-tier blue equipment cost 15,000 Shattered Crystals.
As for Dark Gold equipment, an ordinary Dark Gold equipment was equivalent to three top-tier blue equipment pieces. Generally, people would set an auction base price of 50,000 Shattered Crystals. Of course, for impractical Dark Gold items like the FN-500, the price would be even lower, which was also the main reason it went unsold.
Regarding technique scrolls, Qin Lun only took a rough look and got a general idea. Primary mastery scrolls, for commonly used skills like firearms, crossbows, swordplay, blade techniques, gauntlets, daggers, etc., generally cost 10,000–12,000 Shattered Crystals.
Qin Lun’s Hexagonal Prism Shield wasn’t top-tier in quality, but its practicality was top-tier, so its specific valuation was double that of ordinary Dark Gold, around 100,000 Shattered Crystals. The Wind Spirit Crossbow was just ordinary blue equipment, worth 7,500 Shattered Crystals, totaling 107,500 Shattered Crystals.
Feng Lin’s FN-500, due to its great limitations, might only be worth just over 40,000 Shattered Crystals in apparent value. The Shahbakh Ring wasn’t Dark Gold, but it was a rare protective ring, with an actual value of at least 60,000 Shattered Crystals or more. The two technique scrolls totaled 24,000 Shattered Crystals. Calculating this way, the total value of Feng Lin’s items was around 130,000 Shattered Crystals.
The value difference between both sides’ items was 20%; Feng Lin had to pay a 20% premium to buy the Hexagonal Prism Shield. However, that wasn’t the key point; the key was that Qin Lun still wore an expression that seemed to say “I’m at a loss,” which was really asking for a punch.
Feng Lin took a deep breath, earnestly telling himself to calm down, stay calm, must remain calm, safety first, team first, sometimes a loss can be a gain.
“Deal!” Feng Lin’s tone was as cold as the wind blowing from Siberia.
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Book 3: Chapter 10: The Shahbakh Ring
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