Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 104 Audrey's Storm
The capital of Inbutu is divided into six districts: the municipal district, the temple district, the embassy district, the magic district, the civilian district and the industrial district.

Nemesis was currently in front of a store called "Audrey's Storm" in the magic district.

Most of the passers-by on the streets of the magic district like to wear robes with hoods. Nemesis has noticed that almost everyone who passes by him has a faint magical aura.

The creatures under those hoods are not only humans, but also halflings, hobgoblins, elves, dragonborn, and so on.

The magic zone of every large human city is where the largest number of aliens gather.

Nemesis pushed open the glass door of the shop. The crisp sound of wind chimes echoed in the air, and a fresh scent of sea water filled his nose.

"Ah, new guest, welcome~"

There are two huge shelves on both sides of the shop, which are filled with a wide variety of magical items. In the middle is a glass display cabinet that is five meters long and wide. Behind the cabinet, a blue-skinned girl sees the new customer coming in and welcomes him warmly.

"It tastes like fish! I want to eat it!" Peng Peng drooled on Nemesis' shoulder.

Hearing the meerkat's words, Nemesis also sniffed. The dragon's keen sense of smell allowed him to smell the fishy smell of sea water emanating from the girl.

"Half-Naga?" Nemesis raised his eyebrows, a little surprised. Naga is an intelligent race in the deep sea. They usually possess powerful magic and can control ocean tides and storms.

The girl in front of him was obviously a Naga-human hybrid, as could be seen from the two tiny horns on her forehead.

The girl who also saw Nemesis' true form covered her mouth and laughed, "As expected of a real dragon, you can see through Audrey's true nature at a glance. Those human natives always think I'm a descendant of a water giant. How boring."

Nemesis chuckled. The descendants of water giants and humans often have blue skin like the girl and a strong smell of sea water.

But the water giant's hair is also blue, not as blonde as the girl's, and the water giant does not have the pair of horns unique to the Naga.

Nemesis looked around and said with interest, "You have a lot of interesting things here."

Audrey smiled and stretched out her hand to the shelf beside her and said, "Dear guest, you can take your time to choose here."

The young man walked to the shelf and took a white conch in his hand to play with it. A strong magical aura continued to emanate from it. This was a rare magical item.

"You have a good taste," Odori said while trying to sell it. "I made this myself. I named it [Odori's Curse]."

"As long as it is blown on the sea, a ship within sight will be cursed by the sea and will be smashed to pieces by the waves within seven days."

"What if the ship reaches land within seven days?" Nemesis asked curiously.

"Uh," Audrey choked, then said with a wry smile, "Then the curse will be lifted."

Nemesis put the conch back on the shelf with some regret. He thought that the curse would be even more powerful and would be able to achieve its effect in various ways even on land.

Destroy a ship with a curse? Come on, the Tome Dragon thought a puff of his flaming dragon breath would be more convenient.

He picked up another slender golden needle, and this time an even stronger magical aura emanated from it. This was an extremely rare magical item.

"Wow, wow, wow. Congratulations, you have chosen another good thing made by Audrey. I call it [Audrey's Blessing]!"

Nemesis looked at her in surprise, as magical items with blessing effects were extremely rare. After all, the blessing ability was generally unique to priests, and most priests did not have the ability to enchant magic items like a wizard.

"As long as you prick the fingertips of the person you love with the golden needle, that person will love you forever!" Audrey was dancing happily and making a huge heart shape with her hands.

"Forever?" Nemesis sneered. Could an extremely rare magic item have the same effect as the blessing of Lady of Love Suni?

"Uh," Audrey smiled again and said, "When her love for you reaches its peak, she will fall asleep forever with the strongest love for you in her life, becoming a sleeping beauty. Isn't this loving you forever?"

Nemesis was so scared that he put the golden needle back on the shelf. It turned out to be another useless cursed item.

He picked a few more and found that they were all strange cursed items with various defects. He realized that this shop owner probably only knew how to make cursed magic items.

Audrey was also angry at this time. She gave up her signature business smile and pointed at Nemesis and cursed: "Hey! You've delayed me for so long, it's too much if you don't buy anything!"

Peng Peng bared his teeth and hissed, "You bitch! How dare you talk to my boss like that? You don't want to live anymore!"

After saying that, it floated into the air and farted at Audrey.

The nerves on Audrey's forehead trembled, and she gritted her teeth: "This is too much! This is too much!"

Nemesis ignored Audrey who was about to explode. He ran to the glass counter with his eyes brightened, as if he had seen something.

"What is this?" Nemesis asked curiously. The Scroll Dragon's keen perception of the magic network allowed him to sense a different kind of magical aura, with a long history. This was a power that only legendary magic items could possess.

In Nemesis's sight, a brown and white feather was lying quietly in the center.

Audrey, who was originally furious, miraculously calmed down when she saw that the other party was interested in buying. She shrugged and said, "Ah, the things in the glass cabinet are all magic items I bought from others. I don't know the effects of them."

"how much is it?"

"Forty thousand gold coins!" Seeing that the other party asked the price for the first time, Audrey excitedly reported a number.

"Too expensive! Five thousand gold coins!" "What nonsense are you talking about! These are all treasures that I bought back at a great price. The cost is thirty thousand gold coins, at least thirty-five thousand!"

"Ten thousand."

"Alright, alright. I'm afraid of you and I won't make any money from you. Thirty thousand gold coins. It can't be any lower. If it's any lower, I'll lose money."

"15,000 gold coins. If it doesn't work, forget it."

"At least twenty-five thousand!"

"Twenty thousand, not even one more copper coin will do!"

"make a deal!"

"Forehead"

Seeing that the other party agreed so readily, Nemesis suddenly felt that he had quoted a high price. But when he looked back at the feather, he felt it was worth it.

Twenty thousand gold coins in exchange for a magical item that seems to be a legend is totally worth it!
Any legendary magic item either has magical abilities of six rings or above, or has a powerful ability to optimize magic.

For example, the legendary staff owned by Nemesis - the Obsidian Undead Staff.

This staff not only possesses the seventh-ring necromancy spell - [Death Aura], but can also optimize [Manipulate Corpses], doubling the effect!
It can be said to be a legendary magic item that truly deserves the title.

Of course, even more powerful are the sub-artifacts, which not only need to be enchanted with eight-ring or even nine-ring spells, but also need to have at least one spell that can be used at will, plus the ability to greatly optimize spells. Only when all three conditions are met can it be considered a sub-artifact.

To give a magic item the ability to use a spell at will not only requires extremely expensive materials as the basis for engraving runes, but also requires a large amount of gold coins or lives to sacrifice to the magic network.

For example, the [Ring of Telekinesis] that Nemesis once obtained, this powerful magic item that can use the fifth-ring spell [Telekinesis] at will, was made by the drow noblewoman at the cost of hundreds of slaves' lives.

Of course, it is impossible to forge magic items on the ground in such a bloody way, and most wizards would choose to sacrifice their wealth. This also means that the casting cost of magic items that can release a spell at will far exceeds their value.

[Telekinesis Ring] is an extremely rare magic item, and its market price is nearly 100,000 gold coins, even close to a legendary magic item.

However, the price of allowing the ring to release [Telekinesis] at will is to sacrifice at least 666666 gold coins worth of magic gems or 666 lives to the magic network.

Therefore, magical items below the sub-artifact level that can release a spell at will are basically not circulated in the outside world. Only those top wizards with extremely rich wealth will forge them for their own use.

Audrey took out the feather and gave it to Nemesis, who immediately swallowed the feather, which stunned Audrey.

"It's really strange how dragons use magic items," Odori complained.

Nemesis took out a space bag and poured out 20,000 gold coins from it. He blinked with heartache, and his reserve treasury immediately dropped from 240,000 gold coins to 220,000 gold coins.

Fortunately, I still have that box of magic gems worth a million gold coins.

Nemesis comforted himself in this way.

"How is it? What kind of magic item is that?" Audrey asked curiously.

She had never synchronized these purchased items, because it would take at least five years for a synchronized magic item to untie the bond with its owner. In order to ensure the circulation of the goods, she did not know the specific functions and grades of most of the strange and bizarre magic items, and could only sell them at twice the purchase price as a bottom line.

Yes, Odori bought this feather from a halfling for only 10,000 gold coins.

It is said that in areas where magic is more prosperous, such as the West Coast, magic shop owners there all have a magical item called "Encyclopedia of Wonders", which can tell the grade and function of almost all magic items.

Audrey dreams of owning an "Encyclopedia of Strange Things", but unfortunately this thing is a monopoly item on the West Coast, jointly monopolized by the [Sword Coast United Chamber of Commerce], and it is forbidden to sell it to anyone privately.

Nemesis closed his eyes and felt it for a while, then said with a smile, "Not bad."

The magic network conveyed a message to him in the dark. This was a legendary magic item that required a week to synchronize. He guessed right.

Looking at the other party's appearance, Audrey was a little disappointed. She knew that the other party had taken advantage of the situation, but she didn't care too much. After all, she didn't suffer much.

No matter how much you earn, you earn it; as long as you don’t lose money, you win!

This is Audrey's life creed.

"Speaking of which, why would a real dragon be wandering around the capital of Inbutu?" Audrey asked curiously.

"If you have nothing to do, why not join me in a treasure hunt!"

Nemesis raised his eyebrows. Those two words touched a nerve: "Treasure?"

Audrey nodded vigorously, her eyes shining as she said, "The treasure of the Falling Star Sea."

　There will be another chapter in a moment

　　
　
(End of this chapter)