After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

"Theoretically, there shouldn't be any side effects, but this is the least cost-effective use. Most people wouldn't directly let a Gold-level or Orichalcum-level professional devour a dragon soul..."

Mu Qiu Yi Le.

No side effects?

Low cost-performance ratio?

Wasn't that prepared specifically for him?

"Your Grace, since you've invited me to the banquet, what more can I say? I'll offer fifty mid-grade starstones!"

"Five, fifty?"

The legendary swordsman nearly dropped his wine cup, his eyes widening as he stared in Mu Qiu's direction with an incredulous expression: "Are you insane?! You're going to send your maid to devour a dragon soul?!"

The Black Mage also frowned.

He just couldn't understand where the other party got so many mid-grade starstones.

What, could it have fallen from the sky?

He wasn't particularly interested in the sword, but felt Mu Qiu's offer was too high, so he said in a deep voice:

“Young man, even if you are wealthy, you shouldn’t be so extravagant. This sword is worth at most thirty mid-grade starstones.”

Mu Qiu waved his hand dismissively: "It's alright, the Duke has to make some profit, right?"

Upon hearing this, even the well-informed Duke Blaine couldn't help but twitch his lips a few times.

Isn't this ridiculous? If you're talking about losing money, he didn't actually lose anything; in fact, he made a profit. But if you're talking about making a profit, he originally intended to sell that legendary longsword to that legendary swordsman at a low price...

With fifty medium-grade starstones fetching such an exorbitant price, naturally no one else would compete for them.

The legendary swordsman shook his head with a wry smile.

His bottom line is thirty-five mid-grade starstones, and even if he grits his teeth, he can only manage forty mid-grade starstones at most.

Fifty mid-grade starstones are worth far more than the value of this weapon!

Ultimately, with no one competing, the Breath of the Frost Dragon fell into Mu Qiu's hands.

When he took the longsword, the chill emanating from its blade made him smack his lips slightly.

"Hiss, this sword looks like a refrigerator."

Mu Qiu quickly handed the sword to Fiona: "Take it, you can use it to make chilled drinks later."

"Master, Master...is this for me?"

Fiona received the longsword with trembling hands, feeling the icy touch of the blade and the surging dragon soul power within it, and was speechless for a moment.

Her master bought her such a precious longsword?

Although it wasn't the greatsword she was most comfortable using, it was a legendary weapon, so Fiona certainly wouldn't be picky.

Moreover, even with her peak Golden level strength, she was completely unable to unleash the power of this legendary weapon, or even use it. It wouldn't be wrong to say that it was only good for drinking cold drinks.

The master gave her this weapon; could it be that the potion he just bought was also for her?

But why? She was just a slave; did she deserve such devotion from her master?

The combined value of these treasures is probably enough to train an ordinary person into a legendary professional.

Could it be that the master really considers her...an important person?

Come to think of it, the time the owner touched the softest spot on her tail, it must have been on purpose, right?

The thought made Fiona's cheeks flush slightly. She secretly glanced at Mu Qiu, her heart beating faster than usual.

When I first arrived at my master's place, I originally thought he was the kind of nasty nobleman.

But now it seems that apart from being the most vulgar nobleman she has ever met, the master has no other flaws besides being vulgar.

Not only did they receive the most generous treatment, but they also never acted like masters. They even prioritized buying potions and weapons for slaves like them, rather than buying them for themselves...

If she can really break through the legend...

Fiona glanced at Mu Qiu's face, and after a moment of distraction, she suddenly looked away, her eyes gradually hardening as if she had made up her mind.

Chapter 115 Host, is this the first time you've seen a resurrection artifact?

While Fiona was still in a daze, two more auctions were held.

However, Mu Qiu found that the items in these two auctions were of no use to Fiona and the others, so he did not bid on them.

This made Duke Blaine's heart skip a beat.

Oh?

Is this kid finally out of money?

That's true. This kid is just a descendant of a saint, not a true saint. It's already quite remarkable that he could take out nearly a hundred mid-grade starlight stones.

If the other party continues bidding like this, the Duke of Blaine intends to change all the items up for auction today.

A cunning old fox like him would naturally have made two preparations.

Each time he held a private auction, he would not only invite the dozen or so legendary professionals who were familiar with him, but would also send out invitations to other nobles and wealthy merchants in order to cover his tracks.

If a governor from the capital or an unexpected scion of a prominent family like Mu Qiu appears, he will lower the price of the auctioned treasure by one or two levels.

Just now, Duke Blaine had the servants bring out two of the most ordinary legendary treasures.

Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to get some information out of Mu Qiu and find out more about him.

However, with Mu Qiu holding his elven companion in his arms, Duke Blaine had no chance to strike up a conversation with her.

In order to maintain the image of an upright paladin for the temple, he always acted as if he were not interested in women and despised those idle, womanizing playboys.

But Mu Qiu, on the contrary, looked like a vulgar aristocrat.

This made him want to strike up a conversation, but he didn't know where to begin.

If it were to discuss the specifications of these legendary weapons, Duke Blaine felt he could say a few words to the other party.

But looking at Mu Qiu's appearance, Duke Blaine seriously suspected that if he talked to him about his family's glorious history and subtly inquired about it, the boy would most likely ask him how many wives his ancestors had...

Thinking of this, Duke Blaine's lips twitched involuntarily.

Having held so many auctions, even if the nobles are just putting on an act, they at least try to act like upright nobles here.

This kid, however, brazenly held an elven maid in his arms, one hand even slipping under her cloak. Though it couldn't be seen, he was probably doing something lewd...

If I go over and strike up a conversation now, the other person might think I'm spoiling their fun.

That's it.

The person who could pull out so many mid-grade starstones couldn't have picked them up from somewhere.

Duke Blaine shook his head inwardly, dismissing the idea of ​​testing the other party.

What's the point of testing them?

What, could the other party be a fake nobleman?

The fact that they can produce so many mid-grade starstones means they must be related to some saint or legendary peak expert. If I go over there now and spoil their fun, I might offend them instead.

Duke Blaine glanced around and noticed that none of the other legendary professionals were talking to Mu Qiu either; he didn't want to be the one to stick his neck out.

However, since this kid is out of money...

Then, the truly valuable treasures can be brought up again!

Duke Blaine gave a wink to several of the servants below the stage.

Soon, four waiters carried a silver box up from the side hall on the right.

The moment the lid of the box was opened, a dazzling golden-red light burst forth, illuminating the entire banquet hall as if it were daytime.

Inside the box was a complete set of knight's armor. The gilded armor was engraved with exquisite dragon patterns, and a red gem the size of a pigeon's egg was inlaid on the breastplate. The shoulder armor was designed in the shape of a dragon's head, making it look quite extraordinary.

"This item is a legendary, top-grade Dragon Blood Battle Armor!"

Duke Blaine's voice carried a hint of pride, "This is Master Herbert's masterpiece! It was forged in the crater of a volcano over ninety-nine days using meteorite iron, black gold stone, and legendary dragon scales as the main materials!"

"Not only is its defense amazing, but it also has the ability to suppress magic!"

Forbidden Magic!

Upon hearing this, many legendary experts present showed interest.

Defensive equipment with anti-magic effects can be considered a true nemesis of mages!

Just as objects that do not conduct electricity well are called insulators.

On this continent, there are naturally objects that do not easily conduct elemental power, as well as materials that can interfere with the flow of magic. Both types of materials are collectively referred to as "anti-magic materials".

Slimes of various attributes fall into the former category. For example, water slimes are immune to pure water magic attacks. They have a 100% magic resistance to water elements, meaning that no pure water magic can affect them.

The demonic domains of legendary demons and the saintly domains of saints can interfere with the flow of magic within their domains, making it difficult for mages to mobilize external elemental forces, greatly increasing the failure rate of spellcasting, and significantly weakening the power of spells...

Of course, the domain holder can also make the flow of magic more concentrated, allowing the surrounding mages to chant at high speed, making it almost impossible for spells to fail, and the power of spells will be multiplied. It can even gather the spells of the same name of all the mages in the domain together, thus causing a qualitative change from a quantitative change.

The Empire's mage legion is among the best in this regard. As long as a legendary archmage with a domain leads the legion, the strength of the entire mage legion can be increased several times or even ten times!

However, the mage legion is a double-edged sword for the Orion Empire.

Externally, the mage legion is the strongest and most invincible legion; internally, the power of the mage council has subtly surpassed that of the Imperial Court of Law and the Office of Pardons, and sometimes even the Supreme Court struggles to punish mages who commit offenses...

That is why the city lord of Earth City was appointed by the late emperor of the Orion Empire to the Parker family!

Because the City of Earth possesses the richest black gold stone veins on this continent. The black gold stone produced around the City of Earth alone accounts for more than 70% of the total black gold stone production of the entire empire!

The ancestors of the Parker family were teammates of that hero a thousand years ago, and had even shed blood for the hero and taken bullets for him... With this connection to the hero, even the Mage Council dared not extend their reach here.

The Empire attaches great importance to the Black Goldstone mines not only to ensure the Mage Legion's dominance in the outside world, but also to guard against this increasingly disobedient Mage Legion.

After all, Black Gold Stone is the most effective anti-magic material among all anti-magic materials!

It not only has a magic resistance rate of 99.99%, second only to elemental slimes, making it almost completely immune to all elemental spell attacks, but also, when there are enough black gold stones, it will naturally form an anti-magic barrier that can interfere with the flow of magic.

Aside from mental spells, which are immune to magic, almost all types of spells can be resisted by the anti-magic barrier.

When facing a professional equipped with black gold stone gear, mages can often only indirectly attack the opponent by using spells to trigger landslides, mudslides, volcanic eruptions, etc., or by using evasion spells to dodge.

Even when approached, the magic shield on their body is often instantly disintegrated under the influence of the anti-magic barrier!

More importantly, when faced with other magic-blocking materials that interfere with the flow of magic, legendary mages are often able to confront them head-on through legendary long ranks.

However, even legendary mages are helpless against the extremely high magic resistance of Black Gold Stone.

Only a saint can forcibly reduce the magic resistance of the Black Gold Stone to 0 by altering the rules within the domain, thus ignoring the magic ban.

Even a legion of mithril-level mages would have to flee in panic if they encountered a knightly squad fully equipped with black gold stone gear.

of course.

Black Goldstone, such a precious anti-magic material, would make a suit of armor entirely crafted from it, its value no less than that of a legendary-grade equipment!

Even though the empire doesn't pay a high price for Black Gold Stone, it still costs five thousand gold coins per pound!

Not to mention that Black Gold Stone is worth three to five times more on the black market. If smuggled to other countries, a pound of Black Gold Stone can sell for more than 50,000 gold coins!

To create a set of Black Gold Stone equipment weighing 100 kilograms, based on 30 kilograms of heavy armor, 5 kilograms of helmet, and 15 kilograms of shield, the cost alone would be 500,000 gold coins, not even including processing fees and loss rate!

Moreover, black gold stone is scarce, and only about 10% of the total output can be used to craft equipment. With the output of the mines within the empire, not many sets can be crafted in a year.

Not to mention that although black gold stone is an excellent anti-magic material, it has very low hardness and is not resistant to high temperatures, making it very fragile. Even a mage can easily tear apart a suit of armor made of black gold stone with their bare hands.

If a large-scale battle were to take place, most of these pure black gold stone equipment would be lost.

Therefore, except in extremely special circumstances, in order to ensure the sharpness of weapons and the sturdiness of armor, black gold stone is ground into powder and mixed into other equipment during the forging process, and the amount used will not exceed 30%.

A ten-pound suit of armor only needs about 10 grams of black gold stone powder to have a slight resistance to magic.

Adding 100 grams of black goldstone powder will grant you moderate magic resistance.

Adding one pound of black gold stone powder will give it good resistance to magic.

If three pounds of black gold stone powder are added, it will possess excellent magic resistance, and depending on the blacksmith's skill, the magic resistance rate can ultimately reach 66.7% to 889%.

Adding more black gold powder would severely compromise the armor's defensive capabilities, making it counterproductive.

Under normal circumstances, a piece of equipment will contain no more than 10% to 30% black gold stone powder.

Moreover, after using this equipment for a year or two, its magic resistance will gradually decrease...