It's no wonder that war brings chaos and disorder, but also booming business opportunities.
Compared to the seemingly peaceful Negreuth Empire, Juarez Fortress, located in the land of right and wrong, is undoubtedly the best option for sellers to sell stolen goods. The most significant change that has resulted is the circulation in the black market. The quality of goods is significantly higher than in other non-war areas.
And these buyers, the products they compete for in the underground auction house, not to mention top magical weapons such as giant killers, or "hard currencies" of war such as golden armors, even things like the devil's manual, which most people simply don't care about. Unable to control it, only a few ghost masters will love sophisticated equipment, and some well-connected buyers are willing to buy it and invest a large sum of money for a distant and uncertain future.
As for why most of the equipment in the black market are magic weapon-level treasures, there are no fourth-level holy tools or fifth-level holy tools above them. Except for magic weapons, both the refining cost and the technical cost are higher than the holy tools. In addition to being cheaper and more mature, there is also a more direct reason——
Generally speaking, the forces behind the operation of underground auction houses are all the top local snakes. The reason why they spend huge sums of money to operate such underground auction houses is not only because they fancy the high risks and high returns of the auction houses and earn huge price differences. The ability to attract money, and more importantly, the underground auction house is a very suitable transfer point for collecting treasures. As long as you wait and see, those high-quality goods left in the hands of adventurers or chambers of commerce will be continuously delivered to your door. If one of them is really If there are good things worth keeping in your hands, who would be willing to put them on the table?
The frenzy of the entire auction lasted for a long time, and it seemed that he was inspired by the restless atmosphere around him. George, who was originally very "thrifty", also rarely went shopping.
Of course, this so-called shopping spree is really just a drop in the bucket for the current George.
Due to the war between the two countries, robbers and thieves have sprung up in urban and rural areas. Transportation transactions between cities have become a big problem. Only impoverished refugees and well-armed large business groups can survive.
In this context, George simply complied with the market and diverted some of the vampires to start shipping and land transportation logistics business. With the superior combat power of the vampires, one to ten, the reaper business group suddenly emerged, taking over and monopolizing the intercity transportation business. , and also wiped out several large-scale thieves' strongholds.
Therefore, a lot of money is not enough to describe George's profit status in the past few months.
With such abundant funds, George really didn't hold back when purchasing supplies. In addition to the Devil's Manual, the Golden Armor, and the Giant Killer, George also purchased a wide range of practical equipment such as the Phantom Scepter and the Anti-Magic Cloak.
It is worth mentioning that George also purchased a small box of explosive powder and a master-level hallucinogenic potion this time. The former is equivalent to a different world version of nano bombs, and the latter can easily make a fourth-level strong person fall into an illusion. During the time of the Asmodeus family, these two consumables caused George a big loss. Now that they were seen at the auction, how could George miss them?
However, even though the host's hammer dropped no longer had any resonance, George did not feel any real sense. Although explosive powders and hallucinogenic potions were rare, they did not make George feel that he had touched the prophesied "path to the road". Bridge to the Past.”
The auction is still going on. Unsurprisingly, as time goes by, most of the top-notch items that can support the scene have been sold, and the rest are mostly leftovers that cannot be sold——
Collectibles that have passed through auctions several times but are still unlovable, mysterious objects whose value no one has been able to identify, clearance items stored in auction houses, and so on.
"The dwarf musket, like this, fills the gunpowder and projectiles from the gun head into the barrel, and then pulls the trigger to fire! This is a new weapon transmitted from the great Akan. It is very powerful. In the future, it will no longer rely on crossbows and crossbows. Magic rules the world! Sir, times have changed!"
"A single musket only costs fifty gold coins, and buying ten muskets also comes with a large box of gunpowder and projectiles. It's a great deal!"
Unlike the previous auctions where the auction house was full and full of enthusiasm, the remaining products could not arouse the interest of the buyers at all. Many powerful buyers had already withdrawn from the auction, leaving only those who wanted to try their luck. .
In order to awaken the wallets of these people, the host Alice Talis had to work hard to bring goods. However, even as a crusader, Alice is not very good at the dwarf firearms. She was seen loading the dwarf musket with a little difficulty, and the butt of the gun was deeply embedded in the soft chest wrapped in the male black dress. After going back and forth several times, she finally stuffed all the gunpowder and iron pellets into the muzzle of the gun. Then, she pulled the trigger on the armored target less than ten meters away from him!
The next second, the fire flashed through the magazine, and the sound of shattering armor and the thundering gunshot shook the entire underground auction house!
"It's interesting, let me have one!"
"I'll have one too!"
Finally, among the sparse crowd in the audience, there were one or two patrons who were not short of money and bought a few muskets out of curiosity to try them out.
Seeing this scene, George couldn't help laughing.
Anyone who has traveled from the modern earth to another world, as long as they have observed the whole process of loading this inferior old-fashioned musket, will basically not be confused about the slow sales of firearms in this dimension.
When he was "Pirate Jojo" in Jinhai, George had already experienced the most powerful and versatile large-scale firearm in this plane - ship-borne artillery.
In George's view, whether the dwarves' muskets or ship-borne artillery, their high price, bulky size, scarce ammunition, slow loading and desperate hit rate all hinder their continued development. threshold.
In this dimension where individual strength has no upper limit, it is filled with powerful archery masters, divine crossbowmen and magicians. With the development and advancement of the overall technological level of society, gunpowder weapons such as dwarf muskets are indeed bound to appear. In the long course of history, if there is not enough capital for diversion and development, or a leader like George who has a long-term understanding of modern firearms, gunpowder weapons may only appear on the stage of history like a flash in the pan. Then quietly exited in obscurity.
Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest.
This is true for nature, this is true for countries, and this is true for human beings. It is even more true for weapons used to kill people!
"Ancient crystal tablets were brought back by brave adventurers from the remote Tanan Desert. It is said that the whispers of the ancient gods can be heard from the crystal tablets! Three hundred gold coins... no, only two hundred gold coins. The starting price is two hundred gold coins! As long as you buy it, you can study ancient magic!"
Ancient crystal piece? Heard about the past? After hearing this, George smiled disdainfully and didn't even bother to look at him.
The more unpopular and unpopular products are launched in the second half of the auction, the more they need these strange gimmicks to attract attention. Before that, there are dragon breath stones, phoenix feather flowers, etc. It was of no use, and George didn't pay any attention to the strange object that only relied on its name to deceive the enemy.
However, George soon stopped laughing.
"Can you hear...the Reapers...the vampire forces...the Watchers...are eager to expel...the Yuan Kai Army...join..."
It seemed that because the host slapped the table too much, the "ancient crystal piece" originally placed on the platform was also activated. The "ancient crystal piece" emitted bursts of light, and intermittent sounds came from inside, but It soon dimmed again.
"What the hell!"
With an aura that almost broke his neck, he turned around and stared hard in the direction of the sound. Only then did George realize belatedly that after searching for him for thousands of times, the so-called "ancient crystal piece" actually turned out to be... It was the portable tactical computer that he abandoned in the Gobi Desert called Tanan Desert, the first landing point for arriving in this different world!
But, why is dad's voice coming from the tactical computer?
After the last battle between the earth and the old vampire Christopher, the first place George came to the other world was the damn desert. In order to reduce the weight of his luggage, George only left a small amount of necessary materials and ammunition and discarded them. Most of the equipment on his body, this portable tactical computer originally hung on his waist, was also one of George's lost items.
Considering that the equipment on the earth may have an uncontrollable impact on the natives of this plane, during the time when Dolphin Jump settled, it was not that George, who was enjoying the life of the upper elf, did not send people to search for these equipment, but The desert was so big that the search teams sent failed several times and returned without success. Over time, even George himself gave up.
He thought he would never see this portable tactical computer again in his life, but he didn't expect to see him again in this way today. George had to lament the elusiveness of fate.
"The bridge to the past, it seems that this time it is always right! No wonder, when stating the prophecy, Isaac kept thinking about the words. I am afraid that he, the well-informed patriarch of the Lucifer family, would definitely not You know the electronic products on earth, haha!"
Portable tactical computer, bought for two hundred gold coins!
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