Chapter 33: Dragon Strength (2/2)
The girl had a whole new level of respect toward Marvin. This seemingly thin and weak guy who wasn’t carrying many things actually had that much money.
Marvin sized up the girl and suddenly asked, ”You are still an apprentice?”
The girl nodded, ”I am a disciple of Master Cole.”
”Seems like you aren’t the only disciple of Master Cole.” Marvin said.
His eyesight was quite acute. This girl was sensitive to money. She was wearing plain clothes and one look was enough to know that her family’s financial situation wasn’t that good. But she seemed smart.
If Master Cole thought she was important, she wouldn’t end up with a job at the counter.
The appraiser class needed to use a lot of money in the early stages, so being able to reach advanced level appraiser when coming from a poor family wasn’t bad.
The girl was actually quite honest and nodded.
”I am Hathaway, Master Cole’s 27th disciple.”
”How long have you been an apprentice?” Marvin bluntly asked.
”Ah? Probably three months, give or take.” Hathaway seriously answered Marvin’s question.
”Have you been hired?” The exact time wasn’t that important, Marvin simply tried to get what he could.
He didn’t expect that Hathaway would actually shake her head, ”The world is a harsh place, Sir. Originally, a person in charge of a chamber of commerce in Sail Boat City invited me to go to Sail Boat City to be their appraiser.”
”But he then died on the road. He got skinned. I heard it was the work of a Twin Snakes follower.” Fear was apparent in Hathaway’s eyes. ”Who would dare to go out now? I’d rather be a clerk in River Shore City. I don’t want to meet one of those evil follower.”
”I’m very sorry.” Marvin soothed her, ”It might get better soon.”
Hathaway shook her head, clearly taking Marvin’s sentence as a stranger’s kindness.
But actually, Marvin was really thinking of hiring an appraiser. Even if she was only at advanced level, he could slowly train her.
Even if White River Valley had yet to be recovered, Marvin had already begun to think of what to do after the seizing it back.
In this world, there was a very potent yet hard to control power. It was the adventurers.
If Marvin wanted to quickly strengthen White River Valley, he needed their help.
That was why he was working hard. Having no appraiser in the territory won’t do.
He chatted idly with Hathaway for a while.
After no less than an hour, Master Cole appeared.
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In the ranger guild’s VIP lounge.
Marvin was sitting on the far end of the table while Hathaway was cautiously standing to the side.
”Deepwater gem.” Master Cole put down his magnifying glass and rubbed his eyes, ”Boy, you are extremely lucky. This thing has deadly power in the hands of a wizard smith. It is said to be the main material to build a mechanical ghost statue. Without the deepwater gem, the dexterity of the mechanical ghost statue would be reduced.”
”A deepwater gem with this kind of purity could be processed into at least 8 sub-gems, and then used to make mechanical ghost statues. The South Wizards Alliance should have the mechanical ghost statue blueprint; you should sell this thing to them. It could be worth a lot!”
Marvin calmly nodded and put the gem away.
He already knew that this gem was very expensive, he just didn’t expect it to be worth that much. If it really was a deepwater gem, Marvin knew that wizards focused in clay transmutation would pay quite a lot for it.
Because it had another function apart from making mechanical ghost statues, which was strengthening spellcasting.
This information was almost unknown, as only a few a few talented wizards had found out.
But right now in Feinan’s world, only a wizard could find out about wizard stuff. The others, including appraising masters, were unfamiliar with the field.
Marvin was no doubt an exception.
He took out another item that needed to be identified.
It was that potion bottle he had gotten from the crimson monastery.
He could only rely on his rich experience to recognize that this thing was a compound potion.
He didn’t know if this master appraiser could give him the answer.
Cole took the potion with an extremely grave expression.
Appraising potions was always the most troublesome part.
”5 wizard golds,” Cole said. ”Fixed price. Because I need to ask a friend proficient in potions to work with me. And he is actually a true wizard apprentice.”
Marvin decisively responded, ”No problem.”
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It was already night when Marvin came out of the ranger guild, two hours later.
He had spent 5500 silvers on the appraisals, but he didn’t feel bad about it.
A deepwater gem, that’s fine.
And then, the appraisal of that potion, it was actually a [Dragon¹ Strength]!
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T/N: 1- As some of you might know, dragons are mostly represented by two types. The eastern dragon is often represented with a wingless, long snake-like body. The western is displayed as a huge winged lizard. In this case, it would be a western dragon.