67 How Is This Worth Millions?! (2/2)
Luca, upon taking the weapons from Elizabeth immediately brought them uncomfortably close to his face to analyze them in detail. Unfortunately for him, Blood Armaments would forever be an enigma to all but their masters. In fact, the moment the gun and sword duo entered his hands, they turned lifeless with what was present in their color schemes desaturating as if in protest.
When Luca tapped the magazine release, the second the magazine's body left the gun, its body created out of Elizabeth's Inner Strength immediately vaporized with a Marble Bullet crashing down onto his palm. When he tested Inferioria's edge for sharpness, he could swear that there were probably clubs with a sharper edge than that evidently harmless blade.
Eventually, he could only return the weapons to Elizabeth with even more questions than before as the peculiarity they possessed truly boggled his mind. Elizabeth knew from the get-go that he'd never get anything out of trying to study her weapons, but she didn't let the obvious trickery weigh down on her conscience as she wasted no time after retrieving her weapons to say, ”SO… What kind of magical bullets do you have and what are their prices… Wait! You said you're a tradesman right? Then do you also have a supplier of refined ores? If you do I'd like to know the prices of refined ores as well!”
”Uh… prices? How should I explain this? Usually, the currency with which I conduct my trades is measured in ”favors” or services to be precise. Magical bullets like these are hard to put into a monetary value as worldly affairs have very little impact on, well… the Martial Society. If you wanted to buy these bullets with say… US dollars, they'd each go for a couple million dollars.
You've already let me look at your ”family heirlooms” which in a sense is a service I value greatly; the reason being the rarity of the materials, which I've yet to even understand, used in making your weapons. Thus, for letting me take a peek at your weapons close up, I've judged the service's value to be worth around ten or so of my bullets.
You could take ten of these right here and now, or, you could wait a couple days for me to get a hold of their value in refined Lead. I see your gun uses rather ”unorthodox” ammo, looks to me like it's some sort of mineral rock? Anyway, all my bullets are made primarily with refined Lead and with a special copper alloy for the casings. You don't seem to used jacketed bullets, but if you want, I'll throw in a good amount of copper alloy as well, if you take the ore as the deal.
But… if you tell me a bit more about your weapons I can throw in some more bullets or ore to your balance...”
After that weighty explanation, Elizabeth was given a chance to get more out of the deal, but she refused to give out any details about her Blood Armaments as they weren't a thing native to earth or probably even the current dimension. She said, ”Sorry, I don't know much about my weapons, only that my family's tradition is to pass the armaments down from older generation to the next… About the deal though… Can I see one of your bullets real quick?”
Luca, though a bit sad that he couldn't learn more about the mysterious Blood Armaments, slowly withdrew one bullet from his own gun and gave it to Elizabeth. With the bullet in hand, Elizabeth used her Status to check on the bullets properties, and upon reading the description, a look of cringe threatening to drown the world on disappointment appeared…
[Status
Name: Magically Challenged Lead Bullet
Grade: Low-tier Mortal Grade Bullet (Threatening the Line to Below Mortal Grade...)
Description: Crafted with utterly horrendous and completely butchered refining methods of ancient times, this bullet's only redeeming qualities are the well-done inscriptions and energy synchronization optimizations done at the moment of crafting. Though the Refining Rate approaches the single digit mark at 11%, because of the superior Inscriptions this bullet possess, its range of fatality CAN reach levels on par with even High-Grade Mortal Bullets.
Effects: Damages entities up to Level 25. Typically fatal to beings Level 1 and below.]
Somehow, Elizabeth managed to control herself to not blurt out, ”How is this trash worth millions? Dear god...” She still had her look of total disgust as she handed back the bullet. From the moment she read the details of the bullets inception to the moment Luca took it back, she'd held onto it as if it were laced with dogshit as her fingers pinched the head of the bullet and she shook her head from side to side.
Whilst continuing to shake her head, Elizabeth said, ”On second thought, never mind...” The way she acted after receiving the bullet left Luca not knowing how to react…