Chapter 64 - Visiting the auction house (2/2)

The second was a dwarven metal detector. It had a range of up to 4 meters and can be equipped to one's hand like a bracelet. Though it was being sold, it didn't have many bidders. After a few repeated bids, it fell into his hands for a price 30 silvers.

It was mostly used by players to locate metals. Though the metal detector is mostly used for mining purposes. It also sometimes signals towards treasure chests. This is something that players wouldn't realize soon. Once, they came to know, these tools came to be used whenever exploring a forest or any unknown area.

The third was the most useful items, he had seen. Though it would be very well known for stealthy kills, it wasn't used by most due the difficulty in using it. It was a garrote, a bronze grade garrote of level 5. It would be very useful for choking monsters and even players. It would enable one to control as well as deal damage at the same time for a continued duration if used properly.

It was a well fashioned device consisting of two metal handles with grips joined by a thin metal wire. It was an assassin's weapon in the game. Also, garrotes were well known weapons which Balthazar had not only used in the game but also in his real-life. So using this would be a cinch for him.

[Wire Garrote] (Bronze Garrote)

Level 5;

Requirement: Strength: 35; Endurance: 15;

Damage = (2 * Strength +15) true physical damage per second of choke.

Special effect: Wire cut: Swiping the garrote while removing inflicts a bleed effect losing 20 HP per second for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 5 minutes.

Durability: 20/20;

But it had its drawbacks too. Without a garrote skill which isn't seen till now in the game, it would be impossible for any normal player to properly use it. Moreover, it had a low durability and the durability decreases when a player fails to use it properly or someone directs an attack on its surface.

Though most wouldn't know about the issue of durability, most players would be deterred by the first issue. But these didn't apply to Shadow. He immediately placed a bid of 20 silvers beating the previous bid by 10 silvers. With no one else interested in buying it he got it for a relatively cheap price. Most bronze items would be bid for close to 30 or even 40 silvers.

Apart from these tools he saw a recipe which wasn't being used by anyone. It was the alva's tincture. It had the description which told that the potion when mixed with the any food would put the person into a euphoric state. It was an extremely rare recipe.

This was more of a luxury item and hardly had any practical use. But Balthazar knew it could be used in a specific way which could be used to hunt. He could use it in a spray bottle used in herbalism players to induce a similar effect on monsters which would make it very easy to hunt. A single potion could be used for about 50 monsters and probably more if diluted.

Being a luxury item, it didn't look was anybody was bidding on it. At this stage, everyone was still focused on leveling up, only a few were using it just to enjoy and that kind wouldn't try and walk all the way just to register in a new beginner town. It still was stuck at the base price of 30 silvers. He quickly set his bid at the base price and there were no further bids on it making him the owner of the recipe.

[Alva's Tincture] (Basic Potion recipe)

Required Materials: Red moss x 2; Blue weed x 2;

Effects: Can be consumed with or without food to put you in a state of euphoria.

”Red moss! There are only found near dryad territory. I better put in few refined iron ores in exchange for the red moss. Else, I doubt I would be able to produce the potion,” thought Balthazar as he put in 5 ores at the auction house.

He had already spent about 15 minutes at the auction house and hoped that he would get the Red moss quickly. Luckily, somebody bought out the ores for 20 red moss within a minute. He realized that the ores are probably in higher demand than he thought. On further thought, he only managed to get refined ores because of the tools that the team got from the goblin camp.

He was satisfied with his finds in the auction house and decided to leave it. He also needed a sprinkler to make use of the Alva's Tincture. He soon got it from one of the merchant shops in the town along with a few bottles of slowing poison.

With the new tools and potion recipe he got, it would be really easy to explore new areas and he hadn't yet explored one part of the town. It was the new area that appeared behind the town. It had a new barracks and a barracks indicated monsters in the area.

As he intended to explore a new area, he would probably end up with few new materials. He needed to empty a few more space in his bag so that he could fill up the new materials he found. ”I could put in most of the materials like ores and crystals into the bank for now,” thought Shadow.

With a shop in the marketplace, he might need to store more materials into the bank. With that thought in mind he went to the bank immediately and opened a storage space in there.

The bank provided rented storage space of 100 bag slots per month per account for the price of 10 bronze coins. For increase in the storage space, it was 10 bronze for every 50 bag slots. He made an account for himself for 100 bag slots.

He had 62 refined iron ores and 72 blackrock crystals in his bag which he transferred to the storage space. He also contacted Rudra and informed him of the account and gave him privileges to store and remove stuff. If he is handling all the trade profession player, it is always better to have a storage space to place materials and finished products apart from the ones he would put in display or in the shop.

Even though he had spent about 20 minutes after the town came up. He is sure that other than the locals most didn't even attempt to go to that part. Also, towns having a back area mostly had quests above level 10. Even if few locals didn't know, most of the one from other towns knew and few had already mentioned the general trends of the quests in the forums.