Chapter 32: Legendary-Quality Magic Equipment! |
“Welcome, customer, to the Alchemy Shop. I am the shop owner, Glendo Ironanvil.”
As he spoke, Glendo tidied his somewhat messy hair and stepped forward to greet them.
“What would you like to purchase?”
“Magic items,” Vivian’s cold voice sounded.
“Please follow me.” As he spoke, the dwarf led Vivian to a nearby shelf.
Various magic items were displayed on it.
As soon as they approached, the equipment information panel popped up. Jiang Chen hadn’t held much hope for these items at first.
But when he saw, among the uniform blue names, striking purple and orange ones appear, his eyes widened subconsciously.
“Damn! Purple gear and even orange gear!” Jiang Chen’s voice rose several degrees.
What purple equipment? Orange equipment?
But soon Vivian recalled that Lord God had mentioned it before.
Purple meant rare, orange meant legendary—it seemed to refer to equipment quality, though Lord God’s naming differed somewhat from hers.
Where?
Vivian looked toward the dazzling array of accessories on the shelf.
Without an interface panel, Vivian couldn’t see anything.
However, through fluctuations of MP, Vivian sharply noticed a silver ring engraved with runes she couldn’t understand.
Is it this ring?
Vivian sensed a ring with MP fluctuations similar to the Misty Moon Dream given to her by the Evil God.
Looking at the price tag—
Vivian’s breathing stalled.
4000 gold coins!
That must be it.
This ring was a rare-quality magic item. Then what about the legendary-quality one?
Legendary-quality magic items—Vivian had only heard of them in books. Each one was extremely rare.
They possessed unimaginable power.
For such an item to appear in a small shop like this—if Lord God hadn’t said so, Vivian would never have believed it.
So among these magic items, which one was the legendary-quality item?
Very quickly, Vivian got her answer.
She saw Lord God pick up a bracelet, also priced at 4000 gold coins.
It looked like it was made from interlocking diamond-shaped metal pieces. It felt cool to the touch.
Vivian could sense a faint flow of MP within it.
【Unidentified Bracelet (Legendary)】
【A bracelet sealed by a mysterious power. After identification, it may yield unexpected surprises.】
【Identification Cost: 1000 gold coins】
Seeing the item description, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but hold his breath.
“Legendary quality… it really is legendary quality.”
“And it’s only selling for 4000 gold coins.”
Including the identification cost, it would only require 5000 gold coins total.
Jiang Chen was certain that, aside from himself, no one else in the game could currently obtain legendary-quality equipment.
However, he hadn’t expected that this game would also implement equipment identification mechanics.
Without exaggeration, among all equipment progression systems in games, this identification type was the hardest to complete—and the most Pay-to-Win-heavy.
After seeing the identification system, Jiang Chen roughly understood the equipment model of this game.
“It’s probably divided into three types: ordinary loose pieces, cost-effective sets, and identification equipment exclusive to whales.”
“The first two are choices for most players, while identification equipment—this bottomless pit—is for wealthy players pursuing the extreme.”
Jiang Chen was extremely familiar with this routine.
To put it simply, even though this piece of equipment was legendary quality—if luck was good and top-tier attributes were identified, it would skyrocket.
But if good attributes weren’t identified, it might end up worse than ordinary loose equipment.
For example, if an item had a total of 100 attribute points, identification would randomly distribute those 100 points across different base attributes.
If unlucky, all points could go into attributes he didn’t need at all—then the item would basically be useless.
An item that cost 5000 might not even sell for 1000 in the end.
But if lucky, its value could multiply dozens or even hundreds of times, becoming a sky-high-priced item.
Jiang Chen wasn’t particularly fond of this gambling-type equipment.
No choice—his luck was just too bad.
But now...
At this price, Jiang Chen was very willing to take a gamble.
Even if it rolled attributes he didn’t need, he could accept it.
Because in the game, there was a distinction between virtual combat power and actual combat power.
From the perspective of climbing the Leaderboard, virtual combat power was actually more important.
So even if it didn’t roll practical combat attributes, as long as it boosted virtual combat power, Jiang Chen could still accept it.
In this game, increases in combat power heavily favored HP and MP first, followed by attributes like Strength.
Although it was priced at 4000 gold coins, Jiang Chen certainly wouldn’t buy it at full price.
After all, this game also had a bargaining mechanic.
Just as Jiang Chen was calculating various things, seeing the customer interested in the bracelet, Glendo immediately stepped forward to introduce it.
“Interested in this bracelet?”
As he spoke, Glendo adjusted his glasses and continued, “Actually, I’m not entirely sure what it does either.”
“My father bought it from a dragon-slaying hero. It’s said to be one of a dragon’s treasures.”
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Glendo slowly explained the origin and general situation of the bracelet.
In short, Glendo had also realized this bracelet was extraordinary. After studying it for a while, he still couldn’t figure out its function.
Moreover, the material used for the bracelet was extremely special.
Glendo had even tried melting it down to forge other magic items.
But he failed every time.
This made Glendo realize the bracelet was far from simple. Later, he sought out some high-tier mages to examine it.
The final conclusion was that the bracelet was sealed by a special power.
Only after breaking the seal could its abilities be revealed.
However, Glendo had tried many methods to lift the seal, all without success. Some even said that to break the seal, a god might have to personally intervene.
Naturally, Glendo didn’t believe that.
It was precisely because of the bracelet’s extraordinary nature that he had set the price at 4000 gold coins.
After hearing the explanation, Jiang Chen immediately began bargaining.
“So can this bracelet be cheaper? I’ll take it for 3000.”
“No problem!” Glendo agreed very straightforwardly.
“Huh?” Jiang Chen was stunned, wondering if he had offered too much.
At that moment, Glendo spoke again, “However, if you want me to buy it back later, I’ll only offer 500 gold coins.”
Jiang Chen didn’t hesitate and decisively paid the gold.
However, what Jiang Chen didn’t notice was the barely concealed sly smile on Glendo’s face after receiving the payment.