BXBX NOVEL Chapter 367 - 367
The first item was a piece of shiny metal that looked like a mix between iron and steel. The second was a copper-colored piece of ore that glowed with magical light.
The third was a blood-colored ore that was leaking on the tray. The fourth was a type of grayish paste that seemed to be alive, reminiscent of the symbiote from the spider-man movies.
The fifth and final item on this tray was a whitish-blue stone that crackled with electricity as it sat there.
As the agitated crowd looked on, Deia called their names and explained their uses.
"While many of you seem to know what these are, in truth, you do not. The first is as you may have guessed, an ingot of High Steel. Typical High Steel has the best-forging malleability and can make weapons as well as armor with a balanced physical and magical defense, as well as be extremely receptive to enchantments while durable enough to not need repairs often."
Deia chuckled. "However our High Steel is one step higher. It is now a memory alloy, so once you shape it into a weapon or armor, it will automatically gain the ability to self-repair as long as more metal is added by the user. All its average aspects have increased by 200% comprehensively, allowing it to last longer, protect or attack better and be easier to use to craft with."
Deia then pointed to the second item. "That is the famous Oricalchum, a magical alloy that is one of the rare few to focus solely on magical defense and augmentation. As many mages here know, almost all of your magical ornaments and devices are made of this alloy, and it's simply a must-have!"
"However, typical Oricalchum doesn't boost magic, it only allows magic to be channeled through without any blockage or strain. What augments spells or magical defense is the special craftsmanship and runes carved on the metal during production."
Most smiths and mages here nodded. This was common knowledge, and anyone who had the gumptions to research the items they were buying as well as the best materials they would need to be using would know this.
Deia tapped the magical ore casually. "However, ours is a bit special. Just like the High Steel, all aspects have been increased by 200% comprehensively. But more than that, this unique metal has gained a new effect, which is to passively augment all runes carved on it by 50%!"
There were gasps on the auction floor, and Deia jumped onto the third one straight away. "As for this, it is the rare Blood Stone that contains the purified blood essence of many beings. As you all know, it is important for many non-human species that place emphasis on their bloodlines to increase their concentration and strength."
"Typical blood ore can increase the bloodline purity of everything up to Grandmaster stage by various amounts ranging from 20% to 5% depending on the height of the consumer's stage. For more powerful bloodlines like the noble ones from Unyris, it has a negligible effect even if one were low-ranked, so one is forced to use quantity to achieve the required effect."
Deia smiled playfully. "However, our blood ore is far superior. Just like before, all aspects are increased comprehensively. Most importantly though, it has the ability to increase any bloodline by one grade, only stopping below the Ancestor or Primogenitor realm."
Her words made the beats from Unyris go crazy. If it weren't for the fact that Deia shifted to the fourth item right away, they might have smashed the VIP room and rushed down to rob the item at all costs!
However, they were able to hold on to a thread of reason and suppress it, waiting for the auction to start. However, the camaraderies that existed between such mythical beasts had been thoroughly shattered, and they were now gazing at each other with wariness and danger.
"The fourth item is Symbiotic Adhesive. It is an important material in building defensive structures like walls, battlements, towers, and others. It connects the construction materials together and binds them, but also shifts them around efficiently to spread the damage received to such structures evenly."
Deia gazed at the sentient paste with a strange look. "Of course, once again, ours is better by 200% and has a special function, it can automatically assemble and disassemble a building itself as long as someone with Mind Power controls it."
Many fellows were left speechless. Hey there, didn't that mean that as long as you had Mind Power, you could practically construct your own buildings in seconds without the need for external influence?
Many eyes lit up. They did not need it to build public buildings like walls, but private ones. How many times had they been forced to kill talented young builders because they were the only ones who knew the details of their hidden treasuries, cellars, black market rings, and the like?
Now, they could use this paste to build their hidden stashes, and it would be of a higher quality than usual!
"The fifth and final item is Thunder Rock. This is a unique item that is necessary for the creation of golems, specifically of the Lightning element. While this might seem quite a niche, it is a fact that any engineer would know that this item is extremely rare!"
"Thunder Rocks can also be used to make special contraptions or imbue certain items with the Lightning Element! Certain specialized mages can use it to experiment with the element and discover its mysteries, while others can use it to power spells."
"Of course, as with our other items, ours is naturally 200% better than average and also it has the unique effect of being ingestible. Once consumed, one can naturally increase their affinity with the Lightning element or gain a small affinity with it if there was none."
Deia waved her hand over the tray, still bulling through without allowing the crowd to react. "We are doing a bulk sale like before. We have 100 Ingots of High Steel, 500 ores of Orichalcum, 100 pieces of Blood Stone, 10 tonnes of Symbiotic Paste, and 100 pieces of Thunder Rock."
"I invite another Appraiser to come down to verify the quality of the items!"