The equipment in illusory World was incredibly diverse. Even the most rare and precious artifacts, when considering the entire server, numbered at least around fifty or more, not to mention those below that tier.
The color grading was just a rough categorization by the system at a higher level. In reality, starting from purple, there was already a significant difference between equipment of the same color.
In extreme cases, there could even be a greater gap between weapons of the same level than between equipment of different colors.
Of course, this was a concept players had established for themselves and wouldn’t be visibly shown. Therefore, the ability to assess the strength of equipment was an essential skill for advanced players.
In general, equipment was divided into three categories: upper, middle, and lower, as well as the so-called peak equipment.
For example, the Holy Trinity Set that Violet equipped, while only being a semi-artifact, had reached the peak level for each piece. Combined with the noble set effect when worn together, it was not inferior to three separate pieces of ordinary artifact equipment.
And the artifacts she primarily used, such as the 【Feather Robe Graria】, 【Kabbalah Tree of Life】, were middle-grade artifacts, while the 【Eternal Scepter of the World’s Heart】, was an upper-grade artifact.
Regarding the current magic weapon called the 【Sword of Mirror Shadows】, even though Violet couldn’t accurately judge its strength from a distance, if the equipment assessment standards in this world were similar to the game, a medium-grade magical weapon, equivalent to a purple-grade item, was quite average.
Among the purple-quality items or equipment Violet had acquired from this world so far, apart from the tier of the 【Demon God’s Gem (Fragment)】 being difficult to determine, the few items in her collection were mostly upper-grade purple items or beyond. The staff, 【Radiant Fire】, given to her by Lady Anastasia, the mayor of Flame Dragon City, even reached the peak of the purple grade.
The 【Demon God’s Protection Ring】 obtained from Ben Melchior, designated as a pseudo-holy relic, was because some abilities, such as concealing presence, reached the level of a holy relic, but others fell far short.
All in all, it was weaker than a true holy relic, making it a defective product. This was the source of the difference between equipment of the same level but different quality.
Thinking about it, the Demon God probably didn’t keep it for similar reasons.
“Felina, do you think this pricing standard is reasonable?”
After some contemplation, Violet decided to seek advice from a local. Felina, being the legitimate daughter of a prominent family and a viscount-level aristocrat, must have a good understanding of the matter.
Upon hearing the question, the mission leader Miss Felina, who was silently observing the sword through the one-way isolating magic, turned her head and pondered for a moment.
“For officially organized auctions, they shouldn’t falsify the equipment grade. If it’s indeed a medium-grade magical weapon, a starting bid of 100,000 gold coins seems reasonable. However, Violet, don’t forget, this is just the starting price, and it’s based on the official currency of the Azure Sky Kingdom. When converted to our country’s currency, it might be even more.”
“In summary, it’s relatively expensive. That’s why the auction is promoting its potential connection with the Blood Clan as a selling point. How about it, Miss Violet, are you interested?”
“Not particularly, I just haven’t bought something like this before, and I’m not very clear on the pricing standards. Let me ask, if this sword isn’t a medium-grade but a higher-grade magical weapon, how much would it be worth?”
Without much hesitation, Felina almost blurted out her response.
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“For an upper-grade, it would be at least a million Human United Kingdom gold coins. If it’s a peak-grade, even the lowest would be five times that amount, and still, it would be priceless. After all, many famous wizards and craftsmen in history dedicated their entire lives and couldn’t create a peak-grade magical weapon. It’s second only to true artifacts, the highest pursuit that everyone dreams of.”
After a moment of thought, Miss Felina added, “Or, you can analogize medium-grade, upper-grade, and peak-grade as Earth, Sky, and Legendary levels. It might not be a perfect comparison, but it’s a close approximation.”
“Uh, well...”
Violet opened her mouth but found herself at a loss for words.
She initially thought that since receiving nearly ten million gold coins from the Second Prince Ben, she was already quite wealthy. However, it wasn’t until now that she understood, in this world, compared to those truly rare and powerful equipment, money was practically insignificant.
In other words, the real reward she received from Lady Anastasia, the City Mayor, wasn’t the gold coins or materials at all. The value of the item in the ring, the 【Radiant Flame】, accounted for 90% of it, a peak-grade magical equipment, worth at least five million gold coins...
Even for the affluent ruler of a city, that was a considerable expenditure. To be honest, it was a bit surprising for the priestess; she thought the other party simply entrusted her as a passerby.
Violet didn’t even ask Felina how much the “relic” was worth in gold coins. She figured she would only get an answer like, “It can’t be measured in gold coins, only through barter.”
During the conversation, the price of the 【Sword of Mirror Shadows】 had soared to a high of 300,000 gold coins, clearly exceeding the expected value for a medium-grade magical weapon.
The reason, of course, was the mystery added by Little Ink’s earlier mention of “perhaps related to the Blood Clan.” After all, the Blood Clan was a high-level race, and both their nearly infinite lifespan and everlasting beauty were enough to make people covet.
As long as even a slight secret related to them could be deciphered, the returns would undoubtedly far surpass this amount of gold coins.
Seeing the black-haired girl staring at the stage lost in thought, Felina timely reminded her.
“Miss Violet, if you are interested in this sword, you can bid for it. Don’t worry about the funds, His Majesty has ordered that all your expenses on this trip will be directly reimbursed from the royal treasury. A few hundred thousand gold coins are not a problem at all.”
“Eh? Lilya said something like that?”
The priestess was a bit stunned and shook her head in disbelief.
I’m not a swordsman, and even if I were to engage in close combat, there are much better weapons available. Having this one is useless, I was just thinking about other matters earlier.
If it were Violet, who hasn’t been in this world for long, she might indeed be intrigued by the possible connection between this sword and the vampires and decide to buy it.
But in the Courage City, she has already encountered two royal noble of the vampires, even indirectly dealt with some. She has delved into many secrets of this race.
This Shadow Mirror Sword is probably manufactured by the vampires using their mirror technique. It somehow ended up here in the Azure Sky Kingdom, that’s all.
Compared to the ability to reflect an entire mirrored space out of thin air, this thing is a bit childish and definitely doesn’t involve any real big secrets.
Among the winged people, there are few who excel in or like to use swords as weapons. They don’t need it. Maybe they, like Violet, have long figured out the details of this thing and naturally decided to sell it for money.
So the auction house didn’t lie, this sword is indeed related to the vampires. As for the specific connection... well.
This is what they call marketing.
Seeing Violet directly refuse without any hesitation, not seeming to make excuses, the blonde girl named Xiao Guang, who seems to be her guard, shows no sign of interest either. Felina nods and doesn’t continue speaking.
Although she uses a sword, she already has her preferred weapon and has no interest in this 【Sword of Mirror Shadows】.
Soon, the first item is sold for a staggering price of 500,000 gold coins, making Violet shake her head and sigh in her heart.
People are really foolish when they have money.