1375 Chapter 1375 Platoon 2
--- Lily --- Lily was gliding around in the air, and so many of her worries just… lted away. She hadn't even gained much additional height, but up here? She just felt safe. Calm. No longer did the ti crunch seem so bad. The worry about collecting treasure a distant thing… and she felt safe. Nobody else could fly, not like she could. It made her wonder if she could just stay here away from everyone else and remain safe.
For the mont, Lily put that thought to the side. She would consider it a bit more once she understood the situation. Rising steadily Lily cast her gaze out to the horizon and managed to see, the net area close to her pretty quickly. From there she could follow it… fairly well until it disappeared over the horizon. Not by much. If Lily was a betting woman she'd put money down on being able to see the whole thing in less then five minutes.
The net was obviously closing in. It was… probably butting up against the edge of the crab area right now. Lily couldn't be sure where the net actually started. Perhaps aw bio or two were no longer accessible past the crab area, but that was just a guess. Thy said that the net was closing in on the centre point between all of the treasure hunters, and Lily already knew that Romilda was nearby. That ant that at least two people were dragging the centre closer to this area.
*It's nice to know that I can just head away from Romilda. The risk of running into her might still be decently high if she's going to zip around with her tal and head for the centre… but I doubt she knows about the net just yet. The real question is what do I want to do with this information?
Staying up here would be great. The sky is nice and clear, nothing seems ready to jump out and attack … but I'm not getting any treasures up here. I can see a few pontoons that might have treasure floating around, but no balloons or anything else that's actually in the air… which is a big risk. If I think I've got enough treasure then fine, just hide up here, or perhaps a touch higher and I'll be fine. Though… if I was forced to guess I'd say that I'm behind Blue for sure, and possibly behind March and Marigold. It's hard to tell with those two. I can see them both getting distracted with sothing along the way, or perhaps so fights. There's just no way to tell. Thy didn't make any announcents as if this was a battel royal. You know the ones? 'March has been eliminated' or I guess in this case sent to dical. So… ultimately staying up here, as nice as it is, definitely puts at risk of ending up in third place. I'm not willing to throw in the towel like that so I need a new plan. Heading for the pontoons and collecting treasure that way could be a good start… but the real question is what do I do if I see soone to fight. There's no way I'm the only person with a storage treasure so it might not be obvious just how many treasures they have. So what's the plan? Do I fight? No I'm not that good at fighting. My spells are good but I don't have the practice necessary. So… do I try and steal their storage artifact? Honestly that sounds like a fun idea. It might not work… and I'm not sure I could manage to steal anything from March or Marigold but I think I'm going to try if I see them.*
With a plan in mind Lily angled away from the closest two pontoons. One of them she'd visited before… though which one Lily couldn't say. No reason to waste ti checking, especially when they were so close to the net. If she guessed wrong the first ti, or the challenge took too long there was a good chance for the net to catch up to her and that was simply not a risk she wanted to deal with just yet.
When Lily found herself angling onto the platform she found Thy as expected… but it was the sa shell ga as last ti. Lily frowned as she transford and said, "Can I play this ga?"
"I'm afraid not. You have already claid the treasure for this ga," said Thy.
"But I could've sworn this was a new pontoon," said Lily. "I'm certain that I went to one of the other two. Sure this was sowhat close to where I am now, but I went in the complete opposite direction,"
"So pontoons have duplicate challenges. You may only get a treasure, or treasures, from the first ti you take the challenge regardless of where you find it. As a consolation prize, I can send you to the closest pontoon that has a challenge you haven't yet completed. Keep in mind, this is a one-ti offer. If you take it now, no other duplicate pontoon will offer it to you," explained Thy.
*Well no reason not to take it when I can fly. Might an it's not worth focusing on the pontoons like I had planned, but at the very least I can get another treasure without too much wasted ti.* "I'll take the advice now thank you," said Lily.
Thy nodded and a big arrow appeared pointing to another pontoon. Lily rolled her eyes at the dramatic but didn't say anything else. She swapped to mphis form and got a short run up before leaping into the air and heading straight for the new pontoon. It didn't take long, and soon Lily found herself sitting on what looked like the sa dam pontoon. Still, she didn't let it bother her yet. Thy wasn't so unreliable and the chance that the nearest new pontoon was directly past another seed very low.
So Lily waited, and eventually Thy spoke. "Welco to Thy's treasure evaluator! I'll be presenting you with a number of rounds of treasure. In each round I'll offer you two treasures to look at. You can ask exactly three questions each round. I cannot answer any questions revolving around the price of the item. So examples of invalid questions are as follows. 'Which of these is more expensive' 'would you say this treasure is expensive' or 'Do you think your average person could afford this'. You need to pick the treasure with the higher monetary value to move onto the next round. However, do keep in mind that all treasures will be scaled down to fit on the table. If their size has been changed at all, you will be notified without it costing a question.
"Now, onto the prize details. Every completed round will give you a single point. You can go through as many rounds as you want… but if you lose I'll be wiping the slate completely clean. You're also only allowed two chances to spend your points, so make sure when you do you've spent everything. Any points left over will be wasted. Now, are there any questions you have for ?" explained Thy.
"Yeah I've got a few actually. The first is, 'who determines the price'. Is this like an 'average sold price' type of deal? Or is this how much they're worth when the person selling them knows what they're doing?" asked Lily.
"The answer is making the assumption that I am a high end appraiser in the capital city of one of the main races. Which one doesn't matter too much. It's how I'll know to answer your questions," said Thy.
"Right… well with that in mind… what sort of condition will these things be in? Like, could you give a rusty legendary sword and a recently sharpened plain steel sword?" asked Lily.
"It is entirely possible for that to occur," said Thy with a smile. "Though rember, you have your three questions every round to ask . If you suspect I am trying to mislead you with sothing like that, you can just have so questions ready to determine the truth,"
*That's harder then it sounds Thy. Especially when I can't outright ask the value of things. Like 'How much would the value improve is this was clean' or sothing like that. Wait… that also makes wonder…* "What about broken things? How are they rated?" asked Lily.
Thy shrugged and said, "They are priced as they are. You'll need to find the right questions to determine how easy or expensive it would be to fix it, and work out if that makes the final price high enough to overco whatever treasure is up against it,"
*Not what I wanted to hear. But about what I expected.* "What things are on offer and for what price?" asked Lily.
"I cannot tell you. I can only offer you a chance to look things over once you've initiated your first shop round," said Thy.
"Wait you an that I could ask to shop and not even have enough points to buy a treasure!?" growled Lily.
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