The high priest had been mostly silent through this entire event, he knew that the party had not hit it off well with Markus Raven and he personally had pulled a few strings to make sure that Markus would attend this VIP auction. The high priest put in a lot of work after he had been invited and wanted to make sure his adoptive daughter would have the chance to properly spend ti with her friends. If it was up to him he would make sure the party did not leave the kingdom again so they would not face any dangers outside the walls, unfortunately he knew that that was impossible. He could only dote on his Alice so much as a father.
"I have never heard of dual elental crystals, I wonder what they can do." Walker was more speaking out loud than starting a conversation.
"Well once the auction house sold a fair amount of dual elental crystals from a volcanic area, earth and fire mana I believe. They sold for five thousand gold each, a very useful item for the fire and earth made team that was in attendance." The high priest held a smug look knowing that he rarely had the opportunity to show off knowledge like this. He may be years older than those who brought him to the auction this ti but he could share his gained knowledge.
"That sounds pretty cool, so if I went to a forest I may find an earth and water elental crystal? It sounds like it can be a rare chance based on what natural mana exists there." Gil was excited to try and find so of his own. They would be a huge bounty for the party.
"From what I know it is very possible, but they need to be lucky to absorb a balanced amount of mana from both natural sources. That is what makes them rare. They are also harder to sue since they require a very specific system. The pair of mages that purchase the previous dual elental crystals often fused spells with each other so they used the crystals to create a unique staff that they both could channel mana in to." The high priest held a finger to his chin, " They were known as the earth cracking duo before they retired."
"Wait, you have t those two! My parents only told stories about them, they were the first two to fuse earth and fire magic in the kingdom, that was years ago." Gil had been read many stories by his parents, these kind of tales were very popular with the children in the fields who would rarely go in to the city when they were younger.
"Years ago? I swear it is almost like yesterday. When I t the two they could barely use any spells, their fathers brought them to an auction and they begged for the crystals. Ah how fun that auction was, the two fathers didn't even realize they were bidding against each other until the end when their children ran to share the news of the crystals they had just won." The high priest laughed to himself, he could only reminisce on these auctions now that he was reminded of his younger years. "I was not even a high priest at the ti, I was just learning to beco an entry level priest. My ntor took here to show my the way auctions worked, how fun it was." the high priest wandered off following an attendant carrying beverages. The two were left a little in awe, what stories could the high priest share with them if he sat down and just started to talk.
"One day we are going to get him to tell us all about the people he has t."
"Definitely." Gil and Walker made their own deal, this would serve as a good way to get Gil to the cathedral to volunteer, not that he knew the high priest had stories about so of his favorite childhood stories, it would be much easier convincing him. The only other person that would need convincing was Rey but with a glance Walker knew it would be much easier.
Alice had been dragged to food with Rey but now that her and Rey were eating the smile on her face was very large. Rey was rambling on about sothing, Walker could only guess she had started to talk about the orphanage because she was showing more energy than usual. Walker had long noticed that she only showed a certain kind of smile and energy when talking about her own family. Midnight was also calmly sitting and enjoying the conversation, she seed to like spending ti in this setting where so many people were giving her attention. She also seed to like that Alice would often snag an extra appetizer to pass down to her. Alice had unwittingly earned Midnight's respect.
"Want to go see what Su is checking out? She seems to have found sothing cool." Gil pointed towards a set of armor that was outlined with a lot of different carvings.
The two made their way across the room to see that she had been reading a piece of paper that described the crafting thod and benefits of the armor. "What did you find Su?" Walker had beco more interested the closer he got. The armor was a fairly basic design but had runes and other patterns carved on to it. From what he could see the tal also had a glow of natural elental mana, it was absorbing them from the atmosphere around it. This may have been slight but it was a pretty impressive feat.
"This armor was forged by the dwarves then sohow managed to get carved and detailed by the elves. This is a very rare set of armor. It is only made of silver and Iron so it is not as strong. But since it was made by the dwarves they added so reinforcing techniques so I doubt it can't stand up to even the hardest hits." Su double checked the paper next to the armor. "Then these carvings allow it to absorb a small amount of mana from around it, this is really good to block any attacks from elental magic. For any defender using body enhancing skills this can make them much tougher. I believe soone like the armies ice shield defender could make the best use of armor like this."
"Ice shield defender? I have never heard of soone like that." Walker and Gil were equally lost.
"I did so research on other defenders so I could make my shields better when I ask the blacksmith. There is a man that uses water magic and defensive armor to create ice shields and ice armor. He is considered one of the best young defenders in the entire army. A lot of people expect him to beco a general one day." Su had been researching a lot when everyone was not paying attention. The fact that she was even looking in to the army for inspiration was impressive.
"So he would be able to use this armor to take in more of the water elental mana he needed to create shields and armor." Walker ca to his own conclusion, "This armor would give him a huge advantage, he could block attacks well above his own level. Maybe while we are in the deeper sun hollow forest we should look to learn more about runes from any elves we co in to contact with.'
"I believe that to be a wise decision leader, but now I think we should go over and have a snack like them before we get to dinner. None of us ate lunch...I just realized we got too excited." Su was right and Walker and Gil suddenly ca to the sa realization feeling their empty stomachs crying out to them.
The three joined up with Rey who gave them the rundown on what they should and should not try. They all ended up with small plates of only the best appetizers suggested by Rey. Even Midnight was nodding her head in support of the suggestions, how had the three co to these consensuses they had no idea, but were they spot on.
Walker was about to ask Alice what she like the best out of the appetizers when he noticed her gaze was fixed on a small bracelet in the corner of the large room. "Want to go check that out? We can see what it has to offer." Walker looked towards the bracelet too, Alice shook her head. "Brother, Alice does not want to get sothing she doesn't need. She thinks the gold is better spent elsewhere."
"Onyx, I'm an idiot! You can talk for Alice since she don't use mana to speak if you talk to her in her mind." Walker had not realized just how foolish he had been, he had the perfect little brother here to help him out to talk for Alice and the idea had completely gone over his head.
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