Chapter 518 Spirit Stones

"I see… I guess Iron Tier Automatons were only for convenience, huh…" Vincent muttered.

"That's right… Most servant-type Automatons are at this tier. They have very low requirements and as long as they have received some enchantments like Rust Resistance, they can be used for a long time."

Ronan replied.

These words jolted Vincent…

"Rust Resistance? Wait… You're capable of adding some functions or abilities after they were created?" Vincent asked.

Although the Black Tower's Magic Craftsmen were capable of putting "Item Skills" on their crafted weapons, it happens during the crafting method, specifically in the last part. The Binding and Modeling Process.

This is also what Levent taught him. Once the item is already made and the Magic Craftsman wanted to put skills on it, they would have to at least restart the binding and modeling process of the item.

Ronan smiled after seeing Vincent's surprised expression. He already heard that other organizations were incapable of doing Enchantments. However, he didn't expect that they weren't even aware that Enchantments of pre-made items exist.

He couldn't help but look down at the education system of the Black Tower.

"Yes… Although there are limited types of Enchantments that can do this, it's certainly possible to put enchantments after the magic tools or automatons are made." Ronan answered.

Seeing that Vincent was interested, he immediately added.

"I can't tell you how these enchantments are done but you can ask some of our Enchanters to do it for a hefty price. Depending on the Enchantments you wanted, the price can reach up to a million gold coins. Right, most transactions here use silver or gold coins and not Mana Crystals. There are some cases in that Spirit Stones can be accepted as well if you're doing some large transactions.."

Ronan explained as he can tell that Vincent doesn't know a lot of things in this country.

"I see… I'm indeed interested in this enchantment. Is it possible to try it at our first stop?" Vincent asked.

"Of course. We just need to kill the beasts that we'll encounter as quickly as possible and we'll most likely arrive at the nearest Peak in less than two days."

"That's good to hear… Anyway, you also mentioned the Spirit Stones… Are they abundant in this country?" Vincent, of course, didn't forget to ask this.

Spirit Stones are recognized by the system as Ascension Crystals and he is obviously lacking these precious items. He doesn't have a steady supply of these Spirit Stones which is unfortunate.

They were quite rare in the Tudor Kingdom and not many people were interested in collecting them in the Black Tower since there weren't a lot of people buying them.

Even if they know that they could be valuable in the Star Garden Peak, it's just too hard to create transactions with this organization considering the distance they have…

In addition to that, Spirit Stones are heavy!

Transporting them is not easy so choosing other items to sell would be the best decision for Black Tower's merchants.

Perhaps, only the Alchemist Association has a few Spirit Stones in their warehouse.

"Well, there is certainly a huge number of Spirit Stones being circulated within this land."

"I see… May I know what can a Spirit Stone purchase then?" Vincent asked.

Ronan didn't answer immediately as he started explaining how the market works here in the Star Garden Peak's territory.

The Iron Sparrow Automaton that was given to him can be bought for 4,000 silver coins or 400 gold coins.

Most Iron Tier Automatons are cheap because even beginner Magic Technicians can create them. There are basically a few thousand Iron Tier Automatons being made every day either just for gaining experience or a little bit of income.

Their prices can vary from 100 gold coins to 10,000 gold coins depending on their sizes and complexity…

Vincent Iron Sparrow may be considered very small but it can at least fly in the sky unlike Iron Rats so it wasn't the cheapest out there.

According to Ronan, the cheapest Automaton in the market was the Iron Snake since this is always the first Automaton that Magic Technicians would learn to create in their class.

The most expensive Iron Tier, to Vincent's surprise, was actually an Iron Butterfly… It exceeded the price of Iron Bulls and Iron Horses!

Apparently, the reason why it was so expensive is simple. It requires the knowledge of an Expert Magic Technician to make this. The butterfly is really thin and fragile after all. Making their internals is so complicated and it seems impossible for Beginner Magic Technicians.

"Then this butterfly is worth 10,000 gold coins?"

"That's right… Depending on the seller, they can also ask you to pay 5 normal Spirit Stones."

"Hmm? So Spirit Stones is worth 2,000 gold coins…"

Vincent muttered then immediately added after noticing something.

"You said 'normal' Spirit Stones? Are there other types of Spirit Stones, Sir Ronan?"

At the very least, he had only seen one type of Spirit Stone within the Black Tower and Tudor Kingdom so he was very interested in this. That's right, he had only found "Low-Tier Spirit Stone" ever since!

If there are better types of Spirit Stones, would it affect his Ascension Success Rate?

After all, Spirit Stones or Ascension Crystals don't give guaranteed success in his next ascension… At the very least, by using these Spirit Stones, his chances of getting a successful Ascension increases by 30% or so.

Of course, now that he maxed his Ascension Skill to level 10, his success rate is already flat at 90%. He would rarely fail and most of the time that he fails when that item already reached its limit to the point that forcefully Ascending them could break the item instead.

"That's right Vincent… Instead of explaining it, let me show it to you instead. I'm sure that you can't find it in your place."

Ronan replied as he pulled out a fist-size stone from his coat's inner pocket.

With Vincent's Item Sense ability, he didn't fail to notice that Ronan's pocket is actually similar to his Interspatial Ring. Nevertheless, he didn't react to it as Ronan may not like it if he exposes him.

"Do you have an appraisal ability or tool?"

"Yes…"

"Good… You can try and appraise it yourself. There is no swarm of beasts coming for us anyway… You can take your time."