Chapter two hundred and eighty fifth Orthodox people
Cage City, when seeing this spherical underground space, the first thought in Leo's mind was Lanxi's Cage City, because the style of the buildings on the walls around this space is exactly the same as Cage City, they are simply copied from Cage City.
Building style.
The steel-framed corridors cover the stone walls surrounding the underground space, linking the opened living spaces. The corridors on each floor are criss-crossed by steel-framed overpasses, and some shops are built on the overpasses.
Compared with the commercial street on the ground, the business atmosphere here is very lively. Although the shops on the ground are very high-end and the goods inside are also extremely valuable, the people who go in and out of those shops are either rich or expensive, and even the prices for buying things are not much.
When asked, even if the price is discussed, it is always in a low voice, which always gives people an unpopular feeling.
But here, noisy sounds filled the entire underground space. Everyone was talking loudly about the prices of goods. Even for some goods, two customers would fight. Coupled with the shouts of the merchants themselves, any one
Anyone who enters here can feel an explosive excitement.
Aisha, who had never experienced such a scene before, was slightly dizzy by the sudden sound. Her body swayed for a moment, and she needed the help of an iron frame to stabilize her body.
Brown looked at Aisha with a smile and said loudly and proudly: "This is an underground market managed by the Holy Blood Society. It is also the largest distribution center for mysterious items in the entire Velen Continent. As long as you have money, you can buy anything here.
"
"Can I buy something from the First Dynasty of Maris?" Aisha, who had recovered, also asked loudly after hearing Brown's introduction.
"Of course you can buy it," Brown said, raising his hand and pointing to a shop with bronze lamps hanging on the second floor below: "You can go to old William's shop to take a look when you have time. There will always be some outstanding products there.
The unexpectedly good things are all antiquities from ancient dynasties." As he said that, he changed the topic and said: "However, there are also a lot of fakes there. If you don't have enough eyesight, it's best to look there more and buy less.
, otherwise it will be easy to be fooled.”
"Can I buy the tower wizard's items here?" Leo also asked at this time.
Brown replied without thinking: "It can be bought."
The reason why Leo asked like that was mainly because Brown said that you can buy anything here. He just asked casually, without even thinking that he would get any useful answer. But what he never expected was that Brown gave
He gave a very unexpected answer.
Then, without waiting for Leo to continue asking, Brown pointed to a very ornately decorated bronze door on the top wall and said: "That's the black market there. It is said that there is a tower witchcraft item there, which is a patterned piece of stone."
Metal plate, no one knows how this metal plate is made. This metal is a metal that has never been seen before. It can be said to be unique, so the price of this metal plate is also very expensive. It has participated in three auctions.
, they couldn’t be sold, and now they have become a black market treasure.”
"Isn't Rupert Fitz also interested in this metal plate?" Leo asked in a deep voice: "I remember that he has a large number of steel plants under his name, and he also funds a large number of groups that specialize in studying various metals. He should
You just have to be interested in this new type of metal."
Brown explained: "He was indeed interested, but the price exceeded his bottom line, and the metal was said to be impossible to imitate, so Mr. Rupert did not buy it."
"How much does that thing cost?" Aisha, who was listening quietly on the side, couldn't help but be curious and asked.
Brown spread his two fingers and said: "Twenty million Vinaya coins."
Aisha couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this. When her wealth was at its most, it only had more than 7,000 Maris coins, and it was only about 42,000 Vinaya coins when converted into Vinaya coins. This was already considered a fortune in her eyes.
It was a huge sum of money, and now there was something that cost 20 million Vinaya coins. Such a huge number was as huge as an astronomical figure in her heart.
However, compared to Aisha, Leo looked thoughtful. He felt that the reason why Rupert did not buy this metal plate was probably not because of the price.
Although 20 million Vinaya coins sounds like a lot, if calculated according to the current exchange ratio of 19 to 1 between Vinaya coins and gold flanges, this metal plate from the tower only costs more than one million
It’s just a gold flange. The exchange ratio of nineteen to one is the current exchange ratio of the two currencies. When the Vinaya coins were first issued in the past, the ratio between the two was forty-five to one, which means that Rupert needs
Pay less money than you do now.
This amount of money, ranging from tens to millions, seems scary. To ordinary people, it is an astronomical figure, but to Rupert, it is just a pocket change. Not to mention the world's wealthy businessmen like Rupert.
, even Leo, who just made a fortune from the gang leader of Miria City not long ago, can easily come up with the money, so the reason why Rupert doesn't buy this metal plate is definitely not like
What Brown said is because of the price.
As for the fact that metal cannot be imitated, this is not the reason, because this metal may not be imitable now, but it may not be impossible in the future. It is possible to collect a unique rare metal and wait for it to be studied in the future when it is needed and the technology is credible.
is the best way to deal with this metal plate, so the other reason Brown mentioned does not hold true.
Leo thought for a moment and soon discovered an important point, so he asked Brown again: "Is the requirement for black market trading of this metal plate to be traded only in Vinaya coins?"
"Yes." Brown nodded and asked, "Is there anything strange about this?"
"No, it's nothing." Leo didn't ask any more questions because he already knew the answer.
As a new currency issued by the region, Vinaya currency itself has little circulation and is only circulated within the urban area of Vinaya Port. Most of the transactions of the chamber of commerce here are done at the exchange in the port, using other currencies.
Vinaya coins are rarely used to complete transactions, so the circulation of Vinaya coins is very small, which is why the value of this currency will double or triple in just a few years.
Therefore, according to Leo's inference, there may not be many Vinaya coins issued by the United Kingdom General Chamber of Commerce over the years. It is still unknown whether there are 20 million Vinaya coins. The actual number of Vinaya coins in circulation may be less than 20 million.
The reason why he made this judgment was that he did not use Vinaya coins much when living in the hotel in the past two days. He only used Vinaya coins when paying for meals and tips. As for other times,
, such as room rental, are mostly paid directly by cash check.
However, the transaction requirement for the metal plate turned out to be 20 million Vinaya coins. Doing so was equivalent to emptying out the new coins issued by the General Chamber of Commerce in Vinaya Port. Once the transaction was completed, then the joint pair
All commercial activities of the Kingdom Chamber of Commerce in Vinaya Port are a heavy blow, and may even cause the collapse of the newly established financial order in Vinaya Port.
With Rupert Fitz's wisdom, it is impossible not to see the trap in this, so he gave up this tower item worth collecting.
As for the practice of issuing large quantities of Vinaya coins, it is not feasible, not to mention whether such Vinaya coins can be produced at will. Even if they can be produced like other currencies, the General Chamber of Commerce under the control of Rupert Fitz is afraid that
Nor will we do this. Because once too many Vinaya coins are invested, it will inevitably cause the devaluation of the Vinaya coins, which will cause great panic among the citizens of Vinaya Port, which uses Vinaya coins as the main currency, and eventually sell Vinaya coins.
currency, making the Vinaya currency a worthless currency.
Therefore, Leo feels that the owner of this metal plate may not only be targeting Rupert Fitz's commercial control of Vinaya Port, but may also be targeting the Church of the Goddess of Commerce, because once the Vinaya currency loses its role
The value of money, then the belief in the transformation of commercial transactions will naturally disappear.
Thinking of this, Leo felt that the seemingly calm and stable Vinaya Port was probably undercurrents secretly. Now some forces had begun to secretly plot against Rupert Fitz, and other underground people attached to Vinaya Port.
I am afraid that forces and organizations are also being targeted. Based on this estimate, the danger level of Vinaya Port is probably not much lower than that of Milia City now.
Perhaps to confirm his guess, Leo felt that many of the sights around him were full of malice, and most of them were the kind of malice that looks at prey, as if Leo and Aisha were two delicious fat sheep.
But there are still a few malicious glances that show pure disgust and hostility, as if they are natural enemies.
These malicious intentions were not only aimed at Leo and Aisha, but also at Brown, who was leading the way.
Due to the surrounding environmental problems and the interference device that targets the spiritual network, Leo was unable to confirm the correct position of those lines of sight and could only vaguely feel a few general directions.
Leo did not deliberately turn his head to look at those places, but when Brown introduced the surrounding shops and commercial companies to Aisha, he followed Brown's introduction and glanced at those places casually.
Soon Leo found out the reason for these sights. It was not that Leo's ability to find people was so good, but that the temperament of those people was so obvious that they could be felt even if they were far apart.
The bloody smell on these people. Although the people around them are not as sensitive as Leo, they can also instinctively feel the discomfort and subconsciously avoid these people. This makes an open space appear invisibly around these people. Unexpectedly,
It's hard to pay attention.
"The Orthodox Church." Leo hardly needed to do any analysis. He could tell from the standardized stance that these people were knights trained by the Orthodox Church. However, because there was no close contact, he could not tell whether these people were knights.
They are not Paladins of the Orthodox Church, and they cannot judge the strength of these people. They can only tell from some clues that they have undergone very rigorous swordsmanship training. No matter what their standing posture is, their hands are always on the sword.
A position where you can draw your sword at any time.
"Do they know?" Leo looked at Brown, who was leading the way, and had a question in his mind.
It was not beyond Leo's expectation that the Orthodox Church would send people to Vinaya Port. On the contrary, it would have surprised him if the Orthodox Church did not send anyone, because whether it was the appearance of the Church of the Goddess of Commerce or the gathering of the dependents, it would be enough.
Alarmed the Orthodox Church.
Although in the current world of Velen, the influence and power of the Orthodox Church are far from being compared with those in ancient times. Governments of various countries are subtly suppressing religious authority, but even with such suppression, the Orthodox Church still has extraordinary power.
For example, once the current Church of the Goddess of Commerce is recognized by the Orthodox Church as a heretical sect or an evil sect, no matter how influential Rupert Fitz is, no matter how powerful and financial he is, it is impossible for the Church of the Goddess of Commerce to appear again.
Under the sun, it can only become an underground church like other evil churches.
Just when Leo was thinking about things, Brown led the two of them to a simple-looking wooden door located on the top floor of the underground space near the black market. He then motioned the two to wait for a while, then walked up, picked up the door knocker, and knocked.
Knock.
Although this wooden door looks simple, Leo will not underestimate the defensive power of this wooden door at all, because he can feel very strong spiritual energy fluctuations from the wooden door. After turning on his spiritual vision, he can see the surface of the wooden door.
That dense magic circle composed of Turing roots.
Leo quickly analyzed the structure and connotation of the Turing magic array on the wooden door. Although this magic array is different from the rune magic array in the dream world, the structure of the magic array is very similar. He soon understood
The real root of Turing hidden under some false Turing roots was found.
By analyzing these Turing roots, Leo was able to deduce that if someone tried to forcefully open the door, the intruder would be subject to a strong mental attack, and his soul would be extracted by the magic circle, turning the intruder into a person without a soul.
A vegetable of the soul.
"An attack on the soul can at least pose a threat to level four psykers." Leo quickly judged that this Turing magic circle was very complicated. He could only analyze it from the interpretation of some key Turing roots.
The approximate power of the magic circle can be determined, and the degree of threat this magic circle poses to oneself can be felt through vague perception, thereby judging the fuzzy intensity range of the magic circle.
Of course, Renault would not take his judgment seriously, because he knew very well that the magic circle on the door might also hide other more powerful forces. If he broke through the door rashly, he would only encounter a stronger attack than expected.
At this time, Brown announced his identity through the microphone installed outside the door, and then the wooden door opened with a creak from the inside. The moment it was opened, a black shadow came out from inside and flew in front of Leo.
Leo reacted instantly and grabbed the black shadow directly. However, the black shadow was extremely flexible. It moved slightly in the air, avoided Leo's hand, and then landed on Leo's shoulder, while using
Chapter completed!