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Volume 11 Chapter 3 Part 4

Isn’t it better to sell it through the auction then?

Well, that is more or less what I expected.

I can receive points if I sell here, though.

On the contrary, there may be people selling here after buying at the auction.

Even though they’re going to suffer a financial loss, they will still be able to obtain a lot of points for purchases in the Empire Liberation Society’s store.

「I have a spare Sacrificial Misanga. How many points can I get if I decide to sell it here?」

「It will give you one point.」

「Can you please tell me how much does a Sacrificial Misanga costs in regular money?」

「Around 10,000 Nars.」

That’s awful. If it were purchased through bidding at the auction and then traded here for points, the required amount of money would increase.

Here, 1 point tends to be equal to 10,000 Nars. Whereas, at the auction, the price can go up to 20,000 Nars. It is natural for the price at the auction to increase.

Is that how it works?

Even if there is no such thing as 20,000 Nars Sacrificial Misanga, there are still other pieces of equipment they deal in here which can go for several tens of thousands of Nars at the auction or even higher. If I were to sell a 100,000 Nars item at half the price, I would incur a loss of 50,000 Nars.

What they do here is definitely a ripoff.

「The spear that we have seen just now was an Orichalcum Spear, correct?」

「So you are familiar with it as well after all.」

「Yeah. So, how many points do I need to buy Orichalcum Spear from here?」

「It requires 3 points.」

So I need to sell three Sacrificial Misangas to buy an equipment made of Orichalcum from this store?

And not only that, the purchases will have to be covered separately.

It’s turning out to be quite a chore.

I should resume ordering Caterpillar Skill Crystals instead, since that’s going to be a much better business opportunity.

「You seem to also have Tower Shields for sale.」

Roxanne said while pointing her finger towards one of the shields.

「A Tower Shield, huh?」

「It really seems to be a Tower Shield?」

Vesta cuts in, since the members of the Dragonkin tribe are the ones who use Tower Shields.

「I saw a person from the Dragonkin tribe using a shield of similar size before, so it should really be a Tower Shield.」

According to Roxanne, the shield that is on display at the store is indeed a Tower Shield.

It is named Rugged Damascus Steel Tower Shield, according to my 「Identify」.

I have a Hardened Leather Helmet.

Because I don’t remember using a Kobold Skill Crystal at that time, this Rugged Skill seems to be better than the Hardened Skill.

「This is the Rugged Damascus Steel Tower Shield.」

I knewthat already because of 「Identify」. However, does Sebastian know about all the items that they are selling in here? What a competent man.

I approach it and take a closer look at it.

I didn’t realize how large it was since it was lying on a rack but it is indeed quite a large shield.

With that size, I think a single person could probably hide behind it without any issues. In all likelihood, a physical attack won’t probably be able to pass through its defense, can it?

What about magic attacks then? Is it possible to also deflect them with this shield? On the other hand though, it will be difficult to hold such a huge shield properly… and you’re telling me that the members of the Dragonkin tribe are capable of holding it with just one hand? As you would expect from such a cool chuunibyou race.

If it is only about defense, other people than the Dragonkin can use it, too, I think. However, it is incomprehensible to go hunting in the Labyrinth and do nothing but stay behind it and defend others.

Can a Mage use it as well?

If my usual Mage weapon, a Rod could be replaced with a Tower Shield, it would be great.

If I could, I would definitely like to use it.

Can a Priest or a Monk use it, too? However, isn’t it questionable to reduce your offensive power when there can only be six people in a Party just so that you could increase your defensive capabilities?

And I believe it would be difficult to swing such a big shield around fast enough to deal damage to the monsters, since by definition shields are not meant to be used in an offensive manner.

Even if all you want is to temporarily switch to focus on the defense, you can simply fall
back from the vanguard and be in the rearguard for a while.

Or is it possible to arrange like 4 or 5 shields side-by-side to make a wall out of them, just like the soldiers of the Roman legions did, and then use AoE magic attacks to deal with the monsters from behind them from the 23rd floor and above? Because I think that the damage inflicted upon them in such a way has the chance to be rather high.

「Damascus Steel Tower Shield, huh?」

「There are many Dragonkin tribe members amongst the members of the Empire Liberation Society who have their own Parties, and so we deal plenty in Tower Shields.」

I can obtain Large Shield here, it seems. However

As it is now, I have absolutely no concerns about Vesta’s defensive capabilities. When it comes to her, using two two-handed swords to increase her damage output is still a better option, isn’t it?

After having received the explanation about the lodge and the facilities therein, we left the lodge itself.

From this point onward, I would like to drop by the lodge store every now and then, since our prospects of earning points for the purpose of shopping in it do look bright.

In order to earn as much amount of points as possible, the easiest way to achieve this is to probably start making and selling Sacrificial Misangas.

Then again, the components for making them are obtained through the auction at Quratar’s Merchants Guild, and going there too often might get us some unwanted business rivals and a lot of backlash, so for the time being, maybe just knowing that I can have Sherry create Sacrificial Misangas with a 100% rate of fusion success should be enough of an advantage over others for me?

Also, since each of our sold items is going to be worth just one point, that means that we’re going to have to create a lot of items to get a lot of points, so for now we should be able to make do without it.

「Sherry, isn’t there a Tower Shield that increases magic attack power?」

I asked Sherry tentatively.

「Hmm,I think you can get it by fusing the Tower Shield together with a a Goat Skill Crystal.」

And create a Tower Shield of Offerings as a result, eh? That way, it’s going to give me a 「2x INT Skill」as well, and that’s one hand covered.

「Is that the only way of obtaining it?」

「I haven’t heard of any other way to do it. Shields are treated in the same way as accessories, so they can only be fused with Monster Skill Crystal that can only be fused with a weapon or a Monster Skill Crystal that can only be fused with an armor or other piece of equipment.」

「Is it possible to attach Increase its attack power with a Skill Crystal then?」

「It is possible to do so, but you’ll have to attack directly with the fused shield, though, or else it won’t make much sense to even try doing that.」

Isn’t it useless then?

So, is it still going to be better to try and attach the Skill Crystals that have 「Increase INT」effect on them instead?

If I were a dragonkin, I could equip both the shield and the rod, and that would be problem solved.

Nah, even if I did attach 「Increase INT」Skill to a shield, it stull would not give me x4 INT when coupled together with the Rod, since Skills of the two pieces of equipment wouldn’t stack with one another.

「It seems difficult in not just one way.」

After the matter of me joining the Empire Liberation Society has been settled, we went to the Labyrinth and explored it until the evening. We left it and went back home, but instead of heading straight there, we stopped by the city to do some of our usual evening shopping.