The reason why it is said to be "thrilling" is because these eyes have no whites at all, only a ball of red light.
The pupils are like crossed black crosses with a not very obvious white dot in the middle.
There is no doubt that these are not eyes that humans can have at all.
God and Demon!
Zuo Si confirmed the identity of the woman in front of him almost instantly.
You must know that god-demon descendants are the collective name for hybrid offspring born from the combination of humanoid creatures and alien creatures.
These include aasimar (a hybrid between humans and celestial creatures), half-elements (a hybrid between humans and elemental creatures), and tieflings (a hybrid between humans and infernal or abyssal creatures).
In addition, there are demon tauren, demon elves, demon orcs, etc.
In this magical world with almost no reproductive isolation, hybrid intelligent creatures like this can be said to be quite common.
Some of them don't look much different from humans in appearance, but they will have some mysterious patterns on their bodies, or they will awaken certain spell-like abilities after adulthood.
But there are still some that are very obvious in appearance.
For example, the hair of a fire genasi will look like burning flames;
Tieflings may inherit the horns, tail, hooves, wings, and red or blue skin of one of their parents;
When living in the tower of the Floating City, Zuo Si had seen many demon descendants, most of which were forcibly created by the intervention of crazy mages.
He even personally dissected a dozen of them and made them into advanced undead guards with special spell-like abilities.
However, considering that the land of Calimshan has been ruled by sylphs and efreets for thousands of years, it is not surprising that some hybrid descendants of humans are produced.
The veiled woman noticed Zuo Si's reaction and immediately asked with a smile: "What, did my eyes scare you?"
"No, no, I was just attracted by its unusual beauty."
Zuo Si showed extremely high emotional intelligence at critical moments.
Because he can already feel the amazing magical power contained in the opponent's blood.
"Haha, you are very good at talking." The woman's mouth hidden under the veil let out a pleasant laugh.
After all, no one doesn’t like to hear good words about themselves.
But soon, she pointed to the various books, scrolls, rings, wands, gloves, and some random things that couldn't be named on the counter in front of her and said: "Come, take a look. I promise
, no matter what you want to buy, you can find the right one here."
"What are these?"
Zuo Si asked, pointing to a row of books placed vertically on the table and densely packed together.
Because he could feel that these books made of different materials exuded a touch of magic.
And there is a sign on it, which reads in common language: 5,000 gold coins per time.
The most important thing is that this is the only product with a clearly marked price in the entire magic market, so it is particularly conspicuous.
The woman replied meaningfully: "These are the magic books of the mage.
Each book contains at least a dozen or as many as dozens of spells.
I have cracked the protective magic blessed by the original owner, and now anyone can open it and read it.
Of course, if you are a mage and have a sufficient level of spell recognition, you can buy it and use it directly as your own spell book."
"Where is the original owner of these spell books?" Zuo Si asked curiously.
You must know that in Faerûn, if a mage loses his spell book, it is as deadly as a soldier going to the battlefield with a gun instead of bullets.
Generally speaking, mages regard spell books as something as important as their own lives.
"Dead! The owners of all these spell books are dead. After all, Calimport and the Calim Desert are very dangerous and chaotic places. Isn't it normal for several mages to die every year?"
The woman stretched out her slender fingers and lightly traced the spine of the book, and her plain tone revealed the chilling smell of blood.
You must know that there are as many as thirty or forty books on these spells!
Behind each book lies the soul of a mage.
Regarding this result, Zuo Si was not surprised at all. He just nodded slightly and then asked: "Then why are all the spell books priced at 5,000 gold coins? Shouldn't they be priced based on the number of spells recorded and then sold?
?"
"No, I think you misunderstood.
The meaning of that sign is that as long as you pay 5,000 gold coins, you can choose any one of these spell books.
But the prerequisite is that you cannot open the pages of the book to see the content inside, and judge its value only by the appearance of the book.
To put it bluntly, it is a disguised form of gambling.
If you are lucky and the spell book you select contains spells worth more than 5,000 gold coins, you will naturally make money.
But if you are unlucky and the spells recorded in the spell book are less than 5,000 gold coins, you can only admit that you are unlucky.
I think this reflects the impermanence of fate.
How about it, it’s interesting, isn’t it?”
The woman explained with a smile.
Spell book blind box?
Yes!
Zuo Si secretly sighed that Port Calim was indeed one of the largest and most prosperous port cities in Faerûn.
The magic item merchants here are really not ordinary people who know how to play. They have really studied the gambler psychology of most people.
Although he also had the urge to try his luck, he finally resisted and asked directly: "I want something that can regulate body temperature. Do you have any good recommendations?"
"Hmm - let me think about it."
The woman quickly turned around twice on her counter, then used [Mage's Hand] to take down three palm-sized boxes from the high shelf, opened them one by one and placed them in front of Zuo Si.
"The first box contains the [Environmental Tolerance Amulet]. With it, you can basically cope with all kinds of hot and cold environments. It sells for 2,500 gold coins.
In the second box is the [Spring Bracelet]. It can keep the temperature of the annular area around the wearer's body constant at 20 degrees Celsius, making it as comfortable and pleasant as spring. It sells for 3,500 gold coins.
The third box contains [Frozen Pearl]. As long as it is simply placed, it will automatically reduce the ambient temperature within a radius of fifteen meters. It sells for 800 gold coins."
"I want the [frozen pearl] in the third box."
Zuo Si chose the cheapest one without even thinking about it.
This is not because of being stingy, but because the prices of magic items are simply too outrageous.
Don't look at the fact that he has funds worth almost 100 gold coins on hand, but he can't actually buy a few things at all.
Take the "Spell Book Blind Box" as an example. You can only open up to six books.
If you switch to a magic weapon, a 2 scimitar without any additional attributes is worth 4,000 gold coins. One like Hallet, which has extra lightning damage after hitting, is estimated to be over 8,000 gold coins.
Yes!
The price of magic equipment is so outrageous that ordinary adventurers or mercenaries cannot afford it.
Therefore, Zuo Siwei can only save as much as he can and spend limited funds on key areas first.
"No problem. Give me 800 gold coins, and it's yours."
As she spoke, the woman waved her hand, and the other two boxes instantly closed and flew back to their previous positions.
The soldier opened his bag without saying a word, counted out 800 gold coins, and piled them on the table.
About half of them are [Dante] issued by Amn, and the other half are [Beacon Tower] issued by Calimshan.
Obviously, he is using this method to test which gold coin is more popular and has higher purchasing power in Calimport.
Unfortunately, the woman did not show any reaction to these two gold coins.
I just roughly counted the quantity and made sure it was OK, then threw it all into a bottomless pocket next to me.
This means that the difference in purchasing power between the two gold coins is very small, so small that it is almost negligible.