The reason why it is called "thrilling" is that these eyes have no whites at all, only a ball emitting red light.

The pupil looks like a crossed black cross with a not very obvious white dot in the middle.

There is no doubt that these are not the eyes that humans can possess.

Descendant of gods and demons! Zuo Si confirmed the identity of the woman in front of him almost instantly.

You should know that the descendants of gods and demons are a general term for the hybrid offspring born from the union of humanoid creatures and alien creatures.

These include aasimar (humans hybridized with celestial creatures), half-elementals (humans hybridized with elemental creatures), and tieflings (humans hybridized with infernal or abyssal creatures).

In addition, there are also demon-born tauren, demon-born elves, demon-born orcs, and so on.

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, except that they have some mysterious patterns on their bodies, or they awaken certain magic-like abilities after adulthood.

But there are some that will be very obvious in appearance.

For example, a fire genasi may have hair that looks like flaming flames; a tiefling may inherit the horns, tail, hooves, wings, and red or blue skin from one parent;

When living in the tower of the floating city, Zuo Si had seen many descendants of demons, most of whom were forcibly created by the human intervention of cruel wizards.

He even dissected a dozen of them himself and turned them into high-level undead guards with special spell-like abilities.

However, considering that the land of Calimshan was once ruled by wind giants and fire giants for thousands of years, it is not surprising that some mixed-race descendants with humans appeared.

The veiled woman noticed Zuo Si's reaction and immediately asked with a smile, "Why, did my eyes scare you?"

"No, not at all. I was just attracted by its unusual beauty."

Zuo Si demonstrated extremely high emotional intelligence at critical moments.

Because he could already feel the amazing magical power contained in the other party's blood.

"Haha, you are good at talking." The woman let out a pleasant laugh from her mouth hidden under the veil.

After all, no one doesn't like to hear good words praising themselves.

But soon, she pointed to the various books, scrolls, rings, wands, gloves, and some other random things that she couldn't name on the counter in front of her and said, "Come on, take a look. I promise that no matter what you want to buy, you can find something suitable here."

"What are these?"

Zuo Si asked, pointing to a row of books placed vertically on the table, densely packed together.

Because he could feel that these books made of different materials all exuded a faint magical atmosphere.

There was also a sign above it, which read: 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 all wizards’ spellbooks.

Each book records at least a dozen and at most dozens of spells.

I have broken the protective magic that the original owner cast on it, and now anyone can open it and read it.

Of course, if you are a wizard and have sufficient spell identification skills, you can buy it and use it as your own spell book."

"Where are the original owners of these spell books?" Zuo Si asked curiously.

You know, in Faerun, if a wizard loses his spellbook, it would be as deadly as a soldier going to the battlefield with only a gun but no bullets.

Generally speaking, a wizard would regard his spellbook as something as important as his own life.

"Dead! All the owners of these spell books are dead. After all, Port Calim and the Calim Desert are both very dangerous and chaotic places. Isn't it normal for a few wizards to die every year?"

The woman stretched out her slender fingers and gently stroked the spine of the book, her calm tone revealing a chilling smell of blood.

You have to know that there are as many as thirty or forty of these spell books! Behind each one is the soul of a dead wizard.

Zuo Si was not surprised by this result. He just nodded slightly and asked, "Why are all spell books priced at 5,000 gold coins? Shouldn't the price be determined based on the number of spells recorded in them and then sold?"

What the sign meant was that as long as you paid 5,000 gold coins, you could choose any spell book from these spell books.

But the prerequisite is that you cannot open the pages of the book to see the contents inside, and judge its value only by its appearance.

To put it bluntly, it is a disguised form of gambling.

If you are lucky, the spell book you choose may contain spells worth more than 5,000 gold coins, which means you will naturally make a profit.

But if you are unlucky and the spells recorded in the spell book are worth less than 5,000 gold coins, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck.

I think this reflects the fickleness of fate.

Well, it's interesting, isn't it? "

The woman explained with a smile.

Spellbook blind box? Sure! Zuo Si secretly sighed that Kalin Port was indeed one of the largest and most prosperous port cities in Faerun.

The magic item merchants here are really good at playing games. They have really studied the gambler psychology of most people.

Although he also had an urge to try his luck, he finally held back and asked directly: "I want something that can adjust the body temperature. Do you have any good recommendations?"

"Hmm—let me think about it."

The woman quickly walked around her counter twice, then used the [Mage's Hand] to take down three palm-sized boxes from high on the shelf, opened them one by one, and placed them in front of Zuo Si.

"The first box contains the [Environmental Endurance Amulet]. With it, you can basically cope with various hot and cold environments. The price is 2500 gold coins.

The second box contains the [Spring Bracelet], which can keep the temperature of the ring area around the wearer's body constant at 20 degrees Celsius, just as comfortable and pleasant as spring. The price is 3500 gold coins.

The third box contains [Frozen Pearls]. Simply place them and they will automatically lower the ambient temperature within a 15-meter radius. The price is 800 gold coins.

"I want the [Frozen Pearls] 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 really outrageous.

Even though he had funds totaling about 30,000 to 33,000 gold coins, he could actually only buy a few things.

Take the "Spell Book Blind Box" for example, you can only open six books at most.

If it is replaced with a magic weapon, a +2 scimitar without any additional attributes is worth 4,000 gold coins. One like Hallett's, which has additional lightning damage after hitting, is estimated to be worth more than 8,000 gold coins.

Yes!

The price of magic equipment is so outrageous that ordinary adventurers or mercenaries simply cannot afford it.

Therefore, Zuo Si had no choice but to save as much as possible and spend the 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 closed instantly and flew back to their previous positions.

Without saying a word, the soldier opened his bag, counted out 800 gold coins, and piled them on the table.

About half of them are [Dent] issued by Amn, and the other half are [Beaconta] issued by Calishite.

Obviously, he was using this method to test which gold coin was more popular and had higher purchasing power in Calim Port.

Unfortunately, the woman did not show any reaction to the two gold coins.

After roughly counting the quantity and confirming that there was no problem, he threw them all into a bottomless pocket next to him.

This means that the difference in purchasing power between the two types of gold coins is very small, so small that it is almost negligible.

(End of this chapter)