D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

1376  Chapter 1376 Platoon 2 Part 2

--- Lily --- Thyme slapped down two very different weapons on the table. On the left was a highly decorated sword with gems lining a handle made of gold. The weapon seemed to glow slightly, producing its own light against the table. On the other hand, the edge seemed noticeably dull even to Lily's untrained eyes. At first guess? Lily would say this is meant to be ceremonial.

The problem with that idea, was that ceremonial swords might be a lot more important in a magical world. If this was the sort of thing a king used to knight people, it could be worth a lot even if it was just a fancy looking stick that glowed slightly. Lily really wasn't sure she could calculate how that effected the price.

On the other side of things, she had a mace that seemed to ooze darkness. The connecting piece between the handle and the mace head was an iron skull that seemed to leak black gunk constantly. The wrapped leather handle had more than a few stains on it and the mace head looked like it still had dried blood on it.

*If that mace isn't cursed I'll… I'll eat some of my summon paper. I might not have any experience with this sort of thing… but yeah. Gotta be cursed. So… does that drive the price down or up? I assume that you wouldn't want to use something cursed… but something so obviously cursed has to have SOME use right? Nobody would bother to curse it if it's worthless. Wait no that's dumb. People would curse shit all the time just to cause problems if they hate the world. So… it might not be cursed for a good reason then? Hmm… is it possible that the curse is part of the 'power' of the mace? What's the standard reaction to using cursed weaponry anyway? Do adventures walk around with this sort of shit? Nobody who's come to the tournaments like this have ever used one… but that might just be because this is a high profile event. Then again, using cursed weaponry probably isn't a sign of intelligence.*

Lily clicked her tongue. *Right. Let's not get too into the weeds here. What I need to do is work out what questions. I've got three so… it shouldn't be too hard? I guess… first question would be 'Is the sword used in official ceremonies'? If the answer is yes I should be most the way there. If no… I guess I'll ask how hard it is to remove curses from items in general, then I'd ask… wait can I just ask what they both DO? I don't remember any rules against it… but I'm not sure how specific Thyme will get with that sort of question. So I could ask… can I ask 'What do these weapons do' and have it be one question? I'm guessing probably not. Still, I should test it just in case.* "What do these weapons do?" asked Lily.

"If you want information on the item's abilities, it will be one question for each item. Do you still want to know?" asked Thyme. Lily shook her head in the negative.

*Right glad that got cleared up early. So I don't waste time with it. Guess I'll go back to the original plans. I don't want to waste too much time overthinking things. I don't know how expensive the stuff in the shop will be, and we're sort of close to the edge of the net. So I might need to get moving soon.* "Would this sword be used in official ceremonies?" asked Lily.

"Yes," answered Thyme quickly.

Lily frowned at the lack of details in the answer but moved onto her second question. "Do people often used obviously cursed items?"

"No," answered Thyme just as quickly.

Lily rolled her eyes and asked her final question, "How easy is it to remove the curse from the mace?"

"Yes" answered Thyme. *Well… nice to know I suppose but perhaps I should've asked how many comes in a set. That's my bad. So um… what do I ask next?*

"Do the lanterns also come in sets?" asked Lily.

"Yes" answered Thyme.

*And like that. I suddenly have no idea what anything is worth once again. How am I meant to figure these out if they BOTH come in sets! The best thing I can think of is to ask what one of them does… but I don't know which one to ask about. I could ask something like 'If I was an adventurer which would I rather have' but that just tells you how much an adventurer would want them, not what they'd pay for one. Everyone NEEDS a way to store water but they aren't all expensive. So that feels like a dead end as well. Fuck it I can just ask. I already said I don't want to waste time here.*

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"Most would rather have this one," Thyme said as they pointed to the lantern.

"In that case, I'm going to say that the lantern you're pointing at is the more expensive one!" announced Lily.

Thyme let out a sigh and said, "I'm afraid you've got that wrong. That means you've lost all of your store points and are barred from participating in this game, and any copies of it there might be. Good day," said Thyme.

Lily let out a groan but didn't complain too much. She didn't need this stupid game anyway.

In case it wasn't obvious? We sped up because March and Blue got back into the arena.

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