Alka looked at the Archbishop.
He said slowly: "I need a treasure that represents harvest or autumn."
Hearing this, the archbishop looked at him, then suddenly realized and a smile appeared on his face.
"It seems that your treasure hunt has encountered a high-level and powerful protective ritual. A treasure symbolizing autumn?"
He had probably already guessed it.
Then he began to think, and after a while he seemed to have thought of something, turned to look at Alka and said, “It’s hard to say whether you are lucky or unlucky.
There is indeed a person in the church of Gemini Island who possesses such a treasure. But he is now on a mission outside, and it will take at least half a year for him to return. The best I can guarantee you is that he will return within a year. "
"Half a year to a year? That's too long to wait." Alka said with a frown.
Although for an orange treasure, this wait is obviously worth it .
Hearing this, the archbishop smiled, looked at Alka and said, "That's why I said you are lucky."
As he spoke, he pointed to the book on the table.
"In consideration of your precious gift, I can help you get a treasure that also symbolizes a good harvest."
Hearing this, Alka immediately breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, thanking him: "Then I'll trouble you, Archbishop."
"No problem, but I must explain in advance that this treasure does not belong to the church, nor to me. It belongs to a good friend of mine."
He frowned and said to Alka seriously, "So I can't give it to you so easily. Even if I borrow it from him, I have to pay conditions that make him willing to give it to me."
Alka nodded. It was true. After all, it was the Archbishop who was going to borrow it. He would definitely be taking a huge risk, since it was a treasure after all.
Even if the archbishop himself guaranteed it, it would be impossible for him to hand over the treasure to him for no reason, not to mention that this treasure might still be used by someone else.
No matter who you are, leaving a treasure alone without anyone being able to control it can be considered a huge waste.
Alka could understand, and looked at the archbishop and said, "As long as I can give, it's fine."
The archbishop nodded and said: “First of all, this treasure must not be controlled by anyone, and a strong protective awareness will be put on it.
If the ritual you want to cancel requires mastering a treasure before using it, then the price you pay will be high."
Arka nodded when he heard this: "No problem, I can accept it."
"Really? That's good."
“Secondly, as collateral, you need to pay a treasure of equal value. Of course, I will also attach a powerful protective ritual to the treasure you give me.
When you return the treasure, this treasure will also be returned to you."
"Are these two conditions okay?" the archbishop asked Alka.
The most troublesome part is to give a treasure as collateral.
Alka nodded: "I can accept it."
"That's good. I'll need a month to get ready. I'll inform you that you also need to prepare the treasures to be used as collateral within this month."
"No problem, thank you again for your help. I'll take my leave now." Alka said, bowing slightly.
The Archbishop nodded and escorted Alka out of the room.
Alka walked out of the room, finally breathing a sigh of relief.
It was not bad to be able to exchange such help for an ordinary book that didn't mean much to him.
At least in the church on the Twin Islands, such a treasure exists.
Alka's biggest fear before was that there was no such treasure, and that it might be found in other churches. That would take more time and be more difficult to obtain.
As I walked down the spiral staircase, I saw Marlowe communicating with his teammates.
Alka simply said hello and walked out through the main door.
When I came out, I happened to be in the prayer hall at the main entrance and saw the Saint of Light Blade who was in the Archbishop's room before.
She was not alone at this time. There was a team of at least 6 paladins following behind her, praying together.
Judging from the armor and insignias on these teams, they are also knights of the church.
Alka narrowed his eyes slightly.
This entire team is actually made up of Wheat Ear Knights, and their strength has almost reached the top of the fourth stage.
But Alka did not sense the light of the treasure on them. It seemed that for these behemoths, the pinnacle of the third stage could also be broken through without the help of treasures.
By the way, Alka actually saw three light spots, two gold and one orange, on the Saint's body, and her strength had reached the sixth stage.
A real strong man.
Suddenly sensing something, Alka immediately blinked and left as if nothing had happened.
The saint who seemed to be praying just now raised her head and looked around. She seemed to be observing something, and then she saw Alka who had walked to the door and was about to leave the church.
She remembered this man.
Her eyes were covered by a metal eye mask, so her expression could not be seen, but it could be felt that she seemed to be looking at Alka.
"An illusion?"
"What's wrong, Her Highness the Saint?" asked a knight behind him.
"It's okay, just keep praying."
Soon Alka arrived at the port and returned to the deck.
After getting on the boat and sensing it, I found that besides the puppet girl, Porro was the only one left on the boat.
At this time, Porro was sitting cross-legged at the bow, his whole body covered with electric light.
The Raven that spread from his shoulders to his entire back was flashing a blue-gray light.
Seeing this situation, Alka did not disturb them and sat down by the flower bed in the middle.
I don’t know where the crystal dragon went. With its huge body, it would be too conspicuous if it flew around.
Soon Pororo came out of that state and came from the bow to sit next to Alka.
"Were you praying just now?" Alka asked curiously.
After all, to be honest, although Pororo believed in the depths of the sea and was even the Storm Champion of the Sea God, Alka had almost never seen Pororo praying in any religious way.
The only thing about him that could be related to religion was the rituals he had performed.
That is the trial of the storm.
But since becoming the Storm Champion, Pororo has been exempted from even such trials.
So it's hard to believe that he actually believes in the god of the sea.
Pororo nodded: "It requires a trial, a real bloody battle."
"What counts as a trial?"
"A bloody battle! Dangerous and powerful!"
Alka nodded. If he had to say it, the time when they were dragged into the dream to face the Devouring Mouth could definitely be considered a trial.
It was just a coincidence that time, so Alka easily solved it.
"Don't worry, there is never a lack of trials and bloody battles on the sea."
Pororo nodded. He thought so too and was not in a hurry at all.
The so-called trial is not a hard requirement, but just an act to obtain further blessings from the sea god.
"What about the others?"
"They all went to the island and said they wanted to buy something."
"You're not going?"
"What am I going to do? I don't need to buy anything, and gold coins are of little use ."
Pororo waved his hand and said indifferently.
Indeed, Pororo might be the only one in their treasure hunting team who was not very interested in worldly treasures.
"When will we leave? Or do we have to stay here for a while?" asked Polo.
"We need to stay here for about a month before leaving. The treasure symbolizing autumn will take some time to prepare."
Hearing Alka's words, Pororo nodded.
The quiet night was coming, and although the sky was still bright and no different from the daytime, Xia Daiti and his companions had already started to return one after another.
At the same time, behind Xia Daiti followed a middle-aged man wearing more luxurious robes.
There was a badge on his chest, and Alka had a vague memory of the pattern on the badge. It seemed that he had seen it in a large store on the street.
After boarding Alka's deck, they immediately saw the big tree that had eliminated the concealment.
Look at the crystal gems hanging on it.
"So this beautiful treasure ship is yours. It's really a nice ship." The merchant said with a smile.
Alka looked at him and saw that he should be the Chamber of Commerce member called by Xia Daiti to evaluate the treasures that needed to be dumped.
"So, where is the treasure that your group needs to sell?" Hearing this, Xiadaiti looked at Alka.
Alka nodded and tapped lightly on the flower bed next to her.
A vine suddenly stretched out from the leading to the deck below, and then a huge, full sack was dragged up.
As the vines left, the cloth belt loosened, revealing the various luxurious items inside.
"This storage method is obviously too rough."
The merchant hurried over and spoke, and was a little annoyed by Alka and the others' overly rough storage method.
Alka looked at him but did not reply.
Xia Daiti said: "These are the treasures we want to sell. I hope you can estimate a reasonable price."
“Of course, we are a compliant business group certified by the Church of Our Lady, and one of the largest chambers of commerce in the Twin Islands.
I have some knowledge of your deeds. Don't worry, I will definitely give you a very reasonable price."
Although Alka and his companions did not overly advertise themselves, the treasure ship that was not covered when they returned to the Twin Islands last time attracted enough attention.
Not to mention the crystal dragon on their ship.
You can't expect a crystal dragon to stay on deck for long; it would be torture for her.
These two items combined were enough to make the people around them notice the presence of Alka and his group.
Curiosity will naturally lead to a little investigation.
Not to mention this kind of chamber of commerce that needs to be well-informed, even what they did in the Land of Spirits has been passed on.
After all, for a long time before, Alka had seen supply ships pulling some goods to the fortress from time to time for supplies.
Alka narrowed his eyes slightly at this time, trying to spy on the businessman's emotions.
When he first saw these treasures, he was obviously filled with unreasonable surprise.
When he saw the number of treasures, he was slightly surprised, and his surprise was magnified when he carefully picked up the treasures and began to identify them.
Obviously not because of value.
Alka was more inclined to believe that the treasure he had discovered might have come from the hoard of the Nafas family.
After all, it is a powerful family, and the secret of the treasure has been passed down on the island.
Since the Chamber of Commerce this businessman belongs to is the strongest Chamber of Commerce in the Twin Islands, he must have some understanding of the Nafas family.
As long as you think a little about Alka and his team's itinerary, you can easily figure out that Alka and his team are the team that obtained the treasure.
Soon the three of them finished identifying the treasures.
"These treasures are very valuable and well preserved. But the time you requested is too short, so we have to eat the price ourselves. We can only give about ."
"We will stay here for a month, there is no rush." ​​Alka said suddenly.
Hearing this, Xia Daiti turned around and looked at the businessman again.
Start communicating with him.
After negotiation, the price was finally set at around 61,000 gold sails.
The payment for the goods will be delivered to them in batches within one month.
It is about 10,000 more than Xia Daiti initially estimated.
The merchant lightly put the treasures into his pocket ring.
Then he took out a card and handed it to Alka who was sitting next to the flower bed.
"This is the Chamber of Commerce's VIP card. Our Chamber of Commerce has branches on more than half of the signpost islands in the Infinite Sea. With this card, we will provide you with sufficient and detailed services."
“Thank you again for choosing our Chamber of Commerce, and we look forward to our next transaction.”
After saying this, he politely left the ship.
Alka looked down at the card in his hand. The whole thing was made of metal of some kind of spell material.
The above adds a solid and recognizable spell effect.
A broken diamond is dotted in the center, with the name of the Chamber of Commerce next to it.
Sarmed Gold Chest.
After taking a quick look, Alka threw the card into his pocket ring.
"So we will stay here for a month this time?" Xia Dai asked.
Alka nodded, "That's right."
Then, looking at the people who had returned one after another, he told them about some of the previous exchanges with the archbishop.
"So we have to take out a treasure as collateral?"
As Jason spoke, the first thing he thought of was the treasure he had sold to Narvi.
It just so happened that the treasure was not suitable for anyone on their ship, and now they suddenly felt it was a pity.
But Alka prefers to use his own treasure as collateral, because the aura remaining on it is the best protection.
“By the way, have you bought the things I asked you to buy?” Alka suddenly looked at Xia Dai and asked.
Xia Daiti nodded.
Then Simon, who was not far away, dragged out two boxes.
Of course both boxes were empty.
"The storage treasure chest has an area of ​​10×10×10." Of course the unit is meter.
As he spoke, Xia Daiti dragged one of the boxes over, and then opened it to see that the inside of the box was gray and looked pitch black. Even though it was still daytime.
Xiadaiti showed Alka how to use it.
Through some secret spells, magic power is then applied to the hands. Put your hands into the treasure chest, and you can store or take things out.
Although it is a bit troublesome, the area inside is large enough.
"The things that can be put in cannot exceed twice the size of the box opening, otherwise it will not fit in."
Storage chests like this have a shrinking spell that can temporarily shrink some items and then store them inside.
But such spells always have some limitations, you can't expect the spell to shrink objects infinitely.
"How much did it cost?" Alka was a little curious about the cost of such a large storage box.
After all, the size of all space equipment grows exponentially.
And like the rings they wear on their hands, there is a limit to the range in which they can use it at will.
If you want to have a large storage area, you must make it into something like a pocket box.
The limit for rings is 3×3×3, and those are ridiculously expensive, much more expensive than a 10×10×10 box.
Because compared to rings, both pockets and boxes are much more troublesome. In battle, you can't expect boxes to provide you with much advantage.
Pockets are pretty good.
So you can roughly know the price of storage items.
In addition to the size, the style of the equipment also has an impact.
This type of space equipment that can be used at will, such as accessories, is the most expensive and has size restrictions.
The second type is the pocket belt, which has an opening that you can reach in to take things.
Finally, there are boxes and the like.
It is even possible to expand the space through buildings, which are overly advanced uses.
At least, apart from seeing this usage in Vastva's records, they have not seen any corresponding technical applications in this broken world.
"It cost 6,700 gold sails." Hearing the price, Alka and he couldn't help but raise their eyebrows. It was indeed an expensive price.
It’s almost as good as half a treasure.