Chapter 062: Lightning Staff
Lightning Staff (Blue): Greatly enhances the caster’s lightning-element magic power. Enchantment “Nightmare’s Mark,” enhances the critical strike effect of lightning-element spells.】
Feeling the abundant magic fluctuations on it, Chen Ran nodded in satisfaction. Colin’s staff was completed with just a little effort.
Although Chen Ran had verbally said that he would only charge Colin a basic cost, the profit was all in the few magic crystals and magic cores, as well as the mithril (blue) he had refined. These were the big ticket items. He had calculated the cost based on the prices he bought them at from the shops. By this calculation, the profit from this staff was at least over five thousand gold coins.
Chen Ran told himself that he was making money with a clear conscience. The good-quality (green) lightning-element staffs sold in the shop before cost five or six thousand gold coins. For a fine-grade (blue) staff like this, he would just charge him seven or eight thousand gold coins for the cost and processing fee. It was rare for someone to trust him so much.
Under normal circumstances, a craftsman with such skills would sell it for at least thirty or forty thousand gold coins in those black-hearted shops.
For a mage of only Tier 4 like Colin, to be able to use a staff that only a Tier 6 great mage was qualified to use was quite luxurious. The main reason was that Colin was generous, and he thought that he should have some connections in this city. His network was probably quite wide, and there would surely be a time when he would need him.
Chen Ran was not afraid of breaking this connection. After all, Colin had only asked for one staff, and he not only knew how to make staffs, but also magic-enhancing jewelry. A person’s needs would always grow with their ambition.
He calculated his earnings. In this way, Chen Ran estimated that he could make a net profit of more than five thousand in one go. Adding the costs he had saved before, it should be enough to make something suitable for sale at the auction house.
Originally, he had only planned to make some excellent-grade jewelry or something. This time, he decided to spend a little more and make a luxurious two-handed knight’s sword.
In the next few days, Chen Ran refined all the remaining silver bricks into a small piece of mithril (purple). At the same time, he used his extra magic power to synthesize the required excellent-grade crystal stones. This was a very time-consuming process that required a lot of manpower and financial resources.
Of course, the profit he would get at that time would surely be even more terrifying.
Three days later, Colin came as promised. He had even been waiting outside early in the morning, when Chen Ran hadn’t even gotten up yet. It was rare for a rich young master like this to be so diligent.
“Um, brother, is the staff I wanted ready?”
Chen Ran yawned and pointed to the purple staff in the corner.
“After three days and three nights of non-stop crafting, that lightning staff is finally completed for you. I always keep my word. Look at the dark circles under my eyes. They are from making this thing. I’ve put my heart into it, brother.”
This excuse was so shameless, yet Chen Ran could still say it with a straight face.
Actually, he had done nothing yesterday. Out of boredom, he had suddenly remembered the stash he had looted from the High Priest before Redleaf Town. He remembered that there were still a few adult magazines in his bag. He got excited and stayed up all night. He hadn’t expected Colin to come so early, so he had casually made up a reason to gain some sympathy points.
Colin impatiently picked up the lightning staff. The moment he held it, an abundant magic power began to synergize with his body’s magic energy. With a slight condensation of magic power, the enchantment runes on it would flash with brilliant purple stripes, and a faint lightning flashed in the main energy magic crystal.
Colin’s mouth quickly formed an “O” shape. He hurried outside, condensed his magic power, and aimed at a nearby plane tree…
The main energy magic crystal grew brighter and brighter. As Colin began to cast his proficient spell, a lightning flashed in his eyes. Because of the perfect synergy, it triggered a magic burst effect. A huge purple lightning bolt struck the tree with astonishing momentum, instantly splitting it in two…
In that instant, Colin himself was stunned, frozen for a full 5.5 seconds.
“So… so strong…” Colin looked at the lightning staff in his hand in disbelief and said in a daze, “Is… is this really the staff made for me?”
“As real as it gets,” Chen Ran said, spreading his hands lightly.
“It’s… it’s incredible!” Colin’s face was filled with pleasant surprise. “I can actually own a divine artifact of this grade. The magic enhancement on this is even better than what my Tier 6 magic tutor uses. How did you do it?”
“It’s just average, my normal performance,” Chen Ran said humbly. Seeing that the customer was extremely satisfied, he finally began to mention the price. “Colin, you must know that making this staff consumed a lot of my energy. Now, let’s calculate the cost and processing fee. Um, brother, I won’t make much of a profit from you…” Chen Ran hesitated for a moment, then quietly raised the psychological price by a thousand. “You need to pay eight thousand gold coins…”
“Eight thousand gold coins?” Colin blinked, surprised. “Only eight thousand?” He looked at the staff in his hand again and very straightforwardly took out a joint gold voucher from his purse. It was a ten-thousand-gold voucher card, which could be exchanged for the corresponding amount of gold coins at the local bank and was used for large transactions.
“Brother, I know you must have charged me less than eight thousand gold coins,” Colin said with a moved expression. “You know, the broken staff my tutor boasts about, he claims he spent fifty thousand gold coins to get it. Seeing the dark circles under your eyes, I know you’ve done your best for me. The extra two thousand is for additional compensation. I’ve made a friend in you.”
He hadn’t expected Colin to be so considerate. Chen Ran looked at the ten-thousand-gold voucher in his hand and couldn’t help but feel a little moved. This kid was really something. It wasn’t a waste of his time to spend an hour making this little thing for him.
Colin happily played with the staff and said to Chen Ran, “Heh, actually, my family gave me two ten-thousand-gold vouchers to buy a suitable staff this time. I can actually easily save one. And my parents said that if the money is not enough, I can still ask them for more. With the quality of this staff, if I say I borrowed some gold coins from a friend, I can probably easily get another ten-thousand-gold voucher reimbursed. Wahahaha!”
“…”
It seemed that Chen Ran was not the only one with a quick mind…
Colin gently stroked the staff’s body, unable to put it down. He said with full confidence, “Now, my chances of winning against those bastards have increased by a few percent. Brother, I owe you this time. It wasn’t a waste for me to skip class to come out. I’ll treat you this time. How about we go to the big local hotel and indulge ourselves?”
Chen Ran declined, “Um, no need. I have a lot to do recently. I still have to make something for the auction house in a month.”
