Different Mirrors

"This was something I found in the ruins of a castle. Back then..."

Soro had wanted to explain where the mirror fragment had come from, but Gu Xi had already reached out and picked it up himself.

Dead Magic Mirror (Green): This had originally been an Omnipotence and Omniscience Magic Mirror, but it deceived its owner and brought disaster upon her. Before its owner died, she personally destroyed this lying Magic Mirror.

Looking at the information that appeared before him, Gu Xi was even more surprised.

He had picked up the mirror in the first place only because the Death Qi on its surface had drawn his attention.

Gu Xi had seen a Dead City before, but never a dead mirror, so he had been curious.

Yet he had never expected there to be such a story behind this mirror.

"Wait, tell me again where this mirror came from."

Holding the mirror, Gu Xi interrupted Soro's boasting.

Rather than getting angry, Soro immediately replied, "In the castle ruins beyond the Princess's Forest over there. The Princess's Forest with all those Wild Boars. I heard there's an iron mine there that can't be worked because there are too many Wild Boars."

As he spoke, Soro pointed in a certain direction.

However, the area he indicated was rather broad. Gu Xi followed the direction of his finger but could not see anything at all.

"Fine, I'll take this mirror fragment."

"Sure. I won't haggle with you over this one. I only want thirty-five pounds. Gold or other items of equal quality will work too."

That expensive? Gu Xi frowned, once again feeling just how poor he was.

But with a flip of his hand, he took out a piece of Ghastly Rat Skin and asked, "What about this?"

Since Soro had managed to find so many special mirrors, he naturally had some ability to sense Abomination auras.

The instant Gu Xi took out the Ghastly Rat Skin, Soro knew it was no worse than the mirrors in his trench coat.

"It'll do, but the quantity isn't enough. You know, these little hides aren't easy to sell. I..."

As Soro haggled, he rapidly calculated in his heart. If he could get a few more pieces of Ghastly Rat Skin, he could alter the collar of his trench coat again. Then the power within the Ghastly mirrors he collected would not disperse so easily.

But a merchant was a merchant. Though he wanted them badly, he still made further demands.

After making such a large circuit around the flea market, Gu Xi had already gained a fair understanding of the prices here.

He knew that objects with obvious Abomination auras were not cheap even in the hands of Ordinary People.

"At most, two pieces. Take it or leave it."

Hearing Gu Xi's tone, Soro immediately agreed.

"All right, two pieces."

He looked as if he feared Gu Xi might back out of the deal.

Gu Xi was somewhat speechless at this. He could not exactly tell the foolish kid that he had no idea which things were expensive and which were cheap.

All he could say was that the flea market here was rather low-level, so the range of things people encountered was limited as well.

This finally spared Gu Xi the embarrassment of having no money on hand. After handing over two pieces of Ghastly Rat Skin, he put away the Dead Magic Mirror.

Then he asked, "Is there anything else in the box?"

"There is."

Seeing another chance for business, Soro hurriedly opened the bottom of the box.

The next layer of the box also contained a mirror, but unlike the Dead Magic Mirror, the one before him was filled with an Abomination aura.

This aura was far stronger than those of the mirrors in Soro's trench coat, but Gu Xi could tell at a glance that its essence was no different from the junk in the coat.

Praying Ghastly Mirror (White): A mirror that mutated after an Abomination believer prayed continuously before it at midnight every night, attracting an Abomination. This mirror could summon one Abomination no higher than Level 5. (Note: The summoned Abomination would not be under the summoner's control.)

This item was merely average and could not compare to the Dead Magic Mirror. Gu Xi took one look, then raised his head and said to Soro, "One hide. Take it or leave it."

"Fine, sold!"

Soro saw that this was a major customer. He hurriedly handed the Praying Ghastly Mirror to Gu Xi, then swiftly opened the third layer.

There was another mirror in this layer. Once he opened the third layer, Soro sighed. "This is the last one. Other than this, I don't have any mirrors of better quality."

Gu Xi looked down and found that it was a gold-trimmed Makeup Mirror. This Makeup Mirror carried an Abomination aura as well.

Ghastly Rule Mirror (White): A mirror that could have a total of three true or false rules written upon it, forming a Ghastly field through those rules to kill intruders. Each person killed allowed one rule to be changed, up to a maximum of three people (0/3).

Looking at the information on the Makeup Mirror before him, Gu Xi suddenly thought of the mirror wrapped in the luggage on the Steam Bus.

This Rule Mirror was similar to the mirror Gu Xi had smashed, except the one before him was much smaller and could not hold many rules.

It could only have three rules written on it in total, and Gu Xi believed these certainly could not be rules that killed people directly.

There had to be other conditions involved.

"This is somewhat interesting. One hide."

"Don't! Add a little more for this one. This thing was really hard to get. I found the other two myself, but I got this one from cultists. That was extremely dangerous."

"How about this, then? I'll add another hide, but you give me ten pounds in cash."

Gu Xi hesitated for a moment before finally stating his demand.

At first, Soro did not want to agree, but the Ghastly Rat Skin Gu Xi had taken out was too important to him. In the end, he gritted his teeth. "Fine. Consider this a major loss for me. Deal."

After handing over the Ghastly Rat Skin, Gu Xi did not take the lead box. He casually put all three mirrors away in his backpack.

Soro, meanwhile, rummaged through various places on his body for coins, scraping together ten pounds and handing them to Gu Xi.

"Thanks!"

After putting away the money, Gu Xi finally had some confidence. He continued strolling through the flea market.

However, this time Gu Xi did not encounter another merchant like Soro.

After wandering around a few times without finding anything good, Gu Xi began thinking of returning to the city.

But after looking up at the sky, Gu Xi still found a nearby Small Tavern and sat down.

"Do you have anything you'd recommend?"

"Yes. Our most famous dish is pigeon pie!"