When you took something from someone, your hand grew short. The Sun Elf obediently handed the key to Du Pont, though she still felt somewhat unconvinced.
What could you possibly see that even your mentor did not know?
There was quite a lot of scanned information, but what it said left Du Pont deeply disappointed.
Ancient Elven Key
Value: Immeasurable
Description: A key crafted with special Elven techniques from an ancient era. It can only be used to open specific locations; otherwise, it is merely a somewhat unusual ornament.
Spend 10,000 gold coins to determine the exact location of the treasure site.
Why would I spend ten thousand gold just to learn where a place is? Du Pont could not be bothered with it. Just as he was about to tap the gem and return it, the system gave another prompt.
Spend 1,000 gold coins to detect the challenge rating of the destination.
A thousand gold for a piece of information. Du Pont considered it and chose to accept.
His system might be a bit of a bastard, lowballing him whenever it bought his things, but generally speaking, whatever it sold him was genuine and worth the price. Even the Seven Races Language that had given him headaches for days at the start had been the same.
Buying this knowledge for 1,000 gold was absolutely not a loss. It would also be a great help when he wrote scrolls. His earlier straits had mainly been because he had simply been too poor. The feats he purchased later were expensive, but they had saved him most of his time. Overall, they were fairly worthwhile.
With that in mind, Du Pont chose to buy the information.
Even before killing that Blue Dragon, he had already carried eighteen thousand gold in cash. With