Zi Feng’s introduction had indeed piqued Rocky’s interest in the Fire Butterfly Armor.
Since he was an educated man, he had understood most of what Zi Feng had introduced, and it was exactly for this reason that he was moved by this Armor.
Firstly, as a 3rd generation Armor, the Fire Guard Type 5 had a magic energy value of 1800 points. This magic energy value might seem low compared to the latest 5th generation Armors, but it was relatively high among the 3rd generation Armors. When compared to Rocky’s 1st generation Armor, it was significantly higher!
Rocky’s Blood Pattern Generation 2 Armor, being a 1st generation Void Magic Armor, had a meager magic energy value of 300 points, which, even after rune enhancement, reached only around 500 points. In contrast, the magic energy of the Fire Guard Type 5 was several times higher!
Zi Feng also mentioned two technologies, Magic Energy Semi-Control and Magic Energy Conduction, both of which were among the top technologies of the Void Magic Armor. The Magic Energy Semi-Control Technology allowed the wearer to autonomously allocate a portion of the Armor’s magic energy, while the conduction technology allowed the magic energy to be freely transmitted to every part of the Armor.
These two technologies complemented each other, enabling the wearer to autonomously allocate magic energy during combat – focusing it on attack when offensive and using all of it for defense when needed, greatly expanding the wearer’s operational capacity.
With a magic energy value of 1800 points, plus two cutting-edge techniques that are still top-tier today, as well as its own defensive net and other configurations, all these factors combined indeed made the Void Magic Armor seem quite impressive to Rocky.
So, he subsequently inquired about the price of this Armor.
“My lord, this Armor is priced at forty-eight thousand Gold Coins.”
“That expensive?”
Upon hearing Zi Feng’s quote, Rocky slightly frowned. It wasn’t because he was unwilling to spend; in fact, the price did not exceed his expectations. However, he remembered from his visit to the weapons market with Liliya a few months ago that this price seemed somewhat high.
The Fire Guard Type 5 was only a 3rd generation Armor, but according to what Rocky knew, even some Mass-Produced 4th generation Armors were priced at around forty thousand gold coins. This meant that the price of the Armor Zi Feng recommended was higher than that of the Mass-Produced 4th generation Armors.
“My lord, this price is actually not high because the concept of Mass Production Type arose only with the 4th generation Armor. It was also from the 4th generation that Armors began to be differentiated into Mass Production and Specialized types with varying configurations. Before that, all Armors were of the highest configuration.”
“In other words, although the Fire Guard Type 5 is only a 3rd generation Armor, it is equivalent to Special Armor, so its price is naturally higher than that of the 4th generation Mass-Produced type; my lord, I can even assure you, despite the Fire Guard Type 5 being a 3rd generation Armor, in terms of combat capability, those flashy but impractical 4th generation Mass-Produced Armors that deliberately reduce combat power to lower prices are incomparable to it.”
As if seeing through Rocky’s doubts without waiting for his questions, Zi Feng offered a perfect explanation.
Faced with her rationale, Rocky indeed had no grounds to argue, because she wasn’t wrong.
After so many years of development, Void Magic Armor technology had matured in all aspects, leading to more detailed classifications. Apart from being categorized by application into types such as Assault and Guardian, they were further divided into configurations like Mass-Produced and Special.
The so-called Mass-Produced type refers to low-end configuration Armors, which feature standard or even lower configurations within their generation. Despite the Mass-Produced type’s modest configuration, they are quite popular due to their very affordable prices.
In contrast to the Mass-Produced type is the high-end configuration of the Special Armor. Special Armors aim to reach the highest standards within their class and generation, and can even be custom-made for users, which makes their combat strength terrifyingly potent – to the point that their combat capabilities are several times higher than those of Mass-Produced Armors!
However, with formidable combat strength comes a correspondingly high price; Special Armors are definitely expensive, and even describing them as exorbitantly priced would not be an exaggeration. Prices that are considered cheap are in the tens of thousands of Gold Coins, while normal prices are in the hundreds of thousands. There are even custom-made Armors that cost over a million Gold Coins!
As per Zi Feng’s explanation, the Fire Butterfly – Guard Type 5 Armor was indeed, in a way, equivalent to Special Armor, considering that the distinction between Mass-Produced and Special types began with the 4th generation Armors; while the Fire Butterfly – Guard Type 5, as a 3rd generation Armor, might have gaps in various aspects, it still wasn’t inaccurate to classify it as Special Armor.
In light of this, Rocky didn’t say much more and simply asked Zi Feng to continue introducing other Armors.
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Although Rocky was satisfied with the Fire Butterfly-Guard Type 5 Armor, there were still so many armors to choose from that he didn’t need to rush his decision. Besides, he was only there to look; even if he wanted to buy, he’d have to wait until Aileen finished negotiating all the trades before he could get the money.
In this situation, Zi Feng introduced several other armors to Rocky, including not only third-generation armors but also a number of fourth-generation mass-produced armors.
Afterward, Rocky left the store and headed to other shops.
The day quickly passed by, and when Rocky and his party left, they not only had spent the entire day at the weapon market but had also visited seven or eight exclusive Void Magic Armor stores, seeing at least dozens of different suits of armor.
“So, have you taken a liking to any?”
On the way back to the Star of the Sky, Rocky and Liliya sat by themselves in a carriage, chatting while they rested.
After a day of browsing, Rocky had indeed taken a liking to a few sets, but since this time it was about buying a Void Magic Armor for Liliya, her opinion was the most important.
“They are all fine…”
“Hmm… I think that Iron Guard Type 3 isn’t bad…”
Liliya said, after thinking with her head bowed.
“Iron Guard Type 3?”
Since they had seen so many armors that day, it took Rocky a while to remember which one Liliya was referring to: “Are you talking about that fourth-generation mass-produced armor?”
“Yes.”
Liliya nodded, but Rocky kept shaking his head: “No, no, that one’s mana is only 1700 points, and it doesn’t have any particularly high-end technology either. It simply doesn’t live up to the title of a fourth-generation armor.”
“But I think it’s enough. We don’t need to engage in particularly dangerous battles right now, we don’t need such high specifications, and 1700 magic energy points are enough. Besides…”
“Besides, that Iron Guard Type 3 is the cheapest one of all the armors we saw today, right?”
Rocky finished her sentence for her, without waiting for Liliya to do so. How could he not understand Liliya’s thoughts?
The Iron Guard Type 3 Armor, as Liliya mentioned, was indeed the cheapest of all the armors they had seen. Although it was a fourth-generation armor, its price was only thirty-eight thousand gold coins—unbelievably cheap, given that it was a fourth-generation armor.
It was precisely for this reason that Liliya had taken a liking to this particular suit of armor.
Unfortunately, Rocky didn’t see it that way. Liliya was a good girl; she chose the Iron Guard Type 3 to save a substantial amount of money, but she had forgotten the principle that cheap goods aren’t good, and good goods aren’t cheap.
Whether this saying applies elsewhere is uncertain, but it certainly applies to Void Magic Armor. The cheaper the armor, the worse the quality—that has been the case since the invention of Void Magic Armor.
There must be a reason why the Iron Guard Type 3, a fourth-generation armor, is so cheap, and Rocky was certainly not willing to let Liliya find out why.
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