Chapter 84 - Wings Strengthening (1) (2/2)
At that time, the magic circle glowed and a person in a grey hood appeared.
He stared into Kang-jun’s eyes but didn’t show any noticeable reaction.
”Hmm, why is the atmosphere so cold? There is no trade. Anyway, I am here so let’s pick a spot.”
He muttered as he trudged across the square and sat down.
Seuk. Suuk.
Something similar to a mat appeared in front of him.
On top of it were all types of sparkling beads of different colours.
‘That?’
They were all essences. They weren’t just the Essence of Earth, Essence of Wind and Essence of Darkness, but other essences as well. There were beads that seemed like fire was blazing or water was swirling.
Keirun smiled.
”Lord, that person is a dimensional merchant. You can’t know their ident.i.ties, but the job of a merchant is to move around Dimensional Shelters to do business. They sell various types of essences.”
“Then shall I go and find out the price?”
Currently, the base had more than 60,000 nodes. A few nodes were paid as tax, but most of them were the result of Kang-jun’s constant hunting and missions.
‘I can use around 30,000 nodes.’
He was overflowing with money so it wouldn’t be a burden.
Keirun asked the merchant.
”I came to ask the price of the essences.”
The merchant laughed and replied.
“Huhu, customers came as soon as I opened my business so I am happy. Yes. How many moonstones do you have?”
”Why are you asking for moonstones? Do yoy not deal with nodes?”
The merchant shrugged at Keirun’s question and replied.
”I guess you don’t know. Who deals with nodes these days? The value of nodes is too bloaded due to Hwanmong. I won’t trade unless it is with moonstones.”
Kang-jun was surprised.
‘Moonstones? Moonstones are used as currency?’
Kang-jun asked.
”I have some moonstones so tell me the price.”
Then the merchant gave him a friendly smile.
”These are the prices.”
Essence of Earth - 2 Moonstones
Essence of Wind - 2 Moonstones
Essence of Fire - 3 Moonstones
Essence of Water - 3 Moonstones
Essence of Abundance - 4 Moonstones
Essence of Enchantment - 4 Moonstones
Essence of Darkness - 5 Moonstones
Essence of Light - 5 Moonstones
There were no Essence of Chaos. But the cheapest Essence of Earth and Essence of Wind were two moonstones each.
In addition, Essence of Darkness was going for five moonstones.
Of course, the standard was for the small size.
Keirun frowned and whispered to Kang-jun.
'It sounds like ridiculous prices. Wait a bit and see. Usually the prices will decrease when more merchants arrive.’
Kang-jun also thought like that.
Currently, he had approximately 1,800 small moonstones. If that was the case, he could buy 900 Essence of Earth from the merchant.
When combined with the essences at his base, the 1,000 Chaos Power required to upgrade his wings would be fulfilled. However, the value of the moonstones couldn’t be lowered.
”Then I’ll come next time.”
“Huhu, don’t think that it is expensive. Who else besides me will come to such a sad place? Anyway, you can get a small discount if you buy it in bulk so think carefully.”
The merchant waved his hands.
Kang-jun exited the shelter with Keirun.
In the meantime, one scroll had arrived.
It was from Heksia.
[Lucan, I no longer have the right to command you now that you have become a captain. We are in equal positions.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to visit headquarters to say h.e.l.lo?
Give us a chance to celebrate.
-439th commander Heksia.]
‘Yes. It will be good to talk to her.’
He hadn’t heard anything yet so he decided to go and meet Heksia.
After a while, the 439th Army Headquarters.
However, Heksia couldn’t be seen when he arrived. Only the sovereigns were there.
His allies, including Avia and Haniel, stared at Kang-jun.
”Lucan! Welcome back. Congratulations on becoming a commander.”
”Welcome. ”I've heard about it. You have become the first ranking commander among the sovereigns. Congratulations.”
The other sovereigns were also staring at Kang-jun.
Some of them belonged to Hardis’ alliance that opposed Kang-jun, and the ones who weren’t close to him didn’t congratulate him.
They just returned to their work.
”How about 20 million per moonstone?”
”I can’t afford to give away my moonstones.”
”Then 30 million? Please sell me one.”
“Ah, let’s see. I can’t sell it. I want to sell but I can’t. Although you are giving 30 million per piece, I only have a few pieces.”
Everyone was eager to buy moonstones. Kang-jun asked what was going on and Avia replied.
”Heksia said it would be the evaluation when she comes back. The people with less than 100 achievement points are eager to buy moonstones. However, moonstones are in short supply so no one is selling.”
“I see.”
Kang-jun nodded. The rate of moonstones dropping was quite low, so it was quite difficult to find some even when hunting evil spirits.
Therefore, it wasn’t easy to find someone who could spare their moonstones.
Who would sell it in this situation?
At that time, a sovereign carefully approached Kang-jun.
”Lucan! I am Sovereign Ruel.”
It was a female voice. She wasn’t one of the sovereigns in Hardis’ alliance and had never had a conversation with Kang-jun.
She just suddenly walked over and greeted him.
“What is it?”
”This might be presumptuous, but can you please sell me three moonstones? I think that you have quite a lot of moonstones. I’ll buy one at 30 million won per piece.”
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