Chapter 881: A Swift Bargain (1/2)
'Weren't they the ones who were supposed to be guarding?' Krune's eyelids twitched while thinking as the man with the crown fiddled with the device.
After a while, the man infused a bit of his Godly Energy on the ground to create a stone table before placing the device on it. He spent some time synchronizing it as he tried to pick up a response. His actions implied that he was an expert in this field or was used to doing it.
After some time passed in such a manner, followed by a faint fluctuation, the image of an old man appeared. The old man was relaxing on a chair, eating some fruits as he listened to some instrumental music.
Upon noticing the fluctuation of Godly Energy, he turned around, looking in the direction of the device while frowning as he asked, ”Who are you?”
”Are you the Sunkan City Lord?” the man with the crown replied with a question. His confident posture and arrogant expression made the Sunkan City Lord ponder over his next string of words.
Among those that had been dispatched to protect Krune, some of them possessed a means to contact the Sunkan City Lord. After all, he didn't wish anything to happen to the sword he had handed out for the spirit awakening.
”Yes,” the Sunkan City Lord nodded as he replied in a mildly respectful tone. ”May I know who you are?”
”I'm just a loose cultivator,” the man with the crown smiled while replying. ”I came across the sword you had given out for the spirit awakening by chance. I captured Krune, and as for the rest, well...they died.”
The Sunkan City Lord could not help but frown as his expression turned solemn. His eyes were filled to the brim with killing intent as he was about to unleash a form of threat, the same threat that people usually did in a conversation with someone they didn't like.
”I see you've misunderstood me.” The man with the crown could not help but laugh upon seeing the city lord's reaction. ”Actually, I had killed them by mistake. Well, the reason I contacted you isn't for that.”
”Then…” The Sunkan City Lord asked with mild confusion.
The man with the crown laughed as he replied, ”Actually, I'm quite interested in your sword. Tell me your price, and I'll buy it from you. I don't like thieving, you see.”
”That sword is my family heirloom…” The Sunkan City Lord just began to speak when the man with the crown cut him off, saying…
”Name your price.”
”Why…?” The Sunkan City Lord expressed his confusion as he asked, ”Why do you want to buy that sword? It isn't anything special.”
”Hahaha!” The man with the crown laughed as he said in response, ”There's nothing special about it, but you definitely know how every spirit awakened in it dies immediately, right?”
”Yes.” The Sunkan City Lord nodded in response. ”I have hired a lot of Spirit Awakeners in the past to try and awaken it. Unfortunately, all of them had failed.”
”The reason behind that is because of a flaw in the sword,” the man with the crown smiled as he replied, having fun as he looked at the various expressions on the other side's face. ”There are some materials in it that are…what do you call it...err...spirit defects?”
”Spirit defects?” The Sunkan City Lord frowned as he asked, ”What are they?”
”There are some items that are so in tune with nature that they awaken spirits on their own. On top of that, when they live long enough, their connection with their equipment deepens beyond the normal extent. Though, when these spirits are killed for reasons unknown, they turn out into what is known as spirit defects. When these materials are used to make equipment, no matter what you do, the awakened spirit will die instantly,” the man with the crown explained.
He then smiled, waving his hand as he continued with his explanation, ”Those spirit defects are the source of the green energy destroying the awakened spirit. Then again, if the creator wishes to screw someone over, they add this spirit defect into the equipment while forging it. But in actuality, the material with the spirit defect is better than most materials. The only downside is the fact they would prevent the awakening of an equipment spirit.”
The Sunkan City Lord frowned with a gaze of disbelief as he muttered, ”Impossible! The one who made this sword was a trusted member of my family…”
The man with the crown shrugged as he replied, ”I laid the facts before you. Anyway, I need the spirit defects in it. They're of the highest concentration I have ever seen. In any case, name your price.”
Before the Sunkan City Lord could say anything, the man with the crown emphasized, ”Truthfully speaking, I could have just skedaddled with the sword. After all, it is in my possession. Nevertheless, I still wish to do a fair deal as I feel that you still have sentiments to this. I believe I've already shown my honesty through this.”
”Fine.” The Sunkan City Lord sighed in defeat. He had no choice but to compromise. After all, the item was already in the hands of the other party. It was already a good thing for him to gain something for it. After all, in the current situation, he was unable to dispatch anyone to snatch it back from the man with the crown.
He had relocated his city to the capital of the Zamuria Empire. So, there were a lot of things he had to do. He had to meet the emperor, fight for a suitable position in the capital, obtain a favorable place to erect his city, allocate resources that he had taken with him from the previous place, and so on.