133 Shady Dealings Part 6 (1/2)
After Maverick made his bold claim he walked up to Fox and handed her a metallic info drive that was shaped like a diamond. Fox without care took the info drive and shoved it into a slot inside her wrist. Fox's arm lit up like lights at a disco before it displayed a bunch of info in front of her eyes. Fox only took a second to see if the info was real. She already knew exactly what Desmond wanted to know but because what he offered didn't interest her she didn't bother with it.
While it is not prevalently well displayed in Delmar city the technology level on Theotera far surpasses anything earth once had. People on Theotera have seized control of hundreds of planets and destroyed even more. Their the kind of civilization that's greed knows no bounds.
One of the few things that keep Theotera from fully extending their hands to every corner of the universe is the lack of places rich in mana. While they are capable of surviving in the harshest conditions it is very uncomfortable for them. It's like being taken out of an ocean and being placed in a desert. That's why people on Theotera prefer to reap all the resources a planet has to offer and enslave a civilization if not outright kill them then nurture a planet and build a galactic empire.
After Fox examined the drive she had a short conversation with Desmond before she once again spoke to Maverick.
”The seller is satisfied with the information you have on the drive but he doesn't have any device capable of examining the data it contains. So he wanted me to ask you if you have an item on hand that can inspect the drive that you are willing to sell to him”.
Maverick didn't even need a second to consider that request to buy a device capable of inspecting the info drive is as easy as buying a computer back on earth and just as cheap too.
”That's no problem at all. Tell the seller the price is 2 mage stones ($1000 U.S) for my communicator”.
The exchange finished quickly when Maverick finally got his hands on the grade 1 healing potion even he couldn't hide the grin on his face. While a few people especially Ferrise that was standing in the back had difficulty hiding their animosity towards him. Maverick paid those people no mind because he was gliding on cloud 9.
'I can't believe my luck today. To obtain such an amazing item in exchange for some random info on the star and law path I dug up is simply amazing. Whoever sold this is out of his mind grade 1 items and above are impossible to purchase even if you have the money for it. You have to reach grade 1 to legally buy any of those items or have a deal with some organization. While the seller is mad I have to thank him or her because now I don't have to stalk Ferrise and his group they'll come to me'.
As Maverick was deviously redeveloping his plan of attack on Ferrise's group the people who he was colluding conspiring against had a short conversation of their own. Gerald scratched the side of his face as he quietly said to the others in his group, ”So, where gonna rob him right?”.
Gerald's words where met with a mean glare from Ferrise as he spoke softly but in a harsh tone.
”Of corse where going to rob him he use to do that to use all the time it's time to repay the favor”.
A wicked smile creped on everyone's face in the group after Ferrise said that. A lot of people wanted their revenge on Maverick, after all the things he did to them it was understandable. But everyone also knew facing Maverick wasn't going to be easy so whether they could win was up to question.
Desmond knew nothing about the plans being developed in secret behind him. Even if he did he wouldn't care because none of it had anything to do with him. He was only focused on Fox's words.
”Since the last Item I possess has now been sold it's now time to move into the free exchange. Anyone who wants to make a request please come up one at a time and speak your business”.
As soon as Fox switched to the free exchange Ferrise made sure to be the first one who walked up. He saw practically nothing useful to him during the exchange so he wanted to quickly state what he wanted and see if only robbing Maverick would be the only good thing to look forward to that night.
” I'm looking to purchase one pound of human flesh. Preferably of the darkness or wind element. The blood type doesn't matter neither does the grade of the flesh or gender, so does anyone have some”.
Ferrise's words caused Desmond's heart to stir a bit but he soon calmed down. Desmond was simply caught him off guard when someone openly requested such an item without fear of repercussions. as Desmond looked around he soon realized that there was no problem with Ferrise's request that all. people of all walks of life have gathered together in that room making Ferrise's request equivalent to nothing more than a normal purchase.
A few second after Ferrise made his request a cloaked woman spoke. ”I have what you want. I can provide the flesh of someone with a high elemental affinity to the wind element. The person never cultivated before and hasn't practiced magic either. But 1 pound is to little you'll have to purchase more than that at least 10 lb since its the flesh of a normal human which will cost you 15 magic crystals (150,000 dollars U.S)”.
”That's an acceptable price, so do have it on you or will we have to conduct this exchange in a different manner”.
”I don't have it on me at the moment, come over here so we can discuss the specifics privately”.
Ferrise has had terrible luck finding something that could replace the chunk of flesh he got shot off of him, so he decided to opt for a less favorable method to fix his wound. Though his luck was bad he wasn't all to worried about his wound because he could still fight well enough with it.
As the free exchange went on Desmond watched intensely to learn from the others before he went up himself. When the free exchange was nearing its end Desmond felt confident enough to go up himself. As Desmond stood in front of the crowd he spoke in a gruff voice. Desmond didn't want to give any important information about himself away, so he altered his voice a bit while he was there. Having so many hidden figures eyeing him made Desmond feel a bit nervous, but he soon dispersed that feeling because he knew those where the kind of people he was gonna have to mingle with a lot in the future.
”I'm looking to purchase weapons one of every kind you can think of guns, swords, ... ect. It doesn't mater it just has to be in an acceptable price range. None of the weapons have to be high quality just usable. I also whish to perchace a tool that can assist in training mental energy or concentrating it”.
Since Desmond was walking down the path of an illusionist he needed tools that could magnify that power. The wand Desmond sold before wasn't particularly useful for that because it was geared towards conducting elemental energy. Since Desmond has no elemental affinity he can use every elemental equally, but absorbing those elements is half as efficient then someone with an element and his attacks are also less powerful. If Desmond kept the wand it would have helped in the short run, but would have become a weakness later on. That's why Desmond wanted tools that could amplify mental energy.
As for the perchace advanced rune set Desmond didn't even think about it. The higher the rank of something is the more difficult it is to acquire. Not to mention how expensive such a perchace would be. Plus Desmond hadn't even finished carving all the intermediate runes on his core. The new found strength of his soul made carving the intermediate runes significantly easy to the point Desmond thought he was carving butter with a hot knife but with all that raw power came problems. Desmond failed to fully control the stream of energy he was carving with which damaged the run he was working on slightly forcing him to wait till his core repaired its self enough so he could start again.
When looking around the room Desmond saw no one respond to his request. The sight filled him with disappointment because it ment that there was no arm dealers in the room or that no one was willing to sell such a large quantity of weapons at that time. Knowing that Desmond wasn't to disappointed because he knew the world didn't revolve around him and because acquiring good items took luck, connections, and skill in the trade.