Chapter 61 (1/2)
Chapter 61 - Kraken (2)
“Magician-niirls to different locations, it didn’t take too long for Artpe to be surrounded by numerous peopleThey came in wavesThe inner city should be safer than the top of the wall, yet people were convinced that the safest place was near Artpe
“Magician-ni of you!We don’t have the power to do anything against the Kraken, ician-niiiiiiiiiii to hio in the ed for his helpThey had looked at him with desperate eyes
They didn’t care what price Artpe and Maetel would have to pay in order to help thenorant of that factSince the two of theiven that Maetel and Artpe would have to help the so close tohis cold voice, and he extended a fingerHe pointed towards the location where the 3rd barrier as being erectedThe lord of Frate was standing near it, and it looked as if his soul had been sucked out by the appearance of the KrakenOne could also see the Dungeonto hold the lord’s attention as she gave a desperate speech
“Even if you guys pool all your powers together, you won’t be able to do anything against the KrakenIt is the sa it up with the Kraken with my bare bodyIf you want to survive, you have two choicesYou can try to avoid the Kraken coionsOr you can give that merchant what she needs”
“However, that erous situation, yet she is trying to make profit off of the trade…”
The uic Stones were iteh demand, yet the supply was extreic Stones colluded with each other to fix the priceHowever, their rivals were present here, so it would be impossible to fix the price
“So what price will you be satisfied with?”
“Money isn’t iic StonesIt isn’t so that should be sold in bulkI have to find the proper owner…”
“How old each…”
“······what?”
It was idiotic to boost the price of an item that was hard to tradeHowever, Artpe was sure of one thingThere was no way a level 200 Magic Stone orth over 5,000 gold
Mycenae told hi with moneyHowever, she probably never expected the nobles to act like thisEven Artpe thought it was ridiculous
“I’ic StonesYou all probably know this, but it is iathered within this cityThe best way to stop its charge is through the barrier wallHowever, a barrier of this caliber can’t withstand the KrakenI have to Reinforce it using a lot of high rank Magic StonesIf not, this city and the people within it will be s about 500 Magic Stones······”
“That is why you aren’t cursing out theto profit frouys?”
Artpe’s gaze was botto of hi with charis with himThey shut their mouthsThis was an ability that existed only in true heroesArtpe was really annoyed right now, so he didn’t realize this fact
“But…”
“Koo-hmmmKmm, kmmm…”
Despite his words, they refused to open their ician was lying to screw over the foreignersOthers wondered if Reinforcing the barrier as really the only way out of thisThere were countless excuses running through their heads, and Artpe could clearly see through all of the his Read All Creation abilityIn the past, he had countless encounters with such people, so his prior experience let hi
A bitter smile appeared automatically on his lips
“Hoo-ooh… Humans really the saician-niht”
If he acted on his emotions, he would have thrown the lot of them into the oceanHowever, Mycenae asked him to leave it all to herHe wouldn’t step forward until she asked for his help
Artpe turned his head awayThese hu, yet they still expected protection fro on the ocean
It was said one should be thankful for small merciesAfter the Kraken had made its appearance, the other monsters became timidThere were monsters that were barely able to move in the presence of the KrakenEven as the hu about in confusion, nowall
“Maetel…”
After he finished assessing the situation, his eyes naturally turned towards her
Maetel was speeding across the oceanShe was quickly approaching the KrakenOnce Maetel decided to do so, she showed no hesitation or fear
If she wasn’t a hero, no one was qualified to be a heroEven though he was still in a dangerous situation, he chuckled
[Goo-ohhhhhhhhhhhng!]
Kraken let out a roar The wave containing its Mana spread across the ocean, and it attracted more and more monsters to the shores of Frate
A portion of the monsters were swept up by the Kraken’s tentacles, and they were eatenThe rest followed behind it
It see this outIt was filled with the will of wanting to end this quickly
“Hoo-ahhhhhhp!”
At that ot in its wayWhile she kept the ical energy into her long swordShe shot out a beay!
She decided to take this approach, because she came to the conclusion that she would bounce off the Kraken if she attacked head-on
[Koo-ohhhhhhhhhhh!]
She was a hero approaching level 200, so her strike was effective against the KrakenShe had worried the Kraken would just shrug off her attackShe had worried it would continue to charge forwardFortunately, it stoppedwhen it received Maetel’s attack!
“Not yet!Stay there!”
[Koo-ahhhhhhng!]
The Kraken was pissed offIt swung its house-sized tentacle towards MaetelHowever, Maetel followed Artpe’s advice as she used her Acceleration skill to avoid its attackThen she used her beay construct was e sword, and it traveled in a straight lineIt split open the forehead of the Kraken as dark blood started to flow
Everyone had given up when they saw the overwhel size of the KrakenHowever, the people of Frate let out a cheer when Maetel’s attack wounded the Kraken
Artpe coldly assessed the dae, and he shook his head fro pricked on the finger with fish bone”
“You speak in such hopeful terms”
He had spoken those words to himselfHe hadn’t wanted anyone else to hear it, yet sohtAn out of breath woman had just climbed up to the wallHe raised his hand towards Mycenae as he asked a question
“Did you gather all 500?”
“Not yetI’ve gathered around 180I contacted the Anywhere company’s headquarters, and the outcome was positiveMoreover, I was able to receive support frodom’s noblesHowever, it was as you’ve saidThe probleic Stones that could be gathered in DiazI knew this would happenIn the first place, the appearance of monsters over level 200 is very low here”
Still, the nobles and the n countries that could athered hereArtpe took the pouch containing the 180 Magic StonesIt was unfortunate, but it ht still be possible to acco to do?These pigs are refusing to sell their Magic Stones”
“No, they will sell it to us”
There was still a bright light twinkling within her eyesHer eyes swept over the nobles and athered atop the barrier wallShe just noticed that reedy ones had sharp eyes for assessing the situationThey decided not to hide in the cityThey were on the front line, yet they decided they were safest near the strongest being within Frate
“EveryonePlease I beg of you once againThe coic will be provided by the headquarters of the Anywhere co the iteic Stones of level 200it for a loss”
“Who are you to demand this of me!I can’t sell it at that priceIt will drop old?Ha!If the participants of the last Magic Stone auction within the capital heard of that price, they would have all o under fifteen thousand gold!”
Fifteen thousand gold
It seeic Stones had sold in their countryHe couldn’t believe how foolish these people wereArtpe was looking around the crohen he had a realizationThe ones asking for a high price for the Magic Stones were part of the leadershi+p group that represented each country’s trade administrationThe nobles and the ht now, but even if they wanted tothese iuresThey couldn’t easily step out of line
“HooI seeIs everyone of the same opinion?”
“So you want us to take all the loss?”
Even if they had ideas of selling the Magic Stones for less than 15 thousand gold, they couldn’t do so if sooldGreed would naturally rise froathered here planned on sticking togetherThey planned on insisting on the price of 15 thousand gold
Even the Anywhere coic Stones for the price of 15 thousand goldMycenae no longer tried to convince the nobles and the ht at Artpe as she spoke
“Artpe-nim”