Chapter 182: Meeting the city Lord. (1/2)

Chapter 182: Meeting the city Lord

‘This place looks ard’

Roland had arrived at theelse to do, he decided to examine the Auction House that he was banned from

The first real difference he discovered was the large sign on the front of it Previously it didn’t show any affiliation with the Valerian household but now there was an emblem of their house there, Instead of the old ‘Albrook Auction House’ naed to ‘Valerian Auction House’

It seemed that this family would offer up their na here it would still have the old nah to give it a boost by affiliating it with their brand

‘Having brand recognition ht of his own little ic shop While he tried to present his store as one with high-quality wares, it wasn’t that easy His competition went out of their way to badmouth his wares and any dwarven adventurers were clearly affected by it

Even though the runes that he produced were better than the enchant, a lot of people were scared They didn’t want to risk their hard-earned ood reputation

That’s why his shop’s progress was slow yet soh word of ed to reel in a customer, they mostly returned for more There was just no coic a rune could produce Then with the added aether alloy treateneral

He was gaining soh The wares were not flying off the shelves as he had hoped Without money, he was not able to fuel his continuous research into his golemic creations and various weapons Luckily whenever eon and hunt for so spot now accessible to hi the better products There was nowhere to dump the spider droids off and the blackto fork up what he ed

The products he was offering fit more with the nobles andmachines that people at the black market could use The spider bots didn’t work that well for other people that didn’t have direct access to their runic software Without a proper strategy, these would ed support

But even with the somewhat clunky way they worked, they still packed a punch With enough of the spider goleo down eventually They also ran on mana fluid that was replaceable

They were like portable ine one adventurer just luring a larger olems spammed it with multiple ele people that it was a worthy investic weapon

This he hoped to achieve by having it be auctioned off to people that could actually afford it He would have to in a bit further but he was confident ina valid prototype that could be used by anyone

‘Getting a bit ahead of myself here, first I need to hear this noble out…’

Roland gave out a sigh while standing there and waiting The motives of this person called Arthur Valerian were unknown to hiiven some unfavorable contract

Then there would be the worst-case scenario where the noble was already working together with his enemies He could be offered two options to either work under the dwarven union or get kicked out of the city instead The city lord could crush his business in various ways, one of thee

They could accuse hierous witchcraft If there was a priest that could be bought out, they could testify that he was some kind of demon worshi+per Evil Warlocks like the one he ran into all those years before were deemed as enemies of Solaria They were hunted down by the church and seen as cri contracts with evil deities or deed on, time passed The more he waited the more anxious he beca in his direction Before panicking he realized that for so at hi ones, and the in-between It see his way after he had disrobed His face and more fashi+onable clothes were now on display At this point he realized that they were not people out to hurt hi at him without malicious intent

‘Oh… was this why Elodia didn’t want me to take this robe off before I entered the Auction House?’

It see threatened Roland are that he was quite handsoe a few years ago Most of his ti in his workshop so he didn’t really have ti his looks with better clothes and so more eyes Luckily for Elodia Roland did not have any intention of using his newfound good looks to cheat To his were far too troublesome and he quite liked his current situation with a woman that could actually aid hio ask one of the guards?’

Noon was quick approaching and Roland glanced towards the Auction House There were uards all over the place and several entrances One for the customers, another one for the sellers and another one for the people working there Before he could go and ask, he noticed a certain out-of-place cat girl walking out of the entrance used for workers

Her red cat ears were on display and they so The girl was quite the sight for sore eyes and a head-turner But her beauty was not the only attribute that Roland noticed There was so, then there was also the fact that he could not examine her status

‘Either she has soical item like me…’

Around Roland’s neck was still the item that he received from his old boss When he was there he didn’t realize but this thing was quite high quality Only a person at tier 3 with an evolved analyzing skill would be able to see past it

“Well co for you, please follow me”

She was quick to pick hi there He had never seen her before but for some reason, she was infor about this visit was that he could not bring any weapons with hi s spell But if it was discovered by the lord’s guards he would be quickly sent to jail for atte, he would have to get through this without wearing any extra equipment

‘This puts my class in perspective…’

His class of Runesth over e weakness This was of course that without proper preparations and equip hiht be above people of the same level, he lacked any battle skills that those classes had Someone like Armand could reinforce his fists with certain skills to becoe Roland would probably not fare too well

Roland nodded at the cat girl’s question and followed behind her towards the worker’s entrance Souards looked at them with narrowed eyes, it see but couldn’t

‘Haven’t seen this place in a while…’

Soon they were on the inside, he had been here before the whole dwarven union debacle The entrance for the sellers was quite close to this one and they shared the same corridor Not far from this spot he could see the entrance to the room where he received some payments for his limited wares

Roland had not spent uild was quite swift For quite some time he unloaded his wares there and just came to pick up the coins later

The maid turned to one side and the journey continued His opinion of theany sound as she moved Her whole demeanor was like a sharpened sword and for some reason, he was reard

The woman was clearly not a simple maid but an actual threat to his life Her status was hidden so he was not aware if she was above him in levels Without his equipment, he was not able to measure her threat value which just increased the tension

Soon they passed through more corridors and from the corner of his eye he could even see part of the auction house stage At this time it was still closed but he noticed that the workers were preparing for tonight’s auction already Iteanized by worth and then shi+pped to the correct stage