291 Materials 1 (1/2)
Chapter 291: Materials 1
The middle aged man behind the counter handed out a roll of yellowed paper.
After receiving it, Garen unrolled the paper and brought it aside to have a long look at it.
” The Iron Tank City Army emergency goods deployment list:
Spear of Agas x 5
Full body armor x 7
Battle horse armor x 7
Military crossbow x 15
Inactivated totems:
Red Dragonhawk x 3
White Dragonhawk x 3
White bear x 5. Brown bear x 5, Black wolf x 5. Snow sculpture x 33. Fanged hound x 33. Black eagle x 10. Northern snow lion x 1. Cape Verdean Wolf x 15.
Black striped white tiger x 1. Ground drilling rhino x 1, Giant rattlesnake x 1.”
Garen straightened out the paper with a few light shakes, and knitted his brows together. He then waited for another man to finish up his business at the counter before heading over again.
”These totems at the top, the last three are new to me. What is the price?”
The middle aged man took a quick glance at him. ”Since you are an official member of the guild, we offer a special price for insiders. 1 million per totem. I shall warn you beforehand, the last one was listed separately, which means it does not have a legacy. The absence of a legacy means that it will be incapable of evolving. Although it has a strong foundation, you must bear this in mind.”
”Noted.” Garen was absolutely clear.
Ground drilling rhino and Giant rattlesnake still had a sliver of hope when it came to evolving, as results of prior research done by other people point towards that, or so he had heard. Only the ways of raising a Black striped white tiger remained a mystery, as no researcher has managed to figure that out. This breed of genetically mutated tigers is extremely ferocious. Although there is only one type, its speed, strength and lethalness is comparable to that of a Dragonhawk – minus the possibility of evolution. Various academies have tried, failed, and given up.
Not only that, the remaining numbers are but a few; would have never thought of actually seeing one here.
” How much money do I have left in the treasury?”Garen presented his medal.
It was passed over the counter and inquiries were according to the serial number.
” 870,000. You still need a little more. Do you want to accept a few quests?” The middle aged man asked. He currently has a huge pile of unattended quests.
”It’s alright, I will come over in a bit. Remember to hold on to it for me.” Garen covertly handed over a few one hundred silver sheets. The man quietly accepted it.
”Don’t worry, I will keep it for you for two days. Anyways, this is an item that many would not want to purchase, even if they could afford it. Who would want to spend a million on a totem that is incapable of evolving?
” Thanks , I am intend to have it as a secondary totem.” Garen took a totem introduction leaflet that was handed to him over the counter and turned away to leave.
He only had a couple of tens of thousands on him at the moment, which was definitely not enough. However, the resources he had stashed up previously would be put in good use.
”This timing is just right, if I would have waited a little more, all the good items could have been used up and taken. Not only that, I still have to fork out another sum to purchase war shackles and war halls.”
He decided to obtain the black striped white tiger first, as he was planning to use it as his core totem anyways. The information on the black striped white tiger was fairly brief, Garen found the line describing the black striped white tiger from the information on the totem introduction leaflet.
”Black striped white tiger: A type of basic totem, possesses extreme speed and lethality, its 6 centimeter sharp teeth can easily bite through any known defense a totem has. Originated 600 years ago from a remote academy called Taja Cannes. Power: Tail whip, Puncturing Crunch.”
Leaving the guild, Garen boarded a horse carriage, heading straight towards the young grain storehouse that he bought.
Seated on the horse carriage, he looked out the carriage window – 5 out of 10 people on the streets were holding a gourd shaped container, lining up at the rice store, common goods store and bakery to purchase items. Several fruit and vegetable stalls were sold out and closed for the day.
A few wholesale stores that were of a larger scale placed signs that signify a limited stock supply, barely sustaining themselves.
From time to time, ox carts dragging along goods would pass by. The area of Iron Tank City was seemingly vacant of the noblemen and businessmen that were usually clothed luxuriously.
Garen estimated that the items he had stored up prior to this could be sold at a higher price, therefore a total sale of 3 million should not be a problem. Although so, the most cost effective way seemed to be setting aside a portion of basic living expenses while using the rest in exchange for expendable battle items.
If an exchange was done instead, he would be dealing with the guild directly, which means it is likely that he will only need half of his item storage in exchange for the Black striped white tiger. Garen believed that the guild had good taste, and was pretty sure he will be able to recognize the advantage of hoarding rare items for enormous profit.
If only he wasn’t in such dire need to evolve his core totem, Garen would have never thought of selling his items off so early.
The other half can be used to feed himself and occasionally purchase other items.
In no time, the horse carriage arrived at the area in Iron Tank where storehouses were specifically built.
Garen came down from the carriage, paid, and headed towards the deepest area on the left.