Chapter 75 - A thief (1/2)

As we got closer to the city walls of Avrion I de summoned Noir and put her away. The wall was far too high for her to scale. On the way out we could leap from building to building, so there wasn't much height difference.

Although it was late, Avrion was a city had many merchants and cargo coming in and out of the city through the day. All I needed to do was wait for one of these people. As the gate opened it was easy for me to sneak past the guard's and enter.

I then went straight back to the academy and back to my room, into my bed not making a sound.

The next morning the others had noticed I had come back in the middle of the night. I often did what I wanted to so the others didn't question me. What they were surprised about were the two gauntlets I had brought back with me.

”When did you get these?” Gary asked.

”The old man gave them to me since I'm his only student, he wants me to do well in the upcoming tournament.”

”Maybe I joined the wrong club,” Gary said.

I could see some sadness in the eyes of Gary, Monk and Ian. They didn't come from wealthy families so they didn't have any beast gear. Unlike Sylvia, Martha and Dan.

”Maybe you guys will be able to get something in the next hunt,” I said.

Everyone seemed to cheer up a bit after that, the hunt was tomorrow and we were heading back to the forest. If I used my dragon eyes skills perhaps I could lead them to an area where intermediate beast lived.

With that, it was now our rest day, the others decided to go play games, or eat at a restaurant. I wanted to head to the blacksmith. I was hoping to get the fanged boar crystal changed into a chest piece. I know had more than enough crystals to pay for it.

I went to the blacksmith area that was located inside the academy, as I entered the shop, the same scrawny man with glasses was standing at the counter.

”Hi there, would you be able to tell me what this can be used for?” I handed him the white bear crystal. The man pulled out his circular lamp-like object and began to observe it.

”The Voli bear crystal, this is an intermediate class,” As the man said that he looked at me up and down. ”The bears are known for their tough defence. It can be used to turn into a shield.”

The man then put his device away and started to stare at me.

”Are you going to actually buy anything or just going to get me to do free work.”

A shield was no use to me, I mainly used swords or my bare hands. I could trade the crystal to have work done on the fanged boar crystal but felt like that would be a waste. I then pulled out ten basic tier crystals and laid them out on the counter.

”Would you be able to turn this into the chest piece, you said you could last time.” I was currently holding the fanged boar crystal in my hand.

The man looked and counted the ten crystals,

”You need another Ten.”

I looked at the man confused.

”You said last time that a basic crystal is worth a 100, and it would cost a 1000 to get the work done.”

The man scoffed at me