208 Making a deal with the Cold Moon Palace (1/2)
Arrora wanted to follow Don but looking at his gaze, she understood that he wanted to go alone as she stayed behind and looked for Yi Shu in the crowd.
When Don stepped into the tent, he saw fancy sofas, tables filled with food and drinks. Baxter and Lara took the seats behind the long oak table while Don stood there with the old mage.
”I heard you got yourself a purple restoration pill”
Baxter said.
”Where did you get that? How come you still have it since everyone was robbed by those thieves?”
Aster shouted at Don but he calmly shook his head.
”Miss Aster, I got this pill as a reward for completing the wave two in the arena”
”Give me your ring”
Aster rushed at him and grabbed his ring without even asking his permission because of the anger and the grief of losing her friend, Chase.
”Be my guest”
Rosaline couldn't find any signs of him lying because Don was trained to lie professionally and an amateur like her couldn't catch him.
”There are some herbs I found in the forest and the dagger was another reward”
Don said while Aster was searching through his ring and waited for her to give the ring back to him.
”Did you see Chase by any chance?”
Rosaline asked Don
”No, Miss Rosaline, when I reached the scroll building, I barely escaped that two golems, I only saw some injured people and I didn't see Miss Chase”
”Aster, give it back”
Rosaline grabbed the ring from Aster's hand and tossed it towards Don.
”Fabian, take Rosaline and Aster outside, we need to talk to him alone”
Rosaline didn't wait for the Old mage as she bowed towards Lara and Baxter and dragged Aster outside the tent with her.
”What's your name?”
Lara asked Don
”I'm James Steiner, my lady”
Don bowed towards the two of them like Rosaline
”I was born in Bracidia but I basically grew up on the roads because my family owns a little merchant company ”
Don knew they would only care if he's from any major sects or a powerful kingdom. Since he told them that he's from a merchant family that travels a lot, they would ask fewer questions about his background because a major power like the Cold Moon Palace wouldn't care about small-time merchants but still treat them cautiously. After all, the traveling merchants tend to have connections and they often deal with the rogue cultivators to earn their favors.
”Alright James, let me get straight to the point, do you have any intention to sell the pill in your ring?”
Now that the fish took the bait, Don had to carefully reel them in to help him.
Don quickly shook his head and apologetically lowered his head
”Forgive me, my lord, my lady, the pill isn't mine to give you. It belongs to the king of Agoria and Emir”
”How come?”
Lara frowned and asked him
Lara and Baxter heard little of Don after the gathering but they didn't care much about a king of a rank four kingdom.
”But my lord, my lady, if you don't mind, can I suggest something?”
He said in a very polite and respectful voice because he knew that powerful people like them have short fuses as even some little things would make them angry.
”What is it?”
Lara asked
”He was looking to trade the pill with a mercenary guild for their protection”
”Protection from what?”
Baxter was slightly surprised to hear that he's going to trade this precious treasure with the mercenary guild
”Protection during the ritual my lord, he's going to root the water spirit in Emir”
”Where did he get a water spirit?”
Don was glad to see Lara is not shocked the water spirit didn't shock them as much as Knight said and by looking at their expression, he could tell that they do not need a water spirit.
”That I don't know, my lady, but if respectful leaders like you send someone saying that Cold Moon Palace would protect the water spirit, I'm sure he would give you the pill, to be honest, if I can trade this pill for your word, I might even get some rewards from him because no mercenary guild in this world can be compared to the legendary Cold Moon Palace ”