Chapter 136 - The Great Merchant, Mercury (2) (1/2)

'Now that all my priorities are complete... I should proceed to another important matter, advancement.'

Having thought so, Jeremy replied to Mercury,

”I want to buy a mystic shell with mana energy within. You tell me the price first before I decide whether to buy it or not.”

❰ The current price of a mystic shell with mana... The price has fluctuated lately as it looked like some guys were hoarding the mana shells, and there is also a separate delivery fee. Are you sure you want to buy that? ❱

”Aren't you supposed to be a salesman here? Why are you even asking me that anyway? Just tell me the price, and I will decide..”

❰ Alright! Alright! It's one level-5 mystic shell with 34% of condensed mana fluid for one black star, and you still need to add one more black star as the transferring fee ❱

”Isn't that too expensive?”

❰ I told you! ❱

”Usually, it's supposed to be 80 to 90% full...” Jeremy mumbled to himself after hearing the price.

But Mercury was taken aback after hearing Jeremy's mumbling,

❰ You even know the price of items sold in Pantheon... ❱

Within Mercury's mind should be having some confusing thoughts like, 'How could someone, who was still in the Tutorial, knew about the matters within Pantheon? Let alone a human...'

After all, the number of humans in the Pantheon could be counted with one's hand. Furthermore, all of them were old fogies who had lived for dozens of eras.

Also, Mercury knew all too well that Jeremy was still in the Tutorial as the connection had been established here.

Thus, it was completely justifiable that the Great Merchant, Mercury, would be perplexed at the unfolding events right now.

However, Jeremy didn't keep Mercury thinking to himself for long as the former suddenly spoke up,

”I will buy one mystic shell...”

❰ Sigh... ❱

At last, Mercury sighed for the second time today...

❰ Transaction accepted ❱

...

『 Transaction has been accepted 』

『 A total of 1x★ have been deducted from your star account for the trade 』

『 A total of 1x★ has been deducted from your star account for the delivery fee 』

『 You have 25x★ and 5x✰ remaining in your star account 』

『 Commencing the spatial breaching process... 』

『 ... 』

『 You have acquired a level-5 mystic shell 』

『 Transaction is concluded 』

...

With the last notification popping up, strange enough, the dark space before Jeremy suddenly distorted. Simultaneously, a small crystal-like item was pushed out from the small distorting space.

Upon seeing so, Jeremy promptly reached his hand out to grab it.

The object within Jeremy's hand was similar to the one he had used in the ritual, with two noticeable differences between them.

The first difference was the size, the one in Jeremy's hand was clearly several times bigger, and another difference was the dark-blue fluid undulating left and right within the supposed empty crystal.

❰ Do you want anything else? ❱

After hearing Mercury's question, Jeremy, who had just finished inspecting the shell, thought inwardly,

'It's too bad that buying items in this situation will only result in me losing too much money because of the abominable delivery fees.'

'If I have to pay one black star after buying every single item like this, I will go bankrupt in no time as it is akin to having to pay double the price for an item.'

'It couldn't be helped then... let's upgrade two more skills before proceeding with the white stars...'