NOVGO.NET Chapter 1681: Kajithe
Chapter 1681: Kajithe
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I quickly summoned my Spiritual Heart Beasts, leaving Kajithe shocked.
“Nya?! Y-You have Spiritual Heart Beasts?! How… you’re a human!” he said, shocked.
“Heh, we aren’t technically humans completely,” I said.
“Hmm? Half Spirits? How rare…” he said, smiling. “I see, I’ve met some Spirit Masters with their own Spiritual Heart Beasts before. You want to find good food for them?”
“That’s right. What you’re selling… I want to see if they would like to eat it,” I said. “Can I let them sniff it?”
“It’s fine, but no touching unless you pay nya!” he said, very defensive of his wares.
“Sure, sure,” I nodded.
I let the three small beasts analyze the materials Kajithe was selling…
And indeed, they were all interested in them!
The Golden Thunderbolt Lion liked the Thunder Hare Fangs, the Volcanic Slime liked the Fire Lion Fur, and the White Sky Serpent was interested in the White Salamander’s Shed Skin.
“They seem to like these. Do you have any more stock available than this?” I asked.
“No, that’s all, but it is not cheap either. They’re very rare, high-quality materials. You can see for yourself by the aura they exude,” Kajithe said, caressing his long whiskers. “I deal with great treasures! So I wonder if you can even afford them, humans?”
“How much do they cost?” I asked. “If I wanted to buy everything, would you give me a discount?”
“Hmmm… sounds alright if you’re going this far, but even with a discount, the total would be… ten big spirit coins! Hah! Can you even afford that much, human?! I bet you can’t!” he laughed.
“Oh? That much? I think I can,” I nodded, giving him the ten coins right away.
“…Eh?” he said, surprised.
Ten big spirit coins is actually like a thousand small coins, so of course it feels like an enormous quantity to any normal person, except us.
“Nyaaaa?! You’re rich or something?!” he asked angrily and shocked, taking the money from my hands. “I-It’s yours! Ahh, why don’t you buy more?! Look, I have this too!”
He became desperate, his eyes almost turning into dollar signs out of nowhere.
He brought out a large chest, opening it to reveal other hidden treasures he had.
Among them were more interesting Spirit Beast Materials and a Spiritual Art Scroll!
And it seemed he also had some interesting equipment.
“Look! Look! I have this too, my dear guests!” he said, his personality immediately changing as he rubbed his paws while his tongue was constantly drooling for more money. “Nyahah! I have Emerald Turtle Shell! Black Goat’s Horn! White Drake Scale, very rare! And even Spirit Spring Gold, very valuable and useful for alchemy and for Spiritual Heart Beast food! Also… these! Spirit Emblems, they are imbued with the Essence of Spirit Beasts. Channel Spirit Power into them to bring forth their power! Also… this! Nyahah! My greatest and most expensive, a rare Spiritual Art scroll!”
“Ooh? Sounds interesting!” I said. “What is it about?”
“Nyeheh, I secured this myself from an old friend that had it for a while, never being able to sell it due to its rarity and how few people can use it,” he giggled. “It is a Spiritual Art Scroll of a now forgotten school, a Spiritual Soul Weapon Art Scroll! Yes, Spiritual Soul Weapon, from the Soul Weapon School, long forgotten nya!”
“Interesting… I have no idea what that’s about though,” I said.
“T-The Spiritual Soul Weapon Art?!” gasped Frosty. “N-No way, there’s one scroll left?! I had no idea!”
“Nyeheh, hands off! You cannot touch! Buy or get out!” Kajithe said as he slashed at Frosty’s hands when they got closer.
“Ouch! Hey, you dare hurt a knight?!” Frosty said angrily.
“Knight or not, Kajithe won’t give wares for free! Kajithe would rather die!” Kajithe said angrily.
“Okay, okay, let’s calm down here,” I said. “I’m interested, Kajithe. We’re going to hunt Ice Trolls, and we’ll need all the help we can get… What if we buy those two Beast Spirit Emblems, the Scroll, and all the Spirit Beast Materials you’ve got? Can you make a bulk price?”
“O-Oooh?” He was surprised, beginning to calculate. “T-That’s… it would be fifty big spirit coins with a little discount!”
“Are you crazy?! Who would ever have such money?” Frosty asked angrily.
“No money, no wares for you!” Kajithe hissed at her.
“It’s fine, let’s buy it,” I nodded. “There you go.”
I quickly produced a bag made of leaves with all the coins.
Kajithe’s eyes widened as he saw all that money, swallowing saliva.
“Is it fine?”
“Y-Yes… R-Right away, dear customer! Please wait, no, take the whole treasure chest with you anyway, you bought everything inside, hahah!” Kajithe laughed, dancing around happily with all the money. “Kajithe made it big! Nyahahah! I will show father that I made it big, nyahahah!”
He was very happy… well, good for him! I think he’s a nice guy deep down.
“Alright then, we’ve secured a lot of stuff,” I smiled. “Ah, right, you don’t have Spirit Beast Cores of higher quality?” I asked Kajithe, who was licking the spirit coins for some reason.
“Nyah?! Ahhh… there’s a partner of mine… nyaaa… Perhaps I should introduce him to you,” he smiled suspiciously. “He deals with Spirit Beast Cores and always knows where the best ones are…”
“That would be perfect, thanks!” I said happily.
“Nyaaah, I’ll close my stall. I’ve sold more than enough. Come with me, you three, I’ll show you my friend,” he smiled suspiciously.
“Elayne, are you sure this is fine? What if he lures us somewhere and tries to rob us?” Mark whispered in my ear.
“There’s no way that happens, right, Frosty?” I asked.
“We don’t allow such scoundrels in our establishment,” said Frosty. “If he had any criminal record or was one, he would not be allowed inside the city!”
“Okay, but what if he hides something?” Mark was a little paranoid.
“It’s fine, Mark, don’t worry,” I said. “Kajithe, where are you leading us?”
“Come downstairs…” he said.
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