Entering the office, Aldric found a luxurious room with a sizable sofa with a backrest that was slightly tilted so that when leaning back, the body would feel stretched out.
An elderly man was on the couch, dressed in formal attire consisting of long pants and something similar to a suit.
He was very relaxed, crossing his legs while smoking a cigar.
Every time he breathed in, thick smoke came out of his mouth.
When Aldric appeared, he extinguished the flame at the end of his cigar and stood up, straightening some parts of his clothes.
"Sir, please take a seat, my name is Alan, the manager of this monster market," said the old man.
Despite giving the impression of arrogance by the way he sat, he was quite friendly when he greeted Aldric.
As such, Aldric was able to sit comfortably in front of him while the maid waited outside.
"What is your name, sir?" The manager asked about his name first.
"William," Aldric replied without seeming to think at all.
He didn't want to use his real name and didn't want to reveal his nickname, so he could only make up a fake name.
Alan nodded lightly at his name.
"Well Mr. William," he said, "do you really want the Slith Cat and the Polar Ice Bear?"
"Yes, but I can't afford it if the price is 550, I want it lowered to 420." Aldric replied.
"If it's 420, that's just the capital price." The manager laughed.
"Then what is the lowest price you can give, Mr. Alan?" Aldric asked.
"450," Alan replied as he held up five fingers.
"Add 30 more Level 10 Monster Cores, and you can take both monsters home."
"Thirty more, huh..." Aldric pretended to think when he heard that.
"Honestly, I don't have any Monster Cores left, but if you want, how about I replace them with 20 liters of Honey of Life."
"What?"
The manager was very surprised after hearing his answer.
"So you want to replace it with Honey of Life. This is acceptable," he said, "but only 20 liters, that's only equivalent to 20 Level 10 Monster Cores."
"Honey of Life is rare and unique, it cannot be valued according to price," Aldric replied with a faint smile.
This time, the manager did not respond immediately. He seemed to be thinking about it.
His index finger twitched, tapping his thigh.
"Mr. William, can you add a few more liters? It doesn't need to be ten." He finally said something again.
However, Aldric immediately shook his head.
"Mr. Alan, this is all I can afford. If you can't, then I may indeed not be able to buy those two monsters. I currently have other business, so I have to leave now," he said, starting to move to stand up.
In villager-style negotiations, if the seller still wanted more, then the only solution was to walk away.
If that still failed, then it was impossible.
"Wait!" The manager stopped Aldric, spontaneously pointing his hand at him as he stood up.
Aldric stared at him, not immediately taking a step, but showing that he would actually leave if the manager asked for more.
Seeing his expression, the manager sighed.
"Alright, alright, 20 liters of Honey of Life, those two monsters are yours," he said with a heavy expression.
The profit he made might be too small this time, but as a merchant, he obviously wanted the most expensive monsters to sell faster. After all, when they were locked up, taking care of them also cost a lot of money.
Hearing the manager's words, Aldric immediately sat down.
"Okay, let's complete this transaction," he said with a faint smile, happy that he won the negotiation.
That way, he had two very powerful monsters at level 10.
While Aldric paid, the manager gave him some letters.
After that, he personally led him downstairs.
The next thing they needed to do was to transfer ownership of the two monsters.
This required some sort of artifact because otherwise, there was no way to make those wild monsters slaves.
The first one they went for was the Slith Cat, which was more expensive.
The cat was lying down lazily right now. Although she wasn't sleeping, she occasionally closed her eyes.
If it was daytime, she would definitely be on constant alert.
At this moment, the manager took out a golden needle.
"Mr. William, this needle needs your blood and I will insert it into this cat's body and take out my needle that is already in her body. After that, this cat will immediately obey you as her master." The manager explained about how to make monsters into slaves.
Aldric nodded, allowing the manager to stick the needle into his finger.
He didn't care that he wouldn't feel the pain.
Quickly, the manager stuck the needle into his finger until a drop of blood came out.
After that, the manager ran his hand over the cat's body.
Shua!
Suddenly, exactly the same golden needle came out of the cat's body, landing right on the manager's hand, which was now showing its strength.
The manager's aura was quite impressive even though he was old.
He was a 10th Stage Junior Magician, and seemed to already have a deep foundation.
He probably already had enough spiritual energy to advance, but still had to prepare the Genesis Core.
When the golden needle exited the cat's body, the cat instantly stood up, showing a ferocious expression.
It emitted an aura that made many people afraid.
"Don't worry, this cat is weak right now." Several maids explained to the people so that they wouldn't panic.
Shua!
The manager threw a golden needle with Aldric's blood at the cat, piercing into her forehead.
It tried to enter the cat's forehead but the cat's strength tried to resist the needle.
Unfortunately, the cat seemed to be in a really weak state. Her defenses couldn't really block the needle.
It was able to continue entering her forehead.
If only the cat was in top shape, then this process would have been something very difficult.
In a short period of time, the needle fully entered the cat's body.
At this moment, there was a golden light and an illusory golden chain that appeared on the cat's body, wrapped around her as if to declare that her was a slave that had been subjugated.
At the same time, Aldric felt a special connection between his mind and the cat's mind, as if he was able to directly give orders to the cat and she could not refuse his orders at all.
No, it wasn't just as if. He was actually able to do it.
When the golden light and the illusory chain disappeared, the cat calmed down again.
She even gave Aldric a gentle look.
And this also let Aldric know how weak her condition was.
If she was forced to fight, she would probably suffer many injuries quickly.
'Fortunately, I still have quite a lot of Honey of Life. A few liters should be able to restore this cat's condition,' he thought.
Honey of Life had the function of temporarily increasing strength and treating various kinds of physical injuries.
It could be used by all living beings no matter how high their power level was.
However, the stronger they were, the more Honey of Life was needed.
"Congratulations Mr. William, you are now the master of the Slith Cat, a monster that can threaten all Junior Magicians," said the manager to Aldric so that everyone looked at Aldric with some fear.
In White Wind City, the existence of Senior Magician was very rare, the 10th Stage Junior Magician was considered the peam of power. A person with an extremely powerful level 10 monster was naturally considered extremely threatening.
Unfortunately, not many could buy such a monster because the price was too high.
Afterwards, the manager and Aldric walked up to the large-bodied Polar Ice Bear, surprising people again as it turned out that Aldric hadn't just bought one monster.
Although the bear was not as strong as the cat, it was still a very strong monster among level 10.
It had a defense that was very difficult to break through.
The manager went through the same process with the bear so that it would recognize Aldric as its master.
Meanwhile, in a certain corner of the monster market, there were men in their 30s standing side by side.
They both had thin bodies, pale white skin, like they rarely ate.
It was just that, their faint aura sometimes frightened people passing by the side.
"I bet that boy is also a player," said one of the men.
He had long curly hair, giving a gloomy impression to his appearance.
The man by his side had very messy short hair, making people think he had a nest of lice in his hair.
Since they were talking about players, they were obviously also players.
With their appearance, they were without a doubt the kind of gamers who completely immersed themselves in the gaming world.
Their original appearance carried over into this world. If only they didn't have such a terrifying aura, they were practically no different from the neets who were easy to bully.
In the real world, they were easy to bully, but here they could take on the role of villains.
Their names are unknown, they only use nicknames.
The long-haired man called himself the Demon Horse, while the other man called himself the Dead Fish.
In White Wind City, they were a few of the top players.
"Right, he seems to be a rich man's son. Hmph, he really does have so many Level 10 Monster Cores. Even if all the players in the city collected their Monster Cores, there might not be as many as his," Dead Fish replied.
"This really sucks, we're very skilled gamers. Unfortunately, those rich people easily surpass us by relying on their money," he continued.
"It's also because too many of us sell those items to those rich people, aren't you too, Dead Fish?" replied the Demon Horse.
"What else can I do? I need money to buy a new virtual headset or I won't be able to play anymore," Dead Fish replied.
"Stop saying nonsense, we'd better think of a strategy to catch that boy now," he added.
"No need for a strategy, he'll definitely go out of town to take care of those two monsters. After all, that bear is too big, it's not suitable to be taken care of within the city. We can directly attack him when he's outside the city. If he's weak, then this will be easy. However, if he is also at the 10th Stage, we need to put in extra effort and use our treasure to restrain the two monsters," said Demon Horse.
These two weren't just playing the game in the usual way. They actually became robbers, robbing rich NPCs or rich players for treasures.
That was their way of advancing quickly.
In fact, the two of them now only needed a few more ingredients and they could form the Genesis Core, becoming a Senior Magician.
This time, Aldric was their target because he was the most conspicuous one in this monster market.
For them, successfully robbing him would allow them to accumulate more wealth than they had so far.
Meanwhile, the cat and bear were finally released from their cages.
The manager let them follow Aldric.
With his control over their minds, they naturally did not go berserk.
"By the way, Mr. Alan, how much does the card to cage the monster cost?" Aldric then asked about the cards while glancing at the few people who had the cards.
Up close, he could see that inside the cards, the caged monsters could actually still move around.
They were like a home for them.
"You mean the Monster Seal Card, do you want it, Mr. William?" asked Alan with a faint smile.
He scanned Aldric's eyes as if thinking, 'hmph, this boy must be tricking me by pretending to have no money left.'
He was actually a bit annoyed, but this was a trade. He lost the negotiation with the buyer, he could only blame himself.
"Yes, state the price," Aldric replied.
"One card costs five Level 10 Monster Cores. It's not like a Storage Artifact because it can hold living creatures even if it's only one living creature for each card, so the price is far above Storage Artifacts which are considered not so valuable," Alan replied.
"And this price is fixed, it can't go down anymore," he added.
His smile grew wider.
This card actually brought him a good profit, so he was very happy every time it was sold.
Of course, what made it expensive wasn't the difficulty of making it.
Although it was difficult, the capital was less than one Level 10 Monster Core.
However, not many could make it, only people with certain skills.
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