บท 24: Negotiation
As he continued walking, Aldric saw monsters that were more expensive than the gorilla.
The next one he saw was a snake, so big and long, it was over 15 meters long.
It was coiled around the pillars of this building surrounded by a large cage.
Its body had various colors with a dark impression while its scales seemed to be made of steel, seemingly creaking as the snake moved.
(Forest Snake King, Level 10, price 145 Level 10 Monster Core, has swallowed three 10th Stage Junior Magician!)
This one was Level 10, very true to its size.
"Mm..."
There was a level 10 monster that was actually only the size of a dog.
It appeared to be a cat, white in color with a slender body.
Enough people were crowding around the cat, talking about it that Aldric instantly knew what kind of monster it was without even looking at the board on its cage.
It was called the Silth Cat, a rare breed of cat that was said to have the fastest speed among land creatures and could make its body transparent so that it could not be attacked at all.
After passing by several people, Aldric was finally able to see the description of the cat.
(Silth Cat, Level 10, price 300 Core Level 10 monster, requires a Senior Magician to act personally to capture it. It is said that there has never been a Junior Magician who could kill a Silth Cat, let alone capture it!)
Aldric was amazed by the cat's description, but also felt that the price was too much if its only advantages were speed and the ability to make its body transparent. After all, the ability to become transparent must have a limit.
'Is there anything more expensive?' Aldric wondered, continuing to search because he wanted a truly amazing monster.
Several monsters costing as much as the Slith Cat with their own advantages but still couldn't attract Aldric's interest.
Perhaps he was the one who walked the most, unlike others who stopped longer.
Fortunately, he had an appearance that gave the impression that he was someone of some status.
After a while of walking, a maid in charge of serving the customers came over to him.
"Sir, is there a special monster you're looking for?" the maid asked politely.
"What is the most expensive monster?" Aldric asked back in response, which attracted people's attention.
"Mmm..." The maid had a little trouble reacting for a while when she heard Aldric's question.
"Sir, our most expensive monsters are the ones that cost 300 Core Level 10 monsters like that Slith Cat," she said, pointing at the Slith Cat.
Because Aldric walked too much, he eventually arrived near the Slith Cat again.
As it turned out, that Slith Cat and the few others he had seen were already the top monsters in this monster market.
With over 400 Level 10 Monster Cores in his hands, Aldric was naturally somewhat disappointed.
He wanted one that was one level above them.
The problem was that he could feel that the Slith Cat and the others were not yet in the same class as him.
Even the monsters that were one level above them might not have been one class with him, but it was at least more feasible.
Seeing Aldric's silence, the maid instantly knew that he wanted better monsters.
"Sir, for now we only have those monsters available," the maid said.
"Can you lower their price?" Aldric decided to negotiate.
If he could get two monsters for around 400 Cores, then he didn't mind if they were monsters like the Slith Cat.
"Sir, what price do you want?" the maid asked, opening up room for negotiation.
It seemed that prices in this market were not entirely fixed.
"That cat!" Aldric pointed at the Slith Cat, then he looked at a Snow Bear whose fur seemed to be made of ice.
It exuded a relentless ice-cold aura.
Its body was like a small truck, about four meters tall and about seven meters long.
(Polar Ice Bear, Level 10, price 250 Level 10 Monster Cores, has unparalleled defense with its ice fortress!)
"The cat and bear are worth 430 Level 10 Monster Cores, how about it?" he said.
From what should have been 550 Monster Cores, he lowered it to 420 Monster Cores, the maid's mouth instantly opened.
That was the price Aldric could give since only 430 Monster Cores remained in his Storage Artifact.
He wanted to leave 10 as savings.
"Sir, the price you gave is too low, we won't make any profit like this," said the maid.
She smiled wryly like she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"What's the lowest price you can give?" asked Aldric.
He wasn't going to use his other Monster Cores, but he still had nearly a hundred liters of Honey of Life, each liter of which was worth one Level 10 Monster Core.
"Sir, I cannot determine the lowest price, it will depend on the manager," the maid replied.
"Would you like to meet the manager?" she asked.
"Very well!" Aldric did not refuse.
"Go ahead!"
The maid then guided him to the manager's place.
The market actually had a second floor, but only a small part of it. It was probably just a place made for offices.
Aldric climbed the stairs to get there, passing through a hallway before arriving in front of a door.
"One moment, please!" The maid opened the door and entered directly.
It seemed that as a maid, she could come and go to the manager's office without having to knock.
Maybe the rule was like that so that all maids could give information to the manager quickly.
Around the door, there were several windows where Aldric could look down clearly.
The sight of the monsters with large sizes was fully displayed in his eyes.
He also saw several people carrying some of the large monsters, seemingly having bought them.
One interesting thing to him was that there were one or two people who actually made the monsters they had bought disappear, like items that went into Artifact Storage.
However, living beings would not be able to enter the Storage Artifact Space as it was a frozen space. Living things that were still breathing would not be able to live in that frozen space.
When Aldric observed them more carefully, he discovered that they were actually putting the monsters into cards where one card could absorb one monster.
'It seems to be another unique item,' he thought.
He also wanted to have it, but was unsure of the price.
Right after that, the door to the manager's office opened, revealing the figure of the maid.
"Sir, please come in," said the maid, leading her hand into the office.
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