OBS Chapter 1351: The Black Market
Chapter 1351: The Black Market
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"I’m finally done, phew! Thank you for the help so far, Lady Verdant," I said, as I greeted the Druids again. "Are things ready?"@@@@
"Yes, most things are completely ready now," nodded Lady Verdant. "It seems you’ve grown... very strong. I can feel it within you, Planta. Well done."
"Ah, yes, I’ve used quite a lot of things, not everything, but indeed a lot," I nodded. "I’ve still saved some more for later, whenever we truly need more strength, to adapt to the threat we’re facing."
"A smart choice," said Lady Verdant. "Now then, I suppose you’ll be on your way. When is this attack starting?"
"We’re doing this at midnight," I said. "So there’s still some more hours to go, but it won’t be too long, so be on your toes for now, Lady Verdant."
"What a strange saying! What does that mean?" she wondered innocently.
"It means that you need to be wary," the Great Spirit said.
"Oh, very well!" Lady Verdant nodded.
After that, I walked towards Mark, as I noticed he and the rest of my party had also grown considerably stronger too.
"You guys too?" I asked.
"Yeah, we all used what we could to get a bit stronger," nodded Mark.
"Yep, we can’t go without some powerup first," nodded Rita. "Anyways, Elayne, you’re done too?"
"I’m done, let’s get back to the capital." I said.
As we walked back to the capital, my daughter admired my aura.
"Mom, you’ve definitely gotten stronger, I can feel it within you..." she said. "I can feel the power of the Sword Intent within you, but it has evolved even further... What did you do?"
Here, people of all shapes and sizes were selling items, and a lot of Players were the clients, purchasing stuff they could find in here and not anywhere else, and at cheap prices, sometimes.
"Why do they sell souls here, and how?" I wondered. "I think that shouldn’t be legal.."
"It’s not, that’s why this is the place they sell them," said Erdrich. "We can’t do much about it, the Queen doesn’t seem to mind either. Most of these souls are from rare or mysterious origins... Let’s leave it at that."
"Uh, okay..." I felt a bit nervous here, but I slowly calmed down.
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Some street vendors outright closed their stalls and ran away, what the hell...
Eventually, we found our little friend.
He was purchasing small white and golden spheres using Gold Coins.
"Hah, first time a skeleton comes to buy me stuff, but you paid so, there you go." The old, suspicious-looking old lady that sold these spheres giggled.
"Thank you!" Julius opened his skeleton jaws and ate the orbs one after another. "Hmmm! Fresh souls, even if those of monsters, they’re delectable!"
"Julius! Hey! There you are."
Erdrich called for him, as the little skeleton was surprised to see us.
"Ooh! Lord Erdrich and company, it is nice to see you, it has been a couple of days," the small skeleton carrying a big backpack and wearing a black hat walked towards us, greeting us cordially. "My! But if isn’t Lady Planta? I’ve heard a lot about you lately! It seems that in this past month you’ve made yourself a great name in these lands! People of all kinds of backgrounds know you and spire to be you, or praise you and your companions as heroes, surprising and amazing!"
"Oh Julius, you flatter me, thank you," I said, feeling relieved he was eating the souls of monsters and not people at the very least. "We were looking for you! Do you still have items to sell for the Nether Coins?"
"Oh yes, the items never run out! Part of the Systems Powers, not mine," he said. ""You see, despite selling items that contain souls and such, I cannot drink or use them myself."
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