Shane began to laugh out loud when he read the message while saying "What a bootlicker" when he noticed that he drew the attention of other people in the vicinity.
Quieting down, he was about to message the Corvi merchant assistant, when he noticed some important facts.
'Are the Corvi really so desperate to make a deal with someone as low as me? The trade was for only slightly more than 100 Nightshade flowers. They are probably not enough to cover a field of 50 sq. meters with darkness transmuted mana...Weird!'
Shane thought about the message, but the more important matter was that he didn't have a pseudonym until now! What if he made enemies with some human merchants or other races and they found out his true identity?? Shane didn't want to imagine the consequences.
He quickly stepped down from the Dimensional Portal when he noticed that he was blocking the pathway. Sitting down on the bench he sat before, he mulled over a good pseudonym for himself.
The system charged 1 gold coin to create a pseudonym, but it was definitely worth the price, even though Shane was short of funds at the moment.
After thinking for a few seconds, Shane decided to take an anagram, and [Orus] was picked as his pseudonym.
After the system deduced 1 gold coin, Shane´s status changed slightly.
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Title: [None]
Occupation: [None]
Name: Shane Suro (Orus)
Race:[Human 100%]
Cultivation Level: Mortal-1st [Purity 0.00%]
Body Refinement: [Mortal-4th]
Cultivation Manual: [None]
![Artemis´ Blessing]+
[Innate Skill]: Taming |Trash-★(+)|
Finances: 11 Gold coins, 25 Silver coins
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After looking at his status, Shane had to decide which tactic he should use to strike a deal.
The most important fact was to not let the other side know that he didn't have anything to trade at all.
He had already sold all of his Nightshade flowers, and he wanted to return to the Soul-Onyx-Jungle shelter only after increasing his strength to a certain extent.
However, the possibility of earning some more coins appealed to him. Thus, he wrote a message to the Corvi merchant´s assistant `Yulgre Luor` using his pseudonym.
I was told to write to Ms.Luor if I wished to trade with the Corvi race in the future… I wonder what the Corvi race thinks of the Nightshade flowers I sent, and what kind of deal I would receive.> His Primordial language skill was extremely good but his writing could be better. But, there was nothing he could change about it, as of now. As such, he pressed send and closed his system to search for an Inn to stay at. Searching for accommodation as soon as possible was always useful because it would be a waste of time to search in the dark at night. The DeepMountain shelter looked much better than the Soul-Onyx-Jungle. Shane looked around at the Inn's interior hopefully. From the price alone, one could tell that it had to be much better than the last hotel he had stayed in because he had to pay 50 bronze coins for a single night. Walking inside his room, Shane immediately looked around and saw that the room was clean and devoid of odor or a foul smell. As such, he smiled and Umbra left the dark robe, looking fiercely at Shane who smiled innocently. Umbra needed some time to adjust itself, but it was good that it happened sooner than later. Shane ignored the pain his first tamed beast had to go through, and it astonished him slightly, that Umbra´s loyalty didn´t decrease. Suddenly, he received a notification. It was a reply from the Corvi merchant's assistant which surprised Shane, as it was extremely fast. As Sir may know, the outside trades made through the system will demand 1 gold coin for every 200 items at the 1st Cultivation stage. Because of that, we would like to trade in batches of 200 Nightshade flowers each time if that is possible. Sir will definitely receive more benefits with the following prices →Nightshade flower(Trash)=9.5 silver coins/each →Nightshade flower(Common)=15 silver coins/each I hope Sir Orus will accept our trade because it is beneficial to both of us. Bless the winged! > Reading through the message, Shane was nodding at first until he glanced through the attached price list. The last sentence could be simply ignored as many races used some sort of motto and ignoring them would be better than starting a discussion. Calculating a few possible batches of Nightshade flowers through his mind, he frowned and replied with a self-made pricelist <→Nightshade flowers(Trash)= 11 silver coins/each → Nightshade flowers(Common)=16.5 silver coins/each Take it or leave it. I'm doing business and not running a charity!> Shane stated, proud of his reply as he left the chat. It was a gamble and if everything worked both sides would still gain something. As such, he still considered that the Corvi race could cut down their expenditure by 25%. He would receive more profit, while the Corvi race had to pay less. Only a minute later, he received a message. →Nightshade flowers(Trash)= 10.5 silver coins/each → Nightshade flowers(Common)=15.5 silver coins/each> That was the message in its entirety, and Shane smiled brightly. Shane replied and left the chat with the Corvi assistant for good, without looking at the several notifications he received later. *On a large planet many galaxies away from Igra* "ARGHH ORUS!! HE TRICKED ME!!!" One could see a feeble Corvi with deep blue plumage and bloodshot eyes screaming out loudly. Only after stating the last pricelist, she noticed that her opponent wasn't a new merchant like her master had told him, which caused her to be tricked. Unfortunately, they had messaged each other through the system and the price lists they had exchanged were special. Once accepted, they were binding on both the parties and if she didn't want to pay a humongous fine, they had to pay as per the price list that she sent to Orus. "ARGGGG" She continued to scream and many Corvi looked at her in bewilderment. *DeepMountain shelter* Shane was smiling when he looked at Umbra but the thought of venturing back to the shadow snake valley gave him the chills. He decided to utilize his remaining wealth in the best way to increase his strength over the next few days. But before he could do anything, he had to purchase a larger Spatial ring, because his 1 cubic meter one wouldn't be large enough to store a few hundred Nightshade flowers. Fortunately, there was a market inside the Deep Mountain shelter with more human-friendly prices compared to the system that scammed him with its price of 8 gold coins for a 1 cubic meter spatial ring. Walking out of the Inn, Shane immediately went to the market, where hundreds of stalls were selling everything one would need to either cultivate or strengthen oneself. There were even skill tomes and cultivation manuals found inside Dimension ruins. But, they couldn't be used by many people because most of them demanded certain physiques or other special means to learn them. Primordial Dimension ruins were random and they appeared anywhere out of the blue, without giving any prior signs. Once they appeared, multiple races targeted these ruins and bloodbaths emerged from the constant slaughter. Some of them were temporary and manifested a dimensional rift in order to transport someone into a different plane that was connected to the ruin, while the others were ancient remains. Everything from these ruins was said to be exceptionally rare. Items from these ruins were equally hard to procure without paying a huge fortune. Sometimes even with enough wealth, it was impossible to receive certain unique resources, items, or special rewards, which made the ruins worthwhile. __________________________________ W E B N O V E L= https://bit.ly/3xrU5Yx [If you like the novel, please support the Author with your powerstones] __________________________________