Although it was just a guess of my, if that was the case then working here with that dwarf would even be a much better deal than I would have imagined.
`Compared to my previous plan of going somewhere far away and abuse the passive training to earn XP, doing this is much profitable!´ Grabbing the now finished runed sword, Danzel unlocked the door and walked towards the stairs leading to the workshop.
With now having a viable XP source in hand I had nothing else to worry about. After accepting to work with Gerak I was reminded that I would need some spare XP to buy the runes and magic spells that I buy.
My idea coming to the capital was to quickly replace my armor and get as fast as possible out of here.
After all, being with anything alive makes my body being dense the whole time. Going somewhere remote with my immortality and train in peace was the original plan.
But now with money and XP in hand, my strength will steadily rise, be it equipment or actual strength.
I will have both!
`Before that, though I will have to make another rune at the good rating´
"Sigh...Gerak! I finished the carving! Where yo-"
*Thuad!
A deafening sound of metal being hit engulfed the whole room.
With a hammer in this hand, Gerak started to hit a chunk of metal repeatedly until it formed to what looked like a blade.
With the blade still have orange color out of the heat, the dwarf quickly moved the blade into the oil for the heat treatment with no waste in this movement to see.
Normal people probably wouldn´t have noticed it, but with my current strength, I saw the vast experience that the dwarf had through the whole process of making this blade.
Every hit of this hammer hit the right place with the required amount of strength needed to make that blade.
"Oh, since when were you here?" Gerak said while wiping this sweat from this forehead.
"From the beginning, I tried to call you out but got no reaction."
"Hahaha! Sorry for that, it´s hard to get bad habits. Enough for me though...how did it go?"
Looking at the excited dwarf in front of me I couldn´t help but sigh out loud.
"Everything went well."
"Great! I have a straw dummy around here for testing some of the swords. Let´s go and see what the sword is capable of!"
Shrugging my shoulder at him, I followed along as I too were curious about the sword.
Compared to Danzel's expectation of the dummy being made just out of straw-like Gerak said. The dummy had a pretty worn-out armor on with a helmet on. Even though the equipment was worn out.
Hey, armor is still armor, right?
"Alright, let me give a swing to this old piece"
Picking the now runed [Ravager Sword], he took this stance with the sword facing the dummy.
Though the scene looked kind of comical to me cause of the height difference between the dwarf and the sword.
The stance Gerak took suggested otherwise.
After standing still for a few seconds, Gerak finally made this move.
"Huff!"
Moving this blade with this weight together, the sword met the armor dummy and cleaved it right through the armor, letting only two remains of the straw dummy fall in the ground.
'He doesn't look as weak as I had thought." Denzel though slightly impresses by the dwarf's skill.
"So, how is it? Are you satisfied with the result?"
"..."
Gerak brought the blade close to this face with a frown of this face.
Which made me slightly panic.
'Did he possibly not like it? d
Damn, I knew that this rune was useless right off the start!'
"Although it isn't one of the best, it's still-"
"Amazing" replies Gerak while this eyes still being on the sword.
"Eh?"
Putting the sword to the side, Gerak turned this head towards me.
"That rune of yours is simply amazing, it cut through the whole armor like it was nothing. This beauty will be enough for our first sell."
"So~ now that we confirm that is good for enough, when will you sell it?"
"I guess I will have to go now if I were to sell it today. Has been a long time since I sold something in the black market."
Putting the sword in this sheath, the dwarf picked a nearby robe and put it on.
"Wait, you are going like, right now?" said Danzel slightly stunned.
"Of course, the auction should start in around four hours. This will be for today's work so you can go ahead to see the city around while you can. From tomorrow on only work is ahead of us." Having said that, Gerak left with the sword behind this back.
Being now the only one standing inside this whole place I went back to my room.
'I guess I will try putting another rune in that helmet of my'
***
In the black market of the capital of Bernes.
The black market, a place that was said to have anything that a person desires, be it forbidden knowledge, rare items, or even persons' live.
With money in one's hand, those things could easily be earned.
Of course, such a notorious place was quite appealing for people of influence and power.
And currently, somewhere underground, there was an auction taking place.
Of course, such a place was against the law.
"General, today I heard there will be an interesting item in place, what do you think it will be." Someone wearing the kingdom's army armor said.
But similar to a big tree, there would be some rotten apples hanging in the shadows of the leaves of the tree.
"Don't mention our ranks in such a place, Merrick." The man with gray hair and a serious face said. This looks reminded others like the elderly that you will see in the streets, but this body built suggest otherwise.
Clear lines of muscle could be seen from this shirt.
"And I also heard about today's item, we will have to make sure that it doesn't fall in the hands of the union or one of the nobles. That item will be own by the army!"
With these eyes burning with determination.
The auction began.
As usual, the first to come items were the not-so-impressive ones.
Like a various crystal or rare resources and at some point even slaves.
On the opposite side of the auction were 2 men wearing black clothes with an emblem union written in them.
"Tch, Tch. Look at those nobles buying all that useless stuff that they will never use! Sometimes I wonder how they even became nobles!" Said the man with brown hair.
"It's mostly heritage from their family. Don't trouble yourself with those pigs. Never less, the more they buy the useless stuff the better is for the union, right?" The man with black hair and the same kind of black clothing said.
"I guess you're right."
While each party continued watching the auction.
An item got the attention of everyone.
"Now from our next product!" A beautiful blond-haired girl with a cocktail dress pulled a small bottle out of
luxurious-looking box.
"The famous known Frost Body Essence made from an Expert alchemist! The effects will allow someone to toughen his body with no side effects! The starting price goes by 500 gold!"
"Oh!"
Everyone currently presents explained out of disbelief!
A portion of this grade was extremely rare to see even in a place like this.
Not where the potions of Frost Body Essence were hard to make, the ingredients were also hard to find.
One of the cores of them being the blood of an ice troll.
For this rarity and able to permanently increase the toughness of one's body, it was extremely costly.
Even though the effect was rather pretty small.
"600!" The elderly General raised from this seat with one finger open.
"700!" One rather chunky noble followed suit.
"Dammit, it has already begun, 850!" The black-haired man of the union joined in the fray.
And this a fierce battle of bidding and flying saliva came to life.
"Ahh! 1595!"
"..."
"..."
Hearing the total 1595 gold that the noble was willing to bid both the side of the union and the army fell silent.
"No one else 1595! Last chance before it goes for 1595!"
Raising her hand high, the blond girl started counting.
"3, 2, 1. Sold! The Frost Body Essence is sold for 1595! The item will be brought to your room after the auction."
"Hahaha!" The laughs of the noble who bought the potion could be heard from the background.
Which obviously pissed the general and the union people off.
They both wanted it but the price to get it was way too high, with 1595 gold it was enough to equip a while scout of elites with high-quality armor and weapons.
As for the union side, they would even hope to sell the potion for profit.
"Sigh, to think a potion like it would be wasted on a fat a#s..." the brown-haired man said.
'What was done was done? We will have to go empty-handed this tim-.'
"Now for our last item! In which I am very excited to present to your guest today!"
Huh, there is more?
"May I present you! A recently crafted Runed weapon with enchantments in it! And I know what everyone is thinking, but no. This isn't made by the Crafbinder!"
Almost everyone's eyes widened up and we're flabbergasted.
Those who weren't we're only the ignorant ones.
"I-Impossible!" The union duo explained
"Merrick! Go and quickly report this to the higher-ups!"