Chapter 9: Transaction
A game, no matter how simple it was at the beginning, after forty thousand years of development, will become quite complicated. As of now, players already know of more than ten thousand formal professions, with even more hidden or nearly forgotten professions.
For the players, it's impossible for every city to have gathering places for all professions. Therefore, most cities divide themselves by profession.
Sun City is no exception. In the southwest direction of the city, underground, there's a special area designated for players with dark attributes.
This area is part of the real-world district, so even players in a weakened state after resurrection can come here and browse.
After obtaining what he wanted, Leon came here immediately and walked into a shop he was very familiar with.
This shop, of course, had the style of a necromancer, with two crimson coffins placed directly at the entrance.
Inside the shop, it was filled with various materials for the undead. Skulls of all sizes were piled into towers, various hand bones, and leg bones were casually thrown into the corners, only some special bones were hung on the walls.
After entering the shop named Black Bone Store, Leon called out directly, "Blackie, are you there? Come out for a moment."
A person, black from head to toe, so much that even his eyes were invisible, walked out from the back of the store. Seeing Leon, he immediately tried to retreat while saying, "Kid, why are you here again? I've told you before, that item is not something you can afford."
"That may not be true. I brought something of equal value to trade today," Leon said calmly.
Blackie froze for a moment, then said, "Alright, but you have to take out your item first. I need to judge if it's real."
Leon didn't take it out but instead glanced around. "Are we doing it here?"
Blackie sighed helplessly, muttering to himself, "Fine, fine, I knew it would be like this. If you don't bring something good, I won't let you off easy."
As he spoke, Blackie opened the back door of the shop and led Leon inside.
Behind the shop was an even larger room, which was bloodier than the outside. A large number of bones were soaked in a blood pool, some skin and decayed flesh were piled separately, and various organs were stored in bottles or soaked in mercury.
However, Leon paid no attention to any of this. His gaze was fixed on a large bronze urn. The urn was about one and a half people tall and as wide as three people hugging it. The body of the urn was crimson, as if soaked in blood, and some simple patterns were carved on it. While others might not know how to use this item, an image of how to use it often flashed in Leon's memory.
Seeing Leon fixated on the urn, Blackie snorted and extended his hand toward him.
"This thing is a good Lv3 (faint gold) item. If you don't take out something of equal level..."
Before Blackie finished speaking, Leon had already taken out the Valernai's Soul Box.
Seeing the item in Leon's hand, Blackie was stunned at first and then tried to say, "Ah, the Soul Box, this thing hasn't been processed yet, so the final quality is still unknown..."
"I know you have a way to unlock it. In other people's hands, it fluctuates between Lv2 and Lv4, but you can definitely make it Lv4 (faint gold). So using this for trade, you won't be at a loss."
Hearing Leon interrupt him, Blackie was a bit helpless, as what Leon said was indeed true. However, being a shrewd merchant, Blackie never missed a chance to squeeze some profit.
Before Leon could react, Blackie quickly said, "Since you're eyeing this urn, you must know its origin. This urn is from the Hades Temple. Even gods locked inside would be drained of their blood. I worked really hard to snatch this from a forty-person instance. Look, the blood on it is from a goddess, and it hasn't even faded yet. This is a buy-one-get-one-free deal, you can't just take it away like that."
Leon glanced at Blackie, "If that were really the case, this urn wouldn't have sat here for so many years without being sold."
"This urn can absorb divine blood, but since you can't make the blood circulate, it's useless. What will your customers do with this urn? Offer it as a sacrifice? Don't joke. If someone uses it for sacrifice, it will definitely contact that Hades, and he'll take the urn back immediately. Who knows, he might even kill you along the way.
As for using it as part of an undead body? Or as an undead coffin? You must be kidding. A Lv3 (faint gold) coffin, what kind of undead would be worthy of being placed in it without wasting it?
So, after all these years, you've sold all your other (faint gold) items, but this one is still here, right?"
Blackie replied defiantly, "So what? I can't sell it, but I can keep it for myself."
"Of course, but you're on the dark path. Does something from the Hades system have any use for you?" Leon said indifferently. "It's better to trade with me, exchange it for something easier to sell, and I can transform this into something with dark attributes, useful for me. Isn't that better?"
"You... have a way to transform it?" Blackie asked, staring at Leon.
Leon nodded firmly, "Yes, but do you think I'll tell you?"
Hearing this, Blackie hesitated for a moment before nodding, "I can trade it, but..."
"No 'buts.' In fact, you're getting a good deal in this trade. If we calculate it accurately, you owe me some extra compensation." Leon cut him off directly.
Blackie thought seriously for a while before finally nodding to Leon. At the same time, he waved his hand toward the urn, making it disappear, leaving behind a faint gold card.
This card looked exactly like Leon's Valernai's Soul Box, except the design on it was the urn's, and the back recorded all the detailed data of the urn.
After placing down the Valernai's Soul Box, Leon picked up the card with a slight smile on his face.
[Urn]
[Quality: Lv3 (faint gold)]
[Uses: Architecture, Summoning Sacrifices]
[Description: An urn placed in front of the Hades Temple, used as an altar for sacrifices to Hades. When a god is trapped inside the urn, it will automatically drain the divine blood for sacrifice. No one but Hades can retrieve the blood from the urn, and no one can break it to release the god trapped inside.]