Entering the office, Aldric found a luxurious room with a sizable sofa with a backrest that was slightly tilted so that when leaning back, the body would feel stretched out.
An elderly man was on the couch, dressed in formal attire consisting of long pants and something similar to a suit.
He was very relaxed, crossing his legs while smoking a cigar.
Every time he breathed in, thick smoke came out of his mouth.
When Aldric appeared, he extinguished the flame at the end of his cigar and stood up, straightening some parts of his clothes.
"Sir, please take a seat, my name is Alan, the manager of this monster market," said the old man.
Despite giving the impression of arrogance by the way he sat, he was quite friendly when he greeted Aldric.
As such, Aldric was able to sit comfortably in front of him while the maid waited outside.
"What is your name, sir?" The manager asked about his name first.
"William," Aldric replied without seeming to think at all.
He didn't want to use his real name and didn't want to reveal his nickname, so he could only make up a fake name.
Alan nodded lightly at his name.
"Well Mr. William," he said, "do you really want the Slith Cat and the Polar Ice Bear?"
"Yes, but I can't afford it if the price is 550, I want it lowered to 420." Aldric replied.
"If it's 420, that's just the capital price." The manager laughed.
"Then what is the lowest price you can give, Mr. Alan?" Aldric asked.
"450," Alan replied as he held up five fingers.
"Add 30 more Level 10 Monster Cores, and you can take both monsters home."
"Thirty more, huh..." Aldric pretended to think when he heard that.
"Honestly, I don't have any Monster Cores left, but if you want, how about I replace them with 20 liters of Honey of Life."
"What?"
The manager was very surprised after hearing his answer.
"So you want to replace it with Honey of Life. This is acceptable," he said, "but only 20 liters, that's only equivalent to 20 Level 10 Monster Cores."
"Honey of Life is rare and unique, it cannot be valued according to price," Aldric replied with a faint smile.
This time, the manager did not respond immediately. He seemed to be thinking about it.
His index finger twitched, tapping his thigh.
"Mr. William, can you add a few more liters? It doesn't need to be ten." He finally said something again.
However, Aldric immediately shook his head.
"Mr. Alan, this is all I can afford. If you can't, then I may indeed not be able to buy those two monsters. I currently have other business, so I have to leave now," he said, starting to move to stand up.
In villager-style negotiations, if the seller still wanted more, then the only solution was to walk away.
If that still failed, then it was impossible.
"Wait!" The manager stopped Aldric, spontaneously pointing his hand at him as he stood up.
Aldric stared at him, not immediately taking a step, but showing that he would actually leave if the manager asked for more.
Seeing his expression, the manager sighed.
"Alright, alright, 20 liters of Honey of Life, those two monsters are yours," he said with a heavy expression.
The profit he made might be too small this time, but as a merchant, he obviously wanted the most expensive monsters to sell faster. After all, when they were locked up, taking care of them also cost a lot of money.
Hearing the manager's words, Aldric immediately sat down.
"Okay, let's complete this transaction," he said with a faint smile, happy that he won the negotiation.
That way, he had two very powerful monsters at level 10.
While Aldric paid, the manager gave him some letters.
After that, he personally led him downstairs.
The next thing they needed to do was to transfer ownership of the two monsters.
This required some sort of artifact because otherwise, there was no way to make those wild monsters slaves.
The first one they went for was the Slith Cat, which was more expensive.
The cat was lying down lazily right now. Although she wasn't sleeping, she occasionally closed her eyes.
If it was daytime, she would definitely be on constant alert.
At this moment, the manager took out a golden needle.
"Mr. William, this needle needs your blood and I will insert it into this cat's body and take out my needle that is already in her body. After that, this cat will immediately obey you as her master." The manager explained about how to make monsters into slaves.
Aldric nodded, allowing the manager to stick the needle into his finger.
He didn't care that he wouldn't feel the pain.
Quickly, the manager stuck the needle into his finger until a drop of blood came out.
After that, the manager ran his hand over the cat's body.
Shua!
Suddenly, exactly the same golden needle came out of the cat's body, landing right on the manager's hand, which was now showing its strength.
The manager's aura was quite impressive even though he was old.
He was a 10th Stage Junior Magician, and seemed to already have a deep foundation.
He probably already had enough spiritual energy to advance, but still had to prepare the Genesis Core.
When the golden needle exited the cat's body, the cat instantly stood up, showing a ferocious expression.
It emitted an aura that made many people afraid.
"Don't worry, this cat is weak right now." Several maids explained to the people so that they wouldn't panic.
Shua!
The manager threw a golden needle with Aldric's blood at the cat, piercing into her forehead.
It tried to enter the cat's forehead but the cat's strength tried to resist the needle.
Unfortunately, the cat seemed to be in a really weak state. Her defenses couldn't really block the needle.
It was able to continue entering her forehead.
If only the cat was in top shape, then this process would have been something very difficult.