BXBX NOVEL Chapter 133 I Need Strength...
Everlor organization, Gorthect empire main base.
Within the teleportation center.
SWISH~
With a flash, Zick materialized above the teleportation circle. His eyes opened slowly, exposing his vertical deep red eyes.
With no hesitation, he started heading towards the trading post.
The fourth floor of the main base was filled with many people who were looking around the stalls. Most of the people here were wearing shady clothes, looking extremely suspicious.
All of them had a sinister presence around them. Some even smiled with bad intentions, looking at people around them.
In between, Zick walked unhindered, he had an expressionless face and his eyes shone as if looking for prey.
The people made space for him, feeling immense pressure going near him. Almost all of them felt threatened by him.
The distance between the trading port and the teleportation circle wasn't too large. Zick was able to reach the pillar in between the trading port soon.
The shop owner raised an eyebrow seeing Zick's tattered state.
"How much will I get for this?" With no hesitation, Zick placed a medium-quality mana crystal in front of the shop owner.
For the first time, the shop owner's expression changed. His eyes shone in greed and his face was filled with energy.
The mana crystal in front of him was almost one meter in size!
Smiling, the shop owner took the mana crystal and checked its value.
"10,000 merit points." He spoke bluntly.
Zick nodded his head with satisfaction, feeling the amount to be quite to his liking.
"In platinum coins?" Zick spoke without showing any satisfaction on his face.
"Hm...It should be around 30 platinum coins."
The amount stated exceeded what Zick expected, giving him a surprise.
"Let's talk in private, shall we?" Zick spoke confidently, almost like the shop owner would accept his proposal for sure.
Doing such a deal in the open would just attract unneeded attention and bad intentions.
A few people passing by heard Zick speak, laughing at him immediately. There has never been a situation where this shop owner left his post and made a deal in private.
Hearing Zick's proposal, the shop owner narrowed his eyes, deep in thought. In his mind, the value of Zick had already risen considerably.
Has there ever been a person who sold such a big mana crystal in this shop? None!
How can a green-ranked member ever get such a large mana crystal their hands on?
At most, they would have a small piece of a large mana crystal.
After thinking for a few seconds, the shop owner immediately agreed: "Alright, wait for a second, I will call upon my servant to take care of the shop."
Saying this, the shop owner took out a black book and used it to communicate with his servant.
Just buying the medium-quality mana crystal would make this worth his time.
After making some preparation and giving strict instructions to the servant, the shop owner led Zick toward the huge pillar as the people around them stared at them with astonishment on their faces.
A guard stood in front of the entrance of this pillar, but he immediately moved aside after the shop owner showed his seal.
The inside of the pillar had a clean hall, the interior was made of pure white marble and was decorated in a fancy way.
"Ohh, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Airaik." While climbing the stairways in the middle of the hall, Airaik spoke with a friendly tone.
"It's Zick," Zick spoke coldly, he showed a little rushed expression too. He had no intentions to keep a good relationship with Airaik. The chances of them meeting again was low as he would be moving around in the Hevertec kingdom in the future.
"Hahaha, It looks like you are in a rush, let's get this over quickly then," Airaik spoke amiably, not fazed by Zick's cold expression, he had dealt with many people like this.
Shortly, they reached the middle part of the pillar, where there was another huge room.
Entering through the door, a pure white room decorated with many innate accessories appeared. In the left corner of the room, two red sofas were positioned facing each other and a glass table was in the middle of it. Zick and Airaik sat on those two sofas opposite each other.
Zick was in a hurry so he got down to business and spoke of selling all the 53 medium-quality mana crystals in his space ring. He also decided to exchange two of them for merit points; he needed them to use the teleportation center.
The shop owner was immediately filled with suspicion.
This deal offered by Zick sounded very unreal no matter how looked upon.
"I would like-"
Before Airaik could complete his sentence, Zick waved his hand creating a small hill of mana crystal.
Airaik turned his head with a dazed expression, his mind went blank for a second seeing the piled-up mana crystal.
Clank~ a mana crystal slid down and fell on the ground.
Snapping out of his daze, Airaik's expression turned to that of shock.
It was actually real!
Mana crystals were so sought after that they would sell almost immediately! They were the basic material used in alchemy after all.
Seeing the piled-up mana crystal, Airaik's eyes shone with hidden intention. Killing intent rose like surging tides!
Greed almost made him blind but he was able to control himself. The moment he did anything that could harm an organization's member, the seal would activate and kill him immediately. This was the deal made between the organization and him.
'Sigh, who is this person? Why does he have such a huge fortune with him?' Airaik was filled with many questions but he swallowed them all and started speaking.
"Two medium-quality mana crystals for 20,000 merit points and the other 51 mana crystals for 1,530 platinum coins....." Airaik spoke calculating rapidly. Though he could not steal the mana crystal from Zick, this deal was already very profitable to him.
"Alright, deal." Zick accepted immediately, exchanging the merit points and then platinum coins through the space ring.
Airaik also put the 53 medium-quality mana crystals into his space ring.
The atmosphere in the room was solemn as they both sat in silence. Airaik sat nonchalantly, But internally he was full of expectations and excitement.
Zick sat on the sofa, not showing any sign of leaving, there was still something else that he needed.
To buy Varine only 1000 platinum coins were needed so even after he buys her, Zick would have a lot of money left.
"Do you have Feanert poison?" Zick's expression was completely cold as he stated his last need.
Airaik got out of his daydreaming hearing Zick's question. He nodded his head towards Zick remembering there was Feanert poison in the stock.
"500 merit points."
"Alright." Agreeing immediately, Zick and Airaik went back to the shop in front of the pillar.
Many people's gazes were on Zick as he stood in front of the shop waiting for Airaik to bring the poison.
Feanert poison was a normal poison that causes temporary paralysis for a few hours. This poison was extracted from a flower named the Hargesten.
"Here." Airaik was a little disappointed that there was nothing else that Zick sold or needed but he didn't let it show on his face and added on. " I look forward to our future deals."
"Me too." Zick turned around and directly left.
Zick started heading toward the teleportation center after getting what he wanted.
It took 5000 merit points for him to use the teleportation circle to teleport to the side branch of the organization in the Gorthect empire's capital.
Opening his eyes, Zick found himself in a familiar room. Looking in front of him, he saw someone standing there.
A maid stood beside the door like a statue which surprised him. He was not able to sense her at all, which showed that she was stronger than him.
"How may I help you, sir?" The maid spoke in an alluring voice matching her beauty. She looked quite young too, around 20 years old.
"Guide me to Sir Ovelon."
"Have you made an appointment with Sir Ovelon? If yes, please show me the letter."
"...." Zick was left speechless hearing this, but reacting immediately, he cursed in his head.
'That redhead bastard...He never even expected me to come in the first place!' Zick got a little restless thinking about this.
"...Hevish, tell this name to sir Ovelon."
The maid's expression changed upon hearing Zick.
"There is no need to inform sir Ovelon. He has already ordered me to bring sir Hevish to him if you appear." Knowing that Zick was a guest to Ovelon, the maid bowed her head and spoke respectfully.
"Lead the way then," Zick spoke, feeling a little relieved.
If Ovelon had expected Zick to not appear from the beginning, there was a high chance that he wouldn't keep his promise of keeping Varine with him.
CLICK~
Opening the door, the maid started leading Zick to the place Ovelon was currently.
Looking out of the window, the beautiful city with many colors of light glowing entered Zick's sight. It had already turned dark by then.
The corridor Zick walked on was very silent, with the wall lamp being the only illumination.
The window curtains fluttered, softly brushing past Zick's cheek.
'Meeting Seveleen was a coincidence, but I wonder what happened to the other people with talent in the academic city.'
Whether they survived or died, it was uncertain. That is the reason, Zick was only looking for talented people from the Eastern continent.
'Not much should have changed for them. With the knowledge I have, I can try to recruit them one by one but I can only hope that the demonic race doesn't start moving in earnest before they grow to their limit...'
'Hoping....' Zick squinted his eyes, not liking the word.
Hoping didn't suit him at all. He didn't like relying on his luck in the least.
'I need strength...Relying on others to kill the demon lord is important but I can't let it become my main priority.'
'Growing stronger should be my priority right now.'
Thinking this suddenly, Zick got a brilliant idea.
What if he used the talented people he recruited in his meatshield team to collect rare potions and materials used to increase potential?
'It's not bad but I will need to think extensively, they won't do evil things so I will have to make them 'righteously' get me these things.'
Zick wanted to smirk evilly but stopped himself knowing the existence of the maid in front of him.
'I also need to check out those snow white crystals use. If they can be helpful to me, I will collect tons of them the next time I go to the Lectic mountain region.'
Soon, Zick and the maid arrived in front of a door.