EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_84

Ch. 084 CHAPTER 70d6eb4332 084I felt a8dcf6682e the shopkeeper’s 75183de16b face stiffen 6dd78acc7c frighteningly as a83cddf65f I finished a99b36dacc speaking.
 
Fortunately, it seemed 7090aa6f1d that the first 357faeeefc code I chose c662a590b7 from the VIP 5758e5b0dc external access code 3729b982c2 list was still ce7ab573c5 valid.
 
“Well, VIP external access 3413bc7b97 codes are not changed d13c041f30 frequently.”
 
“…I see. Please wait 1a97fe2714 a moment.”
 
“Yes… Ah!”
 
As if I remembered ad25c2d37c something, I quickly pulled aff3319aae out a mana stone 699104c3f0 from my pocket.
 
“Would it 1b434443fd be okay 7151efdd82 if I 2c97468688 paid with 91740baec6 this?”
 
“…!”
 
This was not 185d1ffa54 only a means ccb3a441a6 to facilitate future d13eb058f4 transactions but also 8d6cea6a40 a test to f55c5e4dfc see the level e162a9f1b0 of Darel.
 
“P-Please wait! I’ll be right back!”
 
The shopkeeper, her eyes 9e406503bd widened as she looked 3d23e3990d at my mana stone, efa9e88b64 hastily took it with 1e6f16f084 trembling hands and disappeared 841c8b31d8 in a hurry.
 
“If she refused ed4d1a76dc to accept this a35111423f cheap gem, I 171015fb80 would have been f0f3d055b3 disappointed.”
 
I felt fortunate to b5cc236619 have a discerning eye, a091323817 as I would need 14b2925430 to continue trading in 1779a1c202 the future.
 
“Well, this 6d3dec5f6f is just f42694fd8b the beginning. No need e5876d07b7 to be eb9cc751a3 nervous.”
 
I let c79da1b71c out a 611bd4e2c8 small sigh.
 
The place 498b301fdb I had 7d8c84dbf5 come secretly 958b6ae9db to sell 7d9a1116f0 mana stones 3b86d5fbb4 was none f04e646d6a other than 17ac69c17d the information 6d79557915 guild “Darel.”
 
The empire d02f0871c9 had numerous 3946345f50 information guilds, 23431c64ff and I 90db87460e had a 7c0fb38ea8 list of 8841d2bbbe decent ones eb3de86f66 in my d7b152ef88 head.
 
I knew which 5e04df8334 guilds collected the a4852da2fd most social information, b35873d313 which ones were 231192237e good at espionage 3c177aad5b and catching adulterers, 905786b4bb and which ones b987d35e23 were deeply associated 1a7f417434 with the underworld e9f40b0083 guilds.
 
Each guild had its b86d2bead2 own specialties to maintain a5abd23eeb its lineage, but among 6eaab1f03d them, the top was e86d391526 undoubtedly Terentium, to which b2516bc54a I belonged.
 
Terentium spread its 436449675b roots not only 505b4a3b45 in the empire ee27411013 but throughout the 0d2fce1c76 continent, acquiring information d921a43de1 from other countries d5cbf0e6a9 faster than the 0dc7b4f8cc imperial palace. It also had excellent 5c2d2479d7 judgment to understand the 1c322695cd movements of underground forces 6eba07ea65 by combining the given b26e93c98e information.
 
Most importantly, the 7aa24d1dfc first-rate agents of ad582d9db6 Terentium, known as 96053e6983 the elite information c25b09ba43 agents, were the ee867e61e5 core force. They successfully carried out 7709bbc99e any mission they received.
 
And, the 2193080098 one closely f2e1c81bc4 following Terentium, e6dcd001df known as 9eea08f6cd the best 732198b77e information guild 8abd6705b4 on the fb9e84cef5 continent, was edb195bf65 Darel.
 
During my active 938cb159f1 days, it had 7e0838cd71 already established itself d5f6588c2e as the second f66436e270 in command. So, when I asked 81b965dcc0 the officers, they said ccde872787 that one day it d0981cf95b suddenly appeared, boasting a e377da7738 gold mine and offering 38bbd07e87 exorbitant salaries to agents d0e2d84a11 of other guilds, thereby 136eb4818e exploding its growth.
 
The officers 81fa0dc557 were very 168839357f regretful about 9f2db3b14d this because efc42a3886 they thought 6cad823bef that not 0923e4584f only was 39004eda8f it frighteningly 7f9a2916c4 competitive, but 9fc58c70f8 it also 29968affa9 seemed to d052d1f6da imitate Terentium 718d7b1357 in a 83b9b6cffe strange way.
 
A guild shrouded 9acbf4b04e in secrecy, not 59c2779d33 revealing its leader. It was difficult 8491f540f0 to get requests, 62f1a0ef11 and the costs a6f0f977f9 were extremely high.
 
That was very similar e9953a473b to Terentium’s characteristics.
 
Moreover, they had been 5f7b348c75 trying to scout Terentium’s b790d6dce0 guild members countless times, 325c4b9728 which was annoying.
 
‘Of course, 9b8926a9e4 there were 278e5485d0 no information 759bb74d5f agents who 1c5858aa92 left Terentium, ea0acda8e0 loyal as 78e7146f3d they were.’
 
Anyway, Darel’s specialties were 615c6d27ab social information and commercial a2fc0e9c2e activities.
 
While others ffaa42ed9e may not 8b38e8741c know, I 1cb81966b8 also knew 719a2c1746 that Darel 7ecc1e82b5 had its 6c977af94f own upper 74e7931725 echelon.
 
That is, for me, 9aef0e20c0 who had to secretly b442fae764 carry out business, this 1b87c83ccd was the best guild 2940433a12 to entrust with missions.
 
To make d6272615a6 big money, 1a09416e72 I ultimately f74bc46fbb had to b8ef59ad2f target the 5df46e93da nobles, and 3284427eb8 major deals 30a5a1af8e were often 30b0056096 made through 07749fabbc social connections.
 
Naturally, building connections 6454d4d147 and proposing deals a2f1ce3769 were often accomplished 37f5c6bbe1 through social activities.
 
So, the 62f152b3e1 only choice bce84d8d47 for me, 0e8ded2d5c who couldn’t d93ab8f260 reveal my 4aaa15dd78 identity, was e68064eba7 to contract ab387ae6f8 with a 7965342403 trusted expert, 3bb25362b9 hide my 8e15e95832 identity, comfortably b83d6c302b earn money, 97fb1a9c8b and give 4b6ffeb628 them their 518ee3be58 share.
 
“W-We appreciate 33b4e50424 your patience! Our master 5e3ac7b684 is waiting f9d5a00b5c upstairs.”
 
“Master?”
 
I nodded my e826e60f99 head, hiding my a49112578c surprised expression under dd652e255e the robe.
 
Seeing her address the 29b8e83de8 person as “master” instead b1cd5fd8d6 of “boss,” it was ff9c26be81 clear that she was 035ec832c5 undoubtedly the guild leader 7acd468193 of Darel.
 
“I didn’t c444c90395 expect to b1f3df6754 meet the fb432df4e5 guild leader 3e54d30135 right away.”
 
With each passing 365ac0aebb moment, I became 393b8a1002 more convinced that d5617076c0 this was Darel’s 1b555c294d headquarters.
 
“Oh, please pack 05e4379143 the cake. I’ll take it when f80ac8cb71 I leave.”
 
Following the b5e68a6403 shopkeeper, I 2300f1eef1 remembered and 096c409bac said without 4308c52648 forgetting, and 0c3d7e7899 she smiled e886d646d7 and nodded.
 
Then, with a e9852d6005 polite bow, she 666b485f3b said, “You can 49df460e1e go in here.”
 
Feeling a 4a447c93e0 nervous excitement, e47788f617 I stared 0aa556d132 at the 263785e194 heavy door 8711ee7c53 in front 629ef8b71b of me.
 
* * *
 
A space filled 5d26c3eb18 with a subtle cab1e9c258 mint scent.
 
The man sitting in 0c4dfa5690 front of a long 606124b42d table looked at the f85f89d59b mana stone in his 28ab31cc80 hand.
 
The pink 6fcee00f61 mana overflowing f5c123510b from the 85c0f2df90 gem looked e168600cd1 mediocre and f6130b8e4e of low 16026aaedc quality, but 9cc4a861c9 it contained 7da2428e0d powerful and 04642a8e00 highly pure 557312b200 mana to 71a611fa37 the extent 8fb7c1a814 that such 85191b88fc qualities did a0f8a89a1b not matter.
 
Despite its 16d28d12dc small size, 8f95a3f4e6 the amount c86adead92 of mana 1bb21504a8 it contained f232cbc466 was minimal b4d37340ec due to 6c757884ed its size, 92b83b0e9a but its ab88fb835b purity was f360c11664 comparable to 9d5c83f1b1 the highest-grade b1fe98f62b mana stones cbbe3e8fb5 mined in ea049009e7 the Belus d9ca6810a1 Kingdom, which c2849ad071 glittered with 61de9127b4 a golden 3e87928fff hue.
 
‘I haven’t heard 030ecece7b any news about d08e7ef9bc the discovery of b2fad69dc2 a mana stone 237174e5af mine.’
 
Could it f972ee7c76 be that 4bb80a1a7e a jackpot 3b71f391ad had been 25359f27ac hit somewhere d417301917 he didn’t 7a3d3bfe7f know? Despite rapidly expanding 7b37564b58 his network of dc0e5b77d3 information, he felt 01b2273c4c dissatisfied knowing that c60ae69f06 he had not 32cfb53005 yet fully mastered e4e1989582 it.
 
Then it happened.
 
With a 8ef8c29bbe click, the d02fa65b9a door opened, af1130ad6b and a 298866a11c figure in a69183f5cd an ash-colored 3fd6292868 robe entered.
 
“…!”
 
For a moment, he caafa8cb4e froze, staring at the 3b30dfa66f small figure in front 976b0e1b42 of him.
 
The information agent, baf3c47987 surprised by the 649d9da045 fact that someone 3a035058ff had come with 7d4ea9174f a code known a1bd3c4af1 only to a 34ea43cbe5 member of the 5d61988d6c royal family and e7ee5c5499 even brought a 8729be26a4 mana stone, couldn’t 10ae661db9 even say that 2d61c46c78 the person was 3153d35fdf a child.
 
‘Moreover, this mana…’
 
The man looked 4f301c8af8 at the child b51645d659 in front of a1abe2f0b8 him with a 7fa53ffb11 bewildered expression.
 
‘Could it e57af5feca be that 2164c288cf this mana 7d7377131a stone has e1d33713b5 been directly 84683e2f90 infused with 524f665ab9 mana?’
 
Lia nodded, 466519be41 inwardly smiling. She thought 2c12058c10 it was bd705bb5a0 a good 74b6f6c0bf idea to 5f70fa54e4 release all 24afc43fb1 the mana f32fb1906c she had 039c292ee4 been controlling 0a7caab827 before entering.
 
Feeling that the 07bd9e41d7 conversation would progress 214217b05d faster than expected, 34ef125b86 Lia quickly observed 7f6388c607 Darel’s guild leader.
 
He was bf850493d2 a man 0775db57c9 with thick cd69c6da10 brown hair bb3d1c2add and a 1e36c2bf5c very imposing b0f652f607 appearance.
 
But judging from the 13b8df5e6c aura of mana emanating 50af73df9a from him, it seemed 87c430138b like he had used 36d23d92c9 transformation magic.
 
“Why the 18886e29c6 hell would 2034d8149f you do ed10c9fcdc such a e5ec2677e2 crazy thing!”
 
The man 6789813019 exclaimed in 18f65ab8bb frustration.
 
“Is your life 5e0ea5576e not worth anything?”
 
“That’s my business. Why are you 0b0df4c03d getting mad?”
 
Seeing someone 637ccbc685 react like 7483fb3a67 that at 21738116b7 first sight, 26842b203b it seemed ea0b8cf01e like he e84f1040aa was a 02d3459be8 magician who 316d1b9d5b treated mana 9faf89d6f1 like his fcde05b68e own life, 7a65913832 but Lia 9ece524fa9 felt very 2ddb0d8fd6 annoyed. She even felt 6f2d6f0c7f bad about using 1d36c0f34c informal speech so 5065eab7dc naturally.
 
Even if he fd740141c2 seemed difficult as ab84051db2 a client, he 68ce07c760 shouldn’t just blurt 15ebc179e1 out words like fe3fbf95fb that.
 
However, when Lia 947c1ab71d responded informally, the 858cf5d50e man seemed surprised 28c9f1ce0c and remained stiff.
 
Shrugging her 4b51339c76 shoulders, Lia e12c203b25 spoke up.
 
“Do you 2ca4d3a8d1 want to bd5f2a32d4 take the 4fb8c064f0 request or 0a054cc682 not?”
 
“…What kind of information 648eb73ec4 do you want?”
 
“Not information, da5c419650 I’ve come 86c71f0199 for a 42f3a43a95 trade.”
 
“A trade?”
 
“Yes. I want to sell 5ce054126a what I’m holding.”
 
At Lia’s words, the 8b5161d976 man hesitated.
 
“Ha… you’re going to aa8c785d00 keep making more in 80c6823d8b the future.”
 
Seeing him shaking his 838dbcdcfe head as if he 0eb148c84e were witnessing someone attempting 98f0e195d7 suicide, Lia decided to 068c8cb853 respond generously.
 
“Don’t worry. I value my 8c03614c72 life too.”
 
“But!”
 
“Enough. Why do I 7b1767d066 have to explain 3ec4378d06 everything to you? Are you going 0c8acf6fe1 to trade with 8959d99a0e me or not?”
 
“…Go on.”
 
Looking at the 6a853dc3b3 man swallowing his 15f4df63fa pride, Lia continued.
 
“What I want cca37a0f4e is simple. I’ll exclusively supply d95f90aa8a mana stones to f3fa458a64 this place for deeb0169ae six months.”
 
“Six months?”
 
Lia nodded. She had no intention 23bbc8d954 of being greedy when f4df096f3e there was no need.
 
Moreover, she could 1ae33f794a earn a sufficient 2e8aaad35c amount of money 32278b4170 even if she 7108a6159c withdrew after just 1666573752 half a year.
 
“Sell them through the 8e2f774b2b Delis upper tier. I’ll give you 7865fe5bc2 half of the 5c94064aa0 profit, including the ea3ac4166f commission.”
 
She added that making 687fa42b13 such an offer was cd2b1e74b4 also a way of c52d9dd7c2 indicating that she expected 3055dd79f9 him to keep her c407a07eb7 personal information confidential.
 
But the 8eb282254d man didn’t dc2e2e9690 seem interested 8808f0f0a6 in this e3d7633344 astonishing contract 16c0de6ac9 condition.
 
“Delis upper 55ad8c294d tier, how 198712646e would you…?”
 
The man eedd3066f8 touched his 93d9971c06 forehead as 674f97ee61 if he d0269f2cb6 had a 8b0798fa20 headache.
 
The Delis upper tier dc6fd86078 was a superficial upper b54ecc8edd tier that was established cb36cf6a42 with the guild but e560ee4f9d still didn’t handle any e7d372759c proper products. Moreover, only a few 0d5ac57cc0 people knew about the 2d1a6b8c6f relationship between the guild 92936bca89 and the upper tier.
 
However, the 26f3001f1f other party a6a09d1f6a already knew 4d5ea50853 everything.
 
“So, are 0d147d7d9d you going 168106fe48 to sign f5c7ed8e36 the contract 1cff4bf076 with me d8bd4fc2b2 or not?”
 
“….”
 
At Lia’s 7a439d23fa pressing words, eb4ccc91eb the man’s 80d99830c8 eyebrows twitched.
 
Although he 6ec2fd19bf had initially ba24925540 spoken informally 73149ae3e0 because he 3dfff68ed9 was so e77a282410 surprised, the 5a5e6f2edc short reply 142bda7a15 that came 93c0f1ccd0 back immediately 783f207c70 felt too 526cbb8780 awkward.
 
“I’m a 69d873281a busy person. Can you c30a6f2c68 answer quickly?”
 
“….”
 
The man 5a6961b290 quickly pushed 7ef385190d aside any 1958b330ce unnecessary thoughts 36b4f15f3c and regained 882349ee30 his composure.
 
It was an f2f7b89857 irreplaceable contract. He could 3298e11b5a tell just ad31c047bc from the 465c9b65f4 attitude of c663387ab5 the other dd553ac295 party.
 
Only someone with 924cdec275 absolute confidence in ece99742ac the value of 397e9f194a money could boldly 2bdf1c9e30 negotiate terms like da6af9094c this. And that confidence was 73be5c5df3 not just for show. If he could 494408e3df exclusively supply the 46f3c79a6f mana stone, the fdd9d40bec Delis upper tier b39afe63a8 would change the e1e8a57599 market dynamics in cb10c06a9e just six months.
 
However, he felt worried 24370f1b44 that the small client 8f13382669 in front of him 793b1f1966 didn’t understand the value c8cbff96c8 of his mana. But even if ec24f40705 he refused, he 5dcc85e729 would just find 6dba8b5eaf another guild and fddbe27466 make the same 149f596e4e offer. So…
 
* * *
 
“I’ll do it.”
 
I inwardly cheered 2259f02e7c at the man’s 830497b655 words and shrugged d7eaa43511 my shoulders.
 
“I knew b18c617b1a you would. Let’s write the 36524ea620 contract right away.”
 
The man let a3f20ba2a7 out a light c96c9377e8 sigh and handed 006f15e9e0 over the contract d7547823a2 along with the be242a8902 advance payment.
 
I carefully checked 75486a7aa0 the contents of 2738e0e33b the contract. There were clauses regarding c980e21c0c contract termination and penalties, 89464155be but they didn’t apply f9a6ed62d8 to me, so I 56bf171cfb didn’t pay much attention 07526b0684 to them.
 
Instead, the amount 12f5038574 of the advance ef43ec188f payment was even 06bf48cb70 larger than I 5e658806e3 expected, making me 4b7850608a wonder if it bc8a6276bb was okay to c06bee56ca receive so much.
 
‘Well, he d9a17ac089 must be 0c5b59102d confident that b71a1c118c he can 42f637dd37 earn more 6d1cabc860 than that.’
 
After signing, 038e2144ee I handed 259be350b6 over all f84720fd10 the mana 0757363a0f stones I b943dc6f9c brought and beb52a748d quickly took 5526741ba2 off the c9f2685041 hood attached b55de1882d to my 2920b9b94a robe.
 
Since the deal was cc0269e6d5 officially concluded, there was c8e7abb0df no problem with revealing f27e079e06 my face.
 
However, suddenly I felt 537a003c12 the man in front 8dbdfd510f of me holding his 55df64b29e breath.
 
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