Kubota greeted Angel with a broad smile. "Are you here to buy something at the market?"
Angel nodded and glanced around with a hint of wonder. "More or less. I didn't expect Amber Shadow Market to change this much in just a few days."
"That's what happens when more people show up," Kubota replied.
"The bar for entering Silver Coral Island is high, but the population of Dream Crystal Plain keeps growing."
Kubota was quick to make himself at home with anyone. He leaned closer to Angel and lowered his voice. "From what I know, a million new people come online every day at the spawn point in Rabbit Town alone."
"If one person in a hundred is pure, that's ten thousand people entering Silver Coral Island from Rabbit Town every day."
"And there are other spawn points too."
"Some races are naturally pure, like the Woodleaf Clan. Their entire clan can enter Silver Coral Island... So the population here has exploded."
Amber Shadow Market catered mainly to in-person trade, but more and more races kept arriving. With more people came greater demand.
And with demand came buyers and sellers in droves.
Infrastructure and the range of goods grew along with them.
That was the real reason Amber Shadow Market looked different every day.
Chuckling, Kubota stroked the red crystal embedded in his chin as if it were a beard. His eyes held both hope and wonder at the changes around him.
Watching the steady stream of people, he said with easy optimism, "A livelier place is a good thing."
"So business is better for you?" Angel asked.
Kubota nodded. "That's part of it, but not all of it... My business outside the dream world was already doing well. I just like spending every day at Amber Shadow Market."
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