The Half-Dragonfolk Spirit Architect left with a bag of "spirit grain" as payment. He didn't return home. Instead, he left Dragon Soul Village and headed toward the mountains to the north.
At the foot of the mountains, a simple market had sprung up on its own. Half-Dragonfolk retainers often came here to trade goods.
Grain, livestock, game, pelts, Rune Artifacts, herbs, pills, even prepared food and labor—all were up for trade.
As resources grew abundant and the retainers began to specialize, trade and markets emerged.
When the Half-Dragonfolk Spirit Architect arrived, the market was still going strong. With his bag of "spirit grain" on his back, he browsed the various stalls before stopping at one.
The stall displayed all kinds of rune tools: battle axes, shields, javelins, and other weapons, as well as a variety of everyday implements.
Clearly, the vendor was a villager from Dragon Rune Village, the second settlement established by the Half-Dragonfolk retainers in the mountains.
The second settlement founded by the Half-Dragonfolk retainers stood beside a large metal deposit. Most of the tribe's blacksmiths and Rune Masters had moved to the new village, which had practically become the Half-Dragonfolk retainers' Rune Artifact production base.
For that reason, the second settlement in the Half-Dragonfolk tribe had been named Dragon Rune Village.
The vendor was evidently a Rune Master from Dragon Rune Village. As labor had become specialized, he was responsible for making Rune Artifacts. After completing the tasks assigned by the tribe, he had crafted some additional items to trade at the market.
The Half-Dragonfolk Spirit Architect had his eye on a rune-carved cauldron. The pots and cauldrons his family used to cook food were still ordinary implements, not Rune Artifacts. Having earned some payment this time, he wanted to replace one of their pots with this