It took the whole morning, but he finally managed to sell the Spined Boar's crystal core.
He took stock of everything he owned. In total, he had 13 Gold Shields, 6 Silver Scales, and 52 Copper Nails.
For him, it was an unprecedented fortune.
Converted into everyday goods for ordinary townsfolk, the money could buy more than thirteen thousand loaves of Black Bread. Eating three a day, that would be enough to last an adult a full twelve years.
Or, if he spent it on livestock, he could buy more than a hundred and twenty healthy adult goats. That would be enough to make him the second-largest rancher in Plint, right behind Baron Ul.
However, he had earned a fortune capable of changing an ordinary person's entire life in less than a week.
Still, as soon as he ventured into the professional world of adventurers, his money seemed to lose its value in an instant.
For instance, the cheapest longswords he'd glimpsed just now at a weapon shop on Copper Nail Alley were priced in Gold Shields.
And the magic staff he'd been dreaming about would cost even more.
In fact, he'd noticed that there didn't seem to be a single shop along Copper Nail Alley that specialized in magic staffs.
Thinking about magic staffs reminded him of Annis's earlier advice: it was best to buy legitimate Skill Scrolls for Appraisal Spell and Labeling Spell from a shop run by the Tidal Trade Union.
As it happened, he was on his way to Heartwood Inn to see Zoya, and the Tidal Trade Union's largest business in Rose Town, Four Seas General Goods, was nearby.
Four Seas General Goods...
Wait...
Annis... the Tidal Trade Union...
Could she have been drumming up business for her family's enterprise all along?
It was a