Buying a Staff

At the harbor in Dragon Wing District, a medium-sized ship approached the port but did not dock at the pier.

"David, come take a look. What kind of staff do you want?"

David was rather speechless. Standing on the dock and looking at his friend, he felt as though the man was afraid a water ghoul might suddenly appear by the harbor and drag him away. He did not dare come any closer.

"Can't you come closer? I have to cast a spell to get over there."

"Sorry, David, you really have to come over."

With no other choice, David cast a short-range flight spell and leaped through the air like making a long jump, landing aboard the ship.

"Did you bring the reusable shield devices and staffs I asked for?"

"Of course." Only after seeing David fly over from the dock did the mage inside the ship let out a sigh of relief.

"These are the shield devices you requested. Ten of them, sixteen hundred gold coins in total. After activation, they can last about a day. Once used, their charges can be replenished with minor shield scrolls."

The moment David heard sixteen hundred gold coins, his heart truly ached. His annual salary might have been six hundred gold coins, but there were the equipment costs for missions, replenishing the shield devices on his person, and spellcasting materials.

Added together, those expenses left him with barely a hundred gold coins from a year's income. That was only if he was frugal in his daily life.

Fortunately, David was a Spirit Realm Mage, so experiments did not cost him extra money. Otherwise, he estimated that half his income would disappear every year. To save enough for these repeatedly triggerable shield devices, he would need thirty-two years.

"Fine. Go collect it