This was another two-in-one chapter, with two chapters combined into a total of four thousand characters. Sigh, every time I wanted to write more, I simply couldn't keep going. Once I reached the word count required for the full-attendance bonus, I couldn't write any more.
That was enough grumbling. Here was the main text.
It had been a long time since his last visit to the Goblin Merchant.
He no longer came here once a month as he had back then. These days, Rex might not even visit once a year.
As the Castle expanded into a city, the Goblin Merchant had undergone another transformation. Nothing here bore any resemblance to how it had looked when this place was still a base.
The Goblin Merchant was no longer mysterious. It had become a spacious room covering at least three hundred square meters, yet most of that vast interior was empty.
Only one part of it actually served any purpose.
That was the place where Rex could operate the controls and refresh the treasures.
Walking inside and looking around at all that empty space, Rex shook his head gently. From a practical perspective, a room this large was an utter waste.
In Rex's opinion, ten square meters would have been enough for the Goblin Merchant. Strictly speaking, it would not even need that much.
Rex gazed calmly at the center of the Goblin Merchant. The excitement he had once felt whenever he came here to refresh the treasures had long since vanished.
His need for the Goblin Merchant was nowhere near as strong as it had once been.
Back then, if Rex wanted treasures, he had to get them from the Goblin Merchant.
That was why he had relied on it so heavily. Now that he had access to the Goblin