"Well, well! If it isn't our great mage Hanks!"
Hearing An Kai's teasing and seeing the steaming blackish-brown crater, Hanks paid the mockery no mind. He grinned guilelessly and ran up to An Kai...
A Freezing Spell longsword appeared in An Kai's hand. He pointed it at Hanks. "You know I don't like men getting close to me."
Hanks slapped his forehead. "Oh! Look at me! I was just happy to see you!"
"Happy to see me? I think you're happy about the deal we're about to make."
An Kai curled his lip, not believing a word Hanks said.
Then he got straight to business.
He took out 800 gold coins, leaving 100 in his Storage Ring.
"Eight hundred Lower-grade Magic Stones. Well? Is that a big enough deal for you?"
Originally, his Storage Ring had held only 731 gold coins, 721 of which had come from exchanging the Orc Insignias.
The reason he now had 900 gold coins was that he had looted the Puppeteer's blackish-brown Storage Ring.
It had contained exactly 169 gold coins, no more, no less.
Of course, aside from gold coins, the Puppeteer's Storage Ring had held other things as well. An Kai was still considering what to do with them...
"Gold coins for magic stones?!"
Hanks looked startled. He had never expected An Kai to exchange gold coins for magic stones.
He had assumed it would be some magical equipment or books analyzing skills...
Seeing Hanks hesitate, An Kai suddenly thought of something.
If he took these magic stones to the Bounty Tower or somewhere similar to exchange them, couldn't he make an enormous profit just by reselling them?
Even if the purchase price elsewhere was two gold coins per magic stone, An Kai could still make a fortune!
If it worked, he would