Chapter 24: Frog in a well. (1/2)
Whittaker's head turned towards him in confusion, but his smile didn't vanish. In excitement, he asked, ”If not animals then what... what do we hunt?”
Shadow hastened his footsteps and his black eyes burned with battle intent as he replied:
”We hunt magical beasts. They are dangerous monsters that eat peoples. Though a lot of people still hunt them because they drop a lot of treasures. A single F-ranked book can be sold for around 1-10 platinum bars, and an E-ranked book can be sold for 10-100 Platinum bars. Naturally, these prices are the average. The price varies according to the desperation of the buyer!”
These words, he said with a laugh.
Whittaker's eyes opened wide in shock as he chased behind him. Platinum bars, did he hear it right?
He said, ”Did you say platinum bar, or are my ears playing a trick on me?”
”It is platinum bars!” Shadow grinned and added, ”Books are just one of the stuff that the magical beasts drop on their death.”
One by one, he extended his fingers. Each time he did that, Whittaker will learn more about the treasure troves that are called magical beasts.
”The magical beasts drop Beast cores, crafting resources and beast equipment after their death.
”After the process of purification, an awakened can absorb the purified portion of the beast core to increase his stats.
”Resources can be used to craft items or magical potions.
”Beast equipment has three categories, weapon type, armor type, and accessory type. But the chances of these equipment dropping are slim. Beast equipment can be sold for a very high price.”
By the end of the explanation, drool drip down Whittaker's mouth due to greed. In an instant, he seemed to have transformed into a greedy and cunning merchant that was crazy for gold. In his case, it is platinum.
After dozens of minutes, they reached the Quest Hall. Students casually chatted on the footpaths and the staircases as they waited for the arrival of their party members.
The Quest Hall was located behind the back mountain. The back mountain stretched from behind the seven-story Academy. It was big enough to hide the Grand Quest Hall, and, every day during sunset its shadow will loom over the main-building of the Frost Fall Academy. The Quest Hall was a subsidiary of the Adventure Association. Every Academy for awakened, as long as verified by the Awakened Association, has one Quest hall.
Passing by them, the two youngsters walked up the dozens of stairs and entered the Quest Hall. They had a different expression on their faces, one had a calm face: the other held a startled expression.
The Quest Hall hall had the same building design as the training hall. It was also a Dome-shaped building, but it was far grander than the training hall. The Quest hall had seventeen floors. It seems that this place was more important than the Academy main-building.
Shiny tables that have a lot of cables were positioned symmetrically such that there would be a wide walkway in the middle and the sides of the Quest Hall. Near the table, many students sat on the chairs, some chipped in the cables in their mana com to accept quest while the others drank Magic-colas.