88 First contrac (1/2)
Intrigued by that, Riviera look at Ais, seeing the girl nod at her before they made their way to the second floor. It had a similar layout that the one below as all was under a glass display. It was also smaller, with fewer available products but what she sees confirms her doubts. Here was a large variety of pouches, ranking from normal one to enchanted. This was unheard of! Space-related skill, magic, or items have always been a hot topic in the city, anyone seen using them would be closely watched if not snatched by the powerful power, but here, under her eyes lay items upon items with space expansion, protection enchantment, and even specialized ones!
Looking closely, she rapidly found the ones that she had seen him with. They were described as extension pouches and were specially made to gather fallen crystal of the 1st-floor goblins. It had an expended space of five times its original capacities, around 500 crystals. It could been also enchanted with blood securities, leaving only one person being able to interact with it. It would need maintenance since running on specially crafted crystals. A timer enchantment was also responsible to either tell the amount currently inside or the amount he can absorb before needing maintenance. The most maddening thing was that it was dirt cheap! Only a 100.000 for the basic expended space, after that, you would need to buy the other enchantment if you wanted them.
Going through the rest of the shop, she sees similar goods, leather armor, knives, throwing knives, expanded skin for water, bento box with already made a complete meal just needing to be heated.
This was revolutionary. With those, their expedition would be much simpler, the skin could allow them to carry much more water, those ready-made meals would save place, time and resources, those pouches could also be useful, shame that they were available only until the 10th floors, but even then...
She was about to go down to speak with the previous girl but she feels someone coming from the door behind the counter. When she sees him she was surprised to see a carbon copy of Alex, only in a smaller size.
”All the goods are available on command only, I don't want morons trying to rob the shop.” She nods at the wise decision, before asking.
”I want to pass an order, is it possible now?”
”Sure, look around and bring me the tags and I will register your order.”
She nods, returning in the aisle, selecting a few tags. They wouldn't start mass order, but this would be enough for a test run. If they are what they say to be, then, she would ask her goddess to establish a contract with the shop to gears them for the next expeditions
Wanting to test them at their peak, she only selects tags of items with the full enchantment available for them. Returning to the counter she passes the tags to Alex. Taking a pencil, he starts to note the order in is the order book.
”A goblin pouch, fully enchanted, a skin fully enchanted, and an upper floor item pouch. I must warn you that the last one, as for now, will only work until the 10th floor, id that alright with you? Ok, once they are available, I will contact you to updates them fully, free of charge, after all, I'm selling an uncomplete item at full price.”
She was agreeably surprised by his word, not a lot of crafter would accept to bring additional free of charge, or warn their customer of the limit of the item.
”For the goblin pouch with a 5-time expansion, security and full-timer enchantment are 160.000 valis. The 10l skin with a 25-time expansion, security, and full-timer enchantment are 310.000 valis. A low floor item pouch with 25-time expansion, security, and full-timer is 310.000, for a total of 780.000 valis, the first maintenance is included in the price and I will need a drop of blood for each of the items. A third of the payment required upfront.”
Like she was thinking, the price where cheap, other than the pouches for the crystals, they would be rapidly paid by the amount of space they would free. Nodding at him, she pricks her finger with the offered needle, letting a drop fall in each translucent cube he put on the counter.
She gazes astonished at them, when a ball-shaped small crystal was put in the grove of the cube, sealing its content.
”Here were done, the pouch will be done today, you can either came for them this afternoon or they would be delivered to you the very same night.”
She nods at him before the two made their way back, taking with them the two bags that Hestia had prepared for them.
As they return to the Twilight manor, rumors were starting to spread about the new shop.
”Weren't you going to the Dungeon today?” Ask Finn when he saw them return to the manor that early in the morning.
”We found a new shop selling interesting thing that I need to speak Loki about, you better came too.” He nods as the three made their way to their goddess room, taking Gareth with them while passing.
The playful goddess became serious the instant she hears Riviera talk about the pouches and their possible utilization. Like her, Finn couldn't help but be sad that they weren't any responsible for deeper floors.
”Do you know why?”
”The logical reason would be that they haven't been able to go deeper.”
”Do you know if there are any means to override this?”
”No, but he says that they should be ready this afternoon, so he mostly be here too. Any news about this Alex yet?”
”No, it as if he vanishes, why?”
”It just that the boy was strangely looking like him, seeing the wears in the shop, it must be that they came from here.”
”You think there related?”
”Either it a common trait shared by their race or a family member.”