Chapter 210

Chapter 210

For the first time in a while Ajax felt his muscle strain under the weight on his back, the oddest part of the feeling was that the ground wasn’t sinking beneath his feet. As someone who studied architecture back on earth the foundation was an extremely important part of a building yet somehow it seemed the ground here wasn’t affected by extreme weight.

This came as a shocking surprise to him since he had seen large creatures and even warriors leave footprints when launching themselves at extreme power and more so because of how easy it was for him to shape the ground, if mildly, around him. The only explanation he could come up with was the same as for the sound barrier, somehow the presence of mana was ensuring that high level people wearing very highly mana infused items didn’t just sink straight into the ground. for new novels

The only issue he had with this was that it very obviously didn’t apply to him. The heavy gear of six high fifties spawn was further compressed into a pack that he carried on his back. To say that the changes to his center of gravity were big was an understatement. More than once he had found himself almost tripping when his foot hit a pothole, the presence of which he couldn’t understand due to the extreme rigidity of the road.

All that said he slowly continued as he made his way to his grandparents house. His effort was actually rewarded when he earned the Uncommon skill [Unnatural Balance]. Sweat was pouring down his back as he arrived at the store, with his mana being close to empty from the fight this trip squeezed his stamina to low levels as well.

“Mr Ajax” The guard at the door respectfully greeted him and opened the door as he approached.

Ajax was a bit caught off guard by the treatment but chose to acknowledge it with a nod as he entered. Once he entered he made a quick eye contact with Sebastian who was still behind the reception desk towards the back of the store. By the time he made it to the desk the man already brought out a rather short cloak that he offered to Ajax.

“What is this?” Ajax asked curiously.

“Something to help you carry your load.” Sebastian answered as he draped the cloak over the heavy backpack and Ajax felt the weight reduce drastically. “Master Elija and Mistress Aurora are here to see you, both were looking forward to your next visit.”

Ajax still wasn’t used to the forms of address that were used here in the capital. Back in Lessis, 'Sir’ and ‘Lady’ were the usual forms to address those of high standing, once he got to the capital he quickly learned that using them for people who had no noble title was frowned upon with the title of ‘Master’ and ‘Mistress’ being the replacement. The history that those titles came about due to the profitability of slave trade in the past didn’t help ease the transition for him either.

With his burden made lighter Ajax quickly made his way up the stairs where Sebastian led him to a different room from last time. Inside the room both Elija and Aurora were present with their head guard standing behind them with his eyes fixed on Ajax from the moment he entered the room. The simple fact that the guard wasn’t standing between them signified that they had looked into him and believed he meant them no harm.

“Ajax, welcome back.” His grandmother greeted him, his grandfather taking his usual stance of simply nodding in greeting, though his nod was much deeper and slower showing that he meant no disrespect by it. “Would you like something to drink?”

“Yes please.” Ajax said as he slowly took the seat opposite them and placed his pack on the table, it was obviously there for displaying the items he would be selling to them.

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“I do have to admit to being surprised you got so much out of one delve.” Elija continued. “This amount of loot is on the very low side for a delve but that is when counting the entire party, how do you have all of it?”

“These mana cores are from magma agesent creatures and come from the eighth floor.” Aurora said as she looked through the cores.

“We found a furnace salamander egg on the eighth floor and they gave me all of the weapons and armor to buy out my share of the egg.” Ajax calmly revealed.

“A furnace salamander egg!” Aurora was surprised and ecstatic at the news.

“Thank you for this.” Ajax’s grandfather said.

The information meant a lot for the merchants. While word that a bond egg had been retrieved by house Silvertongue had already gotten out following the display outside the dungeon, knowledge on the species of the bond could still be leveraged by merchants in the offering of gifts when hoping to reach a good deal.

“I do hope you were careful.” his grandfather continued, the words quickly bringing concern as the realization set in for Ajax’s grandmother.

“You’ve faced furnace salamanders!!!” Aurora exclaimed. “Are you alright? Do you need a healer?”

Her tone calmed down quickly as her merchant instinct quickly suppressed her protective grandmotherly ones.

“I’m fine.” Ajax confirmed “I’ll take the four fifty for the gear here if you’ll throw in ten more for the cores.”

The price for the cores was a little on the high end but with the new information Ajax had delivered his grandfather would have taken the deal even if it was offered by a stranger and offered an outstretched hand to Ajax.

“With this you’ve already repaid the full four hundred gold debt you had for the Alchemy equipment and are already walking out with sixty more coins,” he said. “Quite the windfall you’ve had this time around.”

Ajax shook his hand before accepting the bag of gold from Sebastian and then finishing off his ale. The ale was good but it was a little bitter for him having always preferred sweeter things he thought that a portion of his upcoming honey might be purposed into making honey mead.