Chapter 637: Reason for persecution

Chapter 637: Reason for persecution

The contract had been signed with contract magic, so now they moved on to discuss the money.

"I'll get the payment ready right away. Do light gold coins work for you?"

"Yes, I'd appreciate that. I'll be looking forward to our future trades as well."

"Hmph, we don't really shake hands like that around here in the divine realm, but oh well."

(So he knows a lot about the human realm too. I guess it makes sense for a divine person, the ideal race created by Elmea with the longest lifespan.)

There were many races living in the human realm, but in the divine realm there were mostly only divine people. Though there were a few dragonkin hunting ghosts, and beastmen.

Epitany shook Peromus' hand, and the deal was completed.

Then Cecile felt the need to point something out.

"Still, this just means that you've moved your debt from the God of Trading to Shandar..."

"Just solving the issue isn't enough, we still get to keep our business running somehow."

"Hey, I'm still here. But whatever."

Epitany was shocked by how quickly Allen was revealing his intentions, simply because the contract had been signed.

(It's almost like I'm in a sinking ship financially. I just want to adventure without worrying about money though.)

Allen had been dealing with financial problems ever since he was born a serf, which led him to find ways to make his family prosper, then he began working as a servant for a mithril sword, and then as an adventurer he was in an insatiable quest for more Magic Stones.

Even now he was still gathering Magic and Spirit Stones as much as he could.

Now looking at the freshly signed contract, Allen wondered how much longer he would have to worry about his finances. At least he had obtained the moment he needed at that time.

(Good good, I already paid an advance of 30000000 gold coins before, so I can use that surplus to buy more Magic Stones. Oh wait, I should do what Zew asked before that.)

Allen always spent any money he had right away, so he wanted to use that surplus to buy Magic Stones, which he would then turn into Heaven's Blessings.

A security deposit was usually not something a person was allowed to invest though, and if he did that in his past life as Kenichi, he could have gotten into a lot of trouble.

But Epitany was still there.

Allen would be going back to the S Rank Dungeon soon, and he also had to meet the Beast God Garm, so it was hard to say when he would have a chance to talk with Epitany again.

"Sorry to impose on you again, Epitany, but could I have a word?"Diiscover new stories at nove/lbin(.)c/om

Since Peromus was done arranging the deal, Allen spoke to him now.

"Hm? Do you have another deal to offer me?"

"No, this isn't about that. It's just that the Paradise of Primordial Beasts has started to become more developed."

"Oh, I'm not really interested in that, but I see."

Epitany did not seem interested in things outside of business.

"They've started hunting ghosts, but they don't have the necessary skills to process the materials they obtain from that."

"That makes sense. So what about it?"

He still did not understand how that was related to him.

"So I was wondering if you could let the dragonkin and beastman artisans learn from the masters under your umbrella?"

"What? You're suggesting we bring beastmen into Shandar?! Why would anyone do that!!"

Epitany stood up and shouted angrily at Allen.

"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry."

(Hm? What about dragonkin then?)

Allen apologized by instinct after seeing how angry Epitany had gotten.

But thinking about it, Epitany had only gotten angry at the mention of beastmen.

Beastmen had been fighting against their fate for a long time, and Shea would continue fighting for their freedom too, so he did not hesitate to impart his power onto her.

After Epitany and his servants left, Allen spoke to Peromus.

"Sorry to keep giving you work, but would you mind staying here in the divine realm to keep trading with them?"

"Yeah, I can do that. You still need to gather more Magic Stones after all."

(Peromus, I promise I'm not trying to work you to the bone, this is just what business is like.)

Doing business in the divine realm brought in tens of times more profit.

Allen wanted to earn as much money as possible to keep gathering more Magic Stones.

He had raised his Level to what could be considered the limit, and had a steady influx of Spirit Stones, also thanks to Merus' new equipment. So now he needed to focus on getting more Magic Stones again, and he wanted Peromus to help with that.

"And right, you should also go see Nonfura and warn him to not sell anything shoddy."

"Got it. I'll do my best."

Whether a patriarch produced good or bad results, in the end it would affect all dragonkin.

Allen had united all the dragonkin clans in a rather forceful manner, so there was still a lot of friction between them, which would have to be worked out eventually.

After that Allen, Cecile, and Sophie left Peromus and went to the Earth Labyrinth, where Merle's group was waiting for them.

"Allen, you're finally here."

Merle held her arms crossed in front of her chest and smiled.

"Sorry I left you here for two months without helping more."

"It's okay, everyone got way stronger during that time. Let's keep doing out best."

Allen had also brought Rosetta and Gatoruga to help with the Earth Labyrinth, and also made the astrologer Temi undergo trials to get through faster.

"Hmph, it was about time."

(I wonder if Gatoruga will ever get better.)

"I know, Gatoruga. I'm just glad to know you completed your Talent Changes and that you've managed to form a pact with a Great Spirit."

Since Allen wanted everyone to do their best, he had made everyone undergo Talent Changes until they had 5 Talent Stars.

[Earth Labyrinth team (48 members)]

-Allen and Merus, Luvanka, Graham, Kuwatoro, Makris, a Bird E and a Bird F summons (8)

-Cecile (1)

-Shea (1)

-Sophie and her Great Spirits (5)

-Luck and his Great Spirits (5)

-Gatoruga and his Great Spirit (2)

-Merle and Tam-Tam (2)

-Admiral Galara and his party Stinger (15)

-Dragon King Matildora and Haku (2)

-Sacred's Rosetta, 2 Saint Kings, and 2 Mage Kings (5)

-Temi (1)

-Habarak (1)

(I'll be decreasing the number of Poppos and Hawks to the minimum, let's hope Temi can perform.)

Since everyone was ready and gathered, Allen could finally go back to doing RTA runs of the Earth Labyrinth.

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