Chapter 62: The Quest to Save Lily [4]

Chapter 62: The Quest to Save Lily [4]



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Wearing a black tulip dress that accentuated her long indigo hair falling upon her back, Athena walked in.

Her abyssal black eyes quickly ran over the room, before settling down on Amon.

Even though he knew she had no intention of it, Amon felt a shudder pass through his body as those inky black eyes locked with his coal-colored ones.

This was the pressure that naturally exuded off a 9th-order clovist.

Despite having a 10th-order talent, she had never been able to make it to that stage.

This was because of how hard it was to control and master her spatial element.

Nevertheless, it was also powerful enough to make her combat prowess equal to that of a primordial element 10th order clovist, if there was one at least.

Making eye contact with her, Amon saw a flicker of disbelief pass in her eyes before a frown replaced her facial expression.

But she quickly composed herself and walked over to the sofa in the front and settled down. Before he could say something, she started the conversation herself.

"Well well, I must say but even in my wildest dreams, I had never expected you to be here, Student Amon." She looked at him dead in the eyes.

"Now, what are you here for that you require an anonymous transaction?"

Amon suppressed a gulp at those indifferent eyes. He knew she was trying to pressure him.

A natural tactic that businessmen or women use to get deals favored towards their side. He had learned a lot about this type of stuff at the bookstore he worked at.

He smiled at Athena in return.

"I'm here to trade mana cores." He simply replied and waved his hand, making all the 56 mana cores and the single boss core appear on the table in front.

Athena's eyes widened with shock for the first time.

Unlike the manager, she didn't even need to hold them to check the mana quantity and quality.

That was because she could see the mana in them through her spatial element.

At her words, he kept eye contact with her again for a few seconds, observing her silently. Before finally he heaved a deep sigh and waved his hand, making all of the cores disappear. He stood up, bowing a little and locking gazes with her again.

"Then I guess we are done then, Miss Athena. I'll try my luck on Locke Market then."

Breaking eye contact with her, he turned and started to head towards the door, ignoring her piercing gaze that was still on it.

However, just as his hand reached out towards the doorknob, Athena's voice resounded in the

room again.

"Wait, come back. We can still negotiate."

A smile spread on his lips. One that she couldn't see.

He knew it. That she would agree with his deals.

These cores were very important to her now that she had found them. She couldn't let them

go.

Besides the hidden fact that HOU was desperately trying to find mana cores right now to overtake Locke Market and claim the 1st spot as well, these cores were also needed for Athena to improve her spatial rings.

By studying how they stored so mana in a contracted design, she would be able to further lessen the size of spatial objects while keeping the same space inside them.

Or, she could finally cross the threshold of space that could be stored by a normal ring.

The space etched on a ring could even turn into infinite.

But for that, she needed to get her hands on the mana cores and learn from them.

And even if he wasn't willing in the end to sell them, she was definitely not going to let him sell to Locke Market and widen the gap between the two companies.

This was why, she would definitely agree to his deal. No matter how ridiculous it was.

Turning back, he walked back to his seat and sat down with a calm expression again.

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