Chapter 909: Girl Talk

Chapter 909: Girl Talk

Dana walked down the hall of the Admin Room, almost absentmindedly going through the information recording in the gem that the Keeper had given her. As she moved, she heard the clopping of hooves against the wooden floor ahead. Dana looked up curiously, seeing Alme walking by with an equally distracted expression.

“Alme, right?” She called out, causing the centauress to blink and look down at her. “Everything alright? You seem out of it.”

“Out of what?” Alme tilted her head in confusion, before shaking her head. “Sorry, I’ve just got to do some preparations. I promised my dad that I’d help solve Sher Dien’s cultural isolation, so I’m just thinking about what I should work on first.”

Dana blinked, glancing down at the gem in her hand. I can study this later... it will take a while for Fyor to get caught up with the boss’s advanced work. After she thought about that, she looked back up at Alme. “Well, what’s your to-do list?”

“Well, I want to get examples of how each different world’s specialties could help improve the lives of centaurs. Things like Deckan’s card magic and everything.”

Dana gave a small nod of understanding, a wide smile forming on her lips. “Do you want my help? Since I control the shadow world of Deckan, I can get you pretty much any cards you want from there.”

“Shadow world...?” Alme asked in confusion, having never heard that term before.

It took Dana a moment to realize that she had so rarely spoken to anyone that didn’t know about the shadow worlds, before she began explaining. “It’s this special energy that the Keeper taught me how to make. With it, I can create the shadow duplicate of a world, as well as produce people or monsters from it. Since my shadow world is Deckan, I also have the ability to defeat the monsters I produce to gather the cards from them.”

“I see...” Alme nodded her head. “Then, I suppose it is like the Ki of Beginning? That is an energy that he taught to a group of high-ranking centaurs.”

“Sort of!” Dana agreed quickly. “It’s a power on the same level, at least. Either way, it should be easy for me to help you get any kind of cards you want. I can probably help you with the other stuff, as well.”

Alme smiled softly at Dana’s offer, nodding once again. “I think I’d appreciate that, Dana. Can we go to my room to talk?”

Dana gestured for Alme to lead the way, the pair heading through the halls and to a large door, which led to a wide grasslands. “Wow, this is a lot of space.” Dana commented, looking around for any sort of structure.”

“Perhaps.” The centauress shrugged her shoulders, moving away from the door to lay her lower body on the grass. “Centaurs need a lot more room, because we have to exercise a certain amount with our lower body to avoid health complications. That doesn’t apply to gods or those with energy bodies, obviously, but it’s something that we’re simply used to at this point.”

Dana nodded her head. “That’s probably not helping the whole isolationist stuff. From the perspective of other races, centaurs would occupy a lot of unnecessary land that could be used for other development.” As she said that, she moved to sit down next to Alme. “Having an entire world to roam is probably a really good thing for you guys.”

Alme smiled, looking over at Dana. “Thanks. That should be enough to cover Deckan’s side of things. Do you happen to know enough about rune magic to offer advice on that end?”

Unfortunately, Dana shook her head. “My specialty is geometric magic. I’m decent with runes, but if you want to bring in a cultural specialty of Fyor that will impress the centaurs, you’ll want something else. After all, learning a magical language like Runic isn’t something that you can simply expect every centaur to be able to pick up.”

“I had not considered that...” Alme lowered her head, unsure what to do. “Does Fyor have another specialty that we could use?”

“They do!” Dana revealed with a bright smile. “Are you familiar with the Mage Heart stones? It’s a natural crystal, rich in mana, that only grows in Fyor.”

“A crystal that... grows?” Alme blinked in surprise. “I’m sorry, I’m not sure that I follow. I’ve heard of the gem, but what do you mean by growing?”

“Looks like someone hasn’t been paying attention to Fyor’s business.” Dana teased, though it wasn’t surprising. From what she knew, Alme hadn’t had a major role in any big cities lately, and had been mostly wandering the wilds. “It’s something that Dale got a little while back.. Every week, like clockwork, the Mage Heart veins in Fyor replenish themselves. By now, I think the market should have started to stabilize, so it wouldn’t be hard to supply them commercially to other worlds.”

“According to my research, the average human can use a magic crystal valued at one gold to replenish their mana. If you don’t want to buy from Fyor, it’s also possible to buy them from Ryone on the Boundless Caravan, though the price is increased by five times. This is to keep the flow of currency primarily in the mortal world, instead of just sending it back to the gods.”

Alme blinked, nodding quickly as she processed the information. “How much would a gem capable of fueling a fourth-tier spell cost?”

“Ehh... that’s hard to say. It depends on the specific spell, as fourth tier magic varies wildly based on magic system and complexity. Let’s say you’re talking about your average fourth-tier geometric spell... the crystal needed to fuel the activation of that spell would cost between one and two white gold coins.”

Alme pursed her lips, starting to put it all together. “Then, if we create an item that uses mana to project the spell needed for the teleportation card, and capture that spell with dimensium, can we further reduce the cost of the teleportation card?”

Dana blinked slowly, before smiling wide. “That’s right! After all, when you are capturing a spell with dimensium, you don’t need to use enough magic to fully activate the spell, you just need a solidified mana framework for the card to capture. Then, the nature of the spell card will act as a mana generator to prepare the card to be used at a moment’s notice.”

“If we go with this method, we can probably reduce the cost of the card down to one hundred gold, or one white gold coin. By the way, Earth has a similar product, known as the Blood Heart. It’s a specialty of Scarlet’s territory, and functions the same as the Mage Heart, except for the fact that it contains ki instead of mana.”

Alme’s eyes went wide when she heard that. “This could be used for trade with Sher Dien. Ki is a very important energy to centaurs, especially those of higher level.”

The two smiled at one another, discussing various different trade items that could be used to benefit Sher Dien. Dana was rather up to date with the market prices of most goods, having a strong connection to Ryone, so it was easy for her to come up with various products that might be useful at an affordable price.