The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

16. The Center of the Market

The Heaven Peak Palace was the center of the Rest Night City and there were lots of paths extending from the palace in every direction.

Although the buildings around were not as splendid as the Heaven Peak Palace, they were still exquisite buildings of all kinds. Most of the buildings of the same type were located in the same zone, making the Rest Night City look extremely charming.

Inside of those buildings lived the people of the most advanced race in the Netherworld, the nether people in the Three Worlds.

They were the first race that had existed in the world right after the Netherworld came into being. They were called the nether people for short and favored by the King of the Netherworld. Therefore, in their view, they were superior to any other races which had been born after them or moved to this city. In the meantime, other races knew that the nether people got support from the King of the Netherworld, so they wouldn't dare to offend the nether people, either.

That was why the Rest Night City had been divided into several zones. Different races lived in different zones and had their own culture.

The boy only brought his hairless Flying Chicken with him after he had run out from the Heaven Peak Palace. Nonetheless, he had a habit of picking up something on the sly.

He had no plan to change that habit even after he died. Therefore, he took one of the Demon Beast eggs secretly from the worship table while the old man in white wasn't noticing.

The boy hadn't been playing around these days. Actually, he had pried into lots of things.

He had thought that the Demon Beast eggs were only a few ordinary eggs and that chickens would be hatched from those eggs sometime.

However, after he had inquired into the information about the Demon Beast eggs, he knew that it was hard for those eggs to be hatched. It was said that the master of the egg had to pour his or her own Spiritual Power into the egg every day until the egg broke. Otherwise, the hatched Demon Beast wouldn't listen to its master.

In a word, the Demon Beasts were troublesome.

Another important piece of information was that the Demon Beasts were actually worth lots of money.

The old man in white said that the Demon Beast eggs on the table were all in high level and rare to be seen in the Three Worlds. Most of the time, they were not able to be bought. Once a high-level Demon Beast, in or out of the egg, showed up in the market, it would be bought at a high price.

Anyway, the old man in white only wanted the boy to stay away from the Demon Beast eggs after saying so much. Once the boy broke one of them, the palace would lose a high-level Demon Beast.

Though the boy agreed that he wouldn't touch the eggs, he still stole one egg after the old man in white had left. Then he ran away at once.

The boy felt that it would be such a waste for the eggs to be put on the table. Why not let him trade the eggs for money? One should always fill his pocket with money in case any accident would happen. When he had to live on the street, he would need the money for his journey. After thinking about that, the boy left the palace with the Demon Beast egg in his pocket.

However, he didn't know that the moment he stole one of the eggs, the King of the Netherworld who had been sleeping in the main palace suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the door of the palace with the silver gem on his forehead flickering cold light...

The boy left from the north gate of the palace. However, after he had stepped out of the barrier of the palace, he was transmitted to the center of the market right away.

The center of the market was a common area for all the races. This was one of the most equitable places in Rest Night City because there was no racial discrimination here.

The market was constituted by ten wide green stone roads which eventually gathered in one place.

The zone was in a prime location. Every store in this area had more than ten times the rent of the stores of other areas. Only really rich people could afford to rent the stores here.

However, in order to guarantee fairness, the people who governed the market were not biased towards the noble nether people.

The zone was divided into a few parts for different races. As long as a race could offer the price, the people of that race could rent the land there. The people in charge would only give the land to other races in need if the former owner was not able to pay the rent.

This zone was regarded as a prime location for a reason. The number of customers here was almost dozens of times that of the other zones.

Someone would rent a store here with all the money available since the cost would be recovered within several months. In short, this place was the hottest place in the city.

After the boy had been transmitted to the corner of the Market Zone, he ran toward the center right away.

Why did he know about the location of the center of the Market Zone?

Because he had already planned this trip a few days ago. He had asked for a map of the Market Zone from the old man in white. After he had studied the map for a few days, he already kept it in his mind. Besides, the King had only given him an hour. So the boy couldn't waste his time playing. Otherwise, his Demon Beast egg wouldn't be able to be sold.

The only thing he needed to do was making full use of every minute.

The boy ran at a fast speed. Ever since his body had been changed, he was two or three times faster than before. However, he didn't find that himself.

In no time, he stopped in front of a store that sold the Demon Beast eggs specifically...