Danmachi - Merchant of Orario

To Sell is to Live

After selling to the one adventurer from the Loki familia no one else came. With Domnus very much wanting to pay the Goibmiu familia so he would no longer be in debt, Domnus decided on something insane, to sell draws from the Deck of Many Things.

The Deck of Many Things looks like a simple card deck, its effects activate when a card is drawn. Once a card is drawn it will began glowing and activate. The effect is determined by a symbol on the front of the card. The deck never seems to loose cards.

Domnus had only seen it been activated three times.

The first had a picture of a Jester the effect would either give you a ton of XP, or allow you to draw two more cards. The second was a Key which immediately gives you a magic weapon, the Key is where Domnus's sickles came from. The final time he saw it activate was with what looked like a skull, which summons a grim reaper to kill whoever drew the card.

The previous owner of the deck is the one who pulled Jester and Skull. After his death Domnus took the deck but only pulled it once.

To sell a single draw from this deck would be a gross misuse of an item which should not be where it is in the first place. However, Domnus needed the money so his hands were tied.

Putting up new sign of the deal an adventurer immediately took notice.

"Hello!" a friendly adventurer greeted Domnus, "What is this 'Deck of Many Things' that I could draw from?" she asked.

"It's a deck that can do many different effects," Domnus says trying to be mysterious, "It could change your life forever,"

"Interesting ," the adventurer says looking at the price of three thousand valis, "So anything can happen?" she asks making sure.

"Yes anything, not even I can tell you what this can do," Domnus said masking that he knows almost nothing about the deck.

"I'll try it out!" the adventurer said while handing over the money, "Who knows? It may change my life forever," she said with a smile.

Taking the money and grabbing the deck from his bag Domnus thought that this was a decently nice person.

"What's your name?" Domnus asks the adventurer.

"Oh, my name is Atossa!" she said with a smile drawing a card.

As soon as the card left the deck it began to glow Atossa took a look at the face of the card revealing that it was a bright green gem in the front.

The card then disappeared from her hand. Twenty five pieces of jewelry then fell at her feet to the amazement of both Atossa and Domnus.

"Anything," Atossa repeated Domnus's words in amazement as she looked at her new jewelry.

"Yes," Domnus said with a smile, "You got really lucky though," Domnus said while putting up the cards.

"Hmm" she hummed , turning back to Domnus, "Could I do it one more time?" she asked

"Are you sure?" Domnus replied, "Bad things can come from this," Domnus warned.

"Well," she said back with a smile, "Let's just hope I'm that lucky again," she said.

"Well if you think so," Domnus said.

"I think this will be enough," Atossa said taking a few of the jewels off the ground and putting on Domnus's stand.

"That will do it," Domnus said while taking the cards out, "Here's hoping," he said.

"Yes, let's hope," she said drawing another card.

As she drew the card and looked for the picture, she saw the spire of a tower. The card glowed once more but this time a much more intense light. Domnus couldn't see Atossa from beyond the light.