Spectral Regalia

Ch 30: Thirst for Knowledge

Avrin had been listening since the two made their way across the room. It seemed those mana traps didn't affect them, could it be there was some sort of system to differentiate certain people? In any case he would have to look at it later on. Right now, he dared not miss a word those two spoke, when he heard mythological his interested had peaked.

They continued their conversation with Menzo speaking first "hurry up and tell me what is it for?!" The man chuckled and grinned before replying "it tells the location of a chunk of raw sky metal..."

Avrin didn't know how to react. He remembered the most pricey book was 30,000 and titled Sky Metal The Enigma. It would make sense that it would be important considering the books level was unique he could also tell by how hard Menzo was breathing. The man in the room knew Menzo was about to burst with excitement so decided to show him. He reached into his dark cloak and pulled out a cloth in the shape of a flat square around 5 inches tall and 3 inches wide. Of course avrin did not know this was the case as he only guessed it was revealed by Menzo's words of excitement.

"I..I can't believe it..this is the real thing..the markings...the material so delicately made...it has nearly no erosion on the carved text...Where did you get this?.." Avrin figured this was a chance to continue doing what he came here to do. He went over from the corner he hid and made his way to the front desk where he reopened the part of the showcase desk where he had previously done so before he resealed it.

avrin had reached into the showcase and took all the expensive books without hesitation, of course there was one more thing he wanted and he had a plan to retrieve it. The book keeper didnt really do anything bad to him but Avrin would let nothing get in his way to achieve the highest peak in this universe.

As he held the books together in a stack with his left arm he looked around before carefully approaching the door. he wanted to try something new with his nebula mist. Of course, he was going on impulse, he had no idea whether the man with Menzo was strong or not. Avrin began to emit a thick nebula mist from his right palm and it began to seep into the room he was in. In the meantime the men continued to talk.

"Heh...You know me, I bought it off some clueless merchant in in the northern continent Ailera. You won't believe how much profit I've been making ever since you taught me how to identify stuff.." Menzo nodded as he held a sort of magnifying glass in the room lit by a magical lamp. he was looking over the mythological tablet but was having trouble reading it "How much did you buy this for?"

The man folded his arms with a nod "10 gold. I think I did fairly well. Why do you ask?.." Menzo grinned and spoke "This tablet by itself is worth a few million gold coins....could you imagine how much that sky metal would be?...In the whole of Seleria, all the accounts of sky metal existing have been nearly non existent. King Leo Zircus supposedly has a chunk, as well as the beast tribe chief Giron. But these are rumors.. Bah, either way, to my knowledge no one on Seleria knows how to smith such a enigmatic metal" Menzo spoke as if lecturing the man to which he replied with a chuckle "Hehe, who could learn when no one has gotten their hands on it..."

Menzo nodded in agreement before speaking. In the meantime a strange purple mist began to seep in through the bottom opening of the door "If we manage to get that chunk we would have enough gold to make our own city. Who could afford to buy something so expensive...?"

the door began to creak slowly as the men spoke, neither noticing it "why don't we sell it in pieces? Maybe we could make more?" As the two deliberated the door burst open revealing a dark purple mist outside of it that began to seep in but the reactions of the two were in horror as their hearts felt as if they were going to burst.

Menzo was the first to speak as he yelled "W..What is this!! " he backed away with the tablet. the room itself didn't have a proper window, only an opening with iron bars. The man looked around frantically before pulling out a steel short sword from his waist.