As he had went through a huge battle and drenched by a rainstorm, Yue Yang was ** from head to toe (TL: censored in raws). Additionally, he was holding onto the little Hydra which was larger than a calf. The scene looked extremely unpleasant.
Some mercenaries were curious as to how a kappa-like person had teleported back. But as they looked closer, they cried out while pointing to the little Hydra, asking, “This, this is?”
“A cat.” Yue Yang was the best at lying with his eyes open.
“……” All the mercenaries that heard it fell onto the ground.
Who would not recognise a Hydra?
If this were a cat, then the Mammoth Elephant was a rat!
Yue Yang did not want to care about these idlers who sat in all day long in front of the Warriors’ Guild drinking beer and chatting. He held the little Hydra and ran at a breakneck speed. He rushed towards a warriors’ inn in the Auction House and directly looked for the captain of the Storm Mercenary Group, prepared to initiate the exchange between him and the other party using the little Hydra.
The captain of the Storm Mercenary Group was a 25 or 26 year old male. According to the adolescence period of Soaring Dragon Continent’s people and their slightly longer lifespans, he was still counted as a young lad who had just matured. He was very similar to the young adults on Earth aged around 17 or 18. In fact, if a guy on the Soaring Dragon Continent married at the age of 30, it was still considered marrying early. Many males from commoner families would only get married at around 35 or 36 years old, or even at the age of 40. Only girls would marry earlier. This Storm Troop Captain’s face was still very young, but he had intentionally grown a full beard to show maturity and heroism. Even his actions and speech were mimicking a 30-40 years old adult. When Yue Yang looked at him, why did he feel that this guy was a little like a child posing as an adult?
Of course, how other people dressed up was unrelated to him. It would be fine as long as he managed to trade for the Fruit of Wisdom and the Lustrous Branch.
“I’m sorry, but I’ve already given the Fruit of Wisdom to someone, so… I can only offer the Lustrous Branch in exchange. If you feel that it’s not suitable, how about three hundred gold coins to make up for it?” This captain named Feng Rui really liked the little Hydra that Yue Yang had brought back, but he felt a little awkward towards the conditions that Yue Yang offered.
“What would I need money for?!” Yue Yang was irritated.
After spending all that effort risking his life to capture the little Hydra, the Fruit of Wisdom was gone.
Actually, Yue Yang was really lacking in money. After purchasing the teleportation scrolls and the beast eggs for Ye Kong and the others, he had already spent all of his previous savings along with the hundred gold reward.
But, in comparison to the Fruit of Wisdom that was worth thousands of gold, compensating for it with three hundred gold was essentially a huge joke.
Even if he did not have gold, Yue Yang could slowly accumulate it, but the Fruit of Wisdom was difficult to obtain, and would not be possible to be bought with money… If Yue Bing’s Treeman Warrior had the Fruit of Wisdom and the Lustrous Branch, he believed that its strength would rise by a few times. If the Heart of the Oak Tree was added, then it might even be able to rise in level from Bronze-ranked Level 3 to Bronze-ranked Level 5. Not only that, the most important aspect for beasts was intelligence.
So, this Fruit of Wisdom had to be acquired no matter what.
It had to be one of the conditions for the trade.
“Brother, this Hydra is really ugly, it’s better if we don’t take it! My classmate bought a Winged Rabbit egg, if it’s incubated, the cute little Winged Rabbit after eating the Green Leaf of Life from this Lustrous Branch might evolve, so let’s not exchange after all!” A big loli that was not much older from Yue Bing stood behind, attracting the attention of her older brother.
“Hey, don’t cause trouble.” When that captain Feng Rui heard her words, black line formed in his forehead. Not exchanging for a Hydra, but to use the Lustrous Branch’s leaves to feed a Winged Rabbit with completely no battle ability?
There was a huge, majestic man that was accompanying her at her side. He was probably the Guard Captain of Feng Rui’s group.
He tried to persuade Yue Yang, saying, “Friend, we’ve already given the Fruit of Wisdom to someone. No matter what, it’s not going to come back. From what I can see, we shouldn’t give up on the trade. Right now, we don’t have much money to make up for it, but we can still owe you one first. When we get another Fruit of Wisdom next time, we’ll give it to you. Of course, we can give you gold if you want. We can pay you no less than two thousand gold, but this will have to wait until the year ends since we don’t have that much money at the moment. If you are willing, then we can sign an official agreement at the Warriors’ Guild.”
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