The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 948: First Sale

The outer areas of the market were the first to be swarmed, as they were the ones selling fresh produce, which the locals would want for their daily meals. Before anything else, the daily shopping needed to be done.

Then, as the initial wave of produce buyers and meat shoppers began to head back home, the other locals in need of goods began to spread through the market.

It was still quite early in the morning, so most of them would be doing their shopping before starting work for the day. But that was the best sort of customers for the market.

If you came before work, it was likely because you actually needed something, not because you wanted a break from work, and were browsing the market during lunch.

A few shoppers passed by their stall with curious looks, off to find healing herbs or other alchemical supplies. That was annoying Remi, who was working in the lab in the Tiny World.

They could be selling potions too, but they werenʼt.

That seemed somewhat unfair to her. She had plenty of stock. But they were only selling like four different kinds of items today, just testing the market.

The annoyance didnʼt last long, though. She had planted some of the new plants she had gotten at their last stop, and they were growing quickly in her space. With those, she could begin to experiment with new potion combinations, just to see what came out.

The anti-aging cream had been a brilliant failure, and Remi had high hopes that with a bit of runic infusion, she could come up with another item that would revolutionize a market.

Finally, someone stopped at the stall, and Lotus internally celebrated as she realized it was a very pregnant young feline beastkin with fluffy grey ears.

”What species does that birthing charm work on?” She asked quietly.

”All of them, excluding the undead and some spectral or elemental species. It works on Dwarves, beastkin, beasts of most sorts, including livestock and pets.” Karl replied evenly.

”So, it should work on the Dwarven Mountain Goats?” She asked.

Karl nodded. ”Indeed. It is Commander Rank, and even if the beast is much more powerful than that, the charm will work to prevent injury during childbirth.”

She dug into her pocket, and Lotus was about to get up from her chair. Ophelia knew that she was going to offer the item at an extreme discount, both because the pregnant woman had fluffy ears, and because it would win her the wager. So, the berserker put a hand on the petite nature cleric and kept her seated.

There were price tags on everything, already reasonable, but Karl waited to see how steep of a discount the locals would start haggling at.

The market prices for such items might be very different here than what he was used to, as they had Trollish shamans all over the farmland. The trolls could use all sorts of magic, so they might be able to do the same sort of spell, which would greatly reduce the value of the items.

The only ones that Karl could guarantee were going to be highly valued were the water creation items, as there had been so much talk of drought.

The woman gave him a faint smile that showed the level of exertion just walking through the market took in her current state, even as an Awakened Rank beastkin.

”And how much water can these rings create? Enough to fill the farmhouseʼs reserve tank?”

Karl frowned. ”I am not from the region, how large is the reserve tank?”

The woman shrugged. ”About four barrels?”

So, about eight hundred litres.

”Yes, it will fill that in under ten minutes. Under five if you have some water magic of your own. Magical items work better when you already have an affinity for them.” Karl agreed.

”Ten minutes from empty? Or from yesterdayʼs use?”

Karl had no idea how much they used in a day.

”From empty. If youʼre not emptying it every day, then you will only need a few minutes for a partial refill every morning.”

The customer nodded, making her ears bounce. ”That is perfect. The tank is enough for a whole weekʼs water, and we usually take the tank cart to the river to refill it if we donʼt get any rain. How pure is the water from the ring?”

Lotus giggled and Karl smiled. ”One hundred percent pure. You see, it actually takes more magic to introduce impurities into magical water. The spell is purely water element, and it wonʼt create anything but pure water.”

That comment gave Rae a great idea. She could have them make an assassinʼs ring. Water Creation with an Overlord Ranked lethal toxin. Just a splash into a drink would be enough, or you could sip from a canteen, then poison it before passing it to your target.

Diabolical, but effective. As long as they didnʼt sense the activation.

Maybe the idea needed refining.

The cat woman reached into her pocket and placed a small selection of uncut raw gems on the counter, then added one more.

”I can offer you this for the two items.” She insisted.

Butterfly got excited about a clear gem, though it was only emitting a Commander Ranked magical signature. If it made the butterfly excited, it was probably an Illusion Elemental Stone of some sort, and that was incredibly rare.

Most likely, the woman didnʼt know what she had, or assumed that the stone was no more valuable than others of similar power levels. But to Karl, it was worth far more than the trade.

The others were mostly Commander Ranked earth gems, but there was a single nature stone in there as well. That could be carved into a spell gem for a healing item.

”You have a deal.” Karl agreed, and took the purchased items out of the case.

The pregnant beastkin waddled away, and Lotus cast a long duration healing spell on her for good luck. She didnʼt look like she was going to make it out of the market without it, much less all the way to whatever farm she lived on.

But that left them with a small problem. There were two items in the first sale, so how did they decide who picked lunch?