Chapter 41: Getting Some Coin and Food

He was surprised that he had some notifications waiting for him to see. It seemed that practicing aura like that with Declan improved his aura skill.

[Fighter’s Will lvl 9 -> lvl 11]

Julius was tearing through the levels for [Fighter’s Will]. It wouldn’t be long until he was able to evolve it.

Sadly, Declan had to get back to his duties, leaving Julius alone in the guardhouse. He told him he was free to explore and let him know where the market was. It seemed that Declan had even sensed the cores Julius was carrying and was kind enough to point him to a place where could sell them.

That was where Julius was headed. He wanted to sell his cores to get some money. He was fortunate that he didn’t have to pay for room and board, but he would still like some coin. According to Declan the entrance exam for Goldencrest was in a few days. Julius was lucky, he had made it here just in time. He didn’t know if he could still take it if he missed it or if he would have to wait for next semester, but he was glad he didn’t need to find out. So while he might not have a lot of time before the exam, he still wanted to explore the city a little bit before then.

Declan said he would sign Julius up for it and all he needed to do was show up. Julius didn’t know what would be on the exam, it was a secret that not even Lukas was privy to. Julius knew affinities played a large part but there have been cases where those without excellent or perfect affinities got in. He was hoping that he would also be one of those exceptions.

Julius finally made it to the market that Declan directed him to. There were many permanent shops set up in buildings but there was also a large square where many merchants set up their tents. Declan told him to find a shop named Albert’s Emporium, he said that the man was trustworthy and wouldn’t scam a child.

It took him some time and asking a couple of people for directions, but eventually he found the shop. There was a large simple sign stating, “Albert’s Emporium” over the front door. Confident that he found the place, Julius walked through the door. There were several people inside shopping around. However, he walked up to the counter, where an older gentleman was sitting.

“Hi, are you Albert?” Julius asked the man.

“Yep, what can I do for you sonny?” The man said.

“Declan told me you would buy cores for a good price,” Julius said.

“Well I don’t know about a good price, but I do buy them. Let’s see what you have,” Albert waved his arm at the counter.

Julius took the two normal troll cores out of his new pants, placing them down on the felt mat. The man picked one of them up with a pair of gloves and examined them.

“Hmm, Tier 3 life core, not something you see often, especially on a kid. You selling it for someone?” Julius nodded in affirmation, nobody would have believed him if he said he hunted them himself. “This one doesn’t have any wood or nature aspects, so I assume it was from some sort of monster with a healing factor. At Tier 3, it is probably from a troll or something similar.” Albert decided after a moment.

Julius was impressed, the man got it spot on. “Yes, they are cores from trolls. How much would you buy them for?”

Julius didn’t know much about currency or what the cost of normal things was in this world. He knew that ten coppers for a silver coin, ten silvers for a gold coin, and ten gold for a platinum coin. But other than that, he had no idea what the general market price for a Tier 3 life affinity core was. However, he did see a Tier 3 water core on the wall above the counter selling for two gold, so he expected something close to that.

“I could take them off your hands for three gold and four silver,” Albert offered Julius.

“How much would you sell them for?” Julius decided to straight up ask the man.

Albert paused, thinking about how he was going to answer. “I would probably sell them for two gold each.”

“Really? Even though that water core is selling for two gold, I thought life cores were less common than water cores.” Julius pointed out with an innocent face.

Julius could see the man try to hide a grimace. “Probably a silver or two more,” he admitted.

“You can have them for four gold,” Julius told the man.

“No way, four gold is too much, three and eight silver is the most I will do. Even for a friend of Declan.” Albert refuted.

“Nine silver and you got a deal,” Julius said as he reached out a hand.

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The man looked at his hand and gave him the first inkling of a smile since Julius came in. “Okay three gold and nine silver, you got a deal,” he said as he shook Julius’s hand.

“So how much would you really sell them for?” Julius asked Albert as he was counting out the coins.

“I could probably get close to two and a half to three gold right now, but if I hold onto them until the price goes up then maybe four,” Albert told him.

“And what would be the most you would have given me?”