Cross Tail

My eyes glittering by the pair of metallic fingertips gloves covering my hands. This is, after all, my first magic item, so it's natural that I'm so excited.

"This is so cool, what its name old gramps?" I exclaimed in amazed and asks.

The old gramps answer the little brat in a casual manner, "It's called the Cross Tail"

Cross Tail?

I looked at the pair of metallic fingertips gloves once more and examine it carefully, unexpectedly I find a thin wire in each fingertip: "Wire?"

The old gramps describes its uses specifically: "Cross Tail is a magic item that can be used to trap something. In fact, the wire threads running through it actually can also be used in various ways to attack, defend against, or immobilize opponents, of course, if you can mobilize it wisely"

I exclaimed once again: "Wow, so amazing"

The old gramps shakes his head inwardly, it's just a common magic item.

"Focus is the most needed thing to learn to manipulate the wire thread of Cross Tail. So, at the same time, with this magic item, you can also train and sharpen your mind since learning magic requires mental ability, concentration, and patience. I think this is the most suitable for beginner mage like you"

"Oh!" Leo astonished, then tilting his head slightly, "Does every magic item have this function?"

Of course no you bumpkin!

He wondered whose family did this little brat belonged to, has he never seen a magic item before? This little brat looks very the first time to know the magic item.

"..."

It must be this little brat's family is quite poor, so they are can't even afford to buy a single magic item, such a poor child! After guessing the little brat family's circumstance, the way he looked at the little brat become softer than before.

Leo doesn't seem to pay him certain attention, "Old gramps, how much for this magic item?"

"It's fine, just take it and go home quickly!" it's just a toy after all.

"You mean this is my reward?" I was taken aback.

What should I do, this old man is too cheap even though earlier I was just joking. Suddenly I was worried about the future prospects of this magic item shop, at the same time I also looking at old gramps with sympathy eyes.

"..." why do I feel like being remorse by a brat?

Leo pleased after receiving a cheap reward from a cheap old gramps, and then I suddenly remember something, "Right, old gramps do you sell any interesting books?"

Book? this is a magic item shop, of course, he only sells anything related magic item. Does this brat think this is magic books store or what-... he halts his thought in halfway as suddenly he seems recalled something about a particular book.

"A minute!"

He went upstairs again and returned in a few minutes later and this time he brought something different from the previous one.

"Here, the book you want!"

I looked at the black book which old gramps offers. It looks like an ordinary book but it's a weird one because the book is untitled, its cover is completely black and a bit dirty...

Nevermind, as long it's an interesting book he will buy it, "How much old gramps?"

The old gramps secretly grinned from ear to the ear as he intends to swindler this little brat as the payback earlier, "500 silver coins"

If only Leo could read the old gramps's mind, maybe he would curse this old thing: childish! unfortunately, he can't.

Leo shocked, "How much?!" God, he is too black! isn't it's just an old book?

"I said 500 silver coins brat. You know, even one normal rank magic item cost a gold coin, I give you half price because I find you actually pleasing in my eyes" he rebukes the little brat.

The magic tool is divided into several levels: Unranked, Normal, Elite, Star, Diamond, Epic, Legend. Unranked item magic is a magic item that usually appears among common peoples and the price is fairly much cheaper than a Normal rank magic item.

For example, the Cross Tail is an unranked magic item which does not have significant uses and you don't need to insert mana to active it. The price is also radically cheap.

As for Normal rank and above, its price is can only be measured by gold coin. There are also some magic items that cannot be bought by money only.

I looked at the old gramps with full of dubious eyes as though I was facing an old swindler in the street, just where did the kind old gramps earlier go?

Even so, I still pay it since I have a lot of money anyway.

Leo left after paying the book. He didn't even bother himself to check its content because he had plenty of free time to read later when he arrived at the inn.

Once Leo has left, another customer enters Grumpy Codex.

This time is an attractive woman with distinctive long, beautiful crimson hair that reaches down to her thighs. She has an alluring body which is covered by red robes with her voluptuous cleavage which when men see her, they will drooling without a doubt.

"Mr. Bodu, have you prepared the blood that I wanted?"

Mr. Bodu looks unconcerned about the appearance of the woman in front of him, he just takes out a tiny bottle containing thick red liquid inside without saying a word.

The attractive woman seems to be disappointed: "Just a drop?"

Mr. Bodu: "..." Does she think the Holy Beast's blood can be drawn from the chicken's body?

"Can you give me one more drop?"

"..."

"Come on, just a drop!"

"..."

"Speak human!"

"..."

Seeing the old man in front of her had no intention of speaking, she was angry and wanted to leave immediately, "I'm going, bye!"

"Pay!"

"Dammit, you only willing to talk when you collect money!" The attractive woman throws a small pouch at Mr. Badu.

When she was about to step outside, she paused and turned her head toward Mr. Badu, "Oh right, who was that boy just now?"

Mr. Badu: "... just a lost boy"

...

In a room, there was an elderly man with full long white hair and a thick white mustache and beard that reached down to his chest. He was sitting while holding several papers in his hand.

Then, in the next moment, a Beastman which hardly resembles the others of his kind, Rat Race. He is taller than most humans with his slanted, blue eyes and grayish colored fur. In fact, he is resembling a human more than the others of his kind.

He handed over some paper to the elderly man,

"Headmaster, these are the files of the new students for today"

"Oh..."

"Today, we also have three new recommended students ..." The Beastman handed over three rolls of paper which were letters of recommendation.

"Three?"

"Yes, last year, the academy only received one recommended student while the other one did not use it. I think that 'the other one' is one of the three recommended students this year"

"Hmm..." The headmaster checked the scrolls one by one. If you pay close attention, there is a slight change in his facial expression when he inspects each of the scrolls.

"They are good seedlings," he stroked his thick beard softly.

The Beastman was a bit astonished to hear the Headmaster's praise. Although he already knew that each student's recommendations had enormous potential, however, to hear the praise from the Headmaster's mouth directly was very rare.

The headmaster doesn't even say anything to students who were recommended in previous years.

It seems like this year, the academy will be noisier than in previous years, owing to the fact that this year there are three recommended students in one year at a time.

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