First sell
He had turned off the notifications to sleep well and had ended up sleeping until noon the next day. After stretching to get rid of the tiredness he walked over to his desk, sat down and looked at the huge number of notifications one on top of the other, usually all his notifications were about news but today all of them were from the market. There must have been at least a hundred of them !
Slowly he read them, one by one from oldest to newest : he also realized that the guy Benefactorofthewild99 who had tried to trick him yesterday had been sending messages since then, after reading them and realizing he hadn't given up on tricking him he ignored him and read the other messages. Most of them were just like the first guy and tried to trick him however there were a few potential real buyers who had sent messages.
[YouHaveNiceThighs:
Hi mister Pierrot, I was wondering if the dagger is still available or if you have other items of the same type ? My daughter is going on a trip to planet Reso in a few days and I want to give her something to protect herself.]
'This guy is a dad ? What's wrong with your nickname dude...'
[Blacksmith_pierrot:
The dagger is still available and it's definitely a good choice for a girl to defend herself. It is also quite small and light so it won't be cumbersome ! Mister here have really good eyes.]
Of course he had to try and sell the dagger if he could so he didn't mind exaggerating slightly, anybody could see that this dagger was exceptional so saying that that mister had good eyes was definitely exaggerated.
[YouHaveNiceThighs:
Hahah mister Pierrot I don't deserve such praises, then I'll take the dagger. I'll also add you as a friend so if you have any good item you can just show me and I'll take it if I need it !]
[Blacksmith_pierrot:
Then there is no need to call me mister, just Pierrot is good. I'll ship the dagger as soon as I get the money. Have a good day mister.]
As soon as he sent the message he saw his account balance turning from 0$ to 20000$.
[YouHaveNiceThighs:
Then just call me Crane. The additional 1000 is a token of our friendship ! Let's be good friends Pierrot !]
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On another planet not too far from Buton called Hyron, in a gigantic house that looked like a castle was a fat man sitting in front of his computer. Behind him was a young man standing straight dressed like a butler who was looking at the dagger on the screen with sharp eyes.
"Sir was it a good idea to give him your real name ?"
"Hahah who cares ? He sounds like a nice guy, what do you think about the dagger Trost ?"
"It's definitely a good item, it's also the first time I head about such an effect. The blacksmith must be incredibly talented, if it's really the guy you became friend with then you made the right choice."
"I mean can it protect Rose on her trip ?"
"Young Miss can definitely protect herself already but an additional trump card isn't bad."
"I see, thanks for helping me out with these computer stuff that I don't understand Trost, you can take the rest of the day to rest."
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Back to Henry's apartment's he was still on his chair lying down on the backrest of his chair with a satisfied smile plastered on his face.
"This guy is good, first he didn't bargain and he even gave me more ? Hahahah I love him already ! I guess I should send him his stuff fast."
He looked at the address he had been given by Crane and saved it on his holographic lens, he took the dagger inside it's original case and wrapped it with white fabric he had ripped from a sheet, maybe he was being too cautious but him bringing the case to the transport company on videos taken by security cameras didn't sound like a good thing to him.
Planetary transport was done through teleportation so the costs were quite high for normal people but since Crane had given him a bonus he didn't mind using some of it, for 600$ the dagger was transported to planet Hyron and then sent to Crane's address.
The deal had taken less than 2 hours from the moment Henry answered Crane's message to the moment the dagger made it to its destination.
As Henry had taken off the white fabric when putting the box in the teleport station what made it to Crane's place was the pitch black box. He opened it and was surprised by how beautiful the dagger looked in real life, the video made it look average but when seeing it up close it looked like an art piece.
"This is beautiful..."
He touched the handle and felt the same jolt through his body that Henry has felt, his strength and speed stats had been boosted by a bit and then he touched the blade. He definitely felt his body become heavier but he had no reaction.
"This is a good item, most normal humans probably can't contest against it. It won't be useful after the first evolution but until then it is top notch."
He closed the box and called
"Rose ! Come here !"
As their house was the size of a football field he yelled so loudly that the whole house's glasses almost broke. A minute later his daughter came to the entrance of the house dressed in pajamas, she was a pretty girl with beautiful emerald eyes and long dark hair.
"Why are you yelling so loudly ? You woke me up from sleep !"
"Hahah sorry sorry, aren't you supposed to be in school anyway ? Forget it, I've got a gift for you."
He opened the box and handed it to his daughter
"Ohhhh it looks beautiful, who's the blacksmith ?"
"A friend of mine, the characteristics of this dagger are very good. You have to take it on the school trip with you, ok ?"
"Sure."
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Henry on the other hand had used a bit of the money to buy a second dagger for himself that he always kept in his jacket's pocket. Although his survival ability hadn't gone up by much he felt secure when holding the dagger as if nothing and nobody in this world could contend against him. Of course this mindset was wrong as being arrogant would only make him drop his guard in moments when he shouldn't so he tried to forget that feeling.
Every afternoon after school he would take his dagger to a empty space and practice his skills for hours. He used to come here to practice empty handed fighting skills because he didn't own a weapon and he never knew what school could lend him.
A few days went by and Henry had moved from his old apartment, he had found a good apartment with a living room, a kitchen and a bedroom downtown for only 450$ a month. The apartment was big enough for him to move, he had started hating his old one room apartment and had decided to move when he got the money.
For the past few days he had been thinking of how to start his own forge. The best way to do so was to find a house to rent and make it his forge but since planet Buton was small the prices for houses even for rent were sky high !