Chapter 49 - Lunatic In The Attic

" We are about to close the shop in an hour. Now, tell me what you need and be quick about it. " Said the shop owner while entwining his moustache. Anyone can tell with that bulky body of his, he must also be the one who forge the steels in sale.

Zio take a look around the shop. There are a lot of armors and weapons from the lowest of quality to the skillfully made ones. But instead of the hammered steels, Zio's eyes were taken prisoner to a certain raw material on the shelves behind the shop's counter.

" Sure, old man. But before that, can I take a look at what's inside that jar on the second rack from the top behind you? " Zio pointed at a jar full of dark-greenish ore that faintly glows inside. The shop owner was taken aback by his request. He instantly knew that the young man that stands before him wasn't just any grass in the meadow.