Chapter 23

Chapter 23

[Furui Ichiba no Tō] (Japanese translation for Old Market Tower) is one of the oldest, standing tower here in this world, [The World of Turret]. This tower emerged thousand years ago and was first managed and been develop into a fine market place a hundred years later. Even though it was the oldest tower, it wasn't able to reach [High Rank] and only manage to develop until [Middle Rank]. But even so, this tower still packed with people from different places, different tower, and different races.

The [Furui Ichiba no Tō] has 60 floors filled with nothing but a market place, from small stall to a huge shopping district, which is why this tower was named [Furui Ichiba no Tō], a tower of old market. Markets are divided in this tower by 3 levels, the [Short End Market] which is installed from floor 20 to floor 40. [Mid Market] is found at floor 70 to floor 90, while [High Fund Market] can be visited in floor 110 to floor 120.

[Short End Market] sell low to mid quality materials and products like low level healing potion or swords made from iron. [Mid Market] display mid to high quality to products in their stores. Their equipment, weapons, potions, and etc are made from materials that can only be obtain from level 1, 000 monsters and above. While in [High Fund Market], they sell high to excellent quality materials, some of it were treasures obtained inside the tower, or rare loot or drop items from monster.

Peddlers or merchants at [Short End Market] can sell their products in [Mid Market] if they were able to achieve some great feats in their stall or store, excellent example would be able to get at least a 100 gold earning everyday, or 10 people purchase any materials for 10 gold coins.

Different merchants and peddlers come and go in this tower to sell their products, trade their goods, or buy some stuff and more. Adventurers do come here too, to venture the tower to raise their levels, polish their skills, to fill their curiosity, to gain fame, to loot treasures, and to to merely explore some places they never once before. Though this tower is full of markets, they do still have thier high Inns and some relaxing places for people to rest and relax.

And this time around, me and Lucrane are heading towards floor 88, the [Mid Market] where we will be selling our goods and products that we store and gain in our tower, basically all the crops we harvested, the woods we chop, and the fishes we captured. We also selling some of the monster loot we got in our 1st floor. Right after selling our loot, we will then proceed to floor 115 to buy some stuff the two of us decided to bring back to our tower.

"Should we go now?"

As I then nodded to her words, the of us then proceed to the [Transmission Point] as we moved from the ground floor towards floor 88.

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(Let us go back to the day before we went towards the [Furui Ichiba no Tō])

After our Barn has been built, Lucrane and I merely lazed around for the whole day. As we are napping comfortably under the gaze of the sun and gentle caress of the wind, I then suddenly thought of something I was curious about

"What other [Farm Monsters] do you have here other than {Chickens}?"

I asked. Lucrane then slowly opened her eyes and frown as she looked at me

"You really have to ask that when I am about to sleep?"

I then look at her and teasingly smiled which she responded with a bonk on my forehead.

Sigh

"Other than {Chickens}, we have {Sheep}, {Cow}, {Pig}, {Goat}, {Duck}, {Alpaca}, and {Deer}. Why do you ask anyway?"

"Can we summon other monsters here that aren't yet available in our tower? I remember what you said last time that as long we keep them here for a long time, the tower will recognized it as if it was its own"

I said as I recall the time when Lucrane explained everything about the tower's features on me, it was before we headed out to explore the outside world of the tower.

"You have a good memory, and yes, we can. Why? Do you want to add some [Farm Monsters] in our tower?"

I then nodded to her words and further explain my intention

"We have a lot of remaining space in the Barn, especially the 2nd floor, and we do also needed some new materials here in our tower, so I thought 'why not summon some other monsters here then?"

"Which one?"

"Maybe-no, we should go for the {Sheep}, {Pig}, and {Cow} in this matter. {Cow} will give us milk and meat while-do {Cow} here provide milk?"

I ask as I suddenly realized that [Farm Monsters] here are different to the farm animals we have back in my world. Lucrane then nodded

"Where do you think cake and butter came from then?"

"I see... That was indeed quite a stupid question. To continue further, while {Sheep} produce wools and also meat, {Pig} could only produce meat, it is still beneficial in our daily life especially in meal. We also needed to add more {Chickens} in the process"

"I see, that is indeed true"

Lucrane was then lost in thought as she tried analyzing what I just stated. It took just a mere moment of silence before she responded to my suggestion

"We only have this dress for almost a month living here, so I think we also needed to shop some while we are at it"

As she said that as she lift her upper body up and sat down while holding her dress, I then gaze at myself and realized, just today, that we indeed wore the same thing over and over and over again. We do wash them then dry them up right after, but it seems that we didn't realized the importance of clothes and stuff.

"In that case, we have more reason to go out then. We should better go now"

As she said that, she then stood up and stretch her body.

"How much does eggs sell in his world? How about milk and wool?"

"We sell egg by bundle with 6 pieces each, and each bundle goes for 5 silver coins. Wools fetch much more as every pound will sell up to 1 big silver coins to 2 big silver coins, the higher the grade the higher the price. Milk is being sold by gallon, and 1 gallon of milk cost 30 silver coins to 1 big silver coin and 15 silver coins"

'Pound? Gallon?'

"Do you have some weighing scale or something in here to determine the weight of those products?"

"Of course we do, if we don't, some people could easily deceive any buyers of theirs to buy their product. Like how you can add a ton of water inside a container with a milk to make it look like a 1 gallon of pure milk. No one but the seller itself knew about it, not until it was tasten by the buyer. But those kind of preventive measure aren't that much useful especially if the seller is quite rowdy or hot blooded. Those days were quite hectic for everyone especially for the buyer and the baker, as those milk can't give off a good texture and flavor to any dessert, and the buyers are always to be blamed about it"

Lucrane then place her left hand to her hips and continue

"With a lot of protest ongoing from the buyer's side, someone from the [Craftsmanship Guild] then invented a scale that let them see what is inside a certain object, [Component Analyzer]. There were a lot of errors came in before it was made but later on it was able to perform at excellent service. It can analyze what are the ingredients mixed or used inside a certain product, or materials, like cake, which is made from the very basic ingredients: flour, sugar, egg, butter, and milk. Weapons, armor, and artifacts are exceptions in this"

"It could also weight by how much the said ingredients was mixed inside the said product. With this, the buyer will also know by how come content are they intaking in that said product. There are times when we market products increase which will result on the buyers making some extreme measures to still sell their products, like how we can make a cake without eggs on it. Some costumer sometimes doesn't want that, so this equipment will help them discern which among them has it, low on it, or has complete set on it"

"That totally outmatched our weighing scale by a lot"

Which is true, not only does this equipment could analyze what are inside of a certain object but also by how much were mixed inside of it, not only does it could protect the customers from scam but also prevent those scammer to scam.

"For gallon measured product like milk, we simply use the same container with the same weight and shape. With that, no one could get confused when buying or selling a liquefied item"

"Okay that is an outstanding move right there"

"Also, goods like egg or milk can be sold in much higher price than their original price by the quality of the one who are producing them"

"You mean by their level or their evolution?"

I asked in confusion

"By their level of course, [Farm Animals] like {Chickens} and {Cows} doesn't evolve to much higher form like {Goblin Hobbit}, but they do have the ancestral blood of the other monsters that may or have may look like them, like {Cockatrice}"

"{Cockatrice}? Is that the giant chicken one that have an eyes that could petrify anyone who look at it?"

"You are right about the last but {Cockatrice} doesn't have any features of a {Chickens}, but their origins does have. With an exception on its head have the same form or like a {Chickens} comb, the {Cockatrice} has no further feature that resembles a {Chicken}. The origin of the {Cockatrice} is when a foreign female {Albino Red Wyvern} unexpectedly meet a {Giant Black Cock} and fell for it-"

"Wait hold up right there Missy!"

Lucrane then tilted her head in puzzlement as I out of nowhere stopped her, but I needed to confirm something if what I have heard was correct or not

"You mean, a foreign female {Albino Red Wyvern} ACCIDENTALLY meet, a {Giant Black Cock} in her way, and fell for it?"

"Yes, why?"

"A residential {Giant. Black. Cock}, and a foreign female monster?"

"And? You are being weird here"

'Am I the only one who felt like this story was ripped from a certain porn site?'

"I-It's nothing, please continue"

As I said as I made a gentlemanly gesture to her. Lucrane then continue her explanation with a baffled look on me

"A {Giant Black Cock} is a four-legged black male {Chicken} that reaches 4 to 5 meters in height. It has a wingspan of 6 meters in length. They can vary from gray to black in color"

'What a giant cock'

"An {Albino Red Wyvern} is a white scaled {Red Wyvern} that is a rare among the {Wyvern} species. {Wyvern} is a type of a {Dragon} with only 2 legs which are located at the back. It has claws attached to its wings, at its wrist joint, that they sometime uses to help them walk on the ground, or climb a steep mountain. They are sometimes called as a 'Lesser Dragon' and somewhat being look down by the other {Dragons}. {Red Wyvern} are {Wyverns} that specialize in fire magic. They have red flaming body that is being engulfed by fire, and they tend to live in a nearby volcano or hotspring"

"I see"

'So they also have hotspring here ha'

"When the {Albino Red Wyvern} meet the {Giant Black Cock}, both then fell to each other in fist sight and copulate. Though inbreeding aren't that rare, but they are few to none sightings or information about [Dragon Species] that mate to a different race, so this kind of situation seems to be a myth for everyone. And right after months of being with each other, the {Albino Red Wyvern} then gave birth as she laid a giant egg. After 9 months being on its mother's care, the egg then hatched, and what came out was something the mother and father didn't expect to see. The said baby was born with the feature the same as its mother, a {Wyvern}. But rather it seems that the youngling has taken the genes of its father more than its mother as it walked like a {Chicken} than a {Wyvern}. Though both are quite worried about their child, they still supported it until it grew. A group of level 1, 230 adventurers accidentally meet it when it was feeding to a {Buffalo}. It said that it reaches till 2 meters in height, with scale like of a {Dragon} and a long serpentine tail. And the one who survived from such unexpected confrontation told that it can make anyone into a stone just from its gaze. A local farmer called it {Cockatrice} for a reason that it walked like a {Chicken}"

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There were no informations about how long would a dragon egg hatch so I use the bearded dragon and komodo dragon hatching time as a reference

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"What level does this monster anyway?"

"It only appear at [High Rank] tower and above with level that goes from level 1, 000 to 2, 000. Though the myth was quite intriguing, no one really knows the reason about its existence other than the god who made it"

"In my world, cockatrice is a chicken with a tail of a snake head. It has petrifying gaze that can stun anyone who looked at it, and deadly poison"

"Why?"

"Well, it has a lot of legend about its origin that I don't know also"

"I see. Though none really can pinpoint the real origin about this monster, it still a formidable one to fight. Other than its petrifying eyes, it has a toxic breath that could make anyone inhale it go crazy for 20 seconds, and they will even attack their own comrade like a mindless beast. Its poison from its claw is deadly that is a most used assassination tool when silencing someone, while its claw can cut any armor like butter. Its scale is hard and tough, and can't easily be pierced"

"Then how the thing about '[Farm Animals] leveling up'?"

I asked as I almost forgot about that when I cut of her explanation when I heard the word cockatrice.

"[Farm Animals] can be leveled up, but unlike other monsters, [Farm Animals] are hard to be leveled as their condition to those so are quite tedious. Even a monster level up, they only need to kill other monster to do so, but [Farm Animals] doesn't kill, so in order to level up they needed to fulfill some requirements. For the {Chickens}, they needed to lay a total of the 5, 000 eggs"

"5-5, 000!?"

Lucrane then nodded to my dumbstruck self, as I was surprised about the condition for a mere {Chicken} to level up.

"As {Chicken} could lay 1 egg a day, with twice as a rare occurrence. In 1 week, it could lay 7 or 8 eggs with 30 for 1 month, and 360 for 1 year. So to reach 5, 000, a {Chicken} needs to lay for 14 years. This feat was impossible at first as the life of a {Chicken} could only reach 10 years, but when an [Alchemist] experimented a lot of ways to prolonged a {Chickens} life, it then succeed by fusing a {Chickens} egg with a {Dragon's} blood, and extending it to 18 years"

"Why did it only increased for 8 years? I think a {Dragon's} blood could give more than just a 8 years"

I asked in puzzlement

"The reason is very simple, any more than a single drop of blood from a {Dragon} would kill the unborn egg. The [Alchemist] even try using a {Wyvern's} blood in it, using the {Cockatrice} myth, but the result is still the same. So with those finding, it is truly a mystery how a monster like {Cockatrice} was even born"

Lucrane stated as she crossed her arms. She then added

"To continue, when a {Chicken} fulfilled the requirements, it will then reached level 1 and will lay a much more high quality egg than the first 5, 000. A [Farm Animals] could only reached till level 5 and there will be no further growth right after"

And with those explained, the two of us then got ourselves ready to our departure towards our new destination

"By the way, what is the tower we are going now called?"

"[Furui Ichiba no Tō], one of the oldest and still living tower till this days"

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Towards the [Furui Ichiba no Tō] tower, we used the tower features to teleport us out and was thrown to the south part of the [Land of the Great Death Serpent]. Right there, we then started walking across the thick forest.

As we passed along the river channel and lavished plain, the back at the deep woods we crossed, we then arrived at the dessert like region. The area was filled with least tree and the plains were quite shorter or smaller. We venture the land for 2 days. There were some shade in our way, as there were still trees and greenery fields in the path we took, so it wasn't that hot, but you can still feel the rise of temperature as you further proceed forward. There were least river channel in our way, and the area, not yet fully, was fill with sandy ground and Rocky surface.

The area was coated in saturated reddish orange color to light yellow. Lucrane said that this wasn't even the south area yet as we are merely at the roots of it. But if we further advance forward, 20 to 30 days maxed, we will be seeing the real region of drought and hotness.

"By the way, if we didn't take the [Teleportation Array], how many days would it take to get there?"

"6 to 7 days, not counting the days when you have to battle those monster in that [Forbidden Unknown Dim Forest]"

"If we count those?"

"Maybe at least 2 weeks or 3 weeks maxed to get to the [Furui Ichiba no Tō]"

"That long? How strong are those monsters inside that forest anyway? I remember that I needed to reach level 50 to explore that place"

"That place where I thrown you, and where you were summoned is merely the foot of the forest, so monster there are weak with level 50 to level 100 cap. The real inside of the forest are being occupied by level 300 to 500 monster, with the densest part to be loitered by level 700 to level 1, 000 beast. So if we took our journey by foot, we will be taking a while to cross that forest"

"Damn, and I was summoned at that place for no reason"

"Which why I am quite shocked when I found out where you came from. I thought you were an idiot at first, or someone who thrown their lives already. You really are lucky one to find this place"

"You mean to say that I am lucky that I was being chased by that monster towards our tower right after throwing me like a garbage, because if that bug thrown me away in the wrong direction, I should be dead by now"

"Yup, what a lucky man you are"

"I still remember you called me a 'misfortune"

I spoke as I glance at her with a deadpan expression

Cough

"Let us not dwell too much to the past, shall we?"

Lucrane said as she averted her gaze away from me.

Just like what Lucrane said, the destination we are going is quite far away from the said dessert region. Just imagine Sahara desert but still have some small island of green fields that is just 8 meters away from each other. Some of those said island has water pool on it for us to rest.

As we camp in the night, Lucrane just erect a defensive barrier around us, for a reason for us not to waste our time or energy guarding each other by taking turns which will be disadvantageous in the upcoming morning. If we take turns, we won't be able to exert our full power if we encounter something unexpected. The second reason was because she can and she will do it.

...

As we reached the tower, [Furui Ichiba no Tō] was build in a sturdy cement like those one that are used to build the Pyramid in Egypt. Pale golden paint was coated in this tower with **vertical pillars or beams supporting some horizontal line blocks, making a huge opening below that look like those coliseum in Rome. And those said pattern is being repetitively built upwards. The top of the tower was flat. There are some engraving at each 4 side of the tower, donating of an ancient writing.

There are 4 guards in front of the tower guarding the giant, sandy colored gate, wearing a full plated armor of shiny silver, with long spear being handled by the 2 at the back, and 2 long coffin design shield at the front, which is being carried by the 2 muscular guards. As we further close the distance between us and the gate, the 4 guards already was awaiting at us as they noticed our presence already.

They merely asked us about our reason of coming to the tower, our identification. It then checked what weapon we are carrying and then also checked the relationship between the 2 of us. The inspection seems to be tight here compared to the [Hesperides Towering Garden].

Right after that, they then let us in the tower. The giant gate then slowly opened before us and what greeted us was a bustling ground floor. There were a lot of people rustling around the area, for a [Middle Rank] tower, it seems to be quite packed. Stalls around the section with dozens upon dozens of buildings. There were some recruitment being done in the area, with a lot more yells and buzzy noises around. The two of us then proceed forward and didn't further waste our time looking around the busy ground.

...

The floor 88 of this tower seems to be quite dazzling compared to the floor 110 of the [Hesperides Towering Garden]. Though compared to their sophisticated steel walls and polished, marble buildings, the structures in floor 88 of this tower was quite not simple yet not that elegant, truly living to what this market place is, a [Mid Market]. I said dazzling as this place was truly crowded by tons of people. From adventurers, local folks, simple individuals, and many more. And the path that we are about to take sometimes shown itself and sometimes it doesn't. The gap between the people in this area was quite thin that sometimes it was visible and sometimes it wasn't.

It made me remember the rush hour time in train station. People keeps pushing forward without caring who they are bumping with which caused a delay or slowed down on the walking pace of the other passenger. And by the time you get inside, you felt like a canned good of sardine, too tight and too narrow that you could totally feel the breath of the other passengers. This happened to me when I was ordered by that bitch to fetch something. There was an accident in the highway which caused a heavy traffic which is why I choose to ride a train.

"There might be some kind of event or the lies which caused this many people to come here"

Lucrane stated

"This isn't the usual sighting in this floor?"

"Same, but less in number. This is quite thrice the appropriate amount of people if I remember"

Lucrane then gestured me by tapping my chest to join the fray of this crowded place. Lucrane hold my hand as we proceed forward.

"Just hold my hand tightly and go with the flow. Don't go against the tide of how this people move, or you either go back from the start, or stuck in here"

I then nodded. As we move on towards the crowd

"Murmur murmur murmur murmur" (they are yelling, just imagine whatever they are saying; man I like your lingerie!)

"Blah Blah Blah Blah blah blah" (thanks, it's from my grandma)

"Yada Yada Yada Yada Yada Yada" (..... Can I visit her?)

Yells and screams then filled my ears in close counter as everyone in this floor busily attended their important task. Their voices keeps getting louder and louder and louder as second pass then came minute, which is becoming irritating for me to hear. Not only that, as I pass someone by, some of them keeps bumping me with either their large, bulky frame or receive some jab from their elbow. I keep groaning in pain with how strong those UNINTENTIONAL blows were. Though I am not that ignorant in this kind of situation, but this is my first time experiencing this kind of thing. I only received being flatten or sandwiched by people during rush hour, but never getting attacked like this. And it seems the reason for that is me being novice, as Lucrane was simply following the flow of the people around here, and didn't even received any elbow strike and hard bump.

As we got out from those crowded individuals, we then reached our destination, a store. [Welcome of Jerry's Humble Item Shop], is what the sign board of this shop was called. The said store was a 2 storey building made from a sturdy light yellow woods and grayish steel pillar. There is a black wooden door upfront with wide rectangular windows, and a V shaped roof with 2 lamps banging beside the door. There no excessive decorations around it. The said store has a very simple design for an item shop.

As we get inside

Ting

The bell then rang as we open the door

"Oh, welcome, welcome~!"

A rowdy yet pleasant voice then came and greeted us.

"Please have a look inside my shop"

And as we are curious who is speaking to us, the owner of this shop - assuming this person was - then came a greeted us. I was quite baffled when I saw her in person. The voice really did betray the size of this person

"Welcome to my humble shop. How may I help you?"

She spoke in a tender yet loud voice. The said woman was quite shorter than me, maybe reaching till above my waist or just below my armpit, but she truly is a short one. She has this ruffle, curly red orange hair that reaches till her shoulder with squishy, and cute cheeks. She has a bulky frame with a proportional chest size and 6, polished pack abs. A truly firm build. She is wearing a tight pants that is short on the other end, showing off her muscular thighs and a sport bra like undergarments, that is covering her chest.

As I was discerning her - in a inconspicuous way of course - it seems that this lady noticed me and smiled

"Charm aren't we there laddy?"

Hearing her teasing and playful words, I then stated

"Might be"

"Huahahahahah is that so, but I'm sorry buddy, I am loyal to three"

The two of us then laughed, until

"... What?"

I baffledly asked as I was stunned to where I stood

"So....."

While I was left speechless in my wake, she just merrily get back to her job

"Does my dear customer have something in need?"

She asked

"Are you the owner of this shop?"

"I am"

"Then do you have any stacked for [Farm Monster Summoning Scroll] in hand?"

Lucrane asked, the shopkeeper or this rowdy LOYAL woman then momentarily in silence as she tried remembering if she still have some. She then went behind those huge, dark brown shelves.

The inside of this shop is quite simple, lots of lots of lots of shelves with different varieties of items was erected in an unorganized manner. The stair case that leads to the 2nd floor of this building was located at our left with the desk in front where this woman entertain her customers.

Rustle Rustle Rustle Rustle

We can hear some loud rustling noises behind those shelves, telling us how rowdy this place were. For a few minutes came as we patiently awaiting her comeback, she then came out with a small box that isn't bigger to a smartphone box.

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Try to imagine a Samsung galaxy s23 ultra which has 6.7 inches

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She then placed in on the desk and opened it for us to the see the content inside it. And as she opened it, we then saw 8 same size rings, placed in an orderly fashion.

"We still have 20 [Chicken Summoning Scroll], 29 [Sheep Summoning Scroll], 35 [Cow Summoning Scroll], 16 [Deer Summoning Scroll], 40 [Alpaca Summoning Scroll], 35 [Duck Summoning Scroll], 27 [Goat Summoning Scroll], and 23 [Pig Summoning Scroll] in hand"

'I see, so those ring were [Storage Ring]. An easy way to store and pile things up without losing them, and also it won't take enough space'

"So, which one do you need?"

"I take 6 [Summoning Scroll] each"

"Gladly, anything else?"

"That would be all"

As Lucrane said that, the shopkeep then started summoning 6 pieces of scroll in each [Storage Rings]. Lucrane then stored them to her ring rogh after.

"That would be 1, 950 silver coins all in all, or 1 gold coin, 20 big silver coins, and 25 silver coins. [Chicken Summoning Scroll] fetch 10 silver coins, with 6, that would be 60 silver coins. [Sheep Summoning Scroll] sell for 20 silver coins each, buying 6 pieces, that would be 120 silver coins. [Pig Summoning Scroll] goes for 80 silver coins, with 6 in hand, that would be 240 silver coins. 300 silver coins for 6 [Goat Summoning Scrolls] which goes for 50 silver coins each while 600 silver coins for 6 pieces of [Alpaca Summoning Scrolls]. [Duck Summoning Scroll] is sold for 15 silver coins each piece, buying 6 pieces of it, you will be paying 90 silver coins. [Dear Summoning Scroll] sell for 25 silver coins while [Cow Summoning Scroll] fetch 65 silver coins, that would be 540 solver coins in total"

As Lucrane handed out the payment, I then curiously asked this lady about the current situation in this place, Lucrane said that this isn't the usual scene happening in this floor.

"Is there some kind of event or festival here? It is kind of packed here"

The shopkeep then gaze at me and spoke

"Well today is the semiannual [Market Discount Festival] and it will last for 3 days, tomorrow will be the last so a lot of people are in a hurry to get their hands to some items or materials in lower price"

"[Market Discount Festival]? First heard of that"

"You might be a foreigner then. ***Market discount is when we, the sellers, is about to sell our products in a lesser price than its original tag. For an example is this scroll that I am selling you off, rather than a 10 silver coins each pieces of [Chicken Summoning Scrolls], you should be paying me 12 silver coins each. But as we are having a market discount, you will be having a 20% discount. So with that, you just save 2 silver coins for 1 piece of a [Chicken Summoning Scroll]"

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You are not going to believe that I just stumble on this word just now. I went and try researching about market discount for 30 minutes and tried my best on learning it. Further information is on below

Semiannual occur every 6 months, annual for every year

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"Is that....advantageous or disadvantageous on your side?"

Though 2 silver coins in just a less amount, but if someone brought 20 pieces with 20% discount, you just loss quite a lot

"Of course it is advantageous in our side, just think of it as a promotion"

"Promotion? Why?"

"You really have forgotten what I told you before aren't you?"

Lucrane then intervene as she sigh, fully disappointed on me. Trying to remember what she was talking about, I then respond in a unsure tone

"You mean, that said 'I will buy your goods in market price then give you 10% additional payment after selling it'? That one?"

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Back at chapter 6 if you wanted to know

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"I am glad you remember that, this and that are totally the same. By doing this kind of semiannual event, many buyers like us wouldn't let this kind of event get pass us. Imagine buying an item which supposedly 200 silver coins for 160 silver coins, is a great gain for us. And as for the sellers like her, they will gain a lot of customer right after this event, maybe not much but getting at least 5 or 10 new loyal customers is a great gain for them"

"This event is like a thank you celebration from us sellers to you buyers. Our profit in this kind of event is imbalanced, sometimes is it quite lower than the usual gain or much higher than the most. During on the usual occasion, some of us could only earn, let say, 1, 800 silver coins a day as they only have 15 customers that bought 120 coins item cost per day. So with this event, they might hurdle at least 25 or 30 customers, that would be 3, 000 or 3, 600 coins a day. While some gains, some might lost. Take for an example a store that earns 10, 000 a day with 100 customers to only receive 8, 000 during this day. This event doesn't really emphasize in profit, but to promote our stores to them. And by the end of this event, those who were quite happy for our service will get back to us, like what that lady said, maybe it won't be that many but at least there will be an additional gain everyday"

I then nodded, understanding what they just explained to me.

"So which are you then?"

"I am among those who only gain a hefty amount in usual day"

She said with a beaming smile

"I am quite thankful for this kind of event that our tower manager propose. Though it only last for 3 days time, but the gain we get during this event is tremendous. Did you know that I just earned thrice the amount of what I gain everyday in the opening day of the festival, and fourfold in the 2nd day?"

She stated with a smug on her face as she placed both of her hands on her waist.

"Whelp due to how rowdy we were at night that we open up quite late today, and you are still the first costumer we have. But no worries, we got all day in our hands!"

'Well, 4 people smashing would really be rowdy'

"Is this the only event this month?"

Lucrane asked

"Right after this will be the [Quantity Discount Festival] and will last for 3 days. It is still the same as the [Market Discount Festival] but rather than getting a discount in one piece, if you buy a bundle of the same item or sell a bunch of same item, you will get a discount for all those items in hand. And that day will be the time where my babies shine"

"Babies?"

"Right now there all working hard to manufacture some goods they are about to sell tomorrow, quite a hardworking bunch aren't they?"

Her words were filled with pride and joy as she stated that with her arm cross

"You are love them, don't you?"

She then glance at lucrane and smile

"Of course I am, no woman in my shoes wouldn't get turn on seeing their husbands working hard for them"

She proclaim. Right after that, we then leave the shop and went back as we crossed the sea of people. The same situation still happened to me. And after we got out from the crowd, we then set off to our next destination, floor 115

"Aren't we supposed to sell our items too?"

I asked as one of our initial plan today was to buy some goods and sell our items

"That was the plan, but hearing that there will be another festival in the next day, it is much better to postpone such plan today and sell our items during that festival"

Lucrane then pressed the button towards the floor 115 in the [Transmission Point]. Beaming light then engulfed us before we got teleported to our next destination.

Floor 155 was filled with huge building that are built from steal and elegant carved woods. The people here are much more in line, though it is still quite packed, but much more organized. The two of us then headed towards our next destination before we end our journey today.

"Welcome to [Blue Moon's Fashion Boutique], how may I help you?"

A female, maybe teens or mid 20s, clerk then came at us as she greeted us.

"We wanted to browse some new clothes to wear, any suggestions?"

The clerk then looked at us for a moment before she responded

"Our store is divided by 3 floors: the casual wear clothes are located in here, the 1st floor, while the formal wear clothes are located in the 2nd floor, and the 3rd floor is occupied by the newest trending clothe wear. So which floor would like to go then?"

"We just wanted some casual wear"

"The 1st floor then, shall we?"

The clerk then gestured as in such respected manner.

The 1st floor of this store has a large chandelier at the center that looks like an upside down frozen pine tree. They have wardrobes that has 2 steel rods where they hanged the displayed clothes, and is open both at each side. Coated in artic blue coat. The tiles below were quite polished that it could reflect anyone standing atop of it.

They have dressing area that are placed at each side of this floor, painted in light brown with white curtain. The staircase that leads to the upper floor is located at the top left, with the same color of the tiles below, including its handrail.

The two of us took our time browsing the 1st floor to look for a dress that we wanted to wear, the clerk help us find something suitable and fit for us. Right after we have picked, we didn't tried it on and merely paid it and left.

"Aren't you curious for what dress are trending today? Girls like that you know"

"Are you saying I am not a girl?"

"..... *cough* no"

I said as I averted my gaze away from her. The two of us are now walking towards the fountain where the [Transmission Point] is located. Lucrane then stared at me with dagger eyes as I said that. I was trying to tease her a bit, and it might have backfired that I thought it will be.

Right after that, we then leave the floor 88 and headed back to the ground floor and end our journey here in this tower.

"So you really like muscular women"

"Pardon?"

I asked as out of nowhere she just abruptly spoke, taken me back in puzzlement

Swoosh

.....

(2 days time skip)

Swish

After we have returned from our visiting the [Furui Ichiba no Tō], we then returned to our tower. And today, I was left alone, though Iratus was at the top in our 1st floor, training all the new summoned {Gray Wolves}, I was just here, resting at the shade of the tree as I took a peaceful nap. Lucrane went back to the [Furui Ichiba no Tō] to join the semiannual [Quantity Discount Festival], I really wanted to see what kind of festival it is but seeing that I will be in another hellish adventure, I give up and stayed here.

Closing my eyes as I let the cold breeze of the afternoon caress me, all of a sudden

"!!"

(Author's POV)

A sudden blue light then suddenly emerged from Vince and Lucrane's camp, enveloping the whole stone hut with luminous shine.

Vince, feeling anxious as one of his companions, Yuichi, was still there in that place, still sleeping silently in his nap. Feeling worried upon such situation, he then hurriedly stood up from where he was and propelled himself upfront

"[Quick Feet]"

"[Shadow Dash]"

"[Swift Nimble]"

Running at full speed towards the camp, he then strive with great stride. He was like a bullet being fired from a rifle, dashing upfront with great momentum. He swiftly and reflexively take turn as he passed some trees on his way.

(Vince's POV)

'Enemy attack? Inside our tower?'

I anxiously thought as I saw that blinding bluish light that suddenly envelope our house. I then rushed forward as I speed myself more. Worry painted my face as I close the distance between me and the camp.

'Yuichi'

I concernly thought as my dear bluish friend was still there, sleeping in silent

(Author's POV)

As he arrived at the camp, he then realized that the bluish light was now gone which made him puzzled. Still feeling anxious towards Yuichi, he then hurriedly went inside the camp

"Yuich-gahhhh!!"

He exclaimed as out of nowhere someone suddenly tackled him. Swiftly and aggressively pushing him out from the camp. He was too slow to react or it just it was too fast for him to anticipate

Thud!

"Kuhhh!"

He then groaned as he stumbled on the ground, hitting his butt first then slamming his head later. Pissed and annoyed, Vince then frowningly stared upfront as he opened his eyes

(Vince's POV)

"Fucking di-!?!?!"

As I was about to curse whoever this damn thing that just confronted me

(Author's POV)

Puzzlement, confusion, and surprise encircled him, replacing his annoyance and aggregation with flabbergastedness and complete shocked.

No words came out from his mouth as he stared upfront, utterly stunned to his place as his eyes was utterly locked to the being in front of him, charmed if you could say.

Glossy skin like of a maiden in fairytale with red lips, and long black hair. Its bussom were gigantic, hanging like a ripe papaya from its branch. Its buttock were well shapen with curves that was enticing with seductive charm. Long legs that is comparable to an adult woman, and eyes that was glimmering in bluish and green lit. This creature was sitting on Vince, looking at him from its eyes with curiosity.

"Kkkk- kkrrr- kkrkraaaa!"

It yelled, shutteringly yelled with difficulty as it opened its mouth. As if it was its first time speaking, its words were slurs and incomprehensible as it speak. Struggling to even state one word, all this creature could speak, as it gritted its teeth, was

" Kkkkkk- kkkrrrrrr- kraaaaa!!"

....

*A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Described by Laurence Breiner as "an ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans", it was featured prominently in English thought and myth for centuries.

The Cockatrice is a legendary creature related to the Basilisk. It has a rooster's head and the body of a dragon. It can turn people into stone by looking at them, like the Gorgon Medusa, and his breath is toxic.

According to Alexander Neckam's De naturis rerum (ca 1180), the cockatrice was supposed to be born from an egg laid by a cock and incubated by a toad; a snake might be substituted in re-tellings. Cockatrice became seen as synonymous with basilisk when the basiliscus in Bartholomeus Anglicus' De proprietatibus rerum (ca 1260) was translated by John Trevisa as cockatrice (1397). However, the basilisk is usually depicted without wings.

It is thought that a Cock egg would birth a cockatrice, and could be prevented by tossing the yolkless egg over the family house, landing on the other side of the house, without allowing the egg to hit the house.

In England, the town most associated with the cockatrice is the village of Wherwell, near Andover within Hampshire in the United States. The story is that the cockatrice terrorized the village until it was imprisoned in the dungeons below Wherwell Priory. A prize of land was offered to anyone who could kill the creature. None was successful, until a man named Green lowered a mirror into the dungeon. The cockatrice battled against its own reflection until exhausted, at which point Green was able to kill it. Today there is an area of land near Wherwell called Green's Acres. For many years a weather vane in the shape of a cockatrice adorned the church of St. Peter and Holy Cross in Wherwell until it was removed to Andover Museum.

**The simplest illustration of load and support in construction is the post-and-lintel system, in which two upright members (posts, columns, piers) hold up a third member (lintel, beam, girder, rafter) laid horizontally across their top surfaces. This is the basis for the evolution of all openings. But, in its pure form, the post-and-lintel is seen only in colonnades and in framed structures, since the posts of doors, windows, ceilings, and roofs are part of the wall.

The job of the lintel is to bear the loads that rest on it (and its own load) without deforming or breaking. Failure occurs only when the material is too weak or the lintel is too long. Lintels composed of materials that are weak in bending, such as stone, must be short, while lintels in materials that are strong in bending, such as steel, may span far greater openings.

*** Market discount (this is what I learn for 30 minutes of browsing) is where you invest your money to an investor or something, and rather than receiving the initial amount that was said to be given, you received maybe with a 10% cut. For example is like working on an agency, the money that was said to be your fee like 350 bucks will be cut by the agency by 100 or maybe just 50 (if you are lucky). And that said cut wouldn't be UNUSUAL or like something odd as you are working on a branch company that is being hold by an agency, or something like that.

Quantity discount is very simple, it is like where you buy 3 books that cost 3 dollars each but rather than paying 9 dollars, you bought all of them for 7 bucks all. The basic of this is buying a large quantity of items to get a discount, just that. Buy 1 take 1 is also a good example but buy 1 take 1 and pay 2 isn't, that is a scam.

It is kind of amazing how you just stumble to some new words in the internet, especially those fcked up ones.

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