Chapter 339: Favored by Fate

After verifying the authenticity of the legendary metals, Muria readily paid fifty thousand elemental crystals. This transaction, buying legendary metals with elemental crystals, was undoubtedly a bargain for him.

The only hassle was the process of paying with elemental crystals. A cube of elemental crystals with sides of one meter was considered one cube, and fifty thousand of these cubes would pile up into a mountain of crystals.

After counting, Muria packed these elemental crystals into two spatial rings and handed them to the shameless green-skinned goblin in front of him.

"Do you need anything else? I have everything here, anything can be sold."

The green-skinned goblin assured Muria, patting its scrawny chest. Then, it added, "However, I don't deal in sentient beings."

"Anything and everything?" Muria laughed. That was quite the claim.

"I want divinity, divine fire. Can you get those for me?"

Muria eyed the goblin in front of him with a teasing tone, also testing its capabilities.

"That...," the goblin scratched its nearly bald scalp, troubled, "I currently don't have divinity or divine fire in stock. If you want them, I'd have to trade with other merchants."

"But..." The goblin scrutinized Muria, "Even if I had divinity or divine fire, you couldn't afford them."

"You can really get divinity and divine fire?" Muria wasn't offended by the goblin's seemingly contemptuous words but focused on the implication. It indeed had the capability to obtain divine entities and items, treating them as merchandise.

Divinity, divineness, divine fire are intangible, only appearing in physical form under specific conditions, allowing mortals a chance to obtain them.

"As long as you can afford it, I can get you anything," the goblin declared proudly.

"What exactly are you?" Muria examined the goblin, "Why can only I see you?"

"Ten cubic elemental crystals," the goblin said with a big-eyed grin, naturally stating a price.

"What?" Muria was momentarily taken aback, not immediately grasping what the goblin meant.

"Honored guest, information, intelligence is also a commodity. If you want to know why only you can see me, you have to pay. Then, I can tell you," the goblin said with the most respectful tone while speaking the most shameless words.

Muria narrowed his eyes and then extended his hand towards the goblin, "Give it here."

"What?" This time, it was the goblin merchant's turn to be puzzled.

"Give back those two spatial rings I just gave you," Muria looked down at the green-skinned goblin.

"That was the payment you made, respected sir."

"Only the crystals inside the rings were the payment. Those two rings still belong to me."

"Esteemed guest, you are so generous, like the grand sun in the sky, you shouldn't quibble over two spatial rings with me, a lowly, pitiful goblin," the goblin praised Muria shamelessly, trying to talk him down.

Hearing such flattery, Muria, who hadn't planned to squabble with the goblin over trifles, looked down at it, "What made you think I'm generous and magnanimous?"

The goblin looked dumbfounded at the youth with a white cat on his shoulder. His golden pupils slowly turned to vertical slits, and he unconsciously stepped back.

"A dragon!?" The goblin merchant was shocked to see Muria transform, but his shock quickly turned to delight, feeling a strong sense of pride and accomplishment.

He had traded with a powerful dragon, not only making a profit but also managing to get the better end of the deal.

"Either return my rings or answer my question," Muria, showing some dragon characteristics, stared at the shameless goblin.

From its reaction, Muria could tell the goblin wasn't powerful, definitely not on the level of a Dragon King. It couldn't see his true form, but its exact level of power was hard to say.

The goblin's existence and its abilities were too peculiar and mysterious, beyond Muria's understanding.

"Alright, I'll answer your question." Without hesitation, the goblin chose to answer, unwilling to return the spatial rings Muria had given. Besides the already paid goods, no one could expect even a copper from it.

"What are you, exactly?"

"A goblin merchant."

"Be more specific," Muria was unsatisfied with the answer.

"A planar merchant."

"Why can't others see you?" Muria perked up upon hearing a valuable answer and continued to inquire.

"It's a talent I possess."

"Why can I see you?"

The goblin looked calmly at Muria, "Because you are favored by fate. That's why I appeared here, and you, can see me. Everything is guided by fate."

"Fate?" Muria mulled over

 the term, not indulging in a cliché rebellion against predetermined destiny.

Hearing the goblin's words—that he was a favorite of fate, not an oppressed—Muria saw no reason to rebel against fate; he was benefiting from it.

Moreover, Muria was somewhat skeptical of fate itself. If fate truly existed, making everything predetermined, then effort, struggle, and diligence would all be meaningless. Thus, he preferred not to believe in it.

"So, our meeting here was predetermined by fate?" Muria questioned, feeling uneasy about the notion, especially in the face of the goblin's ugly countenance.

"Pfft, who said our meeting was destined?" The goblin objected before Muria could respond, "We just happened to meet here.

This world isn't limited to just one favorite of fate or one planar merchant. Even if you hadn't met me, sooner or later, you'd encounter another planar merchant in some place you'd never expect."

"So you're saying, any favored by fate are bound to encounter your kind, the planar merchants?" Muria concluded.

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