Are you stupid?

Ethan narrowed his eyes, staring at him evenly. They had only managed to grab a couple of the insectoid corpses to avoid prying eyes and this guy was asking for one whole corpse. He was definitely getting ripped off.

His eyes darted here and there to see if he could find something to add to the deal when he noticed a huge crystal ball on the shelf, similar to the one Lia had described to him before. If he was not wrong, this should be an awakening stone.

Ethan suddenly got an idea. "Throw in that crystal ball and we can call it even."

The vendor raised an eyebrow, his smirk faltering for the first time. His gaze flicked to the crystal ball Ethan had pointed out, then back to Ethan, sizing him up carefully. "That crystal ball?" he asked, his tone almost mocking. "Do you even know what that is?"