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Chapter 3: First Time Customer
Note: Alright my doods! Here is another chapter for y’all.
Ok so it was concluded by me and my co author that Revan(OC) will be paired with the priestess warrior Lakyus.
Why we’ve decided to do that particular pairing is due to the fact that they both hail from a faith based combat system aka Revan being the highest tier of literal angels while Lakyus learned holy/divine magic and attempts to use her good nature to overturn and dominate the blade of darkness that she claimed.
Plus her personality would certainly mesh well with Revan’s cautious but good nature personality.
I would like to take this moment to give a shout-out to a good person who sees immense value in this story, @The Azure Dragon really helped me with my inspiration and madness so thank him because he gave me the motivation I needed to produce chapter. 3 :) :D
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As the two approached the poorer end of the market district, the discussion soon descended into infernal language, which was a language no human in the world would be able to understand.
Infernal was the language of Devils, among numerous languages that was implemented into the game of Yggdrasil which allowed players to read specific books that are written in that language which gave players restrictions to books that they could read.
Though in the game, these books of various languages detailed and inspired by the languages located in the game Dungeons and Dragons, the languages in the game would be translated to Japanese however what Revan learned after arriving in the new world was that he could fluently speak and write in the languages he gained access to within the game as if he instantly knew how to translate his basic common language into another language.
However in the game, the only way for one to gain access to other languages is through three methods, either by acquiring race or classes, through one use items like specific high rarity books which is almost as rare as world items or lastly specific high tier quests.
Evileye was having immense difficulty trying to figure out what was being said especially after 200 Years of Experience in Magical Study yet she couldn’t keep up or even knowing just what’s been said by the masked man or the glasses worker, even the head seems to be fluently chiming into the conversation.
Evileye starts thinking to herself ‘Ok ok, think, two guys of mysterious origin just suddenly appeared, wrapped me in rope then started dragging me away while talking in Infernal…Lord Raiden… could they be where he was from? If so…is the world close to a crisis that more Gods has arrived? But I can’t ask, if they really are from the Realm of Yggdrasil that Lord Raiden had told me in our intimate moments then I shouldn’t do anything to aggravate them’.
As the dialogue of the hidden vampire woman was raging, the four women who were walking fast directly behind their bounded sister were trying to get a clear understanding of what’s going on “So Evil Boss, got any idea who these two are? I mean, since you're close to the Golden Princess maybe she said something?” Gagaran asked while keeping a moderate speed to remain close to their bound teammate to make sure that if either of the two men decided to take her innocence, she would stop them but had to internally commend them for their bravery.
Lakyus had returned from their Adamantine Leveled Quest two days prior, though yesterday was spent getting bombarded by Renner, Third Princess of the Re-Estize Kingdom, of the juicy gossip that happened days prior.
Mysteriously, a Red Masked Man in a black cloak had suddenly appeared in the kingdom and rescued someone from the streets.
Hours later, the place that threw out the woman was up in flames while dozens of girls wrapped in very fine cloaks lined a building that was blocks away to where a kingdom patrol unit found them.
Lakyus knew this masked man was connected but with an investigation currently ongoing and with literally no evidence other than an illegal brothel that was hosted by Eight Fingers.
Then a day later after the masked man’s arrival, a shop opened up in the poorer part of town which soon became the biggest news of the whole capital, a magic items shop though most wondered why such a shop opened on that part of town until rumors circulated that the items shop was also a clinic which gave some of the cheapest healing in the whole kingdom, then the 10 Gold Cost of a healing spell monopolized by the church.
Lakyus was conflicted on the fact that a clinic was formed selling healing for 20th of the cost to which she absolutely adored, helping others when they can’t even pay for it but she is unsure of how the church is responding to such an event, though the Noble Woman did hear Renner say that the church had tried to get the Magic Caster killed for his Heresy against the church but it was dismissed by the King believing the shop had violated no existing laws while even chastising the church for trying to interfere with the commerce of the kingdom.
Especially with the Annual Wars closing in, just two months before the kingdom mobilize the peasants and soldiers during the start and peak of harvest season as such, the King can’t afford the trade to be interfered by an organization that has monopolized healing magic though this decision is met with numerous criticism by the noble faction of the court.
“Yes, I heard quite a bit from Her Highness but none of it is concrete other then the fact that this man is a Divine Caster from a land farther West of the Holy Kingdom and rumors believe him to be of Noble Birth given his immense magical power as it’s believed Revan could cast Fifth Tier Arcane Magic, unknown to what tier Divine Magic he could cast though Rumors believe he could cast 6th Tier Divine Magic and having two Demi Human Servants at his command” The Blonde Swordsman gave her thoughts on the rumors and gossip she heard from the Third Princess of the Kingdom.
Renner seems to have been pleased and immensely amused about all of the conduct that ‘Lord Revan’ has done during his very short stay in the capital, having made fools of the Church and Nobility though expressed worry that such a powerful magic caster has made enemies of Eight Fingers due to the brothel burning to the ground and the body recovered having been of a high ranking member known as Cocco Doll since the body was the least damaged out of the numerous dead that was found.
Gagaran would whistle “Daaaaamn! No joke? Well he’s certainly something even if he doesn’t look much”
Tia would speak next as she had used an item moments ago to detect Magic, as a precaution just in case of assassination missions “Are you sure Evil Boss? This ‘Lord Revan’, I don’t feel any magic being emitted from him” this would cause Lakyus to nearly choke on a bit of air as that was unheard of, a being that could wield magic yet doesn’t emit a precise signature to cast was entirely unheard of…unless.
Revan spoke up in common as with his advanced hearing, heard what was being said by the girls even if they weren’t all that quiet to begin with “The reason that you can’t sense any magic from me is because my mask is enchanted with several incredibly powerful anti-divination Magic from the Tenth Tier, and enough of the rumors because I don’t care about such things, as you have believed before, I do not limit myself to 5th Tier Magic, I can cast up to Tenth Tier so enough with the rumors”
Evileye gasped at this, as memories jogged up during her romantic days with Lord Raiden commenting that he fought alongside numerous magic casters who could cast 10th Tier Magic in the Realm of Yggdrasil, the pinnacle of magic in such a realm where gods seemed to roam “I must ask this! Can you also cast Eleventh Tier Magic?” The Masked Magic Woman asked as she needed to know for certain to determine if Revan was a Godkin.
“The hell is ‘Eleventh Tier’?” Revan muttered as they approached the stone and wooden building with the sign ‘Angelic Magic Shop and Enchantments’
The sight of the building caused Revan to start breathing heavily as he will finally get his first customer inside his shop to which he quickly turned to grab the bindings that is wrapped on Mimir’s head then grabbed Evileye’s bindings “Let’s go, time to put on a proper show of our shop. Right Demiurge?” The masked Angel asked which the glasses demon pushed up the glasses on his face with a disturbing smile.
“Of course Lord Revan” The Arch Devil said as the three and accompanying four girls entered the shop.
The Masked Divine Caster placed the Smartest Man’s Head onto a table directly next to the door propped up on a few meaningless books that came from Yggdrasil, just useless Trivia about Muspelheim, one of the game’s Nine Realms.
“Mimir, when I give the signal, greet them” Revan ordered as he placed Evileye onto the ground and effortlessly released the young vampire woman of her binds, he then moved quickly to the adjacent bookshelf to grab a scroll from a small bin on said shelf.
“Aye, sure thing brother so should I guess on the signal?” The Horned Head asked which Revan had tossed the Scroll into the air to which Kano had caught after getting back onto her feet who then caught the scroll.
“You’ll know, you ARE the smartest man alive” The Masked Angel responded to the question as he sped walked towards the wooden counter “Cocytus! The sign!” Revan exclaimed to the giant four armed cyan ice beetle that was sitting in the corner next to the door.
Cocytus looked around for a bit like he was trying to rush to find this ‘Sign’ to which he quickly looked to the right and poked at the folded up sign on the wall with his weapon which folded down exclaiming.
‘Training Lessons by Cocytus the Warrior, 1 Gold per hour, additional fees discussed based on training.
‘Available Training.
‘Weapons, Unarmed, Military Tactics, Physical Body, Leadership
‘Certain Training Methods may be discussed with Cocytus the Warrior’
This would catch two of the warriors of the group more especially the price as private training usually goes for 10-15 Gold Pieces per session and this is usually for those who would afford the price of training, those from nobility could easily afford lessons.
The masked caster quickly got behind the wooden counter “Demiurge! The samples” Revan exclaimed towards the Archdevil which made the tanned skinned demon nod and held up a silver platter with what appeared to be slices of an apple like fruit stabbed with toothpicks then walked to the five women who were far more confused than before.
Demiurge held out the platter to them while Mimir spoke up “Greetings Lasses! I am Mimir, Smartest Man Alive and welcome to the Angelic Shop of Magic Items, Enchantments and Medical Clinic, where magic is bought cheap and effective for ya, please, take a complimentary bite of the provided Primal Fruits that are grown in the gardens of Asgard and if you wish to purchase more Primal Fruits, it’s 30 Silver per fruit” The head greeted and exclaimed to them the compliment fruit, Primal Fruits are a moderate consumable item that granted when eaten resistance to one damage type.
Primal Fruits we’re heavily sought after during a players mid game but Revan collected a lot of these fruits even though his race didn’t allow him to gain benefits from consumables but a lot of humanoid players paid good Real Yen for an abundance of these fruits, due to how Vast Yggdrasil was, Revan was one of many that made plenty of money making opportunities.
Lakyus slapped away Gagaran’s hand who tried to pluck one of the sliced fruits more out of concern for her non blood sister though picking a slice herself as a way to test it “Uh…Sir Mimir, what exactly is a ‘Primal Fruit’?” She asked the dismembered head.
The Head remained quiet for a minute though his glowing yellow bi frost eyes moved towards Revan who simply nodded believing such information wouldn’t impact them then his eyes moved back “Well Lass, a Primal Fruit is a fruit imbued with powerful Druidic Magic hailing from the Realm of Vanaheim, Odin also known as the All Father and leader of Asgard has imbued these fruits with these magics to empower his Enherji, once eaten, you will obtain a magical resistance to a damaging type of your choice” This was a lot of unknown information to them but what they all understood together.
The fruit granted a magical effect that granted resistance to one damage type which could very well be a very powerful item that could be sold for thousands of gold but this masked shop owner is giving a taste of it for free and selling whole fruits for 30 Pieces of Silver.
Gagaran quickly picked up a piece of the fruit along with the twins once hearing this “Ok, so how do I get this power? Do I just eat it or something?” The muscular woman asked.
The masked Angel was the one who answered the question “just say the word of one damage type and the fruit will change its color to match that type along with changing the taste of the fruit to a fruit that is associated to that damage type.”
The blonde swordsman seemed to understand the activation so she looked down at the slice of the white tinted fruit then said “Uh…Lightning?” It was a test to see if this fruit was real, however in that moment of the spoken word, the slice of the fruit warped and changed to what appeared to be a ring of yellow fruit.
“Woah….” The five of them stared in amazement at the morphed fruit, the fruit ring looked really juicy to them “Guess I should eat it…” Lakyus said then ate the fruit whole.
Her eyes widened as she tasted the amazing juice that seemed to soak the ringed fruit, extremely juicy and also very tasty though the taste was amazing, the effect on the young noblewoman enveloped her in a minor aura of Lightning energy before subsiding for a moment.
Though the masked vampire woman with her enhanced hearing could hear Revan say “Huh, so the fruit changes its appearance and taste…I guess items seem to incorporate their flavor text in their use…but a Pineapple? I didn’t know Pineapples were associated with lightning or could the color be the deciding factor on Fruit Appearance and Taste?” Keno had no idea what Flavor Text meant but given her experience with another Godkin in her time, it may be information from the realm of gods called ‘Yggdrasil’
Gagaran quickly grinned at this “How you feeling?” She asked the team leader if she felt different after eating the slice of fruit.
“I don't… feel all that different, did it even work?” Lakyus asked, then she faced the masked magic caster who piped up.
“Yes, it did work, because I watched the activation sequence when the Primal Fruit has activated so you now possess temporary Lightning Damage Resistance” The masked angelic caster exclaimed which caused all of them to look shocked that it worked.
The muscular woman grinned immensely as she grabbed a piece from the plate though asked “Is it only for elemental damage or could weapon damage types be included” She looked over to the blonde caster curious which Revan simply gestured with a thumbs up “Alright, down the hatch” Gagaran said as she said “Piercing” To the fruit and waited for the fruit to change.
Luckily, the primary fruit changed in a small flash of light turning the apple slice into what appeared to be a slice of a pinkish rimmed fruit with a white and black spotted interior.
It was a dragon fruit….apparently.
‘What kind of fruit is that?!?’ Revan shouted in his mind as he didn’t even have much knowledge of food especially since in the old world of earth, food was exceptionally rare and could only be afforded by the filthy rich.
Gagaran took a bite from the odd fruit then looked at the toothpick oddly as her muscular form was enveloped in a silverish aura “Huh, it didn’t taste like much, uh? Sir….?” She then tried to get Revan’s attention only to learn that none of them asked for the masked caster’s name.
“Revan” The Masked Man said as if it was something he commonly gave out for many who didn’t know him.
Lakyus would pick up Gagaran’s supposed question as she stepped close to the wooden counter “May I ask a question Sir Revan?” The blonde priestess asked which the masked caster Revan didn’t respond but simply motioned for the young lady to ask away which Lakyus nodded in appreciation “With all of your items, scrolls and magic fruits, why not sell it at a far more expensive rate? Surely many nobles would pay high coin for third tier scrolls or even the Magician’s Guild”
The masked man chuckled lightly as he looked over at the suited wearing apron Devil who’s grin grew slightly, he then looked back “Well I have formed an impeccable business model while I was traveling the unknown lands of this world” An acceptable excuse to Revan though he needed to speak with the undead loli, who was undoubtedly watching him keenly, and figure out what she meant by Eleventh Tier Magic because the blonde angelic caster has a feeling that she was referring to Super Tier Spells.
“So yes, I could make enough coin to last several lifetimes to the 1% of the world because I can guarantee many of them would shell out the coin just to have powerful magic items that can induce strong effects or fruits that are impossible to get from these lands but I have a model that would get me the coin while also helping the little people, by selling my inventory very cheaply, everyone will come to me because everyone always seeks a way to get items and food at the cheapest, but by doing so cheaply and effectively on items and food…they will ALWAYS come back” Revan exclaimed his business model though while not caring if anyone tried to steal it.
Which was common back in the old world, the only issue is that the commerce of other businesses can’t replicate the items or services that Revan can provide and that’s exactly what the masked man wanted, a loyal fan base of customers that would go to him then anywhere else.
…Revan immediately shivered that he figured Demiurge will try to spin this as a way of manipulating value of the goods and keep the humans coming to him regardless, so long as the goods and services are cheap, he would try to think Revan was manipulating the people and getting a solid hand on the item trade.
“I-incredible…” The masked vampire Loli exclaimed shock as she does recall times and stories where a former god or ‘player’ aka Raiden told her stories of economic trade in the realm of gods yet to hear it again from someone else, this must be how they commenced barter in Yggdrasil, the Realm of Gods.
Lakyus had to nod as well as she never expected Revan to be that good in business to know exactly what the people would want, cheap and effective goods and having confidence that they will ALWAYS come back because it's what they could afford “That’s incredible Sir R-Revan” she would say though Revan didn’t overlook the blush on her cheeks but chose not to direct attention mostly because he didn’t think it was all that warm in the building.
Revan nodded “Aye, though i wasn’t all that much of a trader back home, I picked up some tips from a good friend of mine, his name was Momonga, he was the direct opposite of me, a Cleric Caster, but Momonga was a Necromancer but it didn’t matter what field of magic either of us studied. We were friends and that’s all I cared about” The masked man exclaimed though remained silent and quickly brought up his hand cutting off the silver tongued devil from speaking how great Momonga is as the greatest of supreme beings.
“Hey Sir? How much are your tiered spell scrolls?” Tia asked as she was curious because in the magicians guild, it was 5 gold for a first tiered spell so she wanted to know the difference between Revan and the Mages Guild.
Revan looked over at the shining glasses former floor guardian who pushed his glasses up “Well, as decreed by Lord Revan, First Tier Spells are 10 Silver per scroll while adding additional 10 Silver for an additional tier added to the scroll so the Rabbit Ears Scroll is a first tier scroll and therefore will cost 10 Silver per scroll while a Fireball third tier spell would be 30 Silver per scroll”
And by some divine intervention in Revan’s mind, Revan mentally heard a metal pipe drop as the twin ninja started quickly going through the numerous scroll bins with Gagaran having a slack jawed alongside the ‘Evil Boss’ of Blue Rose.
Evileye had a small snort as she mentally said to herself ‘Shocking isn’t it? I was the same when I met Lord Raiden…’
Revan watched as the twin ninjas tries to take as many spells as possible while Lakyus quickly composed and immediately got on them while exclaiming that they can’t buy all of these spells, but he smiled behind the mask as having an adventurers group buying from him will undoubtedly increase his shops reputation.