Surviving The Fourth Calamity-Chapter 58 Opening a Store and Listening to Gossip

58: Chapter 58: Opening a Store and Listening to Gossip

58 -58: Opening a Store and Listening to Gossip

Hill unfolded the carriage into a two-story small house.

The 500 square foot shop on each floor was sufficient for the members of Black Rose to enter.

An array of goods had already been arranged, waiting for customers to choose from.

Many people from Black Rose were already waiting here, and they rushed in as soon as the doors opened.

Hill arranged four pairs of card seat sofas by the window on the first floor and filled the tables with juice and snacks.

He then threw out a few bean bags next to them.

The slanted sunlight shone into the small square, warm and gentle.

Hill called out Tower Spirit Srei, so there was nothing else to worry about.

Hill had just sat down when Baldy leaned in, “Mr.

Hill, can this shop be sold?

How much?”

Hill hesitated and asked, “Do you really need something so expensive?

It was prepared for my travels, it’s not practical for you, right?”

Perfect Baldy said with a smile, “It can be placed outside an instance!

It will definitely sell fast!”

“Instance?”

The old man explained, “It’s the Main God’s temporal shadow.

He took a section of shadow and plays it repeatedly for us to enter and train.”

Hill silently thought: I understand, but He really went ahead and did it.

Perfect Baldy laughed heartily, “There are two segments, and both are ours!”

A Deer stood by, looked at the jewelry cabinet surrounded by people, and laughed, “One segment is the battle to protect Black Rose City.

It mainly deals with legendary fights and is relatively easy, allowing squads of five to enter.

The other is the defense of Kexlote and the retaking of Alliance City.

That requires a team of 25 people.

If the defense of Kexlote is successful, you can ride an airship led by a beautiful young man holding a white cat!”

Hill cursed inwardly.

Seeing Hill’s awkward expression, Cunlü came over smilingly, “Don’t worry!

Mr.

Hill, your image is very pretty.”

Hill shook his head, “It’s not like I can protest.”

A Deer said with a giggle, “Not only can we ride the ship, but we can also listen to Mr.

Hill introduce the battle situation in Alliance City.

That cat is so pretty!

I always look carefully.”

Hill was speechless: He had only appeared holding the cat once at Black Rose, and it was only for a few minutes before he went back.

This deity is truly amazing to notice Hill and Alice in such a short time.

Was William using him and the cat to attract female players?

Perfect Baldy laughed heartily, “The official paid us a lot of money for the rights!

If we win the 5-person instance, I’ll lead the charge!

It’s so exciting!”

Cunlü interjected, “Lu Tai and Two Lines of Bamboo both declined the official invitation.

Though their names were hidden, one could still hear the details!

And Mr.

Hill, you and your cat are very popular; everyone likes to listen carefully, and not many cut off the scene.”

Hill quietly sighed with relief: The overviews could be cut out.

Players are still full of curiosity for now, but that will probably change after enough repetitions.

William that bastard, making him a scene transition NPC was one thing, but a commentator too!

Suddenly, Cunlü burst into laughter, “Lu Tai has finally got what he wished for!

His name will live on in history!

Even though the commentary doesn’t mention his name, the forums are detailed!

It’s such a great drama, and everyone is still discussing it now!

Betraying one’s girlfriend with a cuckold, and losing one’s character by surrendering a city.”

Hill couldn’t bear to look; this sister was really something!

The old man suddenly stood up and went over to greet a group of female players who had entered.

“His girlfriend has arrived,” said A Deer.

The two girls also went over, joining them to shop.

Hill shook his head and said to Baldy, “This is really expensive!”

Baldy didn’t hesitate and said, “Just give me a price first!”

“20 million Crystal Stones for a basic version.”

Baldy gasped, “Why is it so expensive!”

“It requires a large amount of Space Crystals.

The Temple of Time and Space hasn’t released any for a while.

Only my grandfather, Master Fran, has them.

He wants to keep them for deriving Spatial Magic, and they’ve basically not been sold.

In a while, the King’s Space Ore mines will be open to the public.

Then the price might drop, but it will still be in the millions.

The required ores are all very valuable.”

Baldy knocked on the table in frustration, “I really want it!

A shape-shifting carriage!”

Xiao Liuliu, who was among a group of girls picking out jewelry, overheard and shouted, “Ah, the romance of a man!

I could sell houses and cars for that!”

Baldy quickly turned and said, “Wife, can you save me some face?

I was just sighing!”

He looked at Hill, who was holding back laughter, and the others who were laughing out loud, and changed the subject, “Mr.

Hill, how many store cores do you have?

I’d really like to buy some.”

Hill thought for a moment and answered, “I have six sets.

Do you want them all?”

“Of course!” Baldy replied, “Six stores is not many at all!

What’s the price for the containers?”

“Can you even manage to open so many stores?

The containers come with the core.

Ten large containers, ten small ones, plus ten puppets, all together for 2000 Crystal Stones.”

“The God of Time and Space, our Main God, has ascended the Divine Throne.

William has announced that this place will be opened for entry soon, and there will be many newcomers.”

An Baba came over and slumped down in dejection.

“Why aren’t you buying anything?” A Baba asked with a mischievous smile.

“These women are too ruthless; I didn’t even go near the jewelry!

Each one stepped on me and kicked me out,” An Baba complained bitterly.

“You’re asking for it, why were you in such a hurry?” the old man walked over, “Wait until tomorrow to buy!

Thousands of girls there!”

The Magic Sword laughed and asked him, “Baby Guai is here.

How’s your wallet holding up?”

“So that’s what makes you a bachelor!” the old man looked at him sideways, “Don’t think that just because I told her to buy whatever she wants, she’d go on a shopping spree.

She knows exactly how much money is in my wallet, way more than I do.”

“I’ll wait and see then,” the Magic Sword said, rolling his eyes.

Hill said with a smile, “Actually, it’s not a big deal!

My jewelry only differs in function; many of them look quite similar.”

Romantic Drunk Red Dust cast an odd glance at Hill, “Mr.

Hill, you’re not married yet, right?

You don’t understand women at all.

Your jewelry, the gemstones in each set are different.

Last time, a lot of people bought many pieces of jewelry of the same design.

Having one of each item in the series is what these women believe in.”

Hill didn’t want to engage with him, despite being a perennial bachelor, he didn’t want to listen to the insights of someone who always got dumped while flirting.

An Baba ignored them, muttering to himself, “I want to buy a coach!

Do you think they would leave one for me?”

“Why would you buy a coach?” the Magic Sword asked, perplexed.

“At the entrance of the newbie village, I can wait for a pretty girl in a fancy coach,” he replied.

“Have you gone mad or are you just stupid?

You’d be lucky to find someone like the Sanda King!” An Idler commented, “Most of them are probably bald types, right?”

Perfect Bald snorted, “Liu Liu likes me this way!”

The Old Age Striking King shouted from the side, “Are you giving them faces or what?

If you don’t want to live, just say so!

Remember to leave your inheritance to me!”

The group hastily waved their hands and lowered their heads, asking each other: did anyone see her coming in?

She’s so short that we just didn’t notice her!

“Shut up quickly!” Baldy finally put an end to the stupid conversation.

“Sister, keep going!

They won’t dare to speak anymore!” Perfect Bald called out loudly.

“Tsk,” the Old Age Striking King continued her shopping, and everyone else breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.

Hill looked at the few who still dared to provoke and couldn’t help but laugh.

He thought about it and then asked, “You mentioned that new players will join.

About how many are we expecting?”

Baldy said nonchalantly, “Only those from our country will come.

Other countries have been dying to get in but can’t.

According to the hype on the forums, the estimate is tens of millions.

We always say that when William is about to attack Mafasal, that’s when people will be let in.”

Hill was inwardly shocked, tens of millions coming would indeed mean Sarel couldn’t continue like before; it would empty Sarel!

The players were so sure about attacking Mafasal, William must have hinted at it.

He had to act quickly, to get ahead of William.

During a lull in the conversation, Perfect Bald quickly asked, “Mr.

Hill, can you sell me all of the shop cores?”

Hill nodded and traded directly with Baldy, “They’re of no use to me anymore, I’ll sell them all to you!

But I won’t be doing this kind of business in the future.”

Baldy smiled wryly, “What will I do if my allies want some?

I really do want them for myself.”

Hill said, “I’ll mention it to Uncle Adrian.

If they need them, they have regular Alchemists who can make them.

Although these items are generally for practice, because they are valuable and can’t be sold easily, nobody wants to make too many.

If there’s a high demand, there will always be people willing to make money off of it.”

Baldy nodded, “Then I’ll ask my allies, if there’s a lot, please speak to them for me.

If it’s just a few, I’ll have to divide a couple out myself.”

Rain Falling on Mortal Dust suddenly rushed in, heading straight for Hill, “Mr.

Hill, do you have any Advanced Magic Tower cores?”

“Don’t you already have some?” he asked.

“We only have one, and it was traded from William with military exploits.

His offer was limited in time and quantity, and now it’s gone, he won’t trade any more no matter how many military exploits we offer.

We want to rebuild all the city walls and construct a Magic Tower at each of the four corners of the city!”

Hill asked sincerely, “Why not build Magic Arrow Towers?”

“We have built those!

There’s one every 10 meters, almost went bankrupt if it weren’t for the royalties.

But we heard that if a Magic Tower controls the area around the arrow towers, their power increases!”

Hill nodded, “It would be more powerful.

But you don’t need Advanced Magic Tower cores for that.”

“Why not?” she asked.

“If all you want is to control the Magic Arrows or boost their attack power, Intermediate Magic Towers are sufficient.

Advanced Magic Tower cores are mainly for assisting Mages in spell research and Alchemy.

If Intermediate Magic Towers aren’t being used for that, their power output isn’t much different from the Advanced ones.

The main point is, Magic Tower cores will not obey commands from other cores of the same level, they’re not practical for you.

All you need is to give the central Advanced Magic Tower the authority to control the other Magic Towers, and it will be enough for your needs.”

“So the Magic Towers in Obastian are all independent?”

“How else would they be able to hire Magisters?

No Magister would want to arrive later and have to follow other Mages of the same level; it’s impossible!

For a Mage, the only person one has to obey is their own teacher, respect is sufficient for other high-level Mages!”

Rain Falling on Mortal Dust nodded in confusion, “Alright!

I still need to study the history of mages here.”