Dimensional Descent

The Ore market was the most lucrative in Valiant Heart. If one thought about it, this wasn't too surprising. What else would one expect to find in a world of such mountainous regions if not and endless number of Ores? Valiant Heart was especially known for its rich Urbe Ore reserves.

One might imagine, then, for a mere white belt to claim such a large portion of this market, he definitely couldn't be a normal man.

No one knew exactly what the King of Ores' secret was, but what they did know was that he was a vicious man not many dare to cross.

All this said, the Ore Market of Valiant City wasn't what one would expect. The youths of Valiant Heart had no need for buying raw Ores. Aside from some Crafter factions within their organization, sales rarely, if ever, ended up in the hands of the students of Valiant Heart.

Rather, the Ore Market was a hotspot for traders coming from outside Valiant Heart.

The youths usually took missions that could range in anything from finding the sources of new Ore Veins to excavating already existing mines. Usually, these youths would be under the wing of factions who laid claim to these Ores for themselves.

These Ore Factions designated youths with unique abilities to find new Ore sources while deploying their stronger members toward guarding the veins they claimed. The lowest ranking members were tasked with minding and bringing these Ores back.

These Ores would then be brought to the market and sold, mostly in bulk, to various trading companies.

Valiant Heart Mountain was content to allow their students to battle it out over these resources, taking a kickback from the taxes. This way, they could both accumulate resources and funds while training the next generation all at once.

Due to these reasons, the Ore Market was simultaneously a place of profit and a battlefield of commerce.

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within one of the many pitched tents of the Ore Market, a palm slammed down on a

to offer and a line that extended for hundreds of meters could be found outside

diameter. The inside placed a large, thick wooden table at the front. But, to the back, rather than being one large room like

people within the tent, nor outside of it, were worrying about this at the moment. They were entirely focused on the scuffle that was

our precious map if you hit

patting the beast-skin map sprawled out over the table.

fuming, only became more

50% up from just half a year

looker, especially when her chest was heaving like that. She wore spectacles that couldn't hide her vibrant

near impossible. Even now, she wore

young man picked at

set the price, you buy. If you don't

wasn't for the special gloves she

because he promoted to blue belt that he can do whatever he

verbal response, his entire demeanor seemed to scream: 'Yea? And what are you going

King of Ores faction can forget about

before he began to laugh uproariously. He laughed so hard that one would have thought that he had just heard the funniest joke in the

wheezed, only managing to calm himself after taking a large gulp

in striking contrast, his expression became bitingly

out. "Your pitiful faction only comes here twice a year so you have no idea that the prices have been like this for over a week already. Yet, do you