Lightning Is the Only Way

"Do you have a Space Ring?" Gravis asked.

Whoop!

A Space Ring appeared in front of him. "Please put the things you want to trade inside and give me an offer," the clerk said.

Gravis took ahold of the Space Ring and dumped all the ore he was supposed to trade inside. Then, he pushed it to the clerk. "50,000 Immortal Stones," he said.

The clerk looked with quite some surprise at Gravis. That was a lot of money, but some people always thought that the things they had were worth far more than they actually were.

The clerk looked into the Space Ring and was surprised by the amount of ore. After that, he frowned.

"The best I can do is 25,000," he said.

Gravis raised an eyebrow when he heard that. The goal his mother had set for him was 60,000, which would be about 80% of the retail value of his ore. Usually, shops bought resources at 70% of their retail value. After all, they had to store them, which cost money and sell them. 30% profit without the added cost was the usual.

Gravis had already made an offer of 66% of the retail value, which was very generous for the shop. Yet, this guy was lowballing him with 33% of the retail value.

"50," Gravis said. "That is 66% of the retail value."

The clerk frowned. "That is incorrect. The prices recently changed, and I'm offering you 65% of the retail value."

Gravis looked at the clerk, and surprisingly, Gravis felt no sense of falsehood from him. The clerk was something like two levels stronger than Gravis, but Gravis' Will-Aura was far more powerful. He should be able to see through any falsehoods. Yet, the clerk appeared completely truthful.

Gravis frowned. The clerk wasn't lying, but his mother had quoted a different price. Something was up.

"50," Gravis repeated.

The clerk sighed. "Okay, I can go up to 27, but that is my limit. We have to store all of this ore, and it will take us a long time to sell all of it. There are only so many heirs to a powerful person in this city that require equipment."

"50," Gravis repeated.

The clerk looked at the ring, sighed, and pushed it back to Gravis. "Sorry, I can't accept this trade. Please retrieve your items."

Gravis looked into the Space Ring, and his eyes shone.

Gravis had put mountains of ore into the Space Ring, and the ore was incredibly heavy.

Yet, several tons of ore were missing.

This would be hard to notice since that wasn't even 1% of the total amount of ore, but Gravis had checked very thoroughly. If he hadn't, he wouldn't have noticed that.

some ore,

my lucky day!' Gravis thought with

money problems had just

Gravis' smirk and panicked.

RIIIIINNNGGGG!

his finger and flicked it, making

seen the Obsidian Ring previously, and that was precisely why

that he was the son of the Opposer. Yet,

children of the Opposer were weak in power, but they were exceptionally versed in

the Immortal Realm. This meant that he had probably gone through a lower and middle world. This was usually the way the Opposer's cultivating children cultivated. This meant that Gravis had nearly no experience in the highest world. If he had just retrieved his stuff back

retrieved his stuff, it would mean that he accepted

only cared about power and never bothered with economy or business. They were even easier to scam than the usual heirs to

was the underhanded pocketing of some stuff from a Space

and Orthar. "Someone just pocketed something

asked back with shock. "Who would be so stupid? Did you already

"Sure did," Gravis transmitted.

she transmitted with

soon as he came into contact with humans again, his lack of Karmic Luck became relevant again. Could it be considered luck that a thief stole something from him? One would consider that

bad luck could transform into good

screwed up this time. Why had he done that!? He had pulled that stunt

of silence

Whooom!

someone in white robes appeared in

happened?" he

some stuff while we were negotiating," Gravis

indistinguishable Realm appeared inside the room. He looked around with panic and then glared at his employee. "Why is the Trade Investigation Department here!?" he shouted at

this branch of the

an image of what had happened inside the Space

in white robes turned to the clerk.

owner stepped forward. "We do such small trades without a contract due to the contracting fee. The customer

contract, no official trade," the man

"But-"

true, then you shouldn't have done business without a contract. As per the rules, everything inside the Space Ring at the time of the offer will be purchased at retail

to set us up!" the owner shouted

the caller isn't an outstanding Immortal Emperor, it is impossible to fake his aura, and if he were an Immortal Emperor, he

"But my employee only stole a little bit! Why do we have

not pocket something," the man said. "You can also decline, and we will get

to make some money. When this investigator looked through their entire business, they wouldn't just have to pay money. The owner would probably