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.

stole some ore, huh,'

Gravis smirked. 'Today is my

had

Gravis' smirk and

RIIIIINNNGGGG!

off his finger and flicked it, making it vibrate in a

and that was precisely why he was confident of the fact that he would be able to get away with stealing

meant that he was the son of the Opposer. Yet, exactly that gave

power, but they were exceptionally versed in the way of business. Scamming them

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

he retrieved his stuff, it would mean that he accepted the contents of

with economy or business. They were even easier

the underhanded pocketing of

transmitted to his mother, who was walking around with Yersi and

be

"Sure did," Gravis transmitted.

lucky, Gravis," she transmitted with

again. Could it be considered luck that a thief stole something from him? One would consider that bad luck

bad

his head in his hands. He had really screwed up this time. Why had he done that!? He had

of silence

Whooom!

in white robes appeared in the

to Gravis. "What happened?" he

Gravis said as he gestured to

the room. He looked around with panic and then glared at his employee. "Why is

was the owner of this branch of the Average Trading Firm, a peak Immortal

the ring from Gravis and looked at it. Then, he used his Major Law of Time to create an image of what had happened inside the Space Ring in the last couple of minutes.

turned to the clerk. "Do

forward. "We do such small trades without a contract due to the contracting

the man in white robes interrupted the

"But-"

man repeated. "If what you say is true, then you shouldn't have done business without a contract. As per the rules,

to set us up!" the owner

the person said. "As long as the caller isn't an outstanding Immortal Emperor, it is impossible to fake his aura, and if he were an Immortal Emperor, he wouldn't do something

a little bit! Why do we have to

just had to not pocket something," the man said. "You can also decline, and we will get a full investigation going.

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