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.

ore,

'Today is my lucky day!'

had just been

Gravis' smirk and panicked. "Wait!"

RIIIIINNNGGGG!

his Obsidian Ring off his finger and flicked it, making it vibrate in a particular

Obsidian Ring previously, and that was precisely why he was confident of the fact that he would be able to

Ring meant that he was the son of the Opposer.

Realm children of the Opposer were weak in power, but they were exceptionally versed in the way of business. Scamming

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 into

he retrieved his stuff, it would mean that he accepted the contents of the Space Ring. Yet, they were

cultivating children of the Opposer only cared about power and never bothered with economy or business. They were even easier

things was the underhanded pocketing of some stuff from a Space Ring. She also told him how to proceed if that

was walking around with Yersi and Orthar. "Someone just pocketed something from a Space Ring," he transmitted with

with shock. "Who would be so stupid? Did you already call for

"Sure did," Gravis transmitted.

lucky, Gravis," she transmitted with a

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

bad

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

seconds of silence

Whooom!

white robes

person turned to Gravis. "What happened?" he asked in

negotiating," Gravis said

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

of this branch of the Average Trading Firm, a

of Time to create an image of what had happened inside the Space Ring in the last

man in white robes turned to the clerk. "Do you have a

stepped forward. "We do such small trades

the man in white robes

"But-"

contract, no official trade," the man repeated. "If what you say is 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

set us up!" the owner shouted as

"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

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

employee just had to not pocket something," the man said. "You can also decline, and we will

but the potential repercussions of a full investigation were just too devastating. They often scammed ignorant people to make some money. When this investigator looked