"Artefacts?!" William doubted himself, but that fat and short man in front of him didn't give any time to feel things again, or check anything.
"Kid, if you are here to waste my time, then scram!" That dude was a hot tempered one.
"I'm here to sell these," William took out a single core for the man to shut up and examine it.
And that was what this man did.
He might be rude, hard to deal with, but he was quite professional. The moment he got this core, he started to examine it using his spirit power and spirit.
"You got the Clavourance Eagle spirit?!" William recognised the troublesome monster that dude used its spirit.
"You do have a keen eye, kiddo," the fat merchant said, but he never moved his eyes away from this core or even paused in his actions.
His spirit was a hard to fight monster, one that wasn't found easily in this world as it was a flying one. It was commonly found in the outer world, and it had a very sharp intuition, one that would save its life for many times.
This eagle could feel the danger approaching like it got the ability to see the future or something. So, it was hard to kill this bird not thanks to its strength but the hardships in finding it in the first place.
William roughly guessed what this spirit master here was doing. If he got that eagle's spirit, its ability to see the future, then this dude wasn't assessing the value of these goods at all.
He was seeing the future of this core, seeing for how much it was going to be sold. And that new and unique way made William inwardly smile in admiration.
This group didn't reach its current stage of fame and power thanks to luck or their efforts alone, but over the shoulders of this man here and others like him if there were such a thing.
"Seeing how much each item would sell in the future if they auctioned it? Damn! That's like a cheat way to not sell anything of low value!" William thought to himself before that fat dude raised his head and looked at William in a weird way.
"I believe this isn't the single core you want to sell, right?" and just like what William expected, this dude was able to see glimpses of the future of the auction where this core would be sold at, and knew William was going to sell a large batch of them.
"That's correct."
"Show me," the man demanded, "I have to examine them all together, or else my ability won't be sufficient."
"Fine," William was about to take out his cores, yet to get stopped by the man.
"Wait," the man hurriedly ran to one corner where there were lots of empty boxes lying there. Unlike what William expected, he didn't grab the first large box he found, but kept fiddling there, moving boxes around, as if he was looking for something.
"Don't tell me he even saw the shape of the box my cores will be sold in and is looking for it to have a more perfect vision," William thought again in his mind, feeling a little surprised by this man's actions.
And for a moment there, he felt such ability was godsent, if it was coupled with the right training manuals and techniques.
And if that dude got the time spirit element, William knew he'd be a gem. But the spirit element that dude used was wind. It wasn't an element that would negatively impact this dude's spirit, but it wasn't also that helpful as well.
"I found it!" and after a few minutes of looking, this dude finally found a box. It was a rectangular shaped box, reaching five metres in length and two in width and height.
It was bronze in colour, without any remarkable features on it except for a sun like symbol that was engraved on its sides and cover.
"Do you need any help?"
"No need," that merchant just used his power and that large and heavy box looked as if it was a toy to him.
"A dark gold spirit master?!" Trevor didn't get this dude's strength before and now just realised it.
"Kid, leave the cores here," the merchant said, wiping the nonexistent sweat droplets off his forehead, "the box will fit them all."
"Ok," William started to fill the box with his cores. In just one minute, the empty box was filled with all the cores William took out.
And like that merchant said, the box fit them all.
"There is one thing missing," the merchant kept looking at the box for a few minutes, with a deep frown on his face, "ah! The last core," he suddenly said in realisation, throwing the core that he kept holding all this time, "now it's perfect."
"Perfect for what?" Trevor didn't get what this merchant was doing or even meant by his words.
"Shush," William placed his finger on his lips to silence Trevor. And the merchant ignored Trevor's words. He didn't place the cover over the box, and started to move his hands over it as if he was feeling the cores.
His spirit ignited again, and he even closed his eyes. William knew this dude was now seeing much clearer scenes of the future, where his cores would be fought upon by many clients, ended up sold by a certain price.
William didn't know if this man's visions were trustworthy or accurate or what. But seeing him having such an important job, doing this all alone, made William feel he was dependable.
The merchant kept his eyes closed for ten straight minutes. William thought this man was going to hurry up this time, but he took his time, moving his hands all over the cores, even touching the sides of the box sometimes.
"It's a good trade," the merchant suddenly opened his eyes, while his face changed to show a bright smile for the first time ever, "let me guess... You killed all the monsters these cores came from personally, right?"
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