By the time they returned to the Shelter, it was already late afternoon.
After going back to the Mansion of the Berserk Gang, Aragorn separated from his 2 friends as he returned to his workshop to go check on some things.
Princess Elanor waved Rex goodbye before also going out for her own business. Left alone in the mansion, Rex went inside and after having a nice bath to freshen up, he left for the Blood Market.
After a few weeks of staying in the Gundam Shelter to settle down and thoroughly digest his gains, Rex was now ready to sell one of his loots.
After defeating one of the strongest Intermediate Mystic warriors that he ever faced, Pain, he left with the Parasitic Armor.
Since the armor was not compatible with him as a mystic warrior, Aragorn already advised him long ago to trade it when they finally get to the Gundam Shelter. The Blood Market was the perfect place for businesses like this.
Rex pulled out of the Berserk Gang mansion with one of the red armored cars that were left in the park, prestige was important for everything here.
…
A few minutes later, when Rex pulled over in the parking lot of the Blood Market, all the sharp eyes that originally glared at newcomers like Vultures left him since this was the Gang leader of the Berserk Gang.
"Gang leader, what can I help you with?"
To keep themselves in business, the Blood Gang still needed to appease every one of the major gangs and the Berserk Gang was classified as one.
This was why a female guide was sent here to help Rex.
Rex turned to look at the female guide on a mask with a beautiful shape. "I'm here to trade a Super Grade mystic Armor".
She smiled brightly the next moment. "This way please".
Having been trained in the art, the lady was able to instantly know that Rex was not like typical gang leaders due to his authoritative tone of words that were not too filled with vulgarities.
She reacted instantly and spoke with polite English which worked its wonders by appeasing to Rex's ears as he instantly felt more comfortable.
The female guide took Rex through the walkway until they arrived at an Elevator. There, they ascended to the 4th floor where Super Mystic trades were conducted. The Blood Market was easily one of the biggest structures around.
On the 4th floor, Rex finally met the master trader who was to appraise the Parasitic Armor and attend to him.
Once the middle-aged man with a grey beard took the Armor, he placed it on a special scanner as he took a lot of notes down for 2 minutes.
After the scan, the middle-aged man finally looked at Rex. "It's a nice mystic armor with 3 mystic effects, but its main use is to amplify the powers of a mystic warrior with a parasite-related mystic ability".
"Good stuff". The middle-aged man smiled. "Its original price should be around 200 million Gundam Shelter credits".
"Since it is already used and has seen its fair bit of battle, its price would naturally degrade a lot". The middle-aged man rubbed his chin like he was deep in thought. "We can take it for 50 million Gundam Shelter credits".
"No worries". Rex smiled. "I'll like to trade it for another Super Grade Mystic Armor, is that doable?"
"Oh…" The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows in realization. "That's doable, we have a collection of 3 Super Grade mystic armors".
The next moment, the cabinet behind the middle-aged master trader moved as 3 Armor samples were presented before Rex.
"The 1st with purple color is called the Dragon Scale Armor. It has only 2 mystic effects, but its defensive abilities are the cream of the top".
"The 2nd with the grey color is called the Mist Armor. Its defensive abilities are average at best, but it has 5 mystic effects including the ability for its wielder with enough mystic energy to transverse through the mist dimension".
"As for the last with a red color, it's slightly special, one of our archeologists and his team of mystic warriors discovered it deep inside an ancient tomb".
"Its abilities are unknown; we only know that it's a Super Grade mystic Armor but our archeologist guessed that it is probably related to a Vampire".
The middle-aged man laughed at the ridiculousness of his words. "Well, you can decide to go wild and try your luck out. You never know, you may luck out and get a rare Super Grade mystic armor that is being sought for centuries".
"I'll go for it".
"Huh?"
"Yeah, I'll go for it". Rex smiled.
Even before the middle-aged man started introducing the armor, Rex already felt an affinity with this Red armor and his heart went to it immediately.
"Are you sure?" The middle-aged man asked calmly to confirm.
Rex was about to reply but he paused and frowned as his smart wristwatch blinked red, his eyes narrowed. "Yes, I'm sure, give me the armor now!"
"Yes, Gang leader".
Rex took the armor and rushed back to his car before dumping it inside. He switched on the car as he rapidly sped away deep inside the city.
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Somewhere in the Gundam Shelter…
A group of 8 drunk thugs surrounded a fragile group of 2, a young man and his sister. Max shielded his sister from the thugs as he pleaded with them.
"Please, I'll pay any amount, just leave my sister alone".
"Hehehe, no amount you can pay can give us the amount of pleasure that we'll get if we get to ravage through her Gold tunnel".
"Haha, we want the gold tunnel, get the f*ck out of our way!"
Before Max could react, one of the thugs smacked down as he was hit in the nose, causing him to bleed. Max was triggered as he clenched his fist before lunging to attack and protect his sister but his moves had no technique behind them.
He was a basic mystic warrior but one who never bordered to train.
Bam!
Once a fist connected to his abdomen, a pummeling started as Max was beaten to the point where his whole face was swollen.
Stark tried to intervene, but like her older brother, she was weak. She was soon bundled up like a sack of wood as she was carried away while she screamed.
No one intervened, they only watched the beautiful lady being taken away while salivating and fantasizing if they were the ones who had the chance to have a go at her. This was the reality of the Gundam Shelter.
The 8 thugs barely walked away though before a red armored car sped towards their front before breaking to a sudden halt.
Whoosh!
They barely even understood what happened as golden sword energy shone the next moment. In mere seconds, 8 heads were sent flying.
Rex took Elden Stark from the headless thug as the thug finally lost all strength and fell down. By now, Stark was already petrified by everything that happened as she found it hard to even breathe.
Rex left her in the car before walking toward Max. He forced a pill inside his mouth to heal his injuries before carrying him on his shoulders to the car.
Rex placed the both of them inside the car and just looked, he did not drive away instantly as the repercussions of his decision started settling inside his head.
"This is a step filled with thorns and thistles". He concluded.
This 𝓬ontent is taken from f(r)eeweb(n)ovel.𝒄𝒐𝙢