Location- Sky Blossom City, Card stadium, VIP box no.1
“Sure, name your price.” Ignoring Luna’s scorn-filled gaze, I confidently answered Anna’s sketchy offer.
“Wyatt, you dog. How can I talk about that with my family present here?” Anna acted shy, but her eyes kept throwing a flirtatious gaze at me.
“Go ahead, since when did our presence stop you from having a good time?” Old fool Lorenzo commented, seeing Anna act shy.
*Tsk*Luna clicked her tongue again.
“…” Anna glared at old man Lorenzo and her cousin Luna threatening them into behaving themselves.
“Anna, please don’t joke around. I am being serious; I want to borrow some broken runes. Would you please give me a price?” I planned to add the cost of broken runes to the 35000 soul jade I took from Anna as an advance on my silver milk royalty.
“You want to talk seriously, let’s talk seriously then. The market price of one broken rune is near 35,000 median soul jades. How many broken runes do you plan to borrow, and What do you plan to use as collateral?” Anna got real serious. Just like the first time I met her when she wanted me to hand over the secrets to silver milk powder production.
“Wait second, what is a Median Soul Jade?” This is the first time I heard about Median Soul Jade.
“Soul Jades are classified based on the purity of the soul Jade. The rank of the dungeon determines the purity of the soul jade produced into three types,
Low Soul Jades – F, E, D & C rank dungeons
Median Soul Jades – B, A, AA & S rank dungeons
High Soul Jades – SS & SSS rank dungeons
Lower the level of a dungeon longer it takes to produce a soul jade. Both B-rank and S-rank dungeons produce median soul jades. In the time required by the B-rank dungeon to produce one median soul, the S-rank dungeon produces four median soul jades.
The current exchange rate for Soul Jades is,
1 Low Soul Jade = 100 million dollars
1 Median Soul Jade = 10 Low Soul Jades
1 High Soul Jade = 10 Median Soul Jades
The rate may vary in the black market. Considering you are my friend, I will offer you alternative options of payment. So do you want to pay with Low Soul Jades or Dollars?” After explaining the types of Soul Jades, knowing that I did not have any median soul jades on me, Anna offered me alternative payment methods.
“About that, can you give me an advance on my royalty?” Hearing the sky-high price of a broken rune, I was already speechless, but still, I gathered my courage to ask for a loan on my royalty shamelessly.
“No, you can not, as you already claimed a 35,000 low soul jade advance on your royalty.” Anna rejected my shameless request for an advance on my royalty.
“…” I didn’t know how else to pay for the broken runes. And thinking about the two broken runes I sacrificed to fake my death, I felt light-headed, unable to handle the shock of losing 70,000 median soul jades. Due to this experience, I saw Anna in a new light as she generously gifted me six broken soul jades worth 210,000 median soul jades or 21,000 high soul jades. If I had a prodigal daughter like Anna, I would have removed her name from my will.
“Wyatt, I have a few broken runes on me. If you are willing, I can sell you one broken rune for one percent of the silver milk powder share in your hand. Considering the current market price of the broken runes and silver milk powder shares, I think I am offering you a fair price.” Old fool Lorenzo did not want to miss out on the opportunity to make some money on my desperation.
“No, thank you.” Giving the old fool a middle finger in mind, I rejected his offer. People are still skeptical about silver milk powder. Therefore, their share price is still unstable. If I had to comment on Lorenzo’s offer, then I would say he was being generous by offering one broken rune for one share.
“I have an offer for you too.” Luna proposed
“If it’s about selling the shares in my hand, then don’t bother.” I made it clear that I was not willing to sell the shares of silver milk powder in my hand.
“No, I want to employ you to help me research on empty space. I will pay you one broken rune after the completion of my research.” Luna seemed to be set on having me help her in her research.
“Nope, that’s too long and tedious for a single broken rune.” I rejected Luna’s offer cause I needed a broken rune to increase my strength to face any possible assassination attempts. And Luna’s research may take years or even decades which is a lot of time and work for a single broken rune. Yep, Anna had spoiled with her extravagant gifts as I can think of hundreds of people who would kill to have the job Luna offered me.
“I’m open for negotiations. Name your price.” Luna seemed to have expected my rejection and asked me the price for my help in her research.
“One broken rune per month with fifteen working hours per week obviously I will be taking the weekends off. And I want four months’ salary in advance.” I wanted to ask for one broken rune per week, but instead, I found the limit of my shamelessness.
“Even the lead researcher doesn’t get paid that much by my university.” Luna looked at me with utter disbelief.
“There are hundreds of capable lead researchers, so they are not worth that much. As far as I know, you have only me who can help you with your research on empty space.” Knowing the worth of what you are selling is negotiation 101.
“Huh… Grandpa, how many broken runes do you have on you?” After giving it a thought, Luna turned to her grandfather for help.