In the abyss, Sarko’s Kingdom,
An Anygate was quietly opening.
As the Anygate began to glow, Sarko appeared before the portal’s entrance.
"Old buddy, you’ve finally arrived! It’s been such a long time!"
With Sarko’s enthusiastic voice, a demon dressed in a black tailcoat walked out of the Anygate, standing right in front of him.
"My old friend, every time I visit you here, you always greet me so warmly. I must say, it’s truly an honor!"
"Charles, you’re too polite. But it’s not yet the day for trading. Why have you arrived early this time?"
Sarko said with a grin, but his eyes were fixed on Charles.
A terrifying smile appeared on Charles’ face. In fact, his smile wasn’t truly scary, but his appearance alone gave off that impression.
"This time’s situation is a bit special. If I had waited a few more days, I might not have had the chance to appear before you at all."
As he spoke, Charles threw a golden dice toward Sarko.
This had become a habit between the two of them. Because they were afraid of impersonators, they had developed this token. The golden dice, blessed by the goddess of luck, could not be forged.
After tossing the dice, Charles began to examine his surroundings.
"My friend, it looks like a new genius has appeared in your Kingdom!"
"To have so many casinos under one person’s control, not to mention the palace you live in..."
Charles could sense that it seemed like the ownership of Sarko’s Kingdom had changed, and all these new owners seemed to have one name—Daniel!
Even the palace where Sarko lived was named after Daniel.
This reminded him of the time when he had lost a bet to Daniel during their last wager.
Upon hearing Charles’ comment, Sarko’s face turned awkward.
As a seasoned gambler, he had lost to a human, which he found hard to talk about. But eventually, he spoke up.
"Old buddy, the thing is, a human has appeared in our abyss."
When Charles heard the word "human," a look of surprise crossed his face.
However, he didn’t interrupt Sarko’s story but instead chose to listen quietly.
Charles was a very shrewd merchant. It was precisely because of his sharp mind that he could move freely in the abyss. Therefore, he never interrupted Sarko until he fully understood what was going on.
Soon, Sarko explained everything that had happened since Daniel arrived in the abyss.
Of course, he wouldn’t admit that he lost to Daniel in a bet, and now Daniel owned all these assets. Instead, he framed it as if he had a good relationship with Daniel, and all of this had been voluntarily given to him. After all, with his power, how could he possibly lose a bet to anyone?
Charles listened to the story and gave Sarko a strange look.
"So that’s how it is?"
Charles, being a demon from the surface, had naturally heard of what Daniel had been doing, especially the announcement about Daniel killing the Abyss King.
It seemed that this matter was true after all!
As for the gnome tribe, Charles knew about them too.
After a moment of thought, Charles spoke up.
"Old friend, do you happen to know where this Daniel is now?"
Sarko immediately shook his head.
"I don’t know about that. It seems he possesses very powerful spatial abilities and can appear anywhere in an instant."
"However, if you want to meet him, I can help you contact him—of course, that would be after he returns to the abyss."
Charles nodded.
"Since that’s the case, I’ll leave it to you then."
After finishing his sentence, he gestured toward the Anygate behind him.
"Take a look at the goods this time. I’ve carefully selected them. They’re all things you can personally use."
Sarko nodded and leaned his head into the Anygate.
After a moment, he pulled his head back out, a satisfied smile on his face.
"This batch of goods is indeed quite good."
"However, about the succubi you brought last time, it seems Daniel wasn’t particularly interested. If possible, next time, could you bring something else instead?"
Upon hearing this, Charles couldn’t help but furrow his brows.
"This shouldn’t be the case! How could a human resist the allure of succubi?"
After a brief moment of thought, Charles simply nodded.
"My old friend, I understand what you mean. If there’s a next trade, I’ll bring some specialty products."
After a brief exchange, the two of them continued discussing the current trade.
This time, the goods were from the human race.
"My old friend, try this."
Charles said as he handed Sarko a bottle of wine, explaining,
"This is a very rare wine among the humans. Its ingredients require bathing in the rare sunlight for three months before they can be harvested."
Sarko’s eyes lit up immediately. He took the wine and drank deeply from it.
"Not bad, not bad! So this is the taste of sunlight. Truly enviable!"
Charles smiled slightly as he watched Sarko savoring it.
"You should know that even on the surface, sunlight is very precious."
"As an old friend and long-time partner, I won’t cheat you. I’ll sell it to you at the market price from the human world."
"50 million gold coins for a bottle of this wine."
Sarko nodded and spoke.
"My old buddy, I can already feel your sincerity."
"50 million gold coins is indeed a bargain, considering that the last burger you brought cost 200 million gold coins."
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Mist Mountains
After Daniel killed the Fallen Mountain Giant, he discovered a large amount of wine on the creature’s body.
His face immediately turned a deep shade of displeasure.
What was wrong with this Mountain Giant?
Why did it carry this wine around with it?
This was something that could be bought for a single silver coin per box—why treat it as though it was a treasure?
It seemed like this giant had been taken advantage of!
Daniel shook his head, too lazy to even pick up the bottles of wine.
It was such a waste of space in his inventory!
After this brief moment of frustration, he turned his attention to the pile of loot in front of him.
As expected of a silver-rank world boss, the loot was still quite impressive.
However, among this small mountain of loot, there were many pieces of orange equipment that Daniel considered to be worthless.
The elven warriors in the distance, however, were shocked by the mountain of loot and their eyes glistened with greed.
Though they were greedy, they knew these items were beyond their reach.