âThis-this is a gemstone from a Blue Lesser Fire Dragon! How did you get it!?â
âI just killed it. I was able to do it by soaking it in water or using magic to cool it off.â
ââŚSurely you didnât do it alone?â
âI did it with my monsters.â
I said while pointing at the Proud Wolf and slimes.
And thenâŚhe muttered.
âAre you serious⌠I had known you were strong, but not that strong.â
âWell, the Blue Lesser Fire Dragon just happened to be a good fit for us. âŚSo, can you use this to make the armor?â
âOf course! Iâll do it! âŚShould I make it so that it fits the Proud Wolf?â
âYes. âŚOh, since I have two, can you also make one for the slimes?â
I said as I offered the other one.
He looked at it and jumped in the air.
âTwoâŚgemstones from a Blue Lesser Fire Dragon!?â
âYeah. There just happened to be a second one there.â
âSo you got this on the same day?â
ââŚWe were lucky. Oh, could you keep my hunting of them a secret?â
If word spread about me hunting the Blue Lesser Fire Dragons, the Blue Moon of Salvation might put me back on their assassination list. While I was unlikely to be taken by surprise, as I had the slimesâŚit was still better if I wasnât targeted.
âI donât mind⌠But, do you perhaps have a third one?â
âNo, I donât have a third one. But I have plenty of normal gemstones from Lesser Fire Dragons.â
âIâll buy all of them.â
He said immediately.
Apparently, Master Gaiger really wanted the Lesser Fire Dragon gemstones.
âHow much does one cost?â
I decided to ask first.
The guild was paying 50,000 cicols for one, so I would take anything that was above that.
âWellâŚI canât say unless I see how good the quality is.â
âRight. âŚTake a look then.â
I said as I handed him the bag.
There were 287 gemstones in all.
ââŚThis bag is oddly heavy. Is there something else inside as well?â
âI killed a lot, so there are a lot of them inside. Youâll understand when you look inside.â
And so Master Gaiger opened the bagâand let out a cry of shock.
âThey really are all gemstones! AndâŚthe quality is insane!â
âInsane⌠Do you mean insanely bad?â
âInsanely high! âŚThe colors are so clear and I donât see any impurities. They donât come out like this unless you kill them very quickly and immediately remove the stones right after.â
I see.
Doing it quickly helps in maintaining quality.
Indeed, my method would have been a lot quicker than slowly pouring buckets of water over it.
And the slimes had immediately put them in storage before dismembering them.
Ignoring the storage time, it would have been less than 10 minutes.
âYou can sure tell a lot from just looking at them.â
âAs if I could continue with this job without a good eye for gemstones! âŚFor stones of this quality, I will pay you 100,000 for one!â
100,000 for one. That was double what the guild was paying.
I had expected it to go up a little, but not double.
ââŚWell, there are 287. How many will you buy?â
âAll of them! âŚWait one moment!â
He said as he went to the back of the store.
Then he returned with a bag full of gold coins.
âHereâs 28,700,000 cicols. Count them.â
âŚHe had that much cash in his storeâŚ
I guess it wasnât famous for nothing.
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