30 Discussion and Plans - 1

Nodus allowed Shishi to go crazy on the meals as usual while he casual pick a single thing from each dishes. Noticing that the little girl was eating slowly with her face down , Nodus felt like it was unlike her. "What is wrong?" The little girl shoulders jumped as she dropped her fork. "Er..! Nothing! I.. I like this vegetable very much." Peeking at the young man , Luru became even more tense as Nodus was still glaring at her. "H..how did you convinced aunty to give you the book shop?" Switching to another topic , the little girl slowly picked up her fork.

"Here." Placing a small piece of paper on her side of the table. "Here is the shop certificate , I have already taken my reward so you don't have to pay me back... reward?" Luru looked at Nodus with a puzzled expression."I don't know , the only thing she did was.. sleeping with me last night." The little girl once again dropped her fork as she abruptly stood up from her seat."Ehh! What!? W...why would aunty sleep with Nodus..?" The young man who was always calm was a little bit surprised by her over reaction."What's wrong about it , it's like you and Ali."

'No.. it's not the same.. not at all..' The defeated girl quietly sat back down as she resume her breakfast.

"Thank you! Come again with your girlfriend!" The young man nodded as he grabbed his change from her palm and left the restaurant with Luru and Shishi. Luru followed beside him , glancing at Nodus from times to times. Standing in front of a small shop , Nodus took the copper key that Kathrina left him with the letter and opened the door of the mini library. Looking around the cozy book shop , he saw 6 tall book shelves that had at least hundreds of book in every of them. After walking around the bookshop , the floor was about 500 square feet while the land itself was 800 square feet. The shop had only one floor but it was 10 meters tall to accommodate the big bookshelves and there was a couple of small seats.

"What kind of books are these?" The young man was calculating the cost as he drew a blue print on his hologram watch. "Erm.. These books are about the continent , they are mainly common knowledge while some of them are about herbs , monsters and such.." Being used to the young man mysterious artifact , Luru was just walking around as she read the title on the side of the books. In the end , Nodus learned that they were simply just a introduction to many things in this continent. "Can you transport all of these books with your ring?" Seeing the girl nodding , Nodus scanned every single books and asked Luru to take them away as he disintegrated the bookshelves.'Now I just have to wait until everyone is asleep and rebuilt the entire place with Bu One.'

"I am finished with my business , what do you want to do now?" Luru was surprised as she felt like she wanted to spend more times with Nodus. "Should we go to the official market district.. or.. the food district? There is some tasty snacks over there!" Luru led the way as Nodus followed beside her this times. The little girl brought him to many different place to grab some sweet snacks before going into the market district. This times , instead of equipment and tools , he saw a bunch of different materials like ores , weird tree branches and huge eggs. The shop here were bigger with huge see through windows , pets , magical cubs , furniture and even services like transports , escorts , slaves..etc..

The weapon quality in this district was the highest as most of them were crafted directly from the black smith guild that was resided in the market district. The transport services involved carriages and flying beast that one could hire and pay hourly. Escorts service was like a body guard service as all of them were renown experts while the slave were pretty much just slave for any purposes. "What are these eggs?" The young man asked Luru as they passed by a store that sold huge eggs that were twice as big as him. "They are most likely Primal eggs.. They are worth millions in gold." He found out that the high tier shop kept their egg in a special inscription that slows the hatching process until they found a buyer to ensure the cub would recognize the right master.

Hearing about the extravagant customer services , the young man noted it down as he never opened a shop before.'Customer care.. I leave that for Bu One' After a while , Luru bought many gift for her friends before going back home with Nodus. "They are back!" Ali and Mimi who just finished breakfast ran toward the gate and greeted their friends. "Ali , Mimi , are you not practicing anymore? " The girls told her that they have a 1 hour break after every meal and that Kathrina went to the academy with her parents. "Right! here is for you Ali and Mimi." Luru gave them both a pendant. "It's so pretty.. thank you Luru! I will cherish it forever!!." " Me too! Thank you so much for thinking about us!" The two girls held onto Luru arms as they pecked her cheeks."Ah you two.. stop it , it tickles!" After the girls let her go , Luru explained that the pendant could protect them from a beginner attack as long it has mana , so whenever it ran out , the girls had to meditate and refill it with mana.

"Wow! Is this a artifact ? " Luru nodded and told them it was a rank 1 artifact , which was considered as a beginner tier in the magic crafter ranking. A rank 1 could make a decent amount of income every month while a rank 5 could literally live off their entire life by receiving 'Gifts' from other people. A rank 5 magic crafter could craft weapons with more than 3 spells imbued into them while a rank 4 could only do 2 and so on. What makes the rank 5 more special than the rank 4 is the strength of the spells itself , most of the rank 4 magic crafter could only bring out 50% of the spells power while a rank 5 was a huge leap of 80% power. If a weapon could bring out 100% or higher of the magic spells , it would be considered a supreme magic weapon since the spells in the weapon could be instantly casted with a cool down.

"It must of been expensive Luru.." Ali almost cried as she heard her friend actually gifted her a artifact. "Don't worry.. you must become a great warlock if you want to repay me back!" The girls happily held each other hands while Nodus was just standing on the side as installed all the books into Bu One artificial brain. "You two are back!" Upon hearing the voice , the girls turned around and ran toward the teacher. "Teacher! Is it training times?" The girls were showing her their new pendant as they showed their passion for the upcoming trainings.

The day went by with the moon rising from the horizon , the two little girls spend most of their times sitting and meditating on the garden while Kathrina supervised them. Luru was playing with Shishi and Sasha while Nodus was finishing up his store blue print with the help of Bu One. "Bu One , Connect to the Ether Gate for the required materials , I want the glass to be reinforced and the vents to be made out metal.." The young commander was planning on leaving a big impact on the customer who visited the store even if they did not buy anything. Seeing that the leopards were getting sleepy , Luru noticed that everyone was busy with something , she decided to go to the kitchen and help the maids prepare for dinner.

"Commander , I have analyzed the information , I highly recommend these two items." Seeing the wristwatch blinking , Nodus tapped on the screen and a hologram appeared in front of him. "Hmm.. A hook gun and flare.. for exploration purposes?" The young man questioned the pattern of these two items. "Yes , This continent has more unexplored places than anything." The continent he was on was one of the newest islands among the many in this planet. Before the invasion , this island was just a small volcano isle and after the fight with the ancient being , the volcano slowly formed into this gigantic continent and many place remained unexplored as most of the expert were either gone or died. 'Then this continent is still.. under development.' The young man quickly tapped on his hologram keyboard. " Print these out , 10 of each." With the button consuming only 0.01% of Bu One energy , the android quickly finished printing.

While Nodus was packing them into his big storage box , Kathrina quietly approached him with a smile hung on her face."Are these new tools like the ones you showed me yesterday?" The curious teacher was staring at the foreign object that Nodus was holding. "Yes , this is a Hook Gun and this is a Flare." The young man held onto a silver metallic glove that had a small barrel on the top with a small arrow head coming out from it. "Pressing this on the palm , it will shoot this spike and the tip will open up , locking into the object. " The young man demonstrated the Hook Gun by shooting at the closest tree in the garden. The arrow flew into the tree trunk and when he slightly clenched his fist , the string retracted and sent up toward the tree. "Amazing.. How long is that wire? and would it work on harder surfaces?" The young man jumped down the branch and explained to Kathrina that the spike could go through rocks and if not , with the string going up to 20 meters , the arrow head could always hang on the edges. "Not only it can make exploration easier , it could also allow people to escape or set up an ambush by going up to tall places , so the Hook Gun will be popular for sure."