Chapter 160:New People and Opportunity

Later, that day...

Arriving in the alley that had so quickly become familiar to him, the familiar metal door welcomed him.

Raising his arm, he knocked on the door with this week's code.

...

Sitting down in a seat that already felt like his own, Glaint looked around him and saw how there were still several empty seats and the ever-present Mr. Eye of Wisdom was watching everything from his seat in front.

The man wasn't sitting too far away so Glaint could see that he had a small smile on his face.

Not having anything else to do, he just waited for the meeting to start.

...

Mr. Eye of Wisdom, seeing that no one else arrived, got up from his seat and spoke elegantly.

"Seeing that some friends didn't come we will have to start the party. I see some new members so let me introduce myself, I am Mr. Eye of Wisdom and the organizer of this meeting." he made a soft bow.

Straightening his back he continued with a more serious tone.

"The rules are simple: no making trouble in the party or you will be expelled, no attacking other members while they are in this party, and lastly, do not talk about any god here, whether it is official or not, if you do so you will be expelled."

Even though he had heard those words more than 7 times, they still made him feel uncomfortable.

"Let the party begin" Mr. Eye of Wisdom said as he sat down in his chair.

As soon as the organizer sat down, a lady had already stopped up.

She was of normal height for a lady, measuring 1.65 meters.

Next to her, another person was sitting, thanks to the tunic they were wearing, it was not possible to tell if they were a woman or a man, the only thing he could see was that they were short, around 1,62 meters.

'Did she bring her little sibling to this meeting? Aren't you afraid that something will happen? Although they can also be a short person...'

While Glaint was thinking about that, the lady of normal height made her request.

"I'm looking for the Deep Sea Marlin's blood, does anyone have it?"

This request somewhat surprised Glaint, who was familiar with that name.

He quickly tried to remember where he had heard it and his eyes lit up.

'Deep Sea Marlin's blood... I have that in my vault!'

When Audrey had asked him for the goat-horned blackfish blood and he went for it in his vault, he saw a bottle with that name on the label in the container where he kept the bottles with special liquids.

The lady looked around but seeing that no one was speaking she sighed internally disappointed.

But before she could sit down, Glaint spoke.

"I have the Deep Sea Marlin's blood, how much do you need?"

This was not the first time that he had sold some material from his vault, he was trying to create a good image before these people with the hope that one of them could obtain the Apothecary potion formula and sell it to him.

The woman was caught off guard for a few moments, but immediately recovered and spoke with a calm voice but with a hint of emotion.

"20 milliliters. How much would it be?"

Glaint put his hand to his chin for a moment and did a quick math.

He couldn't remember very well when he had obtained the blood, only that it had been a few months ago and that it had been something easy.

With that in mind, he found a fair price.

"150 pounds"

Beneath her face mask, the lady's eyebrows rose exaggeratedly.

'So cheap?'

At Mr. A's party getting the stomach had cost her over 400 pounds!

Not wanting to miss this golden opportunity, she quickly nodded.

"I accept the deal, do you have the Deep Sea Marlin's blood with you?"

Glaint shook his head.

"I didn't bring it with me, you'll have to wait for the next meeting for me to give it to you."

Her shorter companion frowned under her mask and clenched her fists under the sleeves of her robes.

The lady just nodded without any change in her expression.

"Sounds good to me but I'm in need of that blood, wouldn't you mind delivering it to a place so I can pick it up?"

This was something they had previously discussed, Xio didn't want to wait any longer and wanted her to get promoted to Trickmaster as quickly as possible.

The blood moon hadn't happened yet and it could happen at any time.

They already had all the other ingredients, they only needed the Deep Sea Marlin's blood.

Glaint was caught off guard by this request, but after a few moments, he nodded.

"I have no problem, but it will be in a place of my decision."

This greatly relaxed the young lady and her companion, the tallest nodded in agreement.

Glaint said nothing, he took a small notebook from his vest and quickly wrote down the address where he would send the blood.

Ripping off the paper he folded it four times.

He called a worker and placed the paper on his tray.

Without once looking at the paper, the worker carried the tray over to the lady who took the paper and read it.

She didn't say anything, she just passed it to her partner who took the paper and read it too.

After a few moments, she looked at the taller one and nodded somewhat tense.

She was familiar with the place the man had chosen.

It was Bravehearts Bar...

Not knowing her partner's thoughts, the taller woman spoke.

"I accept the deal, half of the money will be delivered to you here and the rest in the place when I receive the blood. Is this fair to you?"

Glaint just nodded casually.

He didn't need money.

The young lady took out a wad of money from her robe and after counting the 75 pounds, she placed it on the tray of the worker who took it to Glaint who took it casually and after taking a quick look to see that it was complete, he accepted it and put it in his vest.

With that done he got up.

"I'm looking for the Apothecary potion formula or any information related to it. Does anyone have it?" Glaint asked while looking at the people covered in masks.

"..."

Again no one said anything and this annoyed Glaint greatly.

He had already gotten tired of hoping to get something from this meeting but after so many times he hadn't gotten anything!

He needed to try another meeting but he didn't know of any!

And Adryan wasn't helping!!

The guy never responded to his request or he said it was too dangerous!!!

Not wanting to wait any longer, it was time to take things into his own hands!!

So without sitting in his chair and before anyone could say any other request, he spoke.

"I am looking for other beyonder meetings, I am willing to pay a good amount of money if someone can take me to one"

The masked people who were there remained silent for a few moments.

After a few seconds, two people raised their arms.

It was a masked man and the lady from before.

The masked man didn't wait for any sign and spoke.

"I know of a good Beyonder meeting, I can introduce you to them, in exchange for a good price of course" the man's tone was serious and Glaint just nodded.

He turned to look at the lady from before and taking this as a sign, she spoke.

"I know of a meeting very advance, the probability that they will have what you ask for is quite high if you are interested."

Glaint only thought about it for about 20 seconds, he turned to see the man.

"I'm sorry, sir, but I'll take the lady's offer."

He chose the lady over the man because he had something she wanted so she was much less likely to hurt him.

The masked man did not give importance to this and just nodded.

The tall lady smiled victoriously and spoke.

"Then would you like to meet at the place where you would deliver the blood?"

Glaint nodded.

"Sounds good to me, I'll be waiting for you there"

With that, the exchange between them ended and the one who spoke now was the masked man from before.

"I'm looking for Slumber and Dream Charms, I heard someone was selling them here, did he come today?"

Just like before, no one spoke for a few moments, then a rather young voice spoke with a bit of suspicion.

"I have 2 Slumber charms, 5 pounds each" the one who spoke was a thin man with a simple mask on his face.

The masked man nodded and took two 5-pound notes folded together from his pocket and placed them on the tray of the worker who carried him to the thin man.

He took them and checked that they were authentic, but when he went to check the second one he saw that there was a small note between the two.

It was folded in half and had a question written in hermes in red ink.

<Do you want to become stronger? If so, open this note, and if not, just throw it away or burn it, but you only have this chance so think about it>

His suspicion increased to drastic levels and he looked at the masked man for answers.

But he just kept quiet.

He looked down again and looked again at the paper seriously and considered what to do...

He grabbed the note and opened it and read the contents.

His eyebrows rose in surprise and he looked at the masked man in astonishment.

"Is this true?" he couldn't help but ask.

The masked man nodded.

"It's true, my boss never lies about his deals." he said seriously.

The thin man said nothing, he just looked down at the note again, and after rereading it, he just put it in his vest.

"I'll give him an answer in a few days, will this be okay for him?"

The masked man nodded

"No problem, he is a patient man above all else."

The thin man nodded and sighed, but before he could do anything he saw how the worker was looking at him still with the tray in front of him.

Realizing the reason for this, he quickly placed the two silver rectangles on the tray that was brought to the masked man who calmly took them.

"It's a pleasure doing business with you."

The thin man nodded.

Everyone watched this interaction curious but unable to ask any questions, the meeting returned to normal...