CHAPTER 28

Title: My First Trading Partner is An Awaken

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"Mang Dondon, here is a gift from me," Henry said as he gave the three liter F-rank potion to the shaman.

It was already the afternoon of the second day. The corpse of the three Aswangs were incinerated to dust and his business is done and ready to go back home.

"Young man, didn't you say that you do this for profit, why the changes?" Mang Dondon asked.

"Yeah. Although you're one naughty old man, I see that you still want to continue serving the province in your way. This potion will bring you back to your optimum condition without the aid of the Talisman from the Carabao to increase your power, strength and speed."

"Also, if you use that same talisman along with your optimized version of yourself, your strength will soar and can take the punch of the gabunan without your shielding ward."

Henry explains. He also told him about the clue when he will stop and the consequences.

"Based on your words alone and what I had seen, this potion is truly magical. So much that you seem to be cautious about it."

The old shaman knew and understood why Henry needed to do this. Although it was magical, such a product will not only cause trouble but chaos to the world of medicine when it will be revealed.

"Just treat this as a compensation for giving me ways on how to conceal my aura to some people who had opened their spiritual eyes. This will reduced some troubles,"

Henry also added. With the Latin words that he needed to memorize and say to himself, his aura had become so thin like the aura of a normal person even opening his own spiritual eyes.

"No worries, young man." The old shaman said while puffing his usual tobacco.

"Here is my address and contact number, if you manage to make oil talisman, let me know as I want to trade it with your needed potion." Henry said and gave the sheet of paper to the old man.

"You really wanted to trade the oil talisman with your more powerful potion?" Mang Dondon exclaimed. He is happy to know that a young man possessing a concoction would trade such a low level kind of talisman.

"Yes! It's my safeguard too as I can only relate this potion to mysticism so that the medical community would doubt it and only people who took a leap of faith would probably try it." Henry explains.

"That's low, young man. Don't play with faith to cover the power of your potion. However, we healers and shamans can only approve it not with this reason but to protect you." The old man said.

"Alright, fair enough." Henry said.

Henry gives 400 mL of the F-rank potion to Alfredo and instructs him to drink it for four days to boost his recovery.

He also said his goodbyes to the old man along with the tikbalang in the old man's shadow. Mayor Sales along with his two bodyguards leave the place and proceed to the big city.

For around three days, the overwhelming mystery had drained himself out. Albeit with the enhanced mental capacity given by the continued drinking of the F-rank potion, those surprises and knowledge had overwhelmed him.

"The excitement is different when I have acquired the trading platform compared to this mysterious moment. This new experience of me stresses me out!" Henry thought.

They are traversing back to Manila through the Northern Express Highways and Mayor Sales noticed that the young man is quiet and with his posture, Henry is thinking and might also be assimilating the experience they had for the past day.

Even the bodyguards are haggard enough as this is also their first exposure to those so-called Aswangs. It shocked them that these creatures do exist.

As for Henry, he thought of some other concerns.

"Although being awakened has made me experience this mystery, this means that I need to diligently increase my training even more." Henry thought to himself.

"I might also exchange some breathing techniques that are available to Tyler's world so that my family can train with it. C-Rank breathing technique might be possible for purchase from Tyler's world," Henry planned.

He was reminded that B rank techniques are rare and only C or D rank techniques can be bought by gold.

He plans to do so as another world where the spiritual realm in his world opens his eyes and without encountering the old shaman, Mang Dondon, he might really be like a lighthouse in the midst of the darkness without knowing it.

The myths widely known to the common people is not actually a myth but it is perceived that way as those beings belonging to this side of the world create illusions and deception to deceive the naked eyes.

Since people who had opened their spiritual eyes are only a very miniscule fraction of society, the evidence and proofs are limited and questionable.

When he went home, Dylan, Shienna and Almirah were attending school so his father, who was inside the greenhouse, received him.

After checking his dad and his urban farming which made his dad enthusiastic, Henry moved to his room to continue his training. He had this urgency in his heart after his experience.

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In the side of Tyler, he was stunned when the merchant guild called him in an assembly.

"Sir Tyler Pierce, this is a summon from the council of the merchant guild requesting for your presence in the merchant guild hall. The Rocca Chairman said that it's important."

The messenger replied as Tyler recieve the letter. He thought that his servant, Emil, had made some mistake but it was not.

"This…" he can only react with it after knowing what the letter is all about. "Let me prepare myself and my carriage, this seems really urgent!"

"I have my carriage here, Sir Tyler. We wait for you outside your villa." The messenger reiterates. With this alone, the president of the merchant guild is truly prioritized his meet up with Tyler Pierce.

After a moment, Tyler let Emil take good care of the rest while he attends the said summon.

"Yes, Master Tyler." Emil and his other two maids replied.

In the merchant guild hall, Tyler is now with the chairman of the Merchant Guild of the Rocca Region. He felt an overwhelming pressure from the chairman's gaze alone and he knew that the man in front of him didn't just take the position due to connection alone but due to his own capability.

"Greetings to Master Algar, I am Tyler Pierce. You had asked my presence in relation to the Oil talisman that you had talked about in your summon letter," Tyler greeted and bow to the chairman.

"I never thought that your too young to achieved making this oil talisman." The chairman said.

"Made? Oh no, Chairman. It's not that I made it but it was made by my master. He wanted to know if this oil talisman would help us deal with the shapeshifters," Tyler said.

He used the 'master' card to hide him a mysterious shielding against the scheme of these people like the chairman who usually involved in trade daily.

He is new to trading and with his interaction with Henry, his habbit of being cautions had been amplified.

"It's from your master? I wonder where your master was," the chairman asked.

"If you wanted to meet him, I can't say as I don't know where he wandered again," Tyler said.

It's true that he had a master and still wondering to other places. He needed to use his ambigoues location to cover this incoming trade as he doesn't know how to make the oil Talisman.

"What a pity. I heard that you're breathing technique is a gift from your master and was considered as B-rank technique. Your encounter is far more amazing than most of the awakened," Algar stated.

"It's my luck that I encounter master," Tyler reiterates.

"Luck is a strenght too, young man. Anyways, with your luck, it seems that your master also had given you an A-rank talisman," Algar pointed out.

"A-rank talisman? Is the oil Talisman belongs to an A-rank talisman?!" Tyler exclaimed in shocked. He never knew that the small glass bottle containing around 25mL of transparent liquid is evaluated as A-rank artifact.

"It was appraised by our two appraiser masters and both of them had concluded that this is a Low Grade A-rank talisman," Algar confirms as he missed with the young man's shocking demeanor.

"How the heck did they considered this an A-rank talisman? Although it's a low grade, having an A-rank artifact is clearly a treature to itself," Tyler stated.

"Yes, it's a treasure. Anyways, based on our appraisers, your talisman can be used for many years and the storage itself is a perfect fit for the oil talisman."

"As you had said, it really detects shapeshifters and it's maximum detection is not 50 meters but 80 meters. Although, in 50 meters, the detection is more accurate." The chairman said.

"Furthermore, it can tell someone who held it if a shapeshifters is strong or not as it heats up when the target creature or any of those shapeshifters creature is in the detection range,"

"Lastly, the shapeshifter truly feels hot when they are in the range. The closer they are, the hotter they felt. Thus, the first effect alone categorized this as a low A-rank detection talisman." The chairman explained.

"I see. That's why you said that it was urgent. I bet the church will try to get this oil Talisman as fast as they can…" Tyler murmur.

"Yes. That's why I had called you up to know if you wanted to sell some of these from your stockes. You know the price of an A-rank item, Tyler." the chairman remainded the young man.

Tyler nodded. He was too naive to price it with 5 gold coins to trade it with Henry. "This might be the reason why Henry gave me this oil talisman and just a sample. He knew how valuable it was to be priced at only 5 gold coins."

"I had thought that it can only be a C-Rank item or even a D-rank yet I didn't consider that detection talismans are rare items in the both the merchant guild and the nobles' house."

"Chairman, are you suggesting to purchase it with the price of an A-rank relic?" Tyler asked.

"Yes! The bishop wanted to have it actually but it you said that it was only a sample. This means that you have a lot of it. However, since it's a detection talisman against any shapeshifters, it was a rare items. If you want, we can add it to the monthly auction which will be held 20 days from now," the chairman suggested.

"I see what I can do, Sir Algar," Tyler didn't promised.

'I was not sure if Henry can give me a stock of the oil talisman as he had already said to me that the said oild taliman has small quantity that is produced every month.'

'I think I need to message him to know the details,' Tyler thought.

"Just tell my staff if you're items are ready. I can give you a 10% auction fee if you let me auction it for you, Tyler." The chariman understands.

He clearly knew that making an oil talisman with three functions and combined ability, the ingredients is also rare and the cost of making it might exceed to a common A-rank item.

Thats why he offers a discount to Tyler as he finds that his oil Talisman can be one of their final items in their monthly auction.

"Thank you for your offer, chairman Algar. It is much appreciated." Tyler said then exited to the hall.