18 The Rankings
In the end, it was sold for 3,572 Diamond Tears. Quite a lot.
The next grail was unveiled.
The 23rd Grail was a pitch-black bladed scimitar with gold runes along the blade and a brown, somewhat normal looking hilt. Appearances can be so deceiving...
-{[The 23rd Grail! I present to you, the Black Sand Scimitar! These is a 5 Star Scimitar with a Sand Stone tied to the scimitar, or rather, its handle!]}-
It was sold to the Jackal for 3 Bronze Blood.
"Why the fuck are you selling blood?"
The one who spoke was actually Hydra. Her voice was a sweet and adorable but had a certain coarseness and maturity to it.
'Ah right, I haven't explained that to Janice yet either.'
"Our economy in the black market is put into three stages. We call it the Drop Economy
Sweat Drops.
Teardrops.
Blood Drops.
For the Sweat part, we simply use GC. We sweat as we work to earn money.
For Tears, you probably already know but it goes bronze, silver, gold, diamond and platinum. It's called tears because we must sacrifice our hard work to get them.
Then there is Blood, which can only be obtained with Teardrops. 50,000 Platinum Tears make one Bronze Blood Drop. We thought 1,000,000 Platinum tears was too much and 1,000 too little so we divided and multiplied until we got 50,000. We divided the Platinum Tear cost by 50 and multiplied the other tear costs by 50.
This price goes for Bronze to Silver, Silver to Gold and Gold to Diamond.
Then we have the two special ones.
Diamond to Jade. 50,000,000 Diamond per Jade Blood Drop.
Then it's Jade to Obsidian.
That'd be 1 Trillion Jade Blood Drops.
By the way, the top fifty kingdoms have at least 1 Obsidian Blood Drop and the top 10 have at least 3, while we, the Black Market Gods have at least 25. The Bastard you saw with me, the 'Demon', is the richest person in the current universe with 275 Obsidian Blood Drops.
It's called blood because we bled to get stronger.
In terms of IOUs, however, it'd be completely different. The Super Powers of the universe ranking would be as follows in terms of least value to most value:
20th: Chimera's Paradise, 13th Rank.
19th: The Red Flare Conglomerate, 10th Rank.
18th: Night Sky Clan, 11th Rank.
17th: Bladed Tree Town, 12th Rank. - They're better than the 11th, 10th and 13th because they have a special product.
16th: The Nightmare Kingdom, 6th Rank.
15th: The Star States Conglomerate, 5th Rank.
14th: The Knight Republic, 4th Rank.
13th: The Forest Empire, 3rd Rank.
12th: The Kingdom of Pride and Pain, 2nd Rank.
11th: The Gold Fire Dynasty, 1st Rank.
For 10th, 9th and 8th, they are tied for with the Draconic, Demonic and Holy Pantheons. The 7th, 8th and 9th Ranks are tied for by them on the super power ranking as well."
Hydra then interrupted impatiently.
"Where is Master on that ranking?"
'Hmm?'
I chuckled before saying.
"I never said I'd become your master without a test."
My eyes narrowed sharply as a sadistic aura spread out within the booth. Simultaneously, the other God's booths seemed to have shivered.
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\Plot: The fuck are you trying to pull.\
(Author: Please just let me have this.)
\Plot: Hell no.\
(Author: I wasn't asking you.)
\Plot: Damn it.\
Rose: "If I remember, the Eunuch-Snake was Rank 7 among the IOUs. He's at the pinnacle of the slave trade so he's obviously quite high but low amongst the rest of us."
In the 'Serpent' booth sat a decently toned man with a feminine face consisting of: full red lips, slanted green eyes and a shimmering blue eyeliner around them with a button nose complementing the rest.
Sadly, he was bald.
And Little Brother-less.
However, no one saw the man's face as it was covered or hair as it was covered by a mask.
As for his other 'problem', well, he's not a nudist.
The mask had twin serpents of black and white intertwined around a red heart that seemed to have been animated to pulse as the serpents circled around it.
At the same time as Rose's eyes narrowed and the aura was released, he began shivering violently with cold sweat pouring down him.
A coarse, hoarse and deep voice sounded as he curled into a fetal position and began crying out.
"NO, NOT AGAIN! NOT AGAIN!"
One can only imagine what horrors our Vill- *cough, cough* MC has put them through...
Rose: "That Masochist Lizard is probably 6th. I hate her to be honest. She's on Masochist Levels which really shouldn't be possible and sometimes I think she comprehended the Law of Masochism. Ah right, I'll explain those later. I don't remember what she specialized in, all I know is, you must avoid her."
Within the Komodo Dragon's Booth sat a woman with a sharp demeanor and a sharp face to match. Her golden blond hair cascaded as her rose colored eyes began to narrow and her face began to flush.
A sweet sounding voice rung out within the booth as the guards behind her backed up a few tens of steps.
BIG.
STEPS.
"Ah~ I wish I could be in that booth."
Rose: "The Battle Junkie 'Wolf' is 5th without a doubt, her weapons are too useful even for me."
In the wolf booth, a half-wolf amazon-looking woman bearing sharp eyes embedded with a light yellow hue smiled with traces of anticipation flickering within both the smile and the eyes.
Rose: "4th would be the 'Demon', avoid him Little Hydra, he's a player."
In a certain Demon's booth, a certain 'Demon' suddenly sneezed.
Rose: "3rd is the 'Owl', his info is legit."
The 'Owl' in his cloak shivered slightly before a wise, echoing voice spoke.
"The hell does that 'thing' want from me now?"
Rose: "2nd is the 'Jackal', he's the go to for estate."
In the booth next to theirs, a man with black hair and shimmering gold highlights looked up and around. His gold eyes lit up as surveyed the room whilst his demeanor seemed to be non-existent.
'Weird.'
He thought.
'I could've sworn she was right here.'
The man shrugged before closing his eyes and looking down again.
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"Of course, I am the glorious First Rank!"
I said as I stood and raised my fists in the air like a child. Hydra, surprisingly, had a sharper tongue than I thought.
"Master is so immature, are you sure I shouldn't be testing you to make sure you can be my master?"
I faked falling as I grasped at my heart with my right hand whilst my blue-toned hair slid down my left shoulder. In a dramatic tone, I put the back of my left hand to my forehead and said.
"Li'l Hyhy, (Pronounced High-high.) you're breaking this maiden's heart!"
"What heart? Where's the maiden?"
I froze. I sat down slowly with a depressed atmosphere but before it could truly settle in, the old geezer, Demetri, asked a question.
"If I remember correctly, you and Mila are the 1st Ranked because literally everyone in high places owes you a favor am I wrong?"
I nodded half-heartedly and said.
"Also because if it wasn't, Master was going to make the other gods suffer."
A collective, "How?", sounded in unison.
"How else? She'll tease them.
Of course, it won't be the minor torture anymore though."
Demetri looked at me like I was crazy and said.
"That was minor?"
I nodded and said.
"See why I think you are a madman now?"
He nodded and went silent, all of us paying attention to the stage.
