General Magic Pt.2

Lake wasn't sure what the man had done for the guard to try and stop them but the fact they were running meant they didn't want to be caught. Getting close enough to see the type of items were on the tables in the room, Lake didn't bother trying to figure out what the fabric was and just started to touch everything in front of him.

When he was done touching everything in front of him he was about to move to the next table when guards started to emerge from the staircase up. These would be the guards for the room above them which to him meant that if he waited for them to move out of the way he would be able to go up to the next floor and if all the guards had come down he would be able to touch things up there which would be more expensive.

There was a chance that there were guards still up there though so he used Mana Vision to look up while the guards were still coming into the room from the stairs. Seeing there were a load of people in the rooms above them Lake realized they could be customers so he used Detector to see if they were or not.

After he had set Detector to look for guards he saw there weren't any in the next room up so he started walking up the stairs as soon as the guards were done filing down. He went up as fast as he could and only slowed down when he got close to the top so no one in the room would think he was suspicious for moving so quickly.

When he finally got to the top and entered the room he saw everyone was looking at him. "What's going on down there? Why did the guards run downstairs?" It wasn't because of anything he had done though and they were all just curious about what was going on so to get them all to stop looking at him he said. "I think someone was trying to steal something."

"I'm surprised someone would try with the increased guards." Hearing that there were more guards than normal he wanted to ask why but decided to start touching stuff because the guards could come back at any moment. Getting close to the table, Lake touched a few things of cloth before he realized some of them were actually clothes.

This made him understand that these must be clothes or cloth to make clothes for people who dealt with magic but he still didn't know why it was so expensive. He was guessing it was enchanted to make it tougher or something but a single shirt was around 5000 gold and he just couldn't see that many people coming here to buy a shirt for this much.

There was still another room above them as well so there was probably going to be some type of elite clothes up there that could be ten times more than these ones here. After he had touched and remembered the patterns of around twenty shirts Lake stopped because he knew there was no way he would remember even this many later when he tried to sell them.

That was the one downside to stealing this way but it was still better than trying to stuff a bunch of things into his bag when no one was looking at him and getting chased out of the store when he eventually got caught. That would be fine if he had taken the time to change his clothes and face but he didn't need a description of him going around and guards stopping him to ask questions.

Deciding there was no point in hanging around in this room if he was done touching stuff here. Going towards the stairs he started to climb. Getting to the next room he saw six guards including two right next to the entrance but he didn't plan to take anything in this room and was just here to look so he ignored them.

This room held full outfits inside a barrier in the center of the room and as he got close enough to read the price he also saw the name and figured out why the guy earlier had said there were more guards than normal, these clothes were imported from the Wind Domain and apparently they were a rare commodity.

For the full outfit from the Wind Domain you would have to spend just slightly over 100000 gold but it was probably a good price if they actually did what they said they did. Apparently the enchantment on this outfit in front of him not only held an extreme amount of mana as it was a mana vessel it was tougher than most metal armors of the same level.

Of course he knew they were trying to see these clothes so it was best to take their claims with a grain of salt but he didn't think they would be exaggerating by too much. The clothes were also extremely thin so he was sure you could wear them under armor if you wanted and it would be like you had two layers of extremely strong armor.

You would probably have to have a special set of armor made to go over the clothes because of the flamboyant style they were in but he didn't see that being something a rich person would do since they would most likely only wear these clothes to show them off because of the price they had paid to acquire them which was why the clothes were so flamboyant to begin with.

Done looking at the clothes, Lake left the room to go see what was on the last of the three paths to see what was being held there even though he really didn't need to. He had already decided to try his luck at robbing the place tonight. Knowing in advance what he was going to take really didn't matter because it wouldn't change what he would have to do.

This place was much nicer than anywhere else he had ever tried to steal from and that included the castle he had robbed the day before so he already knew there was a good chance he would leave empty handed after failing to get through a barrier or being spotted by guards. It was too bad no one was here buying the expensive stuff because stealing from them on the way back to their homes would actually be a lot more simple.

He guessed he could use Detector to seek out expensive things in town but once they got the items holm there was a good chance it would be as difficult for him to break in and take what they had bought and there would probably be less of it as well since at most they would have only bought like one or two things.

Add those factors to the fact the houses he would want to go after would probably be pretty spread out and the amount of time he would have to invest to make the same amount of gold as he could if he pulled of the robbery here would be unacceptable to him since he was on a mission for the Temple of Light already and was on a loose deadline.

After making it back down to the lobby, Lake climbed the last set of stairs up into the first room to see what this part of the store was dedicated to. When he saw what seemed to be random items he guessed this was the general part of the store the sign outside was talking about and he got to reading tags to see if there was anything here he found interesting.

After a bit of looking around he realized most of this stuff would be considered junk if you didn't know what it was used for being things like dried bits of monsters and plants and since he was in that category he quickly went towards the stairs to see what was on the next floor up.

The trend continued but with the prices growing on this floor he found the things held here more interesting but the best things were still just cores which he had no interest in so he climbed the stairs again. He had expected this to be the last room but there was actually another case of steps upwards so he didn't take too much time here even though some of the items in this room were priced over 10000 gold because he was really just interested in the best they had.

Getting to the next floor he was greeted with a similar scene as the last two times he had climbed this far up with guards and a barrier holding items there was just one difference, there were actually still more stairs to take upwards. Wanting to know what was above them because he couldn't see anything with Mana Vision Lake turned to one of the guards and asked. "Are there more rooms with items?"

"No. We hold auctions up there when we get something that's really rare but there isn't anything up there right now." Hearing it was empty at the moment explained why there wasn't any glowing when he had looked earlier. Putting the room above them to the back of his mind, Lake got closer to see what they had in the barrier in front of him.

Like always nothing but the price listed on the items really stood out but that didn't stay the case for long because after he read the first description he had already found something he wanted. For the price of 350000 gold you could acquire a core that gave you a Legendary skill that made you fireproof. There wasn't much more information but if it meant the element and real fire he would say this was a steal even if he was to pay for it.

After that the next five things were duds to him because he didn't plan to try and figure out how you were supposed to use them since their description just said 'ingredient' and had no more information but he would still take them if he had the chance tonight. Done looking around Lake quickly left so he could start the plan he would use tonight to get inside.