Surrogate Shopping

Ves studied the only F-stone in his possession and sighed. The exotic's offensive charge diminished every time he drew on it. While its ability to enhance the offensive power of his spiritual projections was invaluable, he would eventually run out of it if he couldn't find another F-stone!

It wasn't as if he tried. He already instructed Calabast to discreetly search for more spiritually-reactive materials.

He had some hopes of gaining more P-stones, F-stones and B-stones during his stay in Cinach. After all, he obtained much of his initial samples from the local branch of the Peacekeepers and the mysterious Circle of Mota!

Yet even after a month had passed, the Black Cats still hadn't brought any goodies.

Had Ves cleaned out decades worth of accumulating of spiritually-reactive materials in his previous visit?

Were others buying them up as soon as they entered the market?