The Arena's Call by Tao Wong

Author:Tao Wong
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781775380955
Publisher: Tao Wong
Published: 2018-10-01T05:00:00+00:00

“First floor Champion Mana Stone. Eight gold two silver,” the Clerk announced after a quick glance, pushing it aside and then touched the whip. “Overseer whip. Uncommon drop. We can give you seven silver for it.”

“Seven?” Asin yowled, scandalized.

“It’s not enchanted. Most people buy it for the novelty value locally. We ship some down south – there’s a market for whips there,” the Clerk replied immediately, unfazed by Asin’s protest. “You can keep it and attempt to sell it somewhere else. We don’t negotiate.”

“Sell,” Asin said distastefully. The Clerk didn’t even show a flicker of surprise as she pulled the whip aside, moving on to the small pile of Imp claws and Mana stones. Soon enough, she had totaled and handed over the team’s earnings.

“Pleasure doing business with you, Adventurer. We’ll see you next delve,” the Clerk said by rote as Asin stomped back to the waiting pair. Asin’s ears twitched, tail lashing out behind her while she considered going back and giving that woman a piece of her mind. Then, considering how much that’d hurt her throat, Asin decided against it. Anyway, the Guild wasn’t about to change just because one particular Catkin felt they were taking too large a profit margin. After all, Asin knew that that same Mana Stone would be sold after refinement for at least four times the price. But since it was royally decreed that Mana Stones from a Dungeon could only be sold at the Guild, there was nothing she could do about it.

“How’d we do?” Daniel asked.

Rather than speak, Asin offered the tally note to Daniel. A quick glance was all that Daniel needed but Omrak, taking the note after him struggled to read it. The past few months had the pair teaching Omrak how to read, though it was slow going as the Northerner attempted to memorise the most common symbols. For some reason, the big Northerner struggled more than he should. At least in Asin’s perspective.

Such a strange thing – that these humans would allow others of their kind to be illiterate. The Beastkin might have many flaws, but all Beastkin were taught to read. Beast-script if not Brad, but more often than not, both. Without their written language, communication could easily break down between Beastkin species after all. So many Beastkin had their own clan languages that without a common script and common language, it was a recipe for failure.

“Not bad,” Daniel said. “Back to the inn?”

“Busy,” Asin said, shaking her head. In their own corner by the guild hall, Asin was happy to break apart the coins by feel from the pouch and hand them their share.

“Oh, okay,” Daniel said. While his face showed no trace of his disappointment, the sudden shift in his scent might as well have shouted it to the Catkin. A part of Asin wondered if Daniel realised how clear his emotional changes were to her. Still, she did not explain but waved goodbye to the pair.

Omrak and Daniel needed more time together anyway, Asin thought.

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