Odyssey of the Blind God

Nial was pretty sure that Kristine thought too highly of herself and too lowly of him. This was a bit annoying but Nial didn't actually mind it after he was able to make use of Kristine's prejudice to collect more information about his sister and what exactly the portal she had entered was.

He sat down on the simple chair in front of the white wooden table and smiled lightly.

"I should be thankful for the Heaven's Gates' co-operation with my earlier conditions. I'm glad that I was able to see my sister, even if it was just for a short time," Nial drummed his fingers lightly on the table as he continued,

"But that was merely the basic requirement for you to be able to strike a deal with me. I won't make it too hard for the Heaven's Gates organization but don't expect any freebies."

Nial's voice sounded calm at first but there was an underlying fierceness in his voice that caused Kristine to look at him with a faint smile once again.

"I didn't expect you to be sly…but that is fine with me. Kirlia will be responsible for all the business between you and the Heaven's Gates organization, not me," Kristine said lightly as she pointed to her sister.

Kirlia frowned a bit but she had already expected that her sister would just shrug off the responsibility and delegate it to her.

"That's okay with me. I don't mind with whom I'm trading as long as I get money and resources," Nial intentionally stressed the words 'money' and 'resources' to make it seem as if both were of exceptional importance to him.

In the end, he was not extremely greedy for money or anything like that. He just wanted to become stronger, now even more than ever before. Nial could tell that his sister was already at the 1st Mirae rank and that she would become a lot stronger after completing the first stage to get her Legacy.

Sabrina may even become strong enough to protect herself from physical harm but neither was she able to safeguard her mind nor was it possible for her to protect her parents all the time.

It was always better to have more guardians around her and Nial even though it may be for the best to hire truly powerful Guards for 24/7 security.

For now, this may not be necessary because there were not many people who would dare to harm their parents but Nial believed that it was a great idea to hire guards for them in the future.

That would require a tremendous amount of resources and money, which was why Nial could prepare himself mentally by stockpiling money that he didn't need.

The Tier-0 runic longsword Nial gave Kirlia earlier appeared in Kristine's hand as she laid it down on the table.

"Can you create 1000 Tier-0 weapons with the same or similar runic constellations if we give you a month?" Kirlia asked all of a sudden, ignoring her sister, who had already opened her mouth to ask a similar question.

"1000 Tier-0 runic weapons with three runic constellations that have a perfection grade of 100%...in a month?" Nial repeated in shock. He was a bit baffled about their requirement.

The Heaven's Gates organization knew very well how difficult it was for their Runiciers to create just a single ungraded runic weapon with three runic constellations. Their perfection grade was not even close to 100%, yet, the Heaven's Gates wanted 1000 of them in a single month.

"That will clash a bit with my schedule, and put a lot of pressure on my capabilities. I wanted to return to the Forest of Life as quickly as possible…" Nial revealed his opinion before he proposed, "…how about 238 Tier-0 runic weapons in a month?"

Kristine looked at him with squinted eyes when Nial asked for such a specific number. She felt that something was off but she didn't ask anything because it was her sister's forte to strike great business deals.

"Why exactly 238 Tier-0 runic weapons?" Kirlia asked bluntly to which Nial answered almost instantaneously as if he had already thought of an answer beforehand.

"I have that many Tier-0 runic weapons currently stored in my spatial ring…but unfortunately, they're not all of the exact same quality. Some have different runic constellations engraved on them as well.

However, that is only obvious because not every type of weapon is exactly the same, wouldn't you agree to that?" Nial countered as he asked both Kristine and Kirlia at the same time.

A huge battle-axe appeared in his right hand and when he inserted a trace of mana inside the runic weapon it began to vibrate. A glint spread all over the blade and the edges of the blade were sharpened visibly.

Nial's expression turned sly when he handed the runic Battle-axe to Kristine, who swung it around as if it was an ordinary stick.

"Isn't that Titanium copper?" Kristine asked in interest when she looked at the Battle-axe, whose double-edged blades were of a bright bronze color while the handle was of a darker tone.

Titanium copper was an exceptional material that could be used to create the sharpest weapons. It had good endurance as well, and one could say that its low flexibility was the only issue.

Even without runic constellations, the Battle-axe was powerful enough to cut through certain Mirae ranked beasts. But considering that the [Endurance], [Sharpness], and Basic runic constellation [Rumbling] had been engraved on the Runic Battle-axe, the lethality of the weapon increased by leaps and bounds.

"This…is a masterpiece…" Kristine acknowledged with furrowed brows and stared at Nial in confusion.

She had been curious about Nial because he was deemed extremely powerful. The guards had also reported that they had no chance in a fight against Nial, which had been depressive. Kristine knew the guards she had hired quite well. They were not really powerful but more than strong to fend off all the nuisance around Maline and Miles.

At least until Nial had appeared, they had proven to be quite useful, cheap, and efficient.

However, other than Nial's combat prowess, Kristine didn't really think highly of Nial. He was rather despicable and forced them to comply with his demands, which frustrated Kristine the most. She hated it if others ordered her around, especially those, who were weaker than her.

Unfortunately, this didn't make things better as she realized that Nial was also very knowledgeable in various ways, that he was resistant to Hana's charm, and that he was talented in the ways of the Runiciers.

"You have…237 more Tier-0 runic weapons lying in your spatial rings…and they're of similar quality?" Kirlia repeated just to ensure that she understood him correctly. Kristine's remark about the Battle-axe had been enough for Kirlia to understand that nearly 240 Tier-0 runic weapons of perfect quality were more than enough to equip the vast majority of their younger Originals.

All Origin ranked Originals, and those with one to three Origin rings were able to wield the Tier-0 runic weapons for a long period. As long as they could maintain a constant influx of mana in the Runic weapon, it would be possible for the Originals to increase their combat prowess by roughly 30%, even if they didn't make use of an ability!

That was exceptional and it would create an exponential growth in the speed the Originals could conquer dungeons with.

"Exactly. All of them are of similar quality. You can check them later for yourself…if you're willing to buy or trade them for resources," Nial nodded his head without quoting a price for the Tier-0 runic armaments.

He knew that others would soon follow suit to create their first Tier-0 runic armaments. By then, the demand for Tier-0 runic armaments would slowly be fulfilled. Nial knew that and he didn't intend to compete with them, simply because he didn't have the necessary time and his goals were quite different from the beginning.

He just wanted to make as much profit with this trade and change his focus to something else later.

"That's great…you also said that you have some Tier-2 heavy longswords from the Tier-2 Guardian Knight puppets as well…and books about Runiciers. Would you be willing to show me everything you have?" Kirlia was being extremely careful right now. She knew that Nial was not a bad person but from what she knew about the young Original, he could be a sly fox every now and then.

It was certainly best to be careful around Nial, especially when it came to business. Kirlia didn't want to suffer any losses, even if she didn't think that this was possible in any way.

"You want me to reveal everything I've got up my sleeve? Don't you think that is a foolish question? I mean why would I agree to that?" Nial retorted with a bombardment of several questions and Kirlia frowned in response.

She sighed deeply and quickly came up with something to pacify him.

"Then how about showing me all the things you are actually willing to sell…or barter?" Kirlia asked, trying to make sure that Nial was not displeased. He just nodded his head in response before he accessed his spatial ring.

An entire four-meter-tall Guardian Knight puppet, holding the Tier-2 heavy longsword manifested out of nowhere, along with a total of 150 books.

'The books will lose the majority of their value the moment someone with 100% perfection grade for Basic runic constellation can copy and paste them, either way,' Nial thought as he perceived the sisters' shock at the sight of the large pile of books.

Kristine stared at Nial as if she was doubting his identity while Kirlia cursed out loudly,

"You tricked me during the Gier auction, didn't you?!"

Nial merely shrugged his shoulders in response.

"Is that really important now?" He asked quietly before he visualized that Kirlia quietly shook her head.

After Kirlia's short outburst, Kyle continued to release a few runic armaments from his spatial rings that were entirely useless to him. It was more than enough if he was in possession of only one four-meter-tall Guardian Knight. But he wanted to have the option of selling the remaining ones to other organizations at a higher price.

Miranda had found quite a few interested organizations already but she figured that it was possible for her to increase the price if another organization were to suddenly spring up like a mushroom overnight with self-made Tier-0 runic weapons and other high-tiered equipment.

That was another reason for Nial to even consider doing business with Heaven's Gates. After all, they were just a stepping stone!

"No…it's not really important. But what do you want in exchange for all of this? We don't have enough liquid money, and I doubt you want to have tens of billions of dollars, am I right?" Kirlia asked with a faint smile on her face. She seemed to have figured out what Nial was trying to do and she had no chance to work out something against it.

After all, if the Heaven's Gates didn't want to trade with Nial, he would just go somewhere else. Too many organizations were trying their utmost to get their hands on a single book about Runiciers, and runic constellations, let alone actual Runiciers, who were already able to create ungraded runic armaments.

"I mostly need ingredients such as ores, mana-infused sand, all types of plants, certain types of tree trunks, the body parts of some beasts, Origin crystals, and most importantly the log that has all information about all the ability crystals the Heaven's Gates has found, bound or collected.

In the end, I don't have any specific requests for materials right now.

That means we would write a debt note that you owe me X$ for all the goods I sold to you today, and the money you owe me would decrease every single time I purchase something. I would just inform you something like <I need a ton of Dark Gold ore> and you would be like <That costs 5,000,000$>. Both I and the organization would profit and be happy that way, right?" Nial suggested an example to explain clearly. He spoke slowly but the smile on his face disgusted Kristine all of a sudden.

Even Maline and Miles looked at each other in confusion.

"Since when has our kid become so…scheming? Did you teach him that?" Maline asked, frowning at her husband, who could only shake his head in response.

"I would never do something like that…." He whispered before he flinched the moment he heard the wooden table crash down.

The table was broken through the impact of her fist, and Kristine jumped up from the chair with a red face.

"You're insane! Why would we give you our most secret information?? The log of all reported ability crystals is our most treasured information!!" Kristine exclaimed, acting as if Nial was asking for the impossible.

"Then forget it, I will look for another organization…" Nial dismissed her as his milky and lifeless eyes looked aimlessly at the Prometheus Original

"You are really asking for a beating!!" Kristine growled as she took a step closer to him, and was ready to beat some sense into him. Even if he was her disciple's brother, Nial seemed to be oblivious to the reality and Kristine was more than willing to reveal it to him!

However, just when she took a step closer to Nial, his eyes turned pitch-black and the outlines of something extremely terrifying formed around his face. The temperature in the room dropped drastically and darkness spread out from his feet.

"Come and try me then…"

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