Dark Magus Returns

After arriving in the Demonic Faction, Raze had headed straight for the city of Reptum. He got a few stares here and there due to the black robe that he was wearing. However, it wasn't just him, as there were quite a few others in the city wearing them as well.

Raze remembered that the Dark Faction founder apparently was seen in such clothing, which was why one would spot the general public wearing them once in a while. On top of that, there were always just those who generally liked to hide themselves.

However, judging by the number of people he went past that were wearing the same type of robe as him, he could see it had significantly increased.

'Has the fashion changed in this world now?' Raze thought to himself. 'It was quite obvious telling the difference between mages and Pagna warriors due to their clothing. That was how I noticed those guys from before were completely different, but if people start wearing the same clothing, it's going to get a bit harder.'

There was one saving grace, and that was Safa's god eyes, that could tell if a person had a magic core or not, and he would need to use her wisely when he could.

In the city of Reptum, Raze wanted to get to work. He needed to gather more power stones and the general appliances to create a new batch of crystals he could then deliver to Fixteen.

Technically, they thought that the Dark Magus would make them while he was away and deliver them once in a while to the group.

However, things were complicated on Raze's end, and thankfully due to observing Reno from the Crimson Crane, Raze was able to come up with a mass-producing technique which allowed him to create them on the go, with one spell.

As for the meeting place, it was the familiar red-roofed restaurant. Entering, Raze went and sat down on the bottom floor that was filled with square tables, and the area was busy as it usually would be.

Raze ordered nothing and just sat there in the corner for a while, that was until a somewhat scrawny man walked over and sat on the opposite side.

"I don't know if you're trying to be completely invisible or you're trying to stand out," Fixteen commented. "I mean, the fact that you order absolutely nothing and came to a place like this on your own. If you had been here a while, I'm sure the owner would have asked to kick you out of the place."

"Well, it all worked out in the end, right?" Raze replied. He was hoping that the other would be able to spot him, and his plan worked, there was no need to get worked up on the if's that could have happened when it didn't.

"I thought Dame might be with you; is everything okay?" Fixteen asked. It was expected for a friend who cared a lot about Dame.

"He is doing well and is continuing to help me," Raze replied. "Today, we were meant to meet due to a delivery, but we were unable to get the items on our end."

Fixteen raised his hand, gesturing Raze to stop speaking. "Say no more. I will have level 1 and 2 power stones ready for you, as well as the raw materials. I will let you do your thing. There is no rush; things are going well, really well, in fact."

A small bag was slid over the table. Raze looked to open it, and thought it was fewer coins than he expected, judging by the weight.

'Did they just manage to make a few silvers? I guess they have been selling them cheap to try and get the name out there.'

Opening the bag though, there weren't silver coins; instead, there were gold coins, and from the looks of things, there were at least 20 of them. Before Raze had managed to sell one of the Qi pills to Alter for 10 silvers.

1 gold coin was the equivalent of 25 silvers. Raze expected the price to drop once there were more of them on the market, but that didn't seem to be the case at all.

"We actually still have more to sell," Fixteen winked. "We're kind of keeping the supply limited at the moment to keep the price high, which is why we're in no rush for this type of thing. Also, that's your cut, by the way, after everything is deducted, including our fees for keeping this under wraps."

Raze understood, and he could never imagine these people trying to backstab Dame. However, he would have still liked to keep a closer eye on the whole operation because right now, he was just trusting them blindly, but there wasn't much choice in the matter.

"If you stay at the same inn as you did last time, we'll have the materials delivered to you then. When the sun sets, I will come to this red-roofed restaurant for 2 hours. If you aren't present, then I will leave," Fixteen explained.

"Don't worry too much," Raze replied. "After you deliver the items, I should be able to get you your Qi pills back the same day. However, is there something else you can do with this money?" The bag of gold coins was held up.

"I want you to look into getting better items for me. I know you said there is the auction house, but I was wondering if you could search for an auction house that has even better items than that, and in particular, I'm looking for a robe."

Raze didn't have the time to go to each auction house in every city in search of items that had great magic affinity. However, based on his results at the last auction house, if he bought up what Pagna deemed special robes, then maybe he would find one that would work well, and once he reached the fourth star in his magic core, he could enchant it with an even better enchantment.

His fight with the mages from before had somewhat reminded him of that. He did think of taking one of their robes for himself for a moment, but the idea of wearing something that was created by Idore sent a shiver down his spine.

"Your request might be more difficult than you think," Fixteen answered. "You see, clans already have a number of means to make income, other than just selling items at the auction house.

"So in a way, the things that end up at the auction house are leftovers that next to no one really wants. Or something the clan already has an oversupply of in the first place."

"So you're saying the best items are kept by the clans themselves," Raze answered.

"Correct. Although I can still do as you request, 1 gold coin would be enough to buy some robes nobody was looking for at the auction house. Items that you are looking for would be with the clans already."

The Demonic Faction was still the best place to look for these items that he needed, since he had no doubt Alter would be keeping track of all the auction houses outside of the Demonic Faction.

Unless he stumbled across a Pagna warrior who happened to keep a special robe. Maybe in treasury of sorts but not carrying one around with them.

'Wait, there is a place where I can get enchanted items, and strong ones as well!' Raze's eyes lit up, wondering why he didn't think of this before. 'My robe was able to transmit items. I know this because I was able to hand Qi pills to them, so I should be able to also take things back to Pagna.

'If I head to Alterian, I can go back to my secret storage where all my old items were kept!'