Ellis stared hazily at Northern as he continued to bring out different items and placed them into his hands.
He watched silently as the items bounded to his soul and became a part of him.
‘So many…how come?’ Ellis wondered, even as Northern continued to hand him all the items.
When he was finally done, Northern raised his head and looked at Ellis.
“That pretty much sums it all up.”
Ellis nodded and Northern continued.
“What I want you to do is sell these items for me. I want them to be sold for soul cores. And I want to believe that you have an eye for things… you should know how much these items are worth. If you’ll be exchanging them, you better not exchange them for inferior items.”
Northern glared at him.
“And don’t you ever think of cheating me.”
Ellis gulped and smiled bitterly.
“Trust me sir, I am more than committed to making sure that you get the best of these items. I have seen more than enough to be sensible about this.”
Northern’s eyes stayed on him for a couple of seconds.
“Alright, I’ll trust you on that. Regarding taking care of your problem, stay here for a while with me… should there be any changes in my plans I’ll tell you about it. But for now, it’s safe to be here.”
Ellis raised a brow, “Safe?”
“Yes, safe. What do you think it’s not?”
“There’s… an apex-level monster in your basement.”
“I told you, it’s a neighbor. And I have nothing against him. I met him here, he’s been dwelling here before I came. Wouldn’t it be unfair to the monster if I just swooped in, killed it and took its house?”
Northern shook his head.
“No, not at all, it makes no sense. Right?”
A contradicting frown strained Ellis’s brows, as if they were being pulled against their will.
‘What? You have nothing against him? You met him here…? What nonsense is this guy saying?’
Northern’s words once again were blatant and absolute nonsense to Ellis.
He couldn’t make sense of how a drifter could utter such words.
‘Why is he speaking like monsters are humans?!’
The way Northern spoke and addressed the monster was as if he was relating to a fellow being, as if it had rights.
Which was strange because these were monsters that would throw their jagged teeth at any flesh without a thought. In order to save themselves, it was only plausible that humans strike them down, effectively and as fast as they could.
Northern talking about this monster like it was human was just very, very amusing and yet scary.
‘I am amused at him and yet I am so scared…’
He was so scared he couldn’t dare to go against Northern in any way. In fact, at this point, he didn’t know who he was more scared of…that man or…this man.
Northern nodded and then laid his back flat on the bed.
“Damn, I’m hungry.”
“If you don’t mind, I have some roasted meat from the last meal we had in the morning. I’ve not been able to eat because it’s been a lot from that time till now,” Ellis said.
“Right, indeed, it has. I have just woken up a day but I feel like I’ve been awake for like a month.” He propped himself up in a spring, “Speaking about roasted meat. I should have some of that!” He faced Mr. Fluffy, “Right Mr. Fluffy, remember our first meeting?”
The beast raised its head and let a growl creep out of its large mouth.
Ellis watched both of them, at this point, his eyes were just blank with surprise.
‘Man, I don’t even know anymore.’
He felt like if he continued to think about how weird this is and how scary and nonsensical everything Northern is, he’d just run mad before returning to his parents.
‘No, not yet. I can’t run mad yet. I have to go back to the Central Plain.’
And he might have found a person that could guarantee that for him.
Ellis watched Northern carry his strap bag and suddenly turn it over. In the next couple of seconds, a flood of shock like Ellis had never experienced hit him.
Northern first tried dipping his hand into the bag but couldn’t find anything. He had tried it earlier when he remembered about the meat.
He actually wondered if it’d be okay or if it’d be spoiled.
But when he was talking to Ellis, he sort of got carried away and remembered now.
‘Darn, there are too many soul cores in there.’ Northern frustratingly turned the whole bag, shaking it.
Soul cores began to pour out of the bag like rain from the clouds, creating a cluster of hard sounds as they fell and rolled on the wooden floor.
For a while, Northern was shaking the bag and soul cores were pouring out of it endlessly.
This caused Ellis to freeze with a slightly opened mouth.
Just when he thought he had seen it finish.
Just when he thought he couldn’t be more shocked and surprised by Northern’s actions anymore… this happened.
Northern looked at Ellis, with a frown, not minding for a second – the rain of soul cores that were pouring.
“What?”
Ellis threw his head back and slapped his face hard with his palm.
“Darn it! Seriously darn it all!! What the hell have I gotten myself into…”
Northern looked at him uninterestedly.
“I probably remember you making the same statement a while ago. What’s up with that? Haven’t you seen soul cores before?”
Ellis’s brow creased with a tense and strained frown.
“Seriously man, seriously!! What the hell are you?!!” He shouted.
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[A/N]
Hai Hai, I am here to once again apologize for today’s late upload. I had to deal with a stressful travel day.
Also, I know the past few chapters have been sort of slow, while it is necessary to smoothen out transition of the story arcs, it could also become boring but worry less, we are getting into it. Sit tight for the one to come will be far better than the one you’ve seen.
Thank you for your usual support; power stones and golden tickets. Thanks to you guys, we are rising, and getting more exposure. I’m so grateful.
And thanks to Zephyr for the gift, no gift is too little to put a smile on this lame author’s face. Hehe. Thanks so much man.