"Lady Rune, I think you are forgetting something."
Suddenly, Nux spoke up.
"We are not the ones who came to you asking to get this mission, it is you who came here to request for our help.
We have no reason to prove ourselves to you,
Unless, of course, you have something to make us move."
Hearing those words, Rune smiled as if she had expected this,
"Of course, I didn't come here empty-handed,
I came here with a business opportunity, an opportunity that if successful, then the ExceedoGenesis would never have to worry about things like funds or going out of business ever again."
Rune spoke with a confident look on her face.
"Oh?"
Hearing those words, Nux raised his eyebrow.
"What is it?"
He questioned.
"Well I can't tell you that right now, can I? I can only say that I have a way with which you can get in contact with the Dwarves living in the Dwarven Continent, I am sure you are having troubles with it, aren't you?"
Hearing the words 'Dwarves', Amaya's ears perked up.
She and some of her sisters were trying to reach out to Dwarves for a while, however, those shorties were much more resistant to outsiders than they expected.
Let alone willing to talk, they wouldn't even reply to all the formal letters Amaya had sent.
And now, Rune was saying that she had a way to get in contact with the Dwarves?
Amaya was definitely interested.
"How are you going to do it?" She questioned with a curious look on her face.
"Spirit Alcohol." Rune's reply was simple.
"You have that?" Amaya questioned with a surprised look on her face.
Spirit Alcohol was an extremely rare alcohol that could intoxicate even a Divine Stage Cultivator. The Dwarves loved it, it was a well-known fact.
You want to leave a good impression in front of a dwarf? Gift them a bottle of Spirit Alcohol and your chances of success was already up to 90%. Honestly, it was hard to fail after getting the Spirit Alcohol, however, getting hands on this Spirit Alcohol was a difficult task.
Let alone ExceedoGenesis, even Top Clans have trouble getting even one bottle.
"I do." Rune simply nodded at Amaya's question.
"Nux, we need to take this Mission."
Amaya's expression changed as she glanced at Nux.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance, she had to grab it. She was not alone, Felberta and Evane had similar expressions as well.
Seeing that, Nux sighed, then, he glanced at Rune and chuckled,
"You came prepared, didn't you?"
Rune simply smiled.
"If I take this test of yours, I might look into every single aspect of your life to find what I want to find, are you okay with that?"
"I wouldn't have come here if I wasn't, I would like to see how far you can go," Rune replied.
"Heh, then be ready. A Month? That is too much, I would do it within 2 weeks." Nux spoke with a confident smile on his face.
"I like that confidence."
Rune smiled.
Nux chuckled.
Rune then stood up,
"Alright then, Nux Leander, I hope that I am not wrong about you.
It will be quite troublesome if I am, you are the person I am betting on."
"I promise you, I will be better than your expectation."
Nux replied with a playful smile on his face.
Seeing his expression, Rune felt like he was talking about something else, however, since she couldn't figure it out, she just decided not to think about it.
"Then I would meet you in a month." She spoke.
"I am sure it will be faster than that," Nux replied.
"I will look forward to it then," Rune replied, then, she turned around. Strange energy surrounded her body, her body started transforming, in the next second, she had turned into a cute white-furred cat, then, she jumped into the air and disappeared.
"I still can't get used to that ability. How can someone just… disappear in front of everyone's eyes?"
Thyra couldn't help but comment.
The rest of the women simply glanced at Nux with deadpan looks on their faces, realizing what her sisters were thinking, Thyra explained herself,
"I ignore Nux's existence when I talk about things related to common sense."
The other women nodded to themselves.
It was as if they all just said, 'Fair enough.'
"…"
Nux didn't know how to react in this situation.
"Anyways, what are we going to do next?"
Suddenly, Skyla questioned with a curious look on her face.
"Hmm? What else? She challenged us, we need to show her what we are capable of, don't we? We can't miss out on that Spirit Alcohol." Nux replied.
"Don't worry, I will find everything there is to know about her," Amaya spoke up.
"No." Nux, however, shook his head.
"This time, I will do it myself."
He spoke with a determined look on his face.
"I agree, stakes are too high to take any sort of risks here." Thyra nodded.
"Thyra is right, we cannot miss this chance to get in contact with the Dwarves." Felberta nodded.
"But why are we giving so much importance to the Dwarves though?" Edda couldn't help but question.
"Well, as that woman said, if we successfully get in touch with the Dwarves living in the Dwarven Continent, we would never have to worry about getting out of business or being low on funds."
Felberta replied.
"How?" Edda questioned.
"Because of [Core]." Amaya was the one who answered this time.
"The Artifacts, Formations, and other Goods that are exported from the Dwarven Continent to other continents, these are mostly done by Ships, these goods are then settled in Ports, then after going through different vendors, it finally reaches the buyer.
This increases the price by 5 or even 10 times in some cases, however, if we join in this business, things change.
With [Core], we can keep all that margin to ourselves and earn big, we can even fight against giant merchant companies when it comes to price wars since we already have the advantage of obtaining the goods at incomparably low prices."
Amaya explained.
Edda wasn't much of a genius, however, even she could understand how big of an opportunity this is. Soon, however, she frowned,
"Why can't they just use Teleportation Spell like the one we saw in the Blood Continent?"
"That consumes too many resources, so it is not feasible and a long-distance teleportation spell like that is very troublesome."
Edda nodded in understanding,
"And that woman came here…"
"Yes, she came here taking the [Core] into her mind. If I am not wrong, mine and her line of thoughts coincide." Amaya nodded.
"Hehe, I can't wait to get filthy rich."
Skyla spoke with a cheerful smile.
