BXBX NOVEL Chapter 55 Making A "Kauf"
"Yvraine, are you alright?"
Samiel went to check up on her as he scrutinized her from tip to toe, not finding any severe injuries, so he concluded that she was okey, with a sagely nod. For a few seconds, when he saw her bleeding, he was very concerned about her safety and health.
Even though he knew zero healing magic, he was surprisingly good at first aid, mainly due to years of practice himself; during the times he was injured or anything, he only had himself to depend on and heal. However, Samiel planned to learn some healing magic, which could be a tremendous boost for his combat prowess.
"Of course, I am okey as if that undeveloped reptile could injure me."
She scoffed, trying to sound confident, but even Samiel could see that she was very tired, and on the other hand, her opponent was pretty okey. He guessed that she didn't want to lose face in front of the servants, and her pride wouldn't really allow her to admit she was tired or that she had lost.
Meanwhile, inside, some kind of "mini Yvraine" was jumping from the imaginary victory that she had achieved, or it was from the happiness, but it didn't matter as she enjoyed the attention that Samiel was giving her.
"Estrid, this is the Holy Son of the Hall of Kadath, Samiel Zentuar."
Introduced him Karliana, as both Lanlaris Daragan and Yvraine almost fainted from shock. While both of them long ago guessed that he had some connection to the Outer Gods and would probably be a member of the Hall of Kadath, they never predicted it would end in this fashion.
Especially Lanlaris Daragan, because he knew what exactly the title of the Holy Son entailed. Not only a person bearing the title of the Holy Son would become Hall Master with 95% probability, but these chosen ones also had great control over the military powers of the Hall of Kadath.
Especially they could mobilize a large part of the Holy Templar Order with their words alone, not to mention that they had authority second only to the Cardinals and could order around even Bishops, from which all of them were Legendary Level Professionals.
Basically, Samiel's position in the Hall of Kadath was far, way higher than that of Yvraine's in the Nesser Dynasty. While Yvraine was Crown Princess and her position was very strong, especially because their parents had only her, making her sole heir of the Empire, she could at max mobilize a few Imperial Legions or some experts.
The power of the Holy Son of Hall of Kadath was unique across all 13 Gates, as nobody gave so much power to their leader's successor. Because of this, even though he was theoretically a member of the younger generation, his political power didn't lose to those higher-ups from the other 13 Gates.
'If that kid is Holy Son of the Hall of Kadath, then it would mean that old monster would for sure personally teach him... not to mention, his origin must be pretty frightening together with his potential if those old coots made him Holy Son out of nowhere.'
Thought Lanlaris Daragab, while he was looking at Samiel, this time in a new light, slightly feeling the right amount of fear and respect combined together.
Initially, he thought that Samiel was connected maybe to some minor Outer God or some prominent member of the Hall of Kadath; even though he was ignoring it, it could all be just not to attract attention.
But now he was here with Cardinal Karliana, named as the Holy Son of the Hall of Kadath, and even Lanlaris was forced to look very differently, at the young man, especially with warines, because technically, Samiel could just swarm of Legendaries if he felt threatened.
And even those not of the Hall of Kadath would gladly kill Samiel's enemies to get into the good graces of the Hall of Kadath, so they could profit from getting favors from the Hall. Being owned a favor by a faction like a Hall of Kadath was extraordinary on its own.
"Now that we are all calmed down, hopefully, this conversation can go in a more peaceful way."
Stated Karliana; as Estrid looked crestfallen because her fight was interrupted, Yvraine looked depressed, and Samiel looked amused about the entire situation. For a Red Dragon adjective "peacefully" was not in their dictionary, and they would instead prefer more fights.
He looked at Estrid with great interest. He could see from her appearance that she was probably some kind of dragon or demon, but probably dragon because her draconic features were very dominant ones.
He knew that some dragons, when taking human form, were indistinguishable from ordinary humans or other races they were transforming into. And there were some cases where due to some either mistake, mutation, or even free will, they retained some of their draconic features even during the transformation.
This was most common for the dragons with very strong bloodlines, and or some did it just for fun, but he could see that Estrid's case was the first one. She had a very unique presence around her, not like a common person, and even though she was the first dragon, Samiel met, he sensed something extraordinary about her.
Meanwhile, Samiel was observing Estrid; she was doing the same thing to him but in a more peculiar way as she to him, leaving Karliana shouting into thin air as she smelled him.
'Probably some dragon thing?'
He thought, because dragons had superior senses, especially the sense of smell.
"You smell strong... fight with me!"
She immediately shouted at him after opening her eyes, which shone in excitement about finding a strong opponent. Naturally, she could sense that Samiel was strong, especially since he had that weird aura that the Void Lifeforms, Outer Gods or Eldritch Creatures had, so that alone made him her primary target.
Suddenly, a flying sword passed next to Estrid's hair as they fluttered in the gush of wind created by the impact of the blade.
"Missed."
Replied Estrid as she stuck out her tongue, provoking Yvraine to throw one of her swords towards Estrid, clearly aimed at her head. Samiel didn't know why she was now pissed even more than before, but he just shrugged it off.
"No... we will not fight today... 1st you are injured and 2nd, I don't fight with other people for free, so pay up for the fight."
Samiel said with a grin; as Estrid was dumbstruck, Yvraine giggled at the misfortune of the stupid Lizard, while two Legendary Level powerhouses just observed the situation with amusement. It was clear that a master scammer was scamming Estrid, and the master scammer himself knew that the Red Dragoness was the perfect type to scam.
"What do you want?"
She asked without hesitation, not even bothering to negotiate or play hard to get. Most of the Red Dragons were not exactly thinkers, so when Samiel was going to negotiate about the payment with her, he would profit greatly.
Especially, Estrid may not seem like it, but she was very rich due to her father, who was a very rich old dragon. All Dragons had a common trait of hoarding treasures in their lairs, be it gold, gems, precious ores or metals, or anything else which had some value or was shiny.
Yvraine looked at this with delight because she had known Samiel for almost one year, and she noticed one thing about him. He was an enormous money grubber and greedy bastard who didn't have a problem stripping bandits for a few worthless gold coins.
This was a trait that he developed mainly on Earth, as resources were scarce there, and he was poor as fuck for his whole life, so the first thing he did when he got his powers was to get rich. And it prevailed and got even worse with time; he always searched for treasures and never missed anything from killed opponents and cleaning corpses clean.
Nothing valuable missed his skillful eye.
Yvraine often joked that if she didn't know him, she would say he was some dragon because, for sure, he was greedy as one.
Back in reality, Samiel's eyes shone, and if it was anime, they would have gold coins in them when he heard Estrid's answer, but he quickly collected himself as he started thinking about what he could exploit her for.
"Soul Force Crystals at least hundred pieces, they look like big white crystals... and also, some Grimoires and Magic Tomes on Elemental Magic."
Samiel stated as Cardinal Karliana facepalmed while even Lalnaris Daragan looked shocked, and Yvraine was happy for some reason. That was because it was just an outrageous price to ask someone for just a spar.
"Ok."
She answered as she started searching through her Dimensional Ring, and soon after, several thick old books were dropped on the ground, together with tens of weird-shaped white crystals.
Not far from her, even Samiel was gobsmacked at the sudden development because the things he asked for were very precious, especially the Soul Force Crystals; he didn't even expect that she would have something like that. As it seemed, Estrid didn't see a problem with paying with all of these items for one spar.
Soul Force Crystals were a very rare thing that Samiel got his hands on only a few times in his life on Earth. They were basically a crystallization of an enormous amount of Soul Force; these crystals were created from dissipated souls. Thus it was a pretty rare and precious thing.
He could use the Soul Force Crystals to evolve his Undeads, to create some sentient ones or some unique Undead with such a high number of Undead.
Samiel didn't expect that the dragon girl would just give him what he wanted, he at least expected some level of resistance or negotiation, but this was good. On the other side, Cardinal Karliana didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
In the first place, Soul Force Crystals were tempting even to Legendaries, not to such strong ones like her, but she could see a slight amount of greed in Lanlaris's eyes as he eyed the Soul Force Crystals. Though for his own good, that disappeared as fast as it appeared.
She didn't know where she got these Soul Force Crystals, but if she were to guess, she probably got them from her father or found them. Estrid had a good nose for sniffing out treasures and precious things.
And she was giving away even some very precious Magic Tomes and Grimoires.
Samiel inspected the things before he stored them in his Dimensional Ring with a satisfied smile on his face as he made a good deal.
"Excellent, we will fight three days later, my Lady. It was a pleasure to deal with you."
He said as he gave Estrid a slight bow and kissed her right hand.