Chapter 68: Arc 2, - 46: Built in a Day
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"And... how many are there...?" the clerk raised a brow.
"Eleven; so, how much's the pay?" behind Fumeko were a pile of silcelots, bloodied and dead.
"Well, since the skinning process hasn't been done, I can run an average of seven gold per body. That would be seventy-seven in total..."
"Yay! More money!" Asobi cheered up to the counter as Hotaru collected the fees.
Leaving the pile of felines to the side, they departed the building much richer. However, Fumeko disappeared, going into the shadows and back to the clerk.
"Guah!" the clerk verbalized as she appeared out of nowhere.
Fumeko glared to him, "You're telling me a velatos is worth less than two of those things? Something smells fishy and it isn't the silcelots."
The clerk readjusted his glasses, "Well, we've had our complaints. Our delays on rebuilding and renovations already have us on edge."
The entire top part of the building was hidden from the bottom floor, but anyone could see from the back of the building, the rebuilt walls and windows.
"The price of a velatos kill was reduced because nothing was harvestable from its corpse, an influx of capable adventurers and at the time;