Death Mage with an SS-Rank Talent-Chapter 152

After setting up the delivery to his parents, Aaron was on his way back to the hotel when something caught his eye from one of the open stalls that appeared on the road.

These stalls are normally not allowed during the day as the traffic would be very high, but they appear at night and are called Night Stalls.

Aaron didn’t know about this fact. This is why he didn’t see anything that caught his eye when he went down the same path some time ago. When he walked this path some time ago, it was not dark, and the stalls were not open at that time.

He spent quite some time selecting the items for his parents and then going to the Delivery Service Agency to pack them together for delivery. He was delayed a bit at the agency as there were simply too many customers.

World Delivery, the agency that delivers goods across the world, is the only agency that does this business. Though there are other agencies as well, the distance they deliver is very small, mostly to nearby cities and towns.

Since World Delivery is the only one that delivers goods across distances, there are also numerous clients. So, it took a while before Aaron could place his order for delivery. Unlike the last time when he returned before dark, this delay made him stay outside until dark.

This gave him a chance to stumble upon the Night Stalls and the reason why he caught something that he could have missed.

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"Hello, what is this?" Aaron asked the stall owner, pointing at the item that caught his eye.

Truth be said, it can’t be said that something caught his eye; rather, he felt a tug towards the item, and he used Analysis skill on that item. He was surprised to see the details of the item, though almost all the information about that was obscured.

His Analysis skill has yet to reach high ranks, where he can see the details of the items clearly.

The Analysis skill can give a detailed report of the items the user wants, but it can’t do so for the items that are higher ranking than the skill’s rank. Also, if the difference is too high, the skill would show nothing, and because of that, people may believe that the item is an ordinary one.

Luckily or unluckily, the skill did give Aaron the name of the item, but beyond that, nothing could be seen clearly. This could mean that the item is higher ranking than his skill, but not too high where it can’t see its details.

Analysis was, after all, a very low ranking one, and since it was able to see the name of the item, the difference wouldn’t be very high, which kind of made him happy and disappointed at the same time.

He was happy that it was not a fake. He has seen too many fake items that were sold in the market. Some sellers even boast about them as legendary items that they got from their powerful ancestors.

While happy that the item was not fake, he was a bit disappointed. The only reason he even saw the item was because something tugged at him while passing by. He thought that he stumbled onto something legendary, but with his skill giving him the name of the item, it made sure that it was not a legendary item.

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"Ah, you have good eyes, dear customer. Let me tell you the story of this..."

"Stop", Aaron stopped the shopkeeper from delving into the stories about the item. He was not interested in all those stories, as he was sure that more than ninety-nine percent of these stories would be false.

He doesn’t have time to waste on that.

"Just tell me what it does, and how much it costs. That’s it, no more", Aaron said.

Though Aaron knew the name, he was not an idiot to say its name, as that would mean he would fall into the shopkeeper’s money trap.

If the shopkeeper finds that he already knows what the item is, then the shopkeeper would definitely raise the price of the item. It was why he acted that he didn’t know anything about the item and was asking just because it caught his eye while strolling through the market.

Aaron acted as if he was interested just because it caught his eye, nothing more. This way, the shopkeeper wouldn’t swindle too many credits from him or else he would have to cry if he finds out that the item costs less than what he paid for.

"Ah...okay", the shopkeeper was caught off-guard, but he quickly adjusted himself and said, "This is called Death Peak Ring. It can offer any Death-related professionals a whopping 0.5% boost when it comes to skills. Don’t look down on this as a weak item. Once it was said that it offered a 75% boost, but as the old saying goes, with time everything goes away".

"It may not be as good as it was in its peak, but items like these are not easy to create due to a lack of raw materials required", the shopkeeper said with pride in his voice.

Aaron didn’t miss the pride in the man’s voice, "Did you acquire it from somewhere, or did your family create this?" he asked with uncertainty.

The shopkeeper, after all, spoke as if he himself created the item. If not for the diminished boost, he might have claimed that he was indeed who created the item, but that would make him a charlatan in others’ eyes.

"Of course, young sir, you did think right. My family’s ancestor made this ring for a young hero centuries ago, but after the young hero died too early, it was said that my family recovered it as it was accepted by the buyer beforehand", the man said.

Though the man was keen on telling a story, Aaron didn’t believe it a bit.

Why?

He has no idea, but something felt in him that the story was a made-up one. He couldn’t understand why the man was making up such a story when he could have just told him that he acquired it from other sources.

Aaron didn’t dwell on the matter and asked, "How much is it?"

The man raised his hand and showed five fingers, "Five thousand credits".

Aaron was shocked by the cost. Even if it was an ancient item worn by some hero or even a god, the effect it has now is very weak. Paying so much for such an item is a waste. freewebnøvel.com

Though he was feeling like getting the ring, he was not going to become an idiot.

Aaron didn’t even negotiate with the man and walked away, intending to leave. Who in their right mind would want to buy the ring after he directly quoted five thousand credits?

This might be the only genuine item present here, but he was not interested in spending all his earnings on one single item, even if he might miss on a great opportunity.

"Wait a minute...", the shopkeeper shouted, trying to get Aaron back and get him to buy the ring.