The arrogant guy finally noticed our presence and spat in our direction. "What are you staring at, masked fuckers?"
What a lovely person. I hope the pink-haired beauty is a bat slave at least. If she has a similar contract to that of Ayame's, he can't abuse her sexually. While taking her out to watch him piss might count as harassment, but we are in a danger zone, and as his bodyguard, she can be ordered to protect him at all times, I could also order Ayame to acpany me for such reasons if I wanted.
Well, it's not my job to protect the rights of slaves, so even if he rapes her I can't do much about it. A lot of people drew the short end of the stick in this world, but that's just life. I have enough on my plate already.
"We are Phenom candidates." Ambition replied emotionlessly, though I could tell from her tone that she already hated the guy. Understandable, since as elves they were highly sought after on the slave market.
"You? How many Phenoms are there amongst you?"
"Two." This time it was me who answered.
"Two for twelve people? Hmph. Your first round must've been easy. How lucky." His petty scoff told me all that I needed to know. He likely lost all his team and this woman was his last Herald candidate. For a Wizard-type like him losing her would be fatal, as unlike me he seems entirely dependent on a frontliner protecting him.
"Don't tell me, you lost four subordinates already?" It was Ayame who asked in a hostile tone.
"So what?! Lyra is my greatest asset anyhow, the rest were just shitty extras. Listen to this, you peasants! She is worth 25 gold coins! Wait, I know bumfucks like you have no clue how much that is, let me translate it to lowlife numbers. 250,000 bronze coins! Your mothers would instantly part their legs for that amount and your fathers would thank whoever left his seed inside their wife! Lyra is more expensive than the four I lost bined."
Twenty-five for a human slave was truly an exceptional amount, but unless she was above level 20 the dude got straight-up scammed. Ayame and Blossom were worth about 15 gold when I got them, with their current levels they would likely be worth a couple more, but that's it. Since the herald can't be higher than the Phenom levels-wise, I doubt that she is more than level 20. This guy doesn't strike me as someone who spent his entire life power-leveling to be beyond 20. Explore stories on .
Also, is this truly it? A slave worth only 25 gold coins and he already speaks as if I was a beggar next to him? I couldn't help but scoff inwardly. What a misguided loser. I spent more than 50 gold coins on Seraphiel alone, and another 30 or so on my other slaves bined. Although I got Ayame and Blossom for free, they were still my rightful assets, making my net worth more than 100 gold coins just based on the value of my slaves alone. If we included our gear and artifacts then it would be more than 200 due to the storage ring, and if we included Geim and the Legendary veiling artifact I would be worth easily over 10,000 gold coins, and these are very conservative figures.
Of course, I saw no reason to have a dick-measuring contest on which of us spent more on slaves, so I let it go.
Just because he is an arrogant prick doesn't mean we have to be hostile to each other. I just want to plete the mission with all of my ladies intact and get the Phenom rank finally.
"25 Gold? That's an amazing amount. Are you a noble?" It was Lucille who asked this time, with pretend amazement evident in her tone.
"… Was." He hesitantly replied after a bit with a sunken expression. "I may or may not have had a more intimate relationship with my mother than socially acceptable, so my bastard of a father disinherited me. Thankfully I managed to rob the treasury before I left."
Seraphiel mented in our shared link.
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