Rae realized as Karl started to work that she could have just made them all Overlord Ranked, and then they would sell faster, and she could decorate more of the people in the fortress.
She had taken a brief trip last night to see what she had to work with while they slept. But with the Mythic mbers on guard, she had decided it was better not to sneak right inside, even while incorporeal.
They might misunderstand.
The mix of clothing was fairly well suited to the mbers, and had much more male clothing than she would have preferred. But Rae had simply extrapolated this Guild’s information and assud that the rest of the city was likely to be balanced the sa way, with most of the stronger mbers being males.
If that wasn’t true, then she could make more pretty things next ti.
She needed to ask how big the city was.
So, she Shadow Stepped out of the house and down the street, looking for soone who looked like they left the fortress a lot, and would know the answer. Going up on the roof hadn’t given any good answers because everyone lived in fortresses, unless they were living in servant hovels.
There was a lot of trade, though. It appeared that there were ten tis as many transient visitors to the Dungeons as there were actual people living here, and that would be a great source of inco.
Plus, it would spread her fashion.
Rae returned to the roof and looked around at the market area at the edge of town. There was a whole group of Spider Priests and associated warriors like the ones that had attacked Karl. But these ones were setting up camp among the visitors, so they shouldn’t be assassins.
Perhaps she should ask them?
If they followed the Spider Goddess, they should understand that she would happily kill and eat them if they were rude.
That would make it much easier to talk to them.
She didn’t bother to transform, and simply moved herself so she was standing under one of their tent awnings before assuming a humanoid form to speak to them.
"Madam, might we help you with sothing?" A black robed cleric asked suspiciously.
"Yes. I just moved to the city, and I am doing market research. I wish to sell things like this. How many people do you think will buy them." Rae explained as she held up a dress Karl had just finished upgrading.
It was similar to the ones that Morgana liked. Black, floor length with long sleeves and lace at the hems, and a corseted waist.
"That is beautiful. Do you make them yourself?" The cleric asked.
Rae nodded in agreent. "If you were a spider, you would be able to sll that it is my silk."
As she said those words, one of their group’s won turned around, revealing four eyes on a chitinous face.
"It is her silk. She is a Blood Destruction Demonic Spider. But she slls a bit off. I think she might have been using divine beast blood in her advancents." The beastkin mage woman inford the Cleric.
"Oh, that makes sense. The red patterning made wonder what sort of spider she was. But the Goddess is generous with her children, it could have been a blessing." The Cleric replied.
Rae smiled. The man wasn’t wrong. But he hadn’t answered yet.
Rae shook the dress slightly, and the Cleric smiled at her.
"If you can reliably make Totem Rank, Epic Grade cloth armour, I would say that you could likely sell a few hundred or a thousand a month to those with the resources. Not everyone gets lucky in the Dungeon, and most who co here arrive very low on funds, as the city is expensive to buy access to." The Cleric explained.
Rae realized that she had miscalculated. She thought that these visitors were wealthy people, not poor people hoping to make it big in one of the many Dungeons.
"What if I made them Overlord Ranked? Would that be more affordable?" She asked.
The mage nodded in agreent. "Overlord Ranked items sell for less than a tenth of what a Totem Ranked item does. Most Totems could afford a single upgrade every visit to the Dungeon if they stayed with Overlord Ranked gear."
Rae smiled, and the Mage giggled.
"You really do want to cover everyone in your silk, don’t you?" She asked.
"It’s nice. They’re almost cocooned, and it makes them sll like mine."
Now the Cleric was laughing as well. They had wondered why a Totem Ranked Demonic Beast would take up a trade skill, but it made perfect sense now. She was staking her claim on the world and asserting her dominance in her own field.
There weren’t many craftsn who could make their own raw materials to that extent, and with the distinctive fashion of the dress she had on display, it would be hard not to recognize her work.
Even if she hadn’t discretely hidden an embroidered image of herself on the lapel.
From the next camp over, a hesitant Obsession Demon approached.
"Pardon my intrusion. Did I hear that dress is for sale?" She asked.
She had examined it, and as a Shaman, it was precisely what she had been hoping for.
Skill Power and Mana Cost Reduction would make all her abilities more powerful, including her healing spells and totem constructs, as well as her Spirit Warriors. It was an all-around improvent on what she already had, and the group could stop complaining that Shamans weren’t great healers.
Rae examined the Demoness, who had light violet skin, as was common for Obsession Demons, including Loros, their sculptor at the Guild House.
Black would look good on her.
"Yes, this dress is for sale. What can you offer for it?" Rae asked.
The mage and cleric stepped back to see how the spider would do in negotiations. The species was notoriously volatile, and even a wrong answer could lead to a massacre.
There was a good reason there weren’t any others doing what Rae planned.
The Shaman held open a small bag of magical stones and raw tals from the Dungeons, then set a stack of raw Fae Hound hides on the grass beside her.
Totem Ranked fur and leather would help Rae’s projects imnsely, and the woman had offered her twenty pelts, plus a bag of rocks for Karl. That was a good price.
"I like your offer. Here is your new dress. Try it on, and I will alter it if it doesn’t quite suit you." She insisted.
The Obsession Demon equipped the dress, and the Cleric noted that it actually had clear threads woven into it that flickered with mana like ghosts in the dark when the effects on the dress were activated.
It was stunning.
Rae nodded in satisfaction as she took her paynt.
"You look good. It was a pleasure doing business with you." She inford the Shaman, then returned to the Fortress to go gather more items from Karl.
She had sales to make.
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