NOVEL WEB Chapter 174: Rich—Buying an Item
For a moment, he almost convinced himself it was just an empty threat—until his legs gave way, and he sank to the ground, breath short and ragged.
The chill of the grass pressed against his palms, the damp earth seeping through his fingers as he steadied himself, a faint tremor running up his arms.
Finally, after a while, Leon calmed his nerves and stood up in his spot. His breathing was still heavy, knowing a Lord of the Universe was trying to hunt him down.
A cold bead of sweat traced down his temple, mingling with the humid air, as the distant hum of wind rustled the blades of grass around his feet.
He sent his last message in the ongoing Chat.
[Elemental Paragon had left the Chat]
While those who at least wanted to greet the Lord of the Universe were flabbergasted as even another Lord came and had some strange conversation, after that, both of them left quickly.
[Lord of Illusion and Mystery is trying to send you 100 million Causality]
[Attached message: I will find you soon~]
Leon quickly accepted the Causality to make the creepy message disappear in front of him.
Taking a few deep breaths, he sat on the grassy ground. He was about to delve more into the Frozen Eclipse Mana Heart Formation Technique so he could deal with the holy energy.
[Moon Celestial is trying to send you 10 million Causality along with an item.]
[Attached message: I am the guild master of the MoonWhoEatHerself. This is an official token of appreciation from our Guild Lord Elemental Paragon for forgiving the junior and our guild. Please accept it.]
He accepted the casualties and items with just a thought; he was curious to see what item the guild master of the White Moon guild had sent.
Another 10 million casualties had been added to his account, and a rectangular-shaped white box with bluish, golden engraving on it appeared by the glitch in reality.
He caught it gently with his hand and opened the box right away with curiosity.
And it revealed a white jade with a strange ancient pattern on it, which looked much more complex than the previous jade, which was green in colour and had different patterns on it.
Just by touching the jade in his hand, he felt as if he was being bathed in pure moonlight, pleasant and relaxing.
Is this another technique for mana heart formation? This one has a heaven-and-earth difference from the previous one.
His thoughts weren't even finished when another notification from the system popped up in front of him in the form of a shimmering golden transparent screen.
[Sword Supreme is trying to send you 20 million Causality along with an item.]
[Attached message: I am the leader of a small guild named Heavenly Swords. Accept this as a token of gratitude for sparing the younger generation of the Divine Realm, and you are always welcome in our Celestial Sword constellation.]
Leon accepted the free causalities with a smile on his face; he can never give up on his act of being Lord of the Universe now, as it was too profitable.
A new box appeared out of the glitch in reality, but this time it was not rectangular-shaped but shaped like a sword.
It was black in colour with golden engraving all across the box, as if it was creating a strange sense of harmony.
When he held the box, his finger traced its smooth texture, but there was also a conflicting, sharp sensation—almost like gripping the sharpened edge of a blade with bare hands.
He opened the box, and it revealed a black jade with ancient patterns on it in the form of a sword.
He thought it was done, but for 30 minutes straight, message after message came back-to-back from different beings.
His vision blurred for a moment under the endless barrage of shimmering notifications, each new alert sending a soft, crystalline ding that echoed through the quiet glade.
17 of which he had remembered the names of, including the Sword Supreme, as those with the title supreme attached to them, none of them had gifted less than 20 million Causality, and one even sent his freaking 50 million Causality along with the jade slip like others.
11 were supremes, and 6 others were also with noteworthy gifts, and their techniques also seemed to match the level of Sword Supreme.
Other than these big shots, there were countless others, too, who donated from the 3 million to the 10 million range.
But one thing was that the technique sent by the White Moon guild also matches the Aura emanating from the method given to him by the Supremes.
Besides their modest donation, their technique was of a very high level.
In total, after he had left the cosmic Chat, he had gained freaking 713 million casualties.
His heart was beating too loudly, knowing how many casualties he had just achieved by this exchange alone.
He opens his system and heads directly to the shop, where he checks the corner of the transparent screen to see the balance of his causalities.
His fingers hovered mid-air, heart pounding in his chest, the faint golden glow of the interface illuminating his wide-eyed expression.
[Causality: 1009000000]
He had a feeling in his heart, but still counted the total digits in his balance.
One.. two... five... Ten
"..."
"O-One billion n-ninety million freaking casualties"
"Dear Gods!!"
A surge of dizzy exhilaration left his knees weak, his breath catching in his throat, as the enormity of the numbers finally sank in.
He had expected to earn a couple of hundred million when he had seen the amount sent by MoonWhoEatHerself, but this was entirely out of his expectations.
He had become a billionaire in this incident, where he had acted as a fraudulent Lord of the Universe.
I'd better keep this secret to my grave, or else even my soul wouldn't be able to rest even after my death, if I am caught.
I can even buy the only divine-ranked item in the whole cosmic shop now
It only costs around 790 million. Even after that, he would have a lot of casualties left. After buying the cradle of elemental seed, he had another item in his eyes, which he was sure he was going to buy next, not for himself but for someone else.
Who could it be?
Yes, it was none other than Seraphine.
26. Seed of Stormlight Heart (Mythical – Item)
Implants within the user evolve their lightning and light affinities over time.
Price: 150,000,000
Vendor: Lord of Lightning and Luminance
It was the seed of Stormlight Heart, which he thinks would suit Seraphine perfectly; he didn't understand why these lords were selling such a good item and were not using it on themselves.
The only conclusion he got was that these treasures might not be of any use to them.
He doesn't know how high their affinities might be; that mythical rank would have no effect on the Lord of Lightning and Luminance, who had the same affinity as the treasure.
It doesn't matter to him, but he just hopes this treasure will increase Seraphine's affinity to a new degree over time. Still, his only worry was whether she would be able to use the treasure or not, as it had light affinity.
I will worry about that later, and I will make it work somehow
He scrolled down the shop and, without even blinking, bought an item worth 2.5 million casualties.
A wide smile on his face as he saw it materialise in front of him.