Chapter 84 Chapter 84 – Low Margins
There were four other people standing in front of the stall, and they were looking at the different round objects for sale.
Naturally, these round objects were Barriers.
Yet, the atmosphere in this stall was also a bit tense.
After all, who wouldn't be respectful in front of a Veteran?
One had to remember that Veterans already belonged to the top 20% of Extractors.
There were not even 200 Veterans in the entirety of Crimson Fungus City.
Every single Veteran was at least a hundred times as powerful as a normal person.
This meant that even the weakest Veteran could lift something weighing over eight tons above their head!
This young woman could grab any random person in here and literally tear them in two like they were a piece of paper!
She was also the only Veteran in the marketplace.
The other stalls from Ghosty's Lab were all manned by Johns, and most of the other stalls were manned by Newbies.
As for the customers, there were maybe one or two Johns present, and they were only here to help their younger colleagues find something good for their money.
This meant that this person was, by far, the most powerful one in the entire marketplace.
But that was to be expected.
After all, Barriers were the priciest items here since they represented a Zephyx Extractor's life.
The Veteran was probably carrying over ten million credits worth of wares with her.
The three Extractors from Dark Dream felt some pressure emanating from the young woman.
The Veteran wasn't aggressive or anything. It was simply the feeling someone weaker felt when they were in front of someone much stronger.
Wyntor just put on a friendly smile and walked up to the Veteran.
"Good morning, we're from Dark Dream, and we're interested in purchasing Barriers for our three Zephyx Extractors," Wyntor said.
"Dark Dream?" the Veteran repeated in confusion as she turned to Wyntor.
She had never heard of Dark Dream before.
But when she saw Wyntor's suit, her eyes lit up, and she understood.
'There might be some money here,' she thought.
"Of course," she answered with a polite smile. "If I may be so rude, what is your budget?"
Wyntor just chuckled. "No worries, we already know what we are looking for, and it should just be within our budget."
Nick and Trevor didn't notice it, but the Veteran's eyes very slightly hardened for just a split-second.
However, Jenny and Wyntor noticed.
"Great!" the Veteran said with a friendly tone. "What do you have in mind?" n-/o/-v-(E--l.)b/(1--n
"First, we want a Barrier with a two-to-one conversion rate that can block all physical attacks and almost all force attacks," Wyntor said.
The Veteran nodded. "What about mental attacks?"
"Not necessary," Wyntor answered.
"What about the form and color?" she asked.
"Color is not important, and I'm fine with a sphere or spheroid for form."
"What about the activation mechanism?" she asked.
"Manual," Wyntor answered.
The Veteran sighed unnoticeably.
The guy in front of her had perfectly dodged all the pitfalls and all the items that put a premium on the Barrier.
He was searching for something ugly and cumbersome but cheap and effective.
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