Chapter 2458

2458 - The Favor

Caesar took the vehicle into his ring and simply left, but the place ignited behind him.

The passerby leaped onto the skeleton with greed, trying to tear apart its bones; to him, they were a wondrous treasure filled with Death Units.

But the skeleton did not remain still as it had with Caesar. Instead, it stood holding the bones it was selling and began to defend itself fiercely.

Within mere seconds, the quiet Undead Market Street turned into a battlefield!

But strangely... the passerby did not scream what he wanted, the skeleton did not open its mouth as it defended itself, and the rest of the sellers did not move from their places...

"Hey, what do we have here!" Caesar stood by an undead, leaning against a mud wall, and began examining what was on his mat.

Seven pieces of second level planetary equipment, four pieces of third level planetary equipment, and one piece of fifth level.

This was apart from small quantities of extremely rare metals, metals that are not easily bought and sold even through the dedicated trade network, and in the entire universe, pieces of this size rarely appear!

"..." Caesar began rubbing his chin as he examined everything, then gestured toward the undead with his eyebrow, "How much for all of this?"

"……" The undead took his time lifting the sagging skin that blocked his vision, and stared at Caesar for nearly a full minute before speaking in a faint voice that sounded like bones rubbing against each other, "19 funerary coins."

"Hmmm." Caesar began pretending to think it over.

[Stop it already!!] Mortix's voice struck his ear, [Haven't all those treasures you've collected on your way here been enough? The number of Space Rings filled with planetary equipment and extremely rare metals has become staggering—you're carrying a mobile Millennium Empire treasury.]

Caesar chuckled inside his head,

[You're risking your life!] Mortix's voice returned, [If word spreads that you're shipping those items you use yourself, and this easily, a war will be waged against you. You don't understand what you're doing!]

Caesar waved.

[No!] Mortix responded quickly, then continued, [Those units that accelerate a person toward the undead state or raise their power must encompass the Path of Death itself, not just a Law like the one I used to use. No one before you has been able to create death units this easily, not even I.]

Caesar continued examining the items and metals carefully.

Mortix yelled at him, [Why the hell do you think I'm personally leading the way for you and teaching you all this? Do you think I'm that free?] Then he continued, [Listen, if you want to keep collecting treasures for your living empire, fine, but make respectable funeral coins away from prying eyes.]

Caesar waved,

Then he sent a glance toward the Shepherd sitting at the head of the market watching the fight,

[Can you also erase the Jinn on the surface of this planet?!]

Caesar waved, then he took out an object from his ring and handed it to the undead, "Here, you'll find 25 Death Units, use them or give them to that Shepherd over there so he can make funeral coins for you, and keep the rest."

"……!" The undead was deeply shocked, then he stood up, took the object, and walked with quickened steps toward the Shepherd of the Market.

[I didn't continue my words because you didn't seem interested!!] Mortix yelled, [Can I explain the reason for your descent here now?]

"One moment…" Caesar began looking around at everything in the market once more.

Within a few minutes, he passed by everyone and bought everything without haggling, and within mere minutes he emptied the entire street of the beings who had been sitting in it for thousands of years.

The Shepherd of the Market sat watching, not knowing what he should do.

His instinct told him to attack Caesar and take the remaining funerary coins with him, while his remaining intelligence told him to be satisfied with his share of the division with the sellers and not bring trouble upon himself… In the end, he listened to his intelligence.

With a total of 220 funerary coins and a few minutes, Caesar collected planetary equipment, metals, high-level space rings, ancient arrays, and old research books — a fortune estimated in the outside world at more than 1.8 billion Pearl.

"Hmm, just as expected from a planet in the Inner Half." Caesar walked out of the market, tossing his primary ring into the air with pride and joy, "A few more visits and I might rival my father in wealth."

The Necrofortress natural galaxy contains countless planets and stars. It may be soulless, unable to be refined like other natural galaxies, and perhaps not organized in rings easy to defend and travel between, but it is magnificent in every sense of the word.

That galaxy remained virgin for nearly 80 million years without anyone extracting anything from it. It may not contain any plants or living things, but the amount of metals in it is immense and untouched… and that is not all.

All the inhabitants of this galaxy died, all the Trainees, all the Emperors, all the Nexus States, and the Law Dominators. No one remained, and all of them had treasures. Their numbers are estimated in quadrillions, and now they walk on the planets as skeletons wearing space rings, while the lands are filled with buried vaults and riches untouched by anyone!

And above all this? The visitors and the transients. For some incomprehensible reason, a large number of transients and visitors come here annually. Most of them bring all their wealth, and most of them die and it remains…

If it is said that Necrofortress Galaxy rivals Robin, or even Intiras, in terms of wealth that is easy to accumulate… then that is no exaggeration.

"Alright, Mortix, I'm in a good mood now." Caesar put on his ring, "Tell me about those Jinn."

[No, you ruined the moment.] Mortix replied in annoyance, [I will show you with your own eyes, better.] Then he directed him with a gust of wind toward a certain direction, [Run for half an hour in that direction, and for your own good… do not make any sound or release any Aura.]