Catastrophe Card King
Chapter 1728 - 525: Forty Thieves

Chapter 1728: Chapter 525: Forty Thieves

In the Owl Magic Shop.

Leonard Churchill and his two companions got several Storage Rings filled with the goods they needed.

Although they bought a lot of items, most were actually classic books passed down from the Royal Academy.

The shopkeeper old lady wore an expression that she was making a losing deal, but for these Black Market shops, such books were the most profitable trades.

Important classic books like the Fifty-two Demonic God Secret Skill were copies—they could be sold once, and then sold again.

It was indeed a business without any cost.

As for Extraordinary Materials and such, Leonard glanced at the merchandise catalog, finding only a few Eighth-Order Materials, none suitable for Sophia Jones.

After all, it was still the Black Market, where many items that should be public are flowing into large commercial enterprises like the Rainbow Consortium.

The catalog did list some ancient relics with good effects, originally intended to update the equipment for Bonnie and the others, but the prices were far too exorbitant.

The Magic Cores they had were almost used up, although they still had a lot of valuable wartime currencies.

Such as Elemental Springs and so on.

But now wasn’t the time to expose them, as their unique origins could easily attract attention.

So, Leonard and his companions did not linger in this shop.

By the time they left, two hours had passed.

The old woman from the Owl Magic Shop sent them off with a beaming smile at the door.

Anyone knowledgeable understood the Owl Magic Shop’s situation; a customer they closed doors for for two hours must surely be a big spender.

Moreover, the shopkeeper old lady also gathered a lot of good things from her peers, which almost everyone guessed meant a big transaction.

This scene also attracted many ill-intentioned glances in the Black Market.

Usually, after buying something, one should leave quietly.

But Leonard and his party didn’t seem to care at all, acting like out-of-towners who didn’t know the rules, continuing to stroll through the Black Market.

...

The Holy Church’s dignity has been ruling for over a hundred thousand years, and the items snatched from the Royal Academy ultimately could not see the light of day.

Those treasures almost all ended up in the Black Market.

Especially books and such, which ordinary people can’t use as food, selling them would get rid of the hassle and earn some money.

The shops in the Black Market were almost crammed with stolen goods.

Leonard and his party walked past store after store; although it was hard to find new additions like the top-tier Fifty-two Demonic God Secret Skill, which they had already bought, there were plenty of other classic books.

Given the Royal Academy’s collection of books reaching into the billions, on average, each person in Giant Spirit City could have more than a few hundred books.

Even if the Black Market’s printing presses worked to the brink, they couldn’t replicate that many.

Nor could anyone check them one by one and categorize them.

So the prices were generally set based on the tier, with no copies for classic books below Seventh Rank, all original editions from the library.

Those small stalls were piled with classic books, hiding many treasures.

Like Ultimate Magic, Secret Techniques, Martial Skills, and even Divine Skills...

If one’s eyes were sharp enough, it was easy to find a great deal.

Because of the sheer volume, the prices were incredibly cheap!

You could even say they were as cheap as cabbages.

Leonard and his companions weren’t picky; they bought any classic book they found with the Royal Library mark, regardless of tier, and swept it up along the way.

They bought piles and piles; it was impossible to buy them all.

These classic books represented the knowledge of card masters passed down nearly uninterrupted in the Taren Dynasty, which was precisely what the East Wilderness was most lacking at the moment.

Not only could they be used personally, but the Revolutionary Army was also desperately in need of this transcendent knowledge.

Thus, they continued to shop, with "Kulan" acting as a buyer, accompanied by two ladies seemingly from a major family, quickly accumulating a great haul of items.

Although the three of them pretended to be sufficiently cautious, to those old foxes in the Black Market, their situation had already been figured out.

Leonard estimated that the foreheads of Sophia and her companion already had labels attached by certain people: nobles, naive, wealthy, not weak in strength.

...

Just as Leonard and his companions were leaving the Black Market.

On the rock wall, several cloaked figures in black watched the small boat carrying the three people leave, their eyes barely concealing their burning greed.

"Hey, where did these fat sheep come from, being so bold?"

"Daring to come to the Black Market, it seems they have some ability. I just asked the Old Witch, and those two asked about Eighth-Order Materials; they’re probably Seventh-Order card masters. The way they carry themselves suggests they might be military personnel. I’m guessing they’re part of some major military purchases from the north. The Magic Cores they presented are very fresh, and only large military groups can get so many..."

"No wonder... There really has been a lot of military purchasing in Giant Spirit City recently. But just a Seventh Rank is no big deal, even if there are two of them, should we make a move?"

"Let’s first get clear on their background. As long as they are not from those few families, we could make a move."

"We’re not the only ones keeping an eye on them; if we’re too late, others might take the lead... I’m certain they’re outsiders. As long as we’re clean, there will absolutely be no trouble. Besides, with the boss getting involved, not to mention Seventh Rank, even an Eighth Rank wouldn’t dare to oppose our group..."

"Hmm... I’ll go and inform the boss, you guys keep a watch."

"..."

After a brief exchange, several shadows in the darkness dispersed their separate ways.

What they didn’t know was that the shadows beneath their feet didn’t leave when they did.

...

Leonard and his party did not take the same route back but left "very carefully" by rowing a boat through the Dark River.

The Dark River was narrow, making it easy to notice if anyone was following—a safety route that had become well established in the Black Market.

Leonard was rowing the boat when suddenly, Peacock noticed something and softly warned: "We are being watched."

She was an Eighth-Order Magical Beast Lord and with her Mythical Bloodline, was particularly sensitive to malice.

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