A week passed.
And the decision to begin with only one region proved itself wise almost immediately.
The reports from Sareth arrived through the specialized administrative communication device in steady intervals, and each one made Lucien more certain that throwing the network into the whole continent at once would have been arrogance disguised as confidence.
Kael's first message had been short.
[Successful opening. Demand exceeds expectation. Send more. Also send patience. The buyers have less of it than spirit stones.]
Lucien had laughed when he read that.
The second report was longer.
The sale had not merely succeeded.
It had detonated.
Millions of units had moved, and even that was not enough. The first batches vanished into the hands of sects, merchant associations, wealthy clans, regional auction houses, and anyone rich enough to understand that a communication device was not just a convenience.
It was leverage.
It was speed.
It was prestige.
