The transaction was processed faster than any standard guild request in history.
The receptionist practically tripped over herself to finalize the paperwork, her hands shaking the entire time as she weighed and evaluated the dark crystal. When she finally pushed a heavy, reinforced leather pouch across the counter, Hajin didn't even bother counting it.
He just dropped the pouch into his inventory.
'It's a little bit of a shame,' he thought, walking away from the desk while the rest of the guild hall remained dead silent. 'A six-shard core could have been forged into some seriously good defensive gear for the girls. But whatever, I am sure more cores will come.'
They had survived the beast king gate, but the power scaling in the capital was only going to get steeper from here.
For now, securing a massive amount of liquid money was far more important than holding onto a single crafting material.
