Dana was still holding her lecture with Thor and Tessa, or perhaps it was a baby shower now. It was difficult to tell.
But it wasn’t something that she needed Karl for, or that he wanted to interrupt, so he made five more of the [Villa Stones] and headed to the resource warehouse.
The bell rang as he entered, and the elderly man behind the counter gave him a bored look.
This one didn’t look as generous as Min.
"Elder, I have a resource to trade to the Clan." Karl began.
"You know the routine. Put it on the counter and the scanner will give you a value."
Karl smirked at the old man, who was clearly daydreaming.
Then, he sat a [Villa Stone] on the counter and waited for whatever scanner was supposed to be active to tell him what it was worth.
{Item identified. Immortal Grade, Totem Rank spatial defensive device. Assessing value...}
The words appeared on the countertop, and then an alarm began to go off, snapping the Elder out of his distracted state.
"What the hell? High-value artifact? Stupid thing, it’s a... No. That really is.
Son, where did you get this?"
"It was a reward that came with my Class advancement. I’ve got a second one, so I’m trading this one in."
"A reward that came with your class? Now that is fancy. Can’t beat a good System reward. Now, let’s see what the value of this is, and what it does."
[Villa Stone] Immortal Rank, Totem Grade. Creates a hidden resting space surrounded in a durable defensive barrier. May be activated as a visible property instead of a separate space.
The description was the same, though the name was different.
The Elder frowned, then pushed a bit of mana into the stone, and vanished from behind the desk.
So, you needed to be holding the item, or bonded to it. Otherwise, it would remain where it was. That would be a painful lesson to someone who tried to use it as a safe space and ended up abducted.
When he returned, the Elder had an absolutely stunned expression, and he was clutching the stone like it was his most precious family heirloom.
"So, what does the warehouse say that the price on that is?" Karl asked as the Elder seemed too lost to respond.
The old man looked down at the desk, where a string of information was displayed, detailing the [Villa Stone], and ending with an estimated turn in price of one hundred Clan Credits.


Just putting it in a spare room gives you a whole other house within your house."
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