The Greatest Sinner

Evan returned to town without incident. He wanted to rest, physically he was healthy, but mentally he was very tired. But firstly, Evan decided to go to a special store and sell materials from the monsters.

These stores were in every zone. The higher the zone was, the more expensive the materials could be sold, but also the cost of the appraiser`s service was much higher. For the same reason, Evan decided to sell the materials in the store of the third zone. Most of the skins belonged to monsters of rank zero, but there were a few skins of monsters of rank one.

Evan also wanted to know what the white crystals in the pouch were. He was sure it was something unique and rare.

He walked slowly until he reached one such store and went inside.

Evan approached the counter and was immediately greeted by a pretty girl. Her job was to send customers to the right appraisers.

"Hello, can I help you?"

Evan calmly replied, "I need to sell skins and some other materials of the zero and first rank monsters, as well as this sword."

Whoosh.

Evan's spatial ring glowed and in his hands was the group leader's weapon. The girl was not surprised that Evan had a spatial ring, many powerful and wealthy magicians had one. But, she had rarely seen a young man have such an artifact.

The girl glimpsed the sword and pointed Evan where to go. The store itself was huge and looked more like a whole complex of small buildings and storage facilities. It not only sold but also stored various materials.

Evan was sent to the "B" section to the appraiser named - Freddie Stone. Each of the appraisers here had a wealth of experience and a great deal of knowledge. Any one of them had no problem appraising most of the materials to be found around town and beyond.

<Hopefully, I can get quite a few "Moon Coins". Too bad my spatial ring has so little room. If I could carry out an entire monster carcass, I'd definitely get a lot more money>. Evan pondered heading towards the room where the said appraiser was located.

The spatial ring could hold any item, but there were two exceptions. Firstly, it was any other spatial objects, because if they were combined there would be a terrible explosion. Secondly, it was living beings, but this rule did not apply to a dead being.

Magicians who had high ranked spatial rings could put dozens of huge monster carcasses in them. It was much more convenient, since then there was no need to cut the monster itself, as whole monsters were much more valuable. But until Evan reached the "One-Pointed Star", he could not use the spatial ring above zero rank.

Evan reached the right door and quietly opened it. Inside he saw a large platform and a table with many different tools for carcass cutting. In the corner of the room, there was a man with short brown hair. He was writing something down in a notebook, that was Freddie Stone.

"Good afternoon." Said Evan approaching Freddie.

Freddie closed the notebook and shook Evan's hand: "Hello, young man, put all the materials and items on the platform. I'll estimate everything and tell the price."

Evan nodded and as he approached the platform, his spatial ring glowed. Dozens of zero and first rank monsters` skins dropped onto the platform, as did the sword of the group commander.

"Quite a good catch, young man, I am extremely surprised that you were able to kill monsters of the first rank."

Freddie wasn`t a magician, but in his decades as an appraiser, he had learned well how to sense other people's auras. A variety of clients came to him, so he had no trouble determining that Evan had not yet reached "One-Pointed Star". Of course, all this could only be called the guess, but one detail clearly showed Evan's power. A normal person wouldn't have noticed it, but not Freddie, he realized at a glance that Evan's spatial ring was of the zero rank.

Evan shrugged, "I just got lucky. I found a dead monster of the first rank."

Freddie nodded, he glimpsed the monsters' skins and then moved on to the sword. After about one minute, Freddie told the total price of all these items, "There are quite a few skins here, but unfortunately most of them are in bad condition, the sword also has a lot of damage. My price is 900 "Moon Coins", for everything."

Evan didn't know how much these things cost on average, so he initially assumed the price would be a little lower. Hearing the appraiser's offer, Evan smiled and said: "Okay."

"By the way, I'd like to ask you if you know what this is,"  Evan said and a pouch with four white crystals and one green crystal appeared in his hands.

Evan originally wanted to read about these crystals in the library, but since he came here, he decided to ask the appraiser about them. Freddie probably knew all about these things.

Freddie looked at Evan with surprise, "Young man, don't you know what these things are?"

Evan just shook his head.

The appraiser realized that he was a little impolite, so he decided to cut right to the chase.

"These crystals are called - Monster Core. Not all monsters have them, only evolved ones. If the crystal is white, it means it was obtained by killing an evolved monster of a zero rank. It looks like you were really lucky to meet that monster dead. It was not only the first rank monster but also the evolved one. That's why its core is green." Freddie explained in detail.

Evan nodded: "I see, how can I use these Monster Cores?"

Evan originally wanted to sell the Monster Cores, but perhaps there was some other use.

"Alchemists and smiths use them to make equipment or potions and pills. If you are not associated with these fields, then the best solution would be to sell the Monster Cores." Freddie calmly replied.

Evan hesitated and asked: "How much is all these five Monster Cores?"

Freddie quickly replied, "300 Moon Coins for each white core and 700 Moon Coins for the green core".

<So much... looks like I'm actually getting rich today, excellent.>

Evan smiled and nodded.

Freddie pulled a card out of his pocket and so did Evan. The young man poured some mana into the card and got his money. Evan said goodbye and left the store in high spirits.

For a total of four zero rank cores and one first rank core, Evan had received 1,900 'Moon Coins". He`d also got 900 "Moon Coins' for the monster skins, so Evan earned 2,800 "Moon Coins".

That was really a huge amount of money, that he`d managed to get in just one day.

<Okay, I need to go home and get some rest, then turn in my assignment. I think I'll spend the next few days at the library, I have a lot to read about.>

Click.

Evan thought as he opened the wooden door to his new home.