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-4- Corruption

-4- Corruption

I read the results from the poll, and found it kind've contradicted from the whole nomad thing but I guess I'll go with the poll.

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As I walk through the streets while looking at the various stalls and storefronts, I suddenly realise that I don't have money. I could use earth magic to transmute simple stone into gold. (1 copper=1 U.S cent, 100 copper=1 silver, 100 silver=1 gold, 100 gold=100 platinum)

The only reason I really need stuff is too be less conspicuous. A person simply walking around twenty-four seven is sure to be noticed.

I go outside the gates again, and go to a small field within the forest. The field is around one-half kilometer diameter. The field has many large boulders with pebbles surrounding them. In between each of these boulders is grass. Many small animal's souls fill the plains. I walk up to the largest boulder, it's around twice my height. I place my hand on it and cast the spell.

"{Substance Conversion}."

A pale-blue light surrounds the boulder and it slowly cracks, into small coins. The coins start to turn gold and fall to the ground. I quickly use magic to create a pouch.

"{Create Lesser Item}." A moderately-sized pouch appears from the air above my open-palmed hand. It falls into my palm and I quickly fill it with the coins on the ground.

"Around 800... I think?" I try to calculate the amount of coins and slowly walk towards the gates again.

The process took much less-time as the same people who inspected me before were working at the gate still. When I walked into the street it was already night. I walked to the small map hanging on a wooden-board near the gate.

"Let's see... the nicest inn is... in the converse district."

The town is divided into five districts; the Market District, no need to explain. The Residential District, still no need to explain.

The Converse District, the district that is between the Noble district and the residential district that both nobles and commoners use. The Noble District, residential use for Nobles. the Royal district, can barely be called a district, only building there is the castle.

As I walk towards the converse district I hear something to my right.

"Ahhgh!" A scream of pain echoes from my right. I look and see a bleeding teenager covering a younger girl. Behind them are two guards one slightly farther away smiling devilishly. In front of him is another guard smirking, holding a shortsword dyed with blood.

"You dare refuse us money! We protect you! i guess we might just have to take your dear sister, as payment." The back-stepped man says.

Stolen story; please report.

(I knew that the government was corrupt, but I didn't know it went this far.)

"Hey what are you looking at? I guess you need to pay us our due as well." the smirking man says, referring to me.

My facial expression turns darkened-dull as I peer at the young girl.

The smiling guard recognizes my facial expression as one of refusal."Oh so you won't pay? Guess we have to punish you too then huh?" He says while drawing a short-sword and charging at me.

"{Obliterate Soul}."

A pale-purple aura appeared around the guard. He falls to the ground lifeless. The aura dissipates and all that's left is a dead body.

"M-monster! Get away, ahhhhh!" The other guard fell on his back and started to crawl away from me.

"You're calling me the monster? Ironic, {Mind Break}."

A small 'squish' sound could be heard after that, blood started flowing out of the guards nose and eyes.

I look at the victims. Their pupils quivered at the sight of death. 

"No thank you? I guess normal people are still affected by shock."

I walk away towards the Converse District, searching for my Inn.

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"I need a room for one please." I've arrived at the Inn. The clerk eyeing my clothes since I've walked in. She was a 1.2 meter tall girl with long silver hair, and dark-blue eyes. 

"Can you afford it? it's two gold." She asks accusingly.

"Yeah, here." I pull out my bag and open it. As I open it she see's the very large amount of gold.(Author Note: BTW he has at least $90,000 U.S. dollars in that bag.) I take three coins and put them on the counter.

"do you want the premium suite or normal? The premium costs one more gold."

"I'll take the premium." I say as I put two more gold on the counter.

"Very well sir I'll show you too it." She open's a small barrier from behind the desk and starts to walk up the stairs. I leisurely follow. 

I was shown into a large room with a king-sized bed with purple sheets and a red blanket. The room has a small writing desk near the large semi-circle window. In the corner of the room is a large bookshelf, completely filled with many leather-bound books.

The clerk was still standing by the door,"Do you want anything to eat sir?"

"Can you get me a steak?"

"Of course." She does a slight curtsy and leaves the room.

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