Chapter 67: Earthen Trolls

Aakesh reclined back on his chair, after both Maria and the stranger left the store. He started visualizing the battle scene again.

Only a few minutes had passed when he had to reopen his eyes as he heard the sound of footsteps again. He looked at the door and saw a man standing at the door and curiously looking at him and the store.

It was the first non-human customer Aakesh had. The man had light grey skin with an absurdly large head. The man had six eyes which all blinked curiously simultaneously, a large nose with a small mouth. Aakesh knew what race the man belonged to; it was Earthern Trolls.

He had read about them during the quests. It was one of the weaker races in the entire Multiverse. Earthen Trolls had control of the earth element from their birth, but it was as if the Multiverse had forbidden them; they couldn’t learn any offensive skills. They could only use these skills for support, so Earthern Trolls worked as the estate builders of the Primal dimension.

In spite of their weakness in power and usefulness in their work, no one dared to take them as slaves due to a rumor. The rumor said that Earthern Trolls are the experiment of an unknown being, and they don’t like when someone touches their experimental subjects.

They didn’t follow any cultivation system as they already had a long lifespan. Earthern Trolls averagely lived around for 12,000 years.

“Why are you standing at the door?” Aakesh asked as the Earthern Troll only looked at him and the store but didn’t enter.

“I’m waiting for my mother,” The man turned out to be a child as he responded in a childlike voice.

“Oh, so you’re below three hundred years old?” Aakesh expressionlessly asked. Earthen Trolls were children until the age of three hundred, as their minds hadn’t completely developed. Their mother refused to leave them alone until they reached this age.

“Yeah, I am only 182 years old,” The children nodded in excitement.

“Where is your mother?” Aakesh expressionlessly asked.

“There!” The child pointed where his mother was. Aakesh had no interest in knowing, so he didn’t check it. He only asked as leaving a child this young alone would be a rarity when it comes to Earthern Trolls.

Aakesh didn’t ask anymore and closed his eyes. He fell into his visualizing session again.

“Hey, blue man, don’t sleep! How do you have blue skin, and how old are you?” The child asked, seeing Aakesh closing his eyes.

Aakesh ignored the child as he already had a child sitting on his head, and he knew how cumbersome it was to have a conversation with a child.

“Why do you have six eyes? Can’t you see from two eyes?” Another childlike voice echoed in the store as Lily appeared on the ground and looked at the child standing at the door.

“Woah, tiny animal!” The child exclaimed, seeing the size of Lily.

Aakesh had to begrudgingly open his eyes as Lily hated nothing more than someone calling out her size.

“Woah, large nose and a tiny mouth,” What Aakesh expected didn’t happen; instead, of getting angry, she retorted in the same tone as the child.

“Yes, my mother says that too. My nose is bigger than usual,” The boy excitedly nodded and proudly proclaimed.

“Why did you come here, Turta?” Suddenly a hoarse female voice came from behind.

The boy excitedly looked back and shouted, “Mother, look how great this store is? They had the entire hardwood made up of Ashamba.”

Both Aakesh and the boy’s mother had a change in expression when they heard what Turta said.

Turta’s mother came running back while Aakesh stood up from his chair. “How did you know it was Ashamba?” Before Turta’s mother could speak anything, Aakesh asked the boy while he pointed at the hardwood.

“Oh, that-”

“It’s because we also have it in our house, that’s why he recognized it here,” His mother cut him off before he could speak while looking at the hardwood. Aakesh could see his mother was trying to hide something, but now that he was interested, how could he not know the reason behind it.

“Okay, do you want to check things in my store?” Aakesh expressionlessly asked instead of asking another question, making Turta’s mother secretly heave a sigh of relief.

“What do you sell?” The boy excitedly asked before his mother could speak.

“Currently, the store only sells pills,” He expressionlessly responded.

“(I) First-grade inferior body healing pill for 25 inferior Primal stones,

(II) First-grade inferior mental healing pill for 25 inferior Primal stones,

(III) First-grade inferior dantian healing pill for 50 inferior Primal stones,” He then told the pair of mother and son the name of the pills and their price.

“Aren’t they too expensive for an inferior pill, despite its grade?” Turta’s mother curiously asked, hearing the outrageous prices of the pills.

“No!” Aakesh gave a straight answer.

“Okay, we don’t need any,” Turta’s mother also refused to buy any pills.

“Just one pill, Mother, I want to eat it,” Turta pleaded with his mother after her refusal. He didn’t know why, but the store gave him the feeling of closeness.

“No, they’re too expensive,” His mother refused again.

“Please, mother!” He pleaded again, with all of his six eyes turning moist.

“You…” His mother wanted to speak something, but no words came out of her throat, seeing the moist eyes of her son.

“Hey, store owner, can you reduce the price of the pill?” His mother then asked Aakesh.

“No bargaining!” Aakesh expressionlessly responded. “You have Ashamba in your home, and you think 25 inferior Primal stones are expensive,” He added.

“So what if I have Ashamba in my house? That doesn’t mean I would waste money everywhere,” She scoffed. “Give me a body healing pill!” She added as she couldn’t see her son upset.

Aakesh went up to the shelf and picked out a body healing pill, and handed it over to her. “25 inferior Primal stones,” He asked for the bill.

Turta’s mother begrudgingly took out the required Primal stones from her space ring and handed them to Aakesh.. “Let’s go!” She then dragged away Turta from the store before he asked for more pills.