The weight of the atmosphere settled on his shoulder, the pressure sent goosebumps all over his entire body but his gaze remained firm the resolve planted in his mind was etched on his face
His hands lowered under the table then elevated as he dropped two sacks stained and dripping with blood. He pulled the rope and the mouth of the sack expanded falling onto the table part of it was hanging in free space
"I brought-" before he could finished his "meat of a felhare" the chubby man chimed into his statement "how many did you kill" he eyes focused on the meat but Asher still felt like he was looking at him
"Three matured male and two mature female" he replied directly, the chubby man hand slid across the texture of the meat and a deep hum resonated very clear and distinct "what an interesting way to die" he gaze shifted to Asher once again "they were struck instantly not even having a fighting nor an escaping chance"
He smiled softly "you must be quite skilled for you to imitate a predator not a hunter" those made Asher face reveal many reactions "but aren't hunters and predators the same thing?" his voice bemused "primarily yes they basically the same thing but if you look at the essence of it you would see the blurred between the two"
His facial expression was that of one felt in the middle of nowhere and the ma noticed as he chuckled "alright let me make it easy for you, both hunters and predators both need a prey which they hunt down for survival basically but what separates them is how they get the objective done one use tactical means auxiliary tools to help hunt better while the other uses its natural tools and that can be seen in the texture of the prey"
He took out two piece of the meat and placed it before "I have been doing this work for the past thirty plus year so with so many time to learn and grow knowing meat difference by texture becomes etched into your subconscious"
He placed his finger of one of the two meats "this one was killed in a way a hunter would kill its target, the texture is smooth and relaxed meaning it didn't even know of the hunter's presence"
He place that same hand on the other meat "this was killed by a predator" he began massaging it "some part of it is tighten and happens when one of two things want to occur, flight or fight and most of the time its occur between a predator and a prey"
He removed his hands wiping off the blood on his apron "but they are instances where a hunter can be transformed into predators and there are some animal with quite a high level of intellect that can hunt like hunters" he continued to explain some basic stuffs and Asher once again gained knowledge which refined his understanding of the creature domain
"The total I'll give you for the felhare meat per kilo is twelve shardcoins and I'm guessing you know why" he nodded in agreement "the woman who deals with animal skins told me" he shimmer of enlightenment across the chubby man's face "yes Naomi does know how to make things easier for us"
Asher raised an eyebrow "her name is Naomi?" disbelief echoed in his voice "that is a pretty normal name" he said while digesting that information "well not all of us are like those stuck up nobles" he said helplessly
"What is your name then?" surprised the chubby man replied "it is Oscar and this place is the Oscar's thikaru joint and I plan on spreading this venture all around the four major region" he had a smug look on his face as he spoke
"That is really good dream, I wish you the best of luck" he smile extending a friendly gesture which Oscar accepted
"Okay we are done with the first set what about these other set" he pointed a larger chunk of meat at his left, Oscar looked at it as the texture was unfamiliar to him "what creature is this" his inquisitive nature took over and it come out when he comes across a new type of meat, Asher inhaled heavily "what do you want to hear, the category or the creature's name" his tone hid some sort of uneasiness
Oscar picked up on this subtle change and turned his head towards Asher and his gaze turned heavy "both" hearing that Asher released a long sigh "it is an uncommon aberrant felilope"
Silence was all that remained after he spoke those words which were still lingering in free space hanging around the ear of both himself and Oscar
Oscar was paralyzed from head to toe and Asher didn't know what to make of it "Oscar! Hello!" he snapped his finger waking Oscar from his dazed expression "you alright" his voice filled with concern
Oscar properly waking up from his dazed grabbed Asher hands and Asher could feel the trembling in his hands his grin extending from cheek to cheek "I will sell it to you 25shardcoin per kilo"
Now it was Asher's turn to be perplexed "what!?" his voice came out louder than he expected "my bad my bad but what" his eyes widened he was dumbfounded to even form a proper sentence
"I guess you don't know about how the pricing works" Oscar let go of his hands and suppressed his excitement "the categorization of creature are essential in the market domain" he stepped from the table went to get a hide skin with an ink bottle and a quill and took his seat once again
"Creatures are separated into common, uncommon, rare, and legendary, these are the types of creature available then we have mundane, magical, mythical, and aberrant these are the ranks, with these two creatures are classified and it is with those classifications we set our price"
He explained further after summarizing the market values to him "and so I hope everything is understood" he stood up and wrapped the two sacks "I'll be back with the payment"
After a while another pouch of coin was tossed before Asher "in there is a total of 197.25 shardcoins" Asher picked it up and its weight was heavier than the previous payment
Asher stood up after settle every other accounts with Oscar "thank you for the experience and knowledge" a soft smile appeared on his face "well you face isn't a common one around here before you become a victim of a scam is best you have a foundational knowledge"
They both shook hands and Asher went out heading west of his direction.