The third clone was having fun wandering through the magical markets, all sorts of strange items could be bought with money, or if not, he would use Maktru to buy more.
But his greatest harvest consisted of souls, souls of all kinds of creatures, including supers.
Being an enemy of a mage or psychic is truly a very sad thing, if you are unlucky enough to have your soul "harvested", the mage/psychic can torture you for countless years at will. Even so, most still use these souls as a form of commerce, generally, the stronger someone is in life, the stronger their soul is.
Of course, for psychics, souls have little use, after all, directly absorbing souls can cause all sorts of problems. In the original novel, Feidin was actually very lucky with the Soul Swapper, allowing him to absorb these souls directly.
But like a lucky son, Feidin's life was surrounded by good things, leaving Ringo full of envy.
Unlike psychics, mages prefer powerful Souls, not only because they are useful in potions, but also in enchantments and alchemy. In general, Souls, like many other items in the galaxy, are just more materials for mages.
In any case, Ringo could also absorb souls and rid himself of impurities through his evolutionary energy, but not only that, in Aquamarine, Hila was even better, his power of death grew stronger the more souls she "destroyed", part of the soul's energy returned to Hila, strengthening her.
Thus, Ringo was quick to buy souls, not only strong ones, but ordinary ones as well, not only for himself but also for Hila, so that with all the souls he was buying, Hila would have a great boost to follow.
Sure, Ringo bought many other useful things, such as an ice elemental core with peak Grade A strength, that thing cost a kilo of Maktru! But it was worth the price, that material alone could serve as the core material for a peak Grade A weapon. If it weren't for the rarity of Maktru, he might not have even been able to buy it.
Ringo was ready to create another weapon with this, but as for who it would be for? He hadn't decided yet.
Ringo spent the week Bradd requested scouring the planet, where he gathered all sorts of materials, some for Emma to make potions, others to serve as auxiliary materials for weapons, but only the Ice elemental core could serve as the primary material.
It's not that there weren't other good things, but most had already been traded by the Austin staff and those that hadn't been traded were for various reasons, meaning they were even harder to trade.
Ringo found a 50-gram piece of star silver, which excited him for a long time, but even with 10 kilograms of Maktru in exchange, the Mage refused to trade.
Why? Stellar silver is a Grade S material. Stellar silver is a type of ore produced when a star dies, finding it is difficult. Even a few grams are so expensive that usually only stellar cluster-level civilizations have any reserves and not even the three universal civilizations likely have much.
Finding it is difficult, buying it is even more difficult, nobody would willingly sell it without needing something in return.
Ringo checked several times, but that Mage absolutely refused to sell! Ringo was furious.
In the end, he had to ask directly what this Mage wanted, the answer surprised him and made him a little happy.
This Mage was nearing the end of his life, he simply wanted a material that could extend his lifespan, at least by a few decades.
Of course, these materials are even rarer, whoever finds them usually uses them immediately or keeps them for their family. Even if there were several more common materials with this effect, this mage had already used most of them, meaning they had lost their effect, now he needs something incredibly rare.
If it were for ordinary life-enhancing materials, he would have already gone to Austin. This Mage looked more like an old man on his last breath, even Bradd looked young compared to him. Ringo would like to know how long this guy lived.
Well, maybe not that long. Maybe the Mage used some kind of forbidden magic that consumed his life force, maybe it was illness or maybe it was the curse of some enemy... who knows, the universe is full of possibilities.
Of course, he had a solution, the solution is Aurora!
Unfortunately, Aurora is still too weak for that, and besides, a skilled mage could track her energy all the way back to her. If Aurora were discovered, he has no doubt that Aquamarine would transform into a field of blood.
So Ringo abandoned that idea even faster than he'd conceived it, but he still wanted the star silver, 50 grams of star silver could transform peak equipment from Grade A to a Grade S! Of course, it involved a certain amount of luck and skill on the craftsman's part, but that star silver was already on Ringo's radar.
So, even if he didn't have a solution at the moment, he would keep an eye on it.
Shaking his head, Ringo quickly returned to Bradd's shop, eager to retrieve his weapon.