Runemaster in the Last Days

Riya truly couldn't understand what was in the mind of these people.

The world had already changed and they were still thinking about using their 'power' to make trouble from time to time.

The man who was guarding the stall looked pale. "Young Master Josh, I have already paid the guards to trade here."

"Not you, but the buyer." The man raised his chin and looked at Riya and Samuel in front of him. The guards reported to him that there were two people who seemed to have carried a lot of food into the city.

If he didn't hurry, these two people might trade the entire food with these people and at that time, he would not be able to take advantage at all.

"Buying food has to pay the guards too?" Riya asked with her eyebrows arched. While she did hear that people have to pay taxes for what they bought, but the price of the things they bought was usually has included the taxes. There was no need for them to pay taxes separately anymore.

Samuel looked at the Young Master Josh in front of him and his mind turned around. It seemed that this Young Master Josh should be the descendants of a leader in City B and he specialized in taking advantage of the situation.

"Yes." Young Master Josh nodded. "You have to pay some price to the guards aside from the payment you give to the seller."

Riya looked at Young Master Josh calmly and asked, "How much?"

"50%."

50%?

Not only Riya and Samuel who were surprised, the seller was also anxious when he heard this. Because he had been selling these things for a long time and no one came to him to trade.

He wanted food but these people didn't dare to come to him for it.

Even if he didn't ask for a high price, but it was still too much for most of the people who were suffering from lack of food and so on.

"Young Master Josh, isn't it too much?" The man asked with desperation. This was the first customer who dared to stop in front of his stalls. And from the way it looked like, Riya and Samuel has stopped in several stalls that sold jade before.

As long as his jades were good enough in the eyes of Riya and Samuel, he could get some food.

For him, these two people were basically the hope for him to eat full meal after a long time.

"I'm the one who arranged for the rules here." Young Master Josh raised his chin and sneered. "Do you think that you can trade if you don't follow the rules I set?"

Riya looked at Young Master Josh and the few guards beside him calmly. If they set the taxes normally like 5 to 10 percents, Riya was still more willing to listen to them. After all, it seemed like a normal quotation for taxes even before the world changed.

She didn't have any interest to have conflict with anyone wherever she went.

But 50%…

Does he think she's stupid?

During the time when food are scarce and Riya was basically trading for things that looked useless for most people but useful for herself, the quotation she gave out has always been quite high. After all, Riya knew that these things were very valuable and the food in her world was not that useful for her.

But it didn't mean that Riya was willing to be taken advantaged of by others.

"What if I don't want to follow the rules?"

"Then you can try." Young Master Josh sneered and took out his gun, flashing it as if he was showing off.

Continent Z did restrict the ownership and usage of guns before for safety reason but many people could still obtain it through one way or another. But even I they have guns before, no one dared to flash it openly and blatantly or they would be invited to have a tea in the police station.

But now that the order has turned lax for various reasons… these people had become more and more arrogant.

Riya shook her head and then looked at the seller. "How much do you want for these jades?"

"This…" The seller looked at Young Master Josh from the corner of his eyes and felt a bit hesitant. He didn't know whether he should answer or not.

"Just ignore him," Samuel added.

Even though these bullets were a bit troublesome, but they were nothing much in front of him and Riya. The two of them were rank 4 magic warriors and bullets couldn't harm them anymore.

At most, it would feel a bit itchy.

Their body's defense was more than enough to ignore the bullets' firepower.

The seller saw these two people's calm expression and gritted his teeth. He answered, "One bag of rice or the equivalent. I just want something to eat."

Riya nodded, not surprised by the seller's request.

There were not many jade that she could use from this stall, so Riya quickly selected a few good jade that she would be able to use.

"Don't think that I'm joking around here!" Young Master Josh was angry when he saw their actions. He felt that this group of people were looking down on him so much.

Samuel frowned and asked, "Do you want to deal with him or should I do it?"

"Well, I can deal with him easily," Riya replied as she picked five jades from the stalls. The rest were not good enough and Riya was not exactly here to do charity. Besides, giving too much to one person at one time might not be a good thing.

"This shall be all. I'll give you five bags for rice, is it ok?" Riya asked.

"Yes!" The seller was very happy when he heard Riya's offer. For him, five bags of rice meant that he would be able to eat well for several days.