Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 1278 Demon Merchant Page

Date- 5 April 2321

Time- 14:39

Location- Southern Region, Blossom district, Sky Blossom City, Dungeon Highway, Barren Lands, Blood Rock Cave Gate Dungeon

”Summon Demon Merchant Codex,” equipping the Demon Merchant Codex card in one of my free item card slots, I activated it with great enthusiasm and anticipation.

[Do you want to summon Demon Merchant Codex as a separate item or as part of your grimoire?

Note: The changes made are not permanent and the user can switch between the two modes at their convenience.]

[>Summon Demon Merchant Codex as an independent item. (Not recommended)

Note: will permanently utilize one slot of your item card slot. Risk of exposing Demon Merchant Codex. Vulnerable to third-party surveillance.]

[>Summon Demon Merchant Codex as part of your grimoire. (Strongly recommended)

Note: Will add extra pages to the userʼs grimoire for the sole purpose of Demon Merchant Codex. Will not utilize a slot of item card slots. Will increase the privacy of the user by strengthening the firewall of the grimoire eliminating the risk of third-party surveillance.]

pαпdα-ňᴏνê|·сóМ Seeing a series of dialogue box pop in my grimoire, my enthusiasm and anticipation decreased by half as I went through them. I was not sure which of the two options to choose from. However, since the changes were not permanent and I could switch between the two modes at my convenience I decided to go with the recommended mode for now, ”Summon demon merchant codex as part of the grimoire.”

With my command, my golden grimoire was covered in a brilliant golden halo that shone brightly as I heard the pages of my grimoire move fastly and the grimoire close loudly. Then the golden halo disappeared and my grimoire floated in front of me like it would normally.

To my surprise, my golden color had darkened and it looked more like dark gold than golden grimoire. I guess this means my golden grimoire has fused with my demon merchant codex. I did not worry much about the color change of the grimoire because golden and higher grade grimoires had the feature to camouflage the grade of the grimoire, so with a thought, I changed the Dark gold color of the grimoire back to the regular golden color.

Fixing that, I opened the grimoire to check out the Demon Merchant pages added to the grimoire. Arriving a the demon merchant page I was welcomed by a copy of the devil merchant code I read in the spiritual plane. Then I was greeted by various features provided to the demon merchants by the devil merchant code,

[Merchant Recommendation: You have one recommendation quota, it will refresh in 10 years.

Note: You can exchange recommendation quota with other demon merchants for appropriate prices and offerings.]

[Oath Records: Demon Merchant Contract. Please make an appropriate offering to call the Devil merchant code as a witness to your oaths.]

[Merchant Log: You joined the demon merchant code on 5th April 2321 at 14:39...]

[Inter-realm search: Online, to start searching for the realms next to your realm prepare appropriate offerings.]

[Inter-realm communication: Add contacts and prepare appropriate offerings to communicate with the contacts.]

[Inter-realm transportation: Enter the coordinates and prepare the appropriate offerings for transportation.]

[Inter-realm network: Online, to enter the inter-realm network prepare the appropriate offerings.]

[Exchange: Online, to initiate an exchange prepare the appropriate offerings.]

[Guilty Appeal: None. Do you want to register a guilty appeal?]

[Guilty Pardon: None. Do you want to register a guilty pardon for others?]

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[Note: If you do not have an appropriate offering you can use your soul and body as collateral to make use of the various features of the devil merchant code temporarily.]

”What the fuck is considered an appropriate offering?” I was astonished going through the demon merchant page because I could not use any of the notable features of the Devil merchant code without making an appropriate offering.

The demon merchant codex reminds me of the smartphones back on earth where people pay high prices to buy a smartphone and then pay high prices for the internet to access the features of the smartphone with extra hidden charges. Back on earth, I have heard of people selling their kidneys to buy smartphones of luxurious brands. So I was not surprised by the note at the bottom of the demon merchant page which read that a demon merchant could use their soul and body as collateral for temporary access to the features of the devil merchant code.

Now I started to understand why the Devil Merchant codeʼs prowess was able to exceed the limits known to beings in this plane, it was because it was basically an inter-realm conglomerate that made an insane amount of turnover by charging insanely high prices for its services. What was worse was that it had a total monopoly over all kinds of inter-realm services. With no competitors, in the entire physical and spiritual plane the Devil Merchant Code was bound to get fatter and fatter by the day.

Thinking of this my mind started to ache, I could not imagine the vast amount of strength and wealth gathered by the Devil Merchant Code over the centuries and millennia. With that kind of strength and wealth, I bet the Devil merchant code living the chill life that I dreamed for myself. It was hard to tell because Devil Merchant code was a sentient spell that had gone rogue it was not sure if my definition of chill life was the same as its definition of a life of leisure. However, it succeeded to overthrow its masters, at some level, one could also say that it had even managed to become the master of its masters. In my books that fits the bill of a carefree life.

Shaking my head I decided to access the inter-realm network of the devil merchant code hoping to see if I could find some information that would help me better understand the devil merchant code and how to use it efficiently because the features of the devil merchant code seemed expensive, I did not know if my current net worth could support my career as a demon merchant.

[Make an appropriate offering to access the Inter-realm network…]

With that notification, the pages of my grimoire turned and stopped on an empty page but soon a compact array appeared on the page, then a dialogue box appeared next to the compact array that read,

[Place your offering here…]