Monopoly

“I brought you something good,” Richard wisely diverted the topic, placing two hourglasses before Lawrence.

The old man’s face flashed with a myriad of emotions, first gratitude and then helplessness. He looked at the hourglasses for several minutes before raising his head once more, “You must have given up a lot of offerings for these things.”

“Oh? Not that much. They seemed rarer than before, but there was still a fair number.” Richard suddenly felt something was amiss, remembering the sheer number of hourglasses that had spawned in his very first offering. Now, despite the number of offerings far exceeding what he’d sacrificed then, he had barely been given the same amount. The old dragon had given him an abundance of sub-legendary gear, enough...