"Come on, hurry up! Deal or no deal? Captain's about to set sail again, and I ain't got the time to prolong this with you. Just tell me how much Echo you want in exchange," Dipp grumbled, his voice tainted with apparent annoyance as he fidgeted restlessly on a couch in the tent of the Explorers Association.0

"I told you; I'm trading, not selling. What good is Echo in this place? I only want to trade for relics that can enhance my strength," the burly man with a bushy beard retorted. He was seated opposite Dipp with his arms crossed and an indifferent expression on his face.0

A wild beast's skull, covered in a layer of hide, was on the table between them. The bone was stained an eerie red.0

Dipp's brows frowned in response to the burly man's answer. He pondered for a moment...0