Hye fell into a deep silence for several minutes, his fingers drumming against his thigh. He was calculating the ripple effects of revealing a higher tier of currency.
Finally, he reached into the shadow of his inventory and pulled out a single, obsidian-colored fragment. It was a Dark Realm bone, pulsing with an aura so cold and dense it seemed to swallow the light in the room. He handed it to her.
"Send this to them," Hye commanded. "Tell them that if they can secure a batch of one hundred thousand artificial planets in a single transaction, I will pay for the entire lot using this specific grade of bone."
"This…" Olana's breath hitched as she took the fragment. She turned it over, her internal scanners failing to even categorise the material. "The market has never seen anything like this. This isn't just a bone; it's a concentrated core of energy."
