Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1598

"No way!"

Inside the villa, Rhodes sat before the computer, turning his head and shouting gruffly, "I'm at a loss!"

Mike was unfazed by his shout. Instead, he said matter-of-factly, "What loss are you talking about? It's just a shard that no one would notice if left on the ground. 800 dollars is a great price!

"This price is only offered because we've fought together before. No one else gets this deal."

Rhodes was in utter disbelief as he looked at Mike. "Just a shard? That's a fragment of the Ghost Gate!"

Back then, when he stole that piece away, he was even tangled up with the underworld's emissaries for a while.

"No matter what you say, your offer is a no."

For once, Rhodes resolutely turned someone down. He suddenly noticed Shannon's energy approaching and looked delighted when he turned around. "Ma'am, are you here to see me?"

Of course, Mike was equally happy to see Shannon and eagerly waved at her.

"I'm just here to take a look." Shannon glanced at the two, asking, "What shard and fragment were you guys talking about?"

Hearing her question, Mike excitedly told her about how his singing bowl summoned the Ghost King.

"I've never felt so powerful on my own before. I thought I should buy the Ghost Gate fragment and then have a master craftsman help me modify it. That way, I'd have another life-saving instrument, right?"

But despite upping the price to 800, Rhodes still refused to sell him the fragment.

Shannon fell silent.

For a piece of Ghost Gate fragment, 800 was indeed a bit of a hard price to swallow, not to mention that shards of the Ghost Gate were rare. That said, what artifact wasn't made by piling up expensive materials?

She then glanced at Mike, who slashed the original price of five thousand straight down to 800. He sure was bold. No wonder Rhodes wasn't willing to go through with it.

By then, Mike had become nervous from Shannon's stare. After some thought, he gritted his teeth and increased his offer. "900 dollars—that's my final price!"

He turned to Shannon, adding, "You know how broke I am."

"No. No, I don't," Shannon mused.

She was about to step in and help Rhodes out when Mike suddenly looked toward the outside and said, "Heston still hasn't woken up. I thought the negative energy on the Ghost Gate fragment was pretty strong.

"If I modify my singing bowl with it, maybe it could help wake him up."

Whether it was the ghoul village incident or the Seastone trouble this time, Mike knew exactly where his weaknesses lay. He didn't have any strong offensive capabilities.