After a few hours of shopping and exploring Norksyre's bustling marketplace, Cale and Sesrir arrived at the front of the Golden Toad Merchant Association.
The building was exactly as its name suggested — a ten-story structure constructed entirely from quartz with real gold leaf adorning its corners. Most striking was the massive golden toad sculpture positioned atop the structure, its eyes set with gleaming jade stones that caught the sunlight brilliantly.
'Sigh, extravagant. Well, our family does this too so I can't complain,' Cale thought.
Even the smallest mansions designated for concubines had been adorned with gold engravings. Although in this world's hierarchy, gold was far less valuable than spiritual stones, mana cores, and beast cores.
