After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

"May Goddess Mana bless Luna Meow!"

Luna muttered something under her breath, closed her eyes, and then slammed her little paws heavily on the table.

Snapped--!

After feeling the cold metallic touch in her palm, Luna pressed down on the coin and moved it out, then slowly opened her eyes.

A golden ray of light flashed before her eyes.

"..."

I dared not open my eyes, hoping it was an illusion.

Luna quickly closed her eyes, put the gold coin back, scrambled her hands on the table, and muttered something under her breath.

"That didn't count, meow! That didn't count, meow! Luna wants to do it again, meow!"

As she spoke, she slammed her hand heavily on the table, making the entire desk shake.

Snapped--!

As Luna slowly moved her hand away from the coin, a golden light flashed once more.

"Goddess Mana is a bad goddess, meow!"

With a sullen, cat-like face, Luna tossed the gold coin into the mouth of the bronze goddess statue.

Miraculously, just as the gold coin fell into the goddess statue's mouth, a flash of golden light appeared, and the gold coin vanished without a trace.

Luna knew that this meant the goddess Mana had accepted her sacrifice.

As the goddess of money, wealth, and gold, Mana does not encourage honest labor for reward. Rather, she believes that all the flow and accumulation of money itself, regardless of the means—whether light or darkness, fraud or apology, labor or exploitation—is a sacred act to please her.

If you offer her a gold coin, you can also pray to her at the same time.

In Luna's understanding, prayer means being able to ask the goddess for a wish.

"Luna is going to pray to the goddess Mana, meow!"

After successfully sacrificing the gold coin, Luna couldn't wait to express her wish—

"Luna, I want a raise, meow!!!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the statue of the goddess Mana flickered slightly, indicating that the gold coins inserted were not enough and signaling Luna to continue inserting coins.

"You little glutton! No more!"

Luna glared at the statue of the goddess Mana with displeasure, put her hands on her hips, and swayed her cat tail behind her. She said earnestly, "Your name is Mana, and my name is Luna. A deer is taller than a horse, so Luna should be Mana's older sister! You are the younger sister, so half of your wealth should belong to Luna, meow!"

Upon hearing this, the statue of Goddess Mana shook violently, as if even she, as a goddess, had never seen such a shameless orange cat.

Seeing the statue startled Luna, she took a small step back. Then, remembering something, she quickly stepped forward, grabbed the money bag on the table, and stuffed it into her pocket.

"Anyway, one gold coin is already a lot, meow! Don't even think about getting a second gold coin until Luna gets a raise, meow!"

"..."

The statue of the goddess Mana dimmed instantly, returning to its original ordinary appearance.

"Don't leave!"

Seeing the statue dim so quickly, Luna shouted anxiously, "I tossed you a gold coin! You have to grant Luna three wishes, meow! Luna's first wish is to get a raise! Her second wish is for wages worldwide to drop by ten thousand times, while Luna's remain unchanged, meow!"

"I'll save my third wish for Luna, meow! I'll use it later, meow!"

"..."

——Boom boom!

Just then, there was a knock on Luna's door.

Who is it, meow?

Adele's cool voice came through the door.

"It's me, Sister Luna. I have something to discuss with you."

"Adele, is it about letting Luna keep your salary, meow? Luna is a genius at keeping salaries, meow! Luna is the fairest, meow!"

"It's not about wages, it's about Master wanting to eat monster meat..."

……

The next morning.

About 300 meters outside the manor, under a large tree, a middle-aged man with a sleazy demeanor was staring in the direction of the manor.

Carden narrowed his sharp, hawk-like eyes, and could see clearly the scene three hundred meters away.

Upon seeing two maids, one tall and one short, walking out of the manor together, Carden's throat bobbed slightly as he whispered to his companion behind him, "Those are the two maids in charge of purchasing. They actually went out together this time."

Black grinned, revealing several gold-plated front teeth. A giant axe was slung over his shoulder, and he sneered, "Big brother! Should we rob the manor first, or the maids first!"

"Of course, we should grab the maids first."

Carden’s unquestionable voice rang out: “The master’s family is in trouble. These maids will definitely run far away. The news will spread. Let’s capture them and interrogate them properly to see if the nobles of this manor are tough to deal with.”

"If they're too tough, we'll withdraw from the Imperial border and stay on the other side for a few months. They're easy targets, so we'll take advantage of them."

"Hehe, same old rules."

Behind the two was a short, halfling male who rubbed his hands together and chuckled, "How about we make a bet first? If there are locked chests in the manor, I'll take 40%; if not, I'll take 20%."

Black sneered, "Liss, I'm not falling for your tricks. What nobleman's manor doesn't have a locked chest? No bet, no bet!"

The three of them were the "Money-Eyed Thieves" who roamed the borders of the empire and worshipped the goddess Mana, who symbolized gold.

Through years of sacrifices to the goddess Mana, including sacrificing his former gold-tier strength, he gained the goddess's favor and acquired extremely powerful wealth skills, each of which is closely related to the recipient's "income" and "assets".

"Hehehe... Although we've just fallen below the Gold rank, with this Wealth Skill, the three of us brothers have a promising future as legends!"

Kaden's gaze was fixed on the two maids walking away in the distance, a cold smile curving his lips.

“Brack, Lis, get ready to make a move. I’ve already inquired about it. The owner of this manor is an outsider who recently bought a batch of slaves from the slave market. I suppose these are the maids.”

"Hehe, don't worry, boss!"

Black licked his gold-plated front teeth, shouldered his giant axe, and moved with surprising agility using the bushes to his advantage: "These slaves are all penniless wretches with no personal property and no income!"

"Thanks to the wealth skills bestowed upon us by the goddess Mana, I only need to let out a battle cry to completely immobilize the two poorest people on the field, rendering them unable to move!"

"Haha, want to use your wealth skills? Count me in!"

The halfling thief Lis rubbed his hands together lewdly, his eyes gleaming with greed and lewdness: "Slaves like them, who have no income, can't resist the effects of wealth skills unless they are suppressed by their rank!"

Like hyenas that have smelled blood, the three of them spread out silently and quickly surrounded Adele and Luna, taking advantage of the terrain.

They were very familiar with the area and soon blocked the two maids on a relatively secluded path with earthen slopes on both sides.

Black leaped out from behind the slope like an iron tower, his heavy axe crashing down in the middle of the road with a loud thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.

He grinned widely, his gold teeth gleaming blindingly in the sunlight: "Stop! Girls! Hand over all your money!"

"Huh—! Who are you, meow?!"

Luna was startled by the sudden attack. She immediately arched her back and breathed heavily in Black's direction.

Carden slowly walked out from the other side, a smug, confident smile on his face: "Who we are is not important. What's important is that you hand over the money, tell us about the guards in the manor, and the location of the treasure. Then we might consider letting you die a quick death."

As he spoke, a faint, almost imperceptible golden light flickered in his eyes—this was the blessing he had prayed to the goddess Mara for: the perception of wealth.

It can vaguely sense the approximate amount of gold coins a target is carrying, and is a fourth-tier gold-level skill, similar to magic perception.

However, the moment his sense of wealth fell upon the two maids, the smile on Caden's face suddenly froze!

In his imagination, the two purchasing maids could only carry a few hundred gold coins at most!

But what did he "see"?!

The two petite figures seemed to be surrounded by a suffocating golden light. The soaring light, symbolizing wealth, almost completely suppressed him and his two henchmen behind him. The immense aura of money held him firmly in place.

"Do not……"

Kaden's throat bobbed slightly, as if trying to warn his companions not to use their wealth skills. However, the overwhelming wealth gap made him feel as if he were carrying a heavy mountain of gold, almost crushing him to the ground, leaving him unable to utter a sound.

Almost simultaneously, Black also activated his wealth skill – Golden Tooth War Cry!

Deter the two least numerous targets on the field, causing them to fall into a brief state of fear and weakness due to poverty!

"Roar! Goddess Mana! Grant me power! Let these poor bastards see who is the richest!"

Black grinned, his gold teeth gleaming, and let out a roar.

However, the expected scene of the maid trembling and unable to move did not occur.

Adele merely frowned slightly, finding the bandit somewhat noisy.

Behind her, Luna blinked her cat-like eyes curiously, staring at Black's mouth, and muttered, "Meow? Only four gold teeth? Luna's daily fish treats could fill a whole mouth... So stingy, meow..."

Black: "???"

When did it become acceptable to call someone a poor and stingy demi-human slave?

He felt he had been insulted like never before!

"Damn slave!"

Just as Black roared and prepared to raise his giant axe, he found his body becoming heavy and his strength rapidly draining away, as if an invisible force was binding him firmly in place.

"What's going on? Aren't they the poorest people on the field? Then, could it be... No! Stop it—"

As if realizing something, Black looked at Lis beside him in horror.

On the other side, Lis also activated his wealth skill—the Wealth Balance—with a sinister smile.

This is a special skill he obtained by sacrificing his former Gold-rank power to the goddess Mana!

As the goddess of wealth, Goddess Mana has a special fondness for gold-tier professionals. As long as they are willing to give up their gold-tier power and origin, they can obtain a very powerful wealth skill in exchange!

If you choose a partner and compare their monthly incomes on opposite ends of a scale, the person with the lower income will be subjected to psychological attacks. If their income is significantly lower, they will be mentally controlled and forced to submit to the other person.

He usually likes to use this skill to toy with beautiful women who have no income.

"Haha, I'm a high-income thief who can steal more than fifty gold coins from the town every month! You two demi-human slaves with zero income, you'd better kneel down obediently!"

Amidst the despair in Black and Carden's eyes, the short, halfling male pointed unsteadily in Adele's direction.

"Let's start with you, you vixen! Scales of wealth, start them!"

……

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Chapter Sixty-Nine: A Dragon Girl Slave Yearning to Be Bought!

As the Wealth skill was activated, an illusory scale appeared simultaneously above Adele's head and above the head of the short, halfling male.

This is... the scales of wealth!

Mana, the goddess who controls gold and wealth, is the goddess who most loves to bestow blessings upon her believers.

But receiving her favor comes at a price.

She will demand a great deal of wealth from you; the richer you are, the more money she will ask for.

To acquire "wealth skills" that can be inscribed on one's profession, one must offer the most fervent faith.

If you are the lord of a city, then you must offer all your wealth, along with public funds, to this goddess.

If you are a professional, then you must sacrifice all your Gold-tier power to the goddess, and from then on step onto the door to wealth.

After the sacrifice is completed, even a peak Gold-tier professional will instantly drop to the early Silver-tier level.

Only those who complete the "Golden Sacrifice" can impress the goddess Mana and receive the wealth skills she bestows upon them.

As a price for sacrificing their golden power, the goddess Mana will bestow upon these believers a treasure map.

The more power and wealth you offer to the goddess Mana, the richer the treasure hidden on the treasure map will be.

However, the goddess Mana will only demand power from the Gold rank.

Even for professionals, the Golden Sacrifice can only be performed at the Gold rank.