"You both should calm down before something happens that neither of you will like" Herminio retorted. The arrogant black one eyed Herminio for a couple of seconds before saying something. "This is none of your business you filthy mutant and are you gonna do to me tough stuff?" the nilfgaardian said in pure disgust. "Mutant? What is he talking about?" the shopkeeper said to himself as he looked at Herminio The blonde owner looked at Herminio curiously at his eyes and noticed a pair of slit eyes and noticeable veins on his face along with the medallion that seems to resemble a mantis around his neck. "You're a monster slayer aren't you?" he asked Herminio. "Yes I am a witcher" he responded back as he stares at the nilfgaardian. "And both of you better apologise to each other and stop this quarrel or else I'm gonna have to do something to make you" "Oh really?" said the fat redanian "Do what?" "Do this" before any of the men there could pull out their swords in case anything happened the witcher casted an axii sign to hypnotize both customers "I wish I didn't have to do that but it didn't look like they were gonna stop on their own" Herminio said to the shopkeeper who stares in wonder and a bit of horror. "Gods its like they're stopped in time, frozen" he says as both figures just won't move with everyone else just frozen in shock. "You two are gonna say sorry to one another and leave at once" he commands them much to the dissapointment of the shopkeeper as he wanted them to buy more food but quickly realizes that may have not been a smart move as the likelihood of a fight was stronger than ever. The two ferocious men now were calm and gave sincerest apologies to one another, "I am sorry redaninan, I shouldn't have made passive-aggresive remarks of your beautiful kingdom" said the southerner, "I apologise for my crude backlash" the redanian said. They both then walked out and their comrades alike with a look of both disgust and horror in their eyes."Thank the gods" the shopkeeper said in relief as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. The tanned the witcher looked at him with a smirk. "And you of course" he said not wanting to tick him off. "Ok, so I saw a contract outside on one of the billboards about that basalisk…" he reminded the blonde shopkeeper who was looking at some papers. "Oh yes that is why you're here" the shopkeeper said reluctantly. "This beast has been terrorizing some livestock and farmers of a friend of mine and he needs this nuisance dead as soon as possible" he says. "A basalisk, haven't killed one of those in a while but it shouldn't be much of an issue for me, how much are you willing to give me for its head?" Herminio asks him pondering back to his first draconid kill which was admittingly a while ago, when he was 37 he thinks. "A fair price of 250 shekels" the shop owner says but one of his workers disagrees with his price point. "Sir, that is a bit much don't you think?" Herminio just looks at the zerrekanian with much discontent his cat like eyes. "Nonsense, I have invested some stocks in case something were to go awry and I have some savings too" the cheeky shop owner said with a distinct hint of pride. "Well so be it but I wouldn't trust these mutants…" and with that he leaves into the backroom. "If I had a shekel for each time I was called that" the witcher says to himself a tad bit irritated. "I apologise for Bijan, he has a bad experience with you witchers firsthand but I know not all of you are the same" the shopkeeper says sympathetically. "It's fine, so going back to what we were talking about, I think it is a bit too low, maybe 300 shekels?" Herminio said trying to bargain with the blonde shopkeeper but to no avail. "Perhaps 265?" "280" "274" "276" "Alright fine!" the shopkeeper bursted not wanting to go any more higher than that. "276 it is then and bring me it's scaly head so that I may see it as proof of your job and so that I can place it in my beheaded beast collection" he says smiling at the thought of the extermination of the monster. Herminio looks at the man who clearly wants the winged creature dead. "Say, I never got your name" he inquires. " I am Mateo the II or just Matthew" Mateo responded, "And I don't believe I don't know yours either…" "I'm Herminio Al Al-Alhim or Herminio for short" Herminio said. "I'll stick with Herminio if you don't mind" Mateo said as that long name is just too much for his tounge. "Anyways, I accept your contract" "Good, here's the map for its location"