Kang Oh and Sephiro stared at each other. The black, red-spotted wyvern egg lay in between them.

"Ahem, how much do you want for it?" Sephiro asked.

"How much are you willing to pay?" Kang Oh asked back.

"I'm not sure. There's no way of knowing how much this is actually worth, so..." Sephiro trailed off.

"A gryphon egg has been auctioned off before. It sold for about 4,000 gold."

A gryphon was a monster that possessed the body of a lion, and the wings and face of an eagle. It was a mighty beast, one that wouldn't lose to a wyvern.

"Let's go with 5,000 gold on the dot. How about it?"

"Keok. 5,000 gold?" Sephiro was shocked. 'How can an egg cost 5,000 gold!?'

"I told you. The gryphon egg sold for 4,000 gold. Wyverns are on the same level as gryphons. However, this is a mutant wyvern egg."

It was no normal wyvern egg, but a special one. Obviously it'd be worth more than a normal one.

"Mm." Sephiro furrowed his brow. 

Although he wanted to egg, it put too much of a strain on his finances. 5,000 gold was no small sum! He'd obviously need to think about it.

"Then how about this?" Kang Oh said, noticing Sephiro's conundrum.

"What...