Ethan didn't realize it until he looked. One look, and he was genuinely shocked.
Back when he was at the Traveler's Inn, he had thought that spending in the Mist World meant that with just a few dragon coins, you could buy plenty of good stuff, until the moment he saw this product list.
Only then did he understand—
'So it turns out the bunch of guys in the Traveler's Inn were just a bunch of poor losers.'
It was like the difference between spending in an urban village and spending in city. The items on this list all started at a minimum of 50 dragon coins, and the expensive ones even exceeded tens of thousands of dragon coins.
For example, that cyclops locked in the cart earlier was priced at a staggering 500,000 dragon coins.
And the sea siren was priced as high as 100,000 dragon coins.
'Can't afford it! Can't afford it!'
But…
It wasn't that Ethan couldn't afford everything on the list.
There were still a few items on the product list that made Ethan particularly interested, and that he could also afford.
[Teleport Voucher (Pseudo): A set of two. First tear open the red fixed-point voucher and carry the blue teleport voucher with you. When you go out adventuring or traveling, once you want to return, simply tear open the blue teleport voucher and you can immediately return to the fixed location of the red voucher. Price: 1000 dragon coins]
[Troop Upgrade Voucher (Pseudo): Can upgrade your soldiers or residents to Level 2 troop types. PS: Upgrade follows talent direction, cannot be specified. Price: 1000 dragon coins]
[Skill Book · Basic Healing (Pseudo): Can heal minor injuries. Wounds no longer than the length of a little finger can be instantly healed. Price: 5000 dragon coins.]
[Life Potion, Restore to Original: All non-disabling injuries can be instantly healed. It is the pinnacle work of the healing master Anonymous. Price: 10,000 dragon coins]
[Mana Recovery Potion: This mana recovery potion is refined from blood extracted from a black dragon. Just one bottle can instantly restore a great archmage who has completely depleted their mana back to full. It is the most popular potion in the entire magic world, a must-have for war, though the price is a bit expensive. Price: 50,000 dragon coins]
[Water-Conjuring Magic Cup: This is an extremely convenient water-conjuring cup, and it comes with a built-in filtering function. No matter where you go, you never have to worry about not having water to drink. PS: The water-conjuring speed is a bit slow, and it will also vary depending on the local concentration of water elements. Price: 2000 dragon coins]
[Air Bread: This is a bread truly condensed from air, but both its texture and taste are extremely delicious. Its most wonderful feature is that after eating it, you will absolutely not gain even a tiny bit of weight! It is the most popular delicacy in the witch world, and also a favorite among people trying to lose weight. Price: 50 dragon coins]
[Dark Cloud: This is a real dark cloud condensed right above your head. As long as you tether it with a thin string, it will automatically follow you. It is absolutely the best sunshade for beauties afraid of the sun, so some people also call it the Dark Cloud Umbrella. Price: 2000 dragon coins]
[Alarm Clock Bird: As long as you feed it at a fixed time every day for three consecutive days, then at that time every day it will screech nonstop until it wakes you up. If it can't wake you up, it will even fly onto your head and peck your eyeballs blind. Price: 1000 dragon coins]
[Self-Heating Thermal Coat: This is a coat that can generate heat on its own. All of its fur is made from high-grade snow monster pelts, absolutely warm! It is the most popular product in winter, and its matching products include gloves and shoes. PS: Fur color can be customized. Price: 1000 dragon coins]
[Self-Heating Thermal Set: Includes self-heating thermal coat, self-heating thermal hat, self-heating thermal pants, self-heating thermal gloves, self-heating thermal shoes. Price: 4500 dragon coins]
[Wizard Cloak: This is a very ordinary-looking cloak, but once you put it on, everyone will think you look very handsome! Special effect: Charisma +20%. Price: 5000 dragon coins]
[Wizard Hat…]
There were so many items that it could practically be called a mobile shop.
But when Ethan saw the "(Pseudo)" written after the skill books sold by the merchant, he immediately understood.
'Heh! So everyone is selling fakes.'
Once one knockoff appears, there will be tens of thousands of knockoffs.
Sure enough… The profiteers of this world weren't just him alone, but countless others.
He didn't care about the other items, but the teleport vouchers, troop upgrade vouchers, the basic healing book, and the life potion were all things Ethan really wanted. Especially the life potion, which was basically a lifesaver.
As long as you weren't missing limbs, it could instantly heal you.
This kind of instant recovery effect… Was simply essential life-saving gear for combat.
It was just the price. When Ethan saw the five-digit price tag behind the life potion, he could only silently swallow a mouthful of saliva and lament that he still wasn't profiteer enough.
After an entire night, he had only earned a measly ten thousand-plus dragon coins, which was nowhere near enough to spend, okay.
Right now, counting everything he had on him, he only had 10,552 dragon coins.
He had to budget carefully.
Without enough money to buy a lifesaver like the life potion, he could only settle for second best and buy a teleport voucher instead.
Unfortunately, this teleport voucher wasn't an original. Otherwise, Ethan could have mass-copied it.
'Sigh!'
'Everyone really is a profiteer.'
But fortunately, knockoffs had the advantage of being beautifully priced. Just one thousand dragon coins per piece.
So Ethan planned to first buy two [Teleport Vouchers (Pseudo)]. As for the remaining eight thousand plus dragon coins, he would spend all of them on [Troop Upgrade Vouchers (Pseudo)], because his residents were simply too weak. Even with high-end equipment, their combat power in this Mist World still wasn't enough to survive.
Ethan didn't ask for much. As long as their combat strength could reach the level of stone men, or red-capped goblins.
That would be enough.
"Lord Territory, how have you chosen?"
Mr. White had already finished eating the roasted meat. After wiping his mouth with his sleeve, he asked with a smile, "If Lord Territory hasn't found anything satisfactory, I still have some good items for sale here. Of course, the prices aren't very cheap."
"No need for the others for now."
Ethan smiled and declined Mr. White's suggestion. After all, if he pulled out an even better list later, and Ethan got tempted but couldn't afford it…
Wouldn't that just be like watching an iPhone launch event, your heart moved but your wallet empty.
Why torture himself?
"I'll take two teleport vouchers and eight troop upgrade vouchers," After Ethan said that, he suddenly spoke again, "I wonder if Mr. White accepts this kind of item?"
Seeing that the merchant's goods included copy scrolls, Ethan took out a few types of scrolls he had copied to try his luck.
Maybe they'd take them?
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