"Huh? So the Lord actually has quite a few skill books too. Let me take a look!"
As Mr. White spoke, he pulled a monocle out from his enormous sleeve. After putting it on, he carefully examined them and said, "Great Fireball Technique, a freezing spell book that's basically useless, Skill Book: Slide Tackle, Blinding Flash Spell Book, Skill Book: One-Blade Style!"
"Yes, those are all of them. Can they be sold?"
As for [Skill Book: Precision (Fake)], Ethan did not take it out.
That skill book belonged to the ranged attack type, had almost no entry requirements, and could be said to be a top-tier skill book.
Ethan did not want to sell it to anyone.
He only wanted it used by citizens who were absolutely loyal to him, so he did not take it out.
"These are indeed all good items. Selling them is, of course, no problem," Mr. White nodded and said, "But Lord, these all seem to be copies, right? I wonder if you'd be willing to sell the originals? We can offer a good price."
"The originals are not for sale."
Ethan smiled and shook his head. Ever since he saw merchants selling copied scrolls, he had been very clear about the value of these originals. Once he had the proper channels, these could be considered a completely open road to making money. How could he possibly sell them so casually?
"If the originals aren't for sale, that's really a pity," Mr. White shook his head with some regret, "If it's just these copies, then I can offer one hundred Dragon Coins each for the three spell books, and for the two skill books, I can offer two hundred Dragon Coins each."
'Heh! That's really black-hearted.'
He casually prices a single scroll at a thousand Dragon Coins when selling, yet his buying price is only one-tenth of that.
'As expected of a top-tier scoundrel among scoundrels.'
"Mr. White, isn't your buying price a bit excessive?"
Ethan said with a smiling face, "After all, when it comes to doing business, we should think about long-term cooperation, shouldn't we?"
"You sell me a teleportation voucher for a thousand Dragon Coins. Although my scrolls may not be as good as yours, even so, they should be worth at least four or five hundred Dragon Coins each, right?"
"Hehe! What the Lord says is indeed correct," Faced with Ethan's bargaining, Mr. White showed no anger at all. Instead, he nodded in agreement. "Each of these copied scrolls is indeed worth four or five hundred Dragon Coins, but that's the selling price."
"But what the Lord doesn't know is that every time we transport these goods to the city to sell them, we encounter plenty of dangers along the way."
"On this journey, we have to rely on teleportation stations the whole time, and the spirit stones and Dragon Coins consumed are countless."
"So naturally, the purchase price and the selling price can't be spoken of in the same breath."
"Lord, you should be able to understand us, right?"
[System Warning: Someone is attempting to use the passive skill 'Freeloader' on you. Please be alert!]
[System Warning: Someone is attempting to use the passive skill 'Freeloader' on you. Please be alert!]
[System Warning:…]
Ethan found it strange, 'Why did my Shady Merchant skill suddenly stop working today?'
'So that's what it is because of…'
'This one is also a freeloader.'
'Heh! No wonder.'
"Lord, you should know that doing business these days isn't easy. Especially for traveling merchants like us, it's even harder."
Mr. White kept droning on and on.
But every time he said a sentence… Ethan would receive a warning from the system.
In the end, Ethan finally couldn't take it anymore and interrupted the scoundrel's speech, "Mr. White, I advise you to know when to stop."
"Ah?"
Mr. White was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, "So the Lord is also one of our kind! My apologies, my apologies!"
"Since we're all on the same side, let's not waste time on nonsense," Ethan went straight to the point, "Just give me your lowest price. As for my scrolls, although they're not worth much, there's no way you're going to trick me into giving them away for free."
"Hehe! Since we're all in the same line of work, then this deal naturally has a different way of doing things."
Only then did Mr. White place his hand under the table and extend a palm, "Sell at this price! As for the Lord's five types of scrolls, the most I can give you is a purchase price of one thousand Dragon Coins per set. And I can only take ten sets first to test the market. If business goes well, we can cooperate again in the future."
Looking at the palm Mr. White extended, Ethan immediately understood that he meant half price.
At half price per scroll, he could buy ten more copies with ten thousand Dragon Coins. That was basically freeloading in disguise. He never thought that becoming a freeloader would actually come with such benefits.
As for the selling price of the copied scrolls, no matter what, it was all pure profit.
After all, one copied scroll only cost a single spirit stone. Although the merchant only wanted fifty sets, exchanging fifty spirit stones for ten thousand Dragon Coins was practically freeloading too.
"Deal!"
Ethan took out ten thousand Dragon Coins and handed over fifty scrolls to Mr. White, "These items in exchange for ten teleportation vouchers and thirty-one troop upgrade vouchers."
"Alright!", Mr. White said happily, "Pleasure doing business."
After the two exchanged the items,
Mr. White then spoke again, "Lord, since your merchant skill has already been fully upgraded, why don't you go to the city and apply for a merchant title? Once you have that title, you'll be able to do business."
"Where is the city?"
Ethan really wanted to go to the legendary city, but the problem was that he had no idea how to get there.
Hearing this, the merchant was stunned for a long time before answering, "Where is the city? That's a good question. I really don't know how to answer that for you, Lord."
"Why do you say that?", Ethan asked, puzzled, "Aren't you planning to go to the city to do business right now? If you don't even know the route, how are you going to get there?"
"What the Lord says is right. We really don't know the route."
Mr. White continued explaining, "Actually, we all use magic teleportation arrays to travel there, teleporting step by step. Each region has a teleportation point. As long as we go from one teleportation point to another, we can arrive."
"Then what about me?", Ethan asked, "Can I also use the teleportation points to get there?"
"Well…"
After thinking for a moment, Mr. White still shook his head, "Probably not. The reason our merchant caravan can teleport is entirely because we rely on teleportation point maps left behind by our elders. You must clearly know the coordinates of every teleportation point, and at the same time hold a teleportation pass, in order to go there."
"Uh…"
Ethan understood a bit.
'This merchant teleportation array is basically like unlocking teleport points in a game.'
You first had to explore the map and reach that map's teleport station. After checking in and obtaining the pass, only then could you later teleport directly from your starting point to the teleport station of another city. Otherwise, there was no way to go directly.
And the reason the merchant had been able to appear so quickly at his villa from Player 0101's place earlier was probably because of teleportation.
Originally, Ethan wanted to take the chance to go take a look at the city, but now it seemed that wouldn't be possible anytime soon.
"Lord, we've all finished eating."
Mr. White stood up and bowed to Ethan in thanks, "Then we'll go rest first. We still have to continue our journey tomorrow, so we won't disturb you any further."
"Alright, take care!"
Ethan nodded and returned the bow.
Then he had Cook Four gather all the citizens at the cafeteria.
He planned to select thirty-one people and directly use [Troop Upgrade Voucher (Fake)] to upgrade a batch of citizens first.
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