Chapter 738: The Lie
Chapter 738: The Lie
The banquet hall was packed with people. At least a hundred nobles filled the grand space, with many servants weaving through the crowd to serve them.
Su Yu canceled the Invisibility Spell and stepped out of the void. To draw more attention, he deliberately intensified the spatial fluctuations.
Buzz.
An irregular, colorless, and transparent wave of light spread out from Su Yu, resonating throughout the grand hall.
The nobles and ministers, even the servants with only the strength of ordinary people, instantly sensed the arrival of this "distinguished figure."
"Who are you?"
"Who are you?"
"Quick! Protect His Majesty!"
"Run! Run!"
Amidst the cries of tension and surprise, the entire banquet hall descended into chaos.
The more powerful nobles and high-ranking warriors pushed through the crowd, converging on the Emperor. In the process, they knocked over many people.
The less powerful ones scrambled towards the exits of the hall.
The entire hall was in disarray, and the area around Su Yu became a clear space.
...
Su Yu was irritated by the nobles' panicked noise. He took out a white crystal from his necklace and held it high.
"Calm!"
He shouted, and a milky white wave of light expanded from the crystal, instantly reaching all the nobles in the hall.
The nobles, who had been fleeing in panic, were struck by the light wave and quickly calmed down. They stood still, hands clasped together, eyes closed, and no longer made a sound.
The entire banquet hall fell into complete silence.
"Indeed, the skills of a cleric are very useful," Su Yu said to himself, satisfied, and put the crystal back into his necklace.
...
General Brant, who had been speaking freely in the hall, stumbled over to the Emperor's side.
The Emperor of the Fire Kingdom was a middle-aged man with red markings on his face and golden eyes. He glanced at Brant and then refocused his gaze on Su Yu.
"May I ask, who is this powerful individual? Why have you suddenly appeared in my domain?" The Emperor's tone was neither humble nor arrogant, his eyes fixed on Su Yu.
Su Yu did not hide his strength, and the Emperor could immediately tell he was a Seventh-Rank Legendary High-Order powerhouse! There were only a handful of such powerhouses in the entire plane, no more than five. But strangely, he had never seen this person before!
Where did this person come from?
Hearing the Emperor's question, Su Yu smiled and addressed him and the high-ranking warriors and nobles around him:
"There's no need for alarm. I am just a simple merchant from another world, selling goods from different planes."
"Another plane merchant?" The Emperor and his subordinates were taken aback.
Many of them had encountered "other planes" before, such as the Star Plane, the Void Plane, the Abyss Plane...
But an "other plane merchant" was something they had never encountered.
Before their surprise could fade, Su Yu continued:
"I've only been in your plane for a few days. But just now, I overheard this general..."
Su Yu pointed at Brant: "This general mentioned that Duke Glan's army is facing a food crisis and will soon run out of supplies. So, I decided to appear to clarify the situation."
When Su Yu spoke, everyone in the room immediately turned their gazes toward Brandon, as if blaming him for bringing Su Yu into the conversation.
Brandon felt extremely awkward under the "friendly" stares of so many people.
He quickly stepped forward to explain, "I didn't say anything wrong! Duke Glen Flame is short on food, and everyone can see that."
"Short on food was the case before, but now they have enough," Su Yu said with a smile.
He took out the record crystal from his necklace that documented the transaction with Duke Glen and projected the recorded scene onto the walls of the banquet hall.
Everyone looked at the scene, seeing Su Yu and Duke Glen laughing and joking as they completed the food transaction.
...
Watching the scene of Su Yu and Duke Glen haggling over the price, the Emperor of the Fire Nation's face turned pitch black.
He had organized this banquet because Duke Glen's food supply was in trouble.
If things had gone according to plan, Glen's forces would have collapsed in the harsh winter, and after the winter, he would still be the Emperor of the Fire Nation.
But now...
This interdimensional merchant had sold enough food to Duke Glen.
That meant Glen's army wouldn't collapse in the winter; instead, it would become even stronger!
By next spring, he would have to watch helplessly as the rebel army marched into the capital, and all the territories passed down by his ancestors would fall into the hands of that old fox, Duke Glen.
"What do you mean!!!" The Emperor of the Fire Nation glared at Su Yu, his face red with fury. "Are you here to flaunt your success? To mock me and say I'll be defeated in the spring?
I'll tell you this! Even if I can't defeat Glen, I have a thousand ways to make sure you can't leave the capital!"
The Emperor was seething with rage.
Since this interdimensional merchant's food supply had cost him his throne, he was determined to kill the merchant to vent his anger!
And he had already made up his mind; he would act as soon as his divine-level experts arrived!
...
Su Yu knew what the Emperor of the Fire Nation was thinking, but he remained calm.
He smiled slightly, glanced around at the surrounding nobles, and then said to the Emperor:
"Your Majesty, don't be so hasty. I haven't decided to sell this batch of food to Duke Glen yet."
The record crystal only showed Su Yu and Duke Glen haggling, not the actual delivery of the food, so Su Yu lied quite naturally.
"You... what do you mean?" The Emperor's arms trembled slightly, his emotions running high.
"I mean, this batch of food is still with me," Su Yu smiled. "I'm a merchant, and the first rule of a merchant is to sell goods at the highest price possible.
Duke Glen offered three times the usual price, but if Your Majesty is willing to offer six times the usual price, I won't sell this batch of food to Duke Glen. I'll sell it to you instead."
Hearing Su Yu's words, the Emperor of the Fire Nation was first shocked, then overjoyed!
So this merchant hadn't sold the food to Duke Glen; he had brought it to the capital to sell it at a higher price!
Thank goodness! Thank goodness Duke Glen didn't get this food!
"Deal! I agree to buy all the food at six times the usual price! Bring the food to our granaries now, and I'll pay you immediately." The Emperor walked toward Su Yu, his face beaming with delight.
(End of Chapter)
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