Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton Chapter 1393

Chapter 1393: Chapter 954: What This Gentleman Needs More Is Not a Space Ring Chapter 1393: Chapter 954: What This Gentleman Needs More Is Not a Space Ring The human merchant first stiffened, then gradually showed annoyance, and scoffed, “Are you here to cause trouble? Where did these bumpkins come from, asking about every term they hear? It's so unlucky.”

After cursing twice, the human merchant turned to leave but was stopped by Nagi with a beaming smile. He tried to shake off Nagi's hand but then felt something hard in his palm.

Upon a slight squeeze, he realized they were two gold coins. A merchant would never mistake the feel of gold, silver, and magic crystals, which greatly alleviated his irritation.

Nagi took the opportunity to ask, “I indeed heard some nonsense about it several times, and the name sounded powerful and imposing, so I wanted to ask, are you from the Divine Light Commerce Guild? Could you explain a bit more to us?”

“Divine Light Alliance, Alliance,” the human merchant emphasized, then looked around and said, “Please come inside.”

With Ange and the Monarch as their strong backers, of course, no one cared about a small shop. Although the Monarch had a somewhat shady history, it was only due to unfamiliar circumstances.

Now, with Ange's planted Deadman's Fruits and thickly coated Black Crystals on the bones, if they encountered those previous Super God Mercenaries again, he'd make sure to gut them.

In such a chaotic place, where others merely laid out a rag and propped up a stool to set up a stall, this human merchant actually had a shop, thought initially to be strong, but going inside made it uncertain.

It turns out there were about ten sections in the shop, divided into left, center, right, and back. The center had four sections, and the rest had two each, with this human merchant occupying just one of the sections.

This setup resembled more of a scatter-group platter organized by the Divine Light Commerce Guild, where typical large commerce guilds would form a large merchant group from smaller ones, sharing costs together.

The human merchant led them to a position in the 'back' part of the shop and then pulled the front door.

This position was in the most remote corner of the entire structure, and he had to stand outside to attract customers, possibly due to its seclusion.

However, on the way in, he saw that out of ten positions, only two or three were open, the rest were tightly shut. It was unclear whether business was sluggish or too good. When the business is too good and not manageable, they often close the doors too.

The human merchant's position was also empty, just some chairs, tables, and miscellaneous items. Nagri couldn't help but ask, “Didn't you say you could exchange Magic Crystal Chaos Stones? And sell various mechanical airships? Why is there nothing here?”

The human merchant looked at Nagi in surprise, and Nagi awkwardly said, “I'm not a professional, just come along, and learn.”

“Oh oh, new customers,” the human merchant realized and immediately became enthusiastic, “New customers, welcome, welcome. Things like Magic Crystal Chaos Stones are kept in a safe place, if you need, we can go to a safe place for the exchange immediately. Different types of mechanical airships, we have models here, you deposit, and we go to the warehouse to see the real thing.”

This is the process, no wonder the place is empty, Nagri wasn't embarrassed, he simply asked out of ignorance, “So why 'new customers' welcome? Aren't old customers better?”

Nagi and the human merchant both coughed simultaneously, and the human merchant forced a laugh, “You're straightforward, hahaha…”

Nagi explained, “New customers can be easier to rip off, those who want repeated business prefer old customers, but those who want a quick sale prefer new customers, like in tourist areas, where things are very expensive, because there are many new customers. Even if they don't come back, just the new customers alone can sustain the business, ruining the image of us legitimate businessmen, scammers!”

Towards the end, Nagi was gnashing his teeth, while the human merchant laughed awkwardly.

“Oh…” Nagri understood, “So you are a scammer, you want to rip us off.”

“No, not at all, just that business has been bad recently, few old customers, hoping for more new customers to expand the market,” the human merchant quickly denied.

“Then why such a big reaction? We just asked about Mourning Undead Soldiers, and you turned around to leave, doesn't look like someone whose business is bad,” said Nagri.

The human merchant sighed, “Alas, although Mourning Undead Soldiers aren't exactly a secret, it's still a taboo topic in the Divine Light Alliance. Recently, many have asked me about this, just asking without paying, it's been really annoying.”

Oh, the main issue is not getting paid. If, like Nagi, a little money was offered, the human merchant would be very willing to sell some information.

“Taboo? Why taboo? Also, why do you insist on 'Alliance,' not a commerce guild?” asked Nagri.

“Alliance. Commerce Guild is what you call it. We are the Divine Light Alliance, made up of sixty-two organizations of various sizes. The internal structure is very complex, greatly different from a commerce guild. You keep calling it a guild, making us seem like one, but we have more population and territory than the Friel Empire,” the human merchant complained.

Oh, it seems he was just unhappy with the name not sounding imposing enough.

“I understand now, why must we avoid mentioning Mourning Undead Soldiers?” Negris inquired.

“That is our ultimate weapon, and sealing a person's soul into a humanoid weapon is ultimately not a good practice, so we avoid speaking of it,” the human merchant explained.

Negris nodded in understanding, no money was given, if there was money, there would be no need to avoid the topic, what a cunning merchant.

Then he asked some questions about Mourning Undead Soldiers, and finally confirmed one thing, Mourning Undead Soldiers are not sold externally, they are a secret weapon of the Divine Light Executive Committee, their existence has never been publicly acknowledged.

After asking about the Undead Soldiers, Negris stepped back, it was Nagi's turn: “What models of Soul Constructs and Airships do you have? Do you have any that transport water, coal, and fertilizer?”

Handling the human merchant, Negris quietly said to Ange and the Monarch: “This guy doesn't really know much about the Mourning Undead Soldiers, the earlier stuff he said probably were just rumors, real or false who knows, let's ask Yixianni later to consult her old acquaintances in the Divine Light Alliance.”

The Monarch nodded, currently, he was the most interested in the Mourning Undead Soldiers, even during the most prosperous times of the Undead Empire, he had only two Lords of Mourning under his command, these folks here actually use Mourning as soldiers, how did they manage that?

Ange, lacking interest, was more curious about Nagi's discussion about Airships capable of carrying water and fertilizer.

“Transport Airships depend on power and load capacity, generally a twenty-ton Transport Airship costs between three hundred thousand to one million Demon Crystals,” the human merchant introduced.

“Can't see the model clearly, take us to see the actual goods before we decide,” said Nagi.

“Are you really going to buy? It starts at three hundred thousand, at least three hundred thousand, and the lowest configuration might not be in stock, you…” The human merchant skeptically scanned them around, clearly doubting their capabilities.

Negris murmured quietly, Ange pulled out a Magic Crystal Coupon and handed it to Nagi, then Negris spoke more confidently, “Let's borrow fifty to see the capabilities.”

The human merchant's eyes widened as soon as he saw it, it was indeed a fifty million Demon Crystal Coupon marked by Divine Light.

Among the billion Demon Crystal Coupons, the ones worth fifty million were the most common, after all, the ones worth one or two million were too low in value, and those worth millions or tens of millions were rarely issued by organizations due to large denominations being difficult to spend, and Silver Coins were not accepted, too easy to trace.

However, this denomination, while common for Ange, was a huge amount for an average merchant, who walks around with a Coupon capable of buying an Airship?

The human merchant's eyes sparkled, almost itching to snatch it.

But after looking at the smiling Nagi, the 'Soul Construct' bird, the talking rabbit, and finally resting his gaze on the fully armored Monarch, he dismissed the idea.

“Alright, but I'm not sure about the models of the Airships, I can only take you to see them. If you like some, let me know the specific models and prices. Also, make sure not to speak there, the guards there are peculiar, they might chase you away if they dislike you, let me handle the communication.”

The human merchant cautioned repeatedly and led them through twists and turns to a large concave pit, which seemed to have been converted into an Airship docking field, densely packed with various models of Airships.

Just upon arriving at the docking field, they collided head-on with a vehicle, on which two Goblins were sitting, one of them was Silver Coin, the other was a disheveled Goblin.

As soon as the disheveled Goblin saw the human merchant, he cursed, “Damned human, you brought people to see my treasures again, didn't I say to pay first before looking at any models, just looking and not buying, you all dirtying my treasures.”

The human merchant murmured with a down on his luck expression, “Why such bad luck, meeting him right when we arrive, shouldn't he be drinking and sleeping at this hour?”

So these Airships aren't the human's, he's just a dealer?

The disheveled Goblin turned to Ange's party, wanting to continue his rant, but was stopped by Silver Coin, who calmly said, “These folks are my bosses, mind your words, or consider the deal cancelled.”

The disheveled Goblin's body jolted, his grumpy expression froze, then his mouth corners awkwardly stretched into a forced smile, “Haha, haha, turns out they're the big bosses, we were just about to go fetch you, come on, get on the vehicle, let's talk back at the base.”

Ange's party climbed onto the vehicle, the human merchant didn't manage to squeeze in, obviously his status wasn't high with the Goblins, he could only watch sorrowfully from a distance, muttering, “You all know Lord You Si, yet you're here to tease me.”

In the vehicle's rear seat, Negris leaned close to Silver Coin and whispered, “What's the situation? How did you find the source manufacturer so quickly?”

Silver Coin whispered back, “I didn't go to him, he came to me. Finding the most informed person allows the most needy and capable to come calling, but what Lord You Si needs most isn't a Space Ring.”

Chapter end

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