["Spider eggs!"]
Player A sucked in several sharp breaths before saying, ["Terrifying! They're actually spider eggs. A single egg this big, is this really a spider egg?"]
["No matter how big, it's still a damn spider egg,"] Player B immediately @Ethan and said, ["Boss Ethan, how are you planning to sell these spider eggs?"]
["I haven't really decided."]
Ethan raised an eyebrow. He counted the number of eggs. There were a bit over three hundred here.
Not too many, not too few.
After all, there were only about a hundred people in one zone right now. Ten zones together made just over a thousand people. These eggs alone could keep at least a third of them from starving for the next few days.
As for how these eggs tasted, or whether they could really grant attributes, Ethan didn't know. He just made it up on the spot.
After all, that's how selling works. Even if the product has no advantages, you have to create some.
Anyway, no one could tell if it was real bird's nest or not. There was no inspection agency in this world, and no one could prove what Ethan said was false.
As for why you didn't gain any attributes after eating it, that just meant you were unlucky.
Ethan continued, ["There aren't many eggs, just over three hundred. As for the taste, I honestly don't know, since I haven't tried them."]
["But through certain verification, I know these Demon King Spider eggs are definitely good stuff. There's a chance they can awaken attributes. If it weren't for the fact that they're too big and there are too many, making them inconvenient to transport back…"]
["I'd have kept them for my own residents instead of selling them."]
[Regional Channel]
["Boss Ethan,"] Player Altizimo @Ethan said, ["If you've got spider eggs that can awaken attributes, why sell them? You might as well keep them for us. I guarantee once we can go out, we'll gather materials for you immediately. Treat it like we're borrowing from you first!"]
["Shh!"]
Ethan only replied with a single "shh."
Altizimo immediately understood. So Ethan was planning to fleece the people in the world channel.
As for those in the regional channel, those who understood, understood.
And those who didn't, didn't need to!
[World Channel]
["Lord Ethan, I'll take all these eggs. Name your price."]
Zone 1's lord Shakun jumped in and said directly.
Although he didn't want to do business with Ethan, he had no choice. The situation was stronger than him.
Food in Zone 1 had already run out. And unlike other zones, where players might secretly stash food, his soldiers didn't have that option.
If they had food, it meant there was food. If they didn't, it meant there was none.
Once food was found, it had to be handed in immediately.
Private hoarding? Did they have a death wish?
So, Zone 1 was basically out of food now.
Today, he had planned to send troops out to gather food or materials. But the ones who left alive were carried back lying down.
Even the dead weren't wasted. Shakun threw them straight into the ice gall soup, making full use of everything.
But one corpse couldn't last long.
The ice gall reserves in his territory had already been cleared out. There wasn't much to begin with, just enough for him and a few higher-ups. The lower soldiers couldn't even think about it.
This was only the first day of the famine. Maybe he could still fool the soldiers with a few words.
But once they were truly on the brink of starvation, his threats and empty promises wouldn't be enough to keep them under control. So Shakun had no choice but to grit his teeth and buy food from Ethan.
["You want to buy?"], Ethan replied with a smile, ["One egg for one resident. You want it?"]
["Ethan, you're doing this on purpose, aren't you!"]
Zone 1's Shakun exploded in anger.
Ethan laughed loudly, ["Isn't that obvious? Of course I'm doing it on purpose. If it were someone else buying, I'd sell one egg for a few beast cores or some common materials. But you… sorry, I never planned to sell anything to an idiot like you!"]
["You bastard, you're playing me!"]
Shakun roared.
Ethan sent three sneering emojis, ["That's right, I am. So what!"]
["Just you wait!"], Shakun shouted furiously, ["I know where your Zone 7 is! You wait. After this endless night ends, I'll lead my army straight to you. I'll wipe out your entire zone!"]
["Oh, I'll be waiting for you,"] Ethan replied calmly.
But in his heart, he had already added Shakun to his kill list. Originally, the "Omen Petal Plan" was meant to be carried out after the endless night. But since Shakun was so eager to die, Ethan might as well grant his wish.
After going back, Ethan planned to immediately give a defective Sun Worm to one of Shakun's idiot soldiers, letting him hurry back and send General Shakun off on his final journey.
["General Shakun, that's enough."]
Zone 10's lord Chomu stepped in to stop Shakun from exposing too much of his plan, ["If your Zone 1 is short on food for now, I still have some here. We can trade later! Stop talking."]
["Hmph! You dog who runs wild after getting a little leeway, just wait for death."]
Under Chomu's intervention, Shakun finally realized he had gotten carried away again. He snorted coldly, left a harsh remark, and went silent.
After that scene, the other lords who hadn't allied with Ethan also realized that he had no intention of selling spider eggs to them. There was no point trying to curry favor, so they all went silent as well.
In the end, only Ethan's allies remained, along with a group of clueless players.
["Lord Ethan, I'll take a hundred,"] Zone 2's lord David spoke up, as wealthy as ever, ["Do you want dragon coins or materials? I don't have many beast cores."]
["Materials. High-grade materials. Ten units for one egg."]
Since they were his own people, Ethan naturally didn't make things too harsh.
Upon hearing that ten units of high-grade materials could be exchanged for one egg, Zone 8's lord Luna quickly spoke up, ["Then what about beast cores? How many for one egg? I also need a hundred spider eggs."]
["Three beast cores for one egg, any attribute,"] Ethan thought for a moment and decided to set a lower price for beast cores.
After all, others weren't like him, killing waves of monsters nonstop.
Even though the lords of Zone 8 and Zone 2 had received plenty of skill books and weapons from Ethan after forming an alliance, their monster hunting was still limited.
So while three beast cores didn't sound like much, it was still a considerable cost for other lords.
["I don't have that many right now,"] Luna from Zone 8 said, ["I'll give you half first. Can I owe the other half? Interest at ten percent every three days."]
["Deal!"]
Without hesitation, Ethan immediately collected a hundred Demon King Spider eggs, placed them on the trading platform, and completed the trade with Luna.
At the same time, a private trade message from Zone 2's lord David quickly came through.
[500 units of high-grade stone + 300 units of high-grade wood + 60 beast cores: exchanged for 100 Demon King Spider eggs]
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