[Transaction complete!]
Ethan quickly closed two big orders.
Then he put up the remaining Demon King Spider eggs and shouted in the world channel, ["One hundred left! The last hundred."]
["Anyone still want them? Selling cheap!"]
["One egg for four beast cores, or eleven units of advanced materials. Hurry if you want them! Clearing out soon!"]
["Damn! What's going on?"], player Jeffery said in shock, ["Wasn't it ten materials for one egg before? How is it more expensive when you say 'cheap'? Lord Ethan, did you quote the wrong price?"]
["Nope!"]
Ethan shook his head, ["That was a group-buy price. A one-time purchase of a hundred eggs. If you also buy a hundred at once, I can give you that price too."]
["Th-this…"]
Jeffery wanted to argue, but after thinking for a while, he had to admit Ethan made sense.
Group-buy prices and single purchases were obviously different.
But, it wasn't easy for them to gather materials.
Handing all of it over like that, of course they wouldn't be willing.
Because of that, Jeffery simply started shouting in the world channel, ["Form a group to buy spider eggs. Anyone who wants in, message me and pay up. We'll buy together so we can at least save one material per egg. Totally worth it!"]
["You really are a damn talent."]
Ethan laughed.
He didn't expect to find someone like this in the world channel, a real business prodigy.
["Thanks for the compliment, Lord Ethan,"] Not only was Jeffery not angry, he even replied, ["If Lord Ethan could give me a bit of a discount for all my hard work just to eat some eggs, that'd be great."]
["Sure. If you can help me sell a hundred eggs, I'll give you one for free."]
Ethan agreed with a smile.
Right after that, Jeffery started shouting even more enthusiastically.
Of course, quite a few people were worried about being scammed, so they would rather pay a higher price to buy directly from Ethan than hand money to Jeffery to join a group.
Who knew if this Jeffery would just take the money and run? There weren't any police in this world. Even if you wanted to report it, there was nowhere to report it.
Stick to the mindset of never being greedy for small gains, and you won't lose out.
After all, if you lose even once, no amount of small savings will ever make up for it.
Quite a few people took out four Ice Gall and came to buy spider eggs. Some even bought three at once. With this damned weather, even if you don't eat the eggs, once they're cooked you can just leave them outside and they'll stay fresh.
If they aren't cooked, the Demon King spiders might hatch at any time and run off on their own.
Very soon, Jeffery contacted Ethan again, ["Lord Ethan, I've gathered an order of a hundred."]
["Oh? How did you manage that?"]
Ethan immediately laughed. He had been worried this kid wouldn't be able to gather that many people, but it turned out the guy really had some skill.
["Simple. I told them payment after delivery,"] Jeffery said with a sly tone, ["Lord Ethan, here's the list of a hundred people who agreed with me. And, well… I know you can sign lord contracts, so I was thinking I could take a hundred spider eggs from you first, distribute them to them, and then collect the payment for you. What do you think?"]
["You really are a damn talent!"]
Ethan burst out laughing. Too bad this kid wasn't from his region. With his ability, he'd definitely be worth cultivating.
["So? Lord Ethan, do you agree?",] Jeffery sent three pleading emojis in a row, ["As long as you help me this time, from now on I'll be your man, Lord Ethan. I guarantee that if you have any needs later, like this kind of business but you don't want to handle all the slow transactions, you can leave it to me. I don't ask for much, just a little labor fee. You can reward me however you see fit."] [T/N: That's what we call a middleman in a transaction.]
["Alright then!"]
Ethan quite liked this Jeffery, so he nodded and agreed.
Anyway, he could sign a lord contract with Jeffery, so he wasn't worried about this little profiteer running off with the money. Plus, he really didn't have the time to trade with so many people one by one, so he simply delegated the work to Jeffery.
A total of one hundred and one eggs were quickly traded out.
But what Ethan didn't expect was that the main thing he received from selling the Demon King Spider eggs this time was... beast cores.
And almost all of them were fire-type beast cores.
Only a small number were wood-type or water-type and the like.
But after thinking it over, Ethan quickly understood. It must be because of the Ice Gall.
By now, quite a few players already had stone houses. As long as they didn't go far, it was pretty easy to catch a few Ice Galls right outside their homes. And with weapons, Ice Galls were not hard to deal with.
"Hmm!"
Looking at the several hundred extra beast cores in his backpack, Ethan suddenly came up with a new idea.
Since the "leeks" in the world channel were growing so well, if he didn't harvest a wave, he'd feel like he was letting himself down. That wouldn't be something a proper profiteer should do.
Taking advantage of the time while his residents were clearing monsters in the Mist Forest, Ethan posted new content in the world channel.
Image: [A selfie of Ethan standing beside a platinum treasure chest.]
[Ethan: "Everyone should have seen it by now. Not only can I go out during the Polar Night, I can even take my residents out to hunt monsters together."]
["And because of the Polar Night, there are actually more treasure chests outside than usual, and their quality is higher too."]
["You all see this platinum treasure chest next to me, right?"]
["Before, I could only open a few gold chests at most. But something like opening two platinum chests in a row like this, I've really never seen before."]
["So if anyone is interested in taking advantage of this time to go out and make some money."]
["You can contact me. I'm selling Polar Night–exclusive Sun Worms."]
["Not only can they keep you safe when you go out, they can also help you save a lot of torches and kerosene lamps. And if you're worried about danger, you can even use Sun Worms to hunt Ice Galls around your home."]
["If you're interested in buying my Sun Worms, I'll also personally throw in a secret guide for catching Ice Galls, along with the tools for catching them."]
["Limited quantity of Sun Worms. First come, first served."]
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