Orario is a city built upon the Dungeon.
The Magic Stones and monster drops from the Dungeon—about forty percent of them—circulate to the outside world through merchants or smuggling.
The remaining sixty percent are consumed internally by Orario, along with external demand.
To put it exaggeratedly, the entire Labyrinth City exists only by clinging to the hollows beneath the ground.
Precisely because of this, no one is more anxious about Dungeon exploration than The Guild.
It represents vast wealth and enormous profits.
Royman Mardeel, as Guildmaster, was greedy and extravagant by nature. Both publicly and privately, he hoped more Dungeon floors would be conquered.
But the Freya Familia, which ignored orders, was like an indelible stain, constantly reminding this 'fat pig' that Orario belonged to the gods, not The Guild—or rather, not his.
Originally, even if Royman was dissatisfied, he could only swallow it.
He even had to provide sufficient conveniences to the Freya Familia.
But now...
With the balance among top Familias strongly disrupted by Levi's sudden emergence,
many things were no longer up to the Freya Familia.
As thoughts flickered in his mind, Royman's smile grew even brighter.
He had even decided that, going forward, even without taking a single Valis, he would help Levi build his unique sparkling wine sales system.
First, to spite the Freya Familia.
Second, to help The Guild gain more tax revenue.
However, once they entered the reception room and got down to business, Royman was still shocked by the scale shown by the young man opposite him.
"Guildmaster, please take a look at my product price list."
Levi took out a parchment from his inventory and flicked it toward Royman.
The latter put on his glasses and read carefully.
About three minutes later...
"Hiss—"
Royman drew in a sharp breath.
It wasn't the prices on the parchment that startled him.
Products like high-grade Regeneration Wine selling for 100 million Valis were, honestly—not overpriced at all.
After all, low-grade Regeneration Wine that could heal minor limb loss sold externally for 20 million, which was completely reasonable.
There were also enhancement wines to aid Dungeon conquests (1 million), extreme enhancement wine (1.5 million), enchantment wine (2 million), etc., which were far more cost-effective than magic swords, truly the kings of value.
The most expensive-looking were the Level 1 to 4 Ice-Fire Wines (2 million/5 million/20 million/50 million), but the parchment noted they were luxury items, recommended to buy one or two bottles after accumulating Falna to max out ability values.
There were also packages for mid-to-large Familias, with discounts based on their contributions to Orario.
For example, the Ganesha Familia, which had already paid, had the standard quarterly healing package at 1 billion Valis, but for them, it was only 500 million Valis.
Other large exploration Familias like Loki Familia, Demeter Familia, Njord Familia, or essential production Familias could buy packages at half price.
In Royman's view, Hestia Familia was practically doing charity.
If it were him, just the sparkling wine prices alone could be flipped several times higher.
But this was Levi's business, so Royman had no right to interfere.
What truly surprised him was the cooperation details between Hestia Familia and The Guild at the bottom.
Excluding packages requiring Levi's personal involvement, all other sparkling wine sales would be uniformly entrusted to The Guild.
On the 1st of each month, The Guild would tally the previous month's sales, convert seventy percent of the Valis equivalently to Magic Stones, then from the remaining thirty percent, Hestia Familia would take ten percent, and the other twenty percent—after deducting taxes—would be The Guild's commission as agent.
"Lord Levi, are you serious?" Royman looked up at the young man across the conference table.
Levi nodded, a mild smile on his face. "I respect the Familias and The Guild that strive to maintain Orario, so within my ability, I'm willing to cede some profits."
This was true, but not the whole truth.
Levi, from a previous life in China, undoubtedly respected policing Familias like Ganesha Familia that maintained city security.
But for The Guild, like most adventurers, he didn't care much.
The reason for ceding nearly ten percent extra profit beyond taxes was simply to make The Guild more diligent.
Royman, the old fox adept at wielding power, naturally didn't believe Levi's polite words.
But the tangible benefits made his heart race even more.
The Guild collected massive Magic Stones from adventurers daily, then hired people to process them into products, and shipped them out via merchants.
Costs stacked invisibly several times over.
Now, they could consume them at flat prices through Hestia Familia—pure profit no matter how you calculated.
Not to mention the extra commission for selling sparkling wine.
Royman opened his mouth, and for a moment, greed consumed him.
He wanted more benefits from Levi.
But seeing the half-smile on the young man's face opposite, the Guildmaster quickly calmed down.
Orario's essence was survival of the fittest.
If Levi were just an ordinary Lv.4, even with his unique sparkling wine craft, The Guild—represented by Royman—would bite off a huge chunk.
Even suck the marrow, turning him into a mere worker.
But after displaying overwhelming combat power, just a trickle of profit from his fingertips was enough for factions to thank him sincerely.
Royman wasn't a fool; seeing the chill in Levi's eyes, he immediately switched back to a warm expression.
"Cooperation between Hestia Familia and The Guild benefits both sides. As Guildmaster, of course I agree, it's just..."
Levi, curious what dissatisfied Royman, gestured for him to continue.
Then he heard: "Lord Levi, your high prices for Freya Familia are fine—after all, you mentioned it during yesterday's War Game, and those guys aren't short on money; it can even force them to dive the Dungeon more. But Hermes Familia, well, has a decent relationship with The Guild, so could you..."
"No."
Levi smiled, but his tone was firm.
"Uh..."
Interrupted like this, Royman didn't know how to proceed, could only shrug helplessly, and mentally apologized to Hermes who had asked him to help.
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