"Why does he get to skip the line?"
"Yeah! There aren't many iron plate octopus balls left. What if it's not our turn?"
"Wuwu! I really want to eat some!"
Swish!
One sharp glance from the chief steward, and everyone immediately fell silent again.
He coldly swept his gaze over the crowd, snorted, and said, "You got a problem?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
"No!"
"No problem!"
"Wouldn't dare have a problem!"
"Good, as long as there's no problem."
Only then did the chief steward pick up the iron plate octopus balls in his hand and start eating happily.
Smack~ Smack~
That heavenly sound, that sizzling, mouthwatering texture, and that ultimate aroma that hooked straight into their cravings was practically testing everyone's patience.
But even so, no one dared provoke the chief steward's claws.
Better to just line up obediently.
"Give me ten skewers!"
The pigman at the very front of the line had already tasted the deliciousness of the iron plate octopus balls.
The moment he took his first bite, he tossed away all those grass cakes without hesitation. Compared to these iron plate octopus balls, those grass cakes didn't even deserve to be called food.
Even if he was a pigman, he absolutely refused to make do anymore.
"What?"
"You're buying ten at once, then what are we supposed to buy?"
"You really are a pig. You're just one person, why are you eating so much? Leave some for us!"
"He is a pig!"
"Pfft!"
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Clink~ Clink~ Clink~
Ten dragon coins happily dropped into an iron bucket in front of Ethan.
This bucket had been deliberately placed there by Ethan. First, it saved time collecting payment. Second, it let other customers see just how good his business was, which boosted the transaction rate.
After the pigman eagerly grabbed his ten skewers of iron plate octopus balls, the second customer in line turned out to be a red capped goblin.
"I want twenty skewers!"
"Coming right up!"
Ethan counted out twenty skewers of iron plate octopus balls and handed them over.
There were still 1,270 portions of magma octopus meat lying in his backpack. These hundred skewers had only used up ten portions of magma octopus meat.
If he turned all 1,270 portions in his backpack into iron plate octopus balls, he could make at least 12,700 portions. That meant he could sell them for 12,700 dragon coins.
An absolute fortune.
The only pity was that there were limited people in the free market, so Ethan couldn't possibly sell that many portions.
But with a merchant's instinct, Ethan would naturally sell as many as he could.
Control costs however he could.
But, the people in line had no idea that Ethan still had such a huge stock.
So when they heard the second customer actually buying twenty skewers at once, they instantly exploded.
"You buy twenty by yourself? Even pigs don't eat as much as you!"
"Don't go too far. Believe it or not, once you leave the inn, I'll chop you down with one slash!"
"Damn goblin, put those iron plate skewers down!"
"Tch!"
The goblin ignored the threats behind him.
He took the twenty skewers from Ethan, then turned around and sneered, "Who told you I'm in front? I'm buying twenty. I've got lots of brothers. Mind your own business!"
"You…"
Everyone was furious, yet they couldn't do anything about the goblin.
He was right. Goblins lacked many things, but one thing they never lacked was their own kind. In this damned Mist World, the number one largest race was the goblin race.
They reproduced like crazy, and were infamous for being wild and reckless.
There was a famous saying used to describe goblins; When goblins aren't doing it, they're on the way to doing it.
Everyone felt it fit perfectly.
"Line sitting!"
"Buying iron plate octopus balls for others!"
"No matter how many you want, as long as you give one extra dragon coin, I'll buy them for you!"
"Five dragon coins! Just five, and I'll give you my prime spot. Buy as many as you want. No worries about selling out, no worries about not getting your turn!"
Where there was demand, there was a market.
Once everyone realized how good these octopus skewers were, the focus shifted from whether the price was high to whether they could even buy any after lining up.
And of course, there were plenty of merchants looking to resell.
Especially the quick witted dwarves.
Right at this moment, rhe third in line happened to be a dwarf. Hehehe, he grinned, revealing a mouthful of gold teeth made of pure gold, and said, "Pack up all the remaining iron plate octopus balls. I'll take them all!"
"What?"
The crowd erupted in anger.
Especially the customer in fourth place.
He had been just one spot away, and now the third person was buying up all the remaining stock. This was completely unbearable.
"Say that again? If you dare buy them all, I'll fight you to the death!"
"Yeah! Why do you get to buy them all?"
"If you buy everything, what are we supposed to do?"
"Boss, please don't sell to him, I beg you!"
"Please, just leave one skewer for me?"
The people behind pleaded bitterly.
But the dwarf race was basically the Jews of the Mist World, rich and loaded. He directly pulled out a whole bag of dragon coins and dumped them all into Ethan's money bucket with a clatter.
Clink! Clank! Clatter~
Only after a long while did the sound of coins finally stop.
The big gold toothed dwarf even smiled and said, "Thank you for selling me all the remaining octopus skewers. There were sixty seven left, right? To thank you for your generosity, I gave you seventy dragon coins. That's three extra for you."
"Well then, thank you very much," Ethan was all smiles.
Three extra dragon coins meant he could buy another 0.3 scroll. Of course he was happy.
"You're welcome!"
But as the gold toothed dwarf saw Ethan actually agree to sell, a trace of cunning flashed in his eyes.
He had already planned it out. Once he monopolized all of Ethan's octopus skewers, he would become the biggest iron plate octopus skewer dealer.
At that point, how many dragon coins per skewer? Wouldn't that be up to him.
Something this delicious, how could one dragon coin per skewer possibly be enough?
He planned to sell each skewer for three dragon coins.
That way, the sixty seven skewers he held would instantly become a code to wealth.
In the blink of an eye, he could turn his seventy dragon coins into two hundred.
This was an absolute get rich quick opportunity that could not be missed.
"Wuwu, boss, please don't sell!"
"I want to eat too!"
"My gods! Does having money really mean you can do whatever you want?"
"Please, just leave one skewer for me!"
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