"What are you pitying for?", Ethan said speechlessly, "That was a wild witch, okay? The kind who could kill you in minutes and not even need to say sorry."
"I'm pitying the fact that for this kind of profession, the most valuable thing is the person herself, not her materials," Mr. White said what was truly on his mind, "All this junk of hers is just feed ingredients, you get it? It's damn worthless!"
"Alright, cut the crap."
Ethan knew Mr. White was talking so much nonsense just to push the price down. He interrupted him directly, "The Cursed Doll and the little coffin, the Obedience Talisman papers, the blueprints, the spell scrolls, the notes. I'm keeping those."
"As for the other ring, I only want the Color Change Spells. The rest is yours."
"Enough talk. Name your price!"
"Huh?"
Mr. White clearly did not expect Ethan to be this decisive. He froze for a long while before saying, "You picked all the best stuff! What's left isn't worth much. Aren't you screwing me over?"
"Forget it then. I'll sell to someone else."
After saying that, Ethan moved to take back the two witch tail rings.
Mr. White quickly reached out to stop him, "Yes, yes, I want them! Who said I don't? But you have to give me both of those witch tail rings too. Otherwise I'll lose big."
"Stop talking nonsense. Price!"
"One hundred thousand dragon coins!"
Mr. White quickly raised one finger.
Ethan silently took back the witch tail rings and slipped them into his pocket.
Seeing this, Mr. White's face stiffened, "What are you doing? We can talk this out. If you have a price, say it! If you don't speak, how are we supposed to bargain!"
"Fine," Ethan did not waste words and directly named his price, "Three million!"
"What?"
Mr. White's voice instantly shot up several levels, "I told you to name a price, not rob me! That's way too outrageous! Who bargains like that!"
"Three million one hundred thousand!"
Not only did Ethan not lower the price, he actually raised it by another hundred thousand.
Mr. White was completely dumbfounded by Ethan's move. Was this even letting people bargain properly?
"Who bargains like this?", Mr. White still tried to argue, "At most two million. I'm telling you, I'm already losing here. Add in travel expenses and all that…" [T/N: That's a big jump from 100,000]
"Three million two hundred thousand!"
"Holy crap!"
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Mr. White almost went insane on the spot, 'Who does this?'
He did not dare talk any more nonsense and immediately shouted, "Three million, deal! Three million, deal!!m"
"Alright, deal!"
Ethan smiled and hooked little fingers with him, sealing the contract between them.
Only then did Mr. White wipe the sweat off his forehead and say, "I'm really losing on this one! Other than earning a bit for travel expenses, I won't make a single coin!"
"A shady merchant like you won't lose," Ethan said lightly, "At most you'll just earn a little less."
"Speaking of which, how did you know my bottom line so clearly? You even locked the price right at it?"
Mr. White truly looked confused.
The moment the items were printed out by the inventory machine, he had already estimated their value in his head. Mental calculation for valuation was a required skill for merchants.
And back when he changed professions at the Merchant Alliance, he had scored high in that subject.
His estimates would not have more than a one percent error rate.
Back then, the president of the Merchant Alliance had even praised him, saying his future was limitless and all that.
But he just could not figure it out. Could it be that Ethan also had the same mental valuation ability?
And that his mental math was even better?
"It's simple."
Ethan grinned slyly, "When you tried to buy Scarecrow Bro earlier, your first offer was one hundred thousand."
"Later, when the deal fell through, you secretly let slip your regret, because the scarecrow could sell for at least three million dragon coins."
"So I just had to multiply your first offer by thirty."
"…"
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Mr. White felt like dying on the spot.
'How could this happen? Why would this happen!'
As a shady merchant himself, not only did he fail to make money on a deal, he actually lost to another shady merchant.
It was a war without smoke, and he lost.
'Boohoo!'
"Mr. White, please pay up!"
Ethan took the two tail rings out of his pocket and slapped them into Mr. White's hand.
Mr. White let out a sigh and said, "Sigh, there's no way I can take out that much money at once. Can I put it on credit?"
"What do you think?", Ethan tilted his head and gave a cold laugh.
"Alright then."
Mr. White took out another high-priced list from his chest and said, "Take a look yourself. See if there's anything you need."
"The things on this list are my real treasured items. It's basically my entire fortune. If none of this catches your eye, I'll think of another way."
"Fine, let me have a look first."
Ethan remembered that this shady merchant really did have quite a lot of good stuff.
Even on the previous low-price list, which was actually not that low, there were still quite a few items he wanted. The high-price list should naturally have even better things.
As a result, the moment he opened the list, Ethan was stunned.
'Damn, this really was a high-price list. If you were not rich among the rich, you would not even dare look at it casually, or you might go blind.'
Because the cheapest item on the list cost one million dragon coins.
And most of them started at five million.
There were even things worth thirty to forty million dragon coins.
As for the highest price, it only had the words "negotiable" written on it.
[Barrier-Ignore Teleport Scroll: The moment it is torn open, you can appear at any place you can picture in your mind. Known as the unlimited Anywhere Door. Price: Two million dragon coins]
[Lord Upgrade Voucher: Can upgrade a lord to Level 2, allowing you to rise from a small landowner to a true lord. Said to be one of the rare treasures obtained from secret realms. Cannot be duplicated. Price: Five million dragon coins]
[City-Burning Scroll: Can directly burn down a small town of ten thousand people. Extremely powerful, but may fail against towns with protective shields. Price: Ten million dragon coins]
[Sword Intent: A legendary sword intent left behind by ancient humans. It is said that if you can comprehend even a fraction of it, you will become the strongest warrior. Price: Fifty million dragon coins (mainly for collection value)]
[Million Army Morale Upgrade Voucher: No matter how many troops you have, it can instantly increase morale by 50 percent, courage by 100 percent, and combat power by 30 percent. Duration: 1 hour. Price: Negotiable]
"Heh!"
When Ethan saw that teleport scroll priced at two million dragon coins, he clearly remembered that when Mr. White lost his teleport voucher, he had cried that he "lost one million dragon coins."
How could Ethan not understand that this shady merchant inflated even the listed prices.
But after reading this high-price list, he also understood, why the items on this list were so expensive.
Because, they were all non-replicable, meaning these items could not be copied.
Although Ethan was tempted by the other items too, he did not urgently need them for now.
But that [Lord Upgrade Voucher], that was something Ethan was determined to get.
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