Chapter 329 - 293: The Strange Little Beggar
Chapter 329: Chapter 293: The Strange Little Beggar
Ward City, within the Mercenary Tavern.
After a moment of silence, the murmurs of the onlooking mercenaries gradually began to grow louder.
In the eyes of some mercenaries, this “somewhat” handsome young mercenary might just be selling the harvest for his team, and perhaps his strength wasn’t that formidable.
But many experienced old mercenaries didn’t think so.
They knew that selling Magical Beast Materials at the Mercenary Tavern would result in being lowballed, if it were really a Mercenary Group, they would never specifically arrange for someone to sell materials in the Mercenary Tavern.
Such an enormous amount of materials really only suggested one possibility.
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It was that the man in front of them didn’t care about the profits and just wanted to handle these materials more quickly, to save trouble.
This was also the convenience of selling Magical Beast Materials to the Mercenary Guild.
After all, the prices offered by the Mercenary Guild, though not high, were basically fair, without any deliberate underquoting involved.
This strange mercenary, couldn’t he be a young scion out for training from some large family?
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Gradually, many mercenaries retracted their gazes and continued to brag with friends, but they kept a watchful eye on the direction of the bar.
Lis didn’t care about the stares of others; it wasn’t like when he had just arrived in Ice Peak City and needed to hide his identity.
This was also Lis’s way of displaying his own strength, useful for his next plan.
Moreover, Lis truly didn’t care much about these Magical Beast Materials.
The most precious gains from his long journey, such as the materials from the White Dragon and the gemstones he had found in a cave, were not brought out by Lis.
Those were really good stuff, and Lis planned to keep them for himself.
As for the other materials, Lis kept only a small portion, planning to later bring them as gifts for friends in Bright City.
“What’s wrong?”
Looking at the servant Theodore in front of him, Lis knocked on the table and reminded him.
“… Sir, you have too many Magical Beast Materials, and I don’t have the authority to handle them.”
Theodore said immediately after a brief pause.
After all, he was just a servant, and though his job did involve buying Magical Beast Materials from mercenaries, the materials he had dealt with before were not expensive, with each transaction never exceeding a hundred Gold Coins.
But what this person in front of him brought out was not only numerous but also of quite good quality, with some very expensive items among them.
Theodore had just glanced briefly and seen two intact, snow-white Ice Storm Bear Skins.
Those were really good stuff, and they were among the best-selling items in the Boditch Kingdom, one such Bear Skin was worth over a thousand Gold Coins.
Seeming to fear that Lis would change his mind, Theodore quickly said,
“I will find the Manager right now, please wait a moment.”
Although he felt a bit distressed, Theodore did not plan to hide the fact and not report it.
Reporting it to the supervisor meant less commission for himself, but given the astounding quantity in front of him, even a portion of the commission was enough to make him rich.
If this mercenary were to change his mind because of him, it would be disastrous.
Recalling a reminder from his senior, Theodore didn’t dare delay and hurried upstairs of the tavern.
Lis didn’t mind and asked another servant to serve him a glass of Cold Barley Wine, sitting in front of the bar and slowly sipping it.
He didn’t wait long before he heard hurried footsteps coming from the stairs.
A skinny man dressed in black formal attire descended the stairs with Theodore following behind him.
As soon as he came down, he noticed the pile of Magical Beast Materials stacked high in front of the bar, and his eyes paused for a moment.
However, this man was clearly different, quickly regaining his composure.
With just a glance, he walked towards Lis sitting in front of the bar.
“Hello, I am Rude, the Manager of the Mercenary Tavern, and I am pleased that you have chosen to sell your Magical Beast Materials here.”
“I will arrange for someone to help you inventory the materials you wish to sell. Why don’t you come with me to the luxurious guest room on the second floor and rest for a while?”
Manager Rude said respectfully, regardless of who the person was, anyone bringing such a large business was an honoured guest to him.
Lis nodded and followed Rude to the luxurious guest room on the second floor.
Unlike the tavern’s main hall on the first floor, which still bore traces of its conversion from a warehouse, this second-floor luxurious guest room was lavishly decorated. The deep red silk sofa was patterned with gold, and the brown cold pine wood floor had been meticulously polished, exuding a faint, pleasant smell of pine resin.
Following behind Rude, maids brought up high-quality Cold Barley Wine and some snacks.
Thin condensation formed on the edge of the clear glass, making the deep yellow wine inside look especially tempting.
The snacks mostly consisted of sashimi from various types of fish; outstanding Knife Skill had sliced the fish into pieces of varying thickness according to their texture, ideal for pairing with wine.
Lis was familiar with these; they were fish like cod, swordfish, and Golden Knife Fish.
The colors of the fish flesh varied, and pieces were laid atop several green vegetable leaves, looking quite attractive through such meticulous plating.
A small bowl next to it contained a black sauce.
Seeing Lis look somewhat interested, Rude said with a smile,
“These were all caught by the fishing boats at the port. While many people are not used to eating fish, this way of consumption is rather novel, offering a different flavor.”
“This sauce is a special condiment brought by the Guild from the Boditch Kingdom, you might want to have a taste.”