Home of the Brave

"...In the way?"

Miranda raised her eyebrows and was dissatisfied with the man's rhetoric, but if she was angry at this kind of thing, it would seem that she was too uncultivated. Therefore, the witch only glared at Dai Yang, and then stepped out of the carriage silently, picked a place not far away to sit down, and watched the man carrying the goods coldly.

Dai Yang moved the goods from the carriage to the high platform in the middle of the square, spread a cloth blanket on the platform, and then placed the goods on it in order, thus setting up a temporary shop.

From Miranda's perspective, one can see a row of small bottles with green liquid, a bunch of metal cylinders with the thickness of wrists, and some strange things that can't be named at all. As she looked at the props with great interest, more and more adventurers gathered, but it seemed that most of them were watching the excitement, and not many people showed the desire to buy.

In fact, most of the adventurers who dare to challenge Dragon Nest have non-rich adventure experience. They have already made the most adequate preparations for attacking Dragon Nest, adjusting their weapons and equipment to the best conditions. Even if Dai Yang worked hard to transport the props, they had reason to add an extra burden to the luggage because Miranda judged it this way, and continued to observe the situation there. I saw that there seemed to be a few adventurers who were interested in Dai Yang's props, but they just picked them up and fiddled with them a few times before putting them back.

For adventurers, activities like this are just a pastime to pass the boring time. Miranda secretly wondered how the person would change this embarrassing situation of not being able to buy.

"Huh? That's..."

Miranda blinked and noticed the metal cylinder Dai Yang was holding.

As if intending to demonstrate the performance of the product to customers, Dai Yang reminded the adventurers to give up an open space and threw the ignited cylinder onto the open space. The adventurers eagerly watched the light smoke from the cylinder on the ground, and the witch who knew so well turned her back for the first time, closed her eyes, and covered her ears.

A second later, as she expected, the violent light engulfed the square, and unsuspecting adventurers were recruited, especially the nearest row of adventurers, covering their eyes and wailing again and again. The dwarf's special flash bombs exerted the highest lethality in the dense crowds. Nearly a hundred people fell into the dilemma of short-term blindness and caused a small riot in the Valley of the Giants.

However, when Miranda turned her head with lingering fears, she found that a bloodless and tearless businessman had begun to sell her products to others.

"How is it? Everyone, this is the power of the dwarf's special flash bomb! It's very powerful, isn't it? It's not a little braggart. The little one only relied on it to escape from the monsters when the monster riots in Lanlos Town a few days ago. It’s really thrilling... Why? Don’t you believe it? The three people over there can testify. They were the ones who dealt with monsters with me at the time, and they were the first to experience the power of flash bombs. They went to the item shop to buy them the next day. There are ten! If you don’t believe it, you can ask."

Dai Yang pointed to the true brave group in the crowd, using them as promotional materials for free promotions, and vigorously promoting his products.

"You are all experienced adventurers. The risk of challenging the dragon's nest needn't be too small, right? A flash bomb can guarantee you a smooth retreat under any circumstances, and a small cost can be exchanged for a chance to make a comeback. Please. Think about it, is there anything more cost-effective than this? Ah, the price? Don’t worry, small shops always operate honestly. A flash bomb only sells forty miles. If you buy three at a time, the discounted price is 100. Lien. Because this is a special product ordered by our shop for the dwarves, the quantity is quite limited, first come first served, later...Oh, this guest, how many do you want? Six? No, the maximum purchase limit is three per person. Yeah, if you buy it all up, what will the others do?"

Someone instigated the psychology of customers with ingenious words, coupled with the shocking impact caused by the previous flash bomb, the combination of the two produces an extremely terrifying effect. Miranda looked at those adventurers who seemed to fall into group fanaticism with a dumb expression. At the same time, she noticed that those who yelled "Leave a copy for Lao Tzu!" Victims who recovered from the impact.

(This...this person, what is...)

Miranda pressed the crown of her forehead with a headache, feeling that her previous judgment began to waver again. Can ordinary businessmen really do things like this that puts adventurers in the palm of their hands? As she frowned and thought, several adventurers noticed the beautiful witch standing against the wall not far away, discussed a few words in a low voice, and walked over with a wretched smile. But Miranda simply glared at them, and the power of Albers was overwhelmed. These unkind men seemed to be drenched in ice and rain, and their faces turned pale in a moment.

Without paying attention to the dingy and fleeing figures, Miranda turned her gaze back to the prop shop owner over there. In a short period of time, the situation seems to have changed again. In addition to flash bombs, Dai Yang also began to sell other products to adventurers. Since the precedent of flash bombs has fully incited the desire to buy of adventurers, under the trend of herd mentality, the wallets of adventurers are almost nakedly exposed in front of prop merchants.

Although this is almost a dream situation for businessmen, the excessive demand has brought another kind of trouble.

Faced with the almost out-of-control desire of the adventurers to buy, Dai Yang has to take care of many duties such as reception, shipping, and cashier. Although the processing speed has been doubled or three times the usual, it cannot make up for the serious shortfall in the hands of the staff. More and more adventurers became irritable because they couldn't buy anything. At the same time, there were more adventurers trying to squeeze in. The atmosphere on the scene was like a gunpowder keg with constant fuel, even if it exploded at any time.

"A cocooned fool..."

Miranda looked at the cold sweat on someone's forehead and couldn't help sighing.

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"Three flash bombs! Two bottles of Demon Repellent Grass! Also, give me two packs of that!"

"Is that... a triangular thorn? Okay, a total of one hundred and sixty-four liens, thank you for your patronage."

"Hey! I want two packs too! There are also three pairs of gas masks, six flash bombs, plus two stickers of the special hemostatic agent made by the elves! How much?"

"Uh, guest, with flash bombs, everyone can only..."

"Don't you see that we are two? Hurry up and settle the accounts! Look at the people waiting behind, do you have time to delay?"

"...Three hundred and five lien, thank you for your patronage."

"I want three flash bombs and four hemostatic agents..."

"Hey! You bastard! Want to jump in the line? Go to the back!"

"Fuck you! What kind of line is there at this time? Of course it's first come, first served!"

"Ah, guest, please don't interfere with business..."

"Hey, hurry up! Haven't the things the old lady wants ready yet? Are you still in business!"

"Ok... OK, please wait a moment! It will be done soon! It will be done soon!"

While trying to appease the adventurers who caused the riots, while dealing with the adventurers who urged the transaction, and there are customers who are almost out of sight waiting. The current situation of Dai Yang can only be described as utterly battered. On the one hand, gold coins are flowing into the pocket endlessly, on the other hand, the possibility of adventurers rioting is increasing. If the invisible bottom line is finally broken, hundreds of avid adventurers are the opponents, even if It's a monster, I'm afraid it will be difficult to retreat.

Cold sweat broke out on Dai Yang's forehead. It feels like walking on a tightrope carrying a money bag, and the resentment of the adventurers is like a storm blowing on the ground, which may blow him down the abyss at any time...

Suddenly, there was a soft "da" sound behind him.

It's like the sound of the heels of high boots hitting the ground.

It stands to reason that in the noisy environment in front of us, this kind of sound should be weak and inaudible, but it happens to be so clear into everyone's ears. In the next second when he was surprised, Dai Yang also noticed that the noisy adventurers did not know when they were quiet, and one by one looked behind him with blank eyes. A silver coin slipped from the hands of an adventurer who was about to pay, and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"Uh..." Having almost guessed the cause of the matter, Dai Yang smiled bitterly and looked behind him. "By the way, do you have to be so grand every time you play?"

"Idiot, I'm helping you." The beautiful witch walked beside him and glanced at him faintly. "Even if you owe me a favor this time."

"Huh?" Dai Yang watched in surprise as Miranda walked to the booth and began to fiddle with the merchandise on it, showing a confused expression. "Well, what are you going to do?"

"I'll collect the money, and you will prepare the goods." As if not intending to seek Dai Yang's consent, Miranda turned to the adventurers and ordered.

"You guys, if you want to buy something, just line up one by one. What does this look like?"

Under the power of Albers, no one dared to disobey the order of the Miko of Wind, adventurers, look at me and you, and then slowly line up. In less than a minute, the powerful shrine maiden reorganized the chaotic scene that was almost out of control. This courage is really indescribable.

"...Huh?" Dai Yang was dumbfounded when he saw it, and at the same time, Miranda had stood in front of the booth and assumed a ready-to-open posture.

"Don't start yet?" Miranda urged him with eyes.

"But...but, you don't know the selling price of these goods at all, do you?" Dai Yang pointed to the numerous goods on the stall and asked the most fundamental question.

"Of course I know." Miranda replied unexpectedly, as if to prove her words, she pointed to the adventurer at the front of the team and asked: "You, tell me what you want. He will help you. Prepare, I am responsible for collecting the money."

"Okay, okay." The adventurer who was pointed replied in a tone almost sincere and fearful. "I want two pairs of gas masks, a bottle of road sign potion, and...er, a bag of demon-killing grass."

"Well, they are all bargains..." Miranda gave such an evaluation.

"No... I'm very sorry!" The adventurer bowed his head in embarrassment and apologized.

"Forget it, I'm just helping... a total of fifty-four liens, right?"

Of course, the last sentence was to ask Dai Yang, but the latter also showed a dull expression of not losing to the adventurers below.

"Correct...why?"

The selling price of the goods in front of me was decided temporarily this time, and there is no reference information at all. Where did this young lady know about it? Or is it possible that Albers's power can even do this kind of thing? Dai Yang couldn't help looking at the Witch Sorceress with fearful eyes.

"Where, there is no need to use divine power at all."

Miranda seemed to enjoy his gaze quite a bit, and moved the bangs on his forehead to say the answer in a pleasant voice.

"Multivariate linear equations, like this simple mathematical problem, I can already mentally calculate when I was five years old."