"Is that so?", Mr. White glared at Ethan, "I already checked around today. You only have 44 residents here. Nowhere near the number you claimed."
"But you took 144 gift packs from me. That's fraud!"
"I advise you to return one hundred of those gift packs immediately!"
"I told you back then, seventy-nine of them were non-human residents. What?", Ethan raised an eyebrow, "Are you looking down on non-human beings?"
Tap! Tap! Tap!
The scarecrow immediately jumped in front of Mr. White when it heard someone looking down on it.
It started cursing at him nonstop.
Though only Ethan could hear it.
Daji also leapt out of her cat nest, bared her teeth at Mr. White, and showed her displeasure.
"Fine, I'll count those two. Then where are the rest of your so-called non-human residents?", Mr. White snorted, "If you can call them out too, I'll admit I lost!"
"You sure?"
Ethan smiled at once.
Mr. White thought Ethan was trying to trick him again, so he put his hands on his hips and shouted, "Of course I'm sure!"
"You still think you can fool me?"
"I already asked your residents around. You only have these two pets, a scarecrow and a cat. There are no other pets at all."
"If I'm not mistaken, you counted your flowers and plants as residents, didn't you?"
"If you can bring out the rest of your non-human residents this time, I'll admit defeat."
"I'll take the loss!"
"Alright then. Thanks in advance, boss."
After speaking, Ethan whistled.
On the surface, it looked like he was whistling, but in fact, he was communicating privately with the Queen Bee, asking her to bring out the mutated killer bees for a little display.
As soon as Ethan's whistle sounded.
Immediately, countless fiery red mutated killer bees swarmed out of the hive in a dark cloud.
They flew to Ethan's side and, following his instructions, arranged themselves into several large characters in the air, spelling out.
Mr. White
Sir
May
We
Ask
If
You
Are
Still
Unsatisfied?
"Uh…"
Mr. White instantly looked like an idiot.
He had never expected that Ethan's so-called non-human residents could actually be a swarm of insects.
"Well?", Ethan smiled, "Mr. White, are you satisfied?"
"Satisfied my ass! This is cheating!"
Seeing this, Mr. White decided to play dirty, "I don't care. You must return one hundred gift packs to me, or I won't let you off."
"And how exactly do you plan not to let me off?"
As soon as Ethan heard the threat, his expression gradually turned cold.
If Mr. White had complained pitifully or tried to negotiate properly, Ethan might have considered another way to compensate him. Even though he was a crafty merchant, he was still reasonable.
But if someone tried to threaten him, that meant they wanted to settle things with force.
Since the other side had already chosen fists over reason, Ethan wouldn't waste words anymore. Sometimes you only earn respect after beating someone into submission.
"Hmph!"
Mr. White snorted, "Before, to help you drive away the wilderness witches, I told them your territory had been selected as a trade alliance station. What do you think would happen if I told them the truth, that this is just an ordinary territory?"
Ethan glanced at Nostradamus, who was pretending to be a stone pillar nearby, and at the Genie Sylas sitting casually on the table, "Are you threatening me?"
"Yes! I am threatening you!"
Since things had reached this point, Mr. White tore off the mask completely.
He sneered, "Yes, I'm threatening you. What can you do about it? Since we're speaking openly, I'll say it straight!"
"As long as you return the [Teleportation Scroll That Ignores Barriers] and 140 gift packs to me, and compensate me with another one million dragon coins for my losses, I won't pursue this matter!"
"Otherwise…"
"Heh! Heh! Heh! Don't blame me for being ruthless."
"Suit yourself."
Ethan shrugged, "But don't say I didn't warn you. You lost the bet just now."
"If you refuse to honor the bet, I won't be polite either."
"When the consequences come, don't regret it."
"Hahaha!"
Mr. White burst into laughter. Then he took out a piece of paper from his storage ring.
He tossed it into the air. The square sheet of paper folded itself automatically, eventually turning into a paper crane.
Mr. White quickly muttered something to the crane, then snapped his fingers and let it fly away.
Originally… Mr. White thought Ethan would be shocked upon seeing such a messenger bird.
But to his surprise, Ethan merely watched it fly off without any change in expression, as if it were nothing unusual.
This made Mr. White suspicious. After all, messenger birds were rare.
Because the paper used for them required a life enchantment technique. Its difficulty rivaled spatial enchantment. Turning an ordinary sheet of paper into a messenger bird required at least a Magus-level enchanter.
But magi usually didn't lack money. Moreover, life enchantment not only took time, but more importantly unless one was at the Archmage level, using life enchantment required life itself.
As for what kind of life, that was unknown.
Therefore… Those magi who didn't want to slaughter excessively naturally weren't willing to create this kind of messenger paper.
As a result, these messenger papers became rarer and rarer.
And their prices kept rising.
Mr. White refused to believe that a country bumpkin like Ethan had ever seen such high-end goods.
"Done notifying?"
Ethan remained calm, "Since you've decided to oppose me, from today onward, you're my enemy."
"Heh! You're not worthy of being my enemy," Mr. White revealed a ferocious expression, "Because you'll soon be a dead man!"
"Big talk."
Ethan had always been reasonable.
If the other party wasn't an enemy, he would at most trick them a bit. But if they were an enemy, then there was no need for reason.
Wouldn't it be better to just kill them and loot the corpse?
"I'm the one talking big?"
Mr. White laughed, "You're the first brat who dared to mess with me, the Shady Merchant White!"
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