"Sixty-five! Sixty-six! Sixty-seven..."
Just then, another voice sounded from the entrance of the farm.
"Lord Ethan! I was wondering who could be so extravagant. Building dozens of Magic Eye Defense Towers in one go. As expected, only Lord Ethan could be this generous."
"Not dozens. One hundred," Ethan casually corrected him. He wasn't showing off at all.
"One hundred?"
Mr. White immediately sucked in a breath and said, "Lord Ethan, that's incredible! Did you take down an entire Multi-Eyed Monster? Right now, Multi-Eyed Monster eyeballs are in short supply. On top of that, all the City Lords are collecting them, so prices on the black market keep rising. One eyeball is worth nearly two million Dragon Coins. A hundred of them would be two hundred million."
"They're worth that much?", Ethan's pupils shrank, and his heart immediately ached, "If I'd known, I wouldn't have built so many Defense Towers. Selling some of them would've been much better."
"You must be joking, Lord Ethan!"
Mr. White didn't believe him at all. He even thought Ethan was making a joke.
"The Magic Eye Defense Tower is worth far more than the eyeballs themselves."
"And this blueprint is something people can only hope to encounter by chance. Very few people have it. Aside from a few City Lords and several major noble families, hardly anyone else has one."
"If you weren't a Lord, then just your ability to build Magic Eye Defense Towers would be enough for those noble families to support you for life. You'd never have to worry about food or money."
"Isn't it just a Defense Tower?", Ethan couldn't understand what Mr. White was saying, "If we're talking about large-scale defense, I think the Strangling Vine is more useful. One seed can defend an entire city. The defense range of the Magic Eye Defense Tower seems too limited."
"So Lord Ethan still doesn't know what makes the Magic Eye Defense Tower truly valuable?", Mr. White suddenly looked enlightened.
Ethan asked, "What do you mean?"
"The reason City Lords and noble families love the Magic Eye Defense Tower isn't actually because of its defensive power," Mr. White smiled and explained, "After all, a City Lord doesn't lack that bit of defense. There are countless types of defense towers out there."
"But why has this particular Defense Tower remained popular for so long and become so well known?"
"That's because..."
"The Magic Eye Defense Tower not only has a unique appearance, but also a special function. And this function..."
"Stop!"
After listening for a while, Ethan realized Mr. White still hadn't gotten to the point, so he quickly interrupted.
"Can you just get to the point? I'm not buying anything from you. What's the use of all these fancy sales pitches? Save your breath."
"Sorry, sorry! Force of habit," Mr. White scratched his head and laughed, "The reason is simple. The Magic Eye Defense Tower can judge a person's intentions. If someone enters another person's territory with malicious intent, it will attack them."
"That's why it's more popular than the Strangling Vine or those extremely powerful Defense Towers."
"Think about it. People's hearts are hard to read."
"Even if the Magic Eye Defense Tower can't kill an intruder, it will definitely attract attention. Then all the other Defense Towers will lock onto the intruder. Even a Magister wouldn't be able to withstand that."
Ethan's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help blurting out, "Doesn't that mean I'm rich?"
["Ethan, so you deliberately sent the Cursed Doll to look for Multi-Eyed Monsters for your own benefit after all,"] After listening to their conversation, the Scarecrow finally realized it had been used again. It became furious and shouted, ["Don't you think you've gone too far?"]
"The attendant lady said she'll have time in the next couple of days to make you a new suit," Ethan continued, "She also said her skills weren't good enough before, so she could never make your clothes properly. Recently she's been learning from Cook Four, and she'll soon be able to make a nice outfit for you. She hopes she'll finish it in time."
["The attendant lady still cares about me that much?"]
The anger on the Scarecrow's face instantly turned into gratitude, and tears began rolling from its eyes.
Ethan nodded firmly and said, "Yes!"
However, there was actually a second half to that sentence that he didn't say.
That was...
'She hopes she'll finish it in time to congratulate you on your wedding and wish you an early child.'
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