Chapter 1248 - Foolish and Stupid (1/2)

“Sir Merlin, I have prepared the materials you requested…”

Lin Yun nodded and didn’t do a thorough check of the materials, he only threw a casual glance. He was at ease letting Faleau take care of things.

Before Lin Yun finished checking on the materials Fortmore and Layford, who had been chasing after Lin Yun, appeared. Seeing the three hundred kinds of materials on the table, Fortmore’s eyes suddenly shone.

He simply ignored the Gilded Rose’s personnel blocking the way and walked over with large strides.

‘No wonder this country bumpkin wanted to come here, there are so many valuable materials here, everything is a premium product. Anything crafted with these materials, Magic Tools or other things, would definitely be a lot stronger than if they had been crafted with ordinary materials. When these materials are combined, the effects would improve several times.

‘That’s great, I wouldn’t have been able to discover this if I hadn’t followed this country bumpkin.’

When Fortmore strode over, he heard Lin Yun ask for these materials to be sorted out and a happy expression instantly appeared on his face.

‘Turns out this country bumpkin wants this batch of valuable materials, great, it would be a waste to give it to him. Thankfully I discovered this place…’

“I want these materials! Give me a price!”

Fortmore walked to the crystal table and looked at the valuable materials while drooling.

‘Even the treasury of our Jackson Family doesn’t have that many high-quality valuable materials, and even if we could gather such a huge amount, they could definitely not be taken away by one person…’

Fortmore’s words made Faleau frown. The staff members in the surroundings were all old members of the Gilded Rose, they had been around since the Gilded Rose’s store in Thousand Sails City, they all knew who the owner of the Gilded Rose was. At this time, they couldn’t help looking towards Lin Yun.

Seeing the actions of the surrounding people, Fortmore couldn’t help glaring at Lin Yun. He didn’t dare to say anything to Faleau, he knew that the weak guy in front of him was the Gilded Rose’s leader. Even if he was weak, his enormous wealth could definitely be used to crush him.

“Mafa Merlin, what are you looking at. The Gilded Rose opened its doors to do business, but they aren’t a charity. Did you take out any gold for these materials? You just took a fancy for this batch of materials?”

Lin Yun frowned and shook his head.

“Indeed, I didn’t take out a single gold.”

Hearing those words, Fortmore took out a black crystal card. That crystal card was unique to the Odin Kingdom. When dealing with extremely large sums, crystal cards would represent millions of golds, and that black crystal card would represent over ten million golds.

“Perfect, these materials just happened to have caught my fancy. According to the rules, since both of us are interested in these materials, whoever pays the highest price can get this batch of material. I offer 1,000,000 purple golds.”

After saying that, Fortmore couldn’t help showing a prideful smile.

‘Country bumpkin, the value of that batch of material isn’t particularly high, but they are quite rare. Gathering them outside would take a long time even if we made use of our Jackson Family’s name, and the quality wouldn’t be that high. A million is a small price to pay…

‘No, let alone a million purple golds, even ten million purple golds would be cheap. These premium materials would sell for a lot in an auction and there would be a lot of buyers, their prices might end up being ten times higher than normal, unlike this charity.

‘If that country bumpkin dares to challenge me, I’ll use golds to crush him…’

Faleau looked at Fortmore with a strange expression, before looking at Lin Yun. The spectating staff members also looked at Fortmore as if he was a stupid human-shaped rat, but no one dared to say anything.

As for Lin Yun, he chuckled and casually raised the price, “2,000,000 purple golds.”

Fortmore didn’t care and increased the price, “3,000,000…”

Lin Yun suddenly became silent when Fortmore bid 10,000,000.

Fortmore waved the black crystal card in his hand, unable to conceal his complacent expression.

“You must not know what this is. Let me tell you, this is a crystal card issued by the Odin Kingdom’s royal family and a few top-notch forces, this is a black crystal card worth over ten million purple golds. At least ten million purple golds could be obtained with it.”

Layford, who had been staying on the side, no longer seemed afraid. He straightened his back and a smile appeared on his face.

‘That damned Mafa Merlin might be more powerful than me, but so what? He is still a country bumpkin. So what if you are a more skilled alchemist, it means sh*t if you are poor.

‘Strength isn’t everything in the Odin Kingdom, wealth is. Whoever has the most golds would be stronger and have a higher status. A country bumpkin from the countryside definitely wouldn’t know. Purple golds might not even circulate in the Andlusa Kingdom, let alone something high-end like a black crystal card.

‘Without money, he can only endure. These valuable materials are going to end up in our hands anyway. 10,000,000 purple golds is quite cheap for these things. I just happen to have gotten some results while researching truth runes. I could make fifty to sixty million purple golds worth of profits after using these materials.

‘No, selling would be a pity, these things could be made into a dozen True Spirit Magic Tools, and since the materials are of such high quality, the success rate would be very high and the crafted Magic Tools would be very powerful. With these things, I would be able to return to the Family with my head held high, and the matter with the Starry Sky College would be settled.

At that time, Mafa Merlin would be a clown in everyone’s eyes.

Thinking of this, Layford kept smiling. His fear had completely dissipated and he was now looking at Lin Yun with a mocking smile.

“Mafa Merlin, why did you even try to compete with us. This is the Odin Kingdom, wealth is the most important thing here. Without wealth you are nothing, without purple golds you can only watch as we take the materials away.”

Fortmore had never seen Lin Yun’s strength first-hand, and thus, disdain could be seen in his eyes. He slightly raised his head and ignored Lin Yun. Instead, he looked at the staff members not far from him and swayed the black crystal card in his hand.

“Pack these things for me, I want everything.”

Unfortunately for Fortmore, no one paid attention to his words. Those staff members all maintained indifferent expressions, they were all doing their best not to laugh, but they were looking at Fortmore and Layford as if they were two brainless idiots.

Faleau’s expression was a bit strange, his facial expression was serious, but his eyes shone with an amused gaze as he looked at the two idiots.

‘Morons, is the Jackson Family full of idiots? It looks like they had some conflict with Sir Merlin, but with the influence of the Jackson Family, how could they have not dug out the fact that the Gilded Rose was built by Sir Merlin?

‘They are actually competing over wealth with Sir Merlin… In the Gilded Rose? Their stupidity is beyond cure, they are stupid to the point of being pitiful… Truly, sympathizing with idiots is really easy.

‘Sir Merlin must be pitying these idiots’ intelligence.’

Since Lin Yun didn’t speak, no staff member of the Gilded Rose would intervene.

While Fortmore had his head raised in contempt, Layford was firmly staring at Lin Yun. He wanted to see Lin Yun’s dejected and annoyed expression, he even hoped he could see Lin Yun fly into a rage out of humiliation. That would be perfect.

Unfortunately, Layford looked for a while but didn’t see any change in Lin Yun’s expression. Lin Yun had kept a strange smile on his face all along. It even felt like he was taunting them.

“Layford, you are right, I really can’t come up with that many purple golds…”

Lin Yun didn’t have time to finish his sentence as Layford burst into a loud laughter. His face was glowing, it was as if all his pores had been cleansed.

“Mafa Merlin, we are just teaching you a simple principle. In the Odin Kingdom, wealth is far more useful than in your rural kingdom. This is a lesson teaching you the gap between us. This is an abyss that can never be crossed, how could you compare to us!”