Chapter 18: Gourmet Hunters!? 2
At the Trade Building of Malone's Family
Pepper is one of the most expensive spices in the grains city, this happens after the chili dragons are wiped out of existence, the spiciness of the food will help them survive the freezing cold winter.
Salt? What the hell is that? It just adds taste to the food! Also, people around the kingdom do love spicy food, have you seen a fried chicken that has gray color because of the amount of peppers they added?
This made the need of pepper rose, but it's not that Grains city is the only city who sold them. It's just that they have the person who sold the best black and pepper, and its Neil!
The gourmet hunters are a group of food lovers who travel around the kingdom just for their leisure. Steady life? That's just boring! We want to taste the world, we want to know the best ingredient that this kingdom could offer. This group spread across the planet, they are consist of nobles heir who does not care about their standing.
They are the only group who could cross the sea without restrictions, killing without a reason? As long it's not because they stole ingredients from them you're safe.
10 AM, the event finally is getting started, the first thing they do is screen those who planned to buy, and those who are not. Those who had enough money to buy a bag, and those who are just seeking trouble. This is for the second pace, the tasting of the good. Is the quality good? Is this a real high quality good as the advertisement said?
The arrival of the Gourmet Hunters also give them to make the screening tighter, they after all not just hunters, but nobles too, not just a normal noble, they're a world noble, they stood on top of the world, together with the most powerful organization there is.
Lucas and his group were hidden inside a secret room where they can watch over the event, on his right is Neil, Malone on his left, while Della, Viola, Violet, and Ranrem sit on their back.
"Lucas, looks like your goods will be sold at a high price!" Neil whisper on Lucas' ear.
Lucas looked at him puzzled, "Grandpa, what makes you say that?"
"Look at them, " He pointed towards a group of men with butcher knives, "Those are gourmet hunters, you offer them a girl and they just ignore them! Give them a high-quality ingredient, not just you'll become a wealthy businessman, you might even befriend with them."
"Woah, those are gourmet hunters?" He marveled, "I read that they discovered 15 percent of the most exotic planteros there is!"
"Haist, that's just the tip of the iceberg, they even discovered the most important treetans evolution, there are a friendly type, the Cherry Blossom four-legged treetans and one of the biggest treetans, and a non-aggressive type, the Baobab Golem Treetans! Fire resistance? Check! Drought resistance? Check! The greatest treetans that no one dares to piss off! It destroyed a whole city when irritated, it rampages around the continent until satisfied if you make them went to a berserk!"
Lucas at the old man while his mouth is twitching, what the hell, shouting while whispering? This old man is crazy, "G-Grandpa, please stop this, I don't know you had a fan-boy side of you!"
"Oh boy! This old man also dreamed to be one of them, " he said while looking at the ceiling, "They're not just great, they are also kind-hearted nobles, they once helped me to survive a massive treetans dome raid."
"Wow, I hope all nobles have brains like them."
"Well, it will be starting, so be quiet!"
(You're shouting earlier though.)
The first is finally done, 15 group leaders of the commoners, they decided to add up their money just to buy a bag of black ant pepper, they are on the last line though, the trade center prioritizes those who can really pay.
There's also 20 noble family's representative, they are shocked when they heard that they're on the second row! What are they? Nobles! But they just shut their mouth when they saw a group an intimidating group of well dress men, a butcher knives in their waist, and most importantly their freaking built!
Thirty buffy males sat in front, they crossed their hands as if they are doubting that there's nothing that can get their interested. They are the Gourmet Hunters!
Not long after a girl with the seductive figure and fitted red dress enters the stage, "Dear guests, today we are going to introduce two different variety of goods! First is this high-quality black ant pepper!"
After her words, trays of servants served everyone the pepper. Everyone has two corns, the color of the pepper was different though, reddish black?
"Lance, it seems our visit is not a waste, " Said the one with a dark skin, "This type of peppers, the last time I saw them is when I visited my retired father's house."
"Well, if Bruse said it, I guess it can't help, let's taste it then!"
Crack! Crack! The sound of pepper crushed with their teeth was loud, every second, they face changes, every second their face turning red, "This, this is a good one! The spiciness was strong, it makes me wants to buy three bags!"
"Haha, Salva, you're overreacting, but yes I also want two!" said the bald man called Raffy.
"I also want 10!" said the blondie.
Raffy look at him as if he's a fool, "Hey, Lacelid, there are 35 ordinary buyers in this city!"
Lacelid just look at him and smile, "That kind of pepper, three times the aroma of my dad's black ant pepper, the spiciness is as spicy as a chili snail! And most important thing is, this is freshly made pepper, I can smell the ant's scent in this pepper, also there is an alien smell on this pepper that makes it tastier!"
"Lacelid, your right, " a tall man with braided hair and edgy face agree with him, "These peppers are full of mana, it looks like someone discovered how to dry them with force."
"Woah, I need to observe this new way of drying pepper! If what Danzo said is real, we need to find the seller!" Raffy said!
"Nope! This kind of pepper should exist years ago, grandfather told me that an extinct variety of planteros could help this kind of pepper to be dry faster than normal!" Said Salva and whispered, "We can't just expose the seller, we need to buy all of them and look for who is this man, looks like he's a member of Draconic Family who revived hundreds of extinct planters and treetans!"
Their conversation was heard in the place, who the hell would not hear them? Their voice was so loud and deep as a well. This looks like no one can buy them except for Gourmets.
"L-Let's proceed then my fellow guests, " The host said while she struggles to maintain a calm demeanor, "The selling style of this pepper is different, the reason, there are only 50 bags on our possession."
Everyone nodded in agreement, the selling style must be because of the pepper is different. But, the nobles of the second row are determined to buy at least a bag of pepper.
Servants took out a huge wooden board to the stage, there are numbers and words written on its surface.
'Black Ant Pepper - High-quality
Selling price: 1200 Mana Grains
Selling Condition: If the buyer wants another bag, a 10% mana grains will be added to your second bag.[1320]
: If the buyer wants the third bag, the buyer will pay with an additional 10% of the second bag. [1452]
: forth bag. [1597]
: Fifth bag. [1756]
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"Some of you must be thinking that the starting price is a reap off! And it was asking for more mana grains, but this kind of strategy is for the pepper to be sold in few buyers only." She said, "The buyer said, 'Want my pepper? You have to pay a higher price! I won't let you monopolize my pepper without hardship!' "
This sent the buyers into uproar while the Gourmet Hunters smiled, feeling amused by the way they sold them. It's clearly targeting the city's nobles. Wants more? Pay more!
"Also, this is not all, the seller said that the bag count will last for half a year, not per person, but per family, that is why we tighten our screening. Fufu, I'm looking forward who can buy the most!" She said then throw a seductive wink to the crowd.
"What!? Who sold them!? I won't buy such a high priced pepper! It's just a pepper, but the price could make the biggest dome! We can raise black ant peppers insisted on buying!"
"This is complete reap off, don't buy them until they lowered the price! Also, remove this fuc*ing selling strategy, you just want more money!"
A noble shout to make a ruckus and tried to lower the price, followed by commoners who are enraged, why does it have to be like this? The winter is getting near, and this person wants to make it hard for us?
The guards shoot a glare towards the noble representative and the commoner leader, not letting them cause a ruckus inside the building.
The nobles eyed the group of Gourmet Hunters, waiting for them to make a complaint. Who dares to oppose them? None! That's why, if this bunch of world nobles asks for a change, even the king will not get on their way!
"Hoho, the style really the same as the way those old fogies sold their goods!" Salva said, and smirked, " I remember that when I buy Rambutan Lobster king from them, It took me 3 months of dungeons diving to pay it! Well, I want five bags!"
"Fumu! I also want five bags of them! That's my limit!"
"Five bags for me!"
"Me too!"
Shaa!
The whole place turned silent and only the voice of ten members of Gourmet Hunters was heard, buying give bags each. They easily throw out 73,250 mana grains in one go!
Nobles and commoners can't help but smile bitterly, they just let them bought all in one go. The female host also turned silent, at first she thought it won't sell because the pepper is too pricey.
Lucas smiled from ear to ear, it's not that he's afraid of not selling his peppers, even if they decided to buy it one bag per person, he still could earn 60,000 mana grains. Growing his crops, and building the glass wall cost him 40,000 mana grains! It means, he earned 50% with just black ant pepper!
Lucas rubs his hands, thinking that this is just the first product he sold. "Mr. Malone, is that thing I give you already prepared?"
"Of course! It was already prepared! It was good that the gourmet hunters entered the scene, now we are sure that we could sell this product of yours!" Said Malone excitedly.
After a while, the transaction is finally set. A large cage covered with white-clothed entered the stage. Not long after, a group of female nobles entered from the sidelines, they have special sit next to the nobles representatives.
The female hast reveals a mysterious smile and took off the clothing, and revealed something that shocked all of the female nobles, and the Gourmet Hunters!
"This, " Lacelid exclaimed, "Finally! After years of searching, I never thought I'll meet you here!"
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