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Chapter 16: Threat (Part 1)

Two days later, Amalia opened Red Espiritual Net, and a series of urgent notification sounds chimed incessantly, like a relentless reminder.

She turned off the notifications, and the world instantly became quiet.

Amalia was puzzled as she saw that all the messages were private messages.

She had just opened her shop two days ago, so why would so many people send her private messages?

Upon opening a few of them, she realized they were all berating her for being obsessed with money.

After tracing back to the source, Amalia found the initial post that had triggered it all, and everything became clear in an instant.

Official certification?

When she had applied to open her shop, Red Espiritual Net hadn't indicated that she needed any official certification.

After reading for a while, she finally understood that this certification wasn't actually necessary.

Amalia didn't bother delving into the extensive discussions that followed.

She closed the post, opened the message panel, and began deleting the private messages berating her.

Among the hundreds of messages, only less than ten remained, including one that caught her attention.

"Shopkeeper, I don't have that much money. Could you lower the price a bit? Two million is indeed quite high. Also, may I ask a question? Why don't you get your artifacts officially certified? If you're busy, you don't need to reply right away."

Amalia noticed that the other private messages seemed to be probing, but this person appeared genuinely sincere. She replied, "What's official certification?"

Carlos hadn't expected the shopkeeper to respond so quickly.

He had prepared himself for his message to be ignored. After contemplating for a moment, he decided to send it without any changes.

Amalia read the response and fell silent for a while. It seemed quite troublesome.

"However, in the hundreds of years since Red Espiritual Net was created, there have only been a dozen or so cases of counterfeit incidents. They were dealt with promptly afterward. The most recent one was seven or eight years ago. Those people who are talking about you are ultimately just jealous," Carlos added. "But to avoid trouble, you'd better consider getting officially certified."

"Oh, why do you say that?" Amalia replied.

"Have you seen the original poster of that thread? His rank on Red Espiritual Net isn't low, and he has a history of targeting shopkeepers. Most of the time, he argues with reason and evidence, but the most important thing is that he's skilled at manipulating the narrative."

"Ordinary users rarely doubt him, and many shops have suffered from his actions. There was once a symbol shop with high sales that he single-handedly ruined."


Chapter 17: Threat (Part 2)

"Unless you pay him a hush fee, the price varies. He's quite despicable in his methods, so shopkeepers need to be cautious. He made a big fuss about you yesterday, and he probably has some significant intentions. He might come looking for you soon."

Just as they spoke of the devil, Héctor arrived.

Amalia saw another private message in her inbox, this time from a sender named Héctor, the same ID as the user who started the thread berating her.

"Is this the person you were talking about?"

She showed Carlos the ID of the private message.

Carlos hadn't expected this to happen so quickly; his eyes nearly popped out. "It's him." However, he didn't understand why Héctor seemed so urgent.

He wondered what was in the private message.

Amalia glanced at the message content, which was almost identical to what Carlos had described.

This person didn't explicitly ask for a hush fee, but he had his eyes on Amalia artifacts, asking her to sell them for a low price of five hundred thousand.

If not, he threatened to make disparaging posts about the shop, ensuring that Amalia shop would never have any customers.

If it weren't for her lack of money at the moment—her injuries were left untreated due to the lack of funds, and she could only afford half of the recovery process, with the other half progressing slowly—she wouldn't have been so hasty to put her artifacts up for sale.

"I know you're there. It's just a simple decision whether to sell for five hundred thousand or not. But don't blame me for not warning you in advance. Your shop reputation on Red Espiritual Net has already turned sour. It might extend beyond Red Espiritual Net as well. It's not difficult for real-world Artificer to find out. I'm generally reasonable, but if you provoke me, I can't guarantee anything."

Héctor waited for a while without receiving a response from Amalia.

He decided to send another private message, feeling that he had displayed considerable patience.

After Amalia finished dealing with matters and returned, she saw the new private message. She replied in a composed manner with just one word.

"Scram."

Héctor heard the notification sound and eagerly opened the private message, but his expression changed from stiffness to a grimace of anger.

He angrily swept objects off a surface, muttering, "You don't want to give face, huh? Just you wait. If your shop manages to succeed, I'll have my name written backwards!"

Héctor finished his message and closed Red Espiritual Net. Clenching his teeth, he began contemplating how to ruin Amalia shop.

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