vncnus Chapter 37 The Unscrupulous Merchant from the Village Kingdom
Chapter 37 The Unscrupulous Merchant from the Village Kingdom
"Bro, your goods are a bit shabby compared to other merchants. You're asking me for twenty emeralds for an enchanted iron pickaxe. If you're so good at this, why don't you just rob someone?"
Su He stood beside his wooden hut, carefully reviewed the trading interface, and then looked up at the wandering merchant with astonishment in his eyes.
Compared to the skeleton merchant I encountered last time, this wandering merchant who spawns right outside my house is incredibly unscrupulous.
He was on his way to upgrade the beacon when he saw the wandering merchant leading two alpacas in front of the house.
Because the skeleton wandering merchant had left a good impression on Su He last time, he stopped and decided to take a look at the goods offered by this villager wandering merchant.
You wouldn't believe it until you see it; once you do, you realize the other party practically has the word "heartless" written all over their face.
Twenty emeralds are needed to buy a pickaxe with a durability of 1. If this were in a game, Su He would have killed the villager long ago and turned him into two warm ropes.
But just as this thought arose, the skull merchant's token badge in his backpack reminded him not to act impulsively.
What if this wandering merchant also possesses a token? I can't afford to offend the entire group of wandering merchants in the village because of one shady merchant.
The wandering merchant, leading two alpacas, stared blankly at Su He, revealing little intelligence about him.
Su He's panel also clearly indicated that this wandering merchant's qualifications were only average.
Exchange all the emeralds that this unscrupulous wandering merchant can get.
Since the other party had nothing worth trading, Su He decided to ignore the wandering merchant and continue upgrading the beacon.
The emerald I got from the wandering merchant is good to keep and use when the skeleton merchant comes next time.
Su He had only taken a few steps when the wandering merchant immediately let out his signature villager shout and turned to look at him.
The villager's previously indifferent expression changed; his straight brows furrowed, and he looked extremely unhappy.
"What's wrong? Is there something you're unhappy about?"
Su He turned to look at the homeless merchant, whose sullen appearance was so comical that he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
The wandering merchant didn't pay attention to Su He's expression.
It separated its hands, which had been clasped in front of its chest, one hand clutching the emerald, the other holding the one-durability iron pickaxe, and gestured something in the villagers' panting language.
Su He couldn't understand the villagers' language, but he roughly understood what they were trying to say. The laughter that had just been amused by their comical appearance vanished instantly.
"What, are you saying you're going to try and force me to buy this?"
Su He took the iron sword out of his backpack as a threat, but the wandering merchant was not afraid at all. Instead, he took out a paper letter from his pocket and showed it to him.
Su He immediately brought up the detailed panel of the letter, and understood its general purpose with just a glance.
[The Traveling Merchant's Certificate of the Village Kingdom]
[Description: This is a token possessed exclusively by merchants belonging to the Villager Kingdom. Villager merchants who obtain this token are protected by the Villager Kingdom. Killing someone carrying this token will mark them as an enemy of the Villager Kingdom.]
Sure enough, after scanning the contents of the item, it was clear that killing a merchant who possessed such a special item would indeed incur a penalty.
"Providing protection for such unscrupulous merchants, it seems this village kingdom isn't any better."
Su He pursed his lips in dissatisfaction. Although he couldn't kill the wandering merchant directly, it didn't mean he couldn't deal with this unscrupulous merchant.
After all, it's my world, my world.
Whether it's the games of the past or the system that accompanies me now, the name has always been the same.
In my world, Su He is here to be the emperor!
If I can't even handle a small NPC, then what's the point of being emperor?
He summoned his most loyal witch servants, ready to teach this arrogant and unscrupulous villager a lesson.
The witch who had just arrived was initially unaware of his purpose, but after receiving Su He's instructions, she immediately understood and promised to use various potions to torture and teach the wandering merchant a lesson, while sparing his life.
Having arranged everything, Su He was about to turn and leave when she suddenly realized she had forgotten something.
That is, wandering merchants will leave (disappear) at a fixed time, and you cannot torment them for long.
Furthermore, villagers and wandering merchants cannot be converted into zombie villagers or witches.
Simply letting the wandering merchants escape would not be enough to vent our anger.
The villager merchant, who was being held down by the zombie soldiers, saw Su He deep in thought and assumed that he had changed his mind, remembered the threat posed by the village kingdom, and dared not do anything to him again.
But just as this thought arose, Su He whispered a few words to the witch.
The next second, the two of them locked their malicious gazes firmly onto the unscrupulous villager.
As for what Su He and the witch secretly discussed, it goes back to when he took the witch to visit the monster-hunting area earlier.
At that time, the witch asked Suhe for the drops dropped by otherworldly monsters, wanting to develop a special potion.
This potion has now been successfully developed. When used in combination with other potions, it can transform ordinary Minecraft creatures into mutated forms that have been infected by external factors.
When this infection potion was first developed, Su He thought it was quite useless, since his monster-slaying grounds could continuously spawn these mutated monsters.
But to his utter surprise, this bottle of medicine, which was originally useless, would come in handy today.
Whether it was the wandering merchant in front of him or the skeleton merchant he had encountered before, Su He had always been suspicious of the forces behind them, such as the Village Kingdom and the Wandering Skeleton Family.
My territory is only so big; once I leave here, it's impossible for any other Minecraft creatures to spawn elsewhere.
Leaving aside the Wandering Skeleton Family, where exactly is a powerful force like the Village Kingdom located?
Surely there aren't other places besides his territory that are also affected by the MC rules.
Thinking of this, Su He suddenly became interested in the traveling merchant certificate of the village kingdom in the hands of the unscrupulous villager. Perhaps the clue he wanted was hidden on it.
The witch cast a transformative potion on the wicked villagers.
Under the desperate gaze of the villagers, the wandering merchant, who was originally unable to be transformed into a zombie or a witch, was successfully transformed into a Minecraft creature infected by the outside world.
The wandering merchant's general appearance remained unchanged, but his head was split open, oozing scarlet flesh and blood, his eyes rolled back, and his spirit had completely transformed into that of a beast.
At this moment, it is no longer the black marketeer it once was.
Su He swung his iron sword and killed him. He not only successfully obtained the traveling merchant's token from the wandering merchant's loot, but also received an unexpected bonus.