Chapter 84: Step: Promotion

  Around midday.

  The rest area in the lumberyard camp was bustling with activity.

  A rge adventurer’s hall had just opened for business.

  Adventurers came a, resting and talking non-stop.

  "Have you all heard? There are more troll camps to the east, but it's a bit far…"

  "There are groups of seven ht trolls there, and it’s not easy to hah fewer numbers…"

  "The troll camps to the west are det. I heard someone found over ten of them. We’re pnning to check it out this afternoon…"

  "The information is publiyway, so let’s discuss and avoid unnecessary petition…"

  "There are tless trolls in the Dark Forest, and the two hundred of us ’t possibly take them all down…"

  "True, but the gold in hand is the only thing that matters…"

  "Haha, don’t just focus orolls. The Dark Forest is rich with magical materials and herbs too!"

  "True, but those materials are scattered, and you o meet certain standards to collect them…"

  "Isn’t that eveer? Slow and steady wins the race. It's a long-term business…"

  "I heard that the lord is pnning to set up some outposts in the rger resource areas for development…"

  "Yeah, I heard that too. You apply to be statiohere a 10% of the profits…"

  "But only if you’re the discoverer or a qualified adventurer, right?"

  "That’s great, isn’t it?"

  "This pce is amazing. pared to other territories, it’s like a paradise for adventurers!"

  "You said it!"

  "..."

  Adam Smith overheard these adventurers' versations, finding them quite intriguing. What ied him even more was that despite earning siderable bouhese adventurers were not stingy about spending their money here.

  He began to uand why the lord had goo such lengths to build an adventurer’s hall here.

  What really excited Adam Smith was the 2,000 bottles of Blood Revitalizing Potions in his ste belt.

  Ralph had even promised him that each week, they would be able to supply han this amount of Blood Revitalizing Potions.

  This meant that the lord, who spent money like water, could earn over 4,000 gold s each month!

  Adam Smith didn’t know how the lord produced so many Blood Revitalizing Potions but guessed it had something to do with the captured trolls.

  "Does this mean that the more trolls captured, the higher the potion produ will be?"

  What Adam Smith didn’t know was that just from yesterday to today, in a span of over ten hours.

  The mutated , Peak, had produced 1,000 bottles of Blood Revitalizing Potions through tinuous mass produ!

  Every two living trolls meant 40 additional bottles of Blood Revitalizing Potions each day, which equated to ara 10 gold s daily!

  The return on iment could be recouped within ten days!

  The rate of return was terrifying!

  As Matthew flipped through his spell scrolls, he g the thoughtful Adam Smith, not b to engage in cryptic games with him, and said calmly:

  "tinue purchasing magical materials, especially Moonlight Flower, Red Amber Leaf, Living Root Grass, ah Elemental Crystals!"

  "You keep buying sves, and don’t stop recruiting peasants. As for the refugees from the south, take as many as you get."

  Matthew had an insatiable demand for popution.

  Memorizing the list of materials, Adam Smith nodded quickly, sensing the importance of the matter:

  "I’ll try to ceal the types and quantities of materials as much as possible and bring back as many seeds as I ."

  "As for the peasants, that won’t be a problem. Most cities are happy to reduce the number of people in their slums."

  "Most peasants are also eager to start new lives."

  "I’ve heard that the u in the south is intensifying, and more and mees are fleeing northward…"

  "No lord wants to take them in, so there shouldn’t be any issues on that front."

  Adam Smith had a vague uanding of the southern u.

  He had heard that it was caused by the flict between two great arists and their fas, which had thrown two provinces with millions of people into chaos.

  Even the Seventon cil didn’t seem ined to intervene.

  Matthew knew much more about the situation, having been involved himself and resurreg multiple times because of it.

  He khis flict would st for more than a decade and would only grow more intense.

  So he had his eye on the millions ees.

  If he could gather even just a tenth of these unwanted refugees, he could easily assemble a popution in the millions!

  Attrag popution was a foundation, and Matthew wasn’t going to pass up recruiting adventurers either.

  "Spread the word in Blood Moon City and other cities to draw in more adventurers!"

  The more hands, the better!

  "My promotional campaign will be thh and will lead adventurers directly to us…"

  Rubbing his hands in anticipation, Adam Smith put away the illusion spell crystal.

  He was already envisioning his return to Blood Moon City, where he would flood the market with Blood Revitalizing Potions and take his trading busio new heights.

  Even good wine go unnoticed in an alley!

  As a businessman, he khe importance of advertising.

  Half an hour ter.

  Enduring the disfort brought on by spatial teleportation, Adam Smith returo Blood Moon City.

  Once his body recovered, Adam Smith, along with his guards, quickly left the teleportation hall and headed back to his mert guild’s headquarters.

  After ensuring his safety, Adam Smith let out a long breath.

  He immediately pced the 2,000 Blood Revitalizing Potions into a magic-sealed box marked with its destination.

  With a wide smile, Adam Smith had already decided t some extra profits from a few of his business partners.

  Meanwhile, wiping the sweat from his forehead, Adam Smith found his assistant and gave him careful instrus:

  "Immediately send more persoo other cities’ adventurers’ guilds, slums, and sve markets. We o recruit as many people as possible."

  His experienced assistant nodded and took the paper from Adam Smith, carefully tug it into his pocket before rushing out.

  After waiting for a moment, Adam Smith turo his captain of the guard and said:

  "Prepare to recruit muards. The size of our caravans will be increasing, so we must eheir safety…"

  The captain of the guard nodded silently aured for two guards to make the necessary arras.

  Uo sit still, Adam Smith began pnning for the steps:

  "Establish a unication route with the southern provinces and spread word about Bay Vilge to attract mees…"

  "Buy food from other cities and nearby vilges, a up more food ste warehouses…"

  "tact the Truth Spell anization. Bay Vilge needs more magical materials…"

  FAL