Wang Han didn't care about the uproar at the Adventurers' Guild. Regardless of what they did or what the consequences might be, he still had to do what he needed to do. After accepting the mission, he quickly left the Adventurers' Guild.
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"What? The mission to wipe out the Luo Lie family has been taken by someone else?"
"That's a family with two gods."
"The one who took the mission was also a deity."
"It's a battle between at least three gods. At least one will die, and possibly all three, or even more. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Meanwhile, news of Wang Han accepting the mission to annihilate the Luo Lie family spread like wildfire, quickly becoming a hot topic not only among major powers but also among ordinary mercenaries and civilians. Many people began focusing their attention on the Luo Lie family, while others sought information about Wang Han. Among them, a group of people were particularly eager to try their luck – these were the pseudo-gods. Becoming a god is extremely difficult, especially for humans, who are limited by their innate talents, making it impossible to achieve godhood through cultivation alone. Therefore, many who become gods have devised alternative methods, one of which is to kill a god and seize its divinity. This is why battles between gods are generally kept secret, as others might reap the benefits. Even within the mercenary guild, many missions to kill gods are jointly issued by pseudo-gods, because gods are incredibly powerful; even the weakest god can defeat ten pseudo-gods (like a star destroyer taking on ten nation-destroying beings). Unfortunately, these false gods often issue missions only after the gods have been killed, at which point the missions are accepted and everyone becomes aware of them. Even if the mission isn't accomplished, many false gods still issue missions to kill gods. But this time is different; the Luo family is still alive and well.
Although there are many intricacies involved, Wang Han wouldn't care even if he knew them. In fact, he would be happy if more people came to him for help.
After returning to the blacksmith shop of the dwarf Reg, Wang Han said goodbye and then left with his armored rhinoceros.
After arriving at the market in Chaohui City, Wang Han began a shopping spree. After all, Wang Han would eventually leave this world, and the money in this world would be useless after he left. So Wang Han planned to buy wherever he went in the future.
In the market, Wang Han walked around, and whatever he saw that caught his eye, he didn't even bother to haggle over the price; he simply packed it all up and tossed it into his Divine Might Space. When Wang Han destroyed the Blue Maple Empire, he looted all the wealth of the Blue Maple Empire's royal family; the crystal coins alone were enough to easily empty all the markets in Chaohui City.
In the market, shop owners craned their necks, eagerly watching Wang Han sweep through the market from afar. Wang Han's shopping spree was incredibly ruthless; he bought everything from food and household goods to raw materials, ores, and even ornamental plants—anything he didn't have, liked, or found interesting. He bought almost half the market's goods in his haul. It was impossible not to marvel at the sheer size of his spatial equipment, a testament to his extraordinary abilities.
Although Wang Han's actions were outrageous, the merchants didn't dare to really overcharge. At most, they would only raise prices by less than 30%. After all, Wang Han was clearly a powerful professional, and some merchants even knew who he was. Raising prices a little was acceptable, but courting death was not an option. If they dared to treat Wang Han as a sucker, they might have the life to take the money but not the life to spend it. They didn't even need Wang Han to lift a finger; they only needed to express their dissatisfaction, and plenty of people would come after them to curry favor with him. In fact, Wang Han's anger might even implicate many others.
After scanning one market, Wang Han set off for the next, completely disregarding the consequences of his actions.
After Wang Han left, the other mercenaries, adventurers, and even civilians who came to buy things looked at the leftover goods in the market, whose prices had doubled, and felt like crying.
On the other side, Wang Han moved very quickly, sweeping through more than fifteen markets in just one afternoon. He even emptied two vegetable markets. The markets selling medicinal herbs and ores were almost completely emptied by Wang Han; nine out of ten were out of stock, and the remaining one only contained what Wang Han had left behind.
After clearing out his goods, Wang Han booked a place to stay. After organizing his purchases, he went out again that night, not only sweeping up the rare items at two night markets but also booking out the entire night auction house. Everyone else who participated left empty-handed, regardless of the item's value or the person's social standing. Once Wang Han placed a bid, no one in the auction house dared to raise the price, no matter how low the item's value or how high the person's status. Those who participated in the auction understood better than anyone the terror of the gods and the benefits of establishing a connection with them. Even if Wang Han didn't care, there were plenty of people who wanted to find reasons to curry favor; no one wanted to be that reason.
The next day, Wang Han got up early and began his shopping spree. His first stop was the slave market. He took everything, regardless of race, age, gender, or even the sick. He took every single slave, without paying them. No one dared to hide anyone under Wang Han's nose. Anyone who did was killed without explanation. Faced with Wang Han's tyrannical behavior, everyone was furious, but no one dared utter a word. They had to respectfully hand over the slave contracts with forced smiles.
After leaving several slave markets, Wang Han led tens of thousands of slaves straight to other markets. Regardless of whether he liked the goods, he simply gave the slaves money to buy them, while he waited at the market entrance to collect the goods. He also told the slaves that anyone who dared to ask for exorbitant prices should report back to him. With the slaves' orders and participation, Wang Han's purchasing speed was several times faster and easier, and even less expensive, because the slaves would haggle and weren't as hasty as Wang Han. Although these people were slaves, knowing what had happened in the slave markets and knowing that these slaves were all Wang Han's slaves, no one dared to mess with them—that would be suicide. In no time, Wang Han's arrogance and fearsome reputation spread throughout Chaohui City. Especially after learning that Wang Han was the god who had successively destroyed the Luo Lie family, no one dared to show any sign of arrogance; many thought Wang Han was a madman.
Although Wang Han went on a shopping spree, Chaohui City was, after all, a large city with a population of 20 million and a very high flow of people. Even two days before his departure, Wang Han had only managed to clear out the markets in the east and west districts, emptying the entire slave market and booking out the night session at the city's most famous auction house. After Wang Han's sweep, prices across the city more than tripled, and many items became unavailable despite their price, leading to widespread discontent among the city's residents.
But would Wang Han care? After sweeping up the goods, Wang Han put all the slaves into the Divine Might Space.
After Wang Han left, an even more alarming piece of news spread: some observant individuals discovered the Blue Maple Empire's insignia, and even the royal insignia, on the crystal coins Wang Han used to pay. While this didn't affect the value of the crystal coins (the currency value was uniform across the entire continent; of course, purchasing power varied across regions, and insignia could be erased; the demise of a nation didn't render its currency invalid, just like precious metals—precious metals retain their value even after a nation's collapse. The same applies to magic crystal cards. There's only one bank across the entire continent, universally recognized by all nations; only the currencies and crystal cards of different countries can bear national insignia), a conclusion was drawn: the destruction of the Blue Maple Empire was closely related to Wang Han, and it's highly likely that other powerful deities were associated with him. After all, news of the Blue Maple Empire's destruction spread among the refugees.
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