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◎First Release◎
A tattered-looking light blue necklace was thrown onto the container in front of Yan Yu with a "whoosh".
Hearing that there was another excitement, a lot of people immediately gathered around Yan Yu's stall, pointing at her.
Yan Yu raised her eyes slightly, and after her gaze caught sight of the pointy-eared orc who was looking for trouble, she smiled knowingly: "How can you prove that this equipment was bought from my stall?"
It seems that this group of people were not satisfied after committing fraud, so they came again.
The pointy-eared orc frowned. "You're the only one selling this B-grade Frozen Necklace at the entire fair, and you still want to deny it!"
As he spoke, he revealed his victim's demeanor and loudly denounced Yan Yu to the assembled orcs, "Did you see? She's an unscrupulous merchant. Not only did she pass off inferior goods as genuine ones, she also deliberately overpriced the equipment to cheat us out of our money. Now that there's a problem with the product, she refuses to admit it! My 30 gold coins are truly a waste!"
"No, we can't let this go so easily. I'm going to report you to the higher-ups!"
The long-eyed orc who was a "passerby" nearby echoed, "Right. Stall owners like this must be reported if we spot them. We must force the organizers to remove her stall and blacklist her and her kind from the trade fair!"
Led by the two, many orcs who were unaware of the situation also began to condemn Yan Yu.
"This stall owner is obviously a scoundrel. He's selling a B-grade piece of equipment for 30 gold coins. A-grade blacksmiths only sell B-grade equipment for 20 gold coins."
"Ah, you mean the lord from the Red Fox Clan, right? I've been to his stall too. The B-class equipment there is of good quality and affordable. The key is that he is honest and trustworthy, unlike some stall owners who only know how to make dirty money and are not afraid of divine punishment?" Everyone knew who he was referring to.
"I advise you to pay them back right away. 30 gold coins is a lot of money. If you report it to the higher-ups, not only will your business be shut down, but you'll also be forced to do hard labor on the mining team to pay off the debt! With your small physique, you probably won't be able to mine for ten years to even make up for it."
Everyone's chattering failed to threaten Yan Yu. She just raised her eyelids slightly, glanced at the broken necklace, and snorted in her heart.
Seeing that Yan Yu was unmoved and even sat in his seat without moving, the pointed-eared orc and the long-eyed orc looked at each other secretly and felt that something was wrong.
Usually when they say this, the person who was hit by the scam will show a panic expression and choose to pay money to settle the matter peacefully. However, the female cat orc opposite actually crossed her arms and looked as if she was watching them perform a monkey show, which made people very unhappy.
But the cat clan is clearly the weakest race in the entire Beast God Forest. They are all very timid and would even wish that even an ant on the roadside would step on them.
Wasn’t the male orc from the cat tribe almost scared to death by the orc from the wolf tribe? He looked timid and cowardly, and obediently chose to pay money and equipment.
After dividing the spoils with the orcs of the wolf tribe, the two men, who had tasted the sweetness but not been satisfied, returned to the trading venue and looked for opportunities to continue cheating.
Coincidentally, at the same stall, they found a new cat-type orc selling equipment.
So the two of them decided to continue to trick her!
Unexpectedly, Yan Yu's behavior was completely different from Li Lu's before. For some reason, they both felt that she was confident.
The pointy-eared orc's brows were almost tied into a knot.
"Why, are you really not afraid that we'll make a scene at the higher-ups? Then they'll completely shut down your stall and blacklist all the beastmen from your cat tribe from the trade fair?"
Yan Yu shrugged nonchalantly. "Then go ahead and report it. I'm also going to report you for intentional defamation, intentional claims, and intentional disruption of the fair."
It's just a big deal, as if no one knows it. She is not afraid of them reporting it at all, but is afraid that they will not report it.
"Does anyone here know anyone from the patrol or monitoring team?" Yan Yu glanced at the onlookers. "Please help report them. Say someone here is deliberately colluding to defraud merchants, defrauding them of compensation, and seriously disrupting market order."
Pointed-eared orc: "You!"
"What's wrong with me? Reporting it to the higher-ups and having the patrol or inspection team come over, isn't that exactly what you want?"
"Okay, since you insist, let's all be witnesses here, and don't deny it when the time comes!" Anyway, no one can prove that this frozen necklace was not bought from Yan Yu's stall. Even if the patrol team and the supervision team came, what's the use? Doesn't she still have to admit her mistake and pay the money?
The two sides suddenly stood still.
Soon, a small team from the inspection team was pulled over by a busybody: "Everyone, make way, let's see what's going on."
In fact, on the way here, the busybodies had already told them the general course of events, but for more details, they still had to ask the parties involved.
The pointy-eared orc appeared calm, but his fists were clenched tightly, his nails digging deep into his flesh, fearing he would stumble. The long-eyed orc, pretending to be a bystander, was equally nervous.
But when the two of them saw the captain of the team clearly, they exchanged a subtle glance with him and both breathed a sigh of relief: Ha, this is good, they are sure to win.
The captain of this small team happened to be an acquaintance of their superiors, and he helped them a lot to settle things. Of course, they also gave him a lot of gifts, and both sides benefited mutually.
Yan Yu saw the arguments between the three people clearly, put his hand on his forehead and smiled briefly.
The team leader was unhappy and started to question, "What are you laughing at? You're the one who sold low-quality equipment at high prices, cheated the consumers, and then you're biting them back!"
The pointy-eared orc stepped forward and said, "Yes, that's her. Sir Inspector, you must make the decision for us!"
Yan Yu stood up, staring at the team leader with a sharp gaze. "Wow, I never knew that the inspectors at the trade fair could convict people without asking any questions. It's really eye-opening. To think that such abuse of power would occur at a trade fair, which has always been known for its fairness and strict supervision, would occur? Tsk, tsk, tsk."
Since the team leader dared to convict her right away, she didn't mind directly accusing him of abuse of power, although this was also an established fact.
Both the Red Fox and Eagle leaders paid special attention to the order and security of the trade fair. Even the stall owners and goods sold at each stall were strictly inspected.
If Li Lu and his companions had not accidentally helped the Red Fox couple, they would never have gotten such a stall, and Yan Yu would not have benefited from it later.
Once the people above knew that the inspector had conspired with outsiders to specifically harm those small vendors, I am afraid that the inspector's position would be removed in an instant.
The team leader was suddenly shocked: "Don't spit blood on me!"
"You are not abusing your power, so why did you convict me without any trial or investigation?" Yan Yu sneered.
"With all the evidence and witnesses, you still want to deny it?"
"That piece of junk wasn't even my product. Why should I admit it? I even said that you and that pointy-eared orc and that long-eyed orc were colluding to cheat money out of us weak vendors."
Yan Yu directly revealed the relationship between the three of them, letting them know that she was not easy to fool.
The three of them were shocked. They had never shown that they were familiar with each other. Even if they met, they would pretend to be strangers and ignore each other. They didn't expect Yan Yu to be so perceptive.
The team leader suppressed his inner anxiety and said, "Don't talk nonsense. How could I know them? Okay, stop talking nonsense. Since you say you are being wronged, what evidence do you have?"
Humph, small stall owners like them can’t produce any decent evidence anyway, so they have to admit defeat in the end.
Under the curious gazes of the onlookers, Yan Yu calmly took out the sign that had the equipment attributes written on it: "I am a blacksmith. These ten B-level equipment were all forged by me. All the attributes are listed on it."
She circled the data about the B-grade Frozen Necklace and showed it to everyone. After receiving countless surprised looks and exclamations, she continued.
"This pointy-eared orc definitely didn't do any thorough research before trying to trick me. He didn't know the specific properties of the B-rank Frozen Necklace I forged, so he just randomly took a scrap of it and used it to trick me."
After speaking, Yan Yu used advanced detection skills to examine the frozen necklace brought by the pointed-eared orc, and showed the attribute panels to the onlookers one by one.
[Frozen Necklace (Broken)]
Quality: Grade B
Basic Attributes: Attack +80 Defense +67
Additional attributes: Strength +60 Constitution +65
Special effect: 20% chance to trigger freezing deceleration effect, slowing down by 10% for 30 seconds
"The difference in attributes between these two is too great! The item the Pointy-Eared Orc brought out, whether in terms of basic attributes, additional attributes, or special effects, isn't even half as good as the stall owner's..."
"No wonder they're asking 30 gold coins! Just based on these attributes, I'd be willing to pay for it!"
"Hahaha, I snatched a B-rank Frost Hook from her stall a while ago, which greatly increased my strength. I just used it to hunt a level 45 monster outside, and now I'm here to sell materials. This piece of junk the Pointed-Eared Orc brought is really not even worth the little finger of the stall owner's equipment."
Listening to everyone's increasingly positive words towards Yan Yu, the team leader's brows knitted together. "Even if you're a blacksmith, so what? Every blacksmith forges subtle differences in equipment each time. Maybe this is a defective item you forged, and you're deliberately selling it as high-status equipment!"
Perhaps each piece of equipment forged by other blacksmiths has some differences, but Yan Yu is an SSS-level divine forger. All the materials in her hands, after being processed with her talent, are just like the products produced on the factory assembly line, with exactly the same properties.
Yan Yu: "Some people are about to get angry out of shame, right? Unfortunately, I have to disappoint you this time. The properties of the equipment I forge are completely consistent. There is no possibility of error, let alone defective products."
"How, how is this possible!?" The team leader, the pointy-eared orc, and the long-eyed orc said in unison, all with expressions of surprise and confusion on their faces.
Even an A-level blacksmith or an S-level equipment maker cannot guarantee that the attributes of each piece of equipment they produce are the same. She is just a small cat-type orc, and her talent can never exceed B level. How can she do it?
He must be trying to be mysterious!
"We don't believe it unless you can prove it yourself! Forge ten frozen necklaces in front of everyone and see what their properties are!"
Yan Yu: "Okay, but I don't have the materials to forge the ice necklace at the moment." In fact, there are a lot of them in the space of her bracelet, but she just wants to make the other party bleed a little as an appetizer.
The three of them exchanged glances, convinced that Yan Yu was deliberately shirking responsibility. To prevent Yan Yu from regretting his decision, the Pointed-Eared Orc quickly said, "Don't worry! I'll buy you all the materials. If you can't forge ten B-grade frozen necklaces with identical properties, not only will you return them to me, but you'll also have to compensate me with five B-grade equipment and 100 gold coins for my emotional distress!"
Hearing his words, Yan Yu pretended to be hesitant and refused to respond, which made the three men even more certain that Yan Yu was guilty.
The pointy-eared orc pressed on: "What, you don't dare anymore? Then just pay for the money and equipment. Why bother making such a fuss and wasting our time?"
"Let's bet, let's bet." Yan Yu deliberately misinterpreted the display as a bet. "If I lose the bet, I'll give you five B-level equipment and 100 gold coins. I'll also give you all the new equipment forged with your materials. But what if you lose the bet?"
The chips on both sides are too unbalanced, so what's the point of playing?
They have to up the ante.
The team leader snorted contemptuously, "We can't lose."
"What if?"
"If we lose, not only will the B-grade materials for forging equipment be given away for free, but you can also choose any item from my storage ring. We will also give you 500 gold coins as compensation for your mental damages and apologize to you publicly. How about that?"
【Author’s words】
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