Chapter 305 An Accident
The Golden City, the new capital of the dwarves, sparkles with brilliant colors under the sun.
How much of this golden reflection is a nostalgia for the desert palace? Even the dwarf king himself finds it difficult to answer this question.
But even though we left the old palace that had been passed down for thousands of years, this new capital was not bad in any way. If we really had to find fault with it, it would only be that there was no endless amount of gold buried underground.
Perhaps it is for this reason that the dwarves' new capital not only looks like it is made of gold, but also vigorously promotes domestic business development, hoping to reproduce the glory of the past when the dwarves were not short of money.
Endel Mark was the lucky one who got the dividends of the times at this vent. The young nobleman wiped the sweat from his head and climbed down from the carriage.
The carriage is loaded with the "Fountain of Youth, Selected by the God of Alchemy" that has just been delivered. Just this small bottle is worth 1,999 gold coins. The Fountain of Youth in this carriage is worth a million gold coins.
This is because the luxurious packaging takes up a lot of space, otherwise it could have held more.
But packaging is necessary. This is a good thing that does not cheat the poor and is specially supplied to the nobles.
The Mark family made a fortune by relying on the agency rights of the Fountain of Youth. They went from being on the verge of bankruptcy to becoming a rising star in the business world. They were even summoned by the Dwarf King, who gave the highest-grade Fountain of Youth as a special supply for the royal family with a wave of his hand.
The business didn’t make much money, but the brand effect was created.
The Dwarf King is the new master of this land. If he likes something, other nobles will rush to buy it. Whether you like it or not, if you don't have a few bottles at home, are you dissatisfied with the rule of the Dwarves? Although this is a bit exaggerated, the Dwarves are not used to high-pressure rule.
But even if they don't confiscate the family's property and exterminate the clan, then at least I'll lose an opportunity to show my good will to the dwarf royal family. A low-end product is only a thousand or so gold coins, can't I just buy it?
As a result, the Mark family's business really became popular, and they accumulated a lot of wealth in a short time.
But just when the Mark family thought they could soar to the sky, they heard shocking news. The Alchemy God's Selection brand actually has more than just the Fountain of Youth. The desert has already started selling new sunscreens, and a small number of puppet mechanical products are selling well among adventurers.
Forget about the puppet machines, there are so few of them that they won’t pose any threat.
But sunscreen is different. This product is a popular product for the general public, and it kills all similar products with its super low price.
There is no other way. Their products are just as effective and cheaper. They are certified by legendary alchemists and endorsed by the God of Alchemy. It is said that the God of Alchemy performed miracles in the desert. Ice cubes coated with sunscreen did not melt in the sun for ten days.
Regardless of whether this is true or not, the advertising effect alone has crushed all similar products.
When selling to common people, what matters is the price/performance ratio; when selling to nobles, what matters is the brand style. This sunscreen is not only cheap, but also a product certified by the gods. Both common people and nobles must know how to choose it. As for the price, wouldn't it be enough to divide the product into several grades like the Fountain of Youth? Nobles prefer expensive products to cheap ones.
Master Mark only needed to ask around to find out that sunscreen made more money than his fountain of youth, and that number was enough to make people jealous.
When he was giving money to Miss Isabel as usual, he heard something that shocked him - Isabel was looking for agents for the Fountain of Youth in other kingdoms.
Master Mark then realized that the agency rights he had managed to obtain with great difficulty were actually limited to the Dwarf Kingdom.
Looking back at the contract carefully, the relevant clauses were indeed written, but they were mixed in with a bunch of other clauses. Master Mark didn't really read it carefully when he signed it.
It turns out that the agency rights can be sold by region? He really didn't know this kind of gameplay, because the previous Alchemy City was either a completely exclusive agency or no sales restrictions. This is the first time he has seen agency rights divided by region.
After the Mark family learned about this, they immediately made two choices. One was to continue to communicate and bid for the agency rights of other regions of the Fountain of Youth. The second was to immediately send people to other kingdoms to open up the market before the agency rights were awarded.
Endel Mark checked the cargo on the carriage and immediately urged the driver to go to the commercial teleportation array.
This time, he was going to the Tiefling Kingdom of Unholy Carols, because the Mark family had familiar friends there who could help open up trade routes.
As soon as he arrived near the teleportation array, Endel Mark saw a convoy that was so long that it seemed endless.
Endel Mark sighed. This was not the first time he had seen such a thing.
Ever since the Dwarf King vigorously promoted commercial development, various alchemical products began to reappear, and everyone was working hard to paint the previous market gaps with their own colors.
The foundation of transnational business is inseparable from the teleportation array.
Endel Mark also heard that because too many people had used the teleportation array recently, several mages responsible for maintaining the teleportation array had collapsed from exhaustion. There had also been several teleportation accidents, with people either being sent to the wrong place or having both people and goods blown to pieces.
Later, the kingdom had to order the construction of a new continental teleportation array, but now it seems that it is still not enough. I don’t know how long the queue will last.
But Endel Mark had known this would happen, so he set out early and could still afford to wait.
After waiting in line for nearly three hours, Ender Mark's convoy successfully entered the mainland teleportation array. After handing over the teleportation address to the dwarf wizard with dark circles under his eyes and a whole box of gold coins, the light of the teleportation array slowly lit up.
The space is gradually distorted. This force will tear the space apart, making the spatial coordinates of the destination coincide with this place, and then cut off the spatial coordinates here, and people and goods will instantly appear in another place.
Generally speaking, it will not have any effect on people. Some people who are overly sensitive to spatial perception will feel dizzy and nauseous. Endel Mark has been teleported many times and no longer has any dizziness reaction to teleportation.
But this time the situation seems a little different. Is the light of this teleportation array a little too bright?
Endel Mark was just curious when he suddenly saw the sleepy dwarf wizard shouting, "No! Get out of the teleportation array!"
However, it was too late, the light of the teleportation array enveloped Endel Mark and his convoy.
The next second, space distortion began to appear and everything on the teleportation array disappeared.
"How is this possible? This is a newly built continental teleportation array!"
The dwarf wizard quickly notified to pause the teleportation, then began to carefully check the teleportation magic circle, and finally came to a conclusion.
The teleportation array has been completely overloaded these days, causing problems. But sorry, the teleportation array built by the kingdom is at its own risk, whether it is death or disability, there is no compensation.
The dwarf wizard looked at the fees handed in by Endel Mark and couldn't help but sighed, "How pitiful! With such a serious spatial distortion, they must have turned into a pile of meat paste."
On the other side of the continent, Endel Mark and his convoy appeared in a remote grove.
He himself was not injured, but the carriage carrying the fountain of youth was seriously damaged.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
A corner of the carriage was crushed by the distortion of space, and two boxes of the Fountain of Youth were also broken into pieces.
Fortunately, no one was killed. The driver and several workers in charge of carrying the goods were all alive. Only one of the workers was unlucky. His right hand was completely twisted into a knot, but he didn't feel any pain and his fingers could even move.
This is a typical case of transmission failure. The disordered space will distort the body structure. This is not a simple external injury, but a direct change in the body structure.
Just like this worker, his arm was not broken, but grew into this shape.
Endel Mark said helplessly: "Go back and collect your pension, and then go home."
This symptom is not incurable, but too expensive. Cutting off the arm and then growing it back again would cost enough to hire 30 workers. The Mark family couldn't afford to pay for the treatment of a worker, so they just treated him as dead and gave him some pension.
The worker also understood that this was the best outcome. At least he saved his life.
After calming people down, Endel Mark ordered, "Quickly remove the Fountain of Youth and check it!"
A group of workers quickly began to unload the goods and carefully opened the exquisite packages. Later, they confirmed that there was something wrong with all the fountains of youth.
Originally, this batch of goods was the same color as the starry sky, and the shape was very beautiful, but now the starry sky is still there, but there are some small red dots.
From the outside, it looks better than before, but these fountains of youth are definitely useless.
It must be that the space was distorted during the transmission, causing certain impurities to enter the potion. The formulas of alchemical potions are very precise, a little more or less will affect the effect and even turn the healing potion into poison.
Endel Mark would never dare to sell the fountain of youth which already has impurities.
"It's over! Millions of goods!"
The Mark family suffered a huge loss this time. If they had not made a huge profit before, the family would have gone bankrupt by losing so much.
Endel Mark was helpless, but that's how business is. As long as he can hold on, he will earn it back next time.
What he should do now is to ignore these goods. Finding the way home is the key. The transmission failed. Where did he end up? Just as Endel Mark was about to send someone to inquire, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds came, and a silver-white army appeared, surrounding Endel Mark and his men.
Silver-white armor, rose pattern, this is the Holy Knight Corps of the Ryan Empire!
This teleportation threw them into Ryan's territory? !
Endel Mark quickly ordered: "Everyone get down, don't resist!"
All the people he brought with him immediately prostrated themselves on the ground. This submissive attitude made the holy warriors who had already raised their crossbows relax a little.
A red-haired paladin as strong as a lion rode up to Endel Mark and asked, "Where did you spies come from? How did you bypass our city defense magic circle?!"
Endel Mark slowly raised his head, saw the conspicuous red hair, and immediately recognized the mighty general.
Ryan's iron-blooded general Rachel Angelo is finished this time. Everyone knows that this iron-blooded general not only discriminates against aliens, he also does not let humans go! (End of this chapter)