Chapter 326: The Excellent Sales Platform

Chapter 326

The Excellent Sales Platform

“What happened? Princess Ellie killed the demonic toxin’s victim, yet she didn’t get poisoned herself? What does this mean?”

“Exactly. The two professors said she wasn’t poisoned. How can that be?”

“How is that possible? I think the two professors might say that to help her.”

“Yes, yes. Because she’s an important person of the Setter family. Even if she did get poisoned, someone would definitely help her, right?”

“This isn’t something to speak carelessly about. If she truly got poisoned, there would definitely be dangerous later on.”

“You talk big. If that’s the case, why don’t you deal with her yourself?”

“You do it.”

“No, you do it.” Each person argued relentlessly. Ellie heard their words and smiled without any fear. She glanced at the two professors and relied on them to listen on behalf of everyone else.

“Professor Medik, Professor Lucien, you understand correctly...I didn’t get poisoned by the demonic toxin, even though I killed demonic toxin’s victims or demonic beasts,” she confirmed confidently. Medik nodded with a smile. This child always made him worry.

“So...is it that weapon that’s special?” Lucien was always quick to understand. Ellie nodded to him immediately.

“Yes, Professor. This is a weapon that the Setter family developed after they learned that there were still demonic toxin users around here.”

“Oh, it’s them,” Professor Lucien murmured. Although he had guessed from the beginning that the weapon was likely a product of the Setter family, he was more interested in how a family without a group of research experts came up with this idea.

Ellie did not disclose any more details about the weapon to everyone. This superior weapon had to generate significant value, and there was absolutely no reason to reveal it so easily.

According to the storyline of the novel, the heroine saved Prince Jason’s life, and because of her ability to handle demonic toxin without spreading it to others, she immediately became the focus of the kingdom’s attention. Ellie had planned from the beginning to seize the heroine’s favorable destiny for herself.

Since the author tried so hard to steer everything towards the heroine, giving her only good things, Ellie would remind the author once again that even if they brought the heroine back anew, in the end, the author would still lose to her. It’s better to stay put and accept reality. Ultimately, not everything could turn out exactly as one desired. A life that learned about pain, disappointment, and understanding the word "enough" was the true solution.

Ellie smiled as she looked at everyone. The eyes of the prince and the Emperor were filled with disbelief, but Grace’s gaze was full of resentment and displeasure. No matter how much she tried to hide her feelings with a delighted smile at Ellie’s survival, deep down, she could never accept losing this storyline.

"Everyone must be quite confused by my actions. In truth, our Setter family didn’t really want to reveal this product to everyone because its effectiveness isn’t perfect yet. However...now everyone knows."

"Our Setter family has found a way to handle demonic toxin. From now on, no matter what kind of demonic toxin user we encounter, we can deal with them easily. Our Setter family has a method to create weapons to deal with demonic toxin. As soon as we end the life of a poisoned individual, the demonic toxin will be absorbed into these weapons, rendering them unusable afterwards."

"It’s like a disposable item, but it’s a weapon our Setter family is most proud of. Previously, many important people of the family had to sacrifice their lives. Thus, from now on, we won’t allow any more family members to be lost."

"However, creating methods of these weapons are very special, so it’s quite expensive. But I believe it will enable all of us in the kingdom to move away from the path of fear and move forward. No one will have to fear being a sacrifice anymore."

"This weapon can be exchanged for 10,000 ordinary weapons or 1,000 spiritual fruits. We, the Setter family, intend to sell it to you all, but for now, our weapons are only of low level. If we develop it to be used twice or more in the future, ordinary weapons won’t be sufficient to exchange for it anymore!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd couldn’t help but gasp in astonishment. Ellie immediately set up a stall to sell the Setter family’s goods. Weren’t they in need of resources to exchange for tol coins? So why not took this shortcut?

If they sold the demonic toxin-countering weapons on the 7th floor, the price would only be 100 tols. Instead of wasting time doing that, wouldn’t it be better to exchange them for weapons for humans who didn’t know how to eliminate demonic toxin? A general level 0 weapon was worth only 1 tol. It’s not very worthwhile to produce and sell them, and the Setter family didn’t have skilled craftsmen to create weapons, making it difficult.

However, there were other families proficient in weapon manufacturing who could produce thousands of weapons a day. So, if they took 10 days to exchange for weapons that could handle the demonic toxin like this, wouldn’t it be more worthwhile?

Other families afraid of demonic toxin would have weapons to deal with it, while the Setter family benefited greatly. With just a few flicks of his fingers, the eldest young lord could create weapons to slay demonic beasts or those poisoned with demonic toxins. From 100 tols, they could make 10,000 tols instead. Not to mention the spiritual fruits—they could sell for 10-50 tols each for level 0 spiritual fruits. So, if they get 1,000 fruits, they would also get 10,000 tols.

Some families could produce weapons, some had enough money to buy them, and some had land to cultivate spiritual fruits. Instead of letting them sold these on the 7th floor themselves, wouldn’t it be better to buy these items first? It’s certain that cities with a lot of spiritual fruits would become wealthy in the future. For the Setter family, this was their chance to profit.

In the end, each family might only want 1-10 demonic beast-slaying weapons. No one would buy them to distribute to everyone in the family like the Setter family. So, after 1-2 years, when the demand was met, they wouldn’t be able to sell these weapons for profit anymore. This way, it wouldn’t attract too much hatred. After 10 years, when they realized the demonic beast-slaying weapons weren’t that expensive, they might forget about them or have already passed the crisis and no longer care.

Steven and Aman’s eyes gleamed. Suddenly, Ellie used this platform to sell her own products. Looking at Owen, who didn’t show any surprise, they could only concede. It turned out that the eldest young lord of the family knew about these profit-making schemes.

"I-Is this...really true?"

"Yes, yes. Can we just exchange for it with low-level weapons?"

"Exactly, this is quite...surprising."

"Low-level weapons are only worth a few copper coins, but exchanging them for a weapon that can deal with demonic beasts is..."

"If you don’t believe it, that’s your problem. But Princess Ellie, I believe you. My family has plenty of low-level weapons. Can we trade right now? How should we proceed with the transaction?"

"Me too. I believe. I want those weapons. Not just 10,000 pieces. If you need more, I can give you even more!"

"Me too, I want them as well. I can bring the weapons right now." Many people responded enthusiastically. They had seen with their own eyes that the demonic toxin did not enter the body of the princess from the Setter family. Moreover, the special weapon that would help them not fear demonic toxin anymore—how could people not want it?

Each person expressed their intentions and desires fully, creating chaos all around. The Emperor’s face turned green and red. These people weren’t even from major families, yet they dared to propose ahead of the palace?

"Everyone, be quiet. This matter isn’t settled yet. Why are you all in such a hurry?" The Emperor’s words made everyone realize that they almost trampled over him in their eagerness to propose weapon exchanges with the Setter family. Many hurriedly retreated, and some quickly averted their eyes.

The Emperor wanted to reprimand them, but it would create a negative image. He just sighed and ordered his people to handle the corpses lying around. Light magic users inspected everyone for demonic toxin in case anyone else was affected by the recent attack. Of course, he also wanted to inspect Ellie, and it was confirmed that she was indeed not poisoned. This meant the weapon was as effective as claimed!

"First of all, I must thank you greatly for saving my son. If you hadn’t intervened, Jason would have been poisoned by the demonic toxin. I will surely send rewards to the Setter family afterwards."

"But above all, this matter must be dealt with at its root. Jason...do you know what you did wrong?" The Emperor turned to look at Jason, who had just survived. As the one hosting the banquet, he let such an incident occur. As the Emperor, he had to take responsibility, especially since the problem arose from his son’s men. He couldn’t shirk this responsibility.

“Father, I...” Jason gritted his teeth. He had just survived, and earlier his father had abandoned him to save himself. Now, when it came to assigning blame, it was directed at him. Did his father actually think it would have been better if he had died? At least his death might have made people feel some sorrow!

"You failed to manage your own people properly. One of your guards was poisoned and collapsed. If not for Ellie’s help, he might have died, and you were unaware of the cause. This is your first mistake!"

"Secondly...another one of your guards had been poisoned by the demonic toxin for who knows how long. Why didn’t you take appropriate action and instead let him wander around the palace? If he had gone mad and killed not just you, but me or others, how would you take responsibility for that? If not for Ellie saving you again, perhaps we all might have died."

"Your third mistake is not knowing what you did wrong. You will be punished accordingly for the problems you caused. First, the resources allotted to you will be reduced by half. Second, you must sacrifice your personal time to serve the kingdom. You must participate in gathering resources to exchange with the Setter family, to increase the space and ensure our people’s survival. And third...you are banned from entering the palace library and forbidden from accessing or withdrawing from the treasury for 3 months!!"

The Emperor didn’t give Jason any chance to argue. Jason’s only real guard was Ryker, while the other 2 had been chosen by the Emperor himself. Yet now, when a problem arose, it was said that he hadn’t managed his people properly.

Jason clenched his fists in anger, and Vida also began to fume about the situation. She thought that the punishments for her fiancé were not intended to directly harm him, as the Jarlon family would support the prince in every way. However, this was actually a way to weaken the Jarlon family, saving resources for the Emperor. Throwing the prince to be managed by them was...selfishness at an unreachable level.

"There are others who must also be punished for this negligence. However, regarding the important person who suddenly rushed in and attacked our people, Fronda family, how do you explain your daughter’s actions?"

The Emperor didn’t stop there. After dealing with Prince Jason, he looked for the next target, which turned out to be a noble from the Rhea Kingdom, who was now facing bad luck.

Since gathering resources was impossible for the Emperor to ask other families to help with—because every family wanted to act in their own interest—and this wasn’t a war between kingdoms that could call for emergency mobilization, it was a fight for survival. Unless punishments were imposed like this, there was no other way to get the major families to help.

"Y-Your majesty...about this matter..." The head of the Fronda family felt quite a headache. He understood the Emperor’s intention, and even though he wanted to refuse, there was no other choice at this point.

"Since you raised your daughter to grow up with such a vile and evil heart, as a lesson to prevent her from harming others again, you must be punished by serving the people. You must gather resources and find items to exchange worth 100,000 tols within this year. If not, I will punish you by executing your entire family!"

At the Emperor’s words, the face of the Fronda family head turned pale. He looked at his wayward daughter. She had been smart and calculating before, but he couldn’t understand why, after coming to the Ares kingdom, she had become like this!

"The Fronda family accepts the order, Your Majesty." Although they didn’t want to, there was no other choice. In the end, it was better to comply and work as hard as possible.

Thus, the day’s events concluded. Ellie and the Setter family returned happily. How could they not feel good when they suddenly gained a path to enormous wealth? In any other situation, revealing their ability to create weapons that could deal with demonic beasts might not have garnered much interest.

The appearance of demonic beasts was not a common occurrence; it happened once in a blue moon. However, following the previous Red Plague outbreak, two instances of demonic toxin’s victims had surfaced. The first was in the Village of the Windy Chasm, and the second occurred in the palace.

With such frequent occurrences, people began to grow increasingly fearful...

Nevertheless, leaving Ellie and the Setter family aside, Grace was genuinely puzzled...She couldn’t understand why her own story was unfolding this way!!