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Chapter 1959 Being scolded like a grandson
Blaze was scolded like a grandson, probably because Odin, who was eavesdropping on the other end, got angry and started arguing with Kulenne, and then he was scolded like a son.

This is the main reason why Blazer is treated like a grandson.

Compared to Kulenne, the patron of merchants in the age of the gods, who, along with many others, gradually built the "Hermes' Traveling Hat" in this new era, Odin was at best a barbarian who could compose poetry.

This can be seen from the treasures Asgard obtained through illegitimate means, and the conduct of the heroic warriors in Valhalla.

Odin's main purpose in becoming the god of poetry was not self-cultivation or the spread of civilization, but rather to better utilize the runes and incidentally to promote Valhalla's recruitment drive.

As for the economy? What are its unique characteristics?
The economy was acquired through plunder, and its unique characteristic is that it solves all problems by plundering.

In a way, this is also the curse of omniscience.

"There's no need to put it so harshly, is there?" Odin's face turned red, and his mustache almost stood on end.

“That sounds awful. I’m just stating the facts.” Kulener slammed his hand on the table.

"You're robbing my shop! You're robbing me! I haven't even asked you for compensation yet!"

"Don't you Asgardians have any self-awareness? You bear the banner of an ancient city from the age of gods, yet hardly any strangers go there!"

"Asgard is perfectly suited but lacks any unique features. Don't try to steal someone else's chance to change the fate of their village!"

Kulenne's words were sharp and to the point, every word of which was true, leaving Odin and Blaze, the two hands-off managers, speechless and obediently bowing their heads to receive their lesson.

However, despite the lesson, Kulener's words came from the heart, so he gave Blaise a lot of useful advice.

The city's unique characteristics are not a very demanding requirement. They don't have to be particularly novel or impressive; even something as simple as dried radish can work.

In fact, prior to this, the Olympiad Committee intended to turn a blind eye to the fact that Asgard was participating in the competition. Besides some political factors, the more important reason was that Asgard actually met the requirements.

Asgard has very distinctive products, or more precisely, two animals—the divine boar Shahlimni and the goat Hedren.

These are two divine beasts from the Age of Gods that live in Valhalla. The divine boar Shahrimni is killed every day to provide meat, and then resurrected the next day, while the goat Hedren is the source of the mead that the heroic warriors drink.

This was undoubtedly the legendary food; with a little packaging, it could feed the entire Asgardian capital. But to Kulenne's dismay, no one in Asgard had thought of doing so.

Leaving aside the meat produced by the divine pig Shahlimni, the goat Hedren produces mead, and mead is always a hot-selling product; no matter how expensive it is, people will still buy it.

This is a blatant waste of resources.

In Courrené's view, instead of directly robbing treasure, it is better to do business directly, because wealth comes faster than robbing.

Blazer nodded repeatedly, saying he had learned something. Odin was speechless for a long time. After all, although he was in the fruit business, he was actually looking to pick up the leftovers from the Strangers and never seriously thought about marketing. Otherwise, he wouldn't have won the Best Fruit Merchant award only after the Strangers appeared for several years.

“This isn’t something you can just do as you please,” Odin stubbornly insisted. “The divine boar Shahlimni and the goat Heidrun are extremely special beings. The size of the divine boar Shahlimni is related to the number of heroic warriors, just enough for all of them to eat. The same goes for the goat Heidrun’s mead, just enough for all of them to drink.” “Moreover, enjoying roasted meat and mead is part of the honor bestowed upon the fallen. Depriving them of these things is diminishing the honor they are entitled to.”

“That problem is easy to solve. Half of the heroic spirits are ordinary heroic spirits, so we can just sell the roasted meat and mead from the other half. But this raises another issue…” Kurene said, stroking his chin thoughtfully.

“Heroic warriors need to eat, and so do ordinary heroic spirits. After taking away their share of the goat's milk mead and divine pork as commodities, the food supply for ordinary heroic spirits will become a problem. I have a food supply agreement here, take a look…”

"I'll sign." Blazer didn't even look at it, took the contract from Kulener and was about to put his fingerprint on it.

Seeing that Blaze was so obedient, Odin became anxious and tried to find fault with him while trying to stop Blaze.

"Eating the meat of the divine boar Shahlimni and drinking the goat milk mead of the goat Helend is an honor that only warriors in Valhalla can enjoy. What will the warriors think if we sell it like this?"

"Then sell it at a higher price. They'll just think they're getting to eat such expensive things for free, which makes them feel like they're worthy of being noble Valhalla warriors."

Kulenne delivered a perfect counterattack, leaving Odin speechless and only able to watch as Blaze pressed his handprint.

“Hmm, not bad. According to this contract, the meat of the divine boar Shahlimni and the goat milk mead of the goat Hedren will be sold by us, [Hermes' Traveling Hat], as intermediaries. We will take a quarter as our commission and a quarter to pay off the debt.”

"If nothing unexpected happens, even with the added debt from food expenses, we can pay it off within ten years."

"If you could persuade those ten thousand dwarves to produce some tools, things would get better much faster."

“I would not force the dwarves to forge for that purpose; a hobby becoming a job is no fun,” Blaze emphasized.

He knew similar words would appear; it was an inevitable consequence of taking in more than ten thousand dwarves.

Some people will inevitably start to suspect that Asgard has begun to allow dwarves to mass-produce equipment.

"It would be best if you could persevere. After all, one conglomerate alliance is already troublesome enough. If Asgard were added to the mix, it would be the end of the world for me."

Kurene shrugged noncommittally, took the first page of a stack of documents from the table, and placed it on the table.

"Alright, Asgard's qualification for the competition is definitely not a problem. The remaining spots are for your eight lord cities, and I can't help you with that."

The huge problem of Asgard is only on one page, while the rest, almost half a meter thick, is about the problems of the eight lord cities.

Asgard features the divine boar Shahlimni and the goat Hedren as its city characteristics, while the other eight lord cities have no city characteristics whatsoever, and the cities are only half-built.

"This, um, ah~" Odin patted Blaze on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up after uttering three syllables.

"This is the responsibility that comes with being the King of Asgard!"

(End of this chapter)