Don't call me evil god

Chapter 218 Malicious Commercial Competition
The disguise plan prepared by Hugo was successful to a certain extent.

At least these believers of the Church of Knowledge who arrived in Ceylon from Green Port were not discovered by the patrolling Knights of the Church of Light on their way to the border.

All the inspecting knights kept their distance when they saw that the team was full of smelly refugees.

Their main focus is on individuals or teams whose identities are unknown and whose whereabouts are unknown.

With the arrival of the Hunting Moon, the area near the border will be much more lively. In addition to those professionals trying to obtain titles and the merchants who flock in, there will definitely be guys who try to take advantage of the situation and cause trouble.

A group of refugees temporarily hired to transport goods?
No threat at all.

Even if they want to cause trouble, what can they do?

Are they begging in groups at the border?

The patrol knights of the Glowing God Cult didn't take Hugo's team seriously at all.

But there is another group of people.

Not only did he take Hugo's team to heart, he also hated them to the core and hated them to the core!

……

A few days ago.

In Ceylon city.

In a luxurious private room upstairs in a pub.

“Malicious competition!”

"There is no doubt about it! This is definitely an act of malicious commercial competition!"

A fat man with a beard angrily slammed the table and roared.

Although the other people in the luxurious private room did not say anything, the expressions on their faces showed similar meanings.

"unacceptable!"

"The industry rules have been agreed upon, and this guy is here to mess things up!"

"It's just too much!"

They have a common identity.

An arms and equipment merchant near Ceylon.

The main business is selling weapons and armor made by various blacksmiths.

In the past, the hunting month was their best chance to make a fortune every year.

Professionals from all over the Kingdom of Reyak went beyond the border to hunt and kill monsters in order to receive the king's reward and title.

If you want to fight monsters, you must have the right weapons and equipment!

These equipment merchants would set up several border defense camps in Ceylon in advance and transport the weapons and armor they had hastily produced.

Then they mark the price slightly lower than the usual selling price as a discount.

The Hunting Month lasts throughout September. During this period, there will always be problems with the equipment of professionals in the battles with monsters in the Dark Forest. Whether it is repair or replacement, in order to save time, the border defense camp is their best choice.

Especially the descendants of nobles, who hoped to gain inheritance rights or titles through Hunting Moon's military exploits, and would spend money without blinking an eye to buy weapons and equipment.

The equipment merchants near Ceylon Territory had originally planned to let go and make huge profits.

As a result, when they were struggling to transport the equipment that was either in stock or in a hurry in their own shops, bad news came:
Can’t sell it!
Because at some point a batch of equipment claiming to be "handcrafted by the dwarf forging master Maren" appeared on the border defense line.

The quality is excellent;

The most outrageous thing is that his price is simply squeezing other equipment merchants to death.

A set of "Fine Iron Standard Light Armor" costs only 99 silver coins!
What's the difference between this and free gift?
You know, during the hunting month in previous years, the selling prices of these equipment merchants were at most a few silver coins lower than the normal price.

For example, a piece of light armor originally sold for 4 gold and 19 silver can be sold for 4 gold and 10 silver after the discount.

Although their business is extremely profitable.

The purchase price of Stone Castle was a little more than 2 gold coins, but when it was resold in the Kingdom of Reyak, it could be sold for 4 gold coins or more.

But they can't lower the price below 1 gold coin! They can't even recover the cost of purchasing the goods.

Equipment merchants quickly reached a consensus.

"This product of the dwarf forging master Maren that appeared out of nowhere must be a malicious competition to start a price war!"

The bearded man made a decisive judgment.

Because they used this trick to torture their peers to death in the past.

They are the only few blacksmith shops in Ceylon that are qualified to sell dwarven equipment.

It’s not that other people don’t want to get a piece of the pie in this industry.

Instead, those who tried to enter the industry were bullied by the "offensive and defensive alliance" of the bearded man and lost everything they had.

They will use a variety of simple and vicious business warfare tactics:
For example, price wars.

They insisted on making losses and forced a super low price that couldn't even cover the purchase cost.

This forces competitors to follow suit and lower their prices. Whoever loses all their money first will have to leave.

After driving away other ignorant colleagues, Bearded Man and several other blacksmith shop owners formed a business alliance. In Ceylon and its surrounding areas, they set a unified price for the price of equipment and raised prices together to attract customers.

As a result, this year's Hunting Month encountered someone who came to disrupt the situation.

When everyone goes to Stone Fort to purchase goods, the cost is more than 2 gold coins, and this is the same for everyone.

Daring to sell it for 99 silver coins, this is not malicious commercial competition!
When the bearded man and his gang launched a price war to suppress their peers, they could only offer a price a dozen silver coins lower than the cost at most, but they still had to bear the huge pressure of losses.

It would be even lower if the price was cut in half directly. They dare not join in this price war.

But this does not mean that they have no other ways to "drive away their peers".

Bearded Man and his men tried to find this troublemaker who suddenly appeared.

After investigating the area near Ceylon for a long time, there were no clues at all!

The only thing related to "Dwarf Forge Master Maren" was a small blacksmith shop called "Dwarf Craftsmanship" in Ceylon City, which closed down some time ago.

These super low-priced weapons and equipment seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

Unable to find the other party’s store or warehouse, Bearded Man and his companions could only settle for the next best thing and look for transportation channels for the goods or relevant personnel.

After an investigation, they finally locked on to a goblin named Hugo Sivi.

It was he who hawked the products of "Dwarf Forge Master Maren" when they were first sold.

This clue was very clear, because the other party was a goblin, and he also admitted that he grew up in Ceylon.

The only person who meets these two characteristics is Hugo Seavey.

After confirming the target, the bearded man began to have restless thoughts.

In addition to price wars, there is a more vicious and more effective means of business warfare.

When the hunting month comes, everyone will transport the goods to the border defense line.

In Ceylon Territory...it's not unusual for a few gangs of robbers and bandits to show up occasionally, right?
The bearded man quickly asked an intermediary to help him contact several stealth fighters who believed in the God of Shadow.

"Intelligence shows that Hugo Xiwei often travels between Ceylon City and the border defense line, and likes to hide during the day and come out at night."

"My request is simple."

"In the wilderness, I was unlucky enough to encounter robbers. The target was killed on the spot, and the goods were also stolen by the robbers. All of them were 'lost' and disappeared without a trace."

"Can it be done?"

The bearded man spoke in a cruel tone.

He must resolutely curb this unfair and malicious commercial competition.

The only ones who can do equipment business around Ceylon are his business allies!
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