Durin's Diary

Chapter 11 Your job is too cruel
Half an hour later, in the salon, Du Lin, slumped on the sofa, listened to Kamien's sophistry.

The gist of it is that he needs to make some money to get promoted, and the human merchants happen to have some easy money to make, so they decide to hire Anta to be responsible for their safety, and then go into the woods to pick some mushrooms.

When Kamien's cousin heard about this, he also decided to come and help for free.

Everything was fine up to this point, but the problem was that something happened to Du Lin before leaving, and Anta canceled the mission.

Anta said he couldn't come, and Kamian's cousin didn't come either. The three little guys felt unsafe in the forest and had no choice but to go back to find Anta.

Oh, I forgot to mention that Kamien's cousin's surname is Griffith, and his name is Ronin, also known as the third child of the Griffith family. He is the guy who is constantly pestering Anta. He has improper desires for Anta, but Anta doesn't like him, so Dulin beat him up five times, but this guy still doesn't give up.

"My cousin didn't come when he heard Anta wasn't coming. This guy is so annoying." Kamien said this and looked at Dulin with a pleading face: "Dulin, please ask Anta to help me one more time."

"Yes, Brother Dulin, please help Kamien this time."

The girl who helped Camian speak was called Tomimi Lanlam, and she was actually Dulin's cousin - her mother was the sixth daughter of Old Ish. The man sitting next to her was called Faris, and she was her cousin.

Kamien and Faris are good friends, and as for Tomimi, she should be out playing with Faris.

So Du Lin looked at Anta, and the girl frowned: "What about your cousin?"

"With you two here, why would I need him?" Kamien promised, patting his chest.

"Okay, since you said that, I'll give you a hand." Du Lin said, looking at Anta: "I'll help you once, after all, he is your cousin."

"Alright, remember, I agreed to this for your sake." Anta sighed. "But before I mention the commission, Kamien, tell me what the mission is."

"The mission is very simple. The businessman from the human world wants a lot of smiley mushrooms. The price is very high. He needs 300 of them. I am prepared to provide 150." Kamien just stated the mission, which was also an explanation to Anta and Dulin.

"One hundred and fifty smiley mushrooms, Kamien, you must be crazy! That many smiley mushrooms is almost enough to supply the human world's eastern provinces of the Northern Kingdom with a month's supply of ingredients for the joy potion." Anta said this and looked at Durin. "Should we report this to Old Hammer?"

Old Hammer, the dwarf sheriff of Lublin, is known to not only adults but also children.

"But only by selling 150 Smiley Mushrooms can I afford the materials to advance to a Fifth Ring Mage." Kamien said this and looked at Dulin. "Dulin, you've been communicating with human merchants a lot. Is what Anta said true?"

"Indeed, many high-end goods in the human world require Smiley Mushrooms, which are only produced in abundance here. Human merchants ask for a very high price. How much will he offer you?" Du Lin said with a smile, and at the same time he had an idea in his mind - unlike the children, this centenarian old man has seen too many black-eating-black operations. It is normal in the Lublin area for human merchants to privately find the grassland elf children to let them collect some materials.

But the smiley mushrooms weren't normal. They were a spellcasting ingredient, and even more so, the raw material for something unnameable. Dulin didn't know about other places, but in his former homeland of southern Thailand, that little bit of mushroom was enough for that human gentleman to absorb ten rounds of 200-round belt-loaded ammunition from a 200mm caliber bullet.

"One gold coin per flower!" Kamian said, gesturing on the long table. "That's one hundred and fifty flowers!"

Dulin and Anta looked at each other and saw deep fatigue in each other's eyes.

Anta collapsed beside Durin, and Durin looked at Kamien and told him the current market price of the premium product with the addition of smiley mushrooms: "The liquid made from one smiley mushroom can be mixed into a full five liters of ordinary potion. Only the potion with the liquid added is the real premium product. Each 100ml bottle of premium product can be sold for one gold coin."

In the Western Lands, every gold coin held equal value, containing an equivalent amount of gold. This was a rule set by the Goddess of Wealth. However, silver coins were different, circulating in different places. For example, a silver dime from the grassland elves could be exchanged for roughly three silver coins from an eastern elf territory in the Northern Kingdom. The difference was simply a matter of silver content.

As for the issue of counterfeit currency, Du Lin thought it was too stupid. In this world where paper money and metal coins are protected from counterfeiting by divine grace after they are produced, and filing the edge of a coin can cause the divine grace to be damaged, talking about counterfeiting is a bit disrespectful of the cunning of good people and the IQ of bad people.

The Lanlam siblings sitting next to Kamien exclaimed in unison.

Kamien's eyes widened. He thought for a long time, then slapped his thigh and said, "They lowered the price I should have received!"

Even when facing death, he was still thinking about this. Du Lin was so angry that he almost laughed. "The Smiley Mushroom trade is legal in our elven territory if it's purchased through a contract with the Mage Tower. If it's sold to humans, it must be reported to the police because we have a memorandum with the human world regarding this kind of transaction. If your transaction with them is discovered, considering it's a first offense, you won't lose your head, but your family will definitely be embarrassed by your stupidity. And have you ever thought about how your safety can be guaranteed if the transaction is not legal?"

Lanlam's siblings and Kamien's three little guys widened their eyes. Judging from their expressions, it seemed that this was the first time they thought of such a serious question.

Du Lin looked at Anta, who covered his face with his hands and sighed deeply. He seemed to want to curse, but felt a little embarrassed to curse his mentally retarded relative.

So Du Lin had no choice but to take over the conversation. "If I were you, I'd tell Old Hammer everything. He'd help you solve any problems. Also, having you lead the way is very dangerous. You know, the guys in this business don't care about a few more murders. As long as they know the ecology of the smiley mushrooms, they can always organize others to come to the Lublin area to harvest them. You guys are no longer important."

At this point, Du Lin took a sip of his hot cocoa and stopped Kamien from speaking. "If I were you, I wouldn't go to the police myself. That guy would definitely have his people keep an eye on you. If you go to the police, it means you haven't been fooled, and they'll run away immediately."

After saying that, Du Lin turned his head and snapped his fingers.

The waiter who had just come over with the cart trotted over and asked, "What can I do for you, young sir?"

"Call the police station and tell Old Hammer that Dulin and his friends have a case to tell him. Also, if anyone out there asks you and your friends to keep an eye on them," Dulin pointed at Kamien. "Don't believe a single word he says. If you let them get away, you'll be accomplices. Old Hammer won't like people colluding with criminals, and my grandfather won't like having double-minded traitors in town. You and your family will either be exiled from town, or your heads will be chopped off. Your choice."

"I understand, young sir. Please, both you and His Excellency the Duke, trust my and my family's loyalty to the Elf Territory. I will contact the Sheriff right away." The waiter said with a serious expression and turned to leave.

You see, this guy has already taken the money, but Du Lin’s warning is real. As a descendant of human escaped slaves who fled to the East, the waiter also knows the seriousness of the matter.

Du Lin turned to look at Kamien and explained earnestly, "You guys really don't have any sense of vigilance at all. This businessman is indeed a businessman, but he's also very likely a human trafficker. Let me put it this way, if you get captured, you'd be better off dead. At least then you won't have to be slaves."

After saying that, Du Lin took another sip of hot cocoa and looked at Anta: "Anta, look, we saved someone from danger as soon as we arrived. This proves that it was right for me to help you back then."

"You're right, by the grace of the Twin Mothers. I never thought the legendary human trafficking case would actually happen to me." Anta looked at Dulin helplessly. "How come you know more about this than I do? I heard about this case at the Adventurer's Guild."

"Old Hammer told me he's been talking to me about how every year, unlucky kids get scammed in Lublin and the surrounding areas. In recent years, several have died, and countless others have gone missing. No one knows whether they were kidnapped and sold to the human world or buried in a ditch somewhere."

As a centenarian, Du Lin certainly could not be fooled by such a crude and despicable scam, but the children are different. These hateful guys take advantage of the fact that information is not easily circulated to cheat again and again. It can be said that they have committed many evil deeds.

After hearing what Du Lin said, the three little guys finally understood that they had walked around the gates of hell, punched a card, and left a memory.

His expression can be said to be very wonderful.

(End of this chapter)