MM Racing Chapter 181 Are you going to take pickled vegetables to fight the undead?
Chapter 181 Are you going to take pickled vegetables to fight the undead?
Chapter 181 Are you going to take pickled vegetables to fight the undead?
Ever since Wiz handed over the sale of Vitality Potions to the Succubus Shop, the popularity of his Magic Item Shop has plummeted.
However, the commercial success of the Vitality Potion still drew the attention of many people to this magical item shop.
"Miss Wiz, do you have any new items in your store?"
That day, a well-dressed customer came to the counter and asked the lich lady behind the counter in a low voice.
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Christo? It's been a long time since you've visited our shop."
Wiz greeted him when he saw that it was an acquaintance.
"Shh, shh~"
Realizing his identity had been exposed, the well-dressed guest quickly raised his finger and made some strange noises.
"Mr. Christopher, what's wrong? Do you need to use the restroom?"
Wiz asked, puzzled.
"I'm not going to the toilet, I'm asking you to keep your voice down. For some reason, I offended that bastard lord Aldap, and now that guy is looking for me."
Seeing Wiz's puzzled expression, Christo could only play it straight and say that he was the adventurer who had resold the Vitality Potion to Aldap at a high price.
That one deal made him feel great for a long time, but it also made him resented by that bastard lord.
Recently, Aldap's people have been searching for him everywhere, wanting to teach him a lesson he won't forget.
"I came here today to ask Miss Wiz if she has anything similar to a vitality potion?"
Christo didn't mince words. He had started a trading business, but now he had to buy vitality potions from the succubus shop. As a lone wolf, he couldn't compete with the wealthy and powerful merchants.
Therefore, he had no choice but to come here to try his luck.
"Does something similar to a vitality potion, like a mana restoration potion, count?"
"It's not something for fighting, but something for endurance."
No, that's not the case.
Wiz shook her head; her little shop was a rather respectable establishment.
"Really? Well, I'm sorry to bother you."
The man was somewhat disappointed. If he couldn't find a stable way to make money, he would probably have to leave Axel and beg for food in adventurers' guilds in other towns.
"Hey, masked uncle over there, we have some newly arrived 'Goddess Pickles,' want some?"
Broly was helping to clean the magic item shop when she saw the man's dejected look and called out to him as he was about to leave.
Just then, the pickled vegetables that Master Aqua had insisted on selling at the magic item shop were not selling well, which had been giving Wiz a headache lately.
"Goddess pickles, what's that?"
The man stopped, his curiosity piqued, and asked directly.
"It's pickled vegetables made from demonized cabbage."
Seeing that the customer seemed to be interested in buying Aqua pickles, Wiz quickly stepped out from behind the counter and began introducing them to the customer.
"Uh, this doesn't seem to be anything special, does it?"
Christo was puzzled. After the harvest, this kind of pickled vegetable was quite common in Axel, but he had never seen anyone sell it because it was simply unsellable.
However, this thing is still relatively rare in other places where there are no large numbers of demonized cabbages flying over or being planted.
Things are valued for their scarcity, so the man thought for a moment and then casually asked, "How much are your pickled vegetables?"
"No problem, a large jar of these pickles can be bought for just 40,000 Eris!"
Wiz, still smiling, picked up the earthenware jar and began explaining the price of the pickles to the man.
"Forty thousand Eris?"
The man's eyes widened. If he remembered correctly, a single demonized cabbage would only cost a couple hundred Eris at this time.
The jar in the other party's hand probably only contains four or five enchanted cabbages, costing at most a little over a thousand Eris, but the selling price is forty times higher.
"Um, does this Goddess Pickles also have the function of a vitality potion?"
If any other shop dared to sell pickles at such a high price, Christo would definitely curse them as "happy bastards," but this is Wiz's magic item shop.
It's worth noting that when vitality potions first appeared, many adventurers considered them to be useless in everyday life.
But now, the commercial success of this drug is undeniable. Who knows if this pickled vegetable will become another dark horse, just like the vitality drug?
"Uh, it doesn't have any functions similar to vitality potions."
Wiz answered the question honestly.
"It doesn't have the functions of a vitality potion, yet it dares to sell it at the same price as a vitality potion?"
The man asked.
"Don't worry, these pickled vegetables actually have special functions."
"What special function?"
"These pickled vegetables are able to exorcise demons because they were pickled by a certain goddess."
Wiz personally tested it and found that Aqua's pickles really do possess a divine purifying power.
"No, what's the use of pickled vegetables having exorcising properties? Are they meant for adventurers to use to fight undead creatures?"
Christo had intended to voice this complaint, but then he noticed the information about "[preserved by a certain goddess]" and, recalling the not-so-proper proper use of the Vitality Potion, narrowed his eyes and asked.
"Miss Wiz, may I ask how exactly these pickles are pickled?"
"this……"
Wiz wanted to make an excuse, but Broly answered the question first: "Of course, you first stomp out the excess water from the cabbage with your feet, and then you marinate it with salt and various seasonings."
【It's over, this deal is ruined!】
Wiz was very sad, but there was nothing he could do.
"Is that the goddess stepping on the cabbage?"
A glint flashed in Christo's eyes as he asked.
"Yes."
"Is she pretty?"
"That's the most beautiful person in Axel."
Broly answered without hesitation, saying that his master, as the winner of the first beauty pageant in Axel, was not wrong in saying so.
"Okay, then give me two jars of these pickled vegetables."
Christo had no more doubts and spoke directly.
"OK!"
Broly agreed and went to get two hemp ropes, which he then tied to the outside of the two earthenware pickle jars so that they could be lifted.
"No, Mr. Christopher, you're planning to buy these pickles?"
"Um."
"Two jars of pickles cost 80,000 erys!"
"I know."
"Once sold, there is no option for returns."
"I understand."
"You knew all that, yet you still bought it?"
Wiz was a little confused.
"Are you going to fight the undead with pickled vegetables in your hands?"
Wiz had only considered this possibility, but just imagining the scene of adventurers wielding pickle jars and sprinkling pickles on the undead seemed a bit far-fetched to her.
"Haha, that's an idea, but I have a better one."
Vitality potions that restore physical strength sell very well because of their unorthodox uses.
Similarly, Christo felt that the seemingly useless purifying pickles should also have the potential to be similar to a vitality potion.
But whether it can achieve the same effect as the vitality potion is hard to say, so he only bought two cans to test the waters first.
Fortune favors the bold, and this daring adventurer's first thought was to test his sales pitch with Aldap, the lord who was causing him trouble.
"Lord Aldap, I apologize for selling you the Vitality Potion at an inflated price. This is my apology gift to you; please forgive me."
That evening, Christo approached Aldap and respectfully handed over the clay pot he had brought.
"Hmph, now you're scared? You're lucky you're a lowly commoner. I, Aldap, am not the kind of nobleman who would hold a grudge against a nobody like you."
"Lord Aldap, what's in this jar is just pickles."
Just as Aldap was expressing his magnanimity as a nobleman, the servant had already opened the jar to check its contents.
Upon learning that the adventurer's apology gift was merely pickled vegetables, Aldap, who had initially claimed to be a magnanimous nobleman, immediately changed his expression.
"You bastard, how dare you! Your apology gift is this cheap stuff, the kind only lowly people eat! Guards..."
Just as Aldap was calling for reinforcements to deal with the bastard in front of him, Christo shouted it out first.
"Lord Aldap, this isn't ordinary pickled vegetables, this is Goddess Pickled Vegetables!"
"Hmm, you think you can fool me?"
"No, no, no, how could I dare? This is truly no ordinary pickled vegetable. It's said to have been made by an incomparably beautiful goddess who descended to earth, personally stomping on it with her feet, and I have evidence to prove it!"
"What evidence?"
"These pickles are blessed with the goddess's power to purify the body and soul. Lord Aldap only needs to taste them to know whether my words are true or false."
The man said confidently.
Before he came, he had already tried the pickles he bought from Wiz's shop.
Although these pickled vegetables don't have the effects of vitality potions, they do have the effects of superior holy water.
Aldap was skeptical, but when the guard ran in, he left one and told the guard to take some pickled vegetables out of the jar and eat them.
As it turned out, the pickled vegetable that Aqua claimed could purify the undead by eating just one slice did indeed purify the guard's mind and body.
How are you feeling?
"I felt completely empty inside, all my worries seemed to vanish in that moment, and I felt as if I had been elevated..."
The guard's reply, and his expression as if he had entered a state of enlightenment, left Aldap completely stunned.
"Are these pickled vegetables really that amazing?"
Aldap's expression was unpredictable. Although he secretly colluded with demons, he was also somewhat wary of the corruption caused by demonic power.
After trying a piece of pickled vegetable and experiencing its magical purifying effect, Aldap temporarily forgave the adventurer who had offended him.
After asking for more of the goddess's pickled vegetables, he was told that the item was extremely rare.
"A single jar costs at least 400,000 Eris, and it took me a great deal of effort and resources to obtain it..."
"Buy? Do I, Aldap, look like I'm short of money?"
(End of this chapter)