Charlotte's scheme!

In Eternal, there are no NPCs, but there are some special beings that are similar to NPCs.

For example, the Mysterious Merchant!

They wander everywhere in Eternal, unrestricted by Eternal's rules.

They can appear in any main city or novice village.

As long as you have enough gold coins, you can buy everything you need from them. Even divine artifacts might appear in the Mysterious Merchant's mysterious shop.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming rode the Ice Emperor Wolf King and quickly chased after him.

[Mysterious Merchant. Charlotte Lv105.]

"Brave adventurer, what do you need?"

"As long as you can produce gold coins, the Mysterious Merchant's mysterious shop has everything."

Seeing Chen Ming catch up, Charlotte showed a friendly smile on his face.

However, after Chen Ming approached, his friendly smile suddenly froze, then became incredibly cold.

"Damn human, get lost, stay away from me."

Charlotte's sudden change in attitude left Chen Ming bewildered.

But soon, he understood the root cause.

[Ding dong, because you once slaughtered Goblins on a large scale, Mysterious Merchant Charlotte's favorability towards you has decreased by 40 points.

Current favorability: -20 points (Hatred).]

Looking at the prompt, Chen Ming immediately decided not to bother and turned to leave.

However, Charlotte clearly had no intention of letting him go: "Damn despicable human, you killed my kin and think you can just leave like that?"

Charlotte blocked Chen Ming with extreme speed, and a warhammer taller than himself appeared out of thin air in his hand.

[Mysterious Merchant. Charlotte]

[Level: 105.]

[Race: Goblin.]

[Profession: ???]

[Health: ???]

[Strength: ???]

[Agility: ???]

...Due to the significant level difference, Charlotte's attribute panel was full of question marks in Chen Ming's eyes.

"Despicable human, the great Charlotte now gives you two choices."

"First, the great Charlotte will smash you to pieces with the warhammer in his hand, letting you experience the pain of death, to avenge my kin."

"Second..." Speaking of this, a cunning look appeared on Charlotte's face: "Hand over all your gold coins and equipment in exchange for the great Charlotte's forgiveness and pardon."

Chen Ming stared calmly at Charlotte, his heart completely unmoved.

It is well known that Goblins are synonymous with insidiousness, baseness, cunning, and greed.

Goblins would avenge their dead kin?

Don't be ridiculous.

Everything Charlotte did was just to extort gold coins from Chen Ming.

The greedy nature of Goblins allowed him to abandon any morality for gold coins.

"Human, don't waste time, make your choice."

Seeing Chen Ming not moving, Charlotte urged impatiently.

Chen Ming, however, suddenly showed a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth.

"What are you laughing at?" Charlotte's eyes were dangerous: "Aren't you afraid that the great Charlotte will smash your head?"

The smile on Chen Ming's face not only didn't stop but grew wider: "If I remember correctly, Mysterious Merchants cannot actively attack players, right?"

"You..." Charlotte's expression immediately froze.

Chen Ming was right.

Mysterious Merchants exist in Eternal similarly to NPCs. Although they can ignore Eternal's rules and move freely in main cities, novice villages, and other places.

However, they are also restricted by Eternal's rules and cannot actively attack players.

Especially against players who are still in novice villages.

If they dare to actively attack players, they will receive extremely severe penalties from Eternal's rules.

"You knew this rule all along?" Seeing Chen Ming understand the rule, Charlotte looked displeased: "I originally wanted to extort a fortune from you, but it seems I overestimated myself."

Speaking of this, Charlotte put away the warhammer in his hand, returned to his small wheelbarrow, and opened the tattered cloth covering it: "Human, take a look, do you need to buy anything?"

[Ding dong, you have opened Mysterious Merchant Charlotte's mysterious shop.]

The prompt popped up before his eyes.

Chen Ming, however, shook his head.

"How unlucky, I didn't expect to meet a pauper, wasting my time."

Charlotte grumbled unhappily, pushed his small wheelbarrow, and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, a sense of deadly threat suddenly enveloped his heart.

Charlotte instinctively looked back.

Chen Ming calmly drew his bow and nocked an arrow, the golden arrow emitting an astonishing destructive aura under the twilight.

"This... this is..."

"Divine Arrow!"

As a Mysterious Merchant, Charlotte still had that much discernment.

"Damn it, how can a novice village player like you have something like this in your hand?"

Charlotte was full of disbelief.

Divine Arrows are extremely rare and uncommon throughout all of Eternal.

Even those ancient civilized races might not possess them.

Now, it actually appeared in the hands of a novice village player.

"Damn it, you little brat, are you cheating?"

Charlotte looked at Chen Ming with suspicion and uncertainty.

Chen Ming's lips curved into a smile: "Great Mr. Charlotte, I'll give you two choices now."

"First, I shoot you dead with an arrow, as punishment for extorting me."

"Second, hand over everything in your shop."

Charlotte's expression froze: "Despicable human, this is extortion, a decay of morality, a degeneration of humanity."

Chen Ming glanced at him indifferently: "You did the same to me just now, didn't you?"

Charlotte righteously said: "I am a Goblin. It is well known that Goblins have no morality or humanity, but you are a human..."

Chen Ming didn't bother to argue with him and directly interrupted: "My patience is limited, make your choice."

Charlotte still wanted to say something, but Chen Ming's hand on the bowstring loosened slightly.

In an instant, the scorching heat seemed to melt the surrounding space.

"Calm down, calm down!"

"I choose!"

Charlotte quickly spoke.

He reluctantly took out three items from the wheelbarrow and threw them in front of Chen Ming.

"These three items represent my apology."

"If you want more, just kill me directly."

"Of course, I believe you wouldn't do that either."

Speaking of this, Charlotte smiled slightly.

"After all, wasting a Divine Arrow for one Goblin is a very unprofitable thing."

"Of course, you understand that even if you kill me, it's useless."

"Mysterious Merchants are immortal. Our death is merely slumber; we will be resurrected again soon."

Charlotte was right.

Mysterious Merchants are protected by the laws of Eternal, immortal and indestructible.

Of course, they are also restricted by Eternal's laws and cannot interfere with the occurrence of any events.

Charlotte's extortion of Chen Ming was already skirting the edges of Eternal's laws.

"Deal concluded."

Chen Ming released the arrow from his hand and picked up the three items on the ground.

Charlotte was right; he couldn't possibly waste a Divine Arrow for a Goblin for nothing.

[Ding dong, congratulations on acquiring item - Experience Stone (Gold-tier).]

[Ding dong, congratulations on acquiring item - Dragon Language Codex (Dark Gold-tier. Incomplete).]

[Ding dong, congratulations on acquiring item - Elf Emblem (Platinum-tier).]

...P.S.: I worked overtime today, so the update is a bit late. My apologies to everyone.