Chapter 18: Setting Up a Stall, the Confident Flower Spirit Elf

Finally arrived.

After walking for about two hours, Su Hao arrived in front of a small village.

This village had only about twenty houses; its scale wasn't large, but its facilities were relatively complete.

On the village's outermost edge, there was a fence made of wood, standing nearly two meters high.

On the east and west sides of the village stood two watchtowers about ten meters tall, each with three wooden bows floating atop them, and beside them were two stacks of wooden arrows.

"Supernatural constructions—no wonder the Flower Spirit Elves dare to hold a trade fair."

Whether from the special aura emitted by these two structures or the wooden bows floating atop the towers, Su Hao could confirm that these were attack-type supernatural constructions.

However, relying solely on these two arrow towers would likely only handle ordinary monsters; against a First Rank monster, they'd probably just be enough to provoke.

"Hello, I'm Hua Yao. Are you here to participate in the trade fair?"

Just then, a girl under one meter tall with long green hair walked over; her two long ears revealed her elf identity.

Although this elf wasn't speaking human language, Su Hao could understand her words.

Su Hao wasn't surprised; when he received the regional message yesterday, he had guessed that the Flower Spirit Elf Clan had obtained a translation module, otherwise that message could not have been sent to his communication bracelet in Chinese characters.

"Yes, I received the regional message and came to participate in the trade fair."

Su Hao smiled faintly, nodded, and said.

Then he pointed toward the west and gave a friendly reminder.

"There's a large goblin tribe over there; building your territory here would probably not be safe."

In his previous life, the Flower Spirit Elf Clan had the protection of a giant panda; that single bear cleared out the goblin tribe.

But this life, without the giant panda as backup, how could these flower-spirit elves, skilled at farming, be a match for the goblin tribe?

However, Hua Yao apparently didn't realize the seriousness of the situation; she pointed to the two arrow towers in the village and said confidently:

"Our two arrow towers can simultaneously fire three arrows with extraordinary penetrating power in three different directions; even if a hundred goblins came, none would leave alive—you can trade safely inside."

Seeing this, Su Hao said no more, registered a stall with Hua Yao, and then went inside.

"Su Hao..."

Looking at the information registered on the form, Hua Yao gave Su Hao's back a deep glance.

Being able to possess a set of armor with respectable defensive power on the third day of the strange descent, and to point out a nearby goblin tribe that even the Flower Spirit Elves didn't know about...

All these signs indicate that this human is absolutely not ordinary!

Hua Yao waited a bit longer at the village entrance; seeing no one else coming, she told the guard a word, turned, entered the village, and headed toward the area where the trade fair was held.

This time, the Flower Spirit Elves held the trade fair not only to provide a trading venue for others but also to make it easier for themselves to obtain the supplies they wanted.

Among those, what they naturally needed most were weapons and armor.

To survive in the apocalypse, two factors are closely related.

One is food and water; the Flower Spirit Elves aren't too worried about that, as they excel at planting, and with the sanctuary's special structure—a greenhouse—can grow sufficient food.

Clean water resources can likewise be solved by a special structure—a water purification device.

Only weapons and armor are what they care about most.

They also know their combat strength is weak; now their sole reliance is the arrow towers.

To enhance their combat power, the best method is to possess some handy weapons.

And Hua Yao's task today, besides registering the information of those coming to trade, is to be responsible for selecting suitable weapons and armor.

Meanwhile.

Su Hao arrived at the trade fair site, found Stall 26 according to Hua Yao's registration; he arrived relatively late, and by then most stalls already had the items they wanted to trade displayed.

"Huh? This is... Ye Xiu?"

When Su Hao scanned the surroundings, he saw on the neighboring Stall 23 a somewhat familiar figure.

It was a man with a pallid face, about thirty years old, with a scar about ten centimeters long on his forehead.

This person was Ye Xiu; the sanctuary Su Hao obtained had, in his previous life, belonged to this person.

Seeing Ye Xiu at this trade fair was also something Su Hao hadn't anticipated.

If things followed the script of his previous life, perhaps after the trade fair ended, Ye Xiu would find the building where Su Hao was and obtain that special sanctuary.

But now all of this has been rewritten; not only can he not find the sanctuary, even that building has become invisible—he can't even locate the building.

As for actively returning the sanctuary to Ye Xiu, that's absolutely impossible; when Su Hao took that sanctuary, it was still ownerless, so there's nothing to return.

Natural treasures are first come, first served; since I've been reborn and got this treasure first, it's mine!

"If he wants something, I'll give him a discount."

Being able to obtain this sanctuary also counts as a bit of fate with Ye Xiu; giving him a little favor is no problem.

But all Su Hao can do is this; he doesn't want any further entanglements with Ye Xiu.

In his previous life, Ye Xiu's reputation wasn't good; it's said his territory still harbored many fallen, ominous creatures.

Having made his decision, Su Hao smiled faintly, sat at his stall, took out some prepared paper, and placed the corresponding items on it.

After all, not everyone has a skill like Item Appraisal Technique; preparing the item descriptions in advance saves some trouble.

At this moment, Ye Xiu also noticed Su Hao.

For some reason, upon seeing Su Hao for the first time, he faintly sensed a threat, causing his brows to slightly furrow.

"Hah! I was overthinking it!"

But then he let out a laugh, a cold light flashing in his lowered eyes.

As long as we wait for the operation to begin, everyone here will die; even if this person has some ability, it's only a dead end!

"The time is about right; if we wait a bit longer and no one comes in, we can start the operation."

Ye Xiu scanned the surroundings and lightly tapped his communication bracelet on his wrist.

……

After a short while, Hua Yao wandered around most of the trade fair, came to the front of Su Hao's stall, looked at the descriptions on those papers, and couldn't help pouting her little mouth.

【Sharp Short Dagger: Cuts iron like mud, can easily cut through steel.】

Again 'cuts iron like mud'—can't you use a different adjective?

After spending time wandering around this half, basically everyone who wants to trade weapons will say 'cuts iron like mud', but the result? Even chopping a slightly thicker piece of wood is tough.

'Can I try it?'

Having been deceived so many times, Hua Yao naturally didn't believe Su Hao's description; she pointed at the sharp short dagger and asked.

Whether it really cuts iron like mud, the best way is to try it yourself.