Chapter 16: Pave 10 Paths and Earn a Penny (6)
For the past 2 months, Lapis watched the human continent intently. She utilized her personal connections and the funding she had in order to acquire the herb the Demon Lord had told her about.
Her work was precise.
The 200 gold from the Demon Lord, the 1,000 gold he had borrowed from the firm, and finally, the 300 gold which Lapis had personally invested. So, with a total of 1,500 gold, Lapis formed a contract with the merchant firms in the human continent. The small and medium-sized firms then formed a contract with the pharmacist guilds in the larger cities, and those pharmacist guilds formed a contract with the herb gatherers in every village.
Thus, Lapis had indirectly hired 400 herb gatherers. A tri-party agreement was formed within half a month.
After a month, she had roughly 30,000 herbs in her possession.
The small and medium-sized firms, pharmacist guilds, and herb gatherers were all delighted by this request. They laughed, saying that some rich idiot had wasted their money. To them, black herbs were useless weeds, so being able to earn money for pulling out weeds was a great way to earn some cash for some people.
Lapis then closely observed a single island on the human continent. The largest island of the White Sea, Sicilia. The Demon Lord had prophecized that the first outbreak would be here.
“Miss, why would you come to such a shabby place like this again……?”
“It is all right. I am doing this because I love my work.”