Chapter 91 - 88: Calm Your Fury
David certainly understood the Drow’s meaning.
The quantity of goods they were dealing with was indeed large, so large that it somewhat exceeded their apparent strength. This was even after David had left all the Clarity Potions and some of the better-quality, unadulterated Anger Potions on the surface, overseen by the now-homeless Ahmed.
This was David’s carefully considered transaction plan.
Firstly, High Elves always pursued calm and wisdom. Would the Drow, who damn well treated hallucinogenic and stimulant potions like daily beverages, truly fear the residual side effects of an Anger Potion? Perhaps if I ever managed to weaken or outright eliminate these side effects, those thrill-seeking Drow would even complain that my Anger Potions weren’t genuine enough!
Therefore, apart from a select few high-ranking members of Spider Nest City, there wasn’t much demand for Clarity Potions; if the volume was too large, they wouldn’t fetch a high price. Market demand dictated the flow of manufacturing capacity.
For this reason, what the Drow needed were Anger Potions—large quantities of cheap Anger Potions.
Thanks to the Old Continent’s early dragon dung mining campaigns and the few Red Dragons raised by Spider Nest City’s Xiyate family, the Drow weren’t exactly lacking in Crimson Ash. The only constraint on their potion-making capabilities was that damned Century Aroma pollen.
The Drow weren’t short on Crimson Ash, and the High Elves weren’t short on Century Aroma. Thus, over the years, this had evolved into a strange smuggling cycle. The Drow smuggled Crimson Ash to the surface, while the High Elves tried every means to smuggle Century Aroma or already-prepared Anger Potions underground. Both sides were making a fortune but still couldn’t meet the market’s nearly insatiable demand.
Against such a backdrop, the Anger Potions David and his crew currently had on hand were essentially a windfall. This also indirectly increased the chance of the other party turning hostile, disavowing the Drow, and seizing them, the Dragon, and the merchandise. After all, this was the Gloomy Region, Drow territory, so the probability of such unpleasant incidents occurring was naturally much higher than elsewhere.
David had previously considered distributing the goods and supplying several houses simultaneously. However, after consulting with the Drow Xiyate, he received an answer that was expected yet still dumbfounded the Dragon: