In the morning, Alex woke up in a loud banging at his front door. Confuse, he check at the time and it's almost noon "shit! I overslept!" He immediately tidied his bed and go down to open up his store. Upon opening his front door, he saw a line of adventurers waiting for his store to open. One of the adventurer notice him "Look! It's the shopkeep! Hooray for the shopkeep!" Another adventurer said "we can now resupply! I hope the shopkeep wouldn't change his item prices."
As Alex heard this murmurs, he immediately flip his store sign to open "Alright guys! Just keep a tidy one line in the store so that I can assist you all!" The adventurers nodded and follow him inside. "Shopkeep, our team needs 5 endure potion, 2 mana potion, 2 spirit capsule and a town portal." When Alex heard the order, his smile widen "of course mister adventurer let me just get them for you." Alex went to the backroom and prepare the items. "Here you go, 5 endure potion, 2 mana potion, 2 spirit capsule and a town portal. 80 silvers for each potion and spirit capsule and 180 Silvers for the town portal. A total of 900 silvers!" Alex smiles, the adventurer didn't hesitate and paid Alex and went on his way. After that, few more adventurers either solo or with a party purchase his goods and after a while, he was able to serve all of the adventurers in line.
With the transaction happen, Alex total income was at all time high of 6800 Silvers "Haha! I struck it rich! With my savings, I already have 11 gold and I am now more richer than your average local viscount." Alex laugh as he was counting his earnings. "I wonder what happen, who told those guys abouty store and apparently, they seem desperate for some supply." He was curious. So he check on the Sales Inventory tab amd was shocked "What in the demon incarnate!? An endure potion is already at 180 silvers a piece?! Mana potion is 200 a piece?!" Alex was dumbfounded when he saw the prices of the consumables. Then his eyes laid on the town portal and his mind just go blank "5-500 SILVERS!!? Are they insane?! This is simply insanity! What the hell the market merchant ia thinking?!" He was angry and at the same time enlightened why those adventurers bought a quite a number of stocks of potion to him, this prices are ludicrous!
"But what happen? Why are the prices of the consumables skyrocketed. As he was about to scroll the sales inventory, the store door suddenly open and he immediately greet the person "Hello Mr. Lamar! How can I help you?" It was Lamar, the poor-looking adventurer. Lamar just let it go and sigh when he heard that mysterious voice again. "Shopkeep! I hope that your business is booming!" He greeted back Alex "Was it you Mr. Lamar who told those adventurers about my shop?" Alex asked "haha! Shopkeep, i really can't hide that from you. Yes, it is I, who told those adventurers. Ever since a mew dungeon was discover near at the southern gate of the town, the adventurers went into frenzy and went to explore the dungeon. However, they we're met by strong enemies, the hatted Goblins. Thankfully, they only encounter the white hatted goblins so there are only injuries with no casualty. Hence the town mayor hired some rank C adventurers and Rank D parties to join him to explore the dungeon." Lamar explained.
"Did they discover something at the dungeon?" Alex inquired. Lamar smile and brought out a book "the dungeon contains immeasurable wealth! I was lucky to get this skill book when I joined the exploration team and so far, the exploration team was able to explore just about until the third floor since two red hatted goblin guarding the stairs down to the fourth floor hence they named the new dungeon as 'Goblin Cave'."
Lamar and Alex talks for a while before saying goodbye. With the information Alex received from Lamar, he flip the sign to close and added a note 'on break' before preparing his lunch and continue his business afterwards.
In a certain room in Moondrive Town, "Brother, we are able to produce quite a stock of the consumable that we are planning to sell, should we launch its sale today?" Said by Person# 3 "Go! And make sure to have our 'rats' to promote it!" Person# 1 responded. Person# 3 nodded and went on his way to launch the new product. As soon as Person# 3 got out of the room, a malicious greed flashed in Person# 1 eyes "Soon! I will take control of this town and afterwards, the capital then the whole Kingdom! Hahaha!"
In a tavern near at the northern gate, "hey hey hey, did you guys know, there is a potion that is currently circulating the market called hulk potion? Apparently, if one consume this potion, it will double your strength with only a minimal side effect of weakening you for a day or two?" "Reall?! Is that awesome?" "Definitely worth it. Compare it if you would fail the quest because of your strength is not enough." Mumurs began to circulate among the inn and taverns about this new product hence the market gone crazy about this potion.
Back at the shop, Alex finished his break and open his store. Since there was no customer, he once again viewed the sales inventory "Prices are still the same, I guess this would be a good news for my store for a while." Alex said to himself. As he scroll down the sales inventory tab he saw it "What the hell is this hulk potion?" He click on it to see the description and he was utterly shocked "what in the nine realms! This potion is selling for 1,200 silvers and it's selling like hot cakes! What in the world is happening right now?" He further read the details and was shocked once again "This potion doubles your power with just weakening your body for 1 or 2 days?! Damn! This potion is good!" He was amaze when he saw the description of the potion but when he saw the second line of detail of the potion, he frown "what the hell is this item?! This would be catastrophic if no one knows about this major side effect!"
"Caution: This potion is addictive and may lead to body poisoning or worse, death."