Chapter 160 (1)

Chapter 160 (1)

"To Sam?"

"Yeah, Sam's over there. Let's get moving. We need to sell quickly before Sam changes his mind."

The two quickly moved and soon found themselves in front of Sam.

"Sam, you're not buying at this price, are you?"

Sam immediately understood why the two had come to see him.

"Are you selling beer?"

"Of course we're here to sell. The price has dropped by half. Who would want to hold onto it?"

At a time when everyone was clamoring to sell their plummeting beer stocks,

Sam was trying to buy back the temporarily collapsed beer using the high-quality information only he knew.

'Given the size of the Rothsmedici army and the dwarf army, this war is bound to be a long one. And neither side's main forces have even arrived yet.'

On top of that, the empire and the dwarves had a clear reason they couldn't compromise with each other.

'It's the largest gold mining area on the continent after the great upheaval. It's ridiculous to think they'd just hand it over to the other side.'

"Yes, I actually think this is an opportunity. As long as I have money, I can monopolize the supply."

At Sam's words, Bob was dumbfounded.

'Is he saying this is an opportunity? He can't be serious, can he?'

Sam looked at the panic buyers who were all trying to sell their beer before answering.

Just yesterday, these people were boasting about not selling their beer.

'This is just a temporary phenomenon. When beer becomes scarce again, the price will rise even higher. I'm sure of it.'

"If you're selling, I'll buy it all."

Bell and Bob could not empathize with Sam's actions at all.

"No, it's not just about the war. The beer prices are insane. It's already expensive, and we have no idea how much it'll drop, but you're still saying that?"

"It seems Sam was right. The prolonged war caused the beer prices to skyrocket again."

"No, no matter what, that's not it. The price is crazy, and people are still buying it? Are all these people shot in the head?"

What Bob couldn't understand the most was this.

"We raised the price through speculation, so I understand that. But if the dwarves don't buy at that price, it's over, right? And yet they still raise the beer prices?"

"The beer prices have risen not only in the empire but also across the continent. I mean, honestly, because of people like us, beer has become extremely scarce."

"That's true, but... still, this isn't right."

Bob couldn't help but shake his head.

"It's too expensive. At this rate, it's no different from alcohol brewed with gold."

Bell couldn't help but agree on this matter.

"Yeah. Honestly, at that price, who would buy beer when they could just brew alcohol with gold instead?"

As the price had increased threefold, Bob, whose heart was shaken, soon regained his composure and spoke to Bell.

"No, this is temporary. The price is already crazy. It's really ridiculous to think it'll go up even more."

"That's right. It's ridiculous, right?"

"Of course, it's ridiculous. Let's just ignore it and live our lives while doing what we need to do. We've already made a ridiculous 120-fold profit, right? That's enough. We can live comfortably from now on."

"I think so too. How much more can it go up? It won't go up by much."

"Right. It's definitely a bubble. Let's ignore it, forget about it, and move on."

That's what they said, but...

They were sick to their stomachs every day as the beer prices soared.

Before long, the price of beer showed a phenomenon of jumping up to 700 times the original price, and now beer could secure a position as a kind of faith.

Even among nobles, beer became a measure of wealth in the empire, to the point where they were distinguished by those who could drink it and those who couldn't.

"700 times... what is this..."

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