After a while.
Richard appeared in a box in the tavern carrying a wooden box. There was already a person waiting in the box, also carrying a box - Alex.
"Have you collected everything I want?" Richard looked at Alex and asked.
Alex, who was as short as a winter melon, placed the wooden box on the table in the box and took out the contents one by one to display.
"This is the lens barrel you want, which was specially processed by someone. This is the polished crystal piece. What kind of bracket is this? This is the knob." While holding it, Alex said, "And these are for you. Let me collect the materials, and there are a lot of things you added under the box."
"Anyway, everything on the list is here. It took a lot of effort to collect them all, and I lost weight." Alex complained.
"Are you thin?" Richard looked at Alex, "Why didn't I see it?"
"How is that possible!" Alex shouted excitedly, pointing with his hand, "Look here! There were three chins before, but now there are only two. And here! There used to be six folds on the neck, but now there are only five. That’s it. Isn’t it obvious enough?!”
Richard: "..." It's indeed obvious enough. Forgive my eyesight...
"Okay, let's take a look at what I brought you." Richard exhaled. He didn't want to continue discussing the appearance issue with Alex, so he put the wooden box on the table, opened it, and took out the diluted potion. Show it to Alex.
"What is this?" Alex took a bottle and studied it carefully. He pulled out the cork with a bang, sniffed it with his nose, and guessed with a frown, "Mana recovery potion? Wound recovery potion?"
"You'll know after one sip." Richard said.
"Is there any problem?" Alex immediately became alert after hearing this, "Isn't your potion poisonous? If I take a sip and die here, then all the money I have will be yours?!"
Richard didn't bother to explain, so he took the potion bottle from Alex's hand, took a sip, showed it to Alex, and then handed it back.
"Is this okay?"
"Uh, okay." Alex nodded, relieved, first took a sip, felt something, and then took a swig.
"Well-"
After a while, Alex's face turned red. He suddenly stood up from his seat, waved his hands, and said more than twice as fast as usual: "I feel it, I feel it." , this is wine! Well, what a strong wine! I feel like my whole body is getting hot!"
After speaking, Alex staggered to the side and accidentally pushed a heavy walnut cabinet in the room.
Um
Alex was stunned for a moment, then shouted: "Wow! It's amazing! This wine is really powerful. I just took one sip and I got so drunk that I became much stronger. It's so good!"
Richard: "..."
I began to think in my heart that maybe I should switch to a more normal intermediary and cooperate with him.
…
moment.
"Hoo ho ho!"
Alex collapsed on the ground, taking in less air than out. He looked like he was on the verge of death. He opened and closed his chapped lips and said with difficulty, "Water... water... water..."
Richard took the water and poured it into Alex's mouth.
"Gudong, Gudong..." Alex drank heavily, and it took him a long time to regain his strength, and then he was pulled up by Richard and thrown back into his seat.
"I... what's wrong with me? Am I drunk? Why... so tired?" Alex murmured, "My arms hurt so much, and my waist is so sore... "
"Have you forgotten what you did just now?" Richard asked, "You have reversed all the furniture in the whole room several times. It's no wonder you're not tired."
"Huh? Is what just happened true?" Alex finally came to his senses, looked at the potion with half left on the table, and said with twinkling eyes, "This is not wine! What is this?"
"It's called 'Spartan Warrior Potion'." Richard said, "Drink it and you can become as powerful as a Spartan Warrior in a short period of time—strength, speed, endurance, and reflexes are all greatly improved. improve."
"So powerful?!" Alex looked tired and his eyes shone brightly.
"I decided to entrust you to sell it. One bottle will cost two low-grade crystal coins—well, it must be crystal coins, not gold coins." Richard said.
"With such an effect, selling two low-grade crystal coins is not a big problem..." Alex nodded in agreement, then frowned, "But..."
"For every bottle sold, I will give you a 5% commission." Richard said.
"Well, that's no more 'but'." Alex said quickly, "I promise, there will be no problems. I can sell as much as you have."
"This is best." Richard said, "I will bring 100 bottles this time. If the sales are good, there will be another 100 bottles."
Alex rubbed his hands, his eyes shining like gold coins: "Okay, okay..."
"But..." Alex looked at Richard, "But... I have a question, how is this potion produced? You made it yourself, and..."
Richard interrupted Alex and said: "Remember what I said before, the premise of our cooperation?"
"Uh, no inquiry is allowed." Alex said, "Uh, okay, I won't ask anymore. But I have a curiosity, and I still want to know the answer. It has nothing to do with the source of the potion, but the name of the potion."
"explain."
"Why is this potion called 'Spartan Potion'? Who is a Spartan? The god of war believed in by a small country? Why have I never heard of it?"
"This is just a legend." Richard said, looking at Alex's confused expression, and briefly told the story of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta".
quite a while.
"So the three hundred warriors of Sparta resisted the hundreds of thousands of troops of the evil king Xerxes?" Alex looked at Richard with wide eyes and said, "Is it so powerful? What a legendary story, but still I’ve never heard anyone talk about it.”
"That may be because the legendary place is too far away from here." Richard said. If we calculate the distance from the modern earth to the current world, it is indeed very far away...
"Then I have no problem. See you next time."
"Okay, see you next time." Richard said, stood up, carried Alex's box, and walked out.
Alex also stood up and was about to lift the box, but it fell to the ground with a "thud".
When Richard heard the voice, he didn't even turn his head. He already knew the reason and said: "You are in poor health. After taking the medicine just now, you were too excited and had too much activity, so you are still here. Just take a rest before leaving."
"But can't you show your kindness and pull me up?"
"Actually, to be fair, you can recover faster lying on the ground than sitting on a chair."
"I… "
"Also, during this time, you can think about how you will explain to the owner of the tavern that you moved the furniture."
"I… "
With a "squeak" sound, in Alex's eyes widening, Richard pushed the door open and walked out.