Dota: Becoming a God Starting with Dragon Knight

In the following days, Li Ming's business improved significantly. Carlisle was able to find many elves to buy [purification potions] every day, ranging from a few to more than a dozen.

Li Ming kept his promise. He took some Moon Crystals and exchanged them for a lot of Elf Coins (1 Moon Crystal = 10000 Elf Coins) with the innkeeper. For every Moon Crystal that Carlisle brought, he would give him 100 Elf Coins.

With an income of nearly 1000 Elf Coins per day, Carlisle could live a comfortable life.

"You did a good job today. Ten new customers and five returning customers. Your commission for today is 2000 Elf Coins."

"Uncle Li, didn't you give me too much?"

"Not much, not much. Some customers buy magic items, so your commission is naturally higher."

"Uncle Li, I don't think this is right. I shouldn't get a commission from repeat customers."

"You have to give them, you have to give them. If you hadn't brought them here, they wouldn't have become repeat customers."

"No, you can't give that much. If you're going to do this, then I... then I... won't come tomorrow."

"Alright, alright, you silly kid, I'll give you a smaller share of the commission from repeat customers. Let me calculate... Your commission today is 1500 Elf Coins. Take it, go back and buy your little brother some good food. Didn't you say your brother was sick? Take him to the doctor as soon as possible!"

"Thank you, Uncle!"

After spending so many days with him, Li Ming learned that Carlisle was not a pure elf; he was a half-elf, 10 years old this year.

Having the appearance and talents of an elf, but failing to inherit the lifespan of the elven race, such a half-elf is even inferior to a human and is extremely unpopular among elves. Therefore, he was abandoned by his parents not long after birth.

The elves have good welfare benefits. If an elf is abandoned, he or she will be sent to an official welfare institution. However, this only applies to elves; half-elves do not belong to the elven race.

Carlisle was lucky and resilient; he survived in the garbage dump by scavenging other people's leftovers.

In his early years, he found a half-dead elf in a garbage dump and raised him as his younger brother. Now that his brother is grown up, the money he makes from collecting garbage is not enough to feed the two of them, so he has to go out and find a job.

Unfortunately, the elven shopkeepers also disliked half-elves, and no one hired him.

After being rejected by the elves once again, he discovered that Li Ming, a human, was doing business at a stall in the royal court. After observing him for several days, he found that Li Ming was a friendly person who treated all passing elves equally (he couldn't distinguish between half-elves and half-elves). Only then did he risk coming to Li Ming's stall to find work.

After Carlisle left, Li Ming began packing up his stall, when a series of footsteps approached.

"Brother Li, business seems to be picking up these past few days!"

The visitor was Cyril; it seemed his son's admission to the Royal Academy had given him more motivation at work lately.

Although he looked visibly much more haggard, he appeared very happy.

"Brother Cyril, what brings you here today?"

"I came to buy some things, and I'll bring you the report for the items you submitted for testing while I'm at it."

"Thank you for making this trip, for a bottle of [purification potion]?"

"right!"

"Hehehe, Brother Cyril, although this medicine has no side effects, you still have to use it in moderation. Think about it, what will happen to your son if anything happens to you?"

Cyril looked at Li Ming in surprise: "You know the effect of your potion?"

"I understand, it's about restoring energy and relieving fatigue~"

"Hey~ I can't help it, I'm just too busy with work during the week, and I'm a bit out of shape at night. It's not that I'm incapable!"

"Of course, Brother Cyril, your work must be physically demanding! Here, your medicine." Li Ming handed Cyril two bottles of [purification potion], "This extra bottle is a thank-you gift from me. If you hadn't been urging me, I don't know when this report would have been ready."

Cyril didn't stand on ceremony. He took the two bottles of [purification potion] and handed a Moon Spring Crystal to Li Ming.

"To be honest, Brother Li, this potion is really expensive. If I didn't have some savings, I really couldn't afford it. Could you sell it for a discount?"

Li Ming laughed and said, "Well, there's nothing I can do about it. The cost is what it is. But Brother Cyril, we're old friends, so giving you a 20% discount is no problem."

"Here's your 2000 Elf Coins."

Cyril accepted the money with a smile. "Brother Li, that's a good deal. So, is there anything I can help you with? I have some connections in the royal court. If you need help getting supplies, I can help you too."

"Thank you, brother, but I still have a lot of stock, so I don't need it for now. I'll contact you later if I need anything."

Li Ming declined Cyril's offer of help, and Cyril understood. After a while, he took his leave.

After leaving the hotel where Li Ming was staying, Cyril returned to that secluded room.

"Cyril, did you find out where he gets his goods from?"

"Reporting to the elder, that human was very tight-lipped and didn't let a word slip," Cyril replied respectfully, bowing his head.

The elder snorted coldly, "I knew it! What a piece of trash!"

"I've noticed you've been quite busy lately, haven't had time to cultivate a good relationship with that human. Do you think that just because your son got into the Royal Academy, I can't do anything about you?"

"Let me tell you, I can get your son's approval approved, and I can also invalidate it. You'd better behave yourself, or we'll both look bad."

Cyril knelt down with a thud. "Elder, I've had too much work these past few days. I had no choice."

"Besides, that human is too tight-lipped; I don't think he'll easily reveal the source of his goods."

"Elder, could he be using spatial magic to transport the goods?"

The elder scoffed, "Do you think spatial magic is some kind of mainland import?"

"Moreover, if he could transport goods through spatial magic in the royal court, he could send in an army. Our elven race would probably have been wiped out several times over by now."

"Forget it, forget it. I see you really have no other choice. You don't need to ask about that human anymore."

"Hey, Elon recently improved the blueprints for the water car. You steal them for me, and we'll be even. How about it?"

"After it's done, let's pretend we never met."

Cyril breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the first half of the sentence, but the second half made his heart jump again.

Seeing his hesitation, the elder's tone hardened: "You don't think I'm doing charity work, do you? You think you can take my benefits and then do nothing? Why don't you go and kidnap that person?"

Cyril was practically grinding his teeth to powder. Although Li Ming was human, the two of them got along very well and could chat. He now considered Li Ming a friend and naturally didn't want to lay a hand on him.

Moreover, if he were to kidnap someone on Central Avenue, he wouldn't have enough lives left.

However, Elon treated him very well. He had been Elon's bodyguard for more than 20 years, and the two got along very well. Although he would occasionally work overtime, he was always paid well for it.

The water car is the culmination of Elon's hard work over the years. If the blueprints are stolen, one can imagine the enormous loss Elon would suffer.

"Have you thought this through? If you take one set of blueprints this time, I won't bother you again."

"As for Airon, he can continue to improve the blueprints. He's still young, and he'll definitely design even more amazing cars in the future."

"Losing a single blueprint is a very small loss for him, isn't it?"

"And you will remain a member of the Royal Guard, and your son will still be able to attend the Royal School and make a name for himself after graduation."

The elder's words were like a devil's temptation, gradually drawing out Cyril's desires.

"Okay, just this once!"

"happy!"