Yoru Machi: Turns Out Making Money Is So Easy

"Poisonous Demon Dragon! That black material came from a Poisonous Demon Dragon, a subspecies of dragon! That insanely powerful sub-dragon boss that even S-rank adventurers could only turn around and flee from if they encountered it?"

Seeing the surrounding adventurers suddenly erupt into an uproar, the Guild Master realized that he had let something slip in his excessive excitement and indignation.

He had originally intended to keep Yoru Machi's slaying of the Poisonous Demon Dragon a secret, because he had his own selfish motives.

An adventurer of Yoru Machi's caliber would be eagerly sought after by Adventurers' Guilds in any town. If guilds elsewhere learned about this, there was no telling whether they would shamelessly come here to poach him.

"Well, that poisonous dragon smelled awful to begin with, and I couldn't afford any spatial equipment before. To avoid going over the quest time limit, I had no choice but to throw it away."

Compared to the emotional Guild Master and adventurers, Yoru Machi remained remarkably calm, as though what he had discarded had not been high-grade monster materials, but merely a pile of useless baggage.

"Brother Yoru Machi... no, Boss Yoru Machi, may I ask roughly where you abandoned the Poisonous Demon Dragon's corpse?"

"Right, right! Boss Yoru Machi, could you tell us in detail where you dumped the Poisonous Demon Dragon's body? Since you don't care for that junk, rather than letting someone else benefit from it, why not let people from our guild have it? Once your big brother gets back, I'll definitely treat you to drinks—the finest kind, no arguments!"

What a joke. The Poisonous Demon Dragon was a sub-dragon boss too. Dragons were valuable from head to toe—where was this so-called garbage? While the materials Yoru Machi had brought back were indeed the most precious parts of the Poisonous Demon Dragon, that did not mean the other materials were worthless.

If they could learn where Yoru Machi had abandoned the Poisonous Demon Dragon, then if they hurried there now and got lucky, they might still be able to pick up some scraps.

But even the most fragmented scraps from a sub-dragon were practically worth the same as completing several commissions, and there was no danger involved whatsoever.

"If you want to know, it's not like I can't tell you. But killing that Poisonous Demon Dragon cost me quite a few precious items and potions. The losses were considerable. If I let you pick up such a bargain for free, I'd definitely feel a little unbalanced. You all understand what I mean, right?"

Hearing Yoru Machi's words, the adventurers watching nearby froze for a moment, privately marveling at how shrewd such a newcomer was.

However, compared to the priceless Poisonous Demon Dragon materials, everyone immediately felt that giving Yoru Machi a little compensation was well worth it. As he had said, no one knew how great a price he had paid to defeat such a powerful boss as the Poisonous Demon Dragon.

Only Soya, the young guild clerk who had silently watched everything unfold, smiled bitterly at the scene. No one knew Yoru Machi's previous circumstances better than she did.

Precious potions and items, my ass. Before setting out, Yoru Machi had even borrowed money from her to buy food and weapons.

With the little money she had lent him, how could he possibly have bought any rare, precious items or potions?

"So, Brother Yoru Machi, how much are you asking for this information?"

Paying was not the issue; the issue was how much. If Yoru Machi demanded an outrageous sum, they were not idiots. Besides, how much spare money could people who spent their days chatting and fooling around at the Adventurers' Guild possibly have?

"The first person to buy my information will pay ten gold coins. The second will pay eight gold coins. The third will pay five gold coins, and so on. Every time I sell the information once, I'll wait ten minutes before selling it to the next person. What do you all think of that proposal?"

Soya and the Guild Master, standing nearby, were both clearly taken aback by Yoru Machi's method of selling information. They had originally wanted to give him some pointers, but they had not expected him to possess not only considerable strength, but such a clever head as well.

Yoru Machi was doing this to protect his own interests. Information spread by word of mouth—no matter how secret it was at first, once enough people knew, it was no longer a secret.

If one of the adventurers before him bought his information and then shared it with others or resold it cheaply secondhand, then what the hell would he be left with?

But with Yoru Machi's method, that problem would not arise. He sold the information to the first person for ten gold coins. If you were the first to learn this information, and no one else knew it for a short period of time, would you share that secret with anyone else?

Naturally not. People were selfish creatures. Those were Poisonous Demon Dragon materials—items worth a fortune. If you could get there first, sharing them with others would be idiotic.

The second person to learn the information would be the same. They would not tell the third person, much less any later competitors. The first person who learned the information had already set off in advance, so naturally they would not waste any time either.

Thus, this method of selling information maximized Yoru Machi's profits. Moreover, because he was not selling the information to everyone all at once and had set the prices quite reasonably, they would not feel that he was demanding an extortionate price.

Ten gold coins was nearly equivalent to the reward for an A-rank commission. Even for the adventurers present, producing that much money at once was no easy matter.

Yet none of them felt that price was particularly outrageous. After all, this was an opportunity to pick up Poisonous Demon Dragon materials from a sub-dragon species for free.

"Brother Yoru Machi, we'll be the first to buy your information." After a moment of silence, one adventurer party finally scraped together the money and approached Yoru Machi with a bag of gold coins.

"Guild Master, is there a relatively quiet room we can borrow?"

"Go to the office upstairs. I'll let my secretary Linda know. No one downstairs will be able to hear what you say there, so you can rest assured."

Hearing the conversation between Yoru Machi and the Guild Master, the adventurers who had been stretching their ears in hopes of getting something for free immediately looked disappointed.

After receiving the payment, Yoru Machi did not hide anything and told them where he had dismembered and abandoned the Poisonous Demon Dragon.

"You made the right decision by acting decisively and buying my information first, because it's been nearly two days since I left that place. Ordinary people probably wouldn't go to such a remote wilderness, but beasts and monsters would likely be drawn by the Poisonous Demon Dragon's flesh and blood. If you get there any later, there might truly be nothing left—not even the bones."

After obtaining Yoru Machi's information, the adventurer party eagerly took their map and left the Adventurers' Guild.

As for the adventurers downstairs, some of them had already gathered enough gold coins. But out of professional integrity, Yoru Machi would not sell the second piece of information until ten minutes had passed.