After Anvis's request had been posted for some time, rumors that a major outside merchant guild was preparing to invest heavily in the Federation and build a large-scale construct industry quickly spread through the Federation's underground forces.
Especially after Anvis deliberately underpaid part of the Gold Coins in the first few transactions and used several high-grade Magic Gems to offset the remaining payment, the enthusiasm of countless sellers was thoroughly ignited.
Trading a pile of low-grade Skeleton Laborers for precious high-grade Magic Gems that were difficult to buy even with money was simply an incredibly profitable deal! Moreover, whenever Anvis used them as payment, he calculated their value according to normal market prices. Even if they took those Magic Gems directly to auction, they could still make another fortune.
However, after these people realized there was profit to be made and sold Anvis a large batch of Skeleton Laborers at high prices, the raw materials on the market had nearly been exhausted.
Because the framework of Skeleton Laborers required higher-quality Soul Fire, the requirements for manufacturing materials were extremely strict. Not just any skeleton could be made into a finished product.
Before this, the Federation's Necromancers had already swept up nearly all qualified raw materials.
When Anvis purchased the few remaining batches at nearly one hundred and fifty percent of their usual price, the market's resources immediately fell into short supply.
Without the key raw materials, the Necromancers could not continue producing finished products, nor could they profit from these lucrative orders. That was immensely frustrating.
As the saying went, once profits reached fifty percent, people would take desperate risks; once they reached one hundred percent, people would trample every law in the world.
Since raw materials could not be obtained through normal channels, why not use abnormal ones? Very