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10 Years Later

"Because the quantity is limited, each person can only buy up to five bottles of Kul Tiras diet pills per day," Forseti said.

A plump customer frowned but nodded anyway. "Okay, I'll take five bottles. How much will that be?"

"Fifty gold coins per bottle."

A month had passed since Forseti began selling the pills.

Boss Baelish, usually of medium stature and full of energy, seemed much younger these days. One day, Forseti approached him again to get the black fish. Baelish leaned in and said, "I heard you're selling diet pills for fifty gold coins a bottle?"

"Yeah," Forseti nodded.

Shining star grass and black fish were common and inexpensive. Over the past month, Forseti had earned nearly a hundred runes, with daily sales continuing to rise.

The weight loss pills Baelish used were given to him for free, along with free black fish, so he didn't know the price of the pills.

When Baelish heard the price, he patted his leg and frowned. "You... how could you..."

Forseti was taken aback. "Is it expensive? I think it's reasonable, most people can afford it."

"How can you sell it so cheaply?" Baelish exclaimed.

Forseti chuckled. "Isn't it fair?"

Baelish shook his head. "This isn't like healing stones that people use regularly. People gain weight once in a lifetime. By setting such a low price, you're losing potential profit!"

Forseti asked, "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

"At least one rune per bottle, which is a small profit but ensures quick turnover," Baelish suggested.

Forseti hesitated. "In that case, it will cost at least a dozen runes to lose weight successfully. Will customers be willing to pay that?"

Baelish laughed. "You and I both know that most people in Asgard who are heavier than me are willing to pay more for this. The most painful thing is obesity, followed by weight loss. Before this, we dreamed of finding a weight loss pill that works easily, without side effects, and at an affordable price. Selling this for only fifty gold coins is too cheap. As a customer, I feel sorry for you."

Forseti pondered this. He had never thought to set such a high price, considering fifty gold coins already a huge profit. But Baelish's words made him reconsider.

Baelish continued, "Listen to me, sell it for a rune, and sales won't decrease."

Forseti thought for a while and finally nodded.

Unexpectedly, Baelish smiled. "Hey, I'll be responsible for providing you with black fish in the future. I'll supply as much as you need and deliver it to ensure stability."

After a pause, he added, "The price... considering home delivery is more expensive, 50% higher than the market price. With the profits from diet pills, you won't mind this extra cost."

Profiteer! Forseti thought but sighed and agreed. "One percent."

...

Time flew by, and ten years passed.

In the training space, the bodies of four gnolls lay on the ground.

Forseti leaned on his warhammer, panting, as he looked at the last gnoll standing. The gnoll, nervously gripping its tomahawk, was far from ordinary despite its ferocious appearance.

For over ten years, Forseti had challenged Hogg many times but never won. Today, it was still a stalemate.

Recently, Forseti had nearly won several times, but Hogg either escaped or killed him in the end.

"Clang! Clang!"

The two faced off again, and sparks flew as Verrigan's fist clashed with the battle axe.

During a brief pause, Hogg opened his mouth at the right moment.

Forseti's expression changed drastically, and he quickly activated the Divine Protection Technique.

"Ow-!!" Hogg howled, the sound sharp and strong, creating a shockwave that spread rapidly.

This roaring skill was far more powerful than Graf Swifttooth's.

Forseti's mind became dazed, his eyes unfocused, and his body shook slightly.

This was the result after many adaptations to the Divine Protection Technique. He remembered the first time he encountered this trick, he was shocked out of the experience space without any precautions.

"Come into my stomach!" Hogg charged with an axe.

When Forseti reacted, the axe blade was about to hit him. He quickly exited the experience space, avoiding being beheaded, and achieved a mental draw.

Forseti gasped, a headache forming.

Hogg's roaring skill was nearly insurmountable. Once activated, it directly affected the whole body. Only Divine Protection could resist it slightly. How could this be fought?

After pondering for a long time, Forseti still had no solution.

With a sigh, he left the house and headed to the Brave Hunter Tavern.

In ten years, the Kul Tiras diet pills had eliminated severe obesity in Asgard. Coupled with the hot sale of hair restorers, the Azeroth Herbal Shop had become one of the most famous and bizarre in Asgard.

This brought Forseti a pure profit of thousands of runes, but with the rapid decrease in the number of overweight and bald people, his business naturally declined.

He'd thought about exiting more than once recently, but it seemed almost impossible.

The Rainbow Bridge wouldn't facilitate this kind of transaction, and diet pills and hair growth agents were extremely expensive for ordinary beings.

One rune for a bottle of diet pills was about twenty pounds of gold. This price could generally only be afforded by the Aesir.

With business slowing, Forseti had more free time. Besides studying and practicing, he spent most of his time searching for four-horned goats.

After eating at the tavern at noon every day, he and Tialfi would enter the Landveti Forest to search for traces of four-horned goats and occasionally catch a big fat goat for a barbecue.

The hunting festival was still a few years away. If the four-horned goat wasn't found soon, the next hunting festival would have to wait a hundred years.

Forseti had just entered the tavern and was about to order food when a servant approached. "Mr. Forseti, Tialfi asked me to tell you that he has something to do these days and can't go to the forest with you."

Apart from eating and sleeping, Tialfi spent most of his time in the forest. This was the first time in ten years such a thing had happened, and Forseti couldn't help but be surprised.

But he didn't take it to heart and said casually, "Thank you, I understand."