Holding torches and oil lamps, approximately thirty well-equipped soldiers arrived at this small alley.

"Spread out and search!"

A middle-aged soldier with a bit of a belly standing at the forefront waved his hand and issued the order, and the soldiers dispersed.

Among them, two young soldiers entered the inn.

By this time, the receptionist had already changed shifts, and the night shift was manned by a middle-aged woman with clean clothes on.

The soldier spread out a rolled up sheepskin parchment and read it to the receptionist behind the counter:

"By the order of the acting governor of the Duke of Raphimantes' territory, Kovdair city, we are conducting a surprise search."

"A surprise search? I understand, what are you looking for?"

"All the rooms."

The receptionist frowned a little, after all, it was late at night and the guests might be asleep, but she couldn't defy the governor's orders. Although she didn't know what was happening, if she resisted the orders, she would definitely be taken away as a suspect for questioning.

"Understood. In that case, can I go and inform the guests to get dressed?"

"I'm sorry, not this time."

"Oh? What kind of incident is it that it's so serious! Well, let me get the spare keys then, and we'll start with the rooms on the ground floor."

"Alright."

The soldier had no objection, with one guarding the entrance and the other following the receptionist as they began to search from the ground floor.

The receptionist raised the volume of her key-turning, footsteps, and conversation with the soldier on purpose, actually it was also a disguised reminder for the guests, those who need to get dressed should do so, and the guilty ones should disguise themselves quickly.

Most of the guests were awakened and lit their oil lamps in their rooms, waiting for the soldiers to conduct the surprise search, without too many complaints.

After all, surprise searches were a rare occurrence, so it must have been some important case that had occurred.

They locked another room and soon arrived at Han Mu's room.

The receptionist opened the door and found that the oil lamp inside had been lit early on. Han Mu and Xiaoming were sitting on the bed, with a quilt wrapped around their bodies, showing only their faces.

Seeing a young girl in the room, the soldier unfurled a painting scroll, depicting a golden-haired girl dressed in noble attire.

After carefully comparing with Xiaoming, the soldier found that the difference was significant, so he closed the door with the receptionist and went on to search the next room.

Feeling that Xiaoming's body was starting to heat up, Han Mu unwrapped the quilt and went back to his original bed.

"Rest early, Xiaoming."

Han Mu reached out and turned off the oil lamp again.

Xiaoming felt her face burning, her whole body was numb when held by her brother, how could she sleep like this?

She stealthily glanced at Han Mu, who was staring at her sitting foolishly.

"Brother Mu Mu is such a big fool!"

She blushed and lay down, covering her face with the quilt.

【Life Exploration】

Han Mu closed his eyes and used this skill, locked the soldiers in his mind, and found that they finished their search shortly after.

After joining the lifepoints at the entrance, they lingered for a while and then left.

Due to the city's noise and the distance, Han Mu couldn't hear their conversation clearly. Relying on his excellent hearing, he could only vaguely hear the words "Viscount."

About ten minutes later, the majority of the soldiers left the small alley, and a relieved Han Mu turned off his【Life Exploration】.

He yawned and began to doze off.

Later that night, the Finn they were waiting for appeared.

At first, Han Mu thought the person who approached so stealthily was a thief. He instructed Xiaoming to put on the cloak with him, intending to catch the thief and hand him over to the soldiers.

Finn turned out to be different from the traditional image of a cunning-looking businessman Han Mu had imagined. He was a muscular man in his fifties with ultra-short hair that was cropped close to his scalp, and a tuft of beard on his chin.

Perhaps because of his sleeveless vest-like attire, he looked more like a fitness instructor.

Finn took off the large travel bag from his back and placed it on the ground, sitting down unceremoniously on the only stool in the room."Didn't Wol come?"

"Wol has some things to deal with, so this time my sister and I will handle the transaction. Let me introduce myself, my name is Isaac Rockefeller, and this is my sister Candy Rockefeller."

It seemed that Finn found Han Mu's disguise a bit amusing and mocking in his eyes.

Han Mu noticed it. Could it be that this person knew Wol's identity as a werewolf and still traded with him?

"Something came up? I'm afraid Wol got injured. I guess your main purpose this time is to purchase potions and potion ingredients."

The other party seemed to know quite a bit.

Han Mu squinted his eyes, revealing a friendly smile. This was his habitual action to hide the killing intent in his eyes, although it looked a bit like a villain's habitual action.

"How much do you know?"

"Anyway, I know more than a kid like you. Let's just talk about the trade. I'm not interested in anything other than making money."

"Since you already know my purpose, just tell me the price directly."

"The price of intermediate healing potions is 10 silver coins, the price of lower healing potions is 2 silver coins, the main ingredients are 1 silver coin 5 copper coins for a stalk of Clo grass, 1 silver coin 20 copper coins for 10 grams of purple vine..."

As he listed the prices, Han Mu compared them to the price list Wol provided and found that the prices given to him were more than double the original prices. The prices of purple vines and some main ingredients had tripled.

He wondered why the prices he was given were so different from those before. Could it be that this guy thought he looked young and thought he had some leverage, so he dared to try to extort him?

No, since Wol found this person reliable, it shouldn't be the case.

Could there be other hidden reasons? He still had to ask. If the other party really wanted to extort him, he would never hesitate to deal with them ruthlessly. If he thought it necessary, the opponent would never see tomorrow's dawn.

"Why are the prices I know so different from before? Can you explain why the prices have risen so much?"

"Of course, your question is very reasonable. In fact, this price increase is not only for potions, but also for all materials related to war. The prices have doubled. If you don't believe me, you can take a walk on West Street and see for yourself."

West Street? Han Mu wasn't familiar with it, but it seemed that this street could provide a lot of information, so he made a note of it.

"Why did the prices suddenly increase? It shouldn't be because of the 'Silver Hammer', right?"

"Of course, it has nothing to do with the werewolves. It's mainly related to the two countries in the north of this continent. It seems that a demon army has appeared in their territories, and it is said to be led by two 'General' level demons."

What was a "General" level? It was the second time he had heard this title, though the first time he had heard it was when he was referred to as one.

"Do demons have different levels? Can you explain that to me?"

"Since you, a kid, don't know, I'll explain it to you."

Demons on this continent generally refer to evil creatures born from evil forces. Of course, there are many forms of life, not necessarily limited to physical forms, and they may also appear as spiritual forms, such as ghosts.

In the long history of mankind, some powerful humans have divided demons into different reference levels based on their power and abilities through battles with demons.

Over time, the divisions were modified and refined, and the first generation of Heroes, the Knight of the Stars, established the definitive classification.

At the lowest level among demons are the "soldier" level. Although they seem like cannon fodder, in practice, they require a team of at least five Silver-ranked adventurers to eliminate them, given their specific means of attack.

Moreover, the exceptional "soldier" level elite demons may require a team of at least five Gold-ranked adventurers to defeat.

Above the "soldier" level is the "captain" level. Demons of this level are generally intelligent, have many "soldier" level demons under their command, and are difficult to eliminate. They require a full team of Platinum-ranked adventurers to take them down.The pinnacle of the "Soldier" and "Captain" levels is the "General" level. At this level, it is no longer a matter that a single adventurer can handle alone, and the battles are usually carried out with countries as the smallest unit.

Soldiers hold off the demon army, while heroes and at least Mithril-level adventurers team up to carry out the beheading mission of the "General" level demon. This time, two "General" level demons appeared together, and their combined destructive power was greater than the sum of two, which meant that two countries alone could not handle them.

Therefore, including the Yeti Tanien Kingdom, several countries immediately sent reinforcements and supplies, and a coalition of armies set out under the leadership of the famous Fifth Generation Hero.

Due to the urgency of this mobilization, a large amount of supplies were forcibly conscripted, causing a temporary supply shortage and subsequent inflation.

Han Mu nodded, though he wanted to ask a few questions, he was worried that these might be common knowledge questions and would arouse Finn's suspicion, so he didn't ask.

The keywords "First Generation Hero Knight of the Stars" and "Fifth Generation Hero" caught Han Mu's interest, but he didn't ask, as Finn seemed to suggest they were well-known.

It seemed that he would need to do some research after the fact.

Understanding the causes and gaining some interesting information, Han Mu temporarily trusted Finn, believing that he wouldn't lie to him about such an earth-shattering event or make up lies that could be easily exposed.

The price of medicinal supplies had more than doubled, so if the werewolf tribe wanted to buy the original amount of supplies, they would be short, with a gap of nearly 2 gold coins.

Xiaoming, who had a rough idea of the money in his bag, was anxious, as these supplies were life-saving for the tribal warriors.

"What should we do, Brother Mu? Why don't we work in the city? The adventurer said there are places that hire children," suggested Xiaoming.

Han Mu couldn't help but find the suggestion amusing. Knowing that the wages for day-work that hired children would be very low, just enough to make a living.

It would probably take years to earn two gold coins in that manner, even without eating or drinking.

Seems like he would have to use his own gold coins.

Han Mu patted Xiaoming's head, signaling not to worry.

A gold coin, one size larger than the normal one, appeared in Han Mu's hand and was handed to Finn.

"Take a look at this gold coin and see how many silver coins you can exchange for it."

Finn didn't show any strange expression when he took the obviously larger gold coin, which surprised Han Mu.

First, Finn scraped the surface with a knife to make sure it wasn't gold-plated. Then he flicked the coin in several places with his fingers, followed by some other identification work.

After confirming that the coin was pure gold and not an alloy, he took out a balance and weighed the coin.

"The gold coin you provided weighs 2.1 ounces, twice the weight of a normal gold coin. Based on the weight, I should exchange 105 silver coins for you, but due to this being an unknown type of gold coin, we need to charge a fee and other related costs totaling 5 silver coins. So, I can only exchange 100 silver coins for you - which is two gold coins."

Han Mu had no objections to this exchange method. The amount of gold in his【Warehouse】was a horrifying number. If he took it all out, he would likely cause the country's financial system to collapse.

After all, a sudden appearance of a huge fortune could shatter the definition of wealth.

Listing out the items, Han Mu paid for the medicines with the game gold coins and also exchanged ten normal gold coins.

It's not that Han Mu didn't want to exchange more, but he was afraid that showing too much wealth would cause unnecessary trouble.

Even so, seeing Han Mu take out so many gold coins was quite surprising to Finn.

As for the medicines and other supplies, Finn had prepared them in advance, taking a cloth bag out of the backpack on the floor and packing everything Han Mu had bought into it.

Before leaving, Finn looked back at Han Mu as if hesitating, as if he had something to say.Han Mu furrowed his brow.

"What's wrong? Is there still a problem?"