Hawkeye couldn’t help but laugh, hefting his battle axe still stained with dried blood, and said, “I’m no hero. I’m just a mercenary who kills for money!”

He pointed at the hawk on his shoulder and said, “Do you know how I lost this eye? That’s right, it was this beast that pecked it blind. Later, I caught this beast. I didn’t kill it, but tamed it, made it kill for me. Kid, let me tell you, there are no heroes in this world—only people who kill for gold and women!”

Olivia Carter couldn’t be bothered to listen to his brainwashing, happily pocketed the gold coins, and sat back down.

……

“Boss, let’s go!” a few mercenaries behind him urged.

Hawkeye nodded, but glanced at Olivia Carter again, put his tattered boot up on the table, and asked, “Kid, let me ask you again, did you personally make these first-grade wound medicines?”

“Yes!” said Olivia Carter.

“Really?”

Hawkeye suddenly roared, his aura surging as if possessed by a god of slaughter. With a flick of his wrist, his battle axe swept out. Even before it touched him, Olivia Carter felt a sharp sting on the skin of his neck. With a “whoosh,” the axe stopped just as it was about to cleave off Olivia Carter’s head. Staring at the calm youth before him, Hawkeye couldn’t help but click his tongue in admiration, “Good kid… you really remind me of myself back in the day. Haven’t seen such guts in a young man for years!”

Olivia Carter wasn’t calm at all—he was so scared he couldn’t move. Even when Hawkeye took the axe away, his legs still wouldn’t budge.

“How about this…”

Hawkeye said, “Kid, I need 10 bottles of paralysis potion and 20 bottles of stone-skin potion, but all must be at least second-grade quality. If you can make them, I’ll pay you handsomely. So, do you dare take this job?”

Olivia Carter hesitated. Both potions were level 4, and he’d never made them before—he wasn’t sure if he could do it. But he still agreed, saying, “I can, but you’ll need to give me a 20% deposit!”

“Deal!”

Hawkeye hefted his battle axe and laughed heartily, “Paralysis potion, ten times the market price of 5 silver coins, so 10 bottles is 5 gold coins. Stone-skin potion, ten times the market price of 10 silver coins, so 20 bottles is 20 gold coins. That’s 25 gold coins in total. Twenty percent deposit—here, 5 gold coins for you. By the way, what’s your name, and which pharmacy are you from?”

“Olivia Carter, Bailing Pharmacy.”

“Oh, never heard of it, but that’s fine. Can you deliver by this time tomorrow?”

“Yes.”

Hawkeye looked down at Olivia Carter, grinned viciously, and said, “If you can’t deliver the 30 bottles of second-grade or better potions I need, I’ll twist your head off. I, Hawkeye, always keep my word!”

Olivia Carter nodded and said calmly, “Understood.”

As if the head about to be twisted off wasn’t his own.

……

He watched as Hawkeye and the other mercenaries left, but all of this was seen by people from the Shenyu Pharmacy. Dressed in fine clothes, David Thompson stepped forward, looked at Olivia Carter, and sneered, “Where did this brat come from, so eager to die? Do you know how many people Hawkeye has killed in broad daylight? Now that you’ve taken his gold coins, let’s see where you’ll get second-grade level 4 potions. Unless you’re the Medicine King, there’s no way you can make high-quality level 4 potions. Just wait for death!”

Several young men from Shenyu Pharmacy behind David Thompson burst out laughing, mocking the people from Bailing Pharmacy.

Olivia Carter didn’t bother arguing. Instead, he packed up the unsold wound medicine and said to Olivia Walker, “Olivia Walker sis, let’s pack up and go home?”

“Oh? Alright…” Olivia Walker had no objections.

John Reed and Benjamin Harris were stunned, and only came to their senses when Olivia Carter and Olivia Walker’s figures disappeared into the alley.

But Olivia Carter didn’t go home. Instead, he took Olivia Walker to browse the nearby herb shops. Olivia Walker was anxious and said, “Ayu, I don’t know how much skill you’re hiding in alchemy, but… second-grade level 4 potions are definitely not as easy to make as level 1 potions. You… you’re not only putting yourself in danger, but also Bailing Pharmacy. Hawkeye is a mercenary who kills without blinking!”

“Olivia Walker sis, help me hold the medicine box!”

Olivia Carter didn’t answer, but handed the medicine box to Olivia Walker, then, with 10 gold coins in his pocket, walked into a herb shop. The shopkeeper came over, saw it was a young boy and girl, and didn’t think much of it. “What would you like to buy?”

“Boss, give me one jin of demon serpent flower.”

“Oh? Demon serpent flower?” The shopkeeper looked at the boy in surprise. “That’s a level 4 herb. What do you need it for?”

“I’m buying herbs for my master.”

“Oh, I see…”

Olivia Walker stood by, secretly admiring Olivia Carter’s cleverness. Being too flashy wouldn’t be good—after all, there were only so many great pharmacists in Yinsan City, and not many people could make level 4 potions. The two of them looked far too young.

……