A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 776: Courtesy first, then attack
"Ah! Void mayonnaise!"

The glass jar thrown by Leon was quite tough and did not break when it hit the ground.

After seeing the unique red spots on the paste in the bottle, the goblin immediately realized what was inside.

After being amazed, the goblin rushed over like a vicious dog, picked up the Void Mayonnaise on the ground, and then sat on the ground without caring about his image. He unscrewed the bottle cap with trembling hands and carefully picked out a small ball of black Void Mayonnaise with his long nails.

Then he stuffed it directly into his mouth.

"Woo!"

An incomprehensible groan escaped from the goblin's throat, and his facial expression, distorted with satisfaction, resembled that of a drug addict who had been trapped for a long time and finally discovered what he had always dreamed of.

Then the goblin seemed to react, and hurriedly tightened the bottle cap and stuffed the Void Mayonnaise into his robe. He looked at Leon with a vigilant expression, with one hand protecting his chest, as if he was guarding against Leon taking the Void Mayonnaise back.

"Do you like this gift?" Leon stood there with his hands spread out, indicating that he meant no harm, and said to the goblin, "If you like it, maybe I can give you another one."

The goblin's eyes bulged even more when he heard that. He stood up impatiently and asked Leon, "Do you still have Void Mayonnaise?"

"Of course, but not now. I have two questions to ask you." Seeing that the goblin had taken the bait, Leon immediately smiled.

"First question, did you go to Pelican Town last night and steal a bowl of soup hidden in the refrigerator?"

"I didn't steal it. I just followed the mistress's request and took it." The goblin hesitated for a moment, but still answered Leon's doubts.

"So where is the soup you took away?" Lyon was speechless at the answer, but he didn't expose her and continued to ask.

"Inside the house," the goblin answered truthfully.

"Are you here looking for that thing? Then I can't help you, not even with more Void Mayonnaise. This is something the mistress specifically told me to hide. If you take it, I'll be dead."

"No room for negotiation?" Lyon frowned, feeling that his 500G was wasted.

"No, and I advise you to leave here as soon as possible. The hostess doesn't like outsiders to disturb her." The goblin also felt that it was a bit inappropriate to accept the things without doing anything, but although the Void Mayonnaise was precious, it was still not as important as his life.

All he could do was to remind the human in front of him to leave here as soon as possible to avoid danger, so that it would not be considered as taking other people's things for nothing.

"Then I made a trip in vain? How about we make a deal?" Leon was not worried about this. The information he got yesterday was that Miranda was not at home. He didn't know when she would be back, but it shouldn't be too soon. There was plenty of time to make a move.

"What deal?" the goblin asked curiously.

"There are two ways to trade. The first is that I'll trade you the Void Mayonnaise, but I can guarantee that your mistress won't blame you. This will require you to pay a small price, such as inflicting some damage to the back of your head. It's called the "Tribute of Inflicting Pain."

Leon was the first to say the first method he thought of: "You can then explain to your mistress that I rushed in, knocked you unconscious, and snatched the soup base. At least this way your situation won't be so embarrassing." "What about the other one?" The goblin thought this suggestion was good, but it also wanted to hear about the second way of trading.

"The second option is that I bring a soup of similar color, but it's not frozen. You can use this to replace the frozen soup cube and explain to your hostess that the soup is about to thaw. She probably won't care about these details. I will still give you a portion of Void Mayonnaise, but the premise of this transaction is that the soup cube has not been placed in the refrigerator." Lyon continued to report the second option.

"The second option won't work. The hostess used magic to freeze the smelly soup, so it won't melt. Besides, even if I replace her, there's no way I can set up the same type of magic circle on it." Upon hearing this, the goblin immediately rejected the proposal.

"Then it can only be the first one, what do you think?" Leon was not surprised and asked the goblin.

"Can you give me a few bottles of Void Mayonnaise?" the goblin asked.

"You make your price."

"5, no, 10 bottles!!" The goblin immediately reported a number, but felt it was not enough, so he doubled it.

"Greed is not a good quality." Hearing the goblin's request, Leon smiled. A bottle of void mayonnaise costs 500G, and 10 bottles is 5000G. Although the thick soup is important, there is a way to make a new one. Leon felt a little bit of a loss after paying 500G without getting any return, and he didn't want to be a sucker.

"If you don't agree, then the deal can't be done. Go back." The goblin was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he still had no intention of giving in.

"Even if the deal doesn't go through, we still have righteousness. Why don't you consider it?" Lyon confirmed.

"Go back, human, don't force me to kick you out." The goblin didn't understand what Leon meant, but he didn't want to be in a stalemate with Leon anymore. If the hostess came back at this time and saw that he had left the hut and was communicating with a human here instead of fulfilling his duty to guard this place, he would be in big trouble.

"Oh." Leon sighed. It seemed that the civilized way of doing things was not working. He could only use courtesy first and force later.

"what are you up to!"

The goblin also noticed the change in Leon's attitude, especially when he saw a weapon with a purple glow and a blade dotted with stars suddenly appeared in Leon's hand, he immediately shouted at the top of his voice.

"I want to follow the first step of the transaction, but I don't want to pay for the Void Mayonnaise. What do you think?" Leon gripped the hilt of the knife, and the blade instantly extended into a long knife, with the tip pointing directly at the goblin's ugly face.

He didn't take action before because he was worried that Miranda had set up some surveillance measures here, but after communicating with the goblins until now, there was no sign of Miranda. Leon felt that he was worrying too much. In that case, he decided not to be polite.

As long as the goblin is not killed, it will be enough to make it unable to move. Anyway, I brought a life potion in my bag this time. At worst, I can just knock down the goblin and take the things, then feed it a bottle of potion to save its life. Even if Miranda is angry, she should be able to remain rational as long as there is no murder, so it won't be considered a mortal enemy.

"I think the deal can continue. I just need two bottles of Void Mayonnaise." The goblin had a good eye and could see that the weapon Leon took out was a Galaxy Weapon. The holders of such weapons were basically powerful warriors with skilled combat skills. It was not sure it could deal with an existence of this level.

"It's late. Sorry, Mr. Goblin, you have to lie down for a while." Leon didn't plan to pay any more attention to the goblin. The longer he delayed, the more dangerous it would be. It would be better to end it quickly.

(End of this chapter)