The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 92: A PRESSING MATTER

Chapter 92: A PRESSING MATTER

The head merchant became anxious when he saw the alpha go to the third carriage, even more so when he said he was going to check all the carriages that he had prepared.

"This will not do, Alpha. Are you trying to say you don’t believe me?" The merchant complained, as if he was feeling wronged by the alpha.

However, his reluctance only set an alarm off in Cane’s mind. He looked at him icily and immediately knew there was something not right here.

Or else, he wouldn’t overreact like this.

Ignoring his complaint, Cane moved to the third carriage. At first, he couldn’t find anything wrong with it, the fourth, or the fifth and so on... there was nothing out of the ordinary, even until the last carriage.

But, the instant change in the head merchant’s expression alerted him, especially when he sighed in relief softly while Cane couldn’t pinpoint the source of his nervousness.

As a shifter, their hearing ability was way more incredible than any ordinary human.

"See? There is nothing wrong with it, right?" The head merchant lifted his head with a smug smile plastered on the corners of his lips. "I take offense to this. This is not what I expected from you, alpha, but I will let it slide today. After all, this is our first trade and I wish we will have more exchanges in the future."

Ethan sneered to hear such words. They were literally robbing them and now he had the audacity to smile in their faces, while talking as if he was so benevolent to let this matter slide. Wasn’t it the correct norm to check on the things that you wanted to purchase?

"Now, can I have the fifty magic stones? I need to go somewhere else, so I will not stay for long." He looked at Cane with a cheerful smile, while rubbing his hands together. The sky was so bright and the light glinted in his eyes.

Cane didn’t say anything, nor did he order his men to give the stones to the merchant. Instead, he looked at Ethan and spoke lightly.

"Open this carriage, I want to see the items inside."

"What?!" The head merchant shrieked, his eyes widened in fear, which only confirmed Cane’s suspicion. "You can’t do this, Alpha!"

"Why not? Technically speaking, this will be ours, thus it is only right for us to check the items, after all, we got this deal at ’a good price’." Jace emphasized the words ’good price’, so he would know that they were still holding a grudge against it.

"No! This does not include our deal!"

Alarmed by the head merchant’s scream, all of the mercenaries stepped forward to stop Ethan and all the warriors. Though they outnumbered the shifters by an alarming margin, there was no way they could fight them off. They were only paid for escorting the head merchant, in case of a monster attack, but fighting off a bunch of well trained warrior shifters was a different matter altogether. They were not even a match for them.

Therefore, Ethan easily walked past them and tore open the carriage that Cane had pointed at.

Immediately, grains spilled from inside, at first it was good grade grains, but soon after the grains that spilled out of the sack turned dark and they could even see the rice bugs. There were so many it gave Ethan a chill. He hated bugs with passion.

"What is the meaning of all this!?" Jace snarled, his face turned red after seeing the dark grains on the ground. "You are not only robbing us! You want to trick us!"

The head merchant paled, the bright sun above their heads made him sweat profusely and the mercenaries that he had hired couldn’t do anything to face these warrior shifters.

"W- we can talk about this. There must be a mistake," the head merchant tried to weasel his way out. "You only looked at one carriage, there are still sixteen more of them! This one must be spoiled because of the long journey!"

"Sixteen more?" Cane directed his sharp gaze at the merchant, who unconsciously took two steps back. He was so afraid to see the calmness in the alpha’s eyes.

"T- this..." the head merchant swallowed hard. "I will give you a discount! I will give you a discount for this one!"

"Check all the carriages," Cane ordered his men.

Almost immediately, they tore the sacks in the carriages, which surprisingly showed a similar result to when Ethan had opened one previously.

"Care to explain?" Cane asked, his expression beyond cold. This old man was trying to fool him. If he didn’t check it and go with his instinct, they would have suffered a great loss.

Not only would they be robbed off of fifty magic stones, but they wouldn’t even have anything to eat to survive all the winter either.

Stale bread, spoiled grains and rotten meat. How could you survive with those? In any case, eating those things would send you to an early grave!

"This..." the head merchant gritted his teeth. He didn’t think the alpha would check everything, thus he only covered the bad smell with some magic and once their transaction was done, there was nothing Cane could do. He had to accept it.

The head merchant stammered, he raked his brains to think of the right excuse that could save him, but Cane didn’t have the whole day to wait for him.

"Leave," Cane said impassively and then turned around.

"What?! No, no!" The head merchant shook his head. "You have not yet given me the fifty magic stones!"

The audacity of this man! Ethan was indignant to hear such a bold demand, he was about to tear this human apart, but Cane’s voice suppressed his anger.

"Ethan." Cane glanced at the gamma and then continued to walk back into the safety of their fortress. There was no need for violence and other troubles, because there was an even more pressing matter that they needed to handle.

On the other hand, Jace put his arm on Ethan’s shoulder, half dragging him back before he unleashed his anger.

But before that, Ethan managed to kick one of the carriages to the ground.

"Don’t ever show your face again!" The gamma snarled.

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