Those goblins that had their gemstones taken would trade them with surface merchants, exchanging for meager supplies to sustain their clan's survival.
However, as it's often said, there's no business without deceit.
Every time these merchants purchased gemstones from the goblins, they would press the prices to extremely low levels and shortchange them with supplies.
For these merchants, controlling the source of sales meant that the goblins had no choice but to trade with them, allowing the merchants to exploit them at will.
Naturally, the goblins understood this, and some boldly emerged from underground.
They began selling gemstones themselves to avoid being exploited by those merchants.
During this time, they endured many, many hardships.
If one were to recount the development history of goblins in detail, it would take three days and nights.
However, in the end, they overcame these difficulties.
Thus, the role of the goblin merchant was introduced.
