@emansistow You're basically the only person in this thread that I agree with.
@Solipsist I don't really like the elder either (no duh given that he's made to be a character to dislike), but I'm going to play devil's advocate because you're just straight up wrong.
He did not go "full communism" on the salt. He bought salt. That's it. If I walked into a store and said I'm buying everything there, does that mean I'm going "full communism"? No. He is clearly choosing to give away the salt to everyone for free after that, but that does not make it full communism or anything like that. Anyone else could've bought all the salt if they 1) had the resources for it and 2) wanted to do it. He just did it because he thought it would benefit him.
Then you're just wrong on the other part. Have you not read this ENTIRE story? Dawun does not have the kind of personality to just piss people off for no reason. He saved a random fat boy just because he wanted to. Yes, if he needed to antagonize the elder to get what he wanted, Dawun would do it. It does not look like he needed to antagonize the elder to get what he wanted. That's the issue here.
@Celiohogane Wrong. Nowhere does it show that Dawun knows the elder is a dick. He's suspicious of the elder, but nowhere has it shown Dawun to concretely know that the elder is bad in any way.
@Hell_Satan That doesn't answer what I said. Yes, Dawun wants to get enchanted items. Yes, the elder is a way for Dawun to get enchanted items. That does not mean that Dawun had to go straight into antagonizing the elder.
@Steelz He has NOT figured out the elder's nature. He is suspicious of the elder, but he has no reason to openly antagonize the elder.
@Bramia The MC clearly cares about PEOPLE and does not openly piss people off for no good reason. See my other responses. He probably could've gotten what he wanted without openly antagonizing the elder.
@A-Song You're just straight up wrong. The elder literally bought the salt using his own resources to then give away for free to the village. Yes, hate the elder for all of the good reasons to hate him. Don't make crap up just to hate him. You called him a sick fuck for wanting to increase his own prestige by giving away salt for free? That's screwed up.