I opened a clinic in the Abyss World

Magic Core!

Charlotte's eyes lit up, and she carefully picked up the dark red stone.

The dim light of the oil lamp illuminated the magic core, making it shine brightly. It felt warm and smooth to the touch, like jade. Upon closer inspection, fine white stripes, as delicate as hair, were visible within the translucent core, forming a spider web.

This was Charlotte's first time encountering a magic core, and judging from its appearance alone, it was indeed very beautiful, like a ruby.

However, the reason why magic cores are expensive is not because they are beautiful, but because of their special application value.

When a magic core is attached to a magic wand, it provides a significant boost to spells cast by mages of the same attribute, noticeably increasing both casting speed and power. The higher the rank of the magic core, the more pronounced the effect.

Embedding magic cores into weapons not only makes them look more impressive, but also provides an enchantment effect, giving knights an edge in battle.

In addition, magic cores are widely used in various magic arrays, serving as the core hub of most high-level arrays and providing the energy required by the array.

It can be said that the magic core is the most important energy source on the continent of Aesop.

Over the millennia, the number of mutated creatures in the wilderness has increased. As long as a monster has reached a certain level, there is a certain chance of obtaining a magic core after it is killed.

The exorbitant prices also draw many adventurers to venture into the wilderness, hunt monsters, and earn money.

  

Charlotte's level 2 eight-legged red spider magic core is worth 20,000 copper coins, while Harry's two level 5 berserker giant lizard magic cores are priced at one million copper coins.

The higher the level of a monster, the higher the price of its magic cores.

This is not hard to understand. Even if Charlotte's magical origins had not been destroyed, with his original strength as a high-level mage, he would have no way to break through the defenses of the berserk giant lizard. On the contrary, if it touched him, he would be turned into a meat patty.

Returns are directly proportional to risks.

These are not the main points. Charlotte is neither a formation master nor a blacksmith, so the magic core is useless to him.

But that's 20,000 copper coins!

It is undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

You can exchange your money for cash at any honest pawnshop.

"No wonder people say that murder and arson bring wealth; it really is a quick way to make money." Charlotte's fingers caressed the warm, smooth demon core, and she couldn't help but sigh.

As a legitimate doctor, he wouldn't actually resort to robbery.

Today, this one-eyed werewolf approached him on his own, risking his life for the magic core, and he accepted it without a second thought.

He gathered the coins from the table; there were a total of 5 silver coins and 62 copper coins.

It's truly shameful for a third-tier werewolf to have fallen to such a state.

Then Charlotte took out the intelligence report that Harry had given her, just two thin sheets of paper, from her pocket.

The Judson family is one of the four most famous families in the Abyss, and Charlotte's knowledge of them is limited to this.

Charlotte drew near the oil lamp and carefully read the rough intelligence report.

The Judson family controls most of the potion market in the Abyss, possesses immense wealth, and maintains a group of Black Magic Guards modified with potions, who are fearless and extremely loyal.

Charlotte quickly found information about Carol. As the youngest son of Gabriel, the head of the Judson family, Carol was known for his manic and bloodthirsty nature and was nicknamed Decepticon. He roamed the Abyss and no one dared to mess with him.

Although Carol is the youngest son, he is deeply favored by Gabriel and has begun to take over the family's most important potion business in recent years. He is regarded by outsiders as the next heir to the Judson family.

He is generally regarded as courageous and resourceful.

By getting in touch with Capas, Charlotte guessed that they wanted to expand their potion business to the Lance Empire.

Half an hour later, Charlotte put down the intelligence she was holding, feeling a bit of a headache.

This opponent is no pushover; on paper, he has no chance of winning.

As the local tyrants of the Abyss, the Judson family, who have operated for hundreds of years, are not to be shaken by an outsider like him.

One of the Dark Guards could easily finish him off.

After pondering for a while, Charlotte lit the intelligence with an oil lamp and threw it into the trash can. She picked up the magic core, stuffed it into her pocket, took three bottles of moisturizing essence from the cabinet, and left the clinic.

Finding Diana in the Abyss is very difficult; tenants can only see her on rent payment day.

However, it wouldn't be difficult to find one of Diana's men in the Bacca Street area.

Charlotte quickly found a man in a black robe dozing on the street. The recliner was placed in front of the largest bank on Bacca Street, with a long knife beside him. The man's clothes had three fox tails tattooed on the chest, which was the insignia of the Harriman family guards.

On Bacca Street, only members of the Harriman family dare to sleep so soundly.

Charlotte stepped forward and gently nudged the man.

The guard opened his eyes instantly, his hand already gripping his long sword, and looked at Charlotte.

"Don't misunderstand, this is something Miss Diana urgently needs, and I'd like to ask you to help deliver it to her," Charlotte said quickly, seeing his cold expression and murderous intent in his eyes.

Upon hearing Diana's name, the guard's expression softened slightly. He glanced at the medicine bottle in Charlotte's hand, then looked at Charlotte again, and asked, "Which clinic are you a doctor at?"

"Yes." Charlotte nodded and handed over the vial. "Please give these three bottles of moisturizing essence to Miss Diana. Please ask her to wait two more days for the remaining two bottles."

The guard took the bottle, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded in agreement.

He guarded this Bacca Street every day, and naturally heard that his young mistress seemed to be quite interested in this doctor. It was said that she even let him ride in her carriage, which many people on Bacca Street witnessed.

Even if Charlotte had a few times the courage, she wouldn't dare to tease him about such a thing.

The man, carrying the medicine bottle, went into the bank and quickly rode away.

Charlotte watched him leave before leisurely walking into the pawn shop across from the bank.

The young waiter at the door greeted him with a smile and then quickly went to fetch his boss, whispering, "Boss, this is Dr. Charlotte from the clinic up ahead. I just saw him ordering the Harriman family's guards around."

The shopkeeper's eyes showed a hint of surprise. It seemed that this young man had indeed latched onto Diana's coattails, which was a top-tier connection in the Abyss.

"Dr. Charlotte, what a rare guest!" The shopkeeper approached with a smile, his tone somewhat flattering.

Charlotte glanced at the middle-aged shopkeeper in front of her. He was round-bodied, with a particularly protruding belly, making him look like he was inflated. He had a round face and two small eyes that almost disappeared when he smiled.

"Shopkeeper, I have something I'd like to exchange for money," Charlotte said calmly, taking out a magic core from her pocket and placing it on the counter.

The shopkeeper picked up the magic core and examined it carefully for a while, then said, "This is the magic core of an eight-legged red spider. The quality is quite good, and there are no signs of it being used."

"See, that's what professionalism is?" Charlotte said calmly. "And see how much money we can get."

"The market price is 20000 copper coins. If you're willing to sell, I'll offer 21000 copper coins to buy it, just to make friends," the shopkeeper said with a smile.