Gender-swapped Saintess: A Survival Diary on Hell Difficulty

What does "there's something even more ruthless" mean?

Ms. Tree looked at the row of milk bottles in front of her, then at the mysterious-looking Roland, her mind still reeling.

Seeing that Ms. Tree still didn't understand the situation, Roland simply picked up a bottle of milk from the table.

She pointed to the milk bottle and said to Ms. Tree.

"This is it. If I had a more potent and higher-level potion than this..."

"Can you help accelerate the ripening of greenhouse crops?"

Ms. Shu understood, and a helpless expression immediately appeared on her face.

"Miss Roland, no matter what kind of potion it is, it won't work."

"Magic cultivation cannot be achieved overnight, especially for us tree spirits. No tree spirit can grow into a towering tree in one go."

Her tone was firm, trying to dissuade Roland from her idea.

"Miss Roland, to be honest, you need to consider giving up on aiding the disaster victims."

That was said very seriously.

Because the reality is that Roland has to compromise on the issue of food.

Some of the disaster victims will eventually have to give up.

In her opinion.

Roland shouldn't have been so reckless; she should have restarted the Krusty Krab factory and provided aid to the disaster victims gathered outside.

Two days ago, we provided relief to a group of disaster victims, but as a result, even more people came after hearing about it, and the food consumption increased.

The food shortage faced by the Roland Group is a well-known fact.

Countless merchants are waiting for the day when Roland runs out of supplies so they can make a killing.

Roland understood what the Tree Lady was trying to say.

They were also aware of the situation outside.

The more crab burgers she distributed to save people, the more motivated merchants became to hoard grain, and the less wheat flour was available on the market.

Some businessmen even bought up their competitors' grain at high prices, intending to sell it to her at an even higher price in the future.

However...

Lord Roland was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see the poor suffer.

Ahem... Okay, she just couldn't bear to part with those faith points. People in dire straits often contribute more faith.

The last time we reaped this much success was during the Krusty Krab's monopoly period.

Unfortunately, Elizabeth's canned crab came along later.

Now that aid has begun to be provided to the impoverished slums, the rate of increase in faith points has returned to what it was before.

How could Roland bear to stop the rescue?

She now desperately needs a large number of Faith Points to activate the fox and the heart-shaped shapeshifter.

Moreover, the skill of turning into a fox was passively upgraded once because of the gift given by Bizan, and its price increased several times over.

She actually managed to earn that faith point.

After thinking for a moment, she made a decision.

Then he looked at Ms. Tree.

"Miss Tree, why don't you try the new potion first and see how much strength it can restore?"

"Even if it can't accelerate the ripening of the entire greenhouse, it would still be good to increase the yield of crops a little."

Ms. Tree frowned, crossed her arms in front of her chest, leaned forward slightly, and looked down at Roland across the table.

Roland's persistence far exceeded her expectations; anyone else would have given up long ago.

She had no choice but to try to persuade Roland again in a more serious tone.

Roland reached out her hand, interrupting Ms. Tree's persuasion.

"Stop talking. If the new potion doesn't work, I'll reduce the number of rescues, or I'll stop rescuing altogether."

"I'm not stupid. If the bailout drags down the entire group, that would be the biggest loss. I can tell what's more important."

Ms. Tree sighed when she saw Roland's serious expression.

She stopped trying to persuade her.

Although she had little hope for the so-called new potion, she ultimately did not say no.

"Okay, if you just want to try it out, I'll try my best to cooperate."

"But there's a condition: if it doesn't work, you must at least reduce the rescue efforts by half, so as not to drag the group down."

As Ms. Shu spoke, her worries remained unabated.

In her view, the business that Roland is currently running has great potential.

If we develop step by step and gradually, we may very well become a major force in the future.

There's really no need to take such a huge risk to help disaster victims in slums; I don't know what the point is.

Roland smiled when she saw that Ms. Tree had relented.

"It's settled then. I'll go prepare the potion for you right away."

After saying that, she moved back, away from the edge of the vine-covered desk, and prepared to turn and leave.

Upon hearing this, Ms. Tree's eyes widened, and she almost fainted. She quickly called out to Roland.

"So you mean the potion has to be brewed on the spot?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing, you go ahead."

Roland glanced at her strangely, then looked at the Tree Lady, whose cheeks flushed red as if she had swallowed too much dry cereal, and took small steps away from the Hanging Gardens.

Only Ms. Tree, with her complex expression, remained.

As Lady Tree watched Roland's departing figure, she couldn't help but conjure a vine from her hair.

The vines curled up the ceramic water cup on the desk, scooped up a cup of water from the small lake under the tree, and brought it to their lips.

"Glug glug... Ugh, I almost choked to death."

She muttered to herself.

Miss Roland, you're so uncultured.

What use could a potion made in a day be? It probably wouldn't even reach the level of a high-grade one.

How can it surpass [Lauren Brand Milk]?

……

Roland returned to her bedroom and immediately locked the door.

Having learned from her previous mistakes, she even spent 10,000 faith points to create an apprentice-level vigilance spell.

The warning magic is attached to the doorknob, and it will sound a piercing alarm whenever someone tries to open the door.

Roland unleashed the Mage's Hand, attempting to activate a warning spell.

As the light flashed, a piercing sound was indeed emitted.

"Coo-coo-cao, coo-coo-cao-cao!"

Roland nodded in satisfaction, then opened the system panel.

Then, with practiced ease, I found the skill I wanted.

【Roland Brand Honey】

[Sublime Potion]

The former goes without saying; it's the most important ingredient.

The latter is a new potion recipe based on [Roland's Honey].

Roland sat on the bed just in case, then used her mind control system to activate the two skill icons.

Faith points are rapidly decreasing.

The faith points that had finally broken through the million mark again by helping the poor in the slums were instantly reduced.

In the end, only a pitiful 520,000 remained.

Immediately afterwards, Roland's body began to feel slightly warm, as if she were soaking in a hot spring.

She quickly lay down, tensing her nerves, ready to face any potential shocks.

However, nothing happened.

Only the birdsong outside the window seemed to mock Roland's alarmed reaction.

What happened? Did I buy a counterfeit product?

Roland sat up abruptly, reopened the system panel, and carefully examined the skills.

[Roland Brand Honey: Condenses Faith Points, which are then converted into real-world raw materials. One bottle requires 500,000 Faith Points.]

Roland: "???"

Holy crap, isn't this a scam?

Why do I have to spend faith points? Shouldn't I be able to produce them infinitely once I unlock the skill?

They're even charging by the bottle!

And it's so expensive!

It only cost one million to activate intermediate-level magic power back then. Could it be that this one bottle can instantly turn someone into an intermediate-level superhuman?

Roland wanted to yell at the system, but since the system lacked artificial intelligence, yelling at it would be pointless and a waste of her breath.

Now that the die is cast, she has no choice but to reluctantly pay the bill.

Five hundred thousand faith points were deducted from the account in a flash.

Roland's balance instantly dwindled to a pitiful 20,000.

At this moment, a system notification sound rang out.

"Beep, Faith Points have entered the gathering state."

"Please adjust your posture and prepare your container. The process cannot be interrupted. Countdown: ten, nine, eight..."

Roland was taken aback.

What does this mean? Do we need a container?

So what exactly is this thing?