Mages, Adventurers, and Women

Over time, the number of necromancy quests piled up, and no adventurer party wanted to put in the effort for nothing.

Li Wei learned from Elda that Samantha had gone to the Golden Kingdom with her mother a month ago.

He didn't make it clear.

It's fine that it ended like this.

Push Samantha away.

After getting dressed, Li Wei got up and left.

Samantha watched Levi's retreating figure and finally couldn't help but call out:

"Li Wei, my mother wants me to go to the Golden Kingdom with her. Don't you have anything to say about that?"

Li Wei paused in his steps.

With his back to Samantha, he said calmly, "Well, goodbye."

Da da—

Da da—

The sound of Li Wei's even footsteps came from outside the door.

Samantha burst into a tirade:

"Li Wei! This is truly our last time!"

"I will never fall in love with a cold-hearted scumbag like you!"

Even if you beg me, I won't even glance at you!

"I swear!"

……

Levi experienced firsthand how hot "Baron Della's Castle" was at John's place.

"John, are you crazy?!"

"You're selling me a diluted potion that's only one-tenth as effective as real medicine for 12 silver coins?!"

"This stuff, diluted to one-fifth of its effectiveness, only costs 8 silver coins!"

The prime area.

The "Barbarians Are Not Barbarians" shop is right next to the dance hall.

John, lounging lazily behind the bar, said languidly:

"Li Wei, look at you. You have none of the elegance of a dignified mage. You're just like a despicable orc warrior, arguing with me like this over a few worthless silver coins."

Li Wei said in a cold voice:

"Screw you! I earned my money with my life on the line. I need an explanation!"

John opened a drawer that held alchemical potions; it was empty.

I opened another drawer, the one for storing alchemical potions, but it was still empty.

"You know what's going on in the Navia Mountains. The monsters' activity patterns are abnormal, and many adventurers have died. The adventurers dare not go to the Navia Mountains to seek death, so they have set their sights on Baron Dela's castle."

"The Potion of Truth, when applied to weapons, can truly harm ghosts; the Potion of Radiance, when applied to weapons, can truly harm skeletal undead."

"As you can see, the True Radiance Potion is sold out."

"If I hadn't guessed that you would also be going to Baron Dela's castle and hadn't specifically left behind 10 bottles of Reality Potion diluted to one-tenth of its effect, you wouldn't have been able to buy a single drop of Reality Potion in the entire Rolling Stone, not even a piece of junk diluted to one percent of its effect."

"Li Wei, you really are 'Bieberly Kills Quinn'! If I took these 10 bottles of potion out there, they would be snapped up even if I sold them for 15 silver coins each!"

"You don't trust me?"

"This is so heartbreaking!"

Biberly is a barbarian, and Quinn is a human.

Legend has it that when the monsters first invaded, Quinn saved the severely injured Biberly, who was then a regional leader resisting the monster army.

Biberly later defected to the monsters and, to show his loyalty, led them to kill Quinn's family, directly causing the area under Quinn's jurisdiction to fall and become a monster paradise, resulting in heavy losses.

Passed down through generations of bards, the phrase "Biberly kills Quinn" is often used in the continent of Grand to mock ungrateful people.

Livy pointed out 1 gold and 50 silver; he wouldn't give the shrewd merchant John the opportunity to incur a favor for a small amount of money.

Based on Levi's past experience, what seemed like a saving of thirty or forty silver coins could actually be used by John to earn three or five times the profit through his personal connections.

He took away ten thumb-sized bottles of real potion, diluted to one-tenth of its original effect.

He cursed:

"If you were that sincere to Susan, she would have already stripped naked and climbed into your bed."

"Instead of listening to Susan's calls every day and comforting myself by thinking she's running."

John's face darkened.

He cursed, "Raya!"

"I'm not selling it anymore!"

"Give it back to me!"

The wind chimes jingled as the door was opened, and Li Wei turned and ran out the door, disappearing from sight.

"Laya" is a barbarian dialect.

It has a similar meaning to the orc "Kuriki".

John was right. Levi wandered around the Rolling Stones and Gold Quarter but didn't see any Reality or Radiance Potions for sale.

no way.

He ran to the house of the necromancer Fina.

He managed to pry a half-bottle of Radiant Potion from his stingy lover, Fina, who was reluctant to use it. He then used Fina's alchemy table to dilute ten bottles of Radiant Potion, resulting in a purity of less than one-tenth, which was only good enough to make do with.

"Li Wei! I'll fight you to the death!"

Fina said angrily.

"I'll bring you a Ghost Heart."

Li Wei drew a big cake and said.

Fina immediately beamed with joy.

A Ghost Heart can buy several half-bottles of Glow Potion.

They're making a killing!

……

The next morning.

Yulia's squad is ready to go.

Duron carried a large animal skin bag on his back, and from a distance, he looked like a thieving rat.

It contained dry bread enough for four people to eat for four days, as well as fresh water stored in the stomachs of wild animals.

The skeleton carried a leather bag as big as himself, which contained few items, mainly Li Wei's books.

Yulia wore exquisite chainmail obtained from deconstructing the magic stone tablet in the mud monster gathering area, carried a pale green bow on her back, and had a quiver full of poisoned arrows slung across her shoulder. She wore close-fitting leather armor that made her buttocks look round and elastic.

"If you dare touch my butt, I'll kill you!"

Julia said to Levi, who was approaching.

Li Wei shrugged and handed her two bottles of Truth and Radiance potions, to keep for future use.

He put the remaining medicine in a small animal skin bag slung across his shoulder.

This trip is expected to last four days, with one day for the round trip and three days for completing tasks.

Yesterday, Li Wei spent another 50 silver coins to buy five books on the legends of Baron Della's castle.

After deducting the 30 silver coins spent on dry bread, the team's funds were reduced to only 1 gold and 9 silver.

Adventurers spend money like water.

In Rolling Stone, money is spent like water.

When people run out of money, they become filled with worries and feel depressed.

Li Wei is experiencing this terrible feeling.

Bones was quite excited about the upcoming mission.

He said dreamily, "Li Wei, do you think it's possible that our future mission will be to save the Grand Continent?"

Holding the [Ranger's Breathing Technique] and the [Treasury of Secret Languages] in his mage's hands, studying them together, Li Wei glanced at the bones and said:

"Don't ask me about such a high-level topic as saving the continent of Grand while I'm still struggling with the low-level pleasure of having enough to eat."

"If you absolutely must know the answer."

"Then I would say: It's possible."

"Because the Grand Continent doesn't need us to save it, and we don't have the power to save the shitty Grand Continent."

"The thing we need to save most is ourselves. Let's figure out how to make a fortune in Baron Della's castle so we don't end up homeless in the Rolling Stones next month."

"Foolish orcs!"

……

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Chapter 22: The First Profit

The road from Rolling Stone to Baron Dragne's castle is a vast grassland.

The Innervia Mountains stretch across this area.

The grasslands are fertile and very suitable for cultivation.

Unfortunately, Rolling Stone Town is full of roughnecks who only know how to do quests, and nobody wants to farm.

Otherwise, the bakers in Rolling Stone Town wouldn't dare sell the dry bread imported from the Three Kingdoms, mixed with sawdust and priced at 3 copper coins each, for the exorbitant price of 60 copper coins each in Rolling Stone Town.

Duron agreed with Levi's foolish assessment of the bones.

He chuckled and chimed in, "Indeed stupid."

If Bones can't out-argue Li Wei, how could he possibly out-argue Duron?

He was looking for Dulong to vent his anger on.

This little dwarf just walked right into my doorstep.

Take a look at Duron's outfit.

Bones buzzed, "Duron, why are you wearing 'Dwarf's Le' today? Are you planning to jump up and chop off my ankle?"

Duro's Dwarf Boots were obtained from killing the four barbarian hordes last time.

The soles are thick and hard, protecting against unexpected dangers such as thorns hidden in rotting leaves.

of course.

Dulong values ​​the fact that wearing it makes him look taller.

He wasn't bothered by the personal attacks from the skeleton.

Previously, I had imitated Livy by reading a few books that interested me, and boasted:

"The book 【Comparison between Goblins and Orcs】 states that, in terms of thinking ability alone, goblins are superior to orcs, so it is reasonable for Captain Levi to say that Bones is stupid."

Bone was startled.

Dulong left them speechless.

When did that shorty start reading the book?

Duron found it satisfying to see the expression on the face of someone choking on a bone.