Chapter 44 Return
Half a month means half a month.
After the last day of the Spring Bud Month, we enter the Green Leaf Month, and the city begins to become lush with greenery.
Gothe sent five sets of primary spider poison potions to Phil's Potion Store, and purchased enough green spider sacs from Phil's Potion Store to last for half a month.
After doing all this, he stopped by Pierre's Grocery Store to take a look, and was surprised to find that the store door, which had been closed for half a month, had been opened today.
That familiar little old man was leisurely reclining on the lounge chair, basking in the warm morning sunshine, feeling very comfortable.
Gaode's face showed joy and he leaned over.
"You kid, you don't come and stare outside my store every day. I just came back yesterday. It's only been half an hour since I opened the door today, and you're here before even a single customer comes."
Pierre also noticed Gothe's arrival, twisted his body, and stood up, seemingly reluctantly, and said hello.
"It just happened." Gothe's mind was filled with spell scrolls at the moment, as well as the worry about gains and losses that he might be about to make a fortune.
"Okay, I know what you're thinking about, kid," Pierre was a good person and would not whet his appetite at this time, "Wait a moment."
He moved the lounge chair, walked into the warehouse inside the store, and walked out after a while.
When he saw Pierre coming out of the warehouse, Gothe's eyes suddenly brightened.
The little old man was holding a scroll in his hand!
"I say you're lucky. The usage rate of the tapping spell is very low. The scroll masters of the Emerald Alliance only made three scrolls of the tapping spell last year." The mage internally digested one piece, and there was just this one left, so I got it." Pierre handed the scroll to Gothe while claiming credit, "Let's inspect it."
Gothe took the spell scroll as if it were a treasure and looked at it carefully.
The texture of the spell scroll feels extremely strong and tight, and it also has a delicate fiber texture, giving it a natural and classic beauty. It should be made of finely processed animal skin.
The leather paper should have been specially treated to ensure that the magic power is preserved for a long time.
On the edge of the scroll are runes and magical symbols drawn in dark ink.
These patterns are not just for decoration, they contain the key to unlocking the power of the spell.
The scroll itself is rolled up tightly, and the two ends are tied with ropes. It is a slip knot that only needs a slight pull to open the scroll.
"It can be unlocked, and the magic in it will not be activated, don't worry." Pierre saw Gothe's impatience and hesitation, and interjected.
Hearing this, Gaode immediately untied the slipknot with confidence and opened the scroll.
What caught the eye was the incantation written in a strange font.
These words seem to have a life of their own, occasionally flickering with a faint light, revealing the magic contained within them.
The text Gaode didn’t recognize because it was a magical text.
Unless he masters [Reading Magic] or is proficient in this kind of magical text, he can understand it.
But this does not affect his use of spell scrolls.
To use a spell scroll, you only need to open the scroll, concentrate on the incantation on the scroll, and silently recite the specific intention in your heart to release the spell power sealed in the spell scroll.
Of course, before using it, the user must first identify the spell and level on the spell scroll.
In addition, the user's mental power is also required to reach a corresponding level, otherwise he will not be able to control the spells in the spell scroll.
And the mental power requirement for the user of the spell scroll is to reduce the spell level by 1 level, and the minimum is a mage apprentice.
In other words, a mage apprentice can use a 1st level spell scroll, a 1st level mage can use a 2nd level spell scroll, and so on
After looking at it for a while, Gothe tied the scroll again and smiled.
"You really helped me a lot."
"It's just business," Pierre shrugged and said casually: "It costs 7 gold to buy the scroll. Because of the relationship, the money for a meal will not be counted as yours."
He stretched out his right hand and handed it to Gothe with the palm up.
Gothe quickly took out his pocket, counted 7 Sean gold coins and handed them to Pierre.
Pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand.
After this period of hard work selling medicine, the deposit reached 21 gold, and Gaode, who just felt that he had a little more money recently, was knocked back to his original shape.
"There are only 14 gold left in the account"
"And in a few days we will have to buy a batch of sagebrush and serpentia seedlings to plant in the medicine garden."
"Otherwise, with the current consumption rate, the output of these two herbs in the medicine garden will not be able to keep up with the consumption rate by the end of the year."
"If this situation comes to this, then all three main ingredients will have to be purchased from pharmacies. The cost of medicine will rise from the current 20-25 silver to 30 silver, and the profit of a set of medicines will be reduced by 10 silver. This profit is too meager."
"This herbal seedling must be purchased, and there must be no delay."
“Just buying the seedlings is an expense, and in addition, we have to purchase the fertilizer needed to cultivate the seedlings, which is another expense.”
Such a calculation, Gaode once again issued a sigh that is common in any world.
Ju Buyi!
"I can only pray that the legacy of Master Seda will not disappoint me."
Although Gothe is certain that there will be a "big explosion, special explosion", what if it happens?
What if Master Seda is an old scumbag, come up with some counter-routine.
There is actually nothing in the seemingly heavily protected box. It is not impossible that the truly valuable things are actually placed in the most conspicuous position.
In this case, apart from scolding "Lao Deng" a few times, he seemed to be unable to do anything.
You can't dig up someone else's body and whip it to vent your anger.
"The recent changes outside the city may not be as simple as imagined."
Seeing Gothe put away the spell scroll and prepare to leave, Pierre hesitated for a moment, and finally stopped Gothe and kindly reminded him, "You can usually stock up on more food, so as not to really When something bad happened, he was unprepared. "
"Huh?" Gothe was startled, and he quickly asked humbly and sincerely: "What does the bad thing mean?"
Based on his understanding of Pierre, he did not think that this little old man would be unreasonable and alarmist.
To mention him like this, he must have discovered something.
"It's not sure yet, but the increase in the number of earth-line creatures is definitely for a reason. I originally thought it might be the gathering of earth-line creatures caused by the maturity of some high-level magic plants."
"But, this lasted for too long," Pierre said with a serious expression. "After such a long time, the magic plants should have matured long ago. I am not sure what happened now. We need to look at the situation again. "
"It's just that my intuition tells me that there is a high probability that something bad will happen, but I don't know if it will affect us."
Pierre sighed and said a little more, "I went to Bremen this time just to plan a retreat. If the situation goes bad, I should run to Bremen."
"I hope things don't get to that point. After all, people can run away, but my store can't run away."
He is already quite old. If he really abandons the store and leaves, he probably won't be able to find a new livelihood in Bremen and will have to rest on his laurels.
This is a choice that would only be made in the worst case scenario.
"So, if possible, you should try to make some preparations." Pierre said this.
"I understand, thank you for reminding me." Gothe nodded seriously, feeling a little heavier unconsciously.
(End of this chapter)