While the vice president was feeling anxious, Eryi was asking questions to Ling Lingba.
Linglingba, what is the energy value contained in these magic cores?
[Reporting to the host, the smallest gray-green one is 80 energy, the larger one with a mixture of red and orange has an energy value of 230, and the others range from 100 to 180, for a total of nearly 1000 energy values.]
After listening to Ling Lingba's description, Eryi silently calculated the price she should offer. Seeing Eryi's silence for a long time, the vice president cautiously probed, "Would you like some cookies?"
"No need for the cookies, thank you." Eryi pointed at the box in the vice president's hand and quoted the price of these magic cores one by one.
The vice president was reassured. He roughly calculated that the price Eryi reported was approximately 80-90% of the Adventure Guild's purchase price. After deducting their own commissions, it was almost equal to their original purchase price.
If a magic core isn't properly processed and left for a long time, its energy will decrease. So, the price Eryi quoted was the base purchase price that had been set previously.
The vice president closed the box in his hand and asked enthusiastically, "How much do you need to buy?"
Eryi counted all the coins in her hand. She needed to keep some coins for purchasing magic power: "For now, I need about one hundred and fifty times the amount in this box." She now has about three hundred gold coins in her hand. This time she decided to buy magic cores worth two hundred gold coins first.
"Then I'll send someone to deliver the items to the other side later?" The vice president rubbed his hands. "Where will the goods and money be delivered?"
"Send the things over later and I'll settle the bill on the spot." Eryi put most of the coins on the counter of the treatment station, which he used to purchase various things on weekdays.
"Okay. I'll come over in person later." Two hundred gold coins could cover a full year's salary for all employees of the Sunset City Adventure Guild branch. The Vice President was genuinely delighted to have exchanged unsalable items for such a fortune.
"By the way, I'd like to ask again, how many of this type of magic cores are left after I purchased them?" Eryi wanted to decide whether to continue issuing quests based on the inventory of the Adventure Guild.
The vice president was even happier: "There are still about half." Hearing this question, it seemed that he was interested in long-term cooperation.
"Okay, I'll be waiting for your magic core at the healing station."
Eryi finally decided to release a publicity mission: the reward is 25 silver coins, and the mission will be completed if 50 adventurers who sell non-broken magic cores for the first time are added to the treatment station.
An additional D-rank publicity mission was also issued: spread the news of the Healing Station's mana acquisition throughout the Magic Academy. The reward was 1 gold coin. The mission would be completed if 50 more magicians or apprentices selling mana for the first time were present at the Healing Station.
The publicity mission among the adventurers was quickly taken over. The person who took over the mission was quite familiar to Eryi. He was from an adventure team where one of the members almost died because they did not bring the antidote when they went out for adventure.
The rescued man had long since given his faith to Maria and, whenever he could, would punctually attend daily prayers and services. Eryi had taken the time to check his profile; his personal faith was over 200, and increasing by over 30 points daily.
It is not difficult to promote the healing station among adventurers. After all, the healing station has a very good reputation among adventurers.
"Have you heard about the news that the healing station is buying magic cores?" The archer in the team said mysteriously to the adventurers beside him.
"I've heard of it. The first day I found out, I sold a broken magic core I'd saved and got 15 silver coins for it. That's enough for a month's rent in Sunset City."
"That's not what I'm talking about. They're buying ordinary magic cores. The price is the same as the Adventure Guild, and they don't charge any handling fees."
Another team member chimed in, "I just sold a Green-billed Bird's Magic Core today. They paid a full 3 silver coins and 50 copper coins more than the Adventurer's Guild."
"Really?" Ordinary adventurers have been away for a long time and have learned the skill of squeezing money out of various cracks. This sounds like a lot.
After similar conversations took place several times in different locations, word quickly spread. Eryi achieved the result she desired, and the adventure team once again recognized her character.
"Judging publicity missions is not easy, but the High Priest really keeps his word." They counted their coins and said, "If this mission were issued by someone else, we wouldn't accept it."
However, the task of acquiring magic power was taken up by Garden. When he was very short of money, he registered with the Adventure Guild and completed several tasks.
This task was too easy for him, after all, he had brought most of the magic apprentices in the healing station. At the time, he was worried about the limited amount of acquisitions, so he deliberately controlled the spread of the news within a certain range.
Now he just needs to go to the Magic Academy and say a few words to those loudmouths.
"See those guys? They've been pretty loose lately, haven't they?"
"I secretly discovered their secret. Remember not to tell anyone."
"They sell magic at the healing inn on the street next to the Adventurer's Guild. They earn at least 10 silver coins each time."
Magical affinity is related to bloodline, so perhaps those who ultimately become true magicians are more likely to be those with good bloodlines. However, since the base number of commoners is large, the proportion of commoners and wealthy children in magic academies is almost 50-50.
For those magic apprentices who are of commoner origin and are still studying in the magic academy, 10 silver coins is not a small amount.
He has a characteristic of being a big mouth: he can't hold back. If you ask him to keep a secret, he will make sure that the news spreads throughout the magic academy within a day.
Magic apprentice John was distracted.
He recited the magic words numbly, and the laughter of his classmates came to his ears. They seemed to be discussing part-time jobs, acquisitions, and magic, but he could not listen at all.
In two days, Magician Wood would come to select apprentices. This was a crucial time for all magic apprentices. The academy taught them almost nothing useful except the history of magic and magical language.
To become a magician, one must first be selected as an assistant by a magician of level three or above who owns a magic tower.
But how many assistants does a magician need?
Wealthy apprentices could gain the favor of magicians by paying large sums of gold coins. Once they learned the basics, their families would provide tuition and various rare materials to renowned magicians. Regardless of their own learning level, there was always a way to learn.
John is the son of a tailor.
Ten days before the start of each year, the Magic Academy offers free elemental affinity testing at the entrance to inject fresh blood into the magical world. These tests are primarily for the benefit of the common people; after all, children from wealthy families pay for these tests shortly after birth, allowing them to be allocated resources and training early on.
John didn't hold out much hope when he went for the test. After all, there were tens of thousands of new births in Sunset City every year, and only a dozen or so civilian magic apprentices were detected.
When the test results came out, he felt as if he had been hit on the head by a bathtub full of gold coins.
For civilian apprentices, the magic academy is not expensive, charging only 50 silver coins in tuition per semester, as if it is doing a good deed.
However, they had to purchase their own learning materials, including magic potions, books, and special paper. In order to test whether their magic words could actually be used, they needed to use some special props to confirm.
If they chose to learn the basic composition of magic circles, they would need to buy more materials. These expenses had drained John's tailor shop's savings over the years, and they had no money to pay any magicians as tuition.
But poor civilian apprentices need not be discouraged, as there are always a few magicians willing to choose them. Perhaps they are attracted by their hardworking qualities and find them easy to use?
Wood was one such wizard. He was notoriously strict, and the apprentices he selected were said to endure a torturous existence in the Wizard's Tower. However, once they survived those few years and officially became wizards, they would be treated like treasures by various guilds.
Wood's elemental affinity himself was not outstanding, but he opened up other paths.
It's said that since his apprenticeship, he's been focused on developing various forms of everyday magic, as well as magical props for the common man. Despite spending his days confined to the Mage Tower, he's the wealthiest person in Sunset City, aside from the over-a-century-old fifth-rank mage.
The things he researched and developed made his wallet fatter. It was said that among all the magicians in the empire, he was among the top ten in terms of wealth.
He was not stingy with materials or money, and had even prepared the props his apprentices would need long ago. Once they entered his wizard tower, they didn't need to spend even a single copper coin on their studies.
But at the same time, he only wanted apprentices who could quickly work for him after arriving at the Mage Tower. If they couldn't work normally within ten days, they would be kicked out by him.
John admired Wood and spent three full years preparing to be chosen by him.
Through his own study, he mastered the use of magic language, and studied the drawing and composition of magic circles for many years, and had a certain confidence in his control over magic power.
But just yesterday, a classmate maliciously designed a magic circle for him to complete, causing his dominant hand to become half petrified and unable to perform delicate work.
When Wood was selecting apprentices, he had one requirement: the basic composition of all magic circles must be qualified, and the writing of magic language must be standard and clear.
The most convenient way to remove this type of curse is to let the caster remove it himself, but there is a problem. This is the magic circle John created himself, and he does not have the ability to remove the curse at all.
There are other methods. After research, a magician can use the magic composition to remove the curse for him. However, because this is a mutant, it needs to be deduced from the original magic, which usually takes at least a week.
The teachers at the magic academy said: "Your magic power is not strong, so this curse will be lifted by itself in three days, don't worry."
The pharmacists had ways to help him, but unfortunately.
"Simple curses like this, which can be removed by themselves within a few days, are easy to resolve. But because they're so easy to resolve, no one buys them. We don't have any related potions in stock." The clerk consoled him, "It will heal on its own in a few days. Don't worry, okay?"
But Wood will be here in two days.
"Come on, I remember your family is very poor. You should sell your magic power, maybe you can help your family." Turner, the classmate who played a prank on him, said in John's ear. As the instigator, he did not feel any guilt at all.
"Sorry, I forgot that you have little magic power. Maybe your magic power is not enough to sell." Another magic apprentice spread out his hands.
"Don't say that," Turner put his arm around John's shoulders and said, "Come on, I'll take you to see it."
Turner was the sixth son of the Viscount. As an ordinary civilian, John did not dare to resist at all.
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