Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 4: Transaction between Apprentices
Magic stones are commonly used commodities in the wizarding world and are often used as currency. It is very necessary to earn more magic stones.

However, refining "Pu Shui Xiang" is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the profit is too low.

Before, due to the pressure of clearing the tower, I could only focus on it, but now I can consider other things.

While he was thinking, the things that the apprentices were selling at several stalls caught his attention.

Roy stepped forward and said, "This is a meditation potion..."

In the exquisite glass bottle, the translucent light blue liquid exudes a faint fluctuation of witchcraft energy.

He observed the color, smelled the odor, and roughly deduced that this was actually a diluted mixture.

"It smells like alcohol and unknown additives. The waters here are very deep...

Refining these also requires capital, a stable supply of goods and sales channels.

If you join the production and sales yourself, it will definitely affect the interests of others, and it may not be a good way to make money.

But sometimes, opportunities are fought for, and we have to fight for them.”

Roy thought about it.

"Sir, please forgive me, I won't dare to do it again!"

"Please, spare us..."

At this time, several wailing sounds were heard.

"It's someone who lost their residency and was caught by the law enforcement team!"

Reinien, who was originally checking another stall, came over with a look of gloating on his face.

"Hit me hard!"

The leader of the law enforcement team, who was also a mid-level apprentice, gave the order with a vicious expression.

Several followers beat and kicked the eliminated people, leaving them half to death, and then dragged them away like dead dogs.

"What an idiot! He actually tried to sneak into the second floor to avoid the tower!"

Passersby around commented with a smile.

"Not everyone is so stupid. At least there are still many people who have obediently arrived at the camp outside the tower and are waiting to board the ship. They are still willing to abide by the rules."

"At this time of year, we receive a lot of servants and experimental materials. Why don't we go take a look?"

"Of course I have to go. In the past, the good stuff had already been reserved by those senior apprentices and even the wizard masters. But there was a big accident in the tower last month, and many people died. Maybe I can find a bargain."

……

"It's really a place where people eat each other..."

Everyone listening was filled with emotion.

If they had not successfully been promoted to intermediate apprentices, they might have ended up in the same situation.

"Why don't you go and take a look then?"

Renien proposed again.

"The trade fair after the tower clearing?"

"I've heard of it before, but I've never seen it with my own eyes."

"You might as well take a look!"

Everyone agreed.

That night, at the temporary camp behind the Wu Tower.

Those who were eliminated were driven out of the tower and temporarily housed outside the simple tents, with their belongings scattered around and debris all over the floor.

A faint sound of sobbing could be heard, which seemed even more desolate against the backdrop of the howling of wolves in the distance.

Around eight o'clock, many people went to the open space at the main entrance of the Wu Tower.

Illuminating magic devices were hung on high poles, and hundreds of wizard apprentices, of varying levels, walked out from them.

Roy was among them.

These former companions became excited.

"Sir, choose me. I can endure hardship! I can especially endure hardship!"

"I, I am willing to serve as a test subject..."

"Sir, I'm willing to do anything as long as I can stay here!"

When people are about to drown, they will really grab at any straw to save their lives! Perhaps Wuta treats his apprentices harshly just to force them into a desperate situation.

Only in this way can one completely give up dignity and reason and be shaped into what Wuta wants.

He thought to himself.

"Shut up, everyone!"

Seeing the chaotic scene, a senior apprentice came out.

She is tall and has a ferocious appearance. There are rows of black nails on her face, and her left eye is a mechanical prosthetic eye designed as a monocular eyepiece. It seems to be a product of some other world.

What's even more terrifying is that the skull seems to have been blown off in an experiment and replaced with transparent glass.

The bright brain is just displayed like that.

"This person seems to be called Sophia?

Now I remember, she's quite famous even among the senior apprentices!"

Roy looked at her, and many related memories emerged in his mind.

Of course, the apprentices had heard of this person and soon quieted down.

Before the forbidden experiment accident in Tari in early June, she was already considered the best among the senior apprentices.

He was lucky enough to survive the mission outside and even climbed to the top of the apprentice level.

In the short term, if no new leaders emerge, the Wu Tower may also tend to vigorously cultivate "quasi-wizards" who are between formal wizards and ordinary apprentices, also known as elite apprentices.

"I need someone who is willing to contribute his or her brain, regardless of gender or qualifications..."

Sophia was naturally the first choice.

But after he opened his mouth, he was met with a silent silence.

"Donate... your brain..."

After a moment, everyone hummed and whispered.

Sophia said: "I am conducting research related to the "Brain in a Vat". If all goes well, I will give away this body equivalent to the peak of the Grand Knight and give it to my cooperator.

Don't worry about me leaving behind any backup plans in my physical body; these can be protected by the wizard contract.

Before that, you can recommend a partner, which is equivalent to the right of an intermediate apprentice, to freely study and strengthen within the tower to increase the success rate of research."

The crowd was shocked and started discussing it again.

"Senior doesn't want your old body!"

This senior Sophia had suffered severe injuries from experiments, and the drugs she took destroyed her health and beauty, so she had always wanted to change her body, also to gain strength and achieve a breakthrough and promotion.

But everyone knows that even with the use of witchcraft, the brain transplant operation is extremely dangerous.

Such generous conditions are almost equivalent to buying your life.

"Can I...can I?"

Just when everyone thought that the deal would fall through due to lack of interest, a timid voice rang out.

A girl with pigtails and simple clothes came out.

"Of course, but my research requires a high degree of cooperation. Have you really thought it through?" Sophia asked.

"Think it over carefully. I don't want to be sent back like this." The girl with pigtails suddenly looked very determined.

Sophia said, "Okay, what's your name?"

"Celine," the girl with pigtails replied.

Sophia nodded: "Come with me."

Seeing the two people leave, the crowd became agitated.

The power of example is infinite. Following closely, the senior apprentices each put forward their own conditions and reached a number of deals.

However, compared to their ability to stay as a patron openly, the intermediate apprentices can only achieve their goals by exploiting loopholes in the regulations or bribing the enforcement team members.

Tari turned a blind eye to this.

Because even the wizards need slaves, experimental subjects, and various "resources".

Over the years, unspoken rules have been formed, which are roughly one quota per person and a fee of 50 magic stones per month.

(End of this chapter)