Mercenary Wars

Chapter 34 Simple Activation

Gao Jianuo pointed to several bottles of blue potion and asked, "What is this?"

"Troll Fury Potion, twenty silver coins a bottle," the stall owner explained. "It can boost strength and fighting spirit for a short period of time, but its effects are much more intense than those of the Rage Potion. It can help you turn defeat into victory in a crucial moment."

“What about the side effects?”

"It's also more powerful than the Rage Potion."

"Is it a restricted potion?"

"It is an unclassified potion, improved from the recipe of the voodoo trolls."

The stall of this powerful medicine expert was filled with various enhanced combat potions. Gao Jianuo asked a few more questions, then changed the subject: "Did you purchase these potions from other places?"

The drastic medicine expert didn't answer, but instead asked, "Do you want to be my supplier?"

"Maybe." Gao Jianuo did not comment.

The intensive medicine expert glanced at his pharmacist robes and said, "The rules are, if you supply me with your real name, you can get two-thirds of the final sale price. If you supply me anonymously, you can only get half at most."

“The difference is the risk sharing,” she added. “Also, if the drug is addictive, I might refuse to acquire it.”

"Are you here often?"

Strong Medicine Expert: "Usually I open the stall for two consecutive days, and then take two consecutive days off. During my off period, such as tomorrow, this stall will be used by a grocer, and we will share the annual rent of this stall."

Gao Jianuo liked this way of speaking. In just a few words, he could get all the information that was worth paying attention to.

He nodded, said nothing more, and turned to walk towards other stalls.

He came to a stall called "Compendium of Banned Books".

Gao Jianuo had no interest in banned religious books. In his opinion, whether it was Mosaic or Yemeni religious texts, they were nothing more than vulgar preaching and dogmatism in different rhetoric.

What interested him was that in addition to religious banned books, this stall also sold banned magical books and spell scrolls.

He couldn't afford A Certain Magical Index, as it was more expensive than regular magic books.

Spell scrolls are something you can consider.

The so-called forbidden scrolls of spells are scrolls of spells banned by the church, mainly black magic. In addition, there are also non-Mozaic divine spells, especially Yemeni magic.

Yemen also has pastors.

Moreover, the duties of Moza and Yemen highly overlap, both of them are about light and mercy, which leads to the spells used by the priests of both sides being highly similar. They often accuse each other of theft, fraud, blasphemy, etc., so it is natural that they list each other as banned scrolls.

Unlike other banned tickets, this type of banned tickets is often cheaper than regular channels.

Because these forbidden scrolls are often obtained from the corpses of enemies, if the obtainers do not dare or do not want to use them, they can only sell them on the black market, and the price is naturally lower than that of regular channels.

In fact, there is another option, which is to hand over the banned scroll to the church for destruction, in exchange for fifty copper coins and a written commendation, but except for a few fanatics, no one will do this.

Gao Jianuo looked at the "Banned Books" stall for a while and was quite tempted, but ultimately did not buy anything.

On the one hand, he was still short of money, and on the other hand, he felt that such transactions were best conducted anonymously.

If you buy banned scrolls with your real name, and someone reports you, and the church comes to check your water meter, the banned scrolls and the "Blood Law Notes" will be found, and you'll be doomed.

I'll buy it next time.

Gao Jianuo said something to Ryan and then prepared to leave the Thieves Guild.

Of course, before leaving, he still had one thing to do - to exchange the transaction certificate for a black gold certificate.

After paying a five-silver handling fee and handing the transaction certificate to the guild steward, Gao Jianuo received an anonymous black gold certificate similar in shape to the thieves' badge, along with a copy of the Thieves' Guild Handbook. "There's an auction going on the day after tomorrow. Do you have anything you'd like to sell or buy?" the steward asked.

Gao Jianuo thought for a moment and asked, "What is the auction commission here?"

"Three out of ten."

Gao Jianuo shook his head secretly when he heard the commission rate: "Not yet."

With that, he left the Thieves Guild and made his way to the Eagle and Whistle Inn, where he ordered a feast to treat himself.

Recently, due to financial constraints, Gao Jianuo has not eaten much meat for several days. For him, who is in a state of "returning to youth", this is tantamount to a waste.

Although the natural laws of the Fararo world are very different from those on Earth, some basic common sense is still the same - people who do not eat meat cannot become strong and powerful.

Corgano had not eaten much meat in the countryside or in the church, and even though he had tried his best to improve his diet, he only managed to grow to a medium build.

Judging from the attributes on the panel, his body seems to be slightly worse than average.

Now that he has the opportunity to grow again, Gao Jianuo will never allow himself to eat coarse food again.

At least for the next year, you must eat good meals every day!

Delicious food alone is not enough. In order to make full use of the blessing of "returning to youth", various learning and practice are also necessary.

The spells in "Blood Magic Notes", blood elf literature, arcane wisdom, swordsmanship, archery, suspended animation, herbology... all of these need to be arranged.

Three months later.

After three months of study, Gao Jianuo successfully mastered the three tricks of collecting blood, dismemberment, and pseudo-cooking, as well as the two first-level spells of simple animation and blood disguise.

At the same time, he also decided to try making some fake mixtures.

He decided to make four pseudo mixtures to enhance basic attributes. The materials were easy to find and the risks were relatively less scary - the only risk was shortening lifespan.

In fact, not to mention those radical adventurers, even Gao Jianuo himself does not think that shortening life span is a very serious consequence.

After all, in the world of Fararo, a natural death is a fate only enjoyed by the lucky few. For most people, a small reduction in life span has no impact.

The attributes enhanced by the four pseudo-mixtures are constitution, strength, intelligence, and agility, and the corresponding Warcraft blood is earth, fire, water, and wind.

In addition to Warcraft blood, two herbs are also needed: silverleaf grass and whispering wood.

During the blood elf era, Whisperwood was a common and commonly used herb, while Silverleaf was relatively scarce.

Now the situation is reversed. Silverleaf has become very common, almost as common as weeds. Whispering Wood has become relatively scarce and uncommon, causing its price to fluctuate greatly. Sometimes it is unavailable, sometimes it is unsaleable, and the common price is around two silver coins.

Fortunately, the amount of materials used in the pseudo-mixture was not large. Including the blood of Warcraft, Gao Jianuo spent a total of more than ten silver coins on the first batch of materials he purchased.

The room was filled with a faint herbal scent.

Gao Jianuo began his attempt to create a fake mixture.

To some extent, this can also be regarded as an attempt to make a mixture.

After all, according to some alchemists, the only criterion for determining a mixture is that "the production process includes a magical synthesis step." Although the fake potion is of low quality, since the production process includes a magical synthesis step, it is natural to be considered a mixture.

Gao Jianuo processed the silverleaf grass and whispering wood into powder, adjusted the proportion and mixed them with the blood of the monster.

He then placed the thin glass bottle containing the mixed liquid between his hands and began to chant the spell of the first-level spell "Simple Activation"...

(End of this chapter)