Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Chapter 110 Huge Profits

Once all the mages realized the potion's value, the quick-thinking and eager-to-have mage immediately acted, saying, "I want one, Mr. Rose, how much?"

"Me too, give me a bottle!"

Seeing everyone's reaction, Rose knew that everything was in the bag; it seemed the potion's effects far exceeded his expectations.

He quickly realized what was happening and effortlessly raised the price, taking out the remaining three bottles from his pocket, placing them on the table, and saying, "I have only prepared three bottles today, each bottle is 1500 marks."

This price is quite expensive. Generally, a sanity-stabilizing potion costs between 800 and 1500 marks. Rose initially planned to sell it for around 1200 marks, but now, the price of this potion has reached its limit, which is almost the price limit they can accept for sanity-stabilizing potions.

After a quick weighing of the pros and cons, most people, except those who were truly strapped for cash, thought the price was worthwhile.

So even after Rose's offer, they remained silent for a while before continuing to insist on making the purchase.

Soon, all three bottles of potion on the table were sold out.

Correspondingly, Rose earned a full 4500 marks, while the cost of these three potions was only around 800 marks.

Purely exorbitant profits!

Those who hadn't managed to buy anything were getting impatient, anxiously asking Rose, "Mr. Rose, will you be coming to the next gathering?"

"Yes, yes! Three bottles are way too few!"

Rose even sensed several fluctuations of rationality coming from outside the house and went to ask them questions.

Rose pressed her palms down to signal for quiet, and then said, "Don't worry, everyone. I will come to the next gathering and bring more potions, about 20 bottles. As you all know, mixing potions is quite demanding on concentration, and I also have my own things to do, so I can only provide a maximum of 20 bottles at each gathering."

"We'll stick to the current rules, first come, first served. I'll be there at this time next time we meet."

Seeing that Rose seemed to be planning to sell the potion for a long time, they felt relieved.

They all tried to strike up a conversation with Rossai, but Rossai mostly remained silent and gave them a cold look. It wasn't that Rossai was aloof, but rather that he preferred to say less to avoid making mistakes.

Seeing that Rose didn't seem very interested in talking, they wisely left and resumed their respective transactions.

Having achieved his goal, Rose decided not to linger any longer and turned to leave.

"Mr. Rosey."

Finn's old, rough voice came from behind.

Rose turned around and saw a slight smile on that wrinkled face.

"Looking forward to communicating with you again."

Having witnessed Rose's potion-making skills and learned from Keaton that he was the mage who had thrown the second-circle level spell that day, Finn had placed Rose on an equal footing with himself.

He really wanted to talk to Rose about pharmacology; the man's thinking was so interesting and imaginative.

Rose nodded slightly in response, no longer displaying that aloof indifference.

Rose then left the party room.

Rose used her excellent physical abilities to move through the hidden parts of the slums, getting out of the sight of all the magicians near the gathering.

Rose soon arrived in the South District, near the house where he and Tiana had lived before.

The reason he stayed here was that, at the very end, Keaton sent a message to Rose using a perception-based spell.

After informing Rose that he had something important to discuss with her at the location where they first met, he then went to the meeting place.

It is foreseeable that this gathering will be Rose's main source of income for a considerable period of time to come.

Rose decided to give Keaton face, since the other party was quite influential at the gathering. Rose stood there, waiting idly, occasionally using [Perception Enhancement] to scan and observe the slums.

"Um?"

Rose frowned slightly because he noticed a problem: the density of corpses in the slums was much lower.

The number of people who died in the tents was much less than before. There had been a period when Rose had to rely on finding corpses to survive, so he was quite familiar with the density of corpses and the number of deaths in the slums.

This is strange, because the weather is slightly colder than before, and it rains frequently. Logically, there should be many more people dying now than before.

However, actual observations revealed that the number of deaths and the distribution of bodies were lower than Rose's expectations.

Soon, Rose slowly discovered the reason: drugs. The homeless could hardly buy drugs anymore, and no one was taking the supply coupons issued to them by the federal government.

Therefore, they had the money to buy warm clothing.

Because Rose drove away one of the two drug kingpins in the slums, the magician behind Hope, and the magician behind the mob, and killed the other.

And the two of them were the biggest dealers of cheap drugs in the South District.

Rose has gained some understanding of potion-making through his experience of mixing potions these past few days. He knows that the cost of mixing potions is completely different for magicians and ordinary people.

Magicians can brew potions at a very low cost because the machines that require reason to operate are far more efficient than the methods used by ordinary people.

Therefore, it's not that there are no drugs in the slums at all. There are a few small workshops that are not run by magicians that provide drugs, but the prices are too high compared to the drugs provided by magicians, exceeding the affordability of most homeless people.

Technology in this world does not benefit ordinary people, so the labor cost for non-magicians to make drugs is extremely high, the output is extremely low, and the process is extremely complicated.

This has led to a large number of homeless people being unable to buy drugs and subsequently being forced into drug rehabilitation.

During these two months, no magician dared to come to the South District to start a business. Most people were still in a wait-and-see state because they all knew that a naive young man had come to the South District and immediately started casting mid-level second-circle spells.

And this actually led to a significant decrease in the mortality rate of homeless people in the South District in just two months.

Rose was silent for a moment.

In one's previous life, it would have been almost impossible to change an environment on one's own.

You need to organize manpower, like-minded partners, and a long period of time and patient management.

But this is a world with extraordinary powers.

A powerful superhuman, in the process of upholding their own identity, will inevitably radiate their influence outwards, even without their own awareness.

Rose's understanding of the world has deepened once again.

In this world, social interaction and cooperation are certainly important.

But one's own extraordinary power is the foundation for accomplishing everything.

As Rose realized this, the long-unheard panel voice came to her mind:

[You have put your faith into practice, believing "The world shouldn't be like this." Your faith level has increased by 1 point.]

Rose felt that her perception in the "materialistic" state had become clearer.

Rose fell into thought. It seemed that he didn't need to rush to practice or promote his own path. As long as he continued to improve his extraordinary power, stayed true to himself, and radiated his influence in the process until no one could ignore his thoughts and will, that would be the best way to practice his own path at present.

At that moment, Keaton's figure appeared in Rose's perception, and Rose looked in his direction.

Keaton, still with his signature exaggerated expression and tone, said, "Oh, Mr. Rose, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."