Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Chapter 114 A Big Seller

Soon, Rose arrived at the West Slum. He first concealed himself to avoid the homeless people there. The West Slum was different from the South Slum now. In the South Slum, because Rose occupied the ecological niche of other mages and did not sell drugs, the mortality rate of homeless people had decreased significantly and their rationality had increased dramatically. However, in the West Slum, mages were still lurking on them, constantly sucking their blood, using drugs for human experiments, and taking the benefits that should have been theirs. The West Slum was now just as chaotic as the South Slum had been. On his first day in the South Slum, Rose was targeted by three homeless people. Moreover, the weather had now entered winter and was extremely cold. Many homeless people who had been taken away for their warm and life-saving supplies often abandoned their thinking and committed extreme acts under the pressure of survival. To avoid trouble, Rose decided to play it safe and used his short stature and agility to keep himself hidden.

Soon, Rose arrived near the party. Rose no longer tried to conceal her presence, because Keaton would disperse the homeless within a 200-meter radius of the party before it started. Everyone in that area was a magician, so she wouldn't cause any trouble.

Rose had actually wondered how Keaton had managed to drive away the homeless. He inexplicably thought of Morrison, the sorcerer behind the mob, who could kill a whole group of homeless people with a snap of his fingers. And Keaton, like Morrison, was a sorcerer specializing in [flesh manipulation]...

Indeed, some things are better left unthought of.

The more you know, the higher your spiritual insight, the more abnormal you seem.

As Rose revealed himself, his figure was spotted by the other mages around the gathering. Rose even caught a few mental fluctuations greeting him.

Rose used perception magic to send out information in reverse and responded to each message.

Furthermore, he casually used [Perception Enhancement] to observe the situation inside the room, and the number of people inside was somewhat beyond Rose's expectations; there were 22 magicians sitting inside.

Rose could roughly identify some of them by observing their physiques, while she didn't quite recognize others.

Because there were too many people, there weren't enough chairs next to the long table. Several people sat on the sofa in the room in different postures. Some crossed their legs, some rested their chins on their hands, and some bent over with their heads down as if they were thinking.

Moreover, unlike what Rose had observed before, most of these magicians were not trading, but rather waiting for something.

"Was she waiting for me?"

Rose frowned, deep in thought. "Was the last advertising campaign really that effective?"

Rose had pre-charged a level of magic [Bombardment] in her mind, so that she could immediately clear her focus if there was any problem.

As Rose entered, all eyes turned to her.

Of the 22 magicians in the room, more than half, except for Keaton and "Dora" Finn, stood up abruptly, looking at Rose with eager and fiery eyes.

"Mr. Rose, you've finally arrived!"

"Yes, yes! We've been waiting for you!"

Even several magicians who had never met Rosey before came over to greet him warmly: "You must be Mr. Rosey! It's an honor to meet you!"

Rose didn't say much, only nodding in response. Then, surrounded by many magicians, Rose came to the long table.

The long table was originally full, but after Rose arrived, there were empty seats.

Rose sat in the empty seat, placed the box on the table, opened it, revealing 20 bottles of [Silent Thunder] neatly arranged inside.

The surrounding magicians held their breath when they saw the [Silent Thunder] inside.

This is the potion that can stabilize reason and will not further damage it after the stabilizing effect ends; the only side effects are physical damage and a one-day memory loss.

Although the body remains a precious resource for mages, physical deterioration can even affect brain development and sanity.

Furthermore, due to the knowledge barrier, not all mages are capable of learning [flesh manipulation] magic to regulate their bodies. If the knowledge barrier were so easy to overcome, the Magic Federation wouldn't have such a bizarre thing as medical insurance for mages.

Kenneth once said that magicians also have health insurance and need to take medicine. Rose found it very strange at the time, wondering where this came from.

However, as Rose's understanding of the magician community deepened, she gradually realized that, apart from special schools like "Flesh Manipulation," most magicians' methods involved interfering with the external world. They rarely used methods targeting their own bodies, and even then, they needed to learn and understand a great deal of related knowledge to interfere with their own bodies. Given that most people were under pressure from loans, magicians could hardly afford to learn magic related to flesh manipulation.

This creates a very strange situation: the world has health insurance specifically for magicians.

Even though the body is an extremely precious resource, for these mages, it's at least an extra bargaining chip compared to before.

Furthermore, this medicine is only available from Rose, making it a rare commodity. While the raw materials can be reverse engineered, how can the extraordinary properties contained within the medicine be analyzed?

Even if you manage to analyze it, you won't be able to develop such extraordinary characteristics without learning the basic knowledge of the relevant schools of thought.

The three mages who bought [Silent Thunder] last time truly felt the strategic significance of this potion for mages like them who had been killed.

Despite their best efforts to hide it, they couldn't fool the other magicians who were keen to investigate.

Ultimately, after two months of fermentation and with Keaton's covert encouragement, Rose's potion quickly became famous among the slum magicians.

This has led to the situation we see today.

"Mr. Rose, give me a bottle!"

"I want two bottles!"

Soon, all the [Silent Thunder] bottles in Rose's box were snatched up, with some people even holding up five fingers and saying they wanted five bottles.

However, after evaluation and consideration, Rose decided to limit the quantity to a maximum of three bottles per person.

Based on Rose's observations and understanding of the physical qualities of the mage community, as well as his experience in preparing [Silent Thunder] over the past few days, his understanding of this potion has deepened.

He believed that a magician would need about three to four bottles of other sanity-stabilizing agents during the two months of conditioning his body.

Any more than that, and it'll probably be considered dumping dogs.

Rose's box was full of marks and checks.

Those checks are similar to commodity vouchers; they can be read and have their text altered using some kind of magical technology, allowing for an effect similar to online payments.

In this round, Rose earned a total of 30,000 marks, and even if he spent 4000 marks to cover his initial investment, he would still have 26,000 marks.

This immediately recouped the cost of those two machines, breaking even completely.

This also means that Rose will not have to worry about money expenses for a long time.