Embrace the Magic (33)
My body was resting, but my head was constantly thinking about something.
Knowledge of other artifacts, not potions, was busy running through my head.
There was no one proper way. There were holes in one or two places, so I had to research by directly inputting the runes.
It wasn’t something that could be done in a day or two.
Just like studying potions, if not more, it would take a lot of thought and research to see the results.
‘I have to become a 6th circle wizard.’
I couldn’t use the seniority room, but I didn’t really regret it. The seniority room has the great advantage of helping with rapid growth, but it also had clear disadvantages.
Cory, Hedler, and Land also understood the training room as a place to ‘gather mana’. Even Instructor Silion explained that it ‘gathers mana from the surroundings to speed up growth.’
But the training room was not a place where mana gathered.
If you were gathering mana to increase your growth rate, there was no need to have separate aura training rooms and magic training rooms. Both aura and magic started from mana.
‘I need something to help with my training.’
What the affinity room does is increase the ‘conversion rate’, meaning that the same amount of mana can be converted into more magic power or aura.
In its natural state, using 10 mana converts it into about 1 magical power.
A person with exceptional talent can convert 10 mana into 2 magic power. Rodin was one such person.
On the other hand, if you use the training room, you can gather 10 mana and store 3~4 magic power in your body. Since the conversion efficiency is much higher, rapid growth is also possible.
The downside is that the magic power is irregular. Since it is not obtained entirely by one’s own power, the magic power becomes unresponsive.
‘Mana and magic power are different.’
Mana is a being that has only instincts and has not developed into an ego. When stimulated, it responds appropriately, but does not do anything of its own volition.
Magic had a distinct self with likes and dislikes. It could not speak, but it could think for itself and even learn. It was similar to a child who had not fully matured.
If you build up your magic power entirely on your own, you will become a good child who listens well. You also have a high level of enthusiasm for education, so if you repeat the magic a few times, you will immediately respond to similar actions.
You have just begun to recite the runes, but the magic is already ready and waiting to be activated.
Until the rune chanting, formula calculations, and magical associations are finished, the magical power calmly stabilizes the circle.
On the other hand, the magical power accumulated with the help of the training room is similar to that of a child who does not listen at all. He also hates studying, so even if he repeats magic dozens or hundreds of times, he does not know what to do.
Only after the rune chanting, formula calculations, and magical associations are all finished, do you start moving urgently.
The circle always remains unstable as it moves rapidly.
‘I need a way to build up magical power on my own, just like in a natural state, while also helping with my training.’
The best thing, ironically, was to increase the mana concentration. If you gathered mana around you that was dozens of times higher than the surroundings, you could build up magic power faster than the Yeongong room even if the conversion rate was low.
‘You just have to start with 100, not 10.’
I had to find a way to increase my mana concentration, not my magic or aura.
‘I don’t think there’s anything other than the characteristics of the place.’
There are definitely places where the mana concentration is higher than other places. Just looking at the area around the training center, there were places where the mana concentration was 10% to 20% higher.
But that place wasn’t the 3rd deep storage here. Since I couldn’t leave this place, I had to find a way to increase my mana concentration inside.
‘People can’t sense the concentration of mana. At least the instructors and committee members clearly can’t sense it.’
The dead Chairman Crate only felt the concentration of magical power, not the concentration of mana. The other instructors and Commissioner Kser also showed no particular reaction to the change in mana concentration.
smart!
At that moment, there was a knock and the door opened. The assistant was peeking his head out.
“What happen?”
“This is a committee call.”
“Oh, I’ll go out right away.”
I checked my clothes and put only about 1 liter of the 10 liter potion into the container. I didn’t divide it into small glass bottles.
He came out. The assistant simply pointed with his hand in the direction of the central building.
‘Well, it’s strange to be receiving guidance here.’
It was a place I went to every day. Until last year, I came here just to get some fresh air. Since it was a familiar place, there was no need for an assistant to guide me.
I walked alone to the central building. This time, I was able to go straight to the committee room without going through the administration office.
All five members were sitting in the committee room. They all had oily faces.
‘Everyone has gained weight.’
Even the members of the 5th-grade high-ranking knights had thick bellies. There were folds of flesh under their chins. It was hard to believe when they had last swung a sword.
“I’m trainee number 108.”
“Is that a potion in that can?”
“Yes. It’s a wound healing potion.”
I placed the entire container containing the potion on the desk.
Commissioner Kser opened the lid and poured a certain amount into the cup. Commissioner Elov, who was next to him, also finished the tea he was drinking and filled his empty cup with a small amount of potion.
“I guess we’ll have to check it out, right?”
“Let me try.”
Kelain, a former high-ranking knight, drew his sword from his waist and cut his forearm in a long line. Blood flowed out and fell to the floor.
“Oh, didn’t you cut it too big?”
“Haha, this is nothing. I’ve been stabbed hundreds of times in my prime.”
Commissioner Kelain was actually a knight who had been active on the battlefield for quite some time. He had fought in the war against the Ingrem Empire and had fought many battles against the demons who came through the Kingdom of Taleh.
But that was all in the past. The last time I saw the blood of my enemy was twenty years ago. It had been even longer since I had seen my own blood.
“No matter what, we have to consider his age. Let’s start with treatment.”
“I guess it’s because I’m getting older, but I do feel a sense of waste.”
Commissioner Elov handed the potion he had put in a cup to Commissioner Kelain.
Commissioner Kelain dropped a small amount of potion onto the wound on his forearm and spread it well with his hand.
The wound was visibly healed the moment it was applied. The split flesh healed and flesh grew from within.
After about 10 minutes, the wound healed, leaving only a faint scar. After a few days, the faint scar would naturally disappear.
“It works well, right?”
“That’s right. This is the best potion I’ve ever used.”
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“Isn’t it any different from the potion made at the Marshall Tower?”
The Marshall Tower is considered the best place to make potions.
The price was a little expensive, but the effect was certain. In addition, it was famous for having no defective products.
“Was the potion made at the Marshall Tower worth 11 gold?”
“It’s gone up a bit these days. Because of the war, it’s been trading at 13 gold.”
The effectiveness of the product has been confirmed. The price has also been determined. All that remains is the cost price.
“How much goes into making a potion?”
“I’ve written down the cost and production period here.”
Commissioner Kser first looked at the potion recipe that Rodin had given him. After checking the ingredients and price, he smiled brightly.
“Less than 2,000 gold.”
“Huh? 2,000 gold? That would be a loss.”
“Ah! This is the price for 10 liters. You can make 400 bottles of potion. That’s number 108, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. The production cost is 400 bottles. If we go by the price of the herbs that Commissioner Kser gave us, it’s exactly 1,911 gold.”
Even if you sell 400 bottles for 10 gold each, it would be a whopping 4,000 gold. If the cost price was 1,911 gold, the profit would be over 2,000 gold.
“How long does it take to produce?”
“I wrote it down there. It takes about 30 days. That’s when I’m stuck there 10 hours a day.”
In reality, it didn’t even take 20 days. With more experience, it could have been completed in 10 days.
But I didn’t necessarily say that to the committee members. I planned to use the remaining time as leisure time and reading time.
“Can you make more? 10 liters. Isn’t that a little too little?”
“I wrote it down in the recipe, but I have to infuse it with magic power for more than 10 hours a day. Anything more than that is beyond my capabilities.”
“If we bring in instructors? Can we make more?”
They seemed obsessed with making money. In the end, they were just vulgar people.
“There is no difference in quantity, but we can shorten the production time. We can reduce it by about 4 to 5 days.”
“That’s all? Instructor Serion is a 4th circle wizard! And only 4 days?”
“It can’t be helped because of the qualitative difference in magic power. If Commissioner Elov or Commissioner Kser help, the production time can be cut in half…”
“Enough. That’s enough. We’re really busy people.”
Commissioner Kser cut Rodin off. Commissioner Elov was also frowning.
If I could help out once in a while to speed up the potion making time, I would be happy to lend a helping hand. It would bring in 2,000 gold every month.
But the recipe said to infuse magic power for 10 hours a day. I didn’t want to be locked in a small space and suffer for a few more bucks.
“According to what you say, a circle magician can’t make potions? Even in the Magic Tower, a circle 5 magician is used to make potions? Does that make sense?”
“It’s listed on the back. 3rd and 4th circle wizards can also make potions. However, it takes a long time and you have to accept a slight decrease in quality.”
Commissioner Kser turned the page. He clicked his tongue as he checked the contents of the next page.
“It’ll take a year.”
“It’s taking too long?”
“Should I ask Instructor Serion to do it?”
“Well, I guess they’ll ask me to give up more than half of the profits?”
Things were different with Rodin. Rodin was both a trainee and a slave. It was natural for the slave master to take what the slave made.
But Instructor Serion was a hired wizard. If he ordered him to do something, he had to be paid for it.
How much would you pay a 4th circle wizard to work 10+ hours a day in a small space?
At least half of the profits had to be given away. This was the minimum.
Besides, if you make potions, you will naturally learn the recipe. Would Instructor Serion be satisfied with a moderate profit? It would be better to become independent and make it on your own.
“How does Marshall Matap manage the wizards? What do they have to give in return for the wizards to make potions?”
“There aren’t many wizards there. There’s no need to work 10 hours a day alone. It wouldn’t be difficult if 10 people split the work up.”
“I see. I didn’t think about the wizard numbers.”
“Okay, let’s sort it out. Number 108. Are these all the potions you’ve made?”
“No, I made a total of 10 liters. The rest is in the storage, so you can take it whenever you want.”
In response to Rodin’s answer, Commissioner Kser shook the container containing the potion. The remaining 800ml of red potion shook back and forth, creating small ripples.
“We can get that later. Hmm, from now on, we’ll provide you with the herbs listed here in the amount you specified each month. You make the potion.”
“All right.”
“Are there any requirements?”
“I need someone to divide the potion into 25ml portions and transfer them to potion bottles.”
“You don’t have to be a wizard, right?”
“Yes. Since it’s a simple task, you can use an assistant or hire people from nearby houses.”
It was a simple task of dividing 10 liters into 25 ml bottles and putting them into potion bottles. Since only 400 bottles of potion were produced each month, he was someone who would only work one day a month.
Hiring just one person would have been enough.
“I’ll assign you one assistant.”
“All right.”
Rodin bowed and left.
As soon as Rodin left, the committee members started tapping away at their calculators in earnest.
“Excluding the cost of materials, that’s an income of over 2,000 gold per month.”
“Yes. 24,000 gold for one year. That’s good. That’s enough to cover the cost of running the training center.”
“The problem is sales. We can’t just carry the potion around and sell it, right?”
“Selling… Let’s contact the royal road first. Are the Magical Legion members getting hurt a lot? Even if you sell it for just 9 gold, it’ll sell like hotcakes. Potions have gone up in price a lot these days, so you can get even more than that.”
The war between the Ingrem Empire and the Thirteen Nations Alliance was a done deal. No one thought the peace between the two sides would last forever.
There were a whopping 14 countries on both sides. As they prepared for war, the price of war supplies also skyrocketed.
“Should we buy 400 of them every month?”
“No way. The number of juniors in the Magical Legion is only about 100. We’ll probably have to sell about 300 of them to other places.”
“Do I need to open up a sales channel? I’d rather find a suitable merchant.”
“I’ll take care of that part.”
Commissioner Havignon, a senior knight, stepped forward.
Commissioner Havignon’s family was originally a merchant family. The merchant family closed down due to business failure, but the connections in the merchant family still remained.
“Good. I can trust Commissioner Harvignon.”
“Okay, so that leaves just one last question.”
The sales issue has been decided, but the meeting is not over yet. The most important question remains: distribution of profits.
They had no intention of using all of the money, over 2,000 gold, to run the training center. They decided that each individual would take 300 gold, and only about 500 gold would be used to run the training center.
