Chapter 47: That’s Not How You Buy Potions! |
Jiang Chen had not forgotten what he came here for this time.
“However… after that conversation with the goblin just now, things have become interesting.”
“I’m now even more interested in the character I’m playing.”
Shock!
Playing? Interested?
What the hell!
Lord Evil God, what terrifying things are you saying?!
Jiang Chen’s words startled Vivian as well.
“It seems her identity isn’t simple. This incident in Silvermoon City is most likely aimed at Vivian.”
Wait, no!
This whole Silvermoon City incident is aimed at me?
Things just became even more troublesome!
But what have I done to deserve this?
Vivian couldn’t figure it out no matter how much she thought about it.
The voice of the Evil God continued.
“But that’s normal.”
How is that normal?!
“After all, game protagonists are never ordinary. Some are pawns of certain existences, while others possess special backgrounds and origins.”
That part, Vivian had to admit, made sense.
She nodded inwardly.
Wasn’t she currently just a pawn being toyed with by the Evil God?
Vivian found no joy in that at all.
But while Vivian was still lost in her thoughts, Jiang Chen had already started selecting potions.
This time, they were going to explore ruins. Combined with everything that had happened recently, along with the intelligence they had just obtained, Jiang Chen instinctively felt that trouble might be waiting ahead.
This was the intuition of a veteran gamer.
“In any case, it’s never wrong to be well-prepared.”
“Medium HP Potion restores 200 HP quickly, priced at 2 gold coins. Medium MP Potion is also 2 gold coins per bottle.”
Jiang Chen felt a headache coming on.
“Damn, that’s expensive. And with this amount of recovery, it’s totally not enough!”
In Jiang Chen’s eyes, any potion that didn’t instantly restore HP or MP—and couldn’t fully refill the bar in one bottle—was subpar.
However, in the current market, this was the only shop that sold medium-grade potions.
“Forget it, I’ll just buy some to make do.”
Thinking this, Jiang Chen turned his gaze toward the dwarf shop owner nearby.
Then he pointed at the HP and MP potions.
“Give me a hundred bottles of HP potions first, and two hundred bottles of MP potions.”
“Then I’ll take a look… resistance potions, antidotes, intelligence, strength, defense potions—give me fifty bottles of each for now. Just enough to get by.”
“H-how many?” Upon hearing Vivian’s words, both the dwarf Glendo Ironanvil and Lilith were stunned.
“No, Vivian, do you have a fever? Why are you buying so many potions?”
Lilith stepped forward and touched Vivian’s forehead. “You don’t even have a fever.”
“Buying potions is obviously for personal use. What else would it be for?”
“Vivian, that’s not how you buy potions!” Seeing Vivian’s matter-of-fact expression, Lilith didn’t even know where to begin.
She couldn’t understand Vivian’s approach at all.
Normally, people would only buy a few bottles.
At most, they’d get some HP potions and MP potions.
As for strength and intelligence potions, hardly anyone bought them.
Because those potions only lasted five minutes, yet were extremely expensive.
Taking a deep breath, Lilith decided to properly educate Vivian.
“Vivian, do you know these potions only last five minutes?”
“I know.”
“And you’re still buying them?!” Lilith was on the verge of losing it.
Faced with the ignorant Lilith, Jiang Chen also decided to properly enlighten her.
“In battle, having a bit more stats or a bit less can lead to completely different outcomes.”
“Never skimp on what should be spent. Otherwise, when something really happens, you won’t even have a place to cry.”
“It’s not as serious as you’re making it sound.” Clearly, Lilith thought Vivian was exaggerating.
Not that serious?
Jiang Chen only sneered.
He clearly remembered that many years ago, when he played Dungeon Fighter, he was using a Striker.
While farming the Mechanical Bull, his damage was just slightly insufficient. He kicked a low-health bull, but the enemy immediately turned invincible, and machines filled the sky.
In the end, a group of cat-like minotaurs swarmed him and beat him to death.
Since that time, Jiang Chen had deeply understood one truth—sometimes, a slight difference in stats could lead to drastically different outcomes.
“Well said, customer!” Compared to Lilith, the dwarf Glendo Ironanvil had a completely different attitude.
“You also think I’m right?” Vivian was a bit surprised.
“Of course. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.”
Whether it was actually right or not, Glendo didn’t know.
But what he did know was that this big spender had come to clear out his inventory.
So no matter how outrageous she sounded, all he needed to do was agree.
Before long…
A pile of potions was packed and handed to Vivian.
30 HP potions, 50 MP potions, 10 of each primary attribute potion, and 10 resistance potions.
A total of 150 bottles, costing 300 gold coins.
“So, how should I put it… this game…”
“Sometimes you really don’t need to pursue this level of detail!”
After putting away the potions and leaving the Alchemy House Shop with Lilith, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but complain.
The item shop actually didn’t have that many potions—it was ridiculous.
In most games, aside from potions crafted by players themselves—which were limited due to material constraints—
potions sold in item shops were meant for early-game use. Since their stats weren’t high, developers usually didn’t restrict them much.
They were basically supplied in unlimited quantities.
Jiang Chen had never expected that in this game, even potions sold in item shops were limited in supply.
He simply couldn’t understand what the developers were thinking with such a setting.
“Forget it, the important thing now is business.”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen brought Lilith to the entrance of the Enforcement Hall.
“Um… Vivian, why are we here?”
Standing at the entrance, watching Enforcement Officers going in and out, as well as people handling affairs inside, Lilith felt confused.
“We’re here to make money, of course.”
“Make money?” Lilith was puzzled.
What money could they make here?
Thus, amidst Lilith’s confusion, Vivian called out Aelia, whom they had just parted with not long ago.
“Vivian, what do you want with me?”
Aelia clearly didn’t have a good expression, considering Vivian had just scammed quite a bit of money from her earlier.
“Of course, I’m here to do business with you.”
“Stop right there!” Before Vivian could continue, Aelia raised her hand to interrupt.
“I’m an Enforcement Officer, not a merchant. If you want to do business, go find a merchant instead of me.” As she spoke, Aelia prepared to send her away.
“What if I told you… I have intelligence about the person behind those black-robed individuals selling Sacred Artifacts?”
As Vivian’s words fell, Aelia froze.
Meanwhile, Lilith looked at Vivian as if she had just seen a ghost.
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