Solo Swordmaster

#588. I have something to show you.

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‘I liked the old days.’

Albert lamented briefly.

The magic lord, Carol, is alive and well.

When the Magus exerted a powerful influence in the British Empire as one of the 10 largest guilds.

As a member of the Magus Guild, he was treated well and could live comfortably anywhere in Europe.

But that’s just the past.

After Carol died.

The Magus Guild collapsed and was pushed out of the top 10 guilds, and the lives of the guild members became more difficult.

The Magus Guild belonged to 90% of all magic players in the world.

The oversupply was due to the collapse of the guild and caused the magic players to rot and overflow.

Still, the high-level players were better.

As much as the Blue Dragon Clan poured a huge amount of money into the restoration of London, they were able to fill their pockets just by taking the job.

The problem was a middle player like Albert.

No matter how much money the Blue Dragon clan spends, the law of supply and demand cannot be ignored.

Players who did not reach level 60 had to compete fiercely for good jobs.

Even the players who were pushed out of there and had to run around the dungeon had to go through many hardships because it was difficult to find a party to join them.

The result is now Albert.

In other words, even though he was a magic player, he was in an unfunny situation where he was covered in scars from playing the role of a tanker.

‘I heard that magic players are still rare in other countries… Do I have to relocate right now?’

what to do now

For a while, I was immersed in my thoughts.

Albert shook his head and got out of his thoughts.

Right now, rather than worrying about such useless things, the priority was to go round and round the dungeon.

You have to save money to be able to move or not.

So Albert asked.

“Hey, drug dealer. Are there any better medicines?”

“I am an alchemist, not a drug dealer. And if you want better medicine, go to Quetzalcoatl. Why are you looking at a hole-in-the-wall shop like this?”

“The medicine for Quetzalcoatl is expensive.”

“Instead, the effect is not certain. Anyway, it’s enough to go to a healer for urgent wounds anyway.”

“It’s not cheap either, it’s a problem.”

Albert sighed.

I didn’t know it when I was only shooting magic from behind, but it wasn’t that hard to be a tanker from the front.

No matter how much you protect your body with magic, you will continue to suffer from wounds every day.

I was on the verge of dying after I had barely made enough money to pay for the medicines and treatment.

Whether it’s Quetzalcoatl’s medicine.

Saint Guild’s treatment cost.

It was the same because it was expensive enough to be difficult to use unless you were a high-level player.

However, if you enter a dungeon without an antidote or emergency medicine, you do not know when you will die, and you cannot go to the dungeon every day unless you receive treatment from a healer.

In addition to that, if you consider the cost of repairing damaged equipment and the cost of consumable items, it’s good to be able to avoid the deficit.

If I keep going like this, will I always be able to raise money to move?

It was just a blur in front of my eyes.

“I heard that high-level players use a lot of elixirs… when will I ever try something like that?”

“Say some nonsense. Do you know what an elixir is like a red pill? It’s over hundreds of thousands of billions for one of them.”

“That’s why I want to try it.”

It took a moment to look at Albert, who seemed to be dreaming with both eyes open, with pitiful eyes.

The alchemist glanced around.

Then, after making sure that no one else was around, he quietly opened his mouth.

“Do you really want to try such a good medicine?”

“why? Do you have anything good?”

“It’s not bad…”

The alchemist took out a vial of red liquid dripping from under the desk.

“what’s this?”

“It’s a new drug that just came out. It’s just that clinical trials aren’t over yet, so it’s a bit complicated to officially sell.”

“…after all, it’s a cheap fake drug, right?”

“Oh, cheap? How expensive is this! It’s better than Quetzalcoatl’s medicine!”

“No matter how much you buy something that is not genuine…”

“No, you man! He said he wanted to try a good medicine, so I showed it to him, but are you reluctant now?”

Albert with a very disapproving look.

Seeing him in a fit of rage, the alchemist pushed the bottle and shouted.

“You want to drink it right now? There’s no one who’s ever used this, so I can’t find one!”

“Are there any side effects?”

“Ah, if there are any side effects, I’ll give them to you for free, so try them!”

“As long as the effect is certain.”

At the alchemist’s persistent persuasion, Albert reluctantly accepted the vial.

So shake the vial.

Open the lid and smell it.

Taste with the tip of the tongue, etc.

It was only when the alchemist who was watching was frustrated that he felt sick to his stomach that he reluctantly tried the potion.

But even so, he didn’t expect much.

I don’t know if it’s Quetzalcoatl’s medicine.

It was because it was obvious that a new drug whose pharmaceutical company was unknown would be there anyway.

so right after that.

Albert was horrified.

“Ouch tickle!”

From the arm to the shoulder shin.

Albert struggled and argued at the sudden, frantic itch that surged from the bandaged area.

“Hey, you bastard drug dealer, what did you give me?!”

“Even when you curse, take off that bandage. Then you will want to bow to me immediately.”

“절은 무슨 이 미친 새끼가 사람을 무슨 모르모트로…! uh?”

Albert, who was scratching at the bandage while angry, opened his eyes wide.

And as the alchemist said, after taking off the bandage, he made an expression that seemed like his eyes would pop out at all.

“Oh oh oh oh!”

A wound that was supposed to be healed after at least a few days of recuperation thanks to being treated by a cheaper healer.

The alchemist grinned at Albert, who was surprised that it had completely healed without a trace.

“How do you finish it?”

“It’s not that great! Hey, what is this drug?”

“That’s why I said it’s good medicine.”

“No, rather than an explanation, how many of these do you have? I’ll buy them all, so give me a discount. huh?”

It seems like when did you turn away?

Albert was overjoyed and tried to rob the stock of medicine.

However, the alchemist’s reaction was tepid.

“What kind of discount is that? Didn’t you hear what I said earlier? You said you couldn’t sell it because you didn’t have it.”

“No, I tried hard to sell until a while ago, but why!”

“That’s a promotion.”

“What kind of promotion is there for a drug that can’t even be officially sold!”

“This also has its own circumstances.”

The alchemist shrugged.

There was no need to explain the complicated circumstances that the more you sell to various people, the more you can secure.

Instead, he smiled meaningfully.

“In the sense of the promotion…”

Tak Tak Tak.

A red potion red like blood.

Dark green potion like poison.

Even a blue potion as clear as water.

The alchemist asked with a grin as he took out various potions of different colors and put them down.

“Would you like to buy a set of potion series?”

* * *

It wasn’t just happening in England.

in the market of Egypt.

In the back alleys of the Commonwealth of China.

At the Divine Alliance missionary center.

In the Russian Khanate or the United States of America.

Potions that appeared in all sorts of stores sold like hot cakes and quickly took over the medical market.

Elixir is the only medicine that instantly heals wounds.

Even so, it was traded at an exorbitant price because of its rarity that only the Creator could make it.

Even if it wasn’t as good as the Elixir, it was a treat that had similar efficacy at a relatively low price, so everyone was dazzled.

Also detoxification potions and strengthening potions.

The efficacy of the potion, which was immediately exerted depending on the type, surpassed even the Elixir of Quetzalcoatl.

With the power of such potions, players were able to level up and clear dungeons more easily than before.

In addition, he saved a lot of people by showing outstanding performance at the scene of an accident where it was difficult for a healer to respond immediately.

Individuals and guilds, as well as countries, went out to seek potions.

Of course it wasn’t easy.

A potion is an unauthorized drug in the first place.

Since it was distributed only in small numbers, it was not possible to obtain it in large quantities.

Because of that, people searched for potions more and more, and the potions became more valuable, repeating the vicious cycle.

However, there were people who were troubled by this situation…

“Quetzalcoatl’s sales are plummeting.”

“There aren’t that many of those potions, right? Besides, I don’t know if it’s a wound healing potion, but there shouldn’t be a potion for illness yet, right?”

“The important thing is not efficacy, but value.”

“Hmm… Does Quetzalcoatl’s medicine mean that the brand of the best is being threatened?”

“exactly.”

The Bronze Age opens.

After learning the medicine of Poison Nokryongyakgun.

The green dragon clan has always reigned as the best medical group in mankind.

After the Iron Age opened, some of the medical work was given to healers, but they were still the best in medicine and poison.

but this moment.

The potions that appeared everywhere were threatening the green dragon clan.

“So you think the World Federation is behind it?”

“It must be that quack, to be exact.”

“…If that quack is referring to the divine lord, it’s a bit unexpected. Making medicine is a production-type skill, not a divine-type skill, right?”

“That is why I am asserting.”

At the artificial flower garden, he came to Limon, who was absorbed in sculpture, and showed him a red potion bottle.

Maia said coldly.

“Because this is not the right medicine.”

“huh? Do you think it actually works?”

“It’s a problem because it only shows the effect.”

Originally, medicine is like poison.

At one time, steroids were popular for growing muscles, but eventually they were banned due to side effects such as weakening immunity.

Just as painkillers, which relieve pain in moderation, can become addictive if overused.

All drugs have side effects.

So, in a sense, it needed to be handled more carefully than poison.

If you want to kill your opponent, you just need to feed them poison or medicine until they die.

In that respect, this potion was extremely heterogeneous.

No matter how much you eat, there are no side effects.

Neutralizes all poisons and

heals wounds spontaneously.

Unconditionally strengthening the body, etc.

It gives only positive effects to the user.

In that respect, it was definitely a miracle drug.

But…

“If this potion had hidden side effects, the results would be more lethal than any other medicine.”

Before becoming the green dragon princess.

as a member of parliament.

Maia said.

This potion is too dangerous.

“However, distributing a drug that has not even been properly verified is distributed all over the world. Isn’t that just quackery?”

“Apart from whether or not there are any side effects, I know the situation is not very good.”

Limon scratched his cheek.

As soon as there are side effects.

If it wasn’t there, it was a problem.

If this potion is truly the perfect medicine, Quetzalcoatl’s pharmaceutical business will be beaten.

In this era, the medical business is being pushed aside by healers.

If even the pharmaceutical business was taken away, even Quetzalcoatl, which dominated the world’s wealth, would find it difficult to operate in the future.

“I didn’t expect to be attacked not physically, but business-wise.”

“Our enemy is not only the Sword Master.”

So let out a sigh.

Limon reflected inwardly.

He said it was a mistake not to read the movements of the World Federation because he focused too much on the resurrected Sword Master.

The 7 guilds are also the losers of this era.

It was a strong enemy that could stand against the Seven Dragons in terms of power, though not in terms of power.

Not only the overall plan of the World Federation, but also the individual decorations of the seven guilds had to be paid more attention.

But regret is too late no matter how fast it is.

Instead of wasting time regretting the past, Limon focused on the front.

“So what is the solution?”

“Why do you think I have a solution?”

“The divine lord made something called a potion, but I don’t think he would have been idle just because he was a doctor.”

“….”

As if it was hit right in the middle.

Let’s look at Limon for a while.

Maia opened her mouth.

“I have something to show you, Swordsman.”

“What?”

“There’s a way to stop that quack’s drug from spreading.”

I guess I knew that too.

Limon nodded.

But after a while.

The moment I saw that ‘method’ in the laboratory deep in Quetzalcoatl, where I had followed Maia.

He couldn’t help but ask himself a question.

“…is the doctor’s family crazy?”

“Of course I am sane.”

“But are you going to use this?”

“exactly.”

“sincerely?”

“Do you think I showed you this for a joke?”

After hearing the cynical answer that was not meant to be a joke, he let out a sigh.

Limon turned his head.

And Quetzalcoatl’s secret laboratory.

I held up a vial containing a golden liquid that was tightly kept inside the several layers of security.

When shaken gently, golden waves swirling inside, like liquid or powder.

A subtle fragrance that comes out just by opening the lid.

And just by dropping a drop on the back of your hand and tasting it, you get goosebumps all over your body and a stimulus that makes your brain tingle.

“also.”

Limon frowned.

Of course he’s not a senator.

With just such a simple test, there was no skill to figure out the detailed efficacy or identity of the drug.

But this drug was an exception.

There was only one drug, at least as far as Limon knew, that made him feel so dizzy.

“What were you thinking… or rather, how did you make it? The recipe for this must have disappeared from the green dragon clan a long time ago.”

“It wasn’t very difficult. There was something that could be a clue.”

“…Ambrosia.”

“exactly.”

One of the teenage guilds that competed with the Green Dragon Clan for supremacy in Brazil in the past.

Forest Guild.

The ambrosia they spread had tremendous potency, making all other drugs feel like trash.

But Limon knew.

That ambrosia is fake after all.

That it’s nothing more than a lousy cheap replica compared to the original.

“This is the crystallization of all the medicine and technology of our green dragon clan, and the only way to stop the potions spread by that quack girl.”

As the best in the world.

Utilize all the medicines of the clan.

By studying ambrosia.

The one who restored the original.

Maia finished her words coldly, looking at the golden vial in Limon’s hand.

“Nectar (Νέκταρ).”