Chapter 44 Return
If I say half a month, it means half a month.

After the last day of the Spring Bud Month, we enter the Green Leaf Month, and the city begins to be full of greenery.

Gode ​​sent five sets of primary spider venom potions to Phil’s Potion Shop, and purchased enough green spider sacs from Phil’s Potion Shop for half a month’s use.

After finishing all this, he stopped by Pierre’s Grocery Store to take a look, and was surprised to find that the store door, which had been closed for half a month, had been opened today.

The familiar old man was now leisurely lying on a recliner, basking in the warm morning sunshine, looking so comfortable.

Gao De showed joy on his face and leaned over.

“You kid, you don’t come to my store every day to stare at me, do you? I just came back yesterday, and the store has only been open for half an hour today. There hasn’t been a single customer yet, and you’re here.”

Pierre also noticed Godet’s arrival, twisted his body, stood up reluctantly, and greeted him.

“What a coincidence.” At this moment, Gao De’s mind was full of spell scrolls and the feeling of gain and loss that he might get rich soon.

“Okay, I know what you’re thinking.” Pierre is a smart guy who won’t keep people on suspense at this time. “Wait a moment.”

He moved the recliner away, walked into the warehouse inside the store, and came out after a moment.

When Godard saw Pierre coming out of the warehouse, his eyes suddenly brightened.

The little old man was holding a scroll in his hand!
“I say you are lucky, kid. The usage rate of the knock spell is very low. The scroll masters of the Emerald Alliance only made three knock spell scrolls last year.”

“There were three scrolls. One was put on sale, and one was consumed by the mages in the organization. This one happened to be left, and I got it.”

Pierre took credit for it while handing the scroll to Goder, “Check the goods.”

Gao De took the spell scroll as if it were a treasure and examined it carefully.

The texture of the spell scroll feels extremely strong and tight, with delicate fiber texture on it, giving it a natural and classical beauty. It should be made of finely processed animal skin.

The parchment must have been specially treated to ensure that the magical power can be preserved for a long time.

Around the edges of the scrolls were runes and magical symbols drawn in dark ink.

These patterns are more than just decorative; they hold the key to unlocking magical powers.

The scroll itself is tightly rolled up and tied with ropes at both ends, forming a slipknot that can be opened with just a slight pull.

“It can be unlocked. It won’t trigger the spell. Don’t worry.” Pierre saw Gode’s restlessness and hesitation and interrupted.

Upon hearing this, Gao De immediately untied the knot and opened the scroll with confidence.

What caught my eye was a spell written in a strange font.

These words seem to have their own life, occasionally flashing a faint light, revealing the magic contained within.

Gaode did not recognize the words because they were magic words.

Unless he masters [Reading Magic] or is proficient in this kind of magic text, he can understand it.

However, this does not affect his use of spell scrolls.

To use a spell scroll, you only need to open it, concentrate on the spell on it, and silently recite a specific intention in your heart to release the spell power sealed in the spell scroll.

Of course, before using it, the user must first identify the spell and level on the spell scroll.

In addition, the user’s mental strength is required to reach a corresponding level, otherwise he will not be able to control the spells in the spell scroll.

The spell scroll requires the user to have a mental strength that reduces the spell level by 1 level, at least a mage apprentice.

That is to say, a wizard apprentice can use a 1st-level spell scroll, a 1st-level wizard can use a 2nd-level spell scroll, and so on.
After looking at it for a while, Gao De tied the scroll again and smiled.

“You really helped me a lot.”

“It’s just business,” Pierre shrugged and said casually, “It costs 7 gold to buy the scroll, and the money for the meal I treated you to through connections is not counted as yours.” He stretched out his right hand and handed it to Gode with his palm facing up.

Godard quickly took out his pocket, counted out seven Sean gold coins and handed them to Pierre.

Pay in one hand and deliver in one hand.

After a period of hard work selling medicine, Gaode’s savings reached 21 gold. Just when he felt that he had more money recently, he was brought back to square one.

“There are only 14 gold left in the account.”

“And in a few days I’ll have to buy some sagebrush and snakeweed seedlings to plant in the herb garden.”

“Otherwise, at the current consumption rate, the output of these two herbs in the medicine garden will not be able to keep up with the consumption rate by the end of the year.”

“If it really comes to this, then we will have to purchase all three main ingredients from pharmacies, and the cost of making medicine will increase from the current 20-25 silver to 30 silver. The profit of a set of medicine will be reduced by 10 silver, which is too meager.”

“You have to buy these herbal seedlings, and don’t delay.”

“Just buying the seedlings is one expense, and then you have to buy the fertilizers needed to grow the seedlings, which is another expense.”

After thinking about it this way, Gaode once again made a sigh that is applicable in any world.

It’s not easy to live here!

“I can only pray that Master Seda’s legacy won’t let me down.”

Although Gaode is confident that it can have a “huge explosion”, but what if?
What if Master Seda is an old bastard and comes up with some counter-tactics?

It is not impossible that there is actually nothing in the box that looks heavily protected, and the truly valuable things are actually placed in the most conspicuous place.

If that was the case, it seemed that he could do nothing except curse “Lao Deng” a few times.

You can’t just dig up someone’s body and whip it to vent your anger.

“The recent changes outside the city may not be as simple as imagined.”

Seeing Gode putting away the spell scroll and preparing to leave, Pierre hesitated for a moment, but finally stopped Gode and kindly reminded him, “You can usually stock up on some food, so that you won’t be unprepared when something bad happens.”

“Hmm?” Gao De was startled and asked humbly and sincerely, “What do you mean by bad things?”

Based on his understanding of Pierre, he did not think that the old man would make groundless and alarmist remarks.

The fact that he gave him this reminder must mean that he had discovered something.

“It’s hard to be sure right now, but the increase in the number of earth vein creatures must have a reason. I originally thought that it might be the maturation of some high-level magic plant that caused the gathering of earth vein creatures.”

“But this has lasted too long,” Pierre said with a serious look, “After such a long time, the magic plant should have matured long ago. I am not sure what is going on yet. I need to wait and see.”

“It’s just that my intuition tells me that there’s a high probability that something bad has happened, but I don’t know if it will affect us.”

Pierre sighed and revealed something, “This time I went to Bremen to make arrangements for my retreat. If the situation gets bad, I will have to flee to Bremen.”

“I hope things don’t develop to that point. After all, people can get away, but my store can’t.”

He is already old. If he really abandons the store and leaves, he probably won’t be able to find a new livelihood in Bremen and can only live off his savings.

This is the worst-case scenario option.

“So, if possible, try to make some preparations.” That was all Pierre said.

“I understand. Thanks for the reminder.” Gao De nodded seriously, feeling a little more depressed unconsciously.

(End of this chapter)