"……Hello."

The paused scene, as if the whole world had stopped, returned to its original state with the voice of greeting. The young magician standing behind the counter slightly smiled incomprehensibly, but not before the man named Xue.

The woman from Ling Huan Bing noticed this abnormality, and the player behind the counter lowered her face again: "Uh... what do you want?"

"Didn't you make everything clear just now?" Then the sullen look on the woman's face became more obvious: "Healing potion, any kind will do."

"It's just healing potions. We have many kinds here." The magician's hand showed out along the edge of the counter: "But with your current level and strength... you must not be able to see weak healing potions.

Is it eye-catching?"

"..."

As if sensing something strange about the other party, Xue Ling Huan Bing, who raised his head, slightly suppressed the impatient feelings in his heart, but the young magician wearing a gray robe then bent down.

, pinched a small dark red round bottle from his feet: "This is a powerful healing potion that can restore 50% of the health value within 16 seconds. Depending on the strength of the user's mental value, the

The effect will also be enhanced to varying degrees..."

"This is a potion I specially developed myself. Because it is in the experimental stage now, I can give you a special price." He leaned forward, and his smiling face got a little closer to the woman shrouded in a cloak:

"Three gold bottles and one bottle, ten gold bottles and three bottles, how about that?"

"...Do you think I'm a fool?"

There was a cold snort in his nose, but Xue Ling Huan Bing, whose eyes were downcast, still snatched the round potion bottle from the opponent's hand, and then after observing the prompts given by the system for a while, he slightly raised his own

Eyebrow: "It's actually true... Did you research it yourself?"

"You'll pay ten if you fake it." Linyuan Duanshui straightened up with a smile: "And...there shouldn't be such an effective healing potion in other big cities in the free world, right?"

"I have seen many powerful weapons and equipment, but this potion... is indeed the first time I have seen it."

Looking up at the other party, Xue Ling Huan Bing finally focused her indifferent eyes on the dark red potion bottle in her hand: "...I bought them all as much as you have here."

"A hundred gold coins will be given to you."

The smile on his face became more obvious. The magician turned around and moved a small wooden box from the wooden shelf beside the wall. Then, as Xue Ling Huanbing's eyes gradually widened, he placed the whole box neatly.

Neatly arranged small round bottles of various colors were placed in front of the other party: "I have been a little tight lately, so I only tried so many, no more, no less, exactly thirty bottles."

"Don't worry about the color, the effect is the same." He looked at the questioning eyes hidden under the cloak, and the enthusiastic smile on his face became more obvious: "If it is used properly, maybe it will work.

There will be surprises.”

"……Thanks."

It seemed that he finally noticed the ID name above the other person's head. After taking the small wooden box, Xue Ling Huan Bing lowered his head and replied: "Goodbye."

"Don't leave in a hurry, I have something better to recommend to you."

After speaking out to stop the other party from turning around and leaving immediately, Linyuan Duanshui winked and whispered: "A potion that can instantly heal injuries... do you want it?"

"……moment?"

"You heard me right, it's just an instant."

As Xueling Huanbing turned around again, a small bottle of red potion was taken out from Linyuan Duanshui's arms: "I named this potion Miracle Potion. If used properly... maybe...

It can create miracles."

"..."

She did not immediately respond to the other party's bragging words. The woman named Xue Ling Huan Bing just stared at the small bottle of potion in the other party's hand in the middle of the village road where passers-by continued to pass.

After paying attention, he walked back holding the small wooden box he just bought: "Show me."

【Miracle Potion (Epic)】

[Item attribute: consumables]

[Usage requirements: None.]

[Use effect: Treat the injured part and restore 0% of the maximum health within seconds. 】

【Intermediate life extension.】

【Extremely effective time shortened.】

【Special effects regeneration.】

【Extremely effective trauma recovery.】

[A powerful healing potion developed and created by an alchemist using earth magic and unknown herbs. It not only has the powerful special effect of restoring health very quickly, but also has the special effect of strengthening the treatment of external trauma. 】

[Producer: Linyuan Duanshui.]

"...How much does this bottle of potion cost?"

Looking at the endless text scrolling out from the system prompts, the light in Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes became brighter and brighter after being silent for a moment: "I bought it."

"As expected of a top player from a big city, money has never been an issue." The potion creator named Linyuan Duanshui nodded with satisfaction: "Then let me think about it...it has to be compared with the thirty bottles of healing just now.

The potion is the same price.”

"A bottle of one hundred gold coins?" Xue Ling Huan Bing raised her eyelids slightly: "...well, it is indeed worth the price."

"Take it."

Her white hands reached into the waist covered by the cloak, and she took out a white coin that was completely different from the gold coins commonly used on the mainland: "A platinum coin, since you are also an adventurer..."

"You should understand its value."

Platinum coins worth as much as one hundred gold coins are indeed one of the currencies currently circulating in the trading market. However, in the past, such circulation was limited to the Free City and its nearby business districts.

As the situation on the continent of the Free World continues to change, the authority and status of the city located in the easternmost part of the continent has begun to become more and more influential. A large number of players and business opportunities have also begun to come from the attraction of the Bridge of Miracles.

It continues to extend around the city, and together with the twelve thrones that complement each other, it forms a beautiful landscape that is different from other areas that are troubled by the magic empire, and gradually becomes more and more powerful.

The expanding market changes brought about by the player base have also brought increasingly rich wealth into the hands of every max-level player.

Under the conditions imposed by the real world, no one wants to go out on adventures with a large number of packages filled with gold coins. This also makes the general currency of Liberty City, which can originally replace a hundred gold coins, gradually become used by players.

They have been extended to the entire continent.

“Thank you for your patronage.”

The white-golden light drew an arc in the air that could blind the eyes of onlookers, and finally fell into the hands of the magician. The young man named Linyuan Duanshui then smiled and threw the coin in his hand.

, the eyes finally shifted back to Xue Ling Huan Bing: "Come again next time."

"..."

Without much response, Xue Ling Huan Bing, who looked back at the other party, then pulled the hood on his head and left the place. Lin Yuan Duanshui, who was watching the woman leave in silence, also heard the old man's voice behind him.

And his figure gradually approaching with a cane: "...Why should I give it to her?"

"Gift? I earned a full hundred gold coins."

"Compared to the cost of that bottle of potion, one hundred gold coins is nothing at all."

Still shaking his head, the old man's voice began to become more and more serious: "And...she is still the dark witch."

"...not anymore."

Putting away the smile that had been twitching at the corner of his mouth, Linyuan Duanshui took a deep breath: "And... she needs it very much now."

"oh?"

"That black cloak is not just for hiding your identity."

Looking at the slender and lonely figure in front of him who had disappeared from sight, Linyuan Duanshui explained in a low voice: "I can see the scars that were revealed inadvertently, and smell the faint smell of blood seeping out."

"...The woman was injured?"

"Maybe, but..."

Gently tapping the counter in front of him with his fingers, Linyuan Duanshui said in a soft voice: "Compared to her physical condition at this moment, I am more concerned about her current situation."

"She has become a wanted criminal across the continent, and now she is very lonely."

As if he understood the hidden meaning of the other party's words, the old man's voice also became enlightened: "At this point, both supplies and survival have become very difficult."

"Running to the Novice Village to replenish healing potions is probably the limit of what she can do now." Nodding in agreement with the other party's words, Linyuan Duanshui's voice then became softer: "

I don’t know how long these potions will be enough for her..."

"You actually still care about that woman? Care about that dark witch that the whole continent wants to get rid of?"

"I destroyed that stone myself."

Saying this without looking back, the young magician's eyes gradually focused on each other with his hands on the counter: "I have done everything I can, and these causes and effects should be wiped out.

…”

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

The sound of rapid footsteps then interrupted the low-pitched words between the two people. They came to the entrance of Carlo Village with several figures who were shouting in all directions. Several imperial guards wearing imperial armors on their bodies.

Then he squeezed through the crowd of novice players who were still gathering around each other, and in an instant occupied the place that must be passed when entering and exiting the village. After looking forward for a moment, the leader thought that the soldier captain then turned around with a dark face.

, while directing his men to patrol around, he walked towards the direction of the magic cabin: "Where was the woman just now?"

"That woman? Which woman?"
To be continued...