19 Chapter 19 (2/2)
Dex: 8
Int: 53
Wil: 46
Wis: 55
Lck:???
Skills & Spells: [a.n.a.lyze], [Wind Aura], [Construct Artifact], [Barrier], [Wind Blade], [Deconstruction], [Lesser Enhance Const.i.tution]
His health had gone up quite a bit and his defenses likely had as well. It wasn't exactly clear how Const.i.tution helped reduce damage yet but just the extra health helped. As a mage Wilfred was rather frail, he learnt the hard way from his injuries, and aside from his barrier there wasn't much in the way of helping him live. A cultivator of the same level as him could have easily broken his arms or legs and simply kill him. Mages need to keep the fight far away and utilize their varied a.r.s.enal to deal with the cultivator.
But this wasn't why Wilfred got this spell, initially he wanted a strength one but this would do as well. He had a theory that he wanted to test out. If he was right, he could cultivate like an adventurer and become more well rounded. While being a mage was very interesting and unique, especially having access to his construct artifact spell, he was more used to being a soldier and being physical.
Calculating the pa.s.sage of time and looking at his Mana deplete on his display, it came out to roughly 5 Mana per second.
”I should round it up to 6 just to be in the safe side. I still need a few days to prepare for this though. If it's 5 per second….. 300 a minute then…..1,800 per hour…
.. 7,200 plus 36,000 is… let's round it up again to 45,000. Wait, I already regen about 1 per second. Oh, but I didn't take it into consideration earlier when I checked the Mana usage so it's actually closer to 6 but my own regeneration brings it to 5. Phew, almost made an error there. So if I need 45,000 Mana to last a day, I should prepare up to 135,000 for the three days I'll be doing this.”
Doing a bit more math in his head, he figured out that he'd need around 100 Mana batteries! Wow, that was much more than he thought he would need. The time needed to make all those batteries would be quite insane. The Mana needed to create one battery, it came fully charged at least, was close to 4500 Mana! If he worked nonstop without sleeping he could make 10 per day but would need 10 days of doing that to reach his goal.
How can I solve this little problem… Perhaps alchemy has something that could help with Mana regeneration. It would make sense he told himself. It was a good ways past noon now and Wilfred remembered the appointment he had with Galerion. Oops.
He walked back to the shop, which thankfully was around the corner, at a brisk jog. But when Wilfred entered the shop, it was not someone he was expecting to see.
”Lucius! What are you doing around here?”
”Hey Wilfred, glad to see you. I was called for work. I started a side business doing inspections of magic items, it's paying me quite well I must say.”
”Ooooh, I see. I really didn't expect it was you though. Is [Inspect] really that rare?”
Lucius nodded.
”I'd say so yes. There's maybe a dozen people in the city with it. Most of them far too important to run around the market and inspect items all day long.”
Galerion interrupted their talk.
”Wait, you know each other?”
They replied simultaneously.
”Yeah we go to the academy together.”
”I see. But..how do I know you won't be cheating me then? Exaggerate your friend's item to inflate its value.”
Lucius sighed.
”If I did that, I would lose all credibility. Every other shop that employs my services would stop doing so and I would lose all my customers. Plus, you could potentially get it checked by another mage to re-confirm.”
Galerion's worries were soothed slightly but it was visible that it still bothered him. Wilfred came up with an idea.
”Alright, tell you what. Lucius will a.n.a.lyze it for you and then we'll do a brokered sale.”
Galerion was visibly confused at Wilfred's choice of words.
”Okay, so to explain it more simply: I will leave the item in your shop for you to sell at what price you deem fair. I will receive 80 % of the price and you will get 20 %, that way you're incentivized to sell it for the most you can and I'm not taking any money from you upfront.”
”Ah, I get it now. That does sound interesting...but I'm the one having to sell it, I want 40 %.”
Wilfred scoffed.
”You wish. I want at least 75 %.”
Galerion shaked his head negatively.
”I need 30 % or find another shop to sell it.”
Wilfred thought about it for some time.
”Alright but on one condition, I want 15 % off anything I buy in your store.”
”Intriguing counter offer...I can only do 10 % though.”
Wilfred clenched his fists. That f.u.c.king snake! The vein on his head was bulging from the anger that Wilfred was feeling.
”Fine. Greedy b.a.s.t.a.r.d…”
Galerion smiled from ear to ear.
”Pleasure doing business. Now Lucius, if you would please.”
”[Inspect]!”
[Artifact Item]
Lithium Ion Battery, Lv23
Mana Stored: 1475/1475
Effect: Can store and retrieve Mana from this device by channeling magic either from or to the device.
Lucius then described the effects and statistics of the item to Galerion. Wilfred was pleasantly surprised that it was stronger than the last time he made one. Perhaps his attributes were influencing the results? Which meant that the stronger he got, the stronger his artifacts would be.
”This is going to be hard to price… Zoisapite from my experience with it, will give the user about 1800 Mana depending on the crystal size. This item is a bit less but it's also reusable. The fact that it's also an artifact definitely adds value. I'll try it out at 400 Gold and lower if it doesn't sell. ”
Wilfred put on the biggest poker face he could, trying not to reveal how ecstatic he was about the whole arrangement. After Galerion's cut he'd still have 280 gold if it sold at that price!
”Well, glad to be of service but I have to go, I've got other shops to see today. Talk to you later Wilfred! You should come visit me during your time off, we have a small estate in the n.o.ble district.”
”I'll try to, thanks again Lucius! Now Galerion, let's talk about alchemy supplies…”
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