138 Episode 138: How to Make an Easy Poisoning Potion (1/2)

”Um, the land of corrosion just now...”

”Shall I tell you more in the back for now? Come on, come on, come here.”

”Wow!?”

It was me that the receptionist tried to ask about the word corrosive earth that she had spoken of, but she was pushed gooey on her back and forced into the back of her guild, and it wasn't the other way around.

”Don't push because you can walk on your own!

”Come on, come on, come on! Let's talk about universal poisoning ASAP!

But the receptionist keeps pushing his back without lending his ear to this story.

And then there's the junior all-purpose poison.

”Ha, ha, that sounds like a lot of fun, big guy.”

It was the guild chief who summed up this Adventurer's Guild in the King's Capital who was baffled by the receptionist's push to speak to me.

”I hear you've done something terrible again. Now you're telling me it's a universal poison?

”It's a junior all-purpose poison, Guild Leader”

I haven't done anything else yet.

”Even lower levels are omnipotent. Where the hell did you get that knowledge?”

Even so, the Guild Commander doesn't show up to ask deep things.

For adventurers, it's a shame to explore an individual's past.

”Come on, this way, please”

The room shown was bigger and more luxurious than the bargaining room you put in from the guild's hall.

The walls are solid, and they're probably thick so that you can't hear them when you stand up to hear them.

”This room is private for special business discussions. It's a room that's important to the Alliance when it comes to secrecy requests from noble people, or when you can't let anyone else hear it like this one.”

”Haha... it's not even like you're going to show me to such an amazing room.”

”It's outrageous! Mr. Rex's knowledge of potions is invaluable! That is the valuable information without the magical knowledge to be unearthed from the depths of ancient ruins!

Oh, it's not that big of a deal.

”Bye, Mr. Rex! Just now, but how do you prepare for universal poison elimination!

”Wow, I get it. So I'm actually going to explain it to you as you formulate the herbs.”

I take the herbs and tools I need to blend the inferior all-purpose poison out of my magic bag.

”Hmm, surely the material itself is nothing special. Even lower-ranked adventurers will be able to gather this!

The receptionist has just taken a note of what she needs.

Good, you don't have to tell me there's some ingredients you can't get around here.

”By the way, on second thought, shouldn't I be out of my seat, too?

And I'm telling you that Mr. Liliera should leave the room.

”It doesn't matter. Mr. Liliera is with the party.”

”Is it good...?

”So here we go.”

When I take the tools, the receptionist slowly begins to make it easier for me to take notes.

”I'll fry this herb first.”

”Hmm.”

”Soak the next one of these herbs in warm water and remove just before the color of the leaves turns brown. This separates the two medicines into warm water and herbs.”

”You had that way of conditioning it!

”So, I'll broil this herb in a pan and fly the moisture.”

”It's all in a different procedure. Get ready down there.”

”So, mix this one with this and let it sleep in the dark until it's cold. And this way... so mix him up just now...”

And put all the herbs in a bottle, I declare.

”This completes the lower all-purpose poison elimination!

”Morning! Are you done yet!? Isn't it too soon!?”

Soon the lower all-purpose poisoning is complete, and the receptionist gives a surprise voice.

”The freshness of this formula is important. That's why I'm busy working on it as soon as I can make it faster than a regular potion.”

”Yes, indeed. Once you start making it, you're going to be stuck with the formulation of this potion all the time. When mass-producing in a guild, you should set up a task force specializing in this potion.”

Yeah, that would be good.

”But then, you can surely hold the position of chief dedicated to the potion squad... Kufu, no doubt a chance to be born”

... Hmm, let's not ask about that now.

There's nothing good about being involved in the birth dispute.

”Whatever, thank you, Mr. Rex! Now even a poor party with no money can always have a poison cleaner just in case!

And the receptionist who suddenly came back to reality said that.

”Is that it? Aren't you going to set lower all-purpose poisoning at higher prices?

You did say that earlier, didn't you?

Aren't you going to buy a poor party without money?

”I do set the price at higher, but the reason they don't want to spend money on poisoning is because there are so many types of poison. So I'm curious if I can buy at least one drug that works for every poison, and I can strongly recommend at least one as our guild.”

If it can be used for any poison as long as it's done, you can buy it in a normal potion mood.

”Now as for the price and the portion to Mr. Rex, the general price range for poisoning is that the cheaper stuff starts with 30 silver coins, so we consider this one to be 70 silver coins considering the cost of materials”

”Is it that expensive to sell!?”

Yeah!? It was about 60 copper coins in my last life!?

”Almost double.”

At the same time, Liliera didn't look too surprised.

Is Mr. Liliera convinced of this price?

”Even if it's too expensive, buyers will butt in, and if it's any cheaper, other poisoning sales will drop dramatically. Taking into account also the opinion of Mr Rex, who wants to spread it to the world, this would be a reasonable price around here. I think it's really twice as cheap because it pays for purchasing materials and it works for multiple poisons.”

Well, we've all been collecting and making our own materials in previous generations, but if it's a guild, we'll have to consider the commission for the purchase.

”So, it's your income to Mr. Rex, but how about seven silver coins per bottle by saying you'll pay 10% of the sales? Can we still raise the unit price of the potion now?

”Yes, no! Don't raise the price because it's only for everyone's safety!

”Okay. Then the price is set at 70 silver coins and the payment to Mr. Rex is set at 7 silver coins. Sign this contract.”

To sum up the contract the receptionist gave me, it felt like teaching the Adventurer's Guild a recipe for medicine would pay me part of the sale.

”... no”

After I finish writing my autograph, I give the receptionist the contract.

”Yes, we have now completed the contract for the Lower Universal Poisoning Potion. Thank you for your help, S-Rank Adventurer Rex.”

Thus, the potion consignment contract with the Adventurer Guild was successfully completed...... I'm kind of tired.

I didn't expect you to sign an exaggerated contract so far with just a junior all-purpose poisoning.

Well, but the intrusion is a lower all-purpose poisoning, and it won't be a big income.

◆ Receptionist ◆

That was just after Mr. Rex got home from finishing his junior all-purpose poisoning contract.

”Ha, my God!

I thought the door opened rampantly, and the bloody pair jumped into the guild.

Surely these people are Mr. Lott and Mr. Gene, D-rank adventurers.

Skilled, not that it's a promising combination for the future.

Anyway, first aid first, right?

We will rise from the reception for their treatment.

Did the request fail? Or were you in some kind of trouble?

But the moment we stood up to take care of them, Mr. Lott said:

”My buddy got bit by an Inferno Spider!! Does anyone have an antidote?!?”

”” ”Inferno Spider!?” ”

The moment I heard that name, the whole guild became noisy.

That too, when it comes to Inferno Spider, is a powerful demon of the B rank.

Attacks with spider yarn emitted from giants, some as big as dogs, are very troublesome, but most of all the horrible is the burning poison dripping from their fangs.

What is eroded by this poison dies over the course of a few days, being attacked by suffering as if his whole body were to be burned with flames.

”Dude, even Inferno Spider!? He's the one who lives in the depths over there, isn't he?!? Why didn't you have poison ready to go to that place?!?”

”I'm not going! I was working in the west woods near Wangdu and they attacked me! At first I thought it was a regular Giant Spider, but if I didn't think it was because my poisoned buddies drink poison and it doesn't work, I was an Inferno Spider!