Chapter 20: Unexpected News

While the three were shocked by the Ray of Frost, Gao De triggered the spell model again to release a spell.

The next moment, his left hand had already thrown out a small sphere of emerald green liquid, like a comet full of malice cutting through the air, heading straight for the leading man who was sluggish due to the Ray of Frost.

After the small sphere rotated briefly in the air, it formed a large piece of mist-like splash, and then landed accurately on the leading man.

As soon as the acid touched the man, his clothes and skin immediately made a hissing sound of corrosion, emitting rolling thick smoke and a pungent smell of sulfur.

The fabric of the clothes began to dissolve, and the skin also dissolved, leaving a piece of green corrosive mark.

The acid only lasted for about three seconds before disappearing, but these three seconds were enough to make the man miserable, collapsing to the ground, rolling and struggling, constantly making painful wails.

In the dark alley, the acid disappeared rapidly, leaving only the corrosive green smoke lingering in the air.

The man lay on the ground, still twitching violently, his whole body in a miserable state, all burn marks; where could one see half of the fierceness just now.

The other two people were already frightened out of their wits.

They had a certain understanding of magic users, but not a deep one. In the end, they were just "little punks" with some connections.

So the two did not realize that a magic user apprentice without a background like Gao De, at this age, would most likely be a first-rank apprentice, with limited mana, and the number of spells that could be released would not exceed five at most.

"Magic User Lord, Magic User Lord, spare my life... spare my life, we didn't know you were a magic user, offended you, we won't dare again..."

The second of the three kept begging for mercy. In his eyes, the teenager with childishness still on his face in front of him was simply more terrifying than the number one thug of the city's gang.

"You are a noble magic user, don't be as knowledgeable as our scum, don't take action against us again." Seeing the spiritual light appearing on Gao De's fingertip, he said with a trembling voice.

The miserable state of the boss was right in front of him, really making him have no courage to resist.

He was afraid that he would end up like the boss.

Gao De put down his right hand silently, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Who are you? Why attack me!"

The same question as before, but this time they answered honestly.

"We are miners from Nottingham Coal Mine..."

Seeing that Gao De's anger seemed to have dissipated a little, he was like a drowning person breathing oxygen, busy spitting it all out, "Since the Nottingham vein dried up, the three of us lost our jobs and could only do odd jobs in the city, working one day and not the next."

"We know this can't go on. A few days ago, when drinking, we heard news that a new mine in Bremen City had started work and urgently needed miners, so we prepared to go there to continue our old business, but..."

"But you usually spend all your money in the tavern when you have it, so when you need money now, you can't even afford the travel expenses, right?" Gao De understood and said coldly.

Miners in this era usually don't have the so-called savings consciousness and are all "moonlight clan."

Once they receive their wages, they enjoy themselves first, spending money on drinking or seeking pleasure.

So when the wages are settled at the beginning of each month, it is the busiest and best-selling time for the taverns in the city.

The second brother was a bit embarrassed, but still kept begging for mercy, "It's our lack of progress, it's our crooked thoughts, Magic User Lord, don't be as knowledgeable as us scum..."

"Why pick me as a target? Do I look like a rich person?" Gao De did not let the three go, getting to the bottom of it.

The second brother was very nervous, carefully glanced at Gao De, and explained: "It was the boss. Some time ago, Phil Magic Potion Shop was recruiting temporary herb collectors. The three of us went and followed the shop assistants to the mountain to collect thorn grass, working as herb collectors for a few days..."

Gao De actually had an impression of what this person said.

When he and Amy went to Phil Magic Potion Shop for the first time, they did see the water sign at the door of the medicine shop saying they were recruiting temporary herb collectors, which matched perfectly.

"During the herb collection interval, the boss was chatting with their shop assistants, and an assistant shared an interesting story:"

"Among the four medicine gardens their medicine shop cooperates with, the magic potionist in your medicine garden is the most fond of tossing, while shipping low-level potions to them, while constantly purchasing high-level medicinal materials from them, returning most of the money earned to them..."

"Then the leading potionist spoke up and scolded him not to be disrespectful to Magic User Seda."

"He also said that Magic User Seda is in seclusion researching high-level magic potions, does not go out, and even shipping and purchasing are done by his apprentices, which shows his concentration. Once a high-level magic potion is refined, it will be incredible..." "The boss moved his crooked thoughts only after hearing this sentence."

"Later, the boss inquired about the apprentice responsible for purchasing medicinal materials and shipping in your medicine garden, and it was changed to you, who is much younger. We thought that the younger, the easier to do it..."

After listening to the whole story, Gao De was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Did you inquire about when our medicine garden will purchase medicinal materials next time?"

"If you can answer, I will let you go this time," he added.

"I know, I know," at this time, the third brother who had been shivering on the side hurriedly said: "That assistant said your medicine garden just placed an order last month, and this month you added an urgent order of the same kind."

"It's just that they have stock of other medicinal materials, but the medicinal materials you purchased are rare items, and you need to wait for the next shipment of the shop to provide them."

"He also boasted that your medicine garden's magic user lord is very anxious, but there is no way, because the medicinal materials he needs are only available for purchase through their Phil Medicine Shop in the entire Hogen City..."

"The three of us have been squatting outside the medicine garden for several days. Today we saw you go out to the city, and you were empty-handed, so we thought the medicine shop must have received the goods, and you brought money to pick up the medicine, so..."

Gao De obtained some key news, his attention shifted, and the anger in his heart gradually dissipated a lot, waving his hand impatiently: "Get out."

The other party was just seeking money, not prepared to harm life, and had already received enough punishment. In this situation, he really couldn't kill the three.

Although when facing Yilan's threat, Gao De dared to draw his sword and splash blood three feet, he was not a violent and murderous person after all.

"Thank you, Magic User Lord, thank you, Magic User Lord, we'll go now!"

Seeing Gao De loosen his mouth, the two nodded like garlic, not daring to think more or stay longer, hurriedly helped up the boss who was still in pain on the ground, and ran away repeatedly.

Watching the three leave, Gao De could feel that his back was still a bit burning and painful.

That sap had enough force.

Even if it was just a blunt weapon like a wooden stick, it was indeed not comfortable to be hit like this.

But the anxiety and fanaticism in his heart made him temporarily ignore this pain.

The anxiety was because he learned from the three people's mouths that his time was really running out.

The fanaticism was because this was the first time Gao De completely released a spell.

Even though he had experienced casting spells after successfully constructing the spell model, he still didn't expect the power of the spell to be so great in actual combat.

This was just a cantrip; what if it was a 1st-circle spell?

I'm afraid one spell would be enough to let the three of them go see their great-grandmother together? Hogen City, Commercial District.

Phil Magic Potion Shop.

Gao De looked at the door and walked into the shop.

"What do you need?"

The shop assistant of the magic potion shop greeted him and soon recognized Gao De, greeting: "The interval between your medicine garden's two shipments is shorter than before?"

"I'm not here to ship today."

Gao De said while browsing the magic potions on the counter, dazzling, but most of them were ordinary low-level auxiliary potions.

"It's our magic user lord who specifically asked me to come and ask, have the medicinal materials he wants arrived?"

"You know, our shipment time is fixed on the last day of each month."

"We also know that Magic User Seda is very anxious, but it really needs to wait until the end of the month for the goods to arrive. Please tell Magic User Seda to wait patiently," the shop assistant said with a smile, without any impatience.

"I know, I will tell the magic user lord," Gao De nodded as usual, turned and left the medicine shop.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 21 =====