The Mage Tower Branch in Lartania.
Unlike when Shadra first arrived, the interior of the Mage Tower Branch in Lartania was now filled with various magical equipnt and items.
Perhaps even more than what was sold at the Mage Tower itself.
The reason was the rcenaries.
Unlike other territories, Lartania had an overwhelmingly large number of rcenaries, which created a high demand for scrolls and various equipnt made by wizards.
Thus, following the law of supply and demand, the Mage Tower Branch in Lartania was selling a much wider variety of magical items and scrolls than the Mage Tower itself.
Additionally, recently, there had been a significant increase in the sale of magical materials.
Normally, even in places with many rcenaries, magic scrolls and equipnt would sell well, but magical materials were rarely sold.
Magical materials were primarily in demand by wizards, not rcenaries.
However, the reason the Mage Tower Branch was selling large quantities of magical materials was that the few wizard rcenaries in existence had all gathered in Lartania.
If there was only one wizard among the many rcenaries, they wouldn’t bother selling perishable reagents at the branch.
But in Lartania, the concentration of wizard rcenaries was so high that the Mage Tower was selling magical materials as well.
As a result, not only rcenary wizards, but also independent wizards who studied magic alone were flocking to Lartania to buy materials from the branch.
And Shadra, the branch leader of Lartania’s Mage Tower and Master of the Blue Tower,
“Finally arrived…”
arrived at the Lartania territory with a slightly tired expression.
She should have arrived a few days earlier, but the eting regarding the demons took longer than expected, causing her to be delayed by several days.
But Shadra, who was showing a slightly tired expression, soon changed her expression and smiled.
It was because she had obtained sothing from this trip to the Mage Tower.
“Heheh-”
Shadra smiled as she fiddled with a small wooden box in her possession.
Inside that small box was the item Kim Hyunwoo had requested.
‘I had to work hard to get this.’
As she recalled the hardships she endured to obtain the item in this small box, Shadra smiled at the thought of telling Kim Hyunwoo about it and receiving praise.
‘Dad won’t notice if I don’t show it-’
Shadra smiled and lightly shook her head from side to side, humming to herself.
‘Only one left now?’
She recalled Kim Hyunwoo’s words.
Kim Hyunwoo had already promised her twice that he would grant any wish.
‘Now there’s only one wish left…’
Shadra, recalling what Kim Hyunwoo said ten years ago, looked forward to fulfilling that last wish as she walked.
“…?”
After quickly unpacking at the Mage Tower Branch and heading straight to Kim Hyunwoo, Shadra suddenly stopped as she entered the first floor of the branch.
The reason was that people were huddled together on the first floor, where the counters were.
Shadra, watching this, tilted her head in curiosity and walked over to where the people were gathered.
Soon, Shadra saw sothing.
“Please, please, let it go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“It has to work this ti!!!!”
“Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease-”
“I spent all my salary, it has to work, pleasepleaseplease!!! Oh Heavens, oh Gods, oh Divine Beings, oh Spirits of the Earth!!!!”
The wizards were shouting things that didn’t suit those who sought the truths of the world.
In the middle of them stood her assistant, holding her weapon, a white spellbook, in one hand and sothing resembling a hamr in the other, with a very serious expression.
And then.
“Gandaaat-!!!!”
With his powerful shout, the hamr ca down on the white spellbook.
Paaaat-!
Soon, a bright light burst forth-!
Pseok-!
The hamr shattered.
“Aaaaah!!!”
Her assistant twisted and started thrashing about, while the wizards collectively let out groans of disappointnt.
“…What’s this?”
Seeing this, Shadra muttered with a puzzled expression, and one of the wizards, noticing her return, quickly bowed.
“Tower Master, you’ve returned?”
“Yes, but what’s going on here?”
At Shadra’s curious question, the wizard imdiately explained.
“It’s the Hamr of Enhancent.”
“…Hamr of Enhancent?”
“Yes. It’s a new artifact that the Lord of Lartania released, along with the Magnifying Glass-”
The wizard began to briefly summarize the current situation for Shadra.
The Lord of Lartania had started selling an artifact called the Hamr of Enhancent, which could strengthen any weapon, along with the Magnifying Glass a few days ago.
The success rate of the Hamr of Enhancent was extrely low, but when it succeeded, the performance of the weapon increased to an unbelievable degree.
As a result, all the rcenaries in Lartania were buying the Hamr of Enhancent to strengthen their weapons.
“Hmm-”
Shadra made an intrigued expression but soon spoke with a peculiar look.
“It’s certainly interesting…but does it really make them that strong to be so obsessed?”
Shadra asked with a sowhat confused expression.
The wizard was about to explain sothing.
“This…you should see it for yourself.”
Muttering that, the wizard called over Shadra’s assistant, who was in despair on the other side.
“Shalon! The Tower Master has returned!”
“Ah!”
Noticing Shadra’s arrival belatedly due to her deep despair, Shalon quickly collected herself and hurriedly approached, bowing her head.
“I’m sorry, Tower Master. I was a bit preoccupied.”
“It’s okay, that happens.”
“Shalon, please explain the effects of the Hamr of Enhancent…!”
“Ah.”
As soon as the Hamr of Enhancent was ntioned, Shalon’s eyes lit up, and she began explaining.
“…So, if you succeed in enhancing the weapon just three tis, it becos powerful enough to surpass circles?”
“Yes! It’s true! I’ll show you!”
Nodding with eyes filled with a mix of regret and joy, Shalon imdiately began preparing a spell, and Shadra, who had been watching with a disinterested expression,
“…!”
soon looked at Shalon with a shocked expression.
In reality, Shalon’s magic was clearly no different from a 4th-circle spell, but the power and magical force had distinctly surpassed the 4th-circle.
Seeing Shadra’s shocked expression, Shalon stopped her spell.
“Look at this, Tower Master! I’ve only succeeded three tis, and now I can use the power of the 5th-circle…! If the Lord’s weapon succeeds in just three enhancents, it could reach the 8th-circle!?”
She spoke with shining eyes.
“…If it succeeds three tis, 8th Circle…?”
Shadra unconsciously muttered as she looked at her weapon.
“If it succeeds three tis…”
Her eyes were tinged with a strange greed.
The Hamr of Enhancent was selling exceptionally well.
Not just at a successful level, but to an unbelievable extent.
“It’s already sold out?”
[Yes, My Lord]
“…That’s not easy.”
Before Kim Hyunwoo started selling the Hamr of Enhancent, he had already made over 500,000 hamrs.
The Hamr of Enhancent was being sold for 1 Gold Coin, but the cost to produce each hamr was only around 15 Silver Coins, making it feasible to have such stock.
But in just a few days, all the Hamrs of Enhancent had sold out.
‘…I didn’t even properly advertise it.’
Kim Hyunwoo realized anew just how powerful the Enhancent magic was.
‘Well…I did expect it to sell well to so extent, but…’
Of course, in a fantasy world, and especially in this Labyrinth City, power was an extrely important factor.
This Labyrinth City had a structure similar to a ga, where the higher your strength, the more wealth you could earn.
However, increasing one’s strength in this world was not easy.
Unlike in gas where leveling up increases your stats, in this world, unless you beca a hero, only your pure experience could increase your strength.
He turned his gaze outside the Lord’s castle.
Outside the Lord’s castle, the line of rcenaries waiting to buy the Hamr of Enhancent extended all the way to the outer edge of the second wall.
‘I didn’t think it would be to this extent.’
Kim Hyunwoo absentmindedly watched the rcenaries while turning his gaze to the resource window.
[Red Stone: 5,200]
[Blue Stone: 232]
[Gold Coins: 865,422]
[Magic Stones: 442,222]
‘…I won’t have to worry about the territory’s developnt.’
Seeing the absurd amount of money accumulated compared to the 300,000 Gold Coins he had just a few days ago, Kim Hyunwoo thought to himself.
“I should reassign about ten of the skeletons making Magnifying Glasses to start making more Hamrs.”
Muttering that, he smiled faintly.
An empire in the Southern part of the Continent.
Inside the Imperial Palace of Lar, a territory more prosperous than any other and larger than any kingdom.
A woman, sitting in a chair far too luxurious for a commoner, yawned out of boredom.
“Hmm…so the rcenary Guild requested sothing from another lord…is that right?”
“Yes, you instructed us to report everything related to Lartania…”
As the secretary spoke cautiously, the woman, still wearing a bored expression, nodded and replied.
“Alright, let’s hear it.”
“To summarize…there’s been a request to apply political pressure on the Lartania territory. The report says they were wronged.”
“Wronged…”
She pondered for a mont, then let out a chuckle.
“Interesting.”
“…What should we do?”
“Bring the person involved to . Let’s see their face.”
Saying that, she wiped her bored expression away and twisted one corner of her mouth into a smirk.
“…The face of soone daring to spout such nonsense against Lartania in the empire I rule.”
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