End of the Magic Era

Seeing Lin Yun, Faleau promptly walked over with an extremely respectful expression.

“Sir Merlin, I have prepared the materials you requested…”

Lin Yun nodded and didn’t do a thorough check of the materials, he only threw a casual glance. He was at ease letting Faleau take care of things.

Before Lin Yun finished checking on the materials Fortmore and Layford, who had been chasing after Lin Yun, appeared. Seeing the three hundred kinds of materials on the table, Fortmore’s eyes suddenly shone.

He simply ignored the Gilded Rose’s personnel blocking the way and walked over with large strides.

‘No wonder this country bumpkin wanted to come here, there are so many valuable materials here, everything is a premium product. Anything crafted with these materials, Magic Tools or other things, would definitely be a lot stronger than if they had been crafted with ordinary materials. When these materials are combined, the effects would improve several times.

‘That’s great, I wouldn’t have been able to discover this if I hadn’t followed this country bumpkin.’

When Fortmore strode over, he heard Lin Yun ask for these materials to be sorted out and a happy expression instantly appeared on his face.

‘Turns out this country bumpkin wants this batch of valuable materials, great, it would be a waste to give it to him. Thankfully I discovered this place…’

“I want these materials! Give me a price!”

Fortmore walked to the crystal table and looked at the valuable materials while drooling.

‘Even the treasury of our Jackson Family doesn’t have that many high-quality valuable materials, and even if we could gather such a huge amount, they could definitely not be taken away by one person…’

Fortmore’s words made Faleau frown. The staff members in the surroundings were all old members of the Gilded Rose, they had been around since the Gilded Rose’s store in Thousand Sails City, they all knew who the owner of the Gilded Rose was. At this time, they couldn’t help looking towards Lin Yun.

Seeing the actions of the surrounding people, Fortmore couldn’t help glaring at Lin Yun. He didn’t dare to say anything to Faleau, he knew that the weak guy in front of him was the Gilded Rose’s leader. Even if he was weak, his enormous wealth could definitely be used to crush him.

“Mafa Merlin, what are you looking at. The Gilded Rose opened its doors to do business, but they aren’t a charity. Did you take out any gold for these materials? You just took a fancy for this batch of materials?”

Lin Yun frowned and shook his head.

“Indeed, I didn’t take out a single gold.”

Hearing those words, Fortmore took out a black crystal card. That crystal card was unique to the Odin Kingdom. When dealing with extremely large sums, crystal cards would represent millions of golds, and that black crystal card would represent over ten million golds.

“Perfect, these materials just happened to have caught my fancy. According to the rules, since both of us are interested in these materials, whoever pays the highest price can get this batch of material. I offer 1,000,000 purple golds.”

After saying that, Fortmore couldn’t help showing a prideful smile.

‘Country bumpkin, the value of that batch of material isn’t particularly high, but they are quite rare. Gathering them outside would take a long time even if we made use of our Jackson Family’s name, and the quality wouldn’t be that high. A million is a small price to pay…

‘No, let alone a million purple golds, even ten million purple golds would be cheap. These premium materials would sell for a lot in an auction and there would be a lot of buyers, their prices might end up being ten times higher than normal, unlike this charity.

‘If that country bumpkin dares to challenge me, I’ll use golds to crush him…’

Faleau looked at Fortmore with a strange expression, before looking at Lin Yun. The spectating staff members also looked at Fortmore as if he was a stupid human-shaped rat, but no one dared to say anything.

As for Lin Yun, he chuckled and casually raised the price, “2,000,000 purple golds.”

Fortmore didn’t care and increased the price, “3,000,000…”

Lin Yun suddenly became silent when Fortmore bid 10,000,000.

Fortmore waved the black crystal card in his hand, unable to conceal his complacent expression.

“You must not know what this is. Let me tell you, this is a crystal card issued by the Odin Kingdom’s royal family and a few top-notch forces, this is a black crystal card worth over ten million purple golds. At least ten million purple golds could be obtained with it.”

Layford, who had been staying on the side, no longer seemed afraid. He straightened his back and a smile appeared on his face.

‘That damned Mafa Merlin might be more powerful than me, but so what? He is still a country bumpkin. So what if you are a more skilled alchemist, it means sh*t if you are poor.

‘Strength isn’t everything in the Odin Kingdom, wealth is. Whoever has the most golds would be stronger and have a higher status. A country bumpkin from the countryside definitely wouldn’t know. Purple golds might not even circulate in the Andlusa Kingdom, let alone something high-end like a black crystal card.

‘Without money, he can only endure. These valuable materials are going to end up in our hands anyway. 10,000,000 purple golds is quite cheap for these things. I just happen to have gotten some results while researching truth runes. I could make fifty to sixty million purple golds worth of profits after using these materials.

‘No, selling would be a pity, these things could be made into a dozen True Spirit Magic Tools, and since the materials are of such high quality, the success rate would be very high and the crafted Magic Tools would be very powerful. With these things, I would be able to return to the Family with my head held high, and the matter with the Starry Sky College would be settled.

At that time, Mafa Merlin would be a clown in everyone’s eyes.

Thinking of this, Layford kept smiling. His fear had completely dissipated and he was now looking at Lin Yun with a mocking smile.

“Mafa Merlin, why did you even try to compete with us. This is the Odin Kingdom, wealth is the most important thing here. Without wealth you are nothing, without purple golds you can only watch as we take the materials away.”

Fortmore had never seen Lin Yun’s strength first-hand, and thus, disdain could be seen in his eyes. He slightly raised his head and ignored Lin Yun. Instead, he looked at the staff members not far from him and swayed the black crystal card in his hand.

“Pack these things for me, I want everything.”

Unfortunately for Fortmore, no one paid attention to his words. Those staff members all maintained indifferent expressions, they were all doing their best not to laugh, but they were looking at Fortmore and Layford as if they were two brainless idiots.

Faleau’s expression was a bit strange, his facial expression was serious, but his eyes shone with an amused gaze as he looked at the two idiots.

‘Morons, is the Jackson Family full of idiots? It looks like they had some conflict with Sir Merlin, but with the influence of the Jackson Family, how could they have not dug out the fact that the Gilded Rose was built by Sir Merlin?

‘They are actually competing over wealth with Sir Merlin… In the Gilded Rose? Their stupidity is beyond cure, they are stupid to the point of being pitiful… Truly, sympathizing with idiots is really easy.

‘Sir Merlin must be pitying these idiots’ intelligence.’

Since Lin Yun didn’t speak, no staff member of the Gilded Rose would intervene.

While Fortmore had his head raised in contempt, Layford was firmly staring at Lin Yun. He wanted to see Lin Yun’s dejected and annoyed expression, he even hoped he could see Lin Yun fly into a rage out of humiliation. That would be perfect.

Unfortunately, Layford looked for a while but didn’t see any change in Lin Yun’s expression. Lin Yun had kept a strange smile on his face all along. It even felt like he was taunting them.

“Layford, you are right, I really can’t come up with that many purple golds…”

Lin Yun didn’t have time to finish his sentence as Layford burst into a loud laughter. His face was glowing, it was as if all his pores had been cleansed.

“Mafa Merlin, we are just teaching you a simple principle. In the Odin Kingdom, wealth is far more useful than in your rural kingdom. This is a lesson teaching you the gap between us. This is an abyss that can never be crossed, how could you compare to us!”

While Layford rushed to speak, Lin Yun simply said his piece without care.

“But while I can’t get that many purple golds, I can make the decision to not sell these materials to you.”

Lin Yun’s sentence confused Layford and Fortmore, but they were still sneering at him. Clearly, they felt like Lin Yun was going insane and was speaking nonsense.

Lin Yun ignored them and turned towards Faleau.

“Pack up these materials.”

The few staff members, who had been standing still, didn’t even wait for Faleau’s instructions before organizing the materials according to their types and putting them into boxes of various sizes. They even wrote down the names of the materials on the boxes so that they could be found more easily.

As for Faleau, the manager of these staff members, he just moved next to Lin Yun.

“Sir Merlin, is there anything else you need? Also, when you do have time, I’ll give you a report on the store’s complete situation.”

Lin Yun shook his head.

“These materials should be enough for now. If I do need something else later, I’ll just send someone to inform you. As for the Gilded Rose’s situation, there is no need. I’m at ease knowing that you are handling it. If you need anything or see anything that you can use inside the shop, just use it. If you need any potion that the Gilded Rose can’t make, just let me know.”

Lin Yun and Faleau echoed one another as they looked at the motivated staff members moving about. Layford and Fortmore were quite confused, they couldn’t make sense of the situation.

‘Why is Sir Faleau so cordial to that country bumpkin? Did these employees eat something wrong?’

Fortmore vaguely understood something, but he was still confused. As for Layford, his smile froze, he couldn’t understand as he looked at his surroundings.

The Gilded Rose refused a black crystal card and instead prepared these materials for Lin Yun. He could only look with confusion as the employees put boxes into a Spatial Ring. By the time they put the Spatial Ring in Lin Yun’s hands, Layford suddenly came back to his senses.

“Mafa Merlin, you country bumpkin, how…”

Layford seemed to have lost his mind when he saw the Spatial Ring being taken. But just as he raised his voice, the gentle expression on Faleau’s face disappeared and was replaced by an icy coldness as he turned towards Layford.

“Sh*t up! What qualifications does your Jackson Family have to interfere with the Gilded Rose’s internal affairs? Are you trying to meddle with our Gilded Rose?

“The Gilded Rose has always belonged to Sir Merlin. Does our Gilded have to give an account to the Jackson Family if Sir Merlin wants to take something from his own business?

“I’ll personally discuss this matter with your patriarch!”

Hearing this, Layford and Fortmore were thoroughly stunned and instantly paled. As Heaven Mages, they would never sweat even when standing under the scorching sun during summer, but they were now covered in cold sweat.

Lin Yun took the Spatial Ring and nodded at Faleau.

“I’m leaving first. If there is anything else, just send someone to report to me. You should properly take the time to increase your rank, and if there is anything you need, just take it from the Gilded Rose.”

Lin Yun ignored Layford and Fortmore, turned around, and left. At the same time, Faleau was half-bowing as a sign of respect, a warm smile could be seen on his face.

“Take care, Sir Merlin. If you have any command, use the magic beacon to notify me.”

The staff members all bowed as Lin Yun left.

“Take care, Sir Merlin…”

Seeing this situation, Layford and Fortmore really felt like the sky was collapsing.

Layford was pale and his vision was blurry, despair could be seen on his face. As for Fortmore, horror and fear could be seen on his face. Cold sweat was continuously dripping down his back as his eyes followed Lin Yun’s back. He then fiercely glared at Layford next to him.

‘That idiot Layford harmed me. How is this a country bumpkin from the Andlusa Kingdom? This is a Dragon forcibly inserting itself into the Odin Kingdom.

‘Damn, ever since the Gilded Rose was preparing to open a shop in the Odin Kingdom, they had displayed just how formidable their wealth was. And those damn b*stards didn’t give up their principles and let the Gilded Rose, an Andlusan business, open a branch in the Odin Kingdom after seeing their wealth and alchemy abilities.

‘Just how many purple golds did they get, that idiot Layford definitely hid too many things. He even tried to steal Mafa Merlin’s research before, why didn’t he just die there. If he had died, he wouldn’t have implicated me

‘If Mafa Merlin was just an Andlusan country bumpkin, why would a dean of the Starry Sky College treat that matter impartially? And would the Family compromise and expel that idiot?

‘Sh*t, this was a trap, that Layford still thinks he has some authority. If the Patriarch knew about this matter, he might really kill Layford in cold blood. No, I’m afraid I would also get in trouble…

‘It’s over now, the Family had looked upon the Gilded Rose’s terrifying wealth and creativity and spent quite a bit of energy to cooperate with the Gilded Rose. There are also many cooperation projects. Now that the Gilded Rose is open for business, a large part of the family’s income is linked to the cooperation projects we have with the Gilded Rose.

‘But we just offended the true owner of the Gilded Rose… This is most likely going to be a big deal. I think I can already see a lot of purple golds flying away…’

Fortmore rapidly thought of the consequences and his expression paled. He felt like something big was about to happen.

As for Layford, his gaze was still unfocused, the words “Gilded Rose” were still echoing in his mind.

He finally remembered. When he went over Mafa Merlin’s information, there had been a mention of a small shop called Gilded Rose. All Artisans have shops. After all, they all needed materials to continue their research. Without a way to amass wealth, how could they continue their research?

He hadn’t cared back then and hadn’t even linked the two together when he learned that the Gilded Rose was opening a branch in the Odin Kingdom…

After all, he felt that one was the small shop of a country bumpkin and the other a giant business of the Andlusa Kingdom that could crush a Heaven Rank powerhouse with their wealth.

Even later, he felt that it was Mafa Merlin using the name Gilded Rose to pass off as a branch of the Gilded Rose, that he had been luckily overlooked by the Gilded Rose…

‘Who would have thought that the Gilded Rose was really the Gilded Rose…’

Fortmore and Layford were stunned, they were even more scared when they thought of the consequences of this matter. Layford’s eyes were gleaming with light, only fear remained in his mind.

‘Formidable strength, outstanding alchemy abilities, enormous wealth. With that kind of status, the Jackson Family wouldn’t move a finger if he killed me…

‘Heaven powerhouses are really precious, but a 2nd Rank Heaven Mage isn’t precious enough to make the family give up on their wealth and offend a powerful and wealthy force…’

Layford and Fortmore kept thinking of the consequences when Faleau started driving them away.

He faced the two Heaven Rank powerhouses without fear and said,”Sirs, this is our Gilded Rose’s VIP area, those who haven’t received an invitation aren’t welcomed here. Please leave now.”

Although Faleau appeared polite, his tone wasn’t welcoming at all. It was as if he was just a bit short of kicking them out.

But this time, Layford and Fortmore didn’t even think of arguing and straightforwardly left the Gilded Rose’s VIP area, regretting that they couldn’t rewind time.