66: Crossbow

These stalls that had no Magic Artifacts did not attract Wade in the slightest bit.

However, there were still some unusual happenings. For example, the stalls that were selling potions were filled with people and the sale of various kind of guns and magic beast leather armour was also great. But as for the stalls that sold ingredients, they were rarely frequented.

He walked to Croc's store, which he was familiar with.

Right now, it was crowded with apprentice and they bought any potions that they saw, in a very forthright manner.

Croc was so busy that he was sweating, and had even employed a few apprentice to help him. Such a scene was definitely not common in the past.

Wade looked around. The potions on the shelves sold very quickly, many empty shelves were labelled as sold out.

Croc's eyes shone when he saw Wade. He called an apprentice to fill his position, and especially went to receive Wade.

"Hey! Wade, I saw my horoscope today, and I know you will definitely bring good news. So? How many potions? I can give you 15% more than usual!"

Croc greeted Wade cordially and looked at Wade as if he was looking at a Magic Crystal.

"My apologies." Wade waved his hands, "I've been busy with missions, so I haven't been brewing much recently!"

"This is indeed a tragic piece of news!" Croc sighed, "You don't know know how good the market is these days!"

"Alright! Alright! I came here to purchase ingredients." Wade said and handed a list of items over to Croc.

After Croc received the slip and looked at the scribbles and quantities required, his face changed and bean-sized sweat droplets begin dripping down.

"So many raw materials! Let me see, Vanilla drops, Purple Gem Roots, brain of a wrath, are you trying to brew a Rune Elixir?" The fatty asked straightforwardly.

"Yes! Indeed! I want to make preparations for my advancement. If you have any completed Rune Elixirs in stock right now I'll buy them off you. You can set the price!"

Wade spoke casually, the formulas for the Rune Elixirs could be found in the library and many people have seen them before. The fatty being able to recognise the ingredients was nothing amazing.

Underneath the Rune Elixir ingredients, Wade had also added the many common ingredients needed for the Enrich Potion and Medusa serum.

As for the few important ingredients, they would be too expensive that even Croc would not have them in stock, so Wade did not even bother to write them down.

"The brewing of Rune Elixirs is extremely complicated and the success rate is also very low. The demand for it is so high, and they immediately sell out once they appear. How could I still have stock left?" Croc shook his head.

"At least, you Potioneering Masters are better off, you can brew whatever potions you need by yourself.

I remember that when I was still a Rank 3 apprentice, I committed so many crimes just for a bottle of Rune Elixir!

Alright, let's not talk about this anymore! These ingredients weren't originally this cheap, but the prices of raw materials have fallen now, so I'll sell them for 250 Magic Crystals." Croc set his price.

Wade nodded and handed over 25 middle-grade Magic Crystals to Croc.

He then received a huge bundle from Croc, drawing the attention of many onlookers in the vicinity.

Wade smiled bitterly, carried the bundle on his back, and begin casually chatting with Croc.

"So? Have you obtained any news of Magic Artifacts?" Wade wouldn't let any chances of rapidly increasing his strength pass him by.

"Of course not!" Croc shook his head quickly, "The prices of Magic Artifacts have recently been driven up wildly. After all, who wouldn't want to keep their life-saving items and would go sell them?"

Croc suddenly lowered his voice, "Buying so many ingredients and asking about Magic Artifacts, what are you up to this time?"

Wade shook his head, "I am preparing to take on a long-term mission in the subterranean world and would be living tomorrow so I am making preparations today"

Hearing him Croc was first shocked but then he claimed down as he understood the reason behind Wade's choice being the one to sell most of the necessary ingredients for Wade to brew potions.

"Ok! Good luck. I hope you come back alive without any harm with even better potion brewing skills and sell them to me" Croc said with good wishes

"Thanks, but I still need another help from you," Wade said.

"Tell me, with us being partners for the last two years, I will help you with everything I can" Croc replied.

"I need a good magic beast hide armour and a good crossbow with 100 arrows, their tips should have the ability of magic resonance," Wade said.

"No problem, I have all that here but are you sure you want a crossbow, I think that a shotgun or a rifle would be much better" Croc advised.

"No, I think crossbow suits me better," Wade said.

In truth, he had lied. His mentor had once said in passing that rather than a gun a crossbow would be much better when necessary in subterranean world.

This was because the subterranean world had many areas rich in phosphorus, if a gun was used without any proper precaution than the person using it might die before the one being fired on.