Dungeon: Selling Potions

He threw a storage ring to Devin. "Help give this to the current priest. Once he sees it, he will know what to do. And to quickly win the favor of my people, I advise you to gather a lot of good alcohol to please their hearts," Xander smiled nostalgically.

"You can leave now. Don't worry, time has not changed outside," said Xander.

Devin thanked the priest before leaving, feeling happy that he had achieved his goal.

"Lord, I fulfilled my promise. I hope you can grow quickly. Time waits for nobody. It's time for Valendor to show its radiance again," Xander said wistfully, before a powerful aura dissipated all the gloomy aura in the sea of consciousness.

As Devin returned to his body, he noticed that Xander's body had fallen and dissipated due to his attack.

[Congratulations to the players for successfully completing the main task of waking Priest Xander from his obsession and giving him redemption. You have been awarded 10,000 EXP.]

Finneas felt weak after releasing his petrification and lay on the floor, panting.

Lydia approached the spot where Xander's body had dissipated to check for loot. She found two magic weapons, a magic skill of summoning wraiths, and 5,000 gold coins.

"How should we divide this?" asked Lydia.

"I only want the gold coins. You guys can keep the magic weapons and skill, but please give me the value of my share in gold coins," said Devin.

The two nodded in agreement. After discussing, they decided to give Devin 2,500 gold coins, which was within Devin's expectations.

"I have an exclusive potion I can sell to you guys. You won't find it anywhere else, especially you, Finneas. If you use my potion, your petrification will last longer and you won't feel weak," said Devin.

"What kind of potion?" asked Finneas curiously.

"This potion is not available anywhere. It's an exclusive potion that only I can provide. It's the basic augmentation body potion. It strengthens and tempers the body. The basic potion is useful for body tempering up to level 50," explained Devin.

Both Lydia and Finneas understood the importance of the potion and its rarity.

"How many bottles can you sell?" asked Lydia.

"The production is not easy. I only have 20 bottles with me, and they are of high grade. One bottle costs ten gold coins," replied Devin.

"Can it be cheaper?" asked Finneas.

"No, the ingredients include rare magic plants, which is why it's expensive," said Devin.

"I want all of them," said Lydia decisively.

"Hey, Lydia, that's not fair. I was still going to ask if it can be tested," said Finneas.

"You snooze, you lose," replied Lydia. She then turned to Devin. "You won't lie, right?"

"Don't worry, I won't ruin my reputation for petty gain," assured Devin.

"I believe you. I want it all," said Lydia.

"Please spare at least five bottles," requested Finneas.

"Fine, I'll take fifteen," acquiesced Lydia.

Devin brought out a box and gave five bottles to Finneas, while giving the remaining fifteen to Lydia, who stored them in her storage bag.

"You two have storage tools, how come I can't find one?" lamented Finneas. "I asked the people in my village, and they looked at me like a fool. I even learned tailoring skills hoping to make a storage bag. I was fooling myself."

Devin chuckled. "Don't give up. You might get lucky in one of these dungeons."

Devin pocketed an additional 200 coins, pleased with his earnings.

"Do you have any other potions for sale?" asked Lydia.

"I have a detoxification potion that works faster than the one in the market. I also have a golden sore potion that accelerates healing of injuries, and an acceleration potion that increases speed five times your normal speed when used for fifteen minutes and can be stacked. These potions can be life-saving when trying to escape from monsters or enemies," explained Devin.

"What's the quantity available?" questioned Lydia.

"You can each purchase five bottles," replied Devin.

"Does that mean each of us can buy five?" clarified Lydia.

"Yes," answered Devin.

"Do you need any?" Lydia asked Finneas.

"These are life-saving potions," replied Finneas. Lydia sighed in disappointment.

Devin brought out thirty bottles of different potions. "The detoxification potion is 1 gold coin, the golden sore potion is 50 silver coins, and the acceleration potion is 5 gold coins," quoted Devin the prices.

"Is there no room for negotiation?" asked Finneas.

"No negotiation, but there's a benefit," said Devin.

Although they were skeptical about the benefits, they still bought the potions. Devin pocketed an additional 70 gold coins, bringing the total he obtained from this dungeon to 2,770 gold coins. He now had almost 3,000 gold coins as his personal funds. No wonder people enjoyed dungeon raids.

"Now, tell us about the benefits," demanded Lydia.

"If you can change the local living conditions and come up with more valuable technologies, the experience points gained will be higher. Another way is to become an adventurer and take on adventurer missions. If you can also participate in large-scale national war missions and focus on saving people, you can also earn very high experience points."

"These are three methods of gaining experience points faster in Oasis if you don't like doing dungeon runs," said Devin.

"How do you know this?" asked Lydia.

"It was nice meeting you, Lydia and Finneas. My regards to Ferb in Danville City," Devin laughed as he exited the dungeon.

"That bastard exited quickly. I was going to add him as a friend," complained Finneas.

"Finneas, are you for real? You couldn't come up with a better name," mocked Lydia.

"At least it saves me from having a clown fawning over me."

"How did you do it? I know we can't change our appearance," questioned Lydia.

"Under normal circumstances, you can't, but I didn't change my appearance. I only improvised with the mustache and the mole. It also helps that I am not out there like you guys," explained Law Liang.

"That James nearly ruined everything. This is why I hate dungeon-ing with random people," complained Lydia.

"Let's exit the dungeon and try the guy's potion. I hope he's not lying to us," suggested Law.

"My years of experience tells me he's the real deal. Did you see the way he killed James? His level must be high and his combat prowess is not low. Also, all the badges and certifications he produced show that he is not a novice," analyzed Lydia.

"Also, the information he gave us now is actually very useful. Although I am aware that practical actions bring results, and I wasn't expecting someone to figure it out as quickly as us, I didn't think about war countries," added Law.

"It shows that there are more geniuses out there, so we can't rest on the early information we got. It will soon run out, so we have to work harder," concluded Lydia.

The two exited the dungeon together and returned to the house they rented.

"How is the gold coin trading?" asked Law.

"It's slow. Players are hoarding their coins, but the ones that are willing to trade are not interested in the current market value and are setting their own prices. We are acquiring the ones that are reasonable and within our budget. Due to the increase in acquisitions, the black market value is increasing," explained Lydia.

"I don't have headaches like you guys. My brother is in charge of the financial aspect. I just have to continue increasing my strength and gathering skills for them," said Law.

Lydia rolled her eyes at Law's easy-going life.

"Let's try the body augmentation potion," suggested Lydia.

"Moment of truth," agreed Law. The two downed the potion and ran their energy, directing the energy of the potion to spread through every part of their bodies.

The changes in their bodies were apparent. They could feel their bodies strengthening and their bones becoming sturdier.

"I regret buying only five. I should have bought everything," Law lamented after seeing the powerful effect of the potion.

"What you should lament is not getting his contact information so that we can buy it again," replied Lydia, pointing out the missed opportunity.