CHAPTER 429: CHAPTER 223: SPELLCASTING COMMISSIONS AND MATERIAL PROCESSING

"Mr. Xia Nan, I... I am very sorry!"

In the spacious meeting room, Moli said, panting heavily.

Just three seconds ago, Xia Nan heard a series of rapid footsteps outside the door, which suddenly slowed down as they reached the entrance, as if worried about disturbing him. The young girl gently pushed open the door.

Her short golden hair clung to her cheeks and nose, slick with the fine sweat on her fair-skinned face. Moli’s head was slightly bowed, her face filled with apology.

"The alchemist shop on the second floor does not have any stock of Purification Potions. I asked the gentleman in charge of sales, and he said our River Valley Town adventurer association is quite remote, making restocking difficult. The sales of Purification Potions are relatively poor compared to Healing Potions and Resistance Potions and the like."

"Moreover, there are no Beastman communities near the Mist Forest, and there hasn’t been a case of Beastification infection for many years, so Purification Potions were removed from the restocking list a long time ago."

Hearing this, Xia Nan felt disappointed, but his emotions didn’t fluctuate much.

After all, ever since he set the Beastman investigation task as his goal, he had already used his spare time to search the shop himself, without finding anything.

For now, he was just thinking that Moli, as an association employee, might have some channels unknown to him.

Now it seems that she might also be powerless.

"What about the scrolls, does the association offer the corresponding Magic Scrolls for exchange?"

"Yes, sir, they do."

Upon hearing Xia Nan’s question, Moli immediately raised her head, though her response carried a hint of hesitation.

"Mr. Xia Nan, I’ve checked everything for you."

"The most suitable-priced scroll in the association that can fully and safely remove the Beastification curse is the Third Ring ’Remove Curse’."

"The specific price?" Although it was apparent from Moli’s expression that the number might be quite high, Xia Nan still asked with a hint of hope.

"Uh... 500 Gold Coins, sir."

"A scroll inscribed with the ’Remove Curse’ spell requires 500 Gold Coins or the equivalent in points to redeem."

It’s not a lot; it’s just his entire current savings.

Oh, and it might still require owing a dozen or so Gold Coins.

After returning from Neum City, due to the final payment of the [Bone Binding Iron Leg], and expenses on Plate Chain Composite Armor and other equipment support, Xia Nan’s small treasury was already depleted.

Later, he worked with the Sea Thorn Squad for a month and a half, barely managing to bring his savings close to five hundred Gold Coins again.

Currently, if just one scroll would empty his savings, to be honest, Xia Nan was reluctant.

Before this, he had of course inquired about the high prices of Magic Scrolls as special consumables and once fantasized about buying a few as trump cards when he had money.

But now, to spend hundreds of Gold Coins just to buy a consumable tool that would be gone once used seemed too painful.

Unaware of Xia Nan’s thoughts, Moli merely explained the reason for her hesitance.

"Mr. Xia Nan, no offense, but I still want to remind you of something." The blonde girl slightly raised her head, looking cautiously at Xia Nan.

"Using a ’Remove Curse’ Magic Scroll to purify ’Beastification’... might not be very worthwhile."

Moli’s reminder was spot on.

Although Beastification is considered one of the world’s scariest curses due to its long history and strong transmissibility,

it must be acknowledged that its onset time is very long. Even those ordinary people who have never undergone training can endure for a long time if their will is strong, eventually becoming beastlike.

The ’Remove Curse’ scroll is often used in urgent and intense battles to counter curses imposed by the enemy to control oneself.

It’s considered a key tool to turn the tide of battle.

Using it for Beastification is somewhat wasteful.

On the other hand, on the Aifala Continent, although mid to high ring magic scrolls, due to production materials, spell model complexity, magic knowledge reserve, and other factors, can usually only be used by spellcasters themselves,

scrolls recording one to three-ring magic can mostly still be triggered by other professionals who lack spellcasting abilities.

Thanks to its convenience and excellent battle effectiveness, Magic Scrolls as a type of tool are far more expensive than potions, etc., as consumables.

Among them, Third Ring spell ’Remove Curse’ is particularly expensive due to its special nature in the same batch of scrolls.

Gold Coins is not easy to spare even for senior adventurers in the profession for many years.

Though Xia Nan understands that if he really wanted to exchange for this scroll, he could opt to use points at a ratio of ’1 point = 30 Gold Coins,’ keeping some savings and avoiding going bankrupt.

However, points currently only have the association commission as the sole source of acquisition, and can be exchanged for professional combat skills, secret intelligence, rare materials, and other hard-to-find items, carrying much more value.

Xia Nan also plans to accumulate more points for exchanging combat skills needed for future career advancement.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, he does not want to touch the few points he has in his association account.