"Sorry for this guest, this item has already been booked. A clerk in a magic robe leaned over and said.

"Can I cancel the reservation, if I pay a higher price?" asked Constantine.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Magician, this is not an auction, our alchemy altar has its own principles, even if you come up with double the price, we will not break our promise to customers. The clerk politely declined.

Constantine sighed, although he was a little disappointed, but it was not surprising, if the alchemy altar was so easily impressed by gold coins, it would not deserve to enjoy such a reputation on the mainland.

Reputation, not gold coins, is the greatest wealth of an organization, whether it is the Hunters' Guild or the Alchemy Altar, for hundreds of years, they have adhered to this most simple creed and are to prosper forever.

But it's a pity to give up like this, Constantine pondered for a while and suddenly said: "I have a few things here, maybe your alchemy altar will be interested." ”

Andrew is the head of the Alchemy Altar's branch in Olympia City, and in the eyes of the clerks, this old boss who is over sixty years old and comes from the helm is an alchemist with an old-fashioned personality and even a little eccentric, who spends at least sixteen hours a day in the alchemy workshop, delving into all kinds of exquisite magic machinery, and giving all the daily management to his employees, never asking.

Whenever his subordinates reported important matters to him, he would wave his hands impatiently like catching flies: "There is no need to inform me of this big, you idiots, don't you see that Lao Tzu is doing an important experiment, this is a profound experiment that can change the course of alchemy history, get out of here!"

From time to time, he would even thunder and let out a roar that made the whole floor tremble: "Oh my God, what have you done? My baby has exploded again, damn it, I really want to throw a dissociation technique to disintegrate your skull, and see what you have in your head." ”

So, over time, no more blind clerks ran to disturb him, leaving the old mage who was addicted to alchemy to toss himself.

So, when the poor clerk rushed into the three-story workshop out of breath, he was unsurprisingly drowned out by the long-lost screams: "Damn, failed again, I curse that bullshit god of radiance, hey, why did you get here?"

The clerk coughed twice, pretending not to hear the blasphemous words just now: "Master Andrew, a young magician took out a few rare alchemy materials and said that he would give them to the store for identification, and if he could, he hoped that we could buy them." ”

"Fuck off, Lao Tzu isn't here to do this kind of chores, where is the damn appraiser? Anyway, we don't have any materials in the warehouse, so we have to buy them from a little guy from an unknown source, let that kid go!"

The clerk broke out in a cold sweat: "However, according to the rules of the alchemy altar, we must not refuse the customer's appraisal request, as for Vincent's appraiser, he was seriously injured by the explosion when he accompanied you to the alchemy experiment last month, and he is still lying in the ward..."

"But was he injured by the explosion, in history, which great alchemist didn't have an arm or a broken leg?

Constantine sat on a sofa on the second floor, in front of a long square table with several things on it, and a gray-haired old man entered the room accompanied by a clerk.

"Let me see, what this stuff is. Andrew reluctantly put on a pair of black-rimmed glasses and leaned in front of the table, but when he saw the first thing, his impatient expression instantly melted, and his eyes widened: "Oh my God, this is the Mirand's Magic Stone, how long have I not seen this thing?"

The old man carefully picked up the fist-sized dark green stone from the table, like an old adventurer looking at the antiques he had collected for many years.

Seeing this scene, Constantine thought to himself, this Mirande Magic Stone was exchanged from the guild by spending a lot of quest points back then, and now it seems to come in handy.

The old man reluctantly put down the dark green stone and opened the second small green box, which contained a bottle of dark red liquid.

He opened the cap of the bottle, put it upside down on the table, stretched out his right hand and gently stirred it at the mouth of the bottle, sniffed it carefully, his eyes widened, and an unhealthy dark red appeared on his old face: "This smell... It's demon's blood, well, and this demon's level isn't low, maybe it's a lord's level, boy, honestly, how did you get this thing. ”

Constantine spread his hands, with an unfathomable smile on his face, but he was really a little shocked by the old man's precise eyesight, and he could tell from the smell that it was demonic blood, indicating that the other party was indeed an expert, but the person who could guess the demon rank so quickly and accurately must be an expert among experts.

Even a bounty hunter like Constantine, who had been in and out of the Endless Abyss more than once, might not be able to react immediately if he saw it for the first time.

Next is the bronze cover magic book in Constantine's gray box, which has been identified by the old man as an alchemy prop, used to record some magical knowledge, similar to a notebook, and can only be seen if it is unsealed with a specific spell.

The spellbook was obtained by Constantine from a magician he had killed, and it was of little use to him, so it was sold to the Alchemy Altar for sixty silver coins.

"Do you have more?" the old man stared at Constantine, rubbing his hands anxiously.

Constantine nodded, as the sixth-ranked bounty hunter in the whole guild, he relied on accumulating quest points to exchange for an incredible number of rare magic materials, and after a few years of accumulation, of course, his belongings were more than that.

The next scene that happened made all the onlookers close their mouths in surprise, they dared to say that even if they were born in the alchemy altar, they had never seen so many rare materials in their lives.

"Azure Darksteel, Crimson Agate, Star Sand, Mithril Powder..."Andrew looked at the bags of materials that Constantine took out of the gray box, muttering to himself, his eyes were feverish, but his expression was a little sluggish, for him who had dealt with alchemy materials all his life, no one knew the value of these materials better than him.

Constantine looked at the old man's stiff face with excitement, and thought to himself: If this old fellow knew that most of these materials had been used by him to make the scabbard of "Dawn", he would have seen that these were only the remaining parts, and he wondered what kind of expression he would have?

"Excuse me, how much are these materials worth together?" Constantine asked a clerk next to him with a pen and paper to take notes.

The clerk was sweating profusely, "If it's all, probably...... Equivalent to the sum of the prices of all magic items on the first floor. ”

"Give it all to him. Before the clerk could quote the suffocating amount, Andrew interrupted her impatiently and waved his hand violently, "I want all these materials." ”

"All I need is that arcane staff. Constantine added, "You can pay the rest in gold instalments." ”

"But shopkeeper, I must say that the staff that this mage asked for has already been reserved. The clerk stubbornly said, "According to the practice of the alchemy altar......"

"Fuck the routine. Andrew scolded, "You give him that staff, if that blind guy makes trouble at headquarters, I'll deal with the old immortals in headquarters myself, and by the way, tell Hilbert that it's time to change some of the shit rules in this jar." ”

Half an hour later, Constantine walked out of the alchemy altar with the short-handled wand, the box on his back was much lighter, but there were dozens of gold coupons with shield logos painted in it, as long as he held these tickets with the alchemy altar mark, he could exchange gold coins at any branch of the alchemy altar in the Holy Empire.

This convenient exchange system is also a unique and special invention of the Alchemy Altar, comparable to the Hunter's Guild's quest point reward design.

Sitting in a carriage that had just been booked, Constantine looked out the window at the moving scenery, but he thought to himself that he was probably the first nouveau riche to wander around Olympia with hundreds of thousands of gold coins on his back.

.........

He didn't know that a few hours after he left, another big storm broke out in the alchemy altar.

"What, you said that the arcane wand I ordered first was taken away?" A beautiful girl in a red dress with a noble temperament stood in the center of the hall on the first floor of the alchemy altar, her eyes wide in surprise, and she called out in disbelief, "Is this how you Holy Empire people do business?"

Several clerks looked at each other, shrugged helplessly at the girl, and put on expressions that had no comment.

"This is fraud, brother, what do you say?" the girl turned her head angrily and said to a handsome young man behind her.

A handsome young man named Julils, dressed in magical robes in the style of the Duchy of France. Looking at his sister's angry eyes, he couldn't help but have a headache.

He and his sister Juno were both genius magicians who had come from the Duchy of France to enter the Holy Empire's Royal Academy of Magic. From an early age, Juno showed great talent in the arcane arts. A few days ago, he specially accompanied Juno to the famous alchemy altar in the continent to choose a magic item suitable for her, and the short-handled wand was carefully selected by Juno and decided to book, Julils could see that his sister was very fond of this wand, and he was determined to get it.

However, what their siblings didn't expect was that when they came to the alchemy altar to pick up the goods, they were unexpectedly told that the arcane wand had been taken away by another young magician at a high price.

There are very few magic items suitable for arcanists, and there are even fewer high-quality items, and it is not easy to buy one, but it is abducted by a certain guy, Juno's anger can be imagined.

However, Julis's thoughts were much more far-reaching than his sister's, and he knew very well that with the style of the Alchemy Altar, no matter how many gold coins the buyer offered, it would be impossible for the Alchemy Altar to unilaterally cancel the order. There are only two possibilities for this situation: one is that the young man offered something extremely attractive to the alchemy altar in exchange, so that the alchemy altar could not refuse. The second is that the magician has a stronger background behind him.

Either way, it seems to indicate that this unknown buyer is not something to be easily offended.

"Forget it, Juno, let's go back, it's just a magic wand, maybe there will be a chance to meet a better one in the future, or prepare for the entrance exam the day after tomorrow, it's a big deal that we can ask our father to buy it for us, and my father will definitely send it from Fran." Julils said gently.

"Let's go, but I'll remember today's events. Juno glared fiercely and obediently followed his brother out of the hall.

"If I ever meet that bastard, I'm going to beat him with an arcane missile that he won't even recognize his own mother. Juno in the carriage was still indignant.

"Juno, you have to keep in mind that this is a place where your father's power is not yet great enough for you to do anything in the capital of the Holy Empire. Julils scolded his sister in displeasure, "It doesn't matter what you want to do in Fran, but this is Olympia City, your and my identities don't mean much here at all, other magicians won't let you score three points just because you are the eldest daughter of the Grand Duke of Fran, you'd better be cautious and don't embarrass the Francos." ”

"Got it, Julils, I'm just not angry, and I'm not going to mess around like you say. Juno snorted. "It's just that if I had the chance to meet that thief, I wouldn't give him a good look. ”

Julis pondered for a moment: "I heard from the people in the alchemy altar that that young man is also a magician, maybe he is also here to take the academy exam the day after tomorrow, just like us." ”

"Hmph, that's even better, I cursed that guy for being eliminated in the first round. ”

Julils smiled, "In that case, you won't be able to see him in the academy in the future, how can you still breathe like this." ”

Juno was stunned for a moment, and then fell into a distressed dilemma: Should he pray that guy to pass the entrance exam the day after tomorrow?