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Published at 26th of May 2018 04:10:32 PM


Chapter 12

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Chapter 12 – Gark’s Herbal Store

Traveling to the Northeast section back streets, they searched for herbal shops.

 

Because adventurers entering the labyrinth needed medicinal herbs, there were many shops selling medicinal herbs in the labyrinth city. There was everything from large-scale businesses to specialty shops.

 

Each floor of the labyrinth varied greatly. One floor could be a snowy mountain, the next a desert, or even a tropical forest. Any environment from around the world could appear in the labyrinth, and so, many different medicinal herbs were necessary to treat the various dangers that adventurers faced in the labyrinth. Given that monsters abounded in the labyrinth and many people like Mariela could not fight, some adventurers specialized in herb requests.

 

The collected medicinal herbs would then be brought to the adventurers guild or a specialty store. The medicinal herbs brought there were either sold in the labyrinth city or handled by a specialty store or someone capable of drying and preserving the herbs. A portion of these herbs would eventually be transported out of the city.   

 

The flow of other materials was similar. Most of the various materials were processed in labyrinth city before being loaded on a Yagu and carried across the mountain range.

 

The labyrinth city was not an independent country anymore. It was the frontier of the empire adjacent to the Kingdom of Endalgia. Thus, the empire’s currency was used in the city.

Unless the labyrinth and the Demon Forest were properly managed by thinning the demons out, another stampede would occur like the one 200 years ago, causing serious damage. Therefore, in the labyrinth city an anti-demon military was stationed at all times, and they’re also active in attracting new adventurers to the city. The cost of this is covered by taxes on materials and treasures obtained from the labyrinth. The tax rate is not different from any other labyrinths, but there is no safe route to this city in which these goods can be transported. The mountain route using Yagu is higher in shipping cost, so the purchase price is lower than other labyrinth cities.

 

Although the Empire has made attempts to balance the negatives of living in the labyrinth city by lowering the tax rate and reducing the cost for adventurers to explore, it is hard to say that it is attractive to adventurers and merchants.

Although, Mariela knew nothing of this, the management of the labyrinth city was a great headache for the former margrave.

 

Lynx guided Mariela to a shop named Gark’s Herbal Store that the Black Iron Transportation Company had a deal with. The store bought and sold herbs as well as drying them and transporting them out of the city. The shop would also use some medicinal herbs to create medicines that they offered to the local residents.

They aren’t able to make potions, but there are occupations called pharmacists who make various medicines from medicinal herbs, and those with skills of alchemy would often run herbal shops while also operating as a pharmacist.

 

Lynx guided Mariela to the herbal shop that had a deal with the Black Iron Transportation Company. Although the scale is small, there are many kinds of medicinal herbs to handle, and the quality is quite good.

 

Inside the dark shop, there was an eccentric looking old man, wearing glasses like a bottle, was inspecting some medicinal herbs.

 

“Old man Gark, you’re alive!”

“Little Lynx? I see you’re shopping with a woman. You must be doing well for yourself.”

“Stop it. This is girl is your customer today. Be nice to her.”

Mariela thought they seemed close.

Inside the store there are a wide variety of medicinal herbs lined up in a dry state, ranging from familiar objects such as Kyuruke and Kalgoran to rare items that will become raw materials for special class potions and specialized potions.

However, unfortunately, the method used to process them is bad. There are specific ways of processing medicinal herbs suitable for each medicinal effect that you’d want to withdraw from an herb, but none of the methods used in this shop seemed to account for temperature or pressure conditions. In addition, it has been a long time since drying, and some of the medicinal effects had completely left the herb.

(In this case, the effect has been halved.)

 

Mariela gave the necessary medicinal herbs and asked if there were any undried items,

“There are. However, drying medicinal herbs cannot be done by an amateur. A rookie like you should avoid getting involved in something she doesn’t understand.” Gark said bluntly with an angry tone.

 

“You’re drying this petal of Fiorcas without first extracting its pollen and the temperature you’re drying this Lunamagia at is too high. IF this is the quality of your herbs, I don’t want them.” Mariela said back.

Gark’s Grandfather removes his glasses and looks at Mariela unblinkingly,

 

“Do you possess appraisal? It’s impressive for you to be able to know all of that at just a glance. Wait a moment.” He brought out undried medicinal plants from behind the counter after saying this.  These were still in good condition and had only been recently gathered.

 

Appraisal is a skill to gain information about people and things by accessing the world’s memory academic record, and there are owners of one in 10 people. However, this isn’t to say appraisal is all powerful. It’s mostly limited to people, plants, demons, or weapons and it is difficult for one’s skill to rise beyond this point. Information provided by the Akashic record is mostly restricted to what is know by humans. Information outside of this restriction can’t be obtained with a normal amount of effort and talent.

 

Those who possess appraisal skills are not uncommon, and most that possess the appraisal skill are just assumed to have a good memory. There are also many merchants with the appraisal skill but they aren’t able to feed themselves with this skill alone.

Mariela doesn’t possess this skill. Her ability to judge the quality of the herbs is based entirely on her alchemy skills.

Alchemist can learn the quality of a material using their ‘alchemy skill’ in much the same way a chef can know the ingredients and seasoning used in a dish by just tasting it.Unlike appraisal skills that can obtain information on things you do not know at all if you increase your skill level, the ‘alchemy skill’ is limited to materials used in alchemy that you have some knowledge about. The alchemy skill can be increased by making potions. The materials used in alchemy  diverse. Many different minerals, animal parts, and materials obtained from demons are used in alchemy.

 

However, even if someone possesses the alchemy skill in the labyrinth city, they would still be unable to make potions without the ability to form a contract with a ground vein. No matter how much knowledge you have of the material, it will be difficult to appraise herbs at first sight like Mariela.

 

“The Apriole has already had its effects extracted. This Lund’s stalk isn’t quite ready yet. I can also fetch some more tomorrow if you’d like.”

 

It seems that Gark himself dives into the labyrinth.

The Apriole leaves have been processed perfectly, but there’s not many of them.

Given the deadline set by Vice-Captain Marlowe, it may be better for Mariela to retrieve this herb herself and buy Torona ore, which she’ll need to make the potions.

 

“I thought you were a novice pharmacist, but you sure can process the ingredients huh.  You can mix medicinal herbs only. No, it is not even a pharmacist around that. Is there anything else you need? I will arrange them all.”

 

He told me. Apparently, it seems to be suitable for your classes…

 

“Is there a sprout of Nigiru? The leaves are not open. Even if it freezes it does not matter. Also, parasitic leeches poisonous glands. I would like a pickled oil if possible.”

 

“There is. How about you?”

Nigiru is a bulb plant that sprouts under the snow, and the part which does not touch the air of the sprout just after budding becomes a raw material for a specialized potion which regenerates the muscle tissue.

There is demand for adventurers who have been bitten by monsters, so there were farmers who specialize in cultivating Nigiru in defensive cities.

Nagiru’s sprout showed by Gark got picked and frozen at the best time, and it was inferior to Nigiru farmers.

 

Parasitic leeches are lems which bite even if it is an animal, a beast or a demon, the size is about the thumb of an adult. It is called ‘parasitic leech’ because it poisons with anesthetic effect from the venom gland, it will continue to be absorbed blood sticking without noticing when biting invisible place such as the back. This leek poison has a hematopoietic action, so even if blood is sucked it will not cause anemia. Because it is a pleasant living thing, the adventurer who found it gets mental damage more than the parasitic goblin, such as a goblin with parasitic leeches attached to her back.

The extraction of hematopoietic components is easy, although paraplegic poison is dissolved in water, and the components with hematopoietic action are dissolved in oil, but since it looks gross, I do not want to touch it if possible.

This was also treated properly, it was pickled in a form that does not know the prototype. Thank you Gark you old man.

 

This will make a potion that will cure Sieg’s legs.

 

Combine the deliveries to Malraux Vice-Captain and Sieg’s Potions, order the required amount and confirm the amount.

 

“22 silver coins together with the reservation”

 

It was between 2 to 40 percent cheaper than the defensive city.

 

“Well, since you can collect them all in the labyrinth, you do not need transportation fees, and taxes are just looking at the inside of this town.”

 

“Taxes are taken when leaving the city. Even then, I heard that Mr. Marlowe said that the tax rate does not change. “

 

Lynx complemented Gark’s explanation. It seems that Mariela could buy it cheaper thanks to the policy of the defensive city. It was possible to arrange it in about half of the remaining money.

 

“Hmm…..Do you have a vial?

 

“Things, other than medicinal herbs are only in the corner.”

 

At the corner of the store pointed out, alchemical materials other than medicinal herbs such as medicine bottles and rock salt, pieces of crystal and small magic stones are displayed in a disorderly manner, and a wooden box full of garbage is placed casually at the foot It is. When I look inside, I use it in alchemy, etc, unusual equipment that I do not use elsewhere, miscellaneous goods such as paper and ink, pen, contents in bags and bottles are unknown and used materials are thrown in. Nothing is covered with dust.

(There is no potion bottle after all.)

 

A mouthful to say the potions and ingredients also benefits in the light of day touch longer weaker ones, and things can deteriorate and warm air and wrecked, potion depends on how to manage the often unstable in intact ones.

 

From an alchemist who makes potions, it is easy to alter and easy to alter because it will be immediately effective if it is drunk or scratched, but from the person who uses it, it is too much troublesome, such as changing the storage method every part.

 

So potions are put into the potion bottle made in the Alchemy skill. Potions are made with a special glass infused with magic stone and life of the degradation of the potion to absorb. Expensive potions and potion, in particular, are vulnerable to deterioration, label, and seal carving magic in a bottle and painted magic stick is.

 

Potion bottles are easy to use, so buying and selling empty bottles is done in every city.

 

(Even though there is no potion, bottles are not sold. Can’t you make it?)

 

Creating a potion bottle is a time-consuming task and there are alchemists specializing in bottle making. Mariela’s master is a harsh person and can be made because it was built from how to make a bottle.

 

(Troublesome……)

 

You must start from where you go to get the ingredients. Mariela will collapse tomorrow by making a bottle.

 

Mariela did not have a bottle, but when she was catching dusty wooden boxes, she thought that there was something useful, ‘If you are interested, give me boxes,’ and you handed me it for free.

 

Anything long ago, an alchemist who came to labyrinth city from the outside seemed to have forcibly sold it when leaving the labyrinth city.  After being already bought, things that are likely to be used are said to be just right as it was troublesome to throw it away.

If you can not make a potion indeed, there are only things that you do not need. It would be a troublesome thing to discard even for those who can not appreciate unfamiliar powders and grains without labels. However, it is necessary for Mariela, and if it is bought it also contains expensive ones and it was hard to find. Clearly, there was garbage, of course.

 

Since it is a corner, Mariela bought 3 gold coins for a stuff like things like a medicine bottle, rock salt, manastone and spare medicinal plants, She bought 2 additional silver coins, paid 2 large silver coins and 5 silver coins and left the store.

 

Gark’s Grandfather,

“The reservation will be complete in the evening tomorrow. You can come whenever you need medicinal herbs.” and then sent Mariela and the others off.

 

“Mariela, that was wonderful.”

As Mariela left the store, Lynx said that he was impressed.

 

“Gark’s a bit eccentric, I only put the failed medicinal herbs in the store. Tell me that this is enough for the looking eyes. I saw it for the first time I saw it with a single shot.  I liked it much better, such as coming at any time!”

 

Mariela got a giant box, and there are many kinds of medicinal herbs and good quality. It seems like it was liked by Gark’s grandpa. It is thanks to the strict guidance of the teacher. Mariela must thank you.

 

Mariela completely turned around the day. Even though breakfast was late, she was hungry. In the vicinity of the labyrinth is the stall of the adventurer’s opponent, and dried corn fruits, loaves of bread, skewers etc are sold just by a corner close to the herbal shop. They also bought skewers and combined with the dried fruit of Kisu and Kyou, a small bottle of olive fruits, and thanks again for the guide, returning to ‘Yagu’s Bridge Compartment’ while eating with three people.





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