Chapter 1344 - The Holy Light Alliance (1/2)

But very soon, several mage organizations realized their disadvantage. If they didn’t purchase the Blue Demon Potion on a large scale, their opponents would be stronger than them. If their opponents who should’ve been as strong as them had twice as much mana as they did, how could they possibly win?

When they explored relics, they might have to quit halfway due to the lack of mana, but their competitors could continue after taking the Blue Demon Potion, and find all the treasures.

When they conquered a plane together, and agreed that the territory that each party occupied would belong to that party, their competitors suddenly accelerated the conquest, as if they had taken exhilirants. In only a month, their competitor’s territory might be 25% bigger than theirs. For a plane, a 25% difference meant the area of a grand noble’s territory, or even part of a kingdom.

Gradually, the Blue Demon Potion’s advantages were fully revealed. It became a potion that no mages could possibly give up on. It was no longer a lifesaver to be used at critical moments, but a necessary expendable they had to use every day.

Considering the new needs, the sales of the Blue Demon Potion wouldn’t drop. Also, the Blue Demon Potion would remain a necessity for a long time. Even if better mana replenishment potions were invented, the Blue Demon Potion would still be a necessity, although its price wouldn’t be so crazy.

The method to make the Blue Demon Potion had been figured out in only one month. A top Artisan who was good with potions was even able to infer the whole procedure to make the Blue Demon Potion. Unfortunately, it was useless.

In only three months, there had been a dozen alchemy stores that were selling potions that had the same effect. There were five families that started to make similar potions too.

But their sales weren’t great, and their profits weren’t nearly as great as what the Blue Demon Potion brought. The best of the counterfeits could only regenerate 5% of what the Blue Demon Potion could, and it would take eight seconds for the potion to release half of its mana. It could only be used by High Mages at best. Its performance wasn’t satisfactory.

Most of the counterfeits were only suitable for Mages or Great Mages. The worst of them could only be used by Magic Apprentices as a replenishment potion.

The producer of the best potion thought, since it was 5% as effective as the Blue Demon Potion, it could be sold for 5% of the Blue Demon Potion’s price, which was 9,000 purple gold apiece. But its sales were only great on the first day. On the second day, all sorts of negative responses came up.

The potion’s price was lowered to 1,000 purple gold, but very few mages were willing to use it as well. The sales didn’t rise until the price was lowered to 600 purple gold apiece, but at such a price, the potion’s profit rate wasn’t even as good as that from normal potions, and it would be a waste of time to make and sell such potions.

In such a situation, the Gilded Rose quietly released a second new potion, the Luminosity Potion!

The Luminosity Potion could reduce a mage’s time cost for mana accumulation. It could significantly expand a mage’s storage of mana, and accelerate their meditation for a while.

More importantly, there were no restraints concerning the Luminosity Potion’s effects at all. It had no side effects at all, even if it was used for a long time. It wouldn’t be less effective, either.

After the drug was taken, it would essentially be an enhancing buff. When the buff was gone, one could always take another bottle of Luminosity Potion.

There were similar potions, but they all had many restraints. Under normal circumstances, those potions could only be taken a few times, and each time they would be less effective than the last time. Their enhancement could only last three days when they were taken for the first time. For the second time, the duration would be reduced by half…

Also, the potions’ enhancement was unremarkable. Even the best of them could only accelerate meditation by 30%. As for the Luminosity Potion that the Gilded Rose released, even the normal-quality Luminosity Potion could improve the meditation efficiency by 300% for 10 days in the worst-case scenario. The duration was 15 days on average, and could reach 18 days for special people.

Not only was the Luminosity Potion surprisingly effective, but more importantly, there were no restraints on the potion at all. Even if one took two bottles of the potion every month for 50 years, it would be just as effective…

After the Luminosity Potion was released, it instantly became a hit. The organizations that had been reluctant to work with the Gilded Rose all had second thoughts.

The Andlusa Kingdom was the weakest country, but because of the potion, the greatest powers in the country had all been significantly strengthened in only a couple of months. The experts who were on the same level became 20% stronger. The mages were upgraded by one level in general too.

That was because the Andlusa Kingdom was the first to cooperate with the Gilded Rose. In the Andlusa Kingdom, the Gilded Rose monopolized the entirety of the high-end market and 80% of the middle-end market. It didn’t enter the low-end market, because it left the low-level potions for other alchemy stores and alchemists.

Every time the Gilded Rose released a new potion, all the forces of Andlusa would promptly come for negotiation, willing to offer any material that the Gilded Rose needed as long as they had it.

After all, if they got the new potion, they would be strengthened overall, and they would gain much greater returns in a shorter amount of time. They wouldn’t suffer any loss.

With the example of the Andlusa Kingdom, more and more organizations in the Odin Kingdom signed exchange contracts with the Gilded Rose, including one of the top forces.

However, not everybody was willing to cooperate.

“Sir Faleau, we cannot continue preparing for the branch in the south of the Odin Kingdom anymore. The Holy Light Alliance, which is based in the south of the Odin Kingdom, wants our Blue Demon Potion, and claims…

“They claim that the Gilded Rose must pay a price if we want to march to the south of the Odin Kingdom. They ask us to give away half of the territory that yields the Blue Demon Potion’s materials, and inform them of the plane’s coordinates…”

The person who was reported blushed, unable to continue.

Faleau put on an awful expression.

To enter the market in the south of the Odin Kingdom, he certainly had to know the forces there well.

The Holy Light Alliance was definitely one of the top 10 forces in the south of the Odin Kingdom, which was the most powerful part. If it were in the north of the Odin Kingdom, it would rank in the top six.

The Holy Light Alliance was headquartered in the southeast corner of the Odin Kingdom. Its Holy Tower was the first to embrace sunlight in the morning every day.

Apparently, the Holy Light Alliance was made of holy light mages who were best at light healing. Unfortunately, those people were very annoying, and were the rabid dogs of the Odin Kingdom.

When they encountered dark mages, they would kill them.

When they encountered undead mages, they would kill them.

When they encountered unorthodox mages, they would kill them.