Chapter 215: Preparing to Open the Treasure Chests!
"If, as you say, your friends have strong physical constitutions, then the healing strength required for limb regeneration would need to be increased accordingly."
"For three people..."
Kaia unfastened a cloth bag from his waist and searched through it.
Shortly after, he took out a scroll and two potion bottles, placing them before Luke.
"Based on your description, these two bottles of Holy/Blessed Spring Water should be most suitable."
"However, as you can see, I only have two bottles left."
"I originally prepared them as single-person portions, so if three people need to use them, we'll need to find another solution for one person."
Taking the bottles Kaia handed over, Luke looked at the item description.
['Holy/Blessed Spring Water']
[B rank Item]
[Holy/Blessed Spring Water that can restore injuries, capable of perfectly healing even severe injuries such as severed limbs.]
Indeed, just as Kaia said, this was the perfect healing item for Alise and the others.
At this point, Kaia pushed the scroll on the table forward, gesturing for Luke to look at it while explaining:
"This is a magic scroll, inscribed with the spell 'Healing Baptism.'"
['Healing Baptism']
[B+ rank Magic Scroll]
[Provides continuous healing to designated targets within range.]
Since both the spring water and scroll were items belonging to other Agents, under the Main God Space's restrictions, Luke couldn't take them away, and the item descriptions he could see were limited to just a few brief sentences.
Kaia naturally knew this, so after Luke looked at the scroll, he explained further.
"The Healing Baptism spell has a very large range, enough to cover an entire allied army on the battlefield without issue."
"The designated targets are decided by the user—within range, you can designate one person or hundreds of people."
"However, there's one thing to note: Healing Baptism's treatment is a continuous process. The more people you designate, the shorter the healing time for each."
"If you want to achieve limb regeneration, it's best to limit the number of designated targets to 5-8 people."
"Please allow me to be frank—honestly, using this scroll to heal just three people would be somewhat wasteful."
"Blessed Spring Water costs 5,000 exchange points per bottle, while the Healing Baptism magic scroll is 30,000 exchange points."
"These are currently the only items I have available for sale that meet your requirements."
Truthfully, high-grade healing items were precious resources in any team, and they generally wouldn't be sold to outsiders.
The 'Knight Order' members were relatively special in this regard—being helpful by nature, they would always extend aid when possible.
"According to the basic rules for Agent trading, I can accept either item exchanges or items converted to exchange points."
Luke sat across from Kaia, experiencing rare indecision.
It wasn't that he couldn't get thirty thousand exchange points—the previous mission had earned him over sixteen thousand points, and adding what he had left from before...
After deducting the points spent on using the training grounds and food during these days, he still had around twenty-five thousand exchange points.
With the other party accepting item exchanges or point conversion, thirty thousand points wasn't impossible to gather.
Given the prices of healing items, the elixirs Luke brought from Orario probably weren't cheap either.
While they might not reach the terrifying price of five thousand per bottle, one or two thousand per bottle was possible.
However, as Kaia said, using a scroll capable of providing body reconstruction-level healing for 5-8 people on just 3 people was indeed wasteful.
Moreover, once he chose to purchase the magic scroll, after spending thirty thousand exchange points, he obviously wouldn't be able to buy a suitable B rank weapon.
But there were only two bottles of Blessed Spring Water...
Caught in this difficult choice, Luke rubbed his forehead in frustration.
While he was thinking, Kaia didn't rush him.
He could understand the boy's current mindset, and honestly, he felt somewhat moved.
Many Agents treated natives of the mission world as NPCs.
Not only did they coldly ignore their feelings, but there were also quite a few Agents who, feeling superior, used aggressive methods.
These Agents were usually very friendly with each other, and many were good teammates willing to sacrifice personal interests for their team.
But their treatment of natives of the mission world wasn't necessarily the same.
It wasn't that they would harm natives without reason, but Agents willing to spend exchange points for natives were extremely rare.
Those story characters who couldn't be brought back to the Main God Space were naturally considered a level lower being in many Agents' eyes.
Luke's behavior generated considerable goodwill from Kaia as a knight.
After a while, having finished his deliberation, Luke took out a bottle of elixir from his portable pouch and handed it over.
"I don't have enough exchange points, but this is a healing item I brought from the mission world."
"While it can't regenerate limbs, it can still heal serious injuries."
Luke had spent nine years in the dungeon world, and unlike Ais and others who needed custom equipment, he had saved up quite a bit of money during this time.
With his portable pouch, Luke naturally wouldn't foolishly just save money.
Most of his savings from nine years of dungeon exploration had been exchanged for various items and potions, along with some dungeon-exclusive materials.
The spare swords that originally took up space had been disposed of, and even many Lux had been dismantled, keeping only the Manadyte.
As the things he needed to store increased, his portable pocket's capacity was now barely keeping up with his needs.
...
Once he made his decision, the transaction proceeded very quickly.
In the end, Kaia calculated the elixirs at 1,500 exchange points per bottle for the trade.
Luke spent seven bottles of elixir plus 19,500 exchange points to purchase the Healing Baptism magic scroll.
Additionally, he used another three bottles of elixir plus 500 exchange points to buy one bottle of Blessed Spring Water as a backup.
The transaction went very smoothly, and after concluding their business, Luke and Kaia bid farewell and left the teahouse.
Returning directly to his room without stopping along the way, Luke was in quite good spirits.
Although he hadn't found a second suitable weapon, at least Alise and the others' problems were solved.
Pushing open the door and sitting in his chair, Luke took out the three C rank treasure chests he'd received from the previous mission's settlement.
This time was different from the last—currently, Luke had quite a few needs.
Whether it was getting a spatial item to replace his portable pocket or obtaining some skills to enrich his combat methods, either would be good for him.
Even for Luke, who now only had about 5,000 exchange points left in his pouch, directly getting exchange points would also be acceptable.
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