"For level 1 commander real demon crystals, they go at a price of 10 million, level 2 at 50 million, and level 3 at 100 million." The attendant of the shop that Bob had entered said to Bob after looking at the demon crystals that Bob had presented.
Bob nodded in response and the attendant began making a calculation. And about 30 seconds later, he spoke up again, "6 level 1, 3 level 2 and 1 level 3 Commander realm demon crystals. That is going to be a total of 310 million star coins."
Bob accepted the card that contained the money and left the shop. He had not taken any Common tier technique, as he needed to communicate with someone through the clone.
The clone that was In charge of obtaining medicinal ingredients for alchemy had already found a shop. It had just entered, when Bob took over.
"Good day sir, what would you like today? We have pills, ingredients, potions and other things." The female attendant said to the clone the moment that it entered into the shop.
Bob who had just taken over the clone immediately responded, "I want different types of ingredients for pills in the soldier and captain realm."
The lady was somehow surprised when she heard that. It was quite rare to find an alchemist looking for somewhere to buy the ingredients. Most of the alchemists had already established themselves, and had a stable source of ingredients.
Regardless, she still reacted and said, "The ingredients for what kind of pills would you like to acquire? We have all types of ingredients for all types of pills in those two realms."
Bob thought for a moment, before he decided, "I want the ingredients for healing pills, energy boosting pills, physique enhancement pills and berserk pills."
The three pills that Bob had decided on were the ones that he identified as the most used ones. The healing pills did not need any type of explanation. As for the energy boosting pills, they were mainly used in order to accelerate the speed at which someone absorbed the arcane energy in the air.
In real sense, they contained a huge amount of energy. The moment that they were consumed, the energy absorption method would be able to assimilate the energy within the pill in a very short time as compared to absorbing the energy in the air.
The physique enhancement pill on the other hand was used together with the physique-related techniques. They could accelerate the speed at which the physique refinement techniques could enhance the physical strength.
The main reason why many people decided to use the physique refinement techniques was because of the demons. Bob had already realized that it seemed that the combat power of the demons was higher in the same level.
This was mainly due to the strong physique that they possessed. Even though he himself had not seen how strong the physique of the demons was, as he had not yet encountered a demon of the same level as himself, he had already seen many people struggling to fight against a demon of the same level in the wilderness.
This was actually the reason why many people would move in groups in order to deal with the demons. That was unless that group did not want to deal with a demon of the same level as themselves, or they possess higher combat strength than their own levels.
By refining the physique, the combat strength that a person would possess would always be high. The high refinement of the physique, the higher the increase in the combat strength.
So, in order to enhance their physiques as soon as possible, most of the people would use the physique enhancement pills. That was the reason why Bob decided on this as well.
Finally, there was the berserk pill. This was always used as a last option. By using this pill, someone would be able to advance by two levels, increasing the strength incredibly.
This was mostly in the desperate situations, where someone was facing the danger of death. It was just that after using the pill, this condition could only last for at most 30 minutes, before someone would fall into 8 hours of weakness and pain.
The pain that was experienced during this duration of 8 hours was something that discouraged most people from taking the pill. But even then, this did not prevent the pill from becoming popular, considering that it could be considered as a second life.
Upon hearing this, the attendant immediately agreed. She asked Bob to wait for a little while, as he went to bring the ingredients, after she asked for the amount that Bob wanted.
Bob had decided on purchasing 100 batches of ingredients. Each batch of ingredient was enough to be able to refine the pills 100 times. But of course, the amount of pills that could be refined would depend on the success rate of the alchemist.
As for the quality, that was also something that depended on the tier of the technique of the alchemist. The higher the tier of the technique possessed by the alchemist, the higher the grade of the pills produced.
Several minutes later, the attendant came back with four storage bracelets. Each bracelet contained 200 batches of ingredients, belonging to two different realms of ingredients.
"Here, each bracelet contains the ingredients for each pill. But they are categorized according to the realm of the pill to be refined." The attendant stated as she handed over the bracelets.
In total, the amount of star coins that Bob ended up spending was 3.17 million. This included the price of the storage bracelets, which was actually 2 million star coins. Each bracelet was valued at 500,000 star coins, as the bracelets of such a size were the ones that could accommodate the amount of ingredients that Bob had purchased.
Immediately after that, the clone began moving in the direction that Bob instructed it before allowing it to control itself. The direction that the clone was heading to was in the same direction that the other clone had gone to in order to look for a workshop.
As for Bob himself, he was also heading in that direction. He had already completed what he wanted, which was to sell the demon crystals.
And there was something that he had noticed. It seemed that dealing with low level demons was actually more valuable. Not to mention the fact that they were easier to kill, but by killing two demons of the same level, it was worth it just as much as killing one a level above them.
Considering the risks involved in killing a demon a level above, and how easy it is to deal with two demons at a level below, one could already think of what to do. It was no wonder that most of the people targeted demons of a lower level than themselves.
As for the ingredients that he had acquired, in real sense, the price of the ingredients was not that high. The only reason why the price of the ingredients could reach a high level was simply because of the demon crystals.
For most of the pills, in order for a pill in the soldier or realm to be consumed by low level soldier realm awakened, the level of the demon crystal also mattered. While by using demon crystals at level 9 would still allow an awakened at level 1 of the soldier realm to be able to consume the pill, it had its own disadvantages.
For those that had mild reactions, it would require quite a long duration for them to be able to refine the medicinal properties of the pill. But if it was for those violent ones like the berserk pill, there was a possibility of them not being able to endure the amount of energy contained within the pill, then ending up dead by bursting.
The solution to this was using the demon crystals of the same level as the consumer of the pill in order to refine the pill. But this was something that required a person to make an order in advance.
And of course, for something like this, the price was always a little higher. Not by a huge amount, but still, it was definitely higher than the market price.
As Bob was walking, he suddenly stopped. This was because he needed to take over the control of the other clone.
The other clone had already arrived at the office of a real estate dealer. But since the clone could not do the talking, Bob had to do it.
"Hi, what kind of house are you looking for?" One of the sales persons approached the clone and asked.
"I want a shop. But I would like one that has a residence behind, and a shop in front. Is it available?" Bob asked.
"Of course. But that depends on where you want it. The location will determine if we have any shops available there. Additionally, do you want to make a purchase, or do you want to rent?" The sales person asked.
"The location of the shop should be in the market area located close to the gate of the stronghold. And, I would like to make a purchase." Bob responded.
"In that area, we have three shops that match what you want. Come, let me show you the models and the information about those shops." The sales person said enthusiastically.
Bob followed through the clone, and the sales person showed him the model that was on the table. After looking at that model, he was shown the other two as well.
But apart from that, he also received the information about the location of the two shops. After thinking about it, Bob made a decision, selecting the one that was located not at the center of the market, but towards the edges.
"For this shop, it is going to cost you 12 million star coins to acquire it. But we can offer you a discount of 5%, which is the offer that is currently available for this kind of building." The sales person said as he looked at Bob.