Expanding Business

One of these two areas of knowledge requires 102 credits, and the other requires 120 credits.

But now, including the credits he had left from last time, Matthew only has fourteen credits in total.

This is far from enough to exchange for the knowledge he needs, unless he can complete a few more missions.

However, this would mean he wouldn't make it in time for the wizard advancement trial.

Matthew reluctantly closed the catalog.

"It seems we'll have to find a way to increase mental speed elsewhere."

Matthew returned the item exchange catalog to Geralt and left the apprentice hall.

......

night......

He returned to his dormitory.

Matthew's use of the rune engraving knife has become increasingly precise when repairing rune nodes, so he plans to try enchanting the items.

He mentally reviewed Duarte's rune notes and found a beginner-level enchanting rune module suitable for newcomers.

This module is called the "Speed-Up Module," and its main function is to increase the speed of the item holder.

The enchanted rune module also requires the preparation of sorcery ink.

However, Matthew had acquired a large number of magical plants in the Harrison family's laboratory, so he did not need to purchase additional materials.

A moment later...

He stared at the witchcraft ink he had prepared in his hand.

【Name: Witchcraft Ink】

[Ingredients: Air Vine, Broken Wind Grass, Wind-Eroded Crystal Core, Tornado Flower...]

[Description: A mixture of various wind-elemental materials, often used to create wind elemental spell scrolls or enchant wind elemental rune modules.]

[Can be used to extract: ink condensation, impurities, unstable particles, solution corrosion products...]

"System refinement, ink condensation!"

After a flash of light, the sorcery ink in the glass bottle rapidly decreased, condensing into a few drops of thick, sticky liquid.

Matthew plans to enchant the speed rune module onto his wizard robes.

Of course, he didn't try it directly on the wizard's robe, but instead took out a few useless old clothes from the wardrobe.

He picked up a witchcraft carving knife, dipped it into the glass bottle, and then carved runes on the tattered clothes.

Although the material of the rune nodes is very different from that of the clothes, Matthew was already quite skilled at carving scrolls and had nearly a month of experience in repairing rune nodes, so he quickly got the hang of it.

Matthew drew a line perfectly straight, without the slightest deviation.

He then slightly rotated his wrist, causing the carving knife to bend on the surface, guided by his fingers.

A precise arc has been drawn on the garment...

In this way, Matthew successfully enchanted the speed rune module onto his clothes after only five attempts.

"It's done! Much faster than I expected."

He looked at the acceleration rune module flashing green on his clothes and nodded in satisfaction.

"Soon I'll be able to expand into new businesses!"

Without hesitation, he immediately unbuttoned his wizard robe and took it off, then began to inscribe acceleration rune modules on it.

Having learned from his previous success, he was even more skilled at enchanting this time, and completed it smoothly in less than half an hour.

Matthew glanced out the window and realized it was already late at night.

"Time to meditate!"

He immediately went to the bedside, sat cross-legged, slowly closed his eyes, and began his daily meditation.

......

Two weeks passed quickly.

After resolving the issue of soul corruption, Matthew has been living a very fulfilling life.

After a lot of practice, he has now mastered the enchanting of six rune modules.

My mental strength is also steadily increasing, and it has now reached 33 points.

He also transformed the eerie eye runes into a portion of modern wizarding runes...

On this day...

Ma Xiuzheng sat at his desk in the dormitory.

He put down the quill and picked up the parchment on the desk.

He looked at the contents of the parchment and shook his head.

"It still doesn't work..."

Matthew wanted to apply that energy oscillation technique to the Meteor Technique, but it proved to be much more difficult than he had imagined.

He revised his plan multiple times but still couldn't create a prototype of the spell.

The development of 【Meteor Spell 3.0】has therefore hit a bottleneck.

Matthew couldn't help but sigh: "The bloodline of the Flame Crystal Dragon is still nowhere to be found..."

He found some information about this type of dragon in the Harrison family's collection of books, but all of them indicated that the Flame Crystal Dragon rarely appeared in the Gold Coast region.

Matthew shook his head helplessly, put on the wizard's robe hanging on the wall, and then pushed open the door and went out.

......

Twenty minutes later...

Matthew arrived at the school's trading area.

He went straight to the Smith family's grocery store and pushed open the door.

"Hey, Master Cangyan has finally arrived?" Tom greeted him warmly.

"Your reputation in the school has been quite impressive lately."

Matthew is still not quite used to his new title, "Master Azure Flame".

His expression was somewhat unnatural as he took out a batch of [Healing Potions] and [Lightfall Technique Scrolls] from his storage bracelet.

Tom smiled upon seeing this, "Thank goodness, you've finally arrived."

"If it had been any later, your last batch of goods would have been sold out."

Matthew couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.

His deals with Tom were all completed in one go, so he didn't intend to interfere with Tom's subsequent sales strategies.

"By the way, I'd like to expand my business in the future."

Tom's hand, which was inspecting the goods, suddenly stopped.

Matthew's creations have repeatedly exceeded Tom's expectations, and now Tom has a blind trust in him.

Tom became interested when he saw that the other party had the idea of ​​starting a new business.

His eyes lit up, and he leaned forward to ask, "What kind of business?"

"Enchantment."

"Enchantment?" Tom's breath hitched.

Matthew nodded calmly.

At that moment, Tom didn't even have time to check the [Lightfall Spell Scroll] on the counter. He braced himself on the table with his hands, flipped his legs over the counter, and came to Matthew's side.

"I'm confirming one more time, you want to enchant at my shop..."

Matthew chuckled and nodded again in confirmation.

Tom hugged Matthew tightly and laughed loudly, "Thank you, thank you so much!"

Tom was well aware of what this meant; if Matthew could take enchanting commissions at his shop, his skills would undoubtedly be a valuable asset!

His grocery store will never have to worry about lacking customers again!

Matthew pushed Tom away. "Don't get too excited yet. I have a lot of things to do every day, so I can't stay at your shop all the time."

"I can only come here occasionally to enchant, and I need to have the right to choose my clients."

"I will refuse requests I don't want to take if necessary!"

Matthew's conditions were quite harsh; if it were anyone else, Tom would have kicked him out long ago.

But the person in front of me is "Master Cangyan"!

Tom agreed without hesitation, "No problem, it's great that you can come!"

"No, you don't have to come."

"Just let me put the enchanting commission in the general store, so people know you might have a chance to show up here."

At this moment, Tom had already planned out his future business strategy.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing..." she suddenly said, remembering something.