In fact, Monchi didn't have any other choice.
After Locke Merlin's shipwreck, Thousand Sails City's alchemy market was in chaos. This was the best opportunity for Monchi, who had been painstakingly planning to get involved in the alchemy business. For this opportunity, Monchi didn't hesitate to spend 4,000,000 golds to buy the Volcano Potion and the Ghost Potion from the Black Horn Auction in order to get the help of the two Great Alchemists of the Black Tower.
He originally thought that with the help of these two Great Alchemists and the Monchi Family's huge financial power, it would only be a matter of time before they monopolized the alchemy market.
But at that time, Locke Merlin's son, Mafa Merlin, reopened the Gilded Rose.
To be honest, Monchi truly didn't put Mafa Merlin in his eyes at the start. A youth that hadn't even reached his twenties and an old man in his sixties … How big of a storm could they cause in Thousand Sails City?
But Monchi soon discovered that something was wrong.
Because Mafa Merlin's rise was too fast, so fast that no one could react.
After all, when Locke Merlin died, Mafa Merlin was still a Magic Apprentice that couldn't even take out 8,000 golds. But then, not only did Mafa Merlin become a Mage, he even took out a million golds to compete with him for the Red Flame Fish Oil.
At that time, Monchi had thought that he should pay attention to this matter.
As a result, Monchi didn't even have time to pay attention to it before Mafa Merlin pushed the Hope Potion in the Gilded Rose, scaring the entire Thousand Sails City. Moreover, Monchi heard from Granger that Mafa Merlin might have already become a Great Mage.
'No, no, no, this isn't over …'
Early that morning, Monchi and Bassoro received news that the Poison Fog Canyon that Sauss had painstakingly managed for ten years had been single-handedly broken into by a young Great Mage. Two Flame Bursts had blown away two sentry towers and forced Sauss to open up a trade route. That young Great Mage's name was Mafa Merlin.
When he heard this news, Monchi seemed to have aged ten years.
Monchi knew that it was too late.
Roger Merlin's son had finally grown up to the point where even he had to treat him as an equal …
Thankfully, he still had the Black Tower behind him …
A few days ago, the Black Tower had just agreed to his conditions. As the supplier of the Ghost Potion and the Volcano Potion, Monchi would get the opportunity to share the research results of the two Great Alchemists. The advanced technology analyzed by the two Great Alchemists would be given priority to the Monchi Family's alchemy shop.
This was simply great news for Meng Qi.
The Black Tower's reply gave the Monchi Family a crushing advantage in terms of alchemy technology. With two Great Alchemists overseeing the market, as well as the advanced technology from the Volcano Potion and the Ghost Potion, the Monchi Family would be ahead of any alchemy shop in Thousand Sails City by at least ten years!
After all, the Hope Potion was only targeted at Magic Apprentices.
But the Monchi Family was about to release the products of two Great Alchemists, and the technology they used came directly from the Volcano Potion and the Ghost Potion!
The Monchi Family's alchemy exhibition would be held three days later.
The content of the exhibition was also about potions, and there were two of them. One was the Berserk Blood Potion that could make a Swordsman go berserk for a short period of time, temporarily giving them the power of a Great Swordsman. The other was the Nothingness Potion that could instantly distort space and give one second of immunity to physical damage.
Those who had participated in the Black Horn Auction could naturally see that these two potions were actually downgraded versions of the Volcano Potion and the Ghost Potion.
But even if it was a downgraded version, it still shocked more than half of Thousand Sails City.
The Volcano Potion and the Ghost Potion had been the finale of the last Black Horn Auction. They had been sold for 4,000,000 golds, setting a new record for the Black Horn Auction.
Although the effects of the Berserk Blood Potion and the Nothingness Potion that the Monchi Family had taken out were far inferior, they could still be considered rare quality potions.
At this time, almost everyone felt that the Gilded Rose had met its match.
After all, the Gilded Rose had been in the limelight recently because of the appearance of the Hope Potion. If not for the lack of alchemists, the Gilded Rose would have already spread to every corner of Thousand Sails City. Such a fierce rise could be said to have shocked all of Thousand Sails City.
As the Monchi Family's alchemy exhibition was held, almost everyone was talking about it. Some were rejoicing in their misfortune, some were secretly worried. At this time, almost no one was optimistic about the Gilded Rose.
Nothing could be done about it, the Monchi Family's foundation was too deep. A millennium-old family wasn't a joke, and now that they had the support of powerful alchemy techniques, it wouldn't take long for them to be like Locke Merlin, monopolizing the alchemy market of Thousand Sails City in one fell swoop.
At this time, in the Black Horn Auction House.
"If Monchi knew that the Berserk Blood Potion and the Nothingness Potion he treasured were the leftovers of Great Mage Merlin, I wonder what he would think …" In Cadgar's study, Faleau was standing on the balcony, looking at the sea of people at the alchemy exhibition on the other side of the street as he said with a harsh smile.
"Haha …" Cadgar only chuckled, but didn't reply.
With his status as the Chief Auctioneer of the Black Horn Auction House, he naturally couldn't act like Faleau and use such a harsh tone to rejoice in someone else's misfortune. But if Monchi heard that chuckle, he would have a bad premonition.
"Oh right, Faleau, the Gilded Rose has recently been recruiting alchemists …"
"Ah?" Faleau's ears suddenly perked up. How could Faleau not know who the Gilded Rose belonged to? In the last Black Horn Auction, Great Mage Merlin had casually given him some pointers, allowing him to advance by leaps and bounds in the field of alchemy. Cadgar's words, could it be …
Thinking of this possibility, Faleau's breathing became a bit hurried.
"I already talked to Great Mage Merlin, find a time to go over in a few days."
"Ah … Thank you, High Mage Cadgar, thank you, Great Mage Merlin …" Faleau was pleasantly surprised, but even speaking was a bit strenuous.
"Alright, you can go. I called you over today to talk about this."
"Yes, yes, thank you, High Mage Cadgar …" Faleau left, full of joy.
Faleau didn't know that the Gilded Rose wasn't just welcoming one Alchemist, but fifty. This was the condition Lin Yun and Bassoro had agreed on. Fifty Alchemists in exchange for that alchemy formula. Bassoro was very efficient. In a short three days, he delivered fifty Alchemists to Lin Yun.
But the mood of these fifty Alchemists wasn't as good as Faleau's.
An esteemed member of the Alchemist Guild had actually been reduced to working in an alchemy shop, and fifty of them at that. Was this a big discount?
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