Isekai.. The Legend of Supreme Magus Beginning (Isekai.. Legend of the Supreme Magus Begins)
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"Excuse me.. " Said Lisa

"Welcome.. " Say the shopkeeper.

"Is there anything you need..? "

It turned out that the store was run by a man from Ras Gnome. It is a race similar to the dwarf/Dwarf however, the gnome is smaller. The gnome is a small humanoid, only about 3–3.5 feet (91–107 cm) tall.

"Do you have a stabilizing powder, and a high level potion powder..? " Tell Argus

"Stabilizing powder I have a lot, but for a high level healing powder it is currently empty. " Say Gnome the shopkeeper.

"Is empty..? So do you know where I can get it other than here..? " Task Argus.

"Yes sorry to disappoint, but in the whole city only this store provides a high level of healing powder. " Said the Gnome.

"However, if you may ask, do you intend to make *Rune Catalyst*..? "

"Yes.. How do you know..? " Task Argus.

"Yes because for a high level of healing powder will usually only be used for it, although it can be for healing as usual.

But given the relatively high price, most people will use liquid healing drugs rather than those in powder form. " Say that Gnome.

"You think it's like that.. " Said Argus.

"So Master, are we going to ask the Guild..? " Task Lisa.

"Yes, this seems like the only way to look for her.

Otherwise we might have to go to the capital. " Said Argus.

"You don't have to worry about this. " Said the shopkeeper.

"Slightly people know the truth other than high-level healing Powders, you can replace them with Powders from a B-rank Monster Core or higher instead. "

"But most people will not consider this, like the healing medicine problem I said before.

The case was also the same, a Monster Core Rank B or higher would be many times the price of even a high rank healing Powder. "

"Therefore, even in urgent circumstances, they will not consider using this method..

Besides price, also scarcity of course.."

"Monster Core Powder..? Thanks for the information.. " Said Argus.

"No problem.. " Say that Gnome.

"So how much stabilizing powder do you want..? "

Argus recalled again that the comparison between stabilizing powder, healing powder, copper powder and Monster blood was 3:1:2:1.

"How much do you have and how much does it cost..? " Task Argus.

"The price per Kati is 5 silver coins and right now if you need it a lot, I can still provide around 100 catties. " Said the Gnome.

"Actually I still have a lot, but there is a rule not to sell stabilizing agents per person for more than 100 catties to prevent hoarding of materials. "

...#Note {1 Cat \= 600 Geram}...

"No problem, I'll take 100 Kati if I do. " Argus took out a coin pouch containing 500 silver coins.

"I also want to buy healing medicine, for Grade no matter high or medium or low.

I'll take in large quantities..

As well as a test tube and storage bottle for the Rune Catalyst.."

"For tungi level potions the limit is 10 per person and 100 for medium and low..

Each one costs 10 silver coins

As well as for the medium and low are only 5 silver coins and 1 silver coin. " Say that Gnome.

"The reaction tube I will give you 2, for 1 silver coin and for a bottle I can only give you 100 at most for 2 silver.. "

"I'll take the maximum amount I can buy.. " Say Argus while again issuing 7 Gold coins and 3 silver.

After a while the Gnome took out all the items that Argus had bought before.

Argus put it in his inventory.

"Item box is really comfortable.. Haihh I also want that skill.. " Say that Gnome when you see Argus saving it.

Argus just smiled and didn't explain.

"Right, did you buy a Monster Core Rank E through C here..? " Task Argus.

"Yes, I can buy if only rank B down. For Rank A and S it was usually only the City Lord or the kingdom that was entitled to buy it, or it could be through adventurer Guilds.

So we shopkeepers can't buy that thing.

But the price for a Guild would usually be less because it was tax-deductible and others. Because usually they can buy in bulk" said the Gnome.

"Because each store is limited in the number of buyers, we will usually pay a little more expensive.

"Can you tell me the price of each one on the market right now..? " Tell Argus

"Yes for Monster Core regardless of the type are all valued according to their respective Rank.

As if it was Rank E, then only 10 bronze coins.

Rank D 100 bronze coins.

Rank C 10 Silver coins.

Rank B 10 gold coins.

Rank A 100 gold coins.

Rank S or higher is unknown. It's different from the others.. " Say Gnome

"If it's Rank S then the price will vary, I don't know for sure.. "

"You see, we have Core Rank E, D and C here.. " Said Argus while taking out each one as an example.

"It's good quality, the size of these cores is more each bigger than usual.. " Say that Gnome while observing him.

The size of the Core Rank was each the size of a large marble.

"I will buy it at the market price I just mentioned how..? "

"aligned.. " Said Argus

Then Argus took out a large bag containing a Monster Core.

"Let me see first.. " Say that Gnome as it begins to observe and count the number of each Core.

Argus here only sells Rank C down, for Rank B and A. Argus will keep it for personal use.

"I've counted them all, and there are 1080 for Rank E and D respectively. And 544 Rank C..

It has almost filled the monthly purchase limit of this store. . " Said the Gnome

"For the price is 10,800 bronze for Rank E, 108,000 bronze for Rank D. And 5440 silver for Rank C.

The total was 55 Gold 58 silver and 800 bronze.

This is the biggest purchase for me..

You guys are lucky, this month no one has sold Monster Core.. "

Then Argus took the money and kept it, and kept it,

After leaving the Shop, Argus and Lisa returned to the Guild Inn.

This time Argus' goal was to take some Quests to leave the City and get to the forest.

Because there Argus aims to make a Rune catalyst that is very important for Argus purposes in the future.

Argus takes Quest Rank B to conquer Killer Bear, basilik lizard and Quest Rank A conquest of the Monster Spider Alpha.

Before leaving the City, Argus took the time to buy one more ingredient. Namely Rubber material, or here more known as Laktec.

The name is similar to Latex/Latex.

But Lisa said her name was Laktec not Latex. And this comes from a tree known as the Gomi tree.

Here rubber does not come from the sap of pohoh like on earth, but from the leaves.

It seems like People will harvest the Leaves then crush them into a pulp, then they will add some other ingredients and Water. Then after filtering it they will take the deposits that will be in the process of linih further become rubber or known as the Name Laktec in this world..

In this world Laktec is often used as a layer in armor or Armor.

Also used as a coating material for chairs and beds of nobles, especially those who like it.

Argus bought quite a lot of Laktecs, because Argus intends to make several vehicles later.

Argus and Lisa then went to the first hunting ground, Killer Bear.

From the reports received, the Assassin Bear was famous for its ferocious attack power, and it had claws capable of tearing apart ordinary iron shields belonging to adventurers or warriors.

And his skin is famous for being very hard so it is often used to make leather armor for adventurers.

The village is famous as a producer of grain Isak city.

Therefore, the conquest of this killer bear is very important.

Even this Quest was almost at Rise to Rank A due to its importance.

It didn't take long for Argus to find the Bear, because Argus had deployed a new variant of his ant monster.

This is an ant that has just been produced by an ant queen, this ant monster has a very small size.

It can be said that the size is the same as normal ants.

However he had Mana in his body which signified he was a Monster.

And from the information that Argus saw, this ant monster has its own advantages.

He has skills suitable for stalking or supervising.

Name: Fire Dragon Ant (shadow Ant) .

Skill :

the shadow steps

Allows the ants to move quickly as long as there is a shadow.

- not visible.

Allows the ants to disappear from view and other search magic.

- shadowing.

Allows the ants to fuse into the shadow of the target to hide and follow the target

But because this new variant, currently argus only has no more than 100 ants.

And for now, argus has already spread some of these variant ants to follow some people.

Among them are the Princess and Sebastian.

This argus did so that he could get directions towards the capital without having to ask again.

Then Argus also let his ants follow some adventures in the Guild.

These ant monsters have the ability to recognize each other's smells along the way.

So every time an ant goes after someone else, Argus can follow the trail that his ant will leave behind.

Before long Argus arrived at the nest of the killer bear, in the report there was only One killer bear.

But from what Argus knows through his ants, there are three bears in the cave of their Nest.

"It turns out there are more bears..

Lisa, you'll take care of one and I'll handle the other two.. " Said Argus.

"Ehh..? Alright.. " Said Lisa hesitating.

"Not to be afraid, I'll release some ants to help you.. " Said Argus.

"Ok I understand Master.. " Said Lisa.

"Let's get started.. " Said Argus.

After that Argus threw a small fireball attack to lure the Bears out of the nest.

Argus used his Lightning magic to deal with both of them. No need for a long time it only took a few lightning strikes the two bears had fallen.

It's pretty easy for Argus.

But for Lisa like her this is still quite difficult.

He still has trouble handling the bear.

As the ants held the bear, Lisa attacked with her arrow from a distance.

But every time Lisa's attack is launched, the Bear will continue to avoid it.

It caused the wound that the arrow gave it did not hit the bear's fatal area.

So it took almost 15 minutes to kill the bear.

"I finished master.. " Said lisa.

"Hemm good work. " Said Argus who then stored the bodies of the three bears into his storage.

Argus saw that the bear nest cave was quite large, and the inside was quite wide.

So Argus decided to use the nest for his temporary use.

Argus wants to make the Rune Catalyst here.

"Lisa, I'll start making Rune catalysts now.

Please take care around don't let the monsters interfere.. "

"Ready to do Master.. " Said Lisa.

Then argus also took out some ants to ensure the outside environment.

After all the preparations were completed, Argus then took out all the ingredients he needed.

First argus turned the Dragon bone into bone powder in lieu of copper powder.

Then Argus also changed the Monster Core Rank B to become a high-level powder substitute powder.

And the third ingredient is Monster blood, Argus took the blood of the previous Killer Bear.

What must be done is quite simple, put all the ingredients according to the dose into the container of the reaction tube and then simply heated.

While flowing Mana into it slowly and steadily.

This is the most important part actually to determine the quality of the Rune catalyst to be produced.

It took a whole hour for argus to finish everything.

Then Argus made a carving knife with a hole in the middle of it as the place of the Rune Catalyst.

After that Argus made a Sniper rifle from the bone, teeth and nails of the Dragon.

The rifle is silver in color with an overall length of 1 meter.

Argus then carved the Rune on top of Core Rank B and A two pieces that he had as inscriptions that Argus would put inside the Rifle.

The rune that Argus made above the core of Rank B was to muffle the sound, dampening the shock of the shot.

And to auto-fill the shotgun's bullets, as well as set the fire power. Argus uses the Cerberus Rank A Monster core.

Argus then exits the cave and meets Lisa.

"Masters.. What is it" said Lisa.

"Sniper Gifts.. " Say Argus

"Wet Sniper..? What'sthat..? " Task Lisa again who is curious.

"I'll point to its usefulness, because if you explain this it will be very troublesome.

I'll set on the smallest force first" Argus said as he began to take shooting positions.

Argus is targeting a large stone measuring ±3 meters not far from them at this time.

Then Argus set the strength for the weakest first.

Then when the rifle was ready in front of the rifle appeared Five magic circles filled with runes, then the magic circle started to spin and then merged into one rune in front of the Rifle..

Then Argus is quite satisfied so far with the performance of the rifle, Argus has not felt any abnormalities so far.

after confirming the target, Argus pulled the trigger and..

*bamm... *

The sound produced is not too loud which makes Argus quite happy.

But the sound followed by the sound of the rifle made Argus stunned..

*Booomm.... *

The large stone that was targeted turned into small pieces and some large trees behind it also fell..

Lisa who saw it was very surprised.

"Does the Master make Artifacts/magic weapons..? Is this what Master meant weakly..?"

"Yes.. But I didn't expect it to be that strong.. " Said argus.

"Is this because of the Core I'm wearing..? I was going to wait until I had a Core Rank S but it seems like this is enough now" muttered Argus.

"Let's head to second Terget. "

. Seriate