"!!!!"
Seeing the scene before them, not to mention the other adventurers, the man who had fallen into despair now had a light called 'hope' shining in his eyes.
He struggled to crawl to Levi's side, trying to hug his leg, but was blocked by a transparent shield.
"Lord Levi, no, Master Levi."
"Please give me back my legs. I, I'll do anything!"
Levi didn't look down at the man.
The only reason he chose to act was to prove that he had indeed awakened 'Mystery'—after all, the Ice-Fire Wine that could boost a Falna holder's ability scores needed a god present to verify it by updating the Falna.
But to heal him completely? What a joke.
He wasn't some saint. Why should he help someone who had disgusted him?
The captain of the Ganesha Familia also clearly understood the boy's intentions.
Turning her head, she nodded to the young girl beside her. The latter then stepped forward and forcefully dragged away the man who was still begging for mercy.
"What are you doing?" "Let go of me!" "No, I don't want to go!" "My legs aren't healed yet!"
Only after the man's voice faded into the distance did Shakti speak: "That was a ruthless move."
Levi shrugged. "I've already paid the fine."
Paying 5 million Valis for the latter half of an adventurer's life might sound barbaric, but in Orario, it complied with the rules set by The Guild.
Shakti fell silent at his words.
It was the same old story: Orario had always followed the law of the jungle. Here, things like justice and kindness were fleeting, like mayflies.
On the contrary, adventurers like Levi, with enough potential and a ruthless personality, were more likely to grow strong.
Oh, having already reached Lv.4, in a certain sense, he could already be considered a towering tree.
"Back to the main topic." Shakti didn't want to dwell on the previous subject; it reminded her of her sister and her former friends. "Can you really create, hmm, potions that help ability scores grow?"
Just as her voice fell, a glass bottle filled with an amber liquid appeared out of thin air in the boy's palm.
In an instant, it captured the attention of everyone in the hall.
Levi played with the Ice-Fire Wine in his hand, a confident smile on his face. "Otherwise, how do you think I raised my Falna level to Lv.4?"
"Solely by relying on my shield magic?"
The crowd: "..."
Shakti took a deep breath. "This Ice-Fire Wine you've concocted, is it for sale?"
"To contribute to Orario's cause of conquering the Dungeon, as the captain of the Hestia Familia, of course I'm willing," Levi replied, his expression unchanging, his words laced with hidden meaning.
Those who can serve as captains of medium to large Familias are generally not slow-witted.
For instance, 'Ganesha's Staff' immediately understood the subtext: "You want the Ganesha Familia to dispatch a Lv.4 to participate in tomorrow's War Game?"
Levi didn't deny it.
His original plan was to take on the Apollo Familia and the Freya Familia all by himself. He had the 'Orion Class Card' anyway, so he wasn't afraid of failing.
But since he had conveniently run into a clueless fool at The Guild, Levi didn't mind changing his plan on the fly. He would switch from a main combatant to being responsible for shields, healing, and magic support.
"The Lv.4 who helps will receive a bottle of Lv.4 Ice-Fire Wine as a reward. According to my tests, starting from a D-rank, a maximum of three bottles can raise an ability score to S."
"As for the Ganesha Familia... I can give you five bottles of the Regeneration Wine whose effects you've just witnessed. Of course, it will be a high-grade version without side effects, suitable for Dungeon exploration."
Shakti's eyes widened upon hearing this.
She wasn't a goddess; she couldn't tell if the boy before her was lying. But even just for those five 'potions' that could regenerate limbs, the scales in Shakti's heart were already tipping.
But before that...
"What if I just want to buy them?"
Levi didn't answer, merely looking at her with a faint smile.
Shakti let out a breath. "I need to report this to Lord Ganesha."
Levi made a gesture for her to go ahead.
As soon as 'Ganesha's Staff' left, the adventurers who had been lingering in the hall swarmed over.
"Lord Levi, are you selling the Ice-Fire Wine you concoct?"
"I want to buy a bottle of Regeneration Wine."
"Lord Levi, I'm the person in charge of the XX Merchant Association, I'd like to cooperate with you."
Adventurers with the 'Mystery' Development Ability are never short of money.
However, Fels, the 'Sage' who serves as Ouranos's private soldier, has turned himself into a skeleton and has little interest in making money.
The 'All-Rounder' Asfi is busy cleaning up after Lord Hermes every day and has no time.
The Dian Cecht Familia's 'Vanadis Tevere', Airmid, is a healer by profession, which is already a profitable trade, so she doesn't need to make special potions.
Only Levi, due to his gacha system, constantly teeters on the edge of a financial deficit.
Of course, as his own combat power continues to rise, he now has the right to expose some of his secrets.
"Everyone, please quiet down." Levi spoke, his voice not loud, yet it surprisingly echoed in everyone's ears.
Seeing that his surroundings had quieted down, he cleared his throat.
"I still need to prepare for the War Game, so I can't speak with you all in detail. How about this: after the War Game ends, I will provide a list of goods sold by the Hestia Familia, along with their prices, through The Guild."
"At that time, you can all place orders according to your needs."
He didn't state the price, and the adventurers didn't ask.
No one was a fool. In Orario, where a single panacea sells for 500,000 Valis, how could a potion that helps people rapidly increase their ability scores or regrow severed limbs be cheap?
What was more surprising was his decision to announce the list through The Guild.
Everyone knew that the head of The Guild, Royman Mardeel, known as the 'Fat Pig', was a man obsessed with money. If they used his channels, the Hestia Familia would surely be fleeced.
Although Levi had only seen the anime in his past life and didn't know Royman Mardeel's true character, after two months in Orario, he had heard bits and pieces of complaints from other adventurers.
The reason he still planned to go through The Guild was actually quite simple.
He and Royman could, in theory, cooperate and even coexist. While both of them liked Valis, Royman Mardeel's love for it was to satisfy his own extravagant lifestyle.
Levi, on the other hand, only wanted it to become stronger.
With the exchange shop now open, he could completely have the other party settle accounts with Magic Stones instead of Valis.
What's more, the business he planned to run in the future wasn't just limited to Ice-Fire Wine.
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