"Show off" Gaya mumbled under her breath and opened the doors to the customers waiting outside.
"What are you doing?" Elder Sandra frowned. After taking the pills he gave her, Elder Sandra's complexion looked better and she seemed healthier than before.
"Multitasking, Elder Sandra. These people are waiting for me from early morning and you're here for an explanation, I can't make either of you wait any longer" Michael calmly explained and conjured the flame on one hand while sitting on the sofa to concoct the pills.
"It's dangerous not to solely concentrate on what you're doing Ghost" The Elders were genuinely concerned because if he made a mistake, not only him but they would also get burned by his mistake.
"Trust me, this is a walk in the park for me. Now, where was I?"
"Rejecting the Guardians" Elder Mark said as Michael started to tell everything that happened in the restaurant except the fact Gaya's sister is a Guardian.
"Look, he's concocting pills while talking to the Elders!"
"I've never seen an Alchemist concoct pills so casually"
"Yeah, I heard even the Alchemy king wouldn't let anyone inside his work hall as concentration is crucial in making pills and brewing potions"
"Are you saying that Ghost is better than the Alchemy King?"
"He might be because Alchemy King Gabriell is fifty years old but look at him, he's not even twenty-five. Imagine where he would be in another twenty-five years" Just like Michael planned, the people were stunned by him multitasking and murmured among themselves.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 700 badass points]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 500 badass points]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 900 badass points]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 800 badass points]
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Inside the house, Michael heard the continuous ringing of the system notification. His heart jumped in joy looking at the Badass points increasing.
Eventually, Michael finished telling the Elders what happened with the two Guardians. The Elders and Claire let out a deep breath. Because they were immersed in Michael's story, they failed to notice the money he just made but Jack was more interested in the money than Michael's story.
He slowly walked to Gaya's counter and looked at the pay cubes over her shoulder. At the same, the next customer came to Gaya's counter and placed his order
"Miss, I'd like to order, 2 Revitalizing pills, 2 Arch Energy boosters, and 3 Healing potions"
"81,000 gold"
"What do you think you're doing?" Gaya turned back to see Jack's eyes sparkling at the amount of gold she just took from the pay cube.
"Can I... touch it?" Jack had never seen a pile of gold coins before and in front of him, a huge pile of gold coins lighting the room with their shine.
"No, you can't touch it you little shit, go away" Gaya shushed him away from the stack of gold coins.
Michael noticed this scene but didn't say anything. After being shushed away by Gaya, Jack went to Ricky who was busy taking the pills and potions from Michael's hands and delivering them to the Customers.
"Do you need any help?" Jack asked Ricky
"No, my lord. I'm doing just fine"
"I'm not a lord, I'm just like you, a commoner. I'm Jack Reuban, what is your name?" Jack reached his hand out as Ricky reluctantly shook his hand because lord or not a lord, Jack was a cultivator at the Foundation stage level 4 while he was just at the Arch sensing level 3.
"Ricky, Ricky Mervan"
"So Ricky, how much are you earning working for Brother Ghost?" Ricky was surprised by Jack's sudden blunt question but he sighed inside and answered
"120 gold, Jack"
"Per year?"
"Per month"
"Oh? Wait..what?!" Jack's body shook for a second hearing Ricky. He was barely able to send ten or twenty gold coins once a year to his home but Ricky was earning way more than he ever could. What disturbed him more was Ricky was just a mortal while he was considered a cultivator.
"I wasted my life cultivating, oh god!" Jack mumbled continuously and went to join Elder Miles on the sofa.
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"Alright people, we are closing the shop for today. We'll open again in two days and we will have more varieties of pills and potions. Spread the news, if I see anyone knocking on my door tomorrow, I won't be responsible for killing the one who knocks "
"Oh come on, we didn't get to order anything"
"This is unfair!"
"I need Healing potions to save my grandma"
"If you love your grandma so much, come before anyone else!" Gaya yelled at the person who tried to use his dead grandma to buy pills.
The ones who got to buy pills and potions left the mountains with a wide grin while the people who didn't get the chance walked away with gloomy faces.
After she shut the doors, Gaya started to count the gold coins under the shocked gazes of the Elders and Claire. Jack still tried to touch the pile of gold as Elder Mark swallowed a mouth full of saliva looking at the scene.
[Warning!]
[Warning!]
[Debts of the Base of Operation are increasing!]
"What the?" Michael's smile disappeared hearing the warning beeps inside his mind. He then entered the system to see what's going on and why is the system yelling at him.
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