Blacksmithing Is Child’s Play for a Dark Mage - Chapter 55

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Chapter 55
It had been a month since Tay started selling Medium Skeleton Soldiers and Undead Control Rings.
Money began flowing in at an extraordinary rate.
Beyond Tennan, other merchants came flocking to purchase the rings and skeleton soldiers.
At first it was just one or two merchants per week, but by the second week they were coming daily, and by the end of the month Rant had to establish a separate sales counter to handle the volume.
And according to rumors.
These merchants were buying the items and reselling them at inflated prices in Harundel.
They purchased Medium Skeleton Soldiers for three hundred gold coins and resold them for five hundred.
Some merchants even went so far as to directly hire Black Mages in Harundel and manufacture Medium Skeleton Soldiers themselves.
Tay showed no reaction upon hearing such news.
He had anticipated as much.
Any Black Mage could produce skeleton soldiers—they were standard creations.
Monopoly was impossible from the start, and the emergence of resellers was a natural progression.
As expected, external sales of Medium Skeleton Soldiers plummeted within weeks.
With more Black Mages manufacturing and selling them directly in Harundel, there was no reason for merchants to travel all the way to Tay’s territory to buy.
But the rings were different.
The rings sold extraordinarily well.
The Skeleton Control Light Obsession Ring could only be made by Tay.
Since he crafted it using the Madness Engineer job ability, no one else could replicate it, and no other item on the market granted ordinary people the ability to control undead.
Complete monopoly.
Moreover, crafting them posed no difficulty for Tay whatsoever.
The Automatic Item Production Machine-Ingol- infused with madness churned them out on its own.
All Tay needed to do was supply the madness.
Five hundred gold coins per ring.
The actual production cost amounted to mere silver coins.
This was true profiteering at its finest.
But one problem emerged.
Bone prices were rising.
As everyone and their brother began manufacturing and selling Medium Skeleton Soldiers, demand for humanoid monster bones skyrocketed.
Orc bones, Noll bones, Hobgoblin bones—every type had surged in price.
Some had nearly doubled compared to a month prior.
Even common animal and livestock bones used as materials had already doubled in price.
They were raw materials for crafting bone swords, bone spears, shovels, and pickaxes that the skeleton soldiers wielded.
Fortunately, Tay operated a large-scale poultry farm, so he wasn’t significantly disadvantaged in securing scrap bones.
By raising and slaughtering chickens in massive numbers, chicken bones came as a steady byproduct, which he could direct toward bone tool production without needing to purchase expensive materials externally.
Of course, imitators had already begun appearing.
Rumors spread that one could earn money through poultry farming in Tay’s territory, and soon people in Harundel and neighboring domains began raising chickens en masse.
Some even employed Growth Acceleration Potions to keep up.
‘Well. People imitating is inevitable. As long as I remain the original, that’s what matters.’
Tay didn’t trouble himself overmuch about it.
Increasing competition meant the market was expanding, and besides, Tay possessed an overwhelming advantage in his monopoly on the rings.
In any case, earning substantial sums was pleasant.
The real problem lay elsewhere.
“I have to haul all this money to the bank again……”
Tay gazed at the boxes filled with gold coins and promissory notes, exhaling a weary sigh.
Goldmanta Bank.
In this world, the banking sector was overwhelmingly dominated by the Goldmanta Bank, operated by Goldmanta the golden dragon.
It maintained branches across the entire continent, handling deposits and withdrawals of gold coins, currency exchange, and the issuance of promissory notes.
There were even check cards!
Since the bank was directly operated by a dragon, its credibility was of the highest caliber, and it remained the safest place to store wealth in this world.
Tay naturally used Goldmanta Bank, and the nearest branch was located in Harundel.
This meant having to travel to Harundel each time he needed to deposit funds—hardly a convenient arrangement.
“I should visit the Goldmanta Bank in Harundel and request the establishment of a branch.”
Having decided this, Tay set out for Harundel a few days later.
* * *
Goldmanta Bank in Harundel.
The building was unmistakably extraordinary.
Its façade was constructed entirely of pure white marble, bearing a golden emblem carved into the stone, and colossal dragon statues stood sentinel on either side of the entrance.
Furthermore.
Powerful magical energy radiated from within.
That made sense. If Goldmanta himself had imbued it with magic, calling it the safest building in the city wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
Tay stepped into the bank and approached a teller.
“I am Tay, lord of the Maker Barony. I’d like to request a meeting with the branch manager.”
“Ah, the Lord of Maker Barony. Please wait a moment.”
The teller disappeared into the back and returned shortly.
“The branch manager will see you now. I’ll show you the way.”
Tay was led to a private reception room and soon found himself seated across from the branch manager.
The manager was a silver-haired man who appeared to be in his fifties, with an air about him that suggested he wasn’t entirely human.
Well, if a dragon ran the bank, it made sense that some employees might not be human.
His name was Karman.
Whether he had a family name was unclear.
“Welcome, Lord of Maker Barony. I am Karman, branch manager of Harundel. How may I assist you?”
“I’ll be direct. I want to establish a branch of Goldmanta Bank in the Maker Barony.”
Karman’s eyes flickered slightly.
“A branch establishment, you say… An intriguing proposal, indeed.”
“Trade volume in my territory is surging, and it will only increase further. Making the trip to Harundel every time for deposits and withdrawals is inefficient. Having a branch within the barony would be convenient for merchants as well.”
“Your reasoning is sound. However, a branch establishment is a matter beyond my authority alone. I will need to report this to headquarters.”
“By headquarters, you mean the main office?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“When can I expect an answer?”
“That would be…”
It was the moment Karman began to speak.
“Please, wait a moment.”
Karman’s voice changed abruptly. It became distant, as if he were entranced.
And from his body, a surge of magical power erupted.
‘What—!?’
Goosebumps rose across Tay’s entire body.
As a Black Mage with the ability to sense magical power, Tay could precisely gauge just how immense the mana flooding this space truly was.
If Grimoire’s magical power could be compared to the deep sea,
then what Tay felt now was the ocean itself.
Endless.
Bottomless.
It was mana of a dimension beyond comparison.
Karman’s eyes closed.
His body went limp, leaning back against the chair. He appeared to have lost consciousness.
And then.
Something materialized above Karman’s head.
A golden eye.
A massive golden eye floating in mid-air slowly opened above Karman’s head.
The eye fixed its gaze upon Tay.
In that instant, Tay’s body turned to ice.
What is this.
Could it be… Goldmanta’s eye!?
Ars whispered urgently from the shadows.
—Contractor! This is…!
Ars’s voice trembled.
This creature was trembling. It was the first time Tay had seen such a reaction from Ars since summoning them.
And the golden eye opened its mouth.
No—it was an eye. Where was the mouth?
Yet a voice unmistakably resonated. A heavy, bass tone that seemed to reverberate directly from within a skull.
“So.”
“You are the one
“who asked for a branch to be opened?”
Goldmanta, the golden dragon.
The entity that dominated this world’s finances.
The dragon who operated the Goldmanta Bank across the entire continent.
He had appeared directly.
* * *
Tay thought to himself.
‘Wait, why did Goldmanta just pop out like that? I genuinely have no idea.’
He’d simply come to request the establishment of a branch—why was this happening?
All growing territories ended up requesting a Goldmanta Bank branch anyway.
He’d heard enough about it during his years as a mercenary.
So why?
“I have taken it upon myself.”
“How curious.”
“You appear.”
The look in those eyes radiated delight.
Tay found that strange too.
Delight? For what reason?
“Indeed.”
“One who stirs the Aura of Gold itself.”
“How intriguing.”
One who stirs the Aura of Gold?
What was that supposed to mean?
“I possess the ability to glimpse the future, though in limited measure.”
“I perceive the direction toward which the Aura of Gold flows.”
“That is all.”
See the direction toward which the Aura of Gold flows?
‘In my past life, I could’ve been a stock market oracle with an ability like that—that’s an incredible skill, isn’t it? Of course. Goldmanta earned the title by doing things at that level!’
Tay marveled at this revelation in the depths of his soul.
He wanted to possess such an ability himself!
Naturally, primary producers always envied those in finance.
Ah, money that multiplies with a single click!
How could one not be jealous?
“Your request for the establishment of a branch,”
“I shall grant.”
“Exert yourself.”
“Generate greater abundance,”
“of the Aura of Gold.”
The eyes vanished with an otherworldly sound.
And the branch manager regained consciousness.
“The establishment permit has been approved, Lord Tay.”
“A relief, that.”
Tay truly felt it was a relief.
And he considered the meaning behind what Goldmanta had just said.
Stir the Aura of Gold? Create the Aura of Gold?
In other words, he was destined to earn vast sums of money!
‘Goldmanta truly lives up to his name. He’s discerned my ability indirectly.’
That was Tay’s conclusion.
The Madness Engineer was a Hunter skill—in his past life, he’d earned enormous wealth through it.
But in that previous world, there had been many other extraordinary ability users besides him, so his impact hadn’t been enough to shake the entire world.
But here?
He could grow to a level that might shake the world itself.
Wasn’t the regional landscape already shifting dramatically from the production and sale of Medium Skeleton Soldiers and Skeleton Control Light Obsession Rings alone?
The Black Mage is Too Easy of a Blacksmith
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