I Will Buy Divine Power With Money! - Chapter 39

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The letter Jun sent after starting potion sales arrived directly to Rute.

Rute smiled with satisfaction at the sales report that was organized flawlessly without a single flaw.

“He’s found his footing well.”

Just ten days after starting sales, all five hundred prototype bottles had sold out completely.

It was natural that they received an enthusiastic welcome since they were much cheaper than Sea God-branded potions while being more effective than similarly priced alchemy potions.

Moreover, the timing was perfect.

Recently, alchemy potion prices had been rising frequently, causing much accumulated dissatisfaction among people.

Thanks to targeting this gap well, word of mouth would spread quickly too.

“Our Holy Maiden will be happily running the potion factory.”

He could picture Ordel’s face as she would scream with joy upon receiving the sales report Jun sent.

‘But I’m curious. Where does she spend all that money she’s collecting?’

The money she had poured into the Grand Temple alone was already several thousand gold.

Yet Ordel didn’t indulge in luxury with that money.

Usually people would start by decorating the reception room that visitors frequent most, but it remained unchanged, and her attire remained the same plain Holy Maiden robes as the reception room.

There was no law saying Holy Maidens must only wear Holy Maiden robes. She never wore fancy dresses, let alone common rings or earrings.

The Sea God’s Holy Maiden who enjoyed fancy attire briefly came to mind, but Rute quickly shook his head back and forth.

There was no need to recall useless things.

‘It doesn’t seem like she’s planning to invest everything in the Grand Temple’s reconstruction.’

If that were the case, she would have boldly taken the money, but hadn’t she taken it without the High Priest knowing?

If she had no interest in luxury and wasn’t using it for reconstruction, where exactly was she planning to spend all that money? He suddenly became very curious.

And for good reason – it was ‘that’ Ordel, after all.

The probability of her doing something very interesting was high.

“Another reason to keep visiting the Holy Maiden has appeared.”

Rute smiled pleasantly while recalling Ordel, who had subtly worried about him even while getting angry.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t a situation where he could go see her right away.

“I wonder how they’ll react.”

Rute looked at the sales report Jun had sent again.

Since it had gained popularity so instantly that reservation inquiries came in as soon as it sold out, the alchemists would surely learn of this fact quickly too.

How exactly would they react to the situation where the market had become divided?

He didn’t know for sure, but a huge uproar would certainly ensue.

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Rute’s prediction was spot on.

The alchemists who were about to have their business stolen in an instant were jumping mad.

“What the hell, damn it! Why is the Sun God appearing here!”

Louis Martin, representative of the alchemy potion shop.

He was greatly enraged upon receiving news that the Sun God’s Main Temple had entered the potion business.

He was even more angry because they targeted commoners like themselves, rather than nobles.

“To think these bastards were still around!”

Unable to contain his rising fury, he slammed his desk with a bang!

The Sun God, whose name had now almost disappeared.

He was one of the people who still remembered that god.

How could he not know about the place that once held and shook the entire continent with very effective potions? Especially since they were the ones who had filled their vacant position.

To be precise, the Sea God had claimed it first, and they had squeezed into the remaining spot.

“I was relieved thinking they had all obviously failed… Damn it!”

How many years had it been since the Sun God’s name began to gradually fade from people’s memories?

It was just recently that he had felt relieved, thinking they had obviously failed since no news came from anywhere, and that those bastards would absolutely never steal our business.

But who would have thought they’d reappear now!

“And what, Lumen Trading Guild? Why is Lumen Trading Guild appearing here!”

Yes, this was the biggest problem!

Lumen Trading Guild.

What kind of place was that?

Wasn’t it one of the Empire’s three major trading guilds directly operated by Duke Sheary, whom even the Imperial Palace couldn’t treat carelessly!

If it had been an ordinary trading guild, Sun God-branded potions would have been swept away without being properly known, let alone sold.

Because there were hardly any people who remembered the name of the Sun God, which had become virtually powerless even among the three main gods.

Moreover, they would have interfered too.

But what? Lumen Trading Guild? Lumen is getting involved in this game?

This is just ecosystem disruption!

“Ha, I thought it was fortunate that the Sea God side had no interest in the commoners’ potion business…”

Just when they had achieved complete monopoly and were about to gradually raise prices, this damn thing happened…!

“…No, wait. The Sea God side can’t be happy about this either, right?”

Sun God-branded potions were currently targeting commoners first.

But they wouldn’t stay that way forever.

Those with stronger healing power than the Sea God couldn’t possibly be satisfied there.

Someday they would surely try to penetrate not only the nobles but even the Imperial Palace.

With Duke Sheary’s trading guild together, it wasn’t an impossible task.

Would the Temple of the Sea God really leave that alone?

And one more thing.

The Temple of the Sea God was greedy.

Whether this was the Sea God’s nature or not, he didn’t know, but anyway, the Grand Temple that served him consisted of people who were only satisfied when they were absolutely the best.

Would such people really wish for the Sun God’s comeback?

At least the current Holy Maiden and Holy Figures of the Temple of the Sea God would never wish for it.

“Right, I don’t need to step forward. Just pit the two Grand Temples against each other.”

They couldn’t fight against Lumen, which had Sheary backing it.

But the Temple of the Sea God was different.

Even if they weren’t superior to Sheary, they wouldn’t be pushed around recklessly!

With what he thought was a perfect plan, Louis Martin immediately wrote a letter with an excited face.

The recipients were the Holy Maiden and Holy Figures of the Temple of the Sea God.

The two people who could barely be seen only by bringing gold also didn’t accept just any letters.

But he was the representative of the alchemy potion business, no less.

If he said he was sending a letter about the potion business, they would surely read it at least once.

And his prediction was correct.

Temple of the Sea God.

The letter was accurately delivered to the Holy Maiden who was leisurely resting in a bedroom full of splendid and beautiful decorations.

“Louis Martin sent a letter regarding the potion business?”

Every time the woman sitting on the plush and luxurious sofa spoke, her sky-blue hair resembling water currents swayed.

Every time her long eyelashes fluttered, jewel-like bright blue eyes sparkled between her coolly extended eye shape.

A beauty who exuded an intimidating atmosphere that made observers naturally shrink back just by sitting still.

She was Carmen Aria, the Holy Maiden of the Temple of the Sea God, which currently held the highest status on the continent.

“The potion business is your responsibility, so why should I directly discuss business with an alchemist? Do I have to pay attention to every little thing like this?”

Carmen distorted her beautiful face while looking at the business-responsible priest who brought the letter.

Under her sharp momentum, the High Priest who was overseeing the Temple of the Sea God’s potion business hurriedly bowed.

“I checked the contents first, but no matter how I look at it, this seems like something the Holy Maiden should also know about, so I came to see you like this.”

When the priest answered while sweating profusely, Carmen’s fierce momentum softened slightly.

“…You better be right.”

The fact that he brought the letter despite knowing her temperament well as a High Priest meant there was really important content written here.

Carmen didn’t ask further and immediately read the letter.

“…What is this?”

And not long after, her hands began trembling. Her blue eyes swayed roughly.

To summarize the long content of the letter into one thing.

“Sun God, Daesinjeon? Those Sun God bastards are starting a potion business?”

It sounded absolutely insane.

“Those bastards… they’re still alive and clinging on without going under…?”

Carmen unconsciously shot up from her seat.

The maids who had been tending to her hair hurriedly withdrew their hands and stepped back.

“And what the hell is this?”

Carmen’s blue eyes scanned the letter again.

There was another piece of news just as shocking as learning those Sun God bastards were still alive like leeches.

“Why is the Lumen Trading Guild helping those Sun God bastards!”

Unable to contain her rising fury, Carmen finally threw down the letter.

“When the hell did Duke Sieri get connected with those Sun God bastards!”

Lute Sieri.

That arrogant man who she had welcomed, even bestowing her blessing directly thinking he wanted to become a believer, only for him to snort and turn away!

The news that the very man she so desperately coveted had joined hands with none other than those Sun God bastards made her blood boil completely.

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