Even though he was distracted by the news he obtained from Kraft Viton, Michael began to use Extraction on the piles of Summoning Scrolls filling his room.
Kraft Viton was already back in the library, leaving Michael alone with his thoughts and the Summoning Scrolls.
Michael used Enhancement on Extraction to accelerate the extraction process a little bit. Following that, Michael began a 'fun' night focused on Extracting as many Summoning Scroll Fragments out of 684,650 Summoning Scrolls as he could.
The next morning, Michael was exhausted but satisfied with the result of his work.
684,650 Ordinary Summoning Scrolls turned into a total of 1,026,975 Summoning Scroll Fragments, an average of exactly 1.5 Fragments per Summoning Scroll.
This reaffirmed Michael's theory that purchased Scrolls gave him less Summoning Scroll Fragments when extracted than the Summoning Scrolls of self-hunted monsters.
'Maybe it also depends how long the Scrolls have been stored away. Some Scrolls crumbled without rewarding me with even a single Fragment, whereas other Summoning Scrolls provided three Fragments when I extracted them.' Michael thought.
Of course, that was just a theory he came up with. It was not something he could say for sure, not without any further experiments. But that could wait for now. The most important fact was that he had more than one million Summoning Scroll Fragments in his possession.
Michael hesitated for a moment. One million Fragments meant that he could create another Legendary Summoning Scroll. But if he created a Legendary Summoning Scroll, he could only fuse two Mythic Summoning Scrolls. That was far from enough to pay the healer.
'The healer won't wait, and it's not like I'm in a rush. I can collect more Summoning Scrolls and Fragments to create a Legendary Summoning Scroll later.' He concluded, certain that Frederik's well-being was several times more important than fusing a second Legendary Scroll right now. The latter could be postponed for a few months without causing any harm. The former would result in Frederik's death in the worst-case scenario.
After he took everything into consideration, Michael created a total of 102 Mythic Summoning Scrolls. That was twice as much as he had to pay.
"102 Mythic Summoning Scrolls for nearly two billion dollars. Is that worth it? Maybe it's not, but I doubt many people can procure Mythic Scrolls as easily as I can. As for Legendary Scrolls, paying two billion for them would be a steal deal," Michael concluded, storing the Scrolls in his War Rune's storage before he left his room.
Michael headed to the library where he found Kraft Viton, who was surprised to see the young Awakened again so soon.
"Good morning, Mr. Viton. I forgot to ask a small favor yesterday," Michael scratched the back of his head, hoping that Kraft Viton would help him.
"Of course. How can I help you?"
"Well, I have these…and they need to be transported to the Saphirelake Military Academy. It's a payment for a healer from the Holy Sun Guild," Michael said, retrieving a total of 50 Mythic Scrolls from his War Rune.
Kraft Viton's eyes widened a little seeing that many Mythic Scrolls emerge in front of him. He had seen Descendants trade with Mythic Scrolls, the number sometimes being more than Michael had retrieved in one go. But Michael was in need of more subjects. Why would he give up on Summoning dozens of 2-Star Summons with a high chance of summoning several 3-Star Summons, and even the probability of obtaining a 4-Star Summon?
The old man felt like asking Michael if he was in trouble, but the clear shimmer in Michael's eyes was enough to tell that this was not the case.
"I don't know if you heard about it, but the Kolbenheim family is going through a tough time. Frederik, a friend of mine, was afflicted with a Minor Curse and various wounds. I didn't want him to die, and his father is…currently not in a situation that allows him to hire an experienced enough healer to take care of Frederik's wounds and the Minor Curse. So…I just hired a healer from the Holy Sun Guild. That's the payment the healer demanded because Frederik's situation seems to be worse than expected," Michael explained calmly after he saw Kraft Viton's expression.
It was obvious what the old man thought, but Michael made his decision already.
"You hired a healer from a guild? They're arrogant and think too highly of themselves. It makes sense that you have to pay this much if it's true what you said about your friend," Kraft Viton said, a warm smile forming on his lips, "You know that you are a really good friend, right? Not many would do the same, you know?"
Michael could only shrug his shoulders. He didn't expect the sudden compliments and had no idea how to respond.
"I am just trying to help him out a little. Frederik will have it hard enough without physical injuries and the Minor Curse. I didn't want to find out what would occur to him if the wounds of his battle torment him alongside everything else he'll have to carry on his shoulders in the future."
"Alright. I will send the Mythic Scrolls to the headquarters at once. Don't fret. The Scrolls can be collected by that healer of yours at once. Just message this greedy bastard, and everything will be fine." Kraft Viton said right before manifesting a Runic Gate next to him. He collected the Mythic Scrolls with a wave of his hands and disappeared in the Runic Gate.
Michael sighed heavily and opened Starnet Messenger to click on his chat with Alice.
[Michael Fang: The healer can pick up her Mythic Scrolls at the Bartholomew Shop in the academy.]
[Alice Zenovia(fierce beauty): That was much faster than I expected you to collect 20 Mythic Scrolls. Don't strain yourself too much to collect the rest. You should value your health a bit more!]
Michael chuckled upon reading Alice's message.
[Michael Fang: I already got everything. All 50 Mythic Scrolls. Hehe.]
After he finished the message and sent it over, Michael thought about something. He looked at his chat with Alice and pressed his lips together before he continued to type.
[Michael Fang: In fact, I got 52 Mythic Scrolls. Do you want to purchase two of them? Or better even, trade the Mythic Scrolls with Ordinary Summoning Scrolls? I want to increase the population of my territory to increase my Soul Power. I also got an Instructor and the Warrior Enlightenment Potion to promote my Starless Summons quickly. If you want the Mythic Scrolls, I would appreciate it if you could trade them with Ordinary Scrolls!]
'If I can start trading Scrolls with Alice, I should be able to mass-produce Mythic Scrolls and maybe produce a few more Legendary Scrolls within one year. As long as she provides enough Ordinary Scrolls for me to remove and turn into more Mythic Scrolls via Extraction and the fusion of Fragments, I should be able to create a small infinite cycle to make more money and summon more powerful Summons.'
As long as one Mythic Scroll was worth 10,000 Ordinary Scrolls, Michael should make a profit with an average extraction rate of 1.5 Fragments for every Ordinary Scroll he obtains. 10,000 Scrolls were currently worth 35,000,000$. For some Lords that may exceed the price they could afford to purchase a Mythic Summoning Scroll, but that was not the case for someone at Alice's level.
Someone at Alice's level would probably pay a lot more if she could get hold of someone who sold a certain number of Mythic Scrolls every month.
[Alice Zenovia(fierce beauty): Wait, wait, wait. So you not only procured the 50 Mythic Scrolls for this bitch of a healer, but you got two more? Did you jump into a hive of Superior Tier-2 Death Curse Bees, or what?!?]
[Alice Zenovia(fierce beauty): And why do you want to sell Mythic Scrolls to me? I mean, I understand what you're trying to do, but you will only harm yourself if you hurry anything. Are you sure that you want to trade your last two remaining Mythic Scrolls with me? Of course, I will offer a good price…but…]
Alice didn't write anything else. She just trailed off, letting Michael wonder what she wanted to imply. While that confused Michael a little bit, he could only smile.
His smile died down when he recalled that he lied to Alice. He didn't really want to bait them with the Summoning Scrolls. All Michael wanted to do was to obtain more Scrolls to extract and form more Mythic Scrolls which he could trade again for more Summoning Scrolls.
Unfortunately, telling her that was rather stupid since it would reveal bits of his power; a power everyone would want to lay their hands on. But Michael couldn't get himself to lie to her with a straight face. Therefore, he added a small message.
[Michael Fang: I want to trade my Mythic Scrolls with you. Just know that I won't hurry anything. I have a plan. I won't use your Scrolls to summon thousands of Starless Summons mindlessly without thorough preparations.]
[Alice Zenovia(fierce beauty): Alright. I will send you an offer later and you can think about it. For now, you should focus on the Battle Exchange. I heard that you haven't challenged anyone yet. Isn't it about time that you got moving? Practical experience gained by challenging the Token Holders will help you a lot more than merely observing them. You are not fighting a life-and-death battle against them. Nobody will die. So don't worry and get some practical experience against strong Token Holders to learn as much as possible. Then get your own Token. That's my order as your teacher!]
"Calm down. I have a plan, 'teacher'," Michael mumbled, closing the chat with a smile.
Now that the Kitsun Lord was overpowered and the Battle Exchange was slowly moving toward the end, it was about time to do one thing; Train.
There were still a bunch of days left before he had to fight someone, and Michael was not really in the mood to rush.
If anything, he was quite happy with how things were right now. It was enjoyable and opened up quite a lot of possibilities.
That made him happy.
