Ch.5 Treasures

And so he waited, until the 20 minutes journey was about to end. But "that bastard" was silent like a dead man. He rested his head on his hand as if he was in a deep thought. You’re just a mage apprentice, what could you possibly be thinking about.





Raymond couldn’t wait any longer. He didn’t know how many times his heart has been smashed. 

'This bastard…. Why aren’t you asking your daddy here anything. Can’t you see your daddy waiting patiently. If you didn’t ask your daddy anything before we arrive at the golden rose, then when there is no one looking, I’ll teach you how to respect your daddy. No, I must think of a way to subtly hint to him to ask me.'



“So, young master Merlin, did your teacher tell you the required formulas to study before attempting to form your mana vortex”

Raymond felt satisfied after asking this question. After all that was a high level topic taught at the academy.


Then he waited …….


Raymond looked back and saw Mafa head was still resting on his hand while he was in a deep thought.


'Damn, that’s too much. A mage took the initiative to talk to an apprentice, and you just ignore him. Do you have a death wish or something?'


“Young master Merlin...”

Raymond endured and resisted the urge to curse. And reluctantly raised his voice and shouted.


“Huh, what?” 

Lin Yun came back to his senses.

"Oh, you asked about the formulas one need to learn before forming his mana vortex. Very simple, Northrend formula is used to construct the vortex core, then Kidd’s formula is used to calculate the movement of mana. If you have the chance, then it’d be better to learn Figaro’s formula. It can save a lot of mana when forming the vortex.”


After looking strangely at Raymond he asked:

“Isn’t this a fundamental knowledge, every apprentice should know.”


Raymond didn’t know what to say. What did he mean when he said that this was a fundamental knowledge for apprentices.


'I must think of something to humiliate that bastard.'


Raymond clenched his teeth, but unfortunately before he could say anything, they arrived at the golden rose.



The golden rose was located at The Triumph street, the most prosperous area in thousand sails city. It was the most crowded area in the city, where all the luxurious commodities were found. Goldshire only grew rapidly after Rogge decided to open a shop in this street.


However, the decline of Goldshire affected the golden rose. It became a deserted place, after the top 3 alchemists decided to leave and take the most expensive materials in the shop. Their excuse was that Goldshire withhold their salaries, so they took the materials as a compensation, even though the materials were 10 times more valuable than their salaries.


But it was the Goldshire’s fault for withholding their salaries. The goldshire couldn’t even pay Farion’s debt of 8000 GC, let alone alchemists salaries of tens of thousands of gold coins.


After the workers left and took whatever they could get with them, the golden rose now is just an empty shell. In fact, if the old butler didn’t notice and stopped them in time, then even the cheap magic materials would have been taken as well.


When Lin Yun entered the shop, he couldn’t see anything. The shop that was full of commodities, now was empty, not even flies could be seen. The floor was covered with dust, and the mold smell permeated the air.



“That’s too much”

Raymond couldn’t help but feel pity. But still he held some contempt in his heart. 

'Do you still think this is the same golden rose of the past that would shower you in gold. Don’t kid yourself, the Goldshire had already fallen, and there’s nothing you can do. You’re just a level 9 apprentice.' 





Raymond was waiting for the bastard to despair, so that he could laugh at him.


But after a while, Raymond couldn’t wait any longer, because he felt something was wrong. That bastard didn’t react at all when he entered, he was neither shocked nor despaired, as if he didn’t see anything wrong. He didn’t even shake his head or sigh. He just walked past the empty shelves straight to the back door.



“ Hey...”

Raymond wanted to say something but gave up, because Lin Yun was walking fast and already left Raymond behind.


'Damn, wait until this daddy find the opportunity to teach you a lesson.'


Raymond, cursed in his mind, while clenching his wand and chasing after Lin Yun.



From the back door to the left across the street, tens of meters away was where the warehouse was located.



When Raymond finally caught up, Lin Yun was opening the warehouse with a key. He stood in daze, while looking at the cheap materials in front of him.



“ Hey, you ran so fast ”

 Raymond wanted to complain but stopped when he saw the dazed look on Lin Yun’s face. 

'Is this bastard finally despairing. Look at how cheap this materials are, not even worth 1000 GC, Do you want to use them to pay off your debt. Do you think that your fat uncle is a philanthropist?'


Raymond felt that his hard work paid off finally. But he didn’t know that the person in daze was thinking something different.


Lin Yun was restraining himself from bursting into laughing.


From the memories of Mafa, Lin Yun knew that this era was rich in resources, But Lin Yun didn’t think it’d be to this extent. Look at these riches piled on the ground.





'Just look at those 3 boxes filled with red coral*. In the final era, just a few of them would cause riot in Heather city. And that bag full of moonlight sand, even if I spent a 100 years digging in the desert, I wouldn’t be able to extract this much.' 


(TN:* red coral is a real precious stone  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_coral)



'Wait, what’s this?'

When his eyes moves away form the moonlight sand, a flash of light caught his attention.


'Is this a bar of the legendary magical iron.'

Lin Yun swallowed his saliva, while staring at the shimmer of light in the corner of the warehouse. This dark metal with violent mana fluctuations. If it wasn’t the magical iron, then what was it.


This was the first time, Lin Yun saw this metal. In the final era, this metal didn’t exist. The last piece of the magical iron was mined thousands of years ago. People in this era could only know its description from books. Magical metals are the gifts of earth. They carry a unique mana, that makes them easy to be refined into powerful artifacts. And if you meet a good alchemist, you could even enchant it with advanced spells. Like the defense tower that stood in the center of Heather city. It was the greatest magical artifact in the history of Northrend. It allowed life to continue in a world that should have been destroyed long time ago. Without the tower, the apocalypse would have arrived 10,000 years earlier. The word miracle wasn’t even enough to describe it.



Lin Yun couldn’t help but curse in his mind. This really was time of prosperity and extravagance. The magical iron was thrown at a corner, the red corals were stored in boxes and the moonlight sand was stored in a bag. They were even called cheap materials.


'Too wasteful.'


Lin Yun swallowed his saliva before forcing himself to avert his sight from these enticing treasures. He was like someone that has been starving for a few days and then suddenly saw a table full of delicacies. It was already good enough that he didn’t scream. Even with his willpower, Lin Yun took a while to come back to his senses.


Then Lin Yun started to move the materials. He carried the 3 boxes of the crimson coral reefs, then the bag of moonlight sand and of course a few bars of the magical iron. He carried them all to the laboratory in the golden rose shop.


Raymond stood shocked. 
'What happened to that young master. How did he became abnormal all of a sudden. Is he schizophrenic? Why is he tiring himself carrying these items that’s not even worth 500 GC?'

'These items are the most common items in Northrend. Even if there were boxes full of them, they were extremely cheap. And there is even no alchemist to refine them. Did Mafa Merlin want to refine them on his own? He is really schizophrenic.'


Raymond was at loss what to do. 

'If you’re schizophrenic, why are you dragging me into this mess. My father worked for Merlin’s family for decades and considers this bastard his son. If I let him know that this bastard is schizophrenic, things will go south.'


'This daddy is truly innocent *'

(TN: not sure what does this expression refer to)