Hero or Villain, Both

Chapter 326: Stealing their business


"How is it going? How much have they produced?"

Faust turned to look at me when I came in asking this.

Then he just turned back as if he didn't care about me and pointed at the jars that were on the side.

Seeing this, I ignored him too and walked over to look at the jars on the table.

I picked a few of these jars up and looked closely at the liquid that was inside of them.

Feeling the mana fluctuations that came from the jars, a faint smile appeared on my face before I said, "It seems like you've been able to produce quite a bit."

"Well, they are professionals. They know what they're doing." Faust didn't look up as he said this, but I didn't need him to.

Instead, I turned to look at the Advanced Perfumers that were in the corner working on something.

These were only a few of the Advanced Perfumers that we had turned into puppets that other day. The rest of them had been released and had been sent back to their different branches.

There were even a few that had been sent back to the Perfumer headquarters.

They would be our spies and they would report back on what happened in the ruins that they were supposed to explore. They were to keep the Chalice of Bounty a secret from the Perfumers.

However…whether the higher ups would believe them or not was still to be seen.

Even if they didn't believe them, it wasn't as if we would suffer since we were sending these Advanced Perfumers as puppets. It wasn't as if they could eliminate everyone that had gone since this was the majority of their Advanced Perfumers and their young talents.

So it didn't matter if they took care of a few as a show.

We still had plenty of spies in the Perfumers.

At the same time, we kept some here because we had obtained the Chalice of Bounty and were using it in the same way that the Perfumers had.

The Perfumers made perfumes that didn't have mana since they weren't skilled in controlling mana in the first place. These perfumes were made of special plants and minerals, sometimes these things would also contain mana because of the special plants and minerals.

But it was different when we had the Chalice of Bounty.

The Chalice of Bounty was a close to infinite source of mana, it would just need to recharge from time to time. But the amount that it released normally was more than enough to use to create special perfumes that were infused with mana.

Since they were infused with mana, it was only natural that they would be much stronger than normal perfumes.

This was the business that the Perfumers had gotten into after they had obtained the Chalice of Bounty.

Though in terms of power, they naturally kept the strongest perfumes for themselves. The ones that they had sold were the ones that were considered a bit subpar for the batch.

However, that didn't mean that they were bad perfumes in the first place.

They were infused with mana, so the effects were still better than the normal perfumes that the Perfumer produced.

There were plenty of people that would buy this kind of potion since it was from the Perfumers.

Whether it was to use as actual perfume or to use as something else.

Though in most cases, it would be to use as something else.

But it wasn't as if we could produce that perfume on our own, which was why we kept a few of these Advanced Perfumers here.

Advanced Perfumers had far more freedom than normal perfumers, so they were able to stay without a problem.

Since the Perfumers had already come up with such a good business in the game, there was no reason not to steal their business.

We had already stolen the Chalice of Bounty from them, so there was no reason to take this as well.

The only problem was how to distribute them.

Even if we wanted to distribute them through Rothchild's network, it wasn't that simple.

After all, it wasn't as if the Perfumers were locked to the wilderness.

With their influence, it was only natural that their products would be spread out all over the continent and would reach different places. These were all places that Rothchild's network traded with as well, so it wasn't as if he could take out these products without the Perfumers knowing about it.

Once the Perfumers knew about it, there was no telling what they would do.

So for now, the only thing that could be done was to create enough products for us to sell in the future.

But seeing all of the perfumes that they made, I couldn't help asking, "What even are these things for? There are no labels on these at all."

"Well, there's no telling whether we'll be discovered in the future. It's best if we don't leave any traces on these at all." Faust replied without any hesitation.

Though he said this, I still couldn't help looking at the bottles with a curious look.

There were liquids of all different colours inside of this thing, so it was quite enticing to look at.

It really made one want to find out what was inside.

"Go on, test that one you're holding."

I looked at Faust with a surprised look when I heard this, but I did take it before he could regret this decision.

The problem was that this was a special perfume.

It was one that had a special effect.

I fell right to the ground and just remained lying there after sniffing this perfume.

Even if I wanted to move, I wasn't able to move at all.

"Not bad, it seems like it works."

Hearing this, there was a bitter look that appeared in my eyes.

I couldn't even reveal a bitter smile since my lips were frozen because of the perfume.

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