Dragon Order of Flame

Volume 2

Chapter 6 Part 2

It was common sense that monsters were hostile towards humans, but this wasn't the case for everyone. Amongst humans, there were people who suffered from other humans which was no different from monsters.

Thieves were such existences. When one suffers from either a human or a monster, in the end, isn't it all the same?

Therefore, there are times when malicious organizations are created. Such as the Balan bandits; Humans and Orcs formed an alliance to loot, kidnap, traffic humans, etc.

Volkar asked.

"That is because it won't take up too much of my time and it pays pretty well. I didn't join just because they said they were going to give special treatment to gangchesul practitioners."

Luke responded back as if he was confused.

It's been half a month since Luke had fought with the Count and left on his journey.

After the fight with the Count, he had healed himself overnight at a nearby temple, then continued to polish his physical body and gangchesul.

At first, Luke was thinking of purchasing a horse with the money that was given by the Count's wife, but changed his mind immediately after. He figured it would be better training to utilize his wind step technique and just walk during the journey. Currently, when Luke utilized the wind step technique, he was faster than the average person by 30 minutes, even if they were to run with all their worth. In that manner, he walked several miles every day and quickly got further away from the Astal territory.

And, after passing Hog Viscount's territory (which neighbored Count Astal's territory), Luke arrived at Nadal Viscount's territory. The moment he arrived, he heard about the evil Batlan bandits being in the vicinity, and that two towns had already been plundered by them. Viscount Nadal was in a rush to gather people together for a subjugation quest, and because he was lacking military strength, he was recruiting mercenaries to join. Especially towards mages and gangchesul practitioners, Viscount Nadal promised great rewards, and that was how Luke had ended up joining in the cause at its final stages.

"I thought you said I needed money in order to learn magic? If I don't do something like this, how do you expect to make money? Should I settle down somewhere and start up a business?"

Luke felt irritated.

He had information regarding the future, and it seemed like he would easily be able to make money. But, this was not the case. Luke had not been interested in worldly events, so he did not know of any way to earn money quickly and easily. Not only that, but he's also never run a business before, so he wasn't sure if it was even possible to make money through it.

This led to him doing what he did best, and that was to fight. Although he was able to receive 30,0000 reb from the Count's wife, it wasn't that much money. Of course, if this money was given to a normal family, they would be able to live without working for 2-3 years, but Luke was different. He had to buy many expensive ingredients in order to perfect his gangchesul, and even more expensive ingredients to help him learn magic.

With slight hesitation, Volkar asked.

"Of course, it's hard. You've traveled the world before, so you should have some experience in it, right?"

"There's no way. When one thinks of a dragon's nest, aren't there usually mountains of gold and treasures stored in it?"

"Then how have you never had issues with not having money? Did another dragon help solve those issues for you?"

"What?"

With such an incomprehensible answer, Luke's eyes grew wide. Volkar began to explain.

Luke was at a loss of words. Making gold and jewels? Amongst the mage professions, Luke had heard that alchemists always dreamt of changing lead to gold, but he had never heard of any of them being successful. Yet, this had happened in reality?

"Hey, how do you make gold and jewels? Did you scam people by making fake items?"

"They can't. Much less creating money, they drink money like water. As far as I know, magic is a money eating beast."

Through telepathy, Luke could feel that Volkar was feeling awkward. He was totally feeling like 'why can't they do something so easy'?, so Luke was dumfounded. If human mages could really do such a thing, one country; no, a whole continent could fall into their hands.

Luke asked gently.

"If I'm able to learn magic from you, would I be able to make gold and jewels as well?"

"Ah, o, of course I'm not interested in magic solely because of the gold and jewels. I just figured that it would be best to have a lot of money if I were to fight against you in the future. To say it plainly, they're campaign funds. Honestly."