I Am Worshiped By the Gods Through Investment - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Plot

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“This is too much! My monthly salary is only 1,000 gold coins, and he cheated me of half of it!” Mr. Royce said indignantly, “What else did he tell me? His good friend personally went to the Dark Forest to draw it. Big liar!”

Thinking of the hundreds of gold coins that flew away, Mr. Royce felt his heart ache. Most of the time, the income of a mage apprentice was only a meager monthly salary. He could not bear to eat or use it.

This was the first time he had come to the Dark Forest and he wanted to help everyone. Who’d know that it would have the opposite effect?

“Right, too hateful!” Carl said indignantly. They were all mage apprentices and knew what a few hundred gold coins meant. The income of mage apprentices was meager, and they still had to use it to buy necessary alchemy materials and other things. Most people had a hard time making ends meet.

For some magic apprentices, a few hundred gold coins were enough for two to three months of living expenses. Now that such a large sum of money had been cheated, no one could accept it.

Michael could easily obtain a lot of gold coins with his treasury space. He was just about to tell them that if they didn’t have enough money, they could ask him for it. After all, the gold coins sent out from the treasury space were considered investments, and they would generally receive a similar amount of gold coins in return. Sometimes, if he was lucky, he could even obtain more valuable alchemy materials.

Before Michael could say anything, a glass bottle suddenly flew over. Michael dodged to the side, and the potion that was aimed at Michael’s chest shattered at his feet. The black potion flowed out from inside, and some of it soaked into Michael’s pants.

The change happened too quickly. They were in a safe environment just now, so they didn’t react for a moment. They actually saw the potion flow towards Mr. Royce and Carl as if it had a life of its own.

“Avoid it. I don’t know if this thing is good or not.” Michael activated his memories but did not have any memories of such a thing. He could only turn to the magical beast beside him for help.

Who knew that just as the magical beast saw the potion, the bat, who had always been not serious, suddenly became serious, and its voice also trembled. “This is a potion to attract magical beasts.”

Attract magical beasts? Michael instinctively felt that this was not something good, so he motioned for the magical beast to continue.

“To put it simply, this potion can infuriate magical beasts, causing them to lose their minds and attack the marked mages in a frenzy.

“Once this potion touches someone, it will leave a mark on them. There’s no way to wash it off, and most importantly, this potion is only used by black mages. If the academy finds out that you have a relationship with this potion, they will think you have a connection with them.”

Little Bat did not continue. But Michael knew that once he was thought to be related to the black mages, he would be public enemy number one. The mages would definitely put out bounties everywhere and would not stop until the traitor was killed.

Mr. Royce and Carl were anxious and didn’t know what to do.

Michael’s gaze turned cold. Once he was touched by something like this, it would be very difficult for him to escape. Who was using such a vicious method to deal with him?

“Hahahaha. Aren’t you very powerful?” Miller walked out from the side, laughing loudly. His two underlings followed behind him gloomily.

“Let’s see how you can still be arrogant now!” Miller laughed like a madman for a while before he suddenly stopped. His face turned vicious. “I told you to go against me. Aren’t you very powerful? I’d like to see if you can defeat a magical beast!”

“Very good.” Michael’s tone was calm, and every word carried a chill. He stared coldly at Miller and the others. “Trash like you, it’s better for you to die.”

“You’re just stubborn.” Miller was a little flustered by those cold eyes. This time, he was already trembling a little. However, when he thought about how the other party was about to attack the magical beasts, he forced himself to say, “We won’t see how you die. Don’t worry. On account of being classmates, we will help you collect your corpse.” He turned around and called out to his underlings, “Let’s go.”

“When the time comes, we will tell the academy that you have encountered an accident in the Black Forest,” the one-eyed man said, “No one will suspect anything.”

“F*ck, how can there be someone like you!” Mr. Royce couldn’t help but curse on the spot. “If we’re gone, don’t even think about leaving.” He took talismans from his body and threw them at Miller and the others as if they were free.

Talismans with various effects flew over and entangled Miller’s group, making it impossible for them to escape. One-Eyed Dragon took out his staff and struck the charm.

Michael took out his wand and released his magic power, attacking Miller. Miller was forced to use magic to defend himself. Two different types of magic collided in the air, creating a small whirlwind that swept up the surrounding rocks and objects.

“I think people like you should just die.” Michael began to chant an offensive spell, and one by one, magic balls containing immense magic power flew towards his opponent. Before the attack could reach them, the magic waves it brought had already left deep bloody wounds on Miller and the others.

Miller and his lackeys wanted to escape, but they were bound to the ground by Karl’s spirit plant vines. They could only watch as Michael’s attack got closer and closer to them.

Roar! Suddenly, there was the roar of a magical beast. Carl was stunned for a moment, and the vines loosened. Miller took the opportunity to chant a teleportation spell and instantly fled without a trace.

However, his underlings were not so lucky. The overwhelming attacks hit them. When the dust settled, the magic ball directly smashed one of the underlings into meat paste. The one-eyed man was a little further away from Michael. He was smashed into the ground vertically, but he was still standing. The magic wave slashed him all the way down from the top of his head. The organs in his abdominal cavity had lost their protection and restraint. They flowed out of the wound and piled up at his feet.

He was not completely dead yet. He struggled to say something, but his vocal cords were broken, and seriously injured. A large mouthful of blood gushed out as soon as he opened his mouth. In the end, he died without saying anything.

Michael was not in the mood to care about what he said. The roars of the magical beasts were getting closer and closer. He had to quickly find a place to hide. However, there was clearly no place to hide nearby.

Michael had no choice but to hurriedly lead his teammates to the cave marked on the map, hoping to find a place to hide.