When dusk fell, Durin drove Seraphine home safely on time, and Daniel's heart finally relaxed a little when he saw his daughter's smiling face, looking joyful.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Durin, he proactively paid Durin 1 silver lun coin.
As Durin walked home from Gryllweir Street, he began to ponder his current situation under the moonlight and the glow of Hextech streetlights.
First, Durin needed a lot of money. If he wanted to survive or avoid being mentally controlled the next time he faced the Demon, then he would need to spend a fortune to buy a large amount of Devil Potion from Vayne and hoard it, then find Seraphine in several installments to assist him with its use.
But there was one point Durin needed to face: even if Vayne sold it to him at cost, a single bottle would still be 15 silver lun coins.
Based on his current assets, he couldn't afford such consumption; at most, he could buy 12 bottles, and that would be the absolute limit.
However, soul forging was a long-term process and couldn't be achieved overnight. 12 bottles of Devil Potion would only temporarily quench Durin's thirst; it wouldn't fundamentally solve the problem.
It would only put him in a more difficult situation, because Durin couldn't spend all his money, whether it was for rent, monthly living expenses, or outstanding tuition fees, etc.
All of these required money.
Therefore, Durin urgently needed a channel that could continuously provide him with money.
This instantly reminded him of something he had been delaying: joining a herb-gathering team and going out of the city to collect herbs.
He still had a potion formula written in Ancient Shurima, and this potion formula was naturally the Composite Recovery Potion, which was also a potion developed by Styraatu.
An ancient potion that circulated during the Ancient Shurima Empire, its efficacy, based on its performance in his dreams, could almost forcibly pull a dying person back from the brink of death.
With such a formidable potion effect, Durin believed that even if he couldn't perfectly replicate it, a lower-quality version would still be stronger than the Emerald Potion developed by Kreslin.
So, before going home, Durin temporarily changed his mind and headed towards Fuer Street, the street where the previous pharmacy was located.
Durin noticed that for some reason, one pharmacy had a crowd of people gathered at its entrance, which made him curious, so he walked up. He listened for a bit and realized that the tone of their conversations didn't sound like they were there to buy medicine.
But what exactly it was, Durin couldn't make out. After all, there were too many people, and the environment was too noisy.
"What's going on here?" Durin asked curiously.
Hearing Durin's words, the already impatient pharmacy clerk immediately furrowed his brows.
He first looked Durin up and down with an extremely impolite gaze, then waved his hand dismissively and said, "Get lost! This is none of your business, don't snoop around."
The other party's disrespectful behavior made Durin frown slightly. He thought, 'It was fine before, but how did I end up being looked down upon even now?'
'You see I'm not wearing a mage robe, and I just came back from the riverside looking dirty, so you think I'm a pauper, right!'
Snob!
Durin first took out an ID with a police badge from his pocket and clipped it to his waist. Then, he took out a small blue rectangular booklet from his pocket, engraved with a gear, and above the gear, the words "Piltover Guard" were inscribed on a white ribbon.
"I am an Enforcer, and I suspect you are involved in a collective disturbance here!" Durin said coldly.
"…"
The voice wasn't loud, but in an instant, the entire scene fell silent. Everyone exchanged glances and quietly made way. The pharmacy clerk, who had previously given him such a disrespectful look, instantly turned deathly pale. He stammered, "Enforcer Sir, I… I… I didn't."
"What exactly happened here?" Durin asked in a deep voice.
"This is a high-level Piltover Guard officer badge, at least at the detective rank. Hiss~ A detective so young, I've never seen one before!" Someone nearby recognized the badge pinned to Durin's waist and immediately whispered to their companion.
And this sentence, neither too loud nor too soft, happened to be heard by the pharmacy clerk, who was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost couldn't stand steadily.
Fortunately, a middle-aged physician with a goatee quickly ran out of the pharmacy, his face wreathed in smiles, and said, "Detective Sir, you don't know, but the medicinal ingredients in the pharmacy are running low, and in two days it's time to go into the mountains to collect herbs. Who knew some kid somehow strained his leg yesterday? Forget about going into the mountains to collect herbs, I think he'd have trouble even getting into bed."
Durin, puzzled, asked, "It's just going out of the city to collect herbs, surely one less person shouldn't be a problem?"
"The problem is that guy was a bodyguard, and a good one at that. And although it's just going out of the city to collect herbs, the destination is still quite a journey, rather remote. But recently, wolf pups have been frequently running out of the mountains, and there are occasionally strange beasts in the mountains. If it weren't for the fact that this herb-gathering expedition was organized by the Capek Family and offered a hefty sum, only a few herbalists would be willing to try. But now, precisely because a skilled bodyguard is missing, these herbalists absolutely refuse to go. What you just saw was us trying to persuade them, and you can guess the result—not a single one agreed."
Upon hearing this, Durin instantly had an idea. He spoke up, "What kind of salary and benefits do you offer if you hire a mage?"
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