A Dragonslayer’s Peerless Regression – 382



Episode 382

Melissa’s eyes widened at Zeke’s words.

“The New Alchemist’s Association?”

“Yes the current federation has maintained a monopoly for too long. Stagnant water tends to rot. Because of this many people who need medicine are suffering too much.”

In his previous life Zeke remembered that the Alchemist’s Guild was unable to properly make a cure for the disease and had disparaged the cure the twins had made.

The twins later revealed the whole process saying that they had initially offered to sell the cure to the twins themselves.

Al and Jeff also agreed but later found out that the Federation was trying to sell the cure at a high price and make a huge profit so they revealed the method of making the cure to the entire continent.

Zeke’s judgment was that the Alchemist’s Guild was already rotten from top to bottom to the point where they were toying with the lives of desperate people and that it would be impossible to fix it.

That’s why Zeke planned to create a new alchemist’s association to break the monopoly and eradicate unfair profits.

Princess Melissa made a complicated expression at Zeke’s words then she carefully opened her mouth.

“I fully understand Sir Zeke’s intentions. However… we need alchemists to create an alchemist association. All alchemists on the continent cannot escape the influence of the association so I don’t know if it would be possible to create another group outside of them.”

Zeke nodded after hearing Princess Melissa’s words.

“Of course. If we only look at the situation in the Central Continent.”

“Huh? What do you mean? Are there any other alchemists outside of the Central Continent?”

Zeke took out the potions and medicine he had prepared in advance and handed them to Princess Melissa.

“Please take a look.”

Princess Melissa was surprised and said after personally checking the potions and medicines that Zeke had given her.

“This is… clearly different from the one sold by the association. The scent and texture seem better. How is the performance?”

Zeke nodded.

“It is not inferior to what the Association sells now. This time I discovered a new city of Nagas on the Southern Continent. There are many Naga alchemists there who are more skilled than the Alchemist Association. What I brought is only a part of what they have made. There are many things that are cheaper and more effective than what the Association sells.”

Melissa’s eyes widened at Zeke’s words.

“There are more potions and medicines like this? And they’re even cheaper?”

“Yes what if we created a new alchemist association and sold our new medicines and potions and medicines brought in from Naga City?”

There was no need to say anything.

The potion and medicine market which had maintained a monopoly is sure to soon collapse.

The reason the Alchemist’s Guild is able to maintain its current power is because of the financial power it generates through the profits it makes.

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However if their funds gradually decrease due to being pushed out of the market competition it is clear that their influence will also decrease.

Melissa looked at the potion and spoke to Zeke.

“If I could sell this then it would be as Sir Zeke said. But in reality it would be impossible to sell it without the approval of the Federation right? Even if I try my best Alencia would be difficult to sell in other countries.”

Zig nodded at those words and said.

“I have also thought about that part. I would give the license certification authority itself to the association.”

Melissa looked as if she had difficulty understanding what Zeke said.

“Yes? Is that possible?”

“The place that granted them the right to license was the Holy Kingdom of Badoka.”

“ah!”

Zick changed his mind and came up with the idea of ​​granting the license itself to the new association.

Melissa’s eyes sparkled brightly unlike before.

“Then it would be a different story.”

It was a plan worth pursuing provided they had the license and distribution network of Linehart’s products to provide and the alchemists to back them up.

Zeke nodded as Princess Melissa responded.

“Okay. Then let’s talk to the union in the afternoon.”

* * *

The Alchemist’s Guild was in a state of emergency.

Conrad Mason the president of the Guild of Alchemists was racking his brains with other Guild officials in the conference room atop the Red Tower the headquarters of the Guild of Alchemists.

“So what you’re saying is that one of the major shareholders of Payne Pharmaceuticals is Zeke Draker.”

He was gnashing his teeth.

I was doing everything I could to block Paynon Pharmaceuticals’ new drug but it turned out that their major shareholder was none other than Zeke Draker the most famous knight on the continent.

As he spoke angrily the vice president standing next to him looked at the president and said.

“That is true but I found out that it is only Zeke Draker’s personal stake and has nothing to do with the Draker family.”

Then Kunrad slammed the table.

“Say that now! Don’t you know that Zeke Draker is the guardian knight and black knight of the Draker family? How dare that direct line of the damned Drakers get away with it!”

It was none other than Kunrad who blocked the approval of Paynon Pharmaceuticals this time.

However when the situation worsened he took out his anger on other executives and started yelling at them.

Then another alchemist spoke up.

“Chairman now is not the time to just be angry. We need to come up with a plan for what to do next.”

At those words Kunrad shut his mouth tightly and frowned.

Then he looked at the executives with a sharp gaze and said.

“You guys know that if that new drug comes out our livelihoods will be cut off.”

The other executives gulped at the chairman’s words.

Alchemy was a very expensive profession.

Magicians are also considered to be professions that require a lot of money for research and the cost of becoming an alchemist was even higher than that of becoming a magician.

First of all obtaining the necessary equipment and materials was a huge challenge.

That’s why alchemists have always been sensitive to money.

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Then a hundred years ago Jabir ibn Hassan popularized recovery potions by revealing a patent for refining troll blood to make potions and from then on the situation for alchemists changed.

They realized that potions and medicines were profitable so they started making and selling things that would make money rather than researching to find the truth.

At first they started selling it at a reasonable price but as time passed the price started to go up and now they are even adjusting the production volume to raise the price.

After receiving the license from the Holy Kingdom of Badoka they even strengthened the monopoly system to prevent the sale of unauthorized potions.

Because of this the lowest level potions were fine but intermediate level potions and above could not be sold without the union’s approval.

The more expensive the potions and medicines were the more expensive they were so the higher the alchemists’ salaries became and the more they could be sold for.

In the past they had to continue their legacy miserably branded as counterfeit magicians who only cost money and had low efficiency but now it’s different.

There has been such a huge change in profitability that alchemy has become one of the professions with the largest personal wealth.

The Alchemist’s Guild contributed greatly to making this happen.

As the hundred years passed the original purpose of the association to protect the rights of alchemists disappeared and it had long since become a monster of capital that only cared about profit.

In such a situation if a new drug from Paynon Pharmaceuticals that is cheap and effective were to come out the prices of the entire pharmaceutical market would inevitably fluctuate.

That was exactly what Chairman Kunrad was concerned about.

He looked at the executives and said.

“Listen up everyone. Even if the Draker family steps in we must stick to our principles. Everyone brace yourselves. If even one traitor comes out of this place….”

The chairman trailed off but everyone knew what he meant.

An alchemist who has once been shown the wrong side of the Alchemist’s Guild can never enter its confines again.

The vice president rubbed his palms and spoke to the chairman.

“Chairman don’t worry too much. Is there anyone among the alchemists in the Central Continent who can obtain even a single material or tool without the help of the Federation? They will probably come to negotiate with us anyway and try to resolve the issue so don’t worry too much…”

That was when.

The conference room door opened a secretary came in and whispered something to the chairman.

Kunrad’s eyes shook greatly as he heard what the secretary had said.

“Jig Drake and Princess Melissa came all the way here?”

The Chairman was taken aback as he had not expected that Zeke Draker would come to the tower in person.

Then the vice president quickly came up to the president and spoke quickly.

“Mr. Chairman have you forgotten what you just said? You must never waver.”

The chairman took a deep breath at the vice chairman’s words.

Although he had said that he would never be pushed back Zeke was none other than Draker’s guardian knight.

My steps didn’t move easily.

‘Damn it but I can’t just treat Draker’s Guardian Knight and Alencia’s Princess coldly.’

Then Kunrad had an idea.

‘Okay let’s call those two over here. It’ll be better if we put pressure on them together with the other executives.’

He said to his secretary.

“Bring Sir Zeke Draker and Princess Melissa here.”

* * *

The conference room door opened and Zeke Draker and Princess Melissa walked in.

The chairman sitting in the middle spoke in a low voice to Zeke and Melissa who were coming in with a pretended solemn expression.

“Sir Zeke Draker the Knight of Salvation and Princess Melissa of Alencia. Welcome to the Red Tower…”

“That’s interesting. Is this how the Red Tower treats its guests?”

The atmosphere in the conference room turned cold at Zeke’s one word.

The chairman was also inwardly flustered as he had never expected that Zeke would express his discontent so openly.

‘I heard that the Knight of Salvation has a gentle personality and deep faith…?’

Zeke sat down crossing his legs and looking around at the executives of the Alchemist’s Guild sitting in the conference room then turned his gaze back to the chairman.

Then he slowly opened his mouth.

“You know who I am Conrad Mason.”

When his name was called the chairman was startled and broke out in a cold sweat and unconsciously glanced at the vice chairman.

The vice president whose eyes met his shook his head while looking at the chairman.

He looked at the sight took a deep breath and then spoke to Zeke again in a stern voice.

“Sir Zeke Draker. This is the Red Tower which is in charge of all the alchemists on the continent. As their representative I ask that you observe courtesy.”

Zeke chuckled at those words.

“Is it necessary to be polite to someone who has not been polite to you in the first place?”

At those words the vice president standing next to him stood up and shouted at Zeke.

“Sir Zeke! How rude of you! Even though you are the guardian knight of House Draker you cannot ignore the Red Tower like this. Please go back. The Red Tower will formally protest to House Draker about this incident!”

The chairman trembled inwardly as he listened to the vice chairman speak loudly and unexpectedly.

‘Is this guy crazy?’

It wasn’t wrong in principle to talk about Zeke’s rudeness but few people would be so bold as to say that in front of Drake’s Guardian Knight.

But the vice president just did it.

Zig nodded quietly after hearing the vice president’s shout.

“I see. I’ll make a formal complaint to the family.”

Zeke muttered softly and took out a document.

Then he looked through the documents one by one and examined the faces of each of the union executives.

The executives who received Zeke’s sharp gaze involuntarily flinched.

Only after he had looked at the documents for a while did he open his mouth again.

“Oh really. I came here to tell you to prepare in advance with a good heart but since you are refusing there’s nothing I can do.”

The chairman was taken aback when he heard Zeke muttering.

‘Wasn’t it because of the New Testament?’

As Zig tried to get up from his seat in that confused state the chairman waved his hand in embarrassment.

“Hey just a moment Sir Zeke!”

Zig looked at the chairman and said.

“Something. Do you have something to say?”

The chairman spoke to Zeke sweating profusely.

“Oh what brings you here? Anyway since you’ve come all this way shouldn’t we talk?”

“Why are you asking that when I tell you to go?”

At those words the chairman glared at the vice chairman and then spoke in a pretended soft voice.

“Ha ha ha. I think that’s because the Vice President has so much pride in the association. Also there have been so many problems lately that he’s on edge so I hope you understand that it’s a bit difficult to control his emotions.”

Zeke sat down after staring blankly at the chairman who was trying hard to make excuses.

Then he opened the documents again thought about something then raised his head and spoke to the chairman.

“It appears that the Alchemist’s Guild is involved in summoning demons.”