Chapter 137 – 137. Alchemists Are Expensive

“Wooooo…

Eunha vomited black sludge for a long time. A large amount of black liquid that makes one wonder if it came from the body of a small galaxy.

The black, viscous liquid wriggled as if it were alive. However, it didn’t take a specific form because it hadn’t been long since it came out. It was just digested, but it was like the gastric juice of an unclean giant.

And judging from the amount that poured out, it didn’t seem like it was in the body of the galaxy in a material state. It just felt like the things stored in her soul were pouring out from Eunha’s mouth.

“Keuhuk.. Kkeuhk..”

After pouring out every last drop of solitude, Eun-ha tried to sit on the floor, as if she was anemic. Her complexion was pale and her body was trembling slightly.

“Hey, hey! Eunha Lee! Wake!”

Eunha lost her consciousness. And the solitude she vomited gradually coalesced into one place and began to take shape.

I quickly handed over the galaxy to Dyurahan and commanded.

“Take Eunha and get out of the way! Everyone, prepare for battle!!”

Gu Kyo-han focused on physical attacks, so it seemed useless in the battle against Solitude, who would have resistance to physical attacks. So it would be better for Dyurahan to protect the galaxy rather than step forward and wield a greatsword to obscure the camp.

“Hey! Beautiful! You call Sumin and the Japanese!!”

“Ah, I get it!”

Even Areumi, a dancer, uses physical attacks as her main method of attack. So, I ordered Hwang Soo-min, who had just changed his job as a witch, and a priest and a shaman, who are enemies of demons. Roughly speaking, most of the Japanese are priests, so anyone who comes will be helpful.

[Mighty energy…! It makes me shiver!!]

Yang Ji-sang shouted loudly as he pulled out the return sword. He’s a really noisy guy.

“Can you afford that?”

[That is not singular. It’s a revenge form where countless spiritual beings have been forced together. If you absorb it, the sword will probably burst. So you have to kill it and break it into small pieces.]

It seemed that the capacity of the sword was insufficient to absorb it into the ghost sword. Then I wonder if I really have no choice but to kill him… Something is a waste. It’s an existence made by combining dozens of freaks into one, so there’s no choice but to kill it.

At that time, Possession Warrior Lee Hoon, who was carrying a load in the middle of the day, ran out with his snort.

“Older brother! There is a spiritual presence here… Uh… What is this…”

Lee Hoon is a class that increases stats by absorbing and digesting ghosts or spiritual beings. It seems that Lee Hoon is out of the range of effect of God’s idol, perhaps because it is absorbed and digested rather than stored in the body like Eunha.

In any case, he must have sensed the spiritual energy of solitude even from a distance, so he threw away everything he was gasping for and ran. However, judging by the expression on his face, it seems that he is quite afraid when faced with loneliness.

“Hey! Can I eat this right away!”

“Uh.. It’s impossible right now… Starting with cooking…”

“Cooking sucks..”

It must be said that it is good to eat in moderation.

“Goes!!”

Gujeongmul tried to take on a human form, so we quickly surrounded him and began to beat him mercilessly with our skills.

“Quaaaaa!!!!”

After inflicting more than a certain amount of damage, a tremendous amount of evil emanated from him, and Lee Hoon, who rushed first, flew back several meters.

“What the fuck!!!”

“That bastard is trying to transform!!!”

“Hit!! Absolutely hit me!!! Hit me so I can’t transform!!!!”

Originally, when an enemy transforms or awakens, you have to beat it like crazy. You need to shed blood before starting phase 2. If you miss this opportunity, you can’t miss it because you will have to fight against a stronger enemy.

Yes, it’s fever time. Now that it has stopped moving to transform is the best time to kill it.

It’s not like they’re giving you more rewards for fighting the stronger ones. You don’t have to go the hard way.

[Kiaaa!!!!!]

Solitude screamed in agony as we rushed in and began to attack.

Hwang Soo-min and So-ra, who joined Areumi in the middle and joined them, started shooting light and magic at it, and from then on, it shrank in earnest, only wriggling and screaming.

Eventually, even the Japanese priests gathered in one place and mumbled strange incantations, driving them to the brink of completely purifying their solitude. As the collective exorcism proceeded, solitude was no help.

This is why humans form groups. If I had tried to kill this insane liquid monster by myself, I would have struggled a bit using all my skills. The class was diverse and there were many people, so it was easy to solve.

“Wait a minute…! Comrades!! Please wait a moment!!”

Now, when Lee Hoon wanted to eat half of his sluggish solitude and feed Yang Ji-sang the other half, Lee Eun-ha, who had been praying in Dyurahan’s arms, screamed urgently.

Soon after, Lee Eun-ha came down from Dyurahan’s arms and hurriedly hugged the black liquid mass wriggling on the floor.

Perhaps it was because it was mercilessly beaten before becoming a whole, the solitude was still a lump of liquid, just like the slime of the Unholy Nether.

“Lord, don’t kill me…! Because this is enough…”

“Everybody stop.”

I watched Eunha Lee talking to Ectoplasm and cautiously approached them. It seems that communication is possible. Is it possible because he is the creator of solitude?

“What do you say?”

“Go, Gogi… He is crying to be accepted.”

I think I can tame this.

“But wouldn’t it be dangerous? And that makes it difficult to get into the school where the idol of God is.”

“There must be a way… There must be a way…”

The simplest way is to take him to the basement where the god’s idol is kept. As Yang Ji-sang professed, the underground warehouse where the god’s idol is enshrined is full of the energy of death and negative energy, so that guy can live happily. If you leave it there, it will grow and grow. But the question is, can you trust that strange existence?

The only person who could communicate with the solitude that scattered fragments of unspeakable emotions was the galaxy, but unless it was under the control of the galaxy, it was impossible to know what that monster would do. For example, it could swallow an idol of a god or evolve into an undesirable boss mob that grew to an unbearable level.

He’s not good enough to be an intelligent body, so he can’t be made into a slave.

If the galaxy continues to be watched, the galaxy must also be semi-forcibly confined to an underground warehouse that is dark, damp, and overflows with energy that is not good for the living.

Or living apart, fostering solitude outside of school. And that’s terribly dangerous.

‘Is this the only way to strengthen Lee Hoon and Yang Ji-sang…’

As we were contemplating how to dispose of our solitude, Hellas, who had come out to find Hwang Soo-min, approached us panting.

“Hee-eok, hee-euk… That’s…”

He saw Lee Eun-ha hugging Solitude and opened her eyes wide in surprise. He seems to know something. Maybe he can help

“Do you know what this is?”

“Uh… I’m not sure what the woman is holding. She knows it’s dripping.”

Hellas crouched near the galaxy-embracing solitude. Then, the black slime-like form of solitude vibrated the fluid body and made a menacing sound.

Of course, Hellas, who had only a few days left to live, fiddled with the by-products of solitude strewn on the floor, not giving a damn whether it was solitude or not.

“This is a high-quality ectoplasm… A high-ranking undead… And that can only be gathered from real astral bodies like the Banshee Queen… This is precious…”

The liquid that the Banshee Queen is dripping with…? Isn’t that… Like the juice of a ghost…

As I was imagining such strange things, Hellas licked the thick, black liquid with his tongue. The old man on the verge of dying of old age was sweetly licking the thick, black liquid that had been scattered on the floor, and she felt bad.

“Ummm.. Hmmm..”

“No.. Fuck.. Old man. Why are you eating it so badly?”

“Ah, I was so focused on this that I savored it. High-quality ectoplasm tastes sweet. And this… It’s so sweet that it burns your tongue. It’s close to the best level of expoplasm I’ve ever encountered.”

“Sweet? That is?”

Is that giant mucus-like liquid sweet? No matter how sweet it is, I will never taste it. Even if I die, I don’t want to put such strange things in my mouth. Then, as if wondering, Hwayoung looked up at me.

“Brother.. Don’t you eat?”

“What?”

“No.. I always pick up something to eat. I don’t want you to eat that…”

“Oh no!”

Hwayoung knows me as a beggar!

This is unfair! Up to this point, I was just taking the things that were helpful to me to become stronger. I never ate anything like a beggar.

Haha! Just joke. Joke~~ Don’t be serious! Eight! Eight!”

Hwayoung said it was a joke and patted me weakly. When a pretty kid acts cute like this, all I can do is laugh.

“It’s chewy..”

“No, stop eating!”

“Ah, sorry..! I ate too much of this waste by myself.”

It’s not like I’m going to stop eating it…

Once I ordered him to stop eating, Hellas took out a glass bottle from his bosom and began scraping the ectoplasm from the ground with a scalpel.

“My disciple. Don’t just look, help you too. It’s hard because you’re old.”

“Yes, Master.”

Eventually, Hwang Soo-min steps out to pick it up. Even Hellus was teaching Sumin a bit of common sense, saying that he was a teacher in his own way.

“This high-quality ectoplasm is often used as licorice because of its unique sweetness. Its own effect is also outstanding for mana recovery, and it is often used as a base for various high-ranking potions, so keep that in mind. But an existence that drips such high-quality ectoplasm…”

Hellas’ eyes flashed dangerously. It was a look that contained the madness of a scholar.

“This is honestly more amazing than anything I’ve seen so far. Are you thinking of killing this guy? Then it would be a pity…”

“No. Well, he doesn’t necessarily want to kill. Because the galaxy is the only way to tame it. If you want to bring this guy into the school, there’s nowhere else to put it other than the basement, so you can’t just put Eunha there.”

“Hmm.. God’s idol… It’s the essence of the barrier surrounding the school, and the fetish that the owner brought from that cursed forest.”

“Uh, that.”

“It is a spiritual being. Or restricting the entry of the dead is the current problem… Can I take a closer look at that?”

I guess I can find a way I nodded.

“My disciple. Take notes And prepare a large jar or bottle… And…”

After allowing me to check the god’s idol, Hellas immediately gave several orders to Hwang Soo-min, who could be said to be his disciple. In response, I also told Son Ha-eun and Dyurahan to wait here.

“For now, Son Ha-eun and Gu Kyo-han are waiting at the back gate. Don’t just come inside the school and collapse. And Hwayoung and Areumie protect the kids.”

“Huh. Leave it to me.”

“Bye..”

“Eunha, let’s go in with him.”

“I see.”

******

“Hmm.. I think I know what kind of structure it goes back to.”

Hellas said while fiddling with the god’s idol. Once it was installed, it could not be lifted or lifted because the effect would disappear if it fell off the floor.

“Can you make a guardian for that rich lady and her headless friend? Since there are no suitable materials, permanent effects cannot be granted. You’ll have to change them every month, but if you have a Guardian, you’ll be able to get inside. And…”

Hellas swallowed her saliva as she watched the solitude crawling excitedly across the walls and ceiling of the cellar.

“We mate that with the idol of God.”

“Is that possible?”

“Yes. With enough time and support… You could combine solitude with an idol… And transform it into an ectoplasm fountain… Oh no, an auto-defense idol.”

“Huh… Hey old man… Aren’t you too useful?”

Haha! Me some.”

Because of her short lifespan, Hellas was sold by her slave dealer at her discount.

But for a cheaply purchased slave, he was really useful. I must say that it is well worth the money. Do I have to say it’s cost-effective? There are many things I know about. He is like an all-round sage because he can create anything.

“Oh. Inspiration. Have you met the engineer?”

“Yes?”

“My name is Jeong Ji-yeon, an engineer. I will introduce you later.”

In my mind right now, Hellus is a very precious colleague. It can be seen that this incident has risen in importance. Originally, it was important because he was making this and that unusual drug, but now this old man is almost seen as Dora*Mong.

‘Moreover, if an alchemist and an engineer meet… Wouldn’t a magician become an engineer..? Just as Hwang Soo-min, a wizard, evolved into a witch…’

The slave trader said Hellus had less than 10 years left to live. As long as he lives, he must consume as much knowledge as possible.

‘Next time an item for increasing lifespan comes out… I’ll have to get one…’

Looking back, I think I heard that a beauty pack I bought from a drug dealer in the past would increase my lifespan by about 5 years.

I don’t want such useful inspiration to die soon. A slave cannot die without the master’s permission.

I got out of the basement while thinking about the Hellus life extension project.