Chapter 337 – Like a Platypus’ Claws
Catching the spy of Seething Silence, becoming (not) a son of circulating life once you do Tallulah, or peeking into Iona’s obsession.
This and that happened, but after all was resolved anyway. There is only one thing left to do: strike first before the ugly army of prosperity can fully assemble.
It’s obvious, but we can’t go by ourselves.
Even though I’m still a bit immature, I’ve risen to a higher rank, so I can deal with an average guy no matter how many heads he has…
The problem is a cardinal-class cultist or a Lord-class monster. When you meet these guys, you have no choice but to struggle, and if you do, you’ll be surrounded in an instant.
In addition, monsters of ugly prosperity are usually highly intelligent, and there are often cases where they become high-ranking priests. Representatively, inma-type monsters or goblin kings.
Aside from the authority that lacks direct combat power, there are not one or two of them with considerable fighting power.
So Alfheim’s support is essential… No matter how hurried they were, it would take at least two days to gather the strong people spread out in this large forest.
In fact, this would be possible because this is also a ride on Nidhogg.
So what should we do with the rest of the time? The answer is fixed. It is to increase the power even a little with the world tree series received from the circulating life.
For that reason, I quietly asked Fei, who had been locked up in the studio all night since yesterday.
“Senior Fay. Can you?”
“… Huh. You won’t be able to pull out the best quality, but you’ll be able to make it better than the equipment you’re using now in time. Of course, I’ll leave room for improvement later, so you don’t have to worry about wasting ingredients.”
“Then what about the elixir?”
“I just finished it and put it on the shelf over there. The ingredients are so good that I couldn’t be hasty in amplifying the medicinal effect. Instead, it’s custom-made for easy absorption, so look carefully at the name and order you put it on before eating.”
Faye said that without taking her eyes off the huge cauldron.
Take a sneak peek. Inside the cauldron are white, green, yellow, and red lights. It was filled with liquid that shimmered in various lights, and inside it was a familiar shape rolling around.
The branches of the World Tree, the dragon’s scales and horns, and that… Is it a flower It’s not melting.
No, the Alchemy Cauldron doesn’t really raise the temperature to boil something, it melts the ingredients with various solvents and alchemy.
It is said that Faye can keep the original form as much as she wants in the cauldron.
Anyway, you look busy, so I’ll just take the elixir and eat it first.
I took the elixir on the shelf and looked at Fei’s back for a moment.
“… I’m sorry for making you do too much, Fei-senpai.”
“Yes. No. It’s only two nights, isn’t it? It’s not that hard.”
“But when I first came here, I thought there was no need to fight, or even if I did, it would be light, so I brought Fei-senpai as well…”
“Because it’s okay. In my heart, I also want to fight together, but… Doesn’t that just get in the way? So I’m doing what I can Do I want to be of some help to you?”
“… Thank you so much for saying that.”
“If you thank me, kiss me.”
“Yes?”
“Quickly. I mean, I can’t take my eyes off it right now. Come and give me a kiss.”
“Her… If you’re okay with this, you should do whatever you want.”
I walked over to Fay, who was concentrating, and gently hugged her. Then, he kissed her soft cheek and the nape of her neck.
Side. Jjook. Side.
“Is this enough?”
“Huh! I can burn all my remaining stamina with this!”
He smiled at Faye’s eager look and whispered.
“Then I will trust you and go.”
“Don’t worry about this, junior, focus on absorbing the elixir together with the others.”
“Yes.”
Finally, after kissing Fay’s cheek one more time, he left the studio.
Since Milone deliberately placed the lodging, workshop, and training room as close as possible, the move was quick.
This time, when I open the door of the training room, I see women huddled together.
Karla, who was waiting in front of her, sprinted and asked.
“Master. How have you been?”
“The elixir has already been completed, and the equipment can somehow match the time. Of course, time is running out, so I’ll write it unfinished, but… Still, he said it would be better than what he’s writing now. You can even complete it later.”
“Really? I knew Fei-yang’s talent was extraordinary, but I never thought it would be this much already…”
“No matter how much I saved research materials and rare books, it was Fei-senpai’s efforts that made me develop my skills this far. I am just grateful.”
Virtually unlimited budget. Samples that can’t be obtained even with money. An alchemy book obtained from a dungeon or auction house.
In addition, I handed over the research records of the time I made my body in Fafnir’s Rare to Fay.
In other words, you can say that I was able to develop my current skills thanks to me, but… If you had given the same support to someone else, would you have come this far?
Well. Probably not.
Fay’s talent and passion for alchemy were combined, so he could show the same growth as he is now.
Nod with a hearty smile
I took out the elixir I just took from the subspace.
“Let’s start with this. You have to eat it now to absorb it until tomorrow and bring up the misaligned senses.”
“… Surely. The energy I feel is no joke.”
Carla nods her head as she looks at the World Tree elixir series that Faye has refined with a blank expression.
To Carla, she handed over the elixir package with her name on it.
With the rest in my arms, I called the others.
“Everyone come and take the one with their name on it. Helena is coming too.”
“Uh… Brother, am I a priest?”
“I don’t know, but the fact that Faye made Helena’s share isn’t it because she had something useful?”
“Ugh. I guess so. Sister Fay is not the kind of person who would play a joke in a situation like this.”
Helena calmly nods and accepts her own elixir. At a quick glance, the amount of elixir contained is small compared to others, and the color is slightly different.
What… For Helena, the increase in her magic power or her physical ability didn’t mean much, so it must be natural.
Anyway, after she had handed out all her elixirs, she took her seat with each of them properly spaced apart.
Usually, you need someone to look after your condition, so taking elixirs all at once is not a good option.
But I have the ability to absorb the elixir immediately and with the highest efficiency as the system’s assistant.
It was decided in advance that I would take the elixir first and then take care of the others.
Feeling her eyes focused on me, I raised the corner of her smirk.
“Then, where should we check how good World Tree is?”
“… Stop talking unnecessarily meaningfully!”
Iris shouted with a frightened expression, but she let it go and poured my portion of the elixir into her mouth in order.
The elixirs that melted one after another go down my throat, mixing like a cocktail.
The absorption seems to be working properly, but for some reason I am a little anxious because I can’t hear the notification.
Tring!
After swallowing the last sip, the long-awaited bell rang.
Aha? You saw all of this as one elixir?
In other words, the system acknowledged that Faye refined each elixir to have a synergistic effect.
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【Ingest the essence of the World Tree!】
Oh my god! I don’t know what or how you did it, but you collected the parts of the World Tree very frugally!
I never thought you could take it in a refined form that suits your body!
The World Tree is the alter ego of circulating life. So, to exaggerate a bit, it means that you ate the goddess now.
… Not in the dirty sense, but in the physical sense!
Of course, that much power will be absorbed into your body.
But be careful. The body, which was already packed with all kinds of power, reached its limit with this.
If you fill in something more than this without realizing it, just like that, boom! It’s about to explode.
Of course, that’s not today, so you can be happy now.
– Significant increase in magic attribute
– Significantly increased physical ability
– Significantly increase poison, burn, paralysis, plague resistance
– Significantly increase power resistance
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“No…”
Major stats and status ailments increased significantly, as well as resistance to the power of the evil spirits that he would face in earnest from now on, but he could not be happy.
What more do you eat here, your body explodes? Why are you so cruel!
I grumbled inwardly and wondered how much I had risen, but I wanted to open the status window.
Tring!
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Name: Yandel
Title: Adversary
Basic skills
Strength: 20 -〉 21
Duration: 20 -〉 21
Agility: 20 -〉 21
Feats: 21 -〉 22
Magic attribute: 27 -〉 28
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Ah, okay.
I got it.
The body stack, which would not go up further without the support of the appropriate attribute, went up by one. On top of that, the efficiency of the stats has increased thanks to the protection of the World Tree, so the perceived utility must be more than that.
However, even this fades away in front of the overwhelming magical power of 28.
The point where there are only two stages left until the limit of 30 stats. For reference, 29 and 30 were a fairly accurate evaluation of the words of the Suchini system, which were only allowed for archmages.
Without the mana dominance of the archmage, if I increased the amount of mana, it would surely run out of control.
The support of the system is to do what can be done without making mistakes. If there is not even the slightest possibility, there is no assistance from the system.
In other words, I am now in a state of bulking up to the limit of the limit.
Perhaps in terms of pure magic power, it is on the same level as Iris and Iona?
Considering that the more magic attribute you have, the more difficult it is to increase it, this is really amazing.
The various status ailments that came after that must have been the vitality of the World Tree that made my body stronger overall.
The power resistance at the end is… Could it be that my body has developed resistance to the divine power itself by accepting the life force that circulates with the Solari?
Whatever the reason, it is a necessary resistance in the face of an ugly prosperous battle.
He smiled contentedly at the women looking around.
“Now it is your turn.”
The women put the elixir in their mouths, silently nodding their heads. By the time the absorption is over, we’re going to stab the ugly side of flourishing.
Become a stealthy and deadly dagger like the claws of a platypus.