Chapter 381 – The Spirits of Paracelsus (6)

“?”

Meme.

Something else is going to happen… ?

I looked around the room again with a confused feeling.

Neat interior with not a single brick broken. Only the artificial spirits were swept away by the magic from earlier.

… Okay. Let’s pretend it can be done here.

Originally, even projection-type magic that was almost impossible to control once it left its hands could be manipulated to some extent as its proficiency increased.

Generally, it is a fireball that flies in a parabolic arc, but depending on the skill and effort of the caster, it can draw an unnatural trajectory or explode midway through.

So, if you say that you unconsciously fine-tune the trajectory of the starlight ray, it makes sense.

The mana control of a high-ranking mage, the support of a dragon heart, and even the spirit of the word were used, so the possibility is sufficient.

However, it’s a bit embarrassing that all the artificial spirits were swept away with a single shot of intermediate magic, not high-level magic.

They are not able to fully handle their own power because their self-consciousness is not properly formed, but… The bare minimum instinct remains.

The feeling of attacking an opponent who entered one’s territory, or defending reflexively when an attack landed on a vital point.

Isn’t that the ambitious work of Paracelsus? Even if you can’t use it properly, the power you hold will be at the level of a high-level spirit pull-up.

But intermediate magic… He died after being hit by wide-area magic instead of a single attack? Aren’t you in a state of tolerance?

“Monga… Mon is happening…”

As I muttered that without realizing it, Carla, who was next to her, sighed together and lightly clapped her hands as if she noticed something.

Match!

“Ah! Master! Staff! Look at the staff!”

“Huh? Why is the staff… Uh?”

The staff showing off their well-groomed luster as usual. But for some reason, a dark purple aura was burning over it now.

“No way… ?”

“I don’t know why, but maybe the performance of the staff has been enhanced now? That’s why the master’s magic has changed. It’s never been like this when practicing alone.”

“That’s right.”

Of course, this isn’t the first time he’s used magic since getting a dragon heart. It was just the first practice.

I practiced small-scale magic by myself, and acquired a completely different sense.

“It’s a bit out of the blue. Why is the staff awakening, not me, who even has a dragon heart?”

It took a while for the staff to shake their heads in the air and tilt their heads. Instinctively, Fei, who finished rooting the spirit stone at the place where the artificial spirit had fallen, took a closer look at it and held out her hand.

“Brother. Can you give me that for a second?”

“Yes? Uh… Here you go. Can you guess anything?”

“Little. But even if that’s not the case, I think we should check this much.”

Faye, who left a cryptic answer, took the staff and went outside. As soon as you take a step out of the door, come a dark purple color that disappears.

“Eh?”

“Hmm…”

With an expression as if she knew something, Fei took out a small test tube from her subspace pocket and walked back and forth.

“Is it like that too?”

“What is it. Don’t know alone, please tell me, Fei-senpai.”

“Not a big deal. It seems that the performance of things made of alchemy is amplified with this door as a starting point.”

“… Is that possible?”

“Yes. I can do something similar Why is alchemy so expensive right now? It’s because of the catalyst, junior. The key to alchemy is to amplify the reaction, minimize the side effects, and omits only the desired effect. It will be easier to understand if you think about the grade of the potion.”

“Ah.”

The lowest level potion’s recovery effect was only at the level of urgently suturing wounds.

If you move a little violently, the wound is torn again, the shed blood is not replenished, and the side effect is considerable pain. I told you that if you make a mistake, you’ll pass out.

In fact, it should be used only for first aid.

Of course, I appreciate the fact that I can somehow save the seriously injured.

However, as the grade of these potions goes up, the efficacy becomes stronger and the side effects become weaker.

In the case of the upper and upper class potions that we mainly use, not only can we treat amputated wounds if we adjust the angle and attach them well, but they also have a significant effect on healing internal wounds.

Side effects are, at most, mild lethargy and dizziness.

It’s a very cheap price to pay for being revived from a moribund state.

What… Even though I have nothing to use these days thanks to Helena’s heel. Holy power healing has no side effects.

Anyway, I could roughly understand what Fay was trying to say.

“So you’re saying that the entire workshop is like a giant catalyst?”

“Huh. I was just talking about the principle. Realistically, it’s close to impossible. Not all substances react to the same catalyst, right? … Except for one thing.”

“… You mean the Philosopher’s Stone, right?”

“That’s right. The Philosopher’s Stone was originally an attempt to create an all-purpose catalyst.”

A dream-like substance that can react to any substance to amplify or reduce the desired properties.

But if you think about it, you’ll see that this is nonsense.

It is impossible to react to all substances once, but to induce a reaction as desired?

Not only does such a substance not exist, but even if it did exist, it would have reacted with the surrounding substances long ago and disappeared altogether.

A story that can only be achieved by making the impossible possible and turning the ideal into reality.

That is why it is called the Philosopher’s Stone.

Comparable to the Archmage… It was thought that it could never be made unless it was a sage who had mastered the truth of the world.

“But Paracelsus was the first and last great alchemist in history to create the Philosopher’s Stone, junior?”

“Yes?”

“Since Paracelsus disappeared, everyone has searched for the Philosopher’s Stone, but all have failed.”

“That… Right?”

“Hey. If…”

I think I know what to say next, so I just swallow my saliva for no reason. Beyond Faye’s messy bangs, the eyes twinkled.

“Isn’t there a Philosopher’s Stone here?!”

“Ah, that won’t be it.”

“Eh.”

Faye froze at my firm answer.

But there really isn’t. At least not at H&A.

I asserted that I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t find it, and that there were no deceased figures who had played much longer than me, and no one had even opened the game script.

I knew everyone would be there, so I searched a lot…

“Well, it could be hidden somewhere. But… The information I saw in Fafnir’s arrangement was nowhere to be found.”

“Why?! Things made with alchemy like this are reacting regardless of the type!”

“This phenomenon itself was unexpected to me. Maybe we activated something in the studio without our knowledge.”

“… Good. Could that activated something be a Philosopher’s Stone? I’ll look for it! Even if it’s not that, I’ll find out the cause of this phenomenon, so leave it to me!”

“I didn’t mean to dry it. But, as I said before, something I don’t know about may come out, so I go carefully and quickly.”

After saying that, he looked back at the others. When their eyes met, they all nodded with their weapons drawn.

I’m trustworthy.

What happened next, as I said, proceeded cautiously but swiftly.

First of all, the entrance to the hidden real workshop was opened with Fay’s alchemy, and Helena applied the maximum amount of buffs to the entire party.

그리고는 완전 강신을 사용해 솔라리의 힘을 빌려와 선두에 섰고, 추악한 번성과 싸우며 부쩍 사도의 힘에 익숙해진 헬레나가 미친 불도저처럼 모든 장애물을 밀어버렸다.

Of course, I also didn’t play quietly. It was because he was assisting Helena in the Yongin state and gave various orders.

카를라와 이오나는  아직 힘이 회복되지 않은 엘리샤와 이리스, 그리고 전투 능력이 전무한 페이를 지키며 우리를 따라왔고.

We, who decided to attack the dungeon, were in a state of shock.

바깥에서 상대한 녀석들보다 훨씬 강한 정예 골렘인데다가, 알 수 없는 이유로 강화까지 된 골렘 기사들이 산산조각났고(한 마리는 페이가 샘플로 챙겼다).

온갖 특이한 연금술과 마도구를 섞어 만든 함정은 내가 마력으로 찍어 눌러 떨쳐냈으며, 그러기에 너무 까다로운 건 페이가 바로 역산해 대응책을 만들어냈다

오랜만에 전력으로 날뛰어서 기분 좋은 헬레나와 솔라리, 전혀 모르는 히든피스에 들뜬 나, 드래곤 하트가 생긴 이후로 처음 흡혈 자유 이용권을 약속받은 이오나, 하루 독점권을 받은 카를라, 의욕이 넘쳐나는 페이, 그리고 뒤에서 열심히 Even Elisha and Iris who are cheering.

파라켈수스가 만든 것 중 지금의 우리를 막을 수 있는 것은 아무것도 없었다!

그렇게 정신없이 눈에 보이는 모든 걸 때려 부수며 전진하기를 얼마나 반복했을까.

드디어 이번 던전의 종착지라고도 할 수 있는 파라켈수스의 진짜 공방에 들어선 순간.

관성에 따라 나도 모르게 금색 정령의 심장에 단검을 꽂아 넣었다.

“Cuck!”

“Oh.”

Who did I just kill?