Chapter 22. Record of a Thousand Live
After completing the 2nd floor of the Chimera Dimension, the two came out from the alchemy clan"s building.
It was already twilight, the sun had begun to set.
Kang Yoonsoo checked the time and date displayed on his terminal device.
"The entrance to the Chimera Dimension will close soon. I should hurry."
He had been headed towards the inn, but suddenly changed direction.
“Where are you going?”
“To an alchemist"s laboratory.”
Shannette quickly caught up with him.
“I"ll go with you.”
“Take a rest at the inn.”
“Uh…. I get bored all by myself. Besides, won"t you be lonely too?”
Kang Yoonsoo looked at her without saying anything, then began to walk again.
Shannette was tired, but she giggled as she followed him.
He was quiet and did not express himself, but she wanted to stay with him.
Shannette"s cheeks turned red.
Although it was late in the day, the lab was full of people.
Most of them were alchemists, who made base potions or special reagents.
Warm steam filled the room, and it was very noisy.
By paying a usage fee, anyone could use the available tools to make potions or reagents.
Also, they could pay extra to make use of special herbs or medicinal plants.
“Ah, finally, a success!”
An alchemist shouted delightfully, almost jumping into the air.
The gla.s.s bottle she was holding was filled with purple liquid.
The higher quality a potion was, the more vivid and pure its color.
It was a pretty good quality at that level.
The people around her applauded in a customary manner.
The road to making a complete potion was long and difficult.
Even if one knew the general theory of how to make a potion, even a slight error would immediately cause its quality to degrade to a level that was no better than plain water.
A highly skilled alchemist would reach a point where they were capable of creating a small dimension, but to grow to that level was no easy task.
Without dexterous hands, an alchemist could easily go broke from having to pay for ruined ingredients.
Unless one was born with talent, alchemists were a cla.s.s of people who needed a great deal of initial capital.
“Our laboratory is open until midnight. Thank you very much for your patronage.”
After paying the usage fee to a lab employee, Kang Yoonsoo and Shannette took their place.
Kang Yoonsoo took out the land worm feelers from his knapsack.
The feelers were thin and dry, since they had been preserved at high temperature.
Shannette recalled the time when he used honey wine and the land worm"s feelers to treat White"s muscle aches.
“Are you going to use those feelers?”
“Yeah.”
Kang Yoonsoo stood up and walked towards where the ingredients for reagents were stored.
Many dried herbs and medicinal plants were tied together.
Since unique plants had powerful effects, they were used as ingredients for potions.
Without even taking a second look, he chose and placed a bunch of medicinal plants into his basket.
“A unit of gerbera. Vampire plant. Moon flower. Blue herb. Alcohol water plant. Insectivorous lotus flower. And…. Exploding cactus. The exploding cactus is expensive, and contains highly flammable materials, are you sure you"re ok handling it?”
“Yes.”
Kang Yoonsoo took out gold coins and placed them down.
The laboratory employee smiled wearily and said.
“Hey, I"m just saying this because you"re a fresh face in the lab. Don"t feel offended, but listen to me. It seems like a great feat for alchemists to make explosives or golems, but, in fact, it"s not worth it if you look at it closely. Many people get chased out of this place because they either fail to make good products, or cause explosions. How about using ingredients that you can easily handle?”
“I"m good.”
Kang Yoonsoo calmly took the ingredients.
When the laboratory employee let out a sigh, Shannette quietly approached him and apologized.
“Sorry. He is a bit inconsiderate, but he is a very good person.”
Kang Yoonsoo returned to his spot, laid down the ingredients, and earnestly began preparing them.
Using the grinder, he powdered the land worm feelers, then added color by including dried up gerbera flower petals.
The moon flower, blue herb, and alcohol water plant were dumped into a pot, covered, and boiled, but he left an opening so that steam could naturally escape out of the pot.
Kang Yoonsoo"s hand movements were neither fast, nor slow.
His movements were relaxed and restrained, as though he had been making medicine all his life.
Shannette was impressed by the fact that he did not create any waste, unlike the other people who hurried and ended up wasting some of their ingredients.
“Is there anything I can help you with?”
“No.”
Kang Yoonsoo glanced subtly at Shannette as he said.
“You"re tired.”
Shannette smiled lightly.
In fact, she was tired, since she has been in combat all day.
She appreciated his concern, especially since he appeared to be completely uncaring.
Affectionately, she came near him.
“It"s OK. I can still help.”
After looking at her without saying anything, he pushed forward the insectivorous lotus.
“Cut them into 4 even pieces.”
Shannette diligently helped Kang Yoonsoo as she moved the short knife.
She was a great helper, since she was good with her hands to begin with.
Kang Yoonsoo measured out and mixed in the remaining ingredients.
The liquid in the pot immediately transformed into slime and turned dark crimson.
The potion making was a complete failure.
In the distance, the laboratory employee put on an "I told you so" expression.
Then, Kang Yoonsoo took out several brightly colored stones.
It was a chimera"s core.
Kang Yoonsoo put all the cores into the pot.
The hard stones were mixed in with the slimy liquid in the pot, and began melting.
After boiling it for several hours, to everyone"s amazement, bright red liquid flowed out.
“It"s a success!”
As Shannette exclaimed in delight, other people applauded in response.
They, too, had an expression that said it was hard to believe.
Normally, people who were visiting the alchemy lab for the first time would blow all their money on ingredients, and then leave discouraged.
Kang Yoonsoo poured the liquid into small, gla.s.s bottles.
As he had created so much of the potion, there was still some left over after he had filled 20 gla.s.s bottles.
[Secret adrenaline medicine
No matter how exhausted the consumer is, it will bring them back to full energy. The consumer"s movements will become faster and their senses sharper. Using too much will cause harm to the body.]
When he made the secret medicine, he gained a new skill.
New skill, potion creation, is added.]
[Potion creation
Skill level –Lv 1 (00.00%)
Produce potions by mixing ingredients.]
Kang Yoonsoo continued boiling the leftover secret adrenaline medicine in the pot.
The liquid, which was s.h.i.+ning red, turned light pink after it came to a rolling boil.
[Ultimate healing potion
A potion capable of healing external wounds. Made with great talent, it produces greater healing effect than a normal potion.]
[The potion creation skill level has grown.
The effective time of potions you produce is increased.]
[The potion creation skill level has grown.
The effect of potions you create will disperse throughout the consumer"s body.]
[The potion creation skill level has grown.
The taste of your potions becomes sweeter or more easy to apply. The effect of powder medicine grows.]
The potion making skill had instantly gone up by 3 levels.
That wasn"t all.
Kang Yoonsoo extended his right arm.
“Summon evil chimera.”
“Krreeeeeeuhk…..”
One undead chimera appeared.
The alchemists working nearby looked at it with awed eyes.
“Uh, it"s an undead! Ah, no, a chimera?”
“What? He"s a necromancer?”
Necromancers wielded black magic.
Since they dealt with corpses and cadavers, they were a very rare cla.s.s.
Furthermore, it was even more difficult to find a standard necromancer that was also skilled in potion making.
Not paying any attention to the people staring at him, Kang Yoonsoo spoke.
“Evil chimera.”
“Krreeeeeeuhk….?”
“Kill yourself.”
“Krreeeeeuhk!”
Puuuck-!
The evil chimera banged its head against the floor and crushed its skull.
As the undead"s second life came to an end, its decayed form immediately vanished like blowing sand, leaving behind a mixture of bones from many monsters.
Kang Yoonsoo picked up those various bones and began to grind them into powder.
He ground all kinds of different bones, including ones that looked like a goblin"s ribs, an orc"s skull, and a giant"s huge toe bone.
Shannette, too, stood next to him and helped.
Shweek….Shweek…..!
Kang Yoonsoo added all of the bone powder to the exploding cactus.
When he lightly wrapped the hardened mixture with cloth, it resulted in a rather sphere-like ball.
It was definitely the shape of a bomb.
[A powerful small bomb
Level – Ordinary
Explosive power: 43
An easy to carry small bomb. When exposed to heat, it will explode on impact. It is small, but the destructiveness of its explosion is ma.s.sive. Since it contains a lot of flammable materials, the explosion becomes more powerful on contact with fire.
[You"ve created an amazing result with your talent.
New skill, explosive making, is added.]
[Explosive making
Skill level – Lv1 (00.00%)
Raises your skill with handling gun powder, and your understanding of flammable materials.]
“Let"s go.”
Kang Yoonsoo placed the small bomb into his knapsack, and went out of the lab.
Shannette followed after him, leaving behind the dumbfounded alchemists, who stared blankly at the spot where the two people had been working.
It was a dusky, early morning when they came outside.
Shannette stretched as she yawned.
“I"m really tired. I want to go to sleep at the inn, ASAP.”
However, Kang Yoonsoo was not walking towards the inn.
Tilting her head, Shannette asked.
“Kang Yoonsoo, that"s not the way to the inn, but to the alchemist clan.”
“I know.”
“Then why are you going that way?”
“To hunt.”
Shannette opened her eyes wide.
“What? Right… right now?”
“Yup.”
Kang Yoonsoo took out an adrenaline potion, and handed it to Shannette.
“Drink it.”
Shannette asked in a pitiful manner after receiving the potion.
“Do we have to, right at this minute?”
“I told you to rest earlier.”
She had nothing to say.
After all, she was the one who had insisted on following him.
Shannette gulped down the adrenaline potion.
[You have drunk an adrenaline potion.
You may not sleep for the next 24 hours.
You can maintain extreme physical movement during that time.
Most injuries will not cause pain.
Your muscle and mind power is increased greatly.
But, the side effects will be tremendous.]
The potion which Kang Yoonsoo had made was amazing.
Just by drinking it, she was no longer exhausted.
Instead, she was full of energy.
Although she knew it was impossible, Shanette felt like she would be able to fly just by flapping her arms, if she wanted to.
Shannette shouted as she clenched her fists.
“That potion"s effect is truly amazing! I feel so energetic!”
“But the side effect is great, too.”
“What side effects?”
“The exhaustion, pain, and muscle aches rush in all at once.”
“…..From now on, tell me those things before I drink the potion.”
“Then you won"t drink it.”
“…..I want to kill you.”
“I know.”
“Do you really want to die?”
The two once again entered the Chimera Dimension while engaging in a strange quarrel.