Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 655 Demonic Potion (2-in-1)

It is a deep purple color and its shape resembles a purple dragon fruit.

When Roy approached, it showed none of the cute, soft, or timid demeanor of the other fruits; instead, it shouted fiercely.

"Human, what are you doing here? What is your purpose in coming here?"

"Stop right there! Did you hear me?!"

"Get your filthy hands off me, or I'll bite you to death!"

Roy ignored the clamor of the "dragon fruit" on the branch and simply twisted one off.

"Oh, you presumptuous fellow!"
What are you doing? What do you want to do?

The dragon fruit, caught in the hand, cried out in alarm and anger, its voice rougher than the other fruits.

"Let me go! Ohhh!"
No, no...

I was wrong, please don't skin me alive!

Roy peeled off half of its skin, revealing the purplish-red flesh inside, and used his fingernail to dig out a little to examine it closely.

"As expected, it contains a trace of abyssal power!"

Under the light of the Eye of Hermes, black and gold blend together.

Its spirituality is strikingly similar to the fusion of divinity and bestiality.

Before even tasting the fruit, he felt a mixture of negative emotions, including fear, hatred, and anger.

It is trying to evoke its own resonance, influence emotions, and even permeate the soul!

However, this force is very weak.

It was so faint that it was difficult to even reach 1 unit.

According to the concept of "soul science", the soul of an ordinary human being has a mass of 21 grams, or 21 units.

These fruits contain the equivalent of 1 to 10 milligrams, or 0.001 to 0.01 units.

Roy muttered to himself.

"Some toxins can accumulate in the body and are difficult to eliminate."

Some require extremely small doses to be effective...

I just don't know which type of devil fruit it is.

Seeing this, Prandtse couldn't help but ask.

"It may have both."

Roy thought for a moment and then answered.

There's a saying that goes, "Talking about toxicity without considering dosage is just being irresponsible."

That makes some sense.

However, this is by no means a universally applicable solution.

Therefore, even if it only contains milligrams of spiritual energy, Roy dares not be careless.

With a snap, the purplish-red "dragon fruit" in his palm was crushed into a pulp.

The smoke was drawn out and condensed into tiny, almost imperceptible black dots, but they were isolated by invisible magical energy.

"really!"

After sensing for a while, Roy nodded slightly, basically confirming some of his guesses.

……

"Damn it, let me go!"

"When I'm fully grown, I'll jump down and smash you to death!"

"Don't pick them..."

"I'll bite you to death!"

A moment later, amidst various curses and threats, Roy and the others, wearing gloves, picked a small batch of "dragon fruit" from the tree.

Black cat Domi rushed forward and slapped the noisiest "dragon fruit" hard, making it tumble over.

Immediately, a barrage of foul language and insults followed.

"You stinky cat, are you trying to get yourself killed?!"

I'll smash you flat!

Domi was very displeased and raised its cat paw, releasing an invisible spiritual force.

Bang!
The blood mist exploded.

In the blink of an eye, it shrank into a ball again under the crushing force of an invisible force.

In an instant, he crushed the "dragon fruit" in front of him into a sauce.

Upon witnessing the ferocity of the large black cat, the many Devil Fruits finally realized their own weakness.

They huddled together, trembling, begging for mercy.

"Lord Cat, we were wrong!"

Please forgive us!

"Meow hahaha..."

Domi shoved a "dragon fruit" in front of him, playing with it like a ball of wool.

Just as the Devil Fruit's expression softened slightly and it breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly it flew high into the air and was thrown into the sky.

"Ah!"

Domi seemed to have discovered a new continent, tossing them up one after another, spinning them around like a roller coaster.

Whenever a Devil Fruit screams and trembles in fear, it nimbly lets it go.

Just as I breathed a sigh of relief, it plummeted to the ground at an astonishing speed, crashing and shattering violently.

Their playful nature was unleashed, and they had a wonderful time.

Its current spiritual power has reached level 4 or higher, which is clearly on its way to becoming a high-level knight.

During this period, the attributes increased by [Sage's Proverbs] also seem to be able to output 1% to it.

Normal equipment only affects the wearer, unlike [Sage's Words] which can produce effects in this way.

This led Roy to wonder if even projected avatars, or even fragments of his own soul, might receive this blessing.

"Take it easy, don't make a mess!"

Roy scolded Domi, but instead of stopping it from playing, he picked some more to ensure the quantity of research samples.

He has basically confirmed that this substance can be used to create berserk, demonized warriors, as well as in specific areas such as soul pigment.

However, in places where demon trees have been planted, a large amount of abyssal power accumulates, and the ground is stained brownish-black, as if oil has been spilled.

According to Deirdiri, there is also a certain probability of attracting a real demon.

That's because the power of the fruit tree corroded the void, opening up the dimensional barrier.

"Logically speaking, the Abyss has contact with all the major planes and there are similar erosion phenomena, only the severity varies."

Perhaps we could find a similar place in the world of Araghi, specifically for planting…

Roy's response was to give up entirely.

Since it was already contaminated beyond repair, it wasn't afraid of further contamination.

"That's what we do here too."

Deirdre learned of Roy's plans and told him.

"Actually, there were no such tree species here originally. It was all because of the invasion of demons that the originally normal fruit trees were contaminated."

My father was troubled by the polluted land and originally intended to purify it.

……

After returning, Roy conducted some experiments on the extraction and refining of the juice, creating something called a magic potion.

This is a potion similar to the Berserk Potion, but it is more dangerous and more difficult to make.

The main difficulty lies in the fact that this requires manipulating spiritual separation to precipitate different kinds of emotions and feelings.

But Roy, having mastered the Soul Pigment formula, made full use of the principle of "like dissolves like" to easily achieve this.

At the same time, the application of blackening agents has successfully solved the pollution problem of difficult-to-treat residues.

Even if a regular apothecary successfully concocts this kind of potion, it is inevitable that it will contain various impurities and be contaminated by the power of the abyss.

This can easily reduce the quality.

After that, the disposal of wastewater and waste materials became an even bigger problem.

The simplest solution was to cultivate and refine the products in the colonies. The operators were mostly apprentices or even slave laborers, making full use of the demographic dividend.

But this should also be factored into the cost of the potion.

If we can find ways to reduce costs and increase efficiency, that would certainly be an advantage.

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"Celine, have the actuarial results come out yet?"

If I want to mass-produce this, how about cost control?

After several experiments were completed, Roy compiled all the results into a book and handed it to the girl's skull.

The girl's skull calculated for a while and quickly came to a conclusion.

"The cost is around 10 magic stones, but depending on the sales channels and supply and demand, it can be sold for tens of magic stones."

"Then what if someone else made it?"

"Without the corruption potion, it should cost 16-18 magic stones. For other types of corruption with average skill levels, it's 13-14 magic stones!"

"So that means even if we dump it at 12 magic stones, we can still guarantee a positive profit?"

"Yes, if you're not afraid of being attacked by other wizards working together."

Upon hearing the girl's skull's reminder, Roy fell into deep thought.

The business battles in the wizarding world are straightforward and unpretentious; the more powerful a wizard is, the greater the benefits they enjoy.

This is an eternal iron law.

But then again.

I am now a level two wizard, and I have the potential to be promoted to level three in the future.

Few wizards who covet such profits can do anything to him.

Those who can defeat you, or even crush you with a mere wave of their hand, must be at least a great wizard or higher.

Even an ordinary high-level wizard wouldn't have the right to make such a boast.

Therefore, it should be others who are afraid of offending you, not you who are afraid of offending others.

"I'll hand this over to Araghi World later, and I'll set the price at around 16 magic stones per bottle."

That would be enough for Araghi to generate foreign exchange earnings from exports worldwide!

Roy never intended to refine this kind of thing himself, and he didn't have that much time to put into this level zero potion.

But it's perfect to hand it over to Araghi World.

"Initially, we will produce tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of doses annually, specifically for the needs of the legions in the interdimensional war."

This is more than enough to guarantee the initial development.

Once there are more wizards in the world of Araghi, then we can consider further development.

This level of potion can have some effect on high-ranking knights and even great knights.

In low-intensity battlefields, there might be various consequences to consider, and concerns about casualties.

However, high-intensity battlefields don't care about such things.

Any potions or equipment that can enhance combat effectiveness will be used.

They can drink this potion like water.

Anyway, there's a constant supply of cannon fodder, so I'm not afraid of what will happen if I drink too much.

Once the formula is perfected, we can add some radium water or something similar as additives to improve it, and then brand it as something like "Araghi Potion"...

Roy figured that with his current resources, finding a buyer shouldn't be too difficult.

However, before all this, everything is predicated on the premise that the world of Araghi can cultivate this thing on its own.

"This type of fruit tree grows primarily from grafted seedlings or seedlings, focusing on the development of its root system and branches."

It takes about 3 years to start bearing fruit and gradually enter the initial fruiting stage.

As the name suggests, this is the period when the fruit begins to bear fruit, and the quality and yield of the fruit increase year by year.

After that, the period of stable and high yield is about 6 to 20 years.

It wasn't until 25 years later that they gradually aged.

In other words, if a full-cycle trial is to be conducted to confirm whether the Alage world is suitable for growing this thing, it will have to wait 25 years.

However, in the previous few years, clues could be seen, and it was roughly confirmed whether any problems might arise.

Celine has accumulated enough agricultural and forestry knowledge as well as methods to alter the natural climate; the key is still to find suitable planting sites…

After that, Roy and Deirdre briefly discussed the cooperation plan, and roughly agreed to import tree species from here in the form of "installment payments" and start trial planting.

The world of Torrad will provide him with tree species and related information so that he can take them to the world of Araghi to plant.

After that, regardless of whether there is any success or failure, a certain amount of return will be provided every year.

The total value of this transaction is around 30 million magic stones.

Moreover, it wasn't delivered in the form of magic stones, but rather in the form of various resources from the world of Araghi, or the knowledge that Roy possessed.

Because this matter requires permission, and the wizard Nabia is busy in the bountiful garden, it's uncertain when he will be able to check on it.

Deirdre and Roy agreed to communicate via interdimensional communication when the time came.

Roy wasn't in a hurry about this, because the deal was in the interest of both parties, and Wizard Nabia had no reason to refuse.

……

After a while, Roy embarked on his journey home and returned to the Witch Tower.

When he returned to the fifth floor of the Okmi Tower once again, the familiar figure of the red-dressed ghost appeared, immediately bringing Una's message.

"If you return to the Wizard Tower, you can contact it via interdimensional communication..."

"Okay, I know."

Roy and Una agreed to communicate, mainly to discuss the sales of this potion.

As a middleman for the organization, she was willing to take on this business, acting as a go-between.

So, after settling in, Roy contacted her immediately.

"I plan to submit an application to the higher-ups of the Mudman Guild to place an order with you for 15 magic stones..."

If the quality is good, a long-term partnership can be established.

Una quickly conveyed the general idea to Roy.

Since no agreement has been reached yet, she did not mention the specific amount that could be purchased.

However, guaranteeing tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars annually is not a problem.

It can definitely cover the production capacity of the Alaj World.

"Besides magic stones, I also need some knowledge and various resources required for the development of a first-level world."

Roy said.

"It should be no problem."

Una responded.

After that, Roy contacted the world of Arage and got in touch with Atedia and the others who remained there.

At this point, only six years had passed since Roy left.

Celine would send letters to Uta regularly each year, which would then be forwarded to Roy by Uta.

Therefore, Roy was also aware of the situation there.

"Underground city construction progress 20%..."

The 'Secret Order of Arcane Arts' has gained another shadow wizard named Hurgh...

The Gnoll Empire launches an attack on humanity...

The overseas merfolk are stirring...

After glancing at the new annual report, Roy felt a slight stirring in his heart.

"Another wizard has been added."

It seems the academy's education has yielded remarkable results, significantly reducing the difficulty of becoming a formal wizard in the world of Araghi.

Based on this calculation, it should take about a hundred years to accumulate more than ten first-level wizards.

If we wait until the Alliance recruitment begins, we should be able to meet the requirements for forming a legion.

At that time, everything will be back on track.

Roy nodded secretly, then told him about the Devil Fruit, and then sent it through the interdimensional teleportation magic array.

Now, we just have to wait for good news.

(End of this chapter)