Full-Time Wizard: Starting with Harvesting Wheat

"...Give me one."

Roy was silent for a moment, but finally reached out his hand to the sticky mess.

Soraya immediately pulled her hand back.

— Five magic stones, that's my price.

"..."

Good heavens, that's really something.

He clearly had no money, only debts, yet he was still ripped off like this. If he really had a lot of magic stones, wouldn't he have to charge for a sip of water?

"Wait a minute, weren't we discussing improving your physique?" Karazhan was the first to realize, "Why are we talking about pigs... feed for extraordinary creatures?"

"You're wrong, Karazhan." Roy held up a finger and waved it from side to side. "Since Miss Soraya brought this out, there must be a connection. Let me guess... that creatures below the Transcendent level will receive great benefits from consuming this stuff?"

—No, if you're talking about eating it, it's just a sweet treat similar to candy, which at most provides a lot of energy and makes you fat.

Soraya shook her head.

—What truly works is the fusion of Ottom's bloodline.

—Strictly speaking, Ottom are creatures made of blood.

As she spoke, Soraya tightened her fingers slightly, and the slime-like mixture burst open in her hand, spraying sticky liquid all over her body.

—They are very easy to kill.

Her body, which had been held in place by an unknown force, completely lost its balance, and Ottom turned into a liquid, flowing down her fingertips like a pot of paste.

—After death, Ottom turns into liquid, which is one of the reasons it is used as food. Because once liquid, it is very easy to eat, and even supernatural creatures with small appetites or who are sick can easily swallow it.

Before the liquid could flow onto her body, Soraya took out a reservoir, chanted a spell, and reversed the flow of the sludge-like liquid, sending it rushing back into the reservoir. Roy noticed that even if an entire Ottom were stuffed into a reservoir a hundred times larger, it would only take up a tiny fraction of the space; perhaps its small size was an advantage.

Although the liquid had left the robe, the sticky feeling on Soraya's robe did not disappear. She then took out a jar from the drawer, which contained several insects with straw-like mouthparts.

—This is a cleaning bug.

She opened the bottle, and the insect, under the command of the Soraya swarm, immediately sprang into action, attaching itself to the surface of the robe and sucking the fabric with its mouthparts.

Meanwhile, some cleaning insects landed on her palm.

After a while, once the cleaning bugs left, Soraya touched the spot where the Ottom juice had been, and it was no longer sticky at all.

"This..." Roy stared intently at the drawer, wondering just how many treasures were inside.

Soraya put the bottle containing the cleaning worms back into the drawer, the liquid bottle poured out, and then her tongue slightly peeked out of her mouth, letting the cool, viscous liquid coat her tongue, and a sweet aroma, even sweeter than honey, instantly spread.

—Ottom, once dead and ceasing its life processes, becomes even tastier.

She concluded with a single sentence.

Then, she tossed Roy a bright red Ottoman.

—This is chili-flavored Ottom, I don't like it, but I'll sell it to you cheaply for three magic stones.

She looks a lot like the middle-aged women selling vegetables at the market.

Luckily, Roy brought it not to eat.

— Crush it, then use it to draw the magic circle.

Soraya gave a hint.

"Isn't the Simple Bloodline Fusion Magic Array only supported for blood with a concentration of less than 3%? Can it be drawn directly?" Roy asked.

"Synthetic beasts inherently have fewer active ingredients," Soraya said succinctly.

Karazhan didn't understand what he was saying, but Roy got it right away.

This is similar to the active ingredients in a packet of Sanjiu liquor: 0.2 grams of acetaminophen, 4 milligrams of caffeine, and 4 milligrams of chlorpheniramine maleate.

One pack of Sanjiu contains a full 10 grams.

It is evident that the effective ingredient accounts for less than 3% of the total.

As expected of a synthetic beast, it skipped the process of reducing the concentration.

Then, Roy squeezed hard.

……

"Ha—ha—ha—ha—" Karazhan let out a short laugh.

"This is the side effect?"

Roy wrinkled his nose and smelled the sweet scent emanating from himself.

Moreover, this is a passive skill and cannot be turned off.

Doesn't this mean that he'll have to carry a fragrance with him whenever he goes out in the future?

That's a bit inexplicably high-profile.

—To creatures with a sweet tooth, you are a walking sweetness generator, and they will do everything in their power to hunt you down.

But from what I've seen, most of the aristocratic women really like this scent because it's something that even the most luxurious perfumes can't replicate, so you'll be very popular among women.

Soraya said meaningfully.

"It's hard to say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing." Anyway, Karazhan felt that he had no desire to go up and lick it, because he wasn't particularly interested in sweets.

Wait, why did I even think of going up and licking it?

Karazhan was filled with deep confusion.

"Side effects aren't important," Roy shook his head. "What's important is, how will this guy help me improve my physique?"

— Overtraining.

Soraya said something out of the blue.

"What?"

Generally speaking, excessive exercise can cause muscle and bone strain, endocrine disorders, increased burden on the heart and lungs, and even psychological problems, so it can be said to have no disadvantages.

The core reason is that the body's repair mechanisms have a threshold. During moderate exercise, the body experiences slight tissue damage and physiological stress. This stimulation triggers the body's repair and compensatory mechanisms, ultimately leading to a positive improvement in physical fitness and health.

This is actually somewhat similar to the principle of body refinement with poison.

Overtraining can break this threshold, leading to a series of problems, such as chronic injuries caused by accumulated damage, which is the case for many athletes.

Seeing Roy's puzzled expression, Soraya explained.

—If there is a threshold for physical recovery, then the toxin-based body tempering has raised your threshold to a level that is difficult for ordinary people to reach. Even ordinary knights do not have a threshold as high as yours.

This high threshold provides the basic conditions for excessive training; however, there is still one condition missing after that.

—And Ottom's unique bloodline ability is the key to fulfilling this condition.

Roy raised an eyebrow and looked directly into Karazhan's eyes.

The latter was stunned for a moment, then retreated repeatedly, looking terrified.

"Why are you staring at me like that?!"

Through Karazhan's bright eyes, Roy successfully saw himself and then found his newly born bloodline ability in the skill bar.

[Energy Consumption Reduction Lv.1]

There's no need to look at the effects, because the skill name clearly explains the effects.

—For ordinary people, excessive exercise leads to two problems: one is that tissue damage exceeds the repair limit, and the other is that the rate of energy consumption far exceeds the rate of replenishment. The body will prematurely enter a state of exhaustion, and forcing oneself to continue will only backfire.

Soraya spoke calmly.

—But with Ottom's bloodline ability, you can lock in most of the energy lost during training, while significantly reducing the basic energy consumption of your body.

Roy opened his mouth.

The reduction in energy consumption is indeed very good.

But he dares to say that this does not conform to the law of conservation of energy.