The Wizard: Starting as a Corpse Burial Man - An Infinite Side Hustle

Upon seeing this, the people burying the corpses, who had not yet finished mixing the alchemical pigments, immediately stopped what they were doing.

It just caused the gray mouse to come into contact with the paint.

The gray rat was killed in an instant?

The people who buried the body found it hard to believe.

If it's just like before, adding a little more frost to the gray rat's whiskers.

That's still within the realm of understanding.

With a few more practice sessions, or even dozens of times, it's possible to achieve the same result.

But the situation is quite different now.

People didn't even understand how Ansu managed to bury the body.

While the remaining burial workers were marveling at the sight, Sandru was also analyzing the gray rat that had been frozen into an ice sculpture.

The effect of "【Alchemy Pigment - Frost Blue】" reaches over 100% due to the bonus from the Mystic talent.

This allowed the entire body of the gray rat to be thoroughly soaked in ice elements.

If only one had a higher talent for the occult.

Perhaps a single alchemical pigment could be used to kill a large beast.

Even killing a non-wizard superhuman.

Sandru commented.

This also confirmed his previous guess:

Ansu has a high aptitude for basic mysticism.

It could even be described as one in ten thousand.

However, compared to a true wizard apprentice, he is still slightly inferior.

Before the academy's assessment, I still need to further improve my occult talent.

Sandru is preparing to give Anzu some extra alchemical materials.

And extraordinary knowledge related to alchemical pigments.

This allows Ansu to use these materials and knowledge to create more new alchemical formulas that can absorb ether.

This also enhanced his talent for mysticism.

There are only two months left until the college's assessment.

It's unlikely that materials and knowledge alone would be enough to easily raise one's occult talent to 10 points...

Thinking of this.

Sandru then prepared to give Ansu another alchemical tool related to pigments.

So after casually commenting "not bad," he began to think about which alchemical tool to use for investment.

...

"They've already killed the only person in my graveyard with higher talent than me, and the only one who might have gotten a certificate to audit classes at the wizarding academy..."

Seeing the gray squirrel frozen into an ice sculpture, Testu immediately sensed something was wrong.

After all, he definitely wouldn't get the extra resource reward this time.

If I can't use these resources to prove to the wild wizards that I can potentially obtain an auditing pass for wizarding school...

Tistu recalled the corpses he had seen when he entered the Wild Wizard's encampment, which varied in their completeness and degree of mutation.

Wild wizards also need occult talents.

Therefore, wild wizards, like academic wizards, are keen on conducting all kinds of experiments.

Tistu had a feeling that the wild wizards' experiments wouldn't be much better than those of the academic laboratories.

It might even be worse than gray.

Suddenly, Testus thought of something.

"If you come into contact with the corpse buryer who turns gray rats into ice sculptures, then recruit him into the wild wizard's organization."

Perhaps then I can be spared the punishment of the wild wizards.

There's even a possibility of obtaining additional resources from it.

Thinking of this.

Tistu suppressed his fear.

Then I started thinking about what reason to use to contact Ansu.

Meanwhile, the remaining burial workers also gradually mixed up the [Alchemy Pigment - Frost Blue].

At the same time, like Ansu and Tistu, they began to use more gray mice to test the effects of the paint.

However, the results were not entirely satisfactory.

Or it only gave the gray mouse the illusion of being cold.

Or it simply made the fur in the areas covered by paint feel a little colder to the touch.

Even the most effective treatment only resulted in a few specks of frost clinging to the gray squirrel's whiskers.

It failed to achieve the power of the alchemical pigments of Tistu.

Not to mention comparing it to Ansu.

So after the last person finished the test, all the burial workers confirmed one thing:

Ansu was the winner of this assessment.

After a while.

After testing the effects of everyone's mixed alchemical pigments, Sandru took a paintbrush from his wizard robes.

Then, holding the pen covered with fine runes, he casually drew a couple of strokes on each of the cages containing gray squirrels.

The next moment, two paint marks on the numerous cages materialized.

Then it transformed into pairs of legs, each about the size of a thumb, with distinct angles.

Immediately afterwards, solidified paint legs supported the cage.

It jogged along, making a series of "pat-pat" sounds.

Until we reach the area where the materials are stored.

But these legs, formed from pigment, did not disappear.

Instead, they escaped from the cage.

And it transformed into the legs of a box the size of a palm.

Then he jogged all the way to the feet of the many people who buried the bodies.

Then, with a light leap, it landed in everyone's hands.

Only at this point did the pigment cease to maintain its physical form.

Instead, it remained on the box, transforming into a pattern resembling graffiti.

"Can so much be accomplished simply by drawing a couple of patterns on the cage?"

Upon seeing this, the people burying the body opened the box.

Then I saw an interior space of about three cubic meters.

And various materials stored in the interior space.

Minerals, plants, solutions...

All of them can be used to mix pigments.

In addition, there are various alchemy tools used for processing materials.

And a small booklet containing pigment formulas.

"The materials in the box are for mixing basic alchemy pigments."

Sandru glanced at everyone present, then continued:

"It can be used to construct three basic alchemical pigments."

Frost Blue, Lava Red, and Dazzling Yellow.

but...

These materials alone are insufficient to create a new type of alchemical pigment formula capable of containing ether.

After all, the wizards had tried every possible mixing ratio of any basic pigment.

and so.

If you want to enhance your mystical talents by creating new types of alchemical pigment formulas.

That means we need to find new material ourselves.

Upon hearing this, Testu, who was also in the alchemy workshop, glanced at the small box in his hand.

The box was different from those obtained by other people who buried corpses.

Judging from its appearance, the box that Tistu received was not an ordinary wooden box.

In addition, it is inlaid with a small gemstone.

Tistu recognized this thing.

"Space Gem fragments that can be applied to spatial alchemical items, thereby increasing the volume of their inner space."

Thinking of this, Tistu also opened the box in his hand.

What comes into view is an interior space of about three cubic meters.

And a greater quantity and variety of alchemical materials.

"So this is what the wizard meant by distributing the appropriate materials based on the quality of the pigments."

Testu thought to himself.

Then he remembered that he had only made the gray rat in the cage feel a little cold.

Under the influence of the [Alchemy Pigment - Frost Blue] mixed by Ansu, the gray squirrel was directly transformed into an ice sculpture.

"I wonder what the person who buried the corpse, who turned the gray rat into an ice sculpture, gained."

Thinking of this.

Tistu glanced out of the corner of his eye toward where Ansu was.

Then I saw the box in the other person's hand.

It is not just fragments of the Space Stone that are embedded in it.

It is a complete Space Stone.