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

[20%]

[30%]

50%...

As it continues to absorb ether particles, the numbers on the progress bar keep rising.

Until it reaches 100%.

In an instant, the unicorn horn and the dragon horn on the top of the shadow dragon's head lit up with faint light.

The unicorn's horn vanished the next moment.

At the same time, a rustling sound came from the dragon horns on the shadow dragon's head.

Then it began to grow rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even the number of dragon horns increased.

Before long, in the process of continuous growth and transformation,

A crown made of six dragon horns was thus formed.

[Integration Complete]

[The bonus effect of the "Secondary Profession - Mystic Transcendent" is now in effect]

When a Fusionist uses dragon horns to unleash bloodline magic, the spell's power is multiplied by 1.05.

Fusionist Physique *1.05

(These types of buffs are additive effects and are calculated separately.)

(After the power of bloodline spells and physical attributes are improved, the strength of the bonus effect will also be further increased.)

"As expected, it's a noble percentage bonus."

Later, once we get better materials, we can try modifying our bones.

Looking at the shadow dragon tilting its head and looking in the mirror, seemingly puzzled by the change in the shape of its dragon horns.

Ansu nodded in satisfaction.

"The changes in appearance are pretty much what I expected."

It even received additional enhancements due to the addition of mysterious attributes.

We still need to test it first to verify whether the other new capabilities brought about by the fusion are exactly what I expected.

Thinking of this.

Ansu immediately ordered Shadow Dragon to try to activate the newly acquired bloodline spell.

Upon receiving the command, Shadow Dragon immediately activated his bloodline magic.

The next moment, the crown made of dragon horns immediately began to glow.

Immediately afterwards, rays of light appeared at the center of Shadow Dragon's body.

The light quickly extended, enveloping the entire Shadow Dragon.

The light soon faded.

The dragon that reappeared before Ansu was no longer a shadow dragon.

There were two, not two.

Their appearance is exactly the same as the previous Shadow Dragon.

Their bodies were covered with golden patterns resembling vertical pupils, and each dragon wore a crown made of six dragon horns. However, both dragons were smaller than before.

This is the ability the other party gained after fusing with the modified unicorn horn:

Multiple bodies.

If the element content in the body is high enough, it can turn from one into two.

Furthermore, since the pigments also contain the corpse of a fire elemental spirit with two souls, each of the two shadow dragon bodies has a separate soul.

If you want, you can always return it to its original form.

"If we make slight modifications later using other alchemical pigments and bones."

It can also cause the Shadow Dragon's soul to multiply into three, five, ten... or even more.

However, there's one more thing that needs to be tested before that.

Ansu wanted to test whether the current Shadow Dragon was truly as he had envisioned, capable of significantly increasing his strength.

With that thought in mind, Ansu took out a paintbrush and handed it to a shadow dragon.

Then it took out a chisel and handed it to another shadow dragon.

Then he began to have the two shadow dragons use the tools in their hands together.

The next moment, the first shadow dragon used its tail to curl up the paintbrush.

He dipped his brush in paint and began to draw patterns on the ether particles in mid-air.

The second shadow dragon transformed its wings into tentacles.

He then picked up a chisel and began working with a mineral that resembled lapis lazuli.

At the same time, the panel notification sound rang again.

[Drawing on ether particles]

[Knowledge - Virtual Painting Proficiency +1]

[Processing alchemy pigment materials]

[Knowledge - Alchemy Pigment Mixing Proficiency +1]

"It worked!"

Ansu successfully confirmed his earlier suspicions.

"Both shadow dragons were once my shadows."

In contrast.

In terms of the definition of mysticism, they can all be considered half of my alter ego.

They can all, like the Shadow Dragon before them, help me improve my proficiency in the corresponding knowledge.

Prior to this, Anzu had considered focusing solely on enhancing a Shadow Dragon using only pigments or other extraordinary knowledge.

This allows them to use multiple extraordinary knowledge simultaneously, thereby helping them improve their proficiency in various areas.

Initially, Shadow Dragon did indeed increase two proficiency levels simultaneously, just as Ansu had thought.

And the efficiency isn't too slow.

But when he tried to enhance the Shadow Dragon with pigments, he discovered that this goal was not so easy to achieve.

After all, there is a limit to the number of times a single soul can think in multiple threads.

Moreover, even with enhanced mental strength, it would be impossible for Shadow Dragon to acquire the ability to simultaneously utilize three extraordinary knowledge types without making mistakes in a short period of time.

According to Ansu's calculations.

You need at least 30 points of mental strength to be able to do the same type of task.

Shadow Dragon's current mental strength doesn't even reach double digits.

Therefore.

It was only after seeing the corpse of a fire elemental spirit with two souls in one body at the Extraordinary Material Recycling Center that Ansu had the idea of ​​finding another way.

"Although using three extraordinary knowledge simultaneously requires extremely high mental strength."

However, if you use two extraordinary techniques at the same time, as long as your mental strength reaches the level of an ordinary person, you can do it by practicing many times.

After turning one Shadow Dragon into two Shadow Dragons, each Shadow Dragon can simultaneously help me improve my proficiency in two different knowledge areas.

That's equivalent to an extra 4 times the proficiency.

It is more beneficial than consuming a lot of resources to raise the mental power of a single Shadow Dragon to 30 points.

Furthermore, the Shadow Dragon's bloodline can be slightly adjusted afterward.

When it becomes an individual with two different souls, its bloodline will also be slightly different.

This allows it to be of additional use during combat.

With this in mind, Ansu also included this matter in the renovation plan.

Besides.

With the modified unicorn horn, Shadow Dragon can also unleash a more powerful fireball spell using the enhanced horn.

However, since there were no suitable test targets at the moment, Ansu did not conduct the test immediately.

After all, he didn't want to ruin his dormitory or damage other alchemy tools and materials for a test.

Furthermore, dragon horns can be used not only to assist in casting fireball spells.

Ansu glanced at the Familiar section of the panel.

Information about both Shadow Dragons appeared on it.

Furthermore, due to the bonus from the [Secondary Profession - Mystic Transcendent] to the [Main Profession - Bone Shepherd], they all received additional increases in physical strength and spell power.

"Afterwards, you can keep one Shadow Dragon to specialize in Constitution and fight enemies in close combat."

The other one specializes in magic and is responsible for attacking enemies from a distance.

Furthermore, once the potion recipe information provided by Sandru is fully analyzed, we can try to slightly adjust the effect of the pigments.

Then apply the corresponding effects to the Shadow Dragons.

Since the Mystery attribute has not yet reached 15 points, Ansu is temporarily unable to fully confirm the specific effects of the pigment formula.

But one can sense that it must be related to space.

And it is highly likely related to spatial forces.

Therefore, Ansu plans to speed up the analysis of the formula for [Alchemy Pigment - Type 42 Spatial Color] after the course on [Painting-type Spell Scrolls] is completed.