Wizard: Start consuming attributes from the equipment slot.

Chapter 86 Waiting

In fact, after Viktor's equipment slots were changed from one to two, his urgency to devour equipment was greatly reduced.

After all, consuming equipment only makes the effect of an equipment's stats permanent. In reality, as long as the equipment enters the equipment slot, the equipment's stats will take effect immediately. So theoretically, as long as you have enough equipment slots, whether you consume or not doesn't really matter.

Not to mention that replacing equipment only causes the Devouring Quest progress to zero, but otherwise has no other impact.

Therefore, all five alchemical items that Victor recently acquired, except for the last one, "Dragon's Codex," can be transformed into immediate combat power... and can take effect right now.

Viktor only has enough magic power for now, so he still has two potions equipped in his inventory to prevent any unexpected situations.

Let's turn our attention back to the Drow Elf clan.

Although the drow elves are fundamentally different from humans, the absolute difference in strength and their worship of power make it not a difficult task for Viktor to manage the entire drow clan.

However, he came here not to become a slave owner.

So after squeezing every last drop out of the drow clan, they quickly found Olivia and asked her when they would take the next step.

While Victor was dealing with the drow clan, Olivia was not idle either. Instead, she used the drow elf town as a center point to clear out all the monsters within a radius of dozens of kilometers.

Including those pigmen that Victor had dealt with before.

He even witnessed the appearance of a tunnel lizard once, and then returned to the town of the Drow clan. He also became interested in the droppings of the tunnel lizard and studied them for a day.

Just then, Victor arrived and asked her what to do next. Olivia then placed the things in front of her in front of Victor and said, "The next step is to see if we can find the source of these things."

"Then it came down to establishing outposts."

"The former is insufficient; you can send some drow scouts out to investigate. For the latter, you will need to mobilize those drow to build according to the foundation shown on the blueprints. Afterward, I will contact the academy to guide the power of the Star Tower over."

As she spoke, Olivia pulled out a blueprint from somewhere and handed it to Victor.

Viktor took the blueprints, glanced at them, and found that building this academy outpost was not difficult.

It seems that it's just building the foundation for a teleportation array to guide the flow of magic. Apart from needing some materials, it should be completed quickly.

So he put the things away and looked at what Olivia was fiddling with, which was actually the debris from the tunnel worms he had seen before: "Professor Olivia, do you have any clue about where this came from?"

Olivia shook her head: "I just studied the ingredients."

"This thing is very special. It is not made of pure matter. Inside the outer shell is a dense condensation of magic power, and it is exceptionally stable, almost losing the agitation that magic power itself should have."

"It's somewhat similar to black gold, but not quite the same. It must be a product of some kind of mutation under special conditions."

"But it has high research and practical value."

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"Similar to black gold?" Victor nodded, somewhat surprised by Olivia's assessment of the item.

Black gold is the name of a unique material in the wizarding world. It is a very viscous magical aggregate, and its status is similar to that of oil to humanity before his transmigration. It is a very important alchemical material that is relevant to all aspects of life.

On a smaller scale, such as the alchemical tools and props commonly used by wizards, and on a larger scale, such as wizard warships and wizard towers, black gold is almost always present.

No wonder the academy sent Olivia to investigate. If it's confirmed that this thing is as valuable as black gold, then let alone Olivia, a formal wizard... for the sake of black gold, it wouldn't be unacceptable for the academy to mobilize its entire force to destroy this astral plane.

"So next, we need to find the source of this thing and determine the quantity, right?" Victor asked.

"Hmm." Olivia nodded. "There's no need to rush. I've already cleared out all the creatures around that might interfere with the construction of the outpost. You can just focus on building the outpost with the drow."

"The rest is none of your concern."

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Viktor glanced at her upon hearing this.

Olivia immediately understood what he meant and said helplessly, "Don't worry, if this discovery is really large in quantity and useful to the academy, the academy won't treat you unfairly... After all, you're one of us, you know?"

"Of course I know. As you know, I have always been absolutely loyal to the academy!"

Why didn't you say that earlier?

Viktor immediately smiled and then obediently withdrew.

Although I don't know what kind of reward the academy will give, I imagine they won't be stingy.

He wasn't asking for much; a few tens of thousands of magic stones would be fine... He had spent most of his fortune on this exploration mission, so the academy should at least give him some compensation, right?

In the following days.

Viktor also calmed down.

In addition to overseeing the daily construction of outposts by the drow, he also began his own research, primarily focusing on animals produced in the underground planes, as well as the anatomical and physical studies of the drow.

Research into physical alchemy remains restricted in Morningstar City.

Victor himself was not very willing to do things that were too low-level, so if he wanted to make progress in the area of ​​physical alchemy, he would need to spend money to collect corpses.

The corpses of ordinary people are one thing, but the corpses of creatures tainted with magic become extremely expensive. Even if Victor makes a fortune, it's a bottomless pit of investment.

So he had to keep it to himself, and only occasionally could he use a few scraps of Manugs.

Now that he's in the underworld, these restrictions have been lifted immediately. He only recognizes human identities and doesn't care about alien races like drow elves. While researching a few drow slaves, he also had drow scouts capture some monsters from the underworld for him.

So over the past few days, Viktor's proficiency in physical alchemy has increased rapidly.

At this rate, it might not be long before his physical alchemy proficiency reaches the master level... Although a master level of proficiency doesn't mean Viktor is truly a master, it should be enough for him to achieve some results according to his own ideas.