Chapter 17 - Potions taste bad... and Magic

The next day, exactly 24 hours later, after I brewed the potion, I was finally ready to drink it and break the limits of my physical strength. My drone production was going well, I had now 150 Arachne Drones, and currently, I ordered them to expand the production line, to reach production of Drones at least 500 per day, meaning expanding it by 10 times already.

I looked at the potion, grimaced a little, and gulped it down in one go. It tasted horrible, I heard that majority of potions tasted like shit, and apparently, it was true. When I drank the potion, I immediately started feeling its effect, as my entire body was like it was on fire.

My muscles were pulsating, as they were absorbing the energy from the potion, and even my bones hurt like hell when the energy from the potion was being absorbed by them. After ten minutes, I felt that pain was lessened, but it still hurt like hell.

But alas, I felt the immense strength flowing through my body, as each cell in my body was absorbing the energy from the potion, being refined and strengthened. What was even more shocking, my Demonic Energy reserves expanded by a significant amount, something I didn't foresee.

"Architect... scan my body."

I said, after another hour, when I felt that majority of the potion was already digested and my body reached a High-Class level of power in terms of physique. I felt countless times stronger compared to before I drank the potion, and I was curious about the exact advancement in my strength.

[Class: High

Demonic Energy: 96

Strength: 78

Agility: 75

Vitality: 60

Also, the potion energy is not still fully digested and full absorption would take around one month, so your physical strength would rise during this one month. To maximalize the effect, I would advise increasing your physical training to the extreme.]

I looked at the scan as I heard the voice of the Architect. It was understandable, that my body wasn't able to digest all of that at once, I will need some time, my body would also get a bit stronger.

Now my physique was comparable to average dragons, meaning weak dragons. Dragons were one of the most powerful creatures here, besides Gods. They had terrifying physiques and enormous magical abilities. The heavy majority of dragons were of High-Class, and they could easily best those in the same rank as them if they were another being.

While I was not a close combat fighter myself, it was good to have a strong physique. I wouldn't be vulnerable as most of the long-range combatants, and also, my body could then easily hold more Demonic Energy.

"Architect, start control all Drones to focus fully on production. By end of the month, I need to have 10,000 Arachne Drones ready."

I said to Architect, as I was leaving the underground complex to take a bath.

[It shall be done.]

"Also... start calculations for the Magic System."

***

One month later

Time really flew like water, after one month I spend studying magic, I noticed that all my 10,000 Arachne Drones were already created, and were like some small spider army. Most of them were just Low-Class cannon fodder, but their true value wasn't a combat or firepower, rather their construction abilities.

To achieve that, I needed to have as much as possible magic knowledge about Devil Magic, Norse Magic, and also Human Calculation Magic. Human Magic, was created by Merlin, based on his observations of Devil Magic and several other Magic Systems belonging to different Pantheons. He then created a Magic System based on mathematical equations and calculations, where one with enough calculations of magical power could shape it to form spells.

My ambition was to fuse these three systems into one, or rather to take their strong aspects and advantages and create a wholly new Magic System. If possible, I wanted to complete the first stages of the Magic System before the Great Wars starts, as it would greatly boost up the power of the Devil Race, only applicable for the weaker devils. For Satan-Class or Super-Devils, it won't make difference, as I can't create something like that if I myself am not at that level of strength or mastery over magic.

I even sent my trusted subordinates, to loot and kill human magical organizations or families and steal their knowledge. Humans were weak even with magic, but to be sure, I assigned two of my generals that were on Ultimate-Class to lead the operation and get as many magic tomes, grimoires, and books as possible. Everything then went straight to my library, as Architect was scanning each book, continuously expanding his database.

I also was buying many of these books from other Pillars, as many of Pillars had countless magic tomes and similar things, just getting dust in their libraries, so most of them were eager to sell those books for a few Soul Coins or Arachne Drones. What idiots.

With these new additions, I was able to lay a stable foundation for my Magic System. What was surprising, my I have attained Master-ranked mastery over Devil Magic and Expert-rank mastery over Norse Magic, after reading through all those tomes which I deemed important to learn personally.

I also tried Human Magic, surprisingly it was rather easy, as I was able to do mathematical calculations easily even without Architect's help. Apparently, Devils had more suitable brain development for such things, if they tried it. In regard to human magic, I had practically cheated my way to have Grandmaster-ranked mastery thanks to Architect's help.