Chapter 451 Improving Alchemy

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My grimoire quickly showed me my gains after making such high-quality items. Thanks to the materials and my own knowledge from my previous life, I was able to make truly powerful equipment. The two staffs and the bow and arrows were all of amazing quality, and that also came with great amounts of bonus EXP and Skill Proficiency.

[You earned 90000 EXP]

[Alchemy Proficiency has increased greatly]

[The [Alchemy], [Brewing], [Synthetize], and [Apprentice Alchemist Recipe Book] Skills have Leveled Up]

[The [Alchemist] Title Skill has Leveled Up]

With those Skills having earned good enough Skill Proficiency, they ended leveling up again. This is all thanks to Hard Worker being at such a high level, it helps me earn double the amount of Skill Proficiency I earned.

The Skill Proficiency I earned making these Alchemy-made items was around half of the EXP I got from them all, so it was rather obvious they would level up again, even with the insane amounts of Skill Proficiency they ask for to level up.

Although I haven't managed to change the requirements for EXP and Skill Proficiency, earning it is much easier, which practically helps me ignore Lucifer's Curse easily. His attempts at making my life difficult are probably falling apart, bit by bit.

Once I can attain greater Alchemy Proficiency, I could replicate even more things from my previous life. It wouldn't be hard at all to create a special item to reconstruct my shattered soul or do even more insane things. The path of alchemy is endless.

And above all, it appears I acquired new Items to make through [Instant Creation]:

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[Apprentice Alchemist Recipe Book: Lv3]

Skill Proficiency 5000/30000

A Skill that only incredibly talented Alchemist can learn. It grants access to a special Book that can materialize out of thin air, where an alchemist is capable of accessing a series of recipes that are unlocked over time and the Skill Level, it also grants detailed information about Materials which are then registered in the book. Through the book and the required set of special Skills, Synthesis can be done anywhere.

Available Recipes for Instant Creation:

Level 1: [Lesser Health Potion (Normal Grade)], [Lesser Mana Potion (Normal Grade)], [Lesser Antidote Potion (Normal Grade)], [Spike Bomb (Normal Grade)]

Level 2: [Poisonous Smoke Bomb (Normal Grade)], [Combustion Bomb (Normal Grade)], [Lesser Holy Water (Normal Grade)], [Lesser Stamina Potion (Normal Grade)]

Level 3: [Black Curse Bomb (Rare Grade)], [Freezing Bomb (Rare Grade)], [Lesser Demonic Potion (Rare Grade)], [Lesser Soul Potion (Rare Grade)]

Level 4: ???

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Black Curse Bombs are great to weaken foes by forcefully inflicting curses to weaken their bodies and magic conductivity. In this world it would be translated to lowering their stats by a certain % temporarily. Then there are Freezing Bombs, instead of exploding and burning with fire, they explode and freeze things with ice, capturing them and paralyzing them if they don't die from being frozen.

Lesser Demonic Potions must be the ones I've been drinking to regain Demonic Energy and use my Demon Arc and Demon Eyes at full power. And lastly, Lesser Soul Potions, a welcome surprise. These are potions that reinforce the soul and make it stronger. Which translates to enhancing a Soul's powers, such as Aura, amongst other things.

There is only a maximum amount these potions can enhance the power of a soul, after that I would need to move to higher rarity potions. But that'll be after drinking like a few hundred of them, so there's no hurry. It is also better to consume Soul Potions than eat souls directly, raw souls are filled with emotions and other disgusting things which get in the way, it is way easier to consume them when refined into a potion, which enhances the effects as well.

I'll be making dozens of these over time to get to enhance my soul strength as much as possible, and perhaps that of my companions, their souls being weak would be truly a problem if we encounter foes that can target it, they could die in a whim if their souls are shattered, so I need to prepare some things to prevent that. Also it is really easy to read through souls when they're weak, which could leak important information, I wouldn't really want that either.

"Now that we are done with this-"

"A-Amazing, I never took you for such a good Alchemist."

Erika's father was even more amazed now after he saw me making those items.

"Well, I am actually pretty tired, I don't think I can make these types of items every day, they drain away all my MP and even exhaust my body." I sighed.

If I overdone it with Alchemy and make things that are too high quality for my current level, I will end up growing weaker over time, which wouldn't be a good thing at all, as it could be detrimental to my growth.

"But still, I never saw anybody so young making such incredible items through Alchemy…" He sighed. "You've earned my respect, Blake. And of course, you can also take my daughter's hand when both of you grow into adults. Feel free. I can entrust her to you."

"Her hand?" I wondered.

"H-He meant as if in marriage, my lord…" Eleanora whispered to me.

"Ah… Well, sure." I said without really paying much attention to that.

"I might not be alive by then, but I hope you give me some beautiful grandchildren." Said Erika's father.

"Err… Aren't you getting a bit ahead of yourself?" I sighed. "Well, whatever. Is she okay?"

"I went to check on her and she's sleeping like a log… But she's stable. She's… incredibly healthy and will probably wake up whenever all this exhaustion she feels fades away." Said Erika's father.

"Great. I suppose I should go back home for now. You guys, I'll bring you back to your homes." I said, as Eleanora summoned Blood out of her shadows, and from my Grimoire, two Fenrirs materialized.

Like that, we all went back to our homes, and I enjoyed a relaxing day with my family. After having done so much high ranked synthesis, I just wanted to rest.

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