At the Treasure Room
"Hahaha! Good job to all of you! We were all watching the show. That was one heck of a fight. We really thought you would all die."
A loud laugh from Boza.
"Out of all the 234 of you, only 47 survived. But all of you are cream of the top."
"Madam Jezebel already provided some of the rewards last night. However, we haven't given you everything yet."
Boza then brought them to the weapon shops. There, a bunch of weapons were laid out. When Zane checked with his identification, he found out that the quality of weapons was better than average.
"Pick your weapons!"
Some of the Blood Warriors couldn't help but be excited. One by one, they started trying their newfound weapon.
However, Zane wasn't really interested in the weapons since he bought a better quality one.
When he started looking for an alternative weapon, he came across a single book on the floor.
He picked it up, then the moment he touched the book, he saw a prompt.
'DING! You picked up The Chronicles of the Blood Warriors, Blood Moon Era, Volume 1.'
'Do you want to download the content?' When he heard the prompt, he was elated.
'YES'
This is what he needs the most, information! Even from the beginning, he knows very little about the world he is in right now. To plan his escape, he wants to know exactly where the City of Capricia is.
So he asked Boza, "Sir, I don't need any weapons. Do you have any other books that I can have instead?"
Boza stared at him deeply for a minute, then suddenly had a strong uncontrollable laugh, "Hahahahaha"
"Listen, listen, everyone, hear this! Zane wants to get a BOOK instead of a weapon!"
When everybody heard it, they also started laughing.
"Mr. Scholar, aren't we? Hahaha"
"Hahaha, what are you going to do with a book? Use it throw to another person trying to kill you?"
"No, he is going to read poems to make the beasts sleep! Hahaha"
"What, you will talk the beasts of not attacking you? Hahaha"
"What a dumb ass!"
Old Gramps also couldn't help but take a shot at him, "He thinks that his book is mightier than a sword!"
"Bwahaha"
"What a fool!"
Even Gerax in the corner couldn't help but silently chuckle. Insults were being thrown left and right.
With all the laughing, Zane couldn't help but shake his head, 'what the hell is wrong with these people.'
Old gramps came to him and whispered, "Zane, I care for you, so don't take it to heart."
Zane couldn't help, but his eyes twitch hearing the whisper from Old Gramps.
Checking that there were no other books in the place. He started inspecting the weapons.
Most of the weapons are okay but nothing special. Suddenly something caught his eye. It was five thick silver needles, around 80mm, arranged neatly but covered with thick dust hung on the wall. It looked very ordinary, but when Zane checked its stats, it shows:
Mana Consuming Silver Metal Needle
Grade: Mana Item (High)
Damage: 15
Durability: 45
Description: White silver metal used for forging. Able to infuse mama to increase penetrative power.
'Mana item?'
'This is the first time I encountered a Mana Item.'
'Hmm. Damn. If I use this correctly, just one shot of this need can easily kill all warriors below Awakened level. The durability is also very interesting high. This is really well made.'
Zane grabbed the needles and headed to Boza. When Boza saw it, he frowned and said in a dark voice, "So you got these needles?"
He continued with a heavy tone, "Do you also need some pink yarns?"
Everyone couldn't help laughing again. Zane couldn't be bothered by it and just left the place and waited outside.
After everyone picked, the final reward they got was the status of 'Elite.'
It seems not much, but the difference in protection towards Nobles was higher.
With the status of an Elite, they are one step higher than a regular Blood Warrior. Furthermore, they will be given better materials for training and better quality of life, such as food and better housing.
All Houses were limited to a number of the status of elites. Each House can get only about 500 of them. Primarily, they are used as reserves for more meaningful work.
Furthermore, Nobles can't just casually throw them as cannon fodder; they have to think twice before doing so. Although the City of Capricia was also called Slave City, the deep root of Blood Warriors was engraved in their history.
Based on the history Zane read, the Blood Warriors were descendants of Berserkers. The founder of the Arena and the original city owner of the Capricia was a High Noble who incorporated the deep history and culture of the Blood Berserkers. The book states that his cultivation was greater than Ascendant, when he left, he was in the search for overcoming the barriers of immortality.
'Ascendant and Immortal level, are they the next levels after Awakening?' Zane contemplated.
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After his training, he went directly to his second job.
He still has quite a lot of healing potions, but he ran out of battle potions such as poison and paralyzing ones. Thinking that it was very crucial for emergencies, he wanted to stack much more this time.
When he arrived at the ward, he saw the place was such chaos. Trashes were everywhere, blood pools, stinky smells, and patients screaming all over the place.
'I just cleaned this place last week.'
"Zane, welcome back it seems that you are still alive!"
Zane turned his head and saw a bloody person holding knives next to a screaming patient,
"Yes, but what happened here?"
"Just the usual, we got more patients due to a young pesky noble that came. Don't get me wrong; I am actually happy that he came. I got more people to experiment," he grinned.
"You mean to treat, right?"
"Oh yes! That too."
'How did you even become a doctor?' Zane thought.
...
Zane immediately started his work, using his low-level potions from one patient to another. After almost two hours of treatment and settling down most of the patients, he went back to the medical room to combine some herbs.
Then he made a final decision to use one of his points to add to his Alchemy.
The moment he added the point, he felt something being unlocked at a depth of his soul.
"Alchemy Level 2"
When he checked his Alchemy Interface, he saw that he could now add three types of herbs to the alchemy cauldron. This will give him more options to create different types of potions.
Without delay, Zane started experimenting. He was able to create 3 new types of recipes that were compatible: Intermediate Healing Potion, Intermediate Anti-Venom, and Stamina Potion.
He is more familiar with Healing Potion and Anti-Venom, but this is the first time he was able to create the Stamina potion.
Stamina Potion: Restores the body's vigor and recovers some fatigue. Does not recover from mental fatigue. Caution, causes the body to break down faster.
Zane looked around. Sadly, there were limited amounts and types of herbs in the medical room to be able to create more combinations.
'I need to get more from the market but I will need a lot of money.'
Zane suddenly remembered a very unique recipe. It is cheap and easy to make. His mouth curved up. For the next two hours, he started producing this powder.
'Time to make some money!'
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