Rola thought she was dreaming. Where did that Miracle drug come from, she wondered. And where did the Essence in his hands go. Surely it was not what she was thinking of. Surely Caesar did not just turn that useless Essence into a Miracle drug.
No, that was a stupid thought, Rola said to herself. Because that would change the whole way she thought about Miracle drugs altogether. Hell, it would create chaos all throughout the world.
It was common sense that once a Miracled died, their Miracle power died with them. The Miracle drug that they consumed would never return even again until it reappeared naturally in the world.
Nobody knew how that process worked or how Miracle drugs were created, but that was the accepted logic.
If people knew that someone was able to create a new Miracle drug from an Essence, then it would literally destroy the world. There would be wars waged and countries destroyed, all for the sake of controlling this power.
So, no. Rola refused to believe that Caesar just did what he did, even if the evidence was right in front of her.
But no matter what Rola thought, Caesar continued to inspect the Miracle drug. It was leathery, colored red and black with designs like a dinosaurs' skin.
[Miracle Drug: Tyrannosaurus Rex]
[Class: Unique]
[Description:]
[User who consumed this drug will be able to manifest the physical and tyrannical nature of the T-rex. They will be able to transform themselves partially or fully into the body of a T-rex.]
[Side effects:]
[Heaven's punishment. It will be impossible to surpass the human limit.]
Caesar smiled as he saw the description. It was the same power as the one that Kopra had, meaning that he was able to successfully turn the Essence into a Miracle drug.
Heaven's punishment was still active as a side effect, but Caesar already had a loophole to get around that. He could always invest this drug in another person, gaining power while not suffering the curse.
But Caesar didn't linger on this Miracle drug for now. That was because he still had 5 other Essences that he had to extract. And he had to do it with the time ticking down.
Caesar noticed that the light in the corpses were starting to get dimmer. This was because the Miracle power in those Essence would soon dissipate in the air after some time passed.
Without any hesitation, Caesar grabbed onto the goth-man's Essence. This time, the color that was emitted by the Essence was blue.
[Essence: Shadow movement]
[Class: Original]
[Previous owner: Morrigan Edge]
Caesar wiped a drop of his blood onto the Essence and waited for the extraction. Soon, a blinding light once again filled the room.
Rola was still not over the fact that Caesar created a new Miracle when she saw him take out another Essence from the Miracled' corpse. And soon enough, she saw another blinding light that made her close her eyes.
She didn't know if she would be surprised or numb to the fact that Caesar did this casually. He just did this out of nowhere with no warning at all, like he was able to do this from the beginning.
[Extraction successful!]
[Miracle Drug: Shadow movement]
[Class: Original]
[Description:]
[User who consumed this drug will be able to move and transfer their shadow freely. They can control it to grab or expand as long as it is within a dark area.]
[Side effects:]
[Heaven's punishment]
Caesar waited no time to extract the others as well. This was a gold mine that only he could dig through, and dig through it he will. He beat them all single handedly, and their Miracle drugs were now under his possession.
[Miracle Drug: Marshmallow Healing]
[Class: Original]
[Description:]
[User who consumed this drug will be able to create marshmallows with healing capabilities. Anyone who consumes this marshmallow will be healed of external and internal injuries as long as it is not fatal.]
[Side effects:]
[Heaven's punishment.]
Now, it was the turn of the man with many eyes.
[Miracle Drug: Eyes on Body]
[Class: Original]
[Description:]
[User who consumed this drug will be able to create multiple eyes that can be attached to one's body and give to a designated target.]
[Side effects:]
[Heaven's punishment]
Next was the barbaric woman who died clinging onto her 1 tonne mallet.
[Miracle Drug: Weight Manipulation]
[Class: Original]
[Description:]
[User who consumed this drug will be able to freely control the weight of the item they touch as long as there is contact. The force of the object will remain, but it will feel weightless.]
[Side effects:]
[Heaven's punishment]
Caesar smiled as he successfully extracted the 5 Essences of the Capo gang's Miracled. This was a harvest that he did not expect, but it was more than welcome.
When he planned the demise of the Capo gang and Boban, he thought that he would only get their territory and their money. He didn't think he would also get their power.
His ability was truly an ally in his quest to conquer the world with his drug empire. He could only imagine the army he could create from all the Miracle drug he could extract; he would be unstoppable.
Caesar then turned his head towards Boban. His body was now a bit deflated as Caesar burned all his organs. It was quite funny. Boban lost more weight being dead than he did all his life.
Caesar did the same to him and poured a drop of blood onto the Essence. But unexpectedly, he got bad news.
[Extraction failed!]
The Essence soon lost all of its light and turned grayish dim. Then, as if it was made out of ash, a small breeze of air scattered the Essence into tiny little powder.
The extraction was not a definite success all the time. It looked like there was an aspect of luck with whether extraction would succeed or not. Or maybe it was because Caesar had already extracted 5 Essences at that point and there was a limit.
Caesar did not know why the extraction failed since he did not have enough information. He would test this out on other Essences when he got another opportunity. Or maybe it would be better to phrase it as; 'when he created another opportunity.'
Rola was a bit disappointed that Caesar failed his last magical process to turn an Essence into a Miracle drug. But she was also relieved at the same time.
If Caesar was able to turn every Essence into a Miracle drug, then he would be no lesser than a godlike being. Him failing was an assurance for Rola that Caesar could still fail at something, because he always seemed to win no matter what.
But with 5 Miracle drugs under his disposal, Caesar would now be almost unstoppable.
Caesar looked at Rola and his vision immediately changed.
[Candidate for Further Investment option found…]
[Would you like to activate the Further Investment option?]
[Y/N]
Caesar immediately picked the 'yes' option. This option looked like an upgraded version of the Investment option he unlocked last level up.
That time, he was able to invest the Miracle drug to Rola, and earn its Miracle power. And since this investment was currently active, Rola was now a candidate for the further investment option.
[Further Investment option]
[Description:]
[Investment is not a one-time deal. Truly worthwhile investments need further financial backing in order for it to grow to its full potential.]
[Instruction:]
[Invest further to a candidate by gifting them money to spend on themselves for further growth.]
[Each 1 million Parou given will result in a +10 boost on all stats for the investor and the candidate.]
[Limited only till the candidate reaches a bottleneck.]
[The investment will also give a boost on the candidate's growth rate depending on the amount of money gifted.]
[Each 1 million Parou will result in a 10% acceleration in their growth.]
This meant that if Caesar gave Rola 1 million Parou as a gift, both he and Rola would get +10 boost on all their stats. Rola would also get a 10% acceleration in her growth.
If Caesar gave Rola 10 million coins, they would both get +100 boost on all stats. She would have 100% growth acceleration.
This was a fortuitous situation for both Caesar and Rola. All Caesar would have to do was gift Rola enough money, and they could both get stronger from it.
But that was not the end of it.
[To prove to the investor that this is a worthwhile investment, a payout will be given each time that the candidate defeats a Miracled.]
[For each Miracled that the candidate defeats using their own power, the candidate gains a +2 boost in all their stats. The investor would get a +1 boost in all his stats.]
If Rola defeated 1 Miracled, she would get +2 boost in her stats while Caesar would get +1 boost. This was a perpetual stat boost and will benefit Caesar even when he does nothing. This was a passive training, where he doesn't have to do anything and he earned stat boosts.
And that was with only 1 candidate. What if there were multiple people Caesar had invested in? What if he gave them these Miracle drugs?
How much stat boost would he get then?