"What is it?" I said to the newcomer.
"Well, tomorrow will be the famous potion concourse, the price of which has just been revealed!
"It is about obtaining an ability: "The Royal digestion", this ability allows to analyze the data of any absorbed ingredient and to determine the information. It is invaluable to any alchemist!"
I was left speechless at the price announcement. I longed for this ability both for the benefits I would receive and for my survival as an adventurer. Finishing my beer with one stroke, I didn't waste any time and went back to the hotel to imagine the potion most likely to win at the concourse with the ingredients I had. I had 2500 pieces of gold left in my purse. I'll probably need to invest in ingredients. The market will make a profit for this competition!
It was almost 11:00 when I finally found a potion in the system. It was about the 'vitality of the horse'. It allowed to open the meridian points of the mana circulation. There were about 400 points on the body that organized the circulation. By opening the points, Magic regeneration could be accelerated for a period of time. There were no adverse effects of opening meridian points. Many sought to control them in order to benefit from a colossal magical ability. It was a complicated task. A each open point, Magic regeneration increases by 2%. In other words, if all points were open, 800% of magical revival will be experienced. Nobody to date had managed to open them in full due to the energy that was deployed that could trigger earthquakes and disasters just by being motionless.
My potion could open 10 meridian points if it was created to perfection. And that was my current goal. The system showed the recipe and I will need 2 rare ingredients that would cost me close to all my gold. As I read the recipe a notification appeared: "Notification! Release of explanatory videos at level 5 of the alchemy competence, current level 2". How? Explanatory videos? It would be great I'm sure! I was going to go to the mana factory to rent a room to make my potion. Precise utensils could allow me to achieve this perfection. When I woke up, I bought the necessary ingredients for the potion and rented the room. I had some 400 pieces of gold left in my purse, I had to win the contest at all costs in order to make a profit. When I arrived at the factory and in the room dedicated to me, two other alchemists were creating potions. No doubt competitors thought I did. This morning my mana was back and I can finally use my fireballs and my firespirit. I intended to train my fire spell by heating all my preparations with my hand. My spell was level 3 and I could create several fireballs at once. Besides, by heating them myself, the accuracy will only be better. As I took the ingredients out of my purse, I saw one of my competitors discreetly pouring a black liquid into the preparation of the third individual. Then when he returned from the other room, he continued the preparation by adding a lot of expensive ingredients. A few minutes later, the potion exploded, throwing copper fragments all over the room, some of which frozen in the preparer's chest. He had sabotaged his potion! The man was transported 30min later to the advanced medical center.
Well, I had to stay there for the duration of the creation of my potion and it was for five hours. I armed myself with courage and began the preparation.
Step 1: Heat water with red water lilies and infuse with common level dissolving ingredients.
2nd step: Set the ideal temperature at 39.5°C and 67.1°C after 2min.
There were 30 steps that were becoming more and more complex. I made my expert hands as precise as I could. Then at the 4th hour I was working, an old man speaking on behalf of 'Kalam' came to me.
"Too cloudy your potion, you miss some of its potential"
"Are you a competitor of the competition?"
"None of that, I just want to help you," the old man replied.
"How can you help me?" I said distrustful of this mysterious man. Then, before I had time to react, he slipped an ingredient into my precious concoction.
"What did you do" furious with his act, I had shouted at him. The potion took on a reddish hue and became lucid. I feared the potion was ruined but I continued the recipe anyway. After finishing my recipe, I let the 'Chiron dust' act. I had finished my potion! I greatly hoped it was a success. "Notification! Horse vitality potion level 3 Expert realized, gain +1 Alchemy point.
Awesome! Expert level, it will allow me to win the competition I'm sure! I put away my potion carefully and ventured into the streets of the city, smiling. I had achieved my goal! I found a shop of Sorcery and Mana where many books on its control were stored. I was looking for information about the Mental Source and its capabilities. Thus, I interposed the magical seller.
"Do you have any books on 'The Mental Source', sir?
"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about . . .
"Oh wait, 30 days ago a tall man in white armor asked me the same question,
"He quickly explained to me that a village in the West will have or will have information about it".
"What's the name of this village, my good man?"
"' Valamir' I think."
I took note of the name of the village and left the shop with my few coins in my pocket. The competition will take place tomorrow according to the guild, I was ready and it was time to show off my abilities!