Free Web NovelChapter 44: Chapter 44: Numerical Values
"Ugh, get over here!"
After a moment of wistful sighing, Andre headed for his room.
When he reached his room, Andre grabbed the Earth Elemental Bear by the scruff of its neck, dragged it inside, and slammed the door shut.
"How did I not notice how mischievous you were before?"
Andre squished the Earth Elemental Bear’s face, venting his frustration.
As if it knew it had done something wrong, the Earth Elemental Bear obediently let Andre manhandle it.
After squishing its face for a good while, Andre broke off a piece of Honeycomb and stuffed it into the Earth Elemental Bear’s mouth.
The moment it tasted the sweetness, the Earth Elemental Bear’s eyes lit up. Clamping down on the Honeycomb, it ran back to its little nest of Magic Stones.
That morning, Andre had made a new Magic Stone nest for the bear; it had nearly eaten the previous one.
’Sigh... Right now, it’s just one mouth to feed. But after I become an Official Wizard, I’ll have my teacher’s King of the Stone People and a whole Stone Giant Tribe to deal with. I have to start making money!’
Watching the Earth Elemental Bear continuously lick the Honeycomb, Andre felt an immense weight of pressure on his shoulders.
He turned back to his desk, sat down, and looked over the Basic Magic Potion Encyclopedia he’d picked up two days ago.
’Among Magic Potions, the most valuable are Talent-enhancing ones. But the ingredients are hard to find and expensive.’
’If I mess up, the loss in Magic Stones would be too great. Scratch that one.’
Andre looked at the list of Potions he’d chosen for his money-making venture and crossed off the Talent Potion.
’Next up is the God-Piercing Potion!’
He looked at the recipe he’d picked out. It was for the same kind of Potion he had been taking to stimulate his Spiritual Power.
This Potion was quite expensive, but its ingredients weren’t nearly as costly as those for a Talent Potion.
’This one’s a definite possibility!’
Andre continued analyzing his selected Potions.
’The third option is the Enhancing Potion!’ frёewebnoѵēl.com
A wave of emotion washed over Andre as he looked at this Potion.
’If it hadn’t been for those four Enhancing Potions laying the foundation, on top of the Divine Blood that strengthened my body, it’s debatable whether I would have successfully formed my Magic Heart.’
’Enhancing Potions are relatively cheap, but the profit margin is decent if I make them in bulk. What Wizard doesn’t want a stronger body? I can rely on high volume and small profits.’
Andre continued to look over the remaining Potion recipes, comparing and scrutinizing each one.
Soon, Andre had settled on four types of Potions he would try to brew.
The four were: God-Piercing Potion, Enhancing Potion, Gale Potion, and Earth Body Potion.
The God-Piercing and Enhancing Potions, of course, acted directly on the body.
The Gale Potion and Earth Body Potion, on the other hand, were spell-like Potions.
After drinking a Gale Potion, its effect was equivalent to an enhanced Clear Wind Technique, more than doubling the user’s Speed for ten minutes.
The Earth Body Potion used the power of the Earth Element to reinforce the skin and muscles, increasing the user’s defense by fifty percent for ten minutes.
Andre chose these four Potions because their ingredients were cheap, leaving a decent profit margin on the final product.
Moreover, they weren’t difficult to brew, making them perfect for a novice to practice on.
"Crucibles, test tubes, a centrifuge, a separator, culture mediums..."
Andre listed all the equipment he would need for Potion brewing.
Tomorrow, after meeting with Radak, he would buy everything and start brewing Potions, setting his money-making plan into motion.
In the early morning, Andre opened his eyes, broke off a piece of Honeycomb, and stuffed it into the mouth of the Earth Elemental Bear howling by his bedside to shut it up.
He got up, stretched his body, then took two Potions from his Storage Ring, uncorked them, and chugged them down.
As the Potions entered his system, the fusion of his two hearts, which had been proceeding slowly, began to accelerate.
At the same time, the Magic Heart’s maximum Magic Power capacity also continued to increase as the fusion progressed.
’I’ll have to drink these Potions for at least another month.’
Feeling the speed of his hearts’ fusion, Andre calculated that he would have to endure another month of this excruciating pain.
"System!" Andre summoned the System and looked at his current stats.
[Name] Andre
[Personality] Lord of Truth (Fragment, 0.12%)
[Age] 17
[Realm] High Level Wizard Apprentice
[Power] 19
[Speed] 17
[Constitution] 21
[Spirit] 24
[Talent] Fifth Level
[Bloodline] Divine Descendant (Activated/Sealed)
[Talent] Eye of Origin (0.22%), Elementary Perfect Body (2.9%)
[Ability] Demon Pattern Mastery, Mastery of Witchcraft Scroll, Basic Witchcraft Mastery, Eye of Truth, Demonic Energy Frenzy, Earth and Stone Manipulation
[Truth] 231% freёwebnovel.com
’My stats have gone up a lot since the Secret Realm. It’s time to figure out what these numbers actually mean.’
Andre changed his clothes, took out some Magic Stones, and began to test his Power. He finally felt himself reach his limit while holding the equivalent of 380 kilograms of Magic Stones.
’One point of Power equals 20 kilograms.’
Having figured out the first stat, Andre started to measure his Speed.
Andre left his room and began running laps around the Wizard Inheritance Hall. Soon, he figured out the meaning of his Speed stat as well.
’Seventeen meters per second. That’s 1.7 times faster than the fastest runner from my previous life. Basically, the speed of a cheetah.’
’Constitution is harder to test, so I’ll skip it for now. That just leaves Spirit.’
Andre stopped running and headed for the mountain behind the hall.
Three minutes later, Andre stopped and began to cast the simplest Level 0 Witchcraft: Witchcraft Missile.
Witchcraft Missile has an Attack Power of one degree. One degree of Defense Power is equivalent to the protection offered by a mortal’s Fine Iron Shield.
A single Witchcraft Missile could shatter one Fine Iron Shield.
Through his test, Andre found he could cast a total of 72 Witchcraft Missiles before his Spiritual Power was completely depleted.
’The Gentle Wind Technique costs three times as much as a Witchcraft Missile, the Fireball Technique costs five times as much, and more powerful spells can cost up to ten times as much. This means that as a High Level Wizard Apprentice, my Spiritual Power is already comparable to that of many veterans at the same level.’
Andre took a piece of Honeycomb from his Storage Ring. He had just popped it into his mouth when a hand appeared right in front of him.
"Selena?" Andre looked up to see that the hand asking him for Honeycomb belonged to none other than Selena.
"Give me a piece!" Selena said, waggling her hand at him.
Andre took out another piece of Honeycomb and handed it to her.
"Mmm, this is good! Much better than the honey we have at home!"
Selena took the Honeycomb, had a few bites, and then stored it away.
"How did you know where I was?"
Andre took out a Potion and drank it down, using its effects to restore his Spiritual Power. As he did, he asked Selena, "So, how did you track me down?"
