Chapter 512 Purchasing A New Skill!

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The System suddenly showed me some tentative offers, but the prices were a bit too insane for me, which made me back down a little bit.

​ Why are they so goddamn expensive?!

[The Novice Alchemist Recipe Book is fitting for you right now. The other three are their evolved and advanced forms, therefore their cost is higher. However, if you purchase the Novice one, you can level it up over time and make it evolve, with enough patience and time, you could easily reach the Master Alchemist Recipe Grimoire Skill.]

Wow, so you can showcase even evolved forms of Skills? Can I brute force my skills into leveling up?

[Yes, depending in the difficulty of leveling, the system points used increase or decrease respectively…]

Well thanks for showing me that. I thought you were not talking with me anymore, System? What's wrong now? Did you miss talking with me, fufu?

[…I am merely doing my job, don't get the wrong idea. After all, it is my duty as a part of your power to serve you and give you strength and opportunities.]

I think you're jealous I've got Tyr now with me as well, right? Now I've got two voices inside of my head! You're not unique, heheh…

[Showcasing Skill Library…]

Eh?!

FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!

"Uagggh!"

Suddenly, tens of holographic windows appeared in front of me, that not only I could see, but Emeraldine and Partner at my side as well. They surprised us, making us fall over our butts. Well, not me, I technically don't have a butt.

Was this a little joke for this bastard or something?! Who does he thinks he is?!

Ah well, whatever. He still showed me a whole Library of Skills. All these Skills were the ones I had available for purchase. I am more into just learning them by myself and using System Points as a last resort to get a quick powerup in a dire situation…

But they sure looked tempting right now. I could see many offensive, defensive, and other types of Skills all around. Support Skills, Manual Work-related Skills, there were even Skills related with… sexual stuff?! And a lot of magic stuff as well. I was rather amazed. But I had to resist the urge of buying anything…

Can I learn the Novice Book without having to buy it?

[No, it is a Skill that is impossible to learn by itself.]

Gotcha… I guess I'll buy that one, fine, I can see it being useful.

Ding!

[You exchanged 150k System Points, you learned the [Novice Alchemist Recipe Book: Lv1] Skill!]

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[Novice Alchemist Recipe Book: Lv1]

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. Additionally, new Recipes can be created using certain materials and by experimenting around. [Instant Creation] recipes cannot be modified. However, the Empty Slot can be modified and made into any recipe of the user's choice. Once it is decided, it cannot be modified later.

Available Recipes for [Instant Creation]:

Level 1: [Lesser Health Potion (Normal Grade)], [Lesser Mana Potion (Normal Grade)], [Lesser Antidote Potion (Normal Grade)] [Empty Slot]

Level 2: ???

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Alright this is a lot like a game now! Am I playing Atelier or something? So there is even some recipes I can just instantly poof out of thin air?! That's way too OP! Well, it is not like they'll be any better than manually made ones, which can be customized more as well, but they'll come in handy whenever there's a crisis I suppose. It doesn't mean I can make infinite ones, each Instant Creation seems to use almost the same amount of materials that making the normal one does.

As longas the materials are inside the Inventory, apparently, the Instant Creation can begin right away. And yes, as I activated the Skill, a floating, blue-colored book with the a paint resembling a potion in front emerged out of thin air, the potion had several beautiful herbs around as well, and it said [Novice Alchemist Recipe Book] with golden letters.

"What happened?!" Emeraldine wondered.

"All the lights are gone now…" Partner sighed.

"Ah… It was part of my power, sorry. I ended showing stuff I often just see through my mind." I apologized. "Anyways, look, I've got myself a new Skill!"

POOF!

Suddenly, I used the stored materials inside of my Inventory and created a Lesser Health Potion, which restores around 500 HP out of thin air. Its quality was subpar compared to the ones I've made manually, but it was still useful.

"W-Woah, you made a potion out of thin air?! Excuse me?!" Emeraldine was left flabbergasted, falling into the floor. "D-Damn… Now I am useless aren't I?!"

"Eh?! Of course not! I cannot use this all the time either, the quality is subpar and it is mostly for whenever we have a crisis. I cannot instantly create everything either, it is limited to lesser health, mana, and antidote potions." I said to her, quickly calming her down. "And even if I could make anything you would never be useless, you're the love of my life and also an amazing fighter, healer, and you're our pillar as well."

"Uwahh… I-I didn't said it seriously, I was joking though…" Emeraldine got slightly embarrassed."

"O-Oh, is that so?" I sighed.

"Hahaha, Master really panicked out of the blue… Emeraldine you shouldn't scare Master like that!" Said Partner while continuing to laugh.

"I-I'm sorry!" Emeraldine apologized. "But this is pretty amazing though." She quickly got serious. "We got an amazing potential here! We could even mass produce lesser potions to sell easily."

"I still need the same amount of materials to make them though, the only thing we would be saving is time in exchange for quality." I said.

"That's good enough tough…" Emeraldine said. "I think this skill might be our ticket for even more money in the future, Maria!"

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