Chapter 385: The Deal Pt.21

Chapter 385: The Deal Pt.21

After Tiff finished saying bye to everyone she headed off to where the strategist were to get up to date information on the giants so she would have an idea of where to start her investigation. The God of Light had already told her a bit but she had to go to this part of the Temple anyway to get the equipment she needed so she might as well talk to the people who knew the most about the war while she was here.

"We've been expecting you, here's a map with all the recent sightings." Tiff was happy she didn't have to explain what she had come for because she wasn't sure what she could say to them but the God of Light had already taken care of it so she was able to move on to gathering the right equipment.

Now with her new skills she really didn't have to worry about being tracked down by the Demon Worshipers but being alone on the road still meant that you needed to have lots of stuff with you like food and extra clothes.

She also needed more important things like armor that didn't look like she had just walked out of a Temple of Light. She planned to be invisible most of the time but there's going to be times where she would need to speak to people to gather information so them not knowing what group she was part of by a single glance would be useful. The source of this content is N0veII_bIn

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Lake had finally finished his list of items and was now giving it one last look before h e got back to work reading history books. The new list had been organized by which Domain the items he wanted were in, then next to each name he had written down some notable things about the item in case he forgot what the book said by the time he got around to going to gather them.

"Well I hope you don't mind if I have you show off a bit before I share the rest of the information on the job with you. I've been working on it for a while and I don't want anything to go wrong tomorrow." Lake had expected this would be a test so he just shook his head and said. "I don't mind at all. I wouldn't want something I'd been working on to get ruined either."

The thing he had read said he would be helping to transfer poisonous things for around an hour a day which he should have no problems with but it was best to make sure in advance for everyone other than him who didn't get massive benefits from poison. "Alright I've seen you working with master Nancom but I wanted to see just how much control you had with your skill using this device I made when I heard it was you who accepted the request for help."

After Doul said this he pulled out what looked like a chemistry set for children from his old world with ten glass cylinders with a small amount of liquid in each. "I want you to put these into order by color and don't leave even a bit of the liquid in its original container because if they mix with residue left over they'll change alchemically and turn into sludge."

Hearing the depth of the simple looking test Lake had to give it to the man for making something like this in just a few hours. It was possible this wasn't a new test though and he was just particularly uninformed in the types of tests the guild used to test out people's skills. "I should be able to do that. Please stand back."

Almost like Doul realized what he planned to do to pass the test within a few seconds Doul added. "I forgot the part about how the poisons all go bad if exposed to air for too long so make sure to keep them out in the open in short bursts." This added to the difficulty because it meant he couldn't just have them all in the air as he sorted them and would instead have to swap two at a time until they were in order but he still had confidence that he could move all the poisons into the right order within a few seconds if he really tried.

After taking a few seconds to identify all the moves he would need to make in advance Lake started moving the liquids around and after nine swaps he had them all in order from lightest to darkest. After a few seconds of silence which lake assumed was Doul waiting to see if any of the poisons turned into sludge Lake got a passing grade. "That was perfect. With your speed and forethought we might be able to finish the experiments in just a few days."

Lake could feel the meeting was probably about to end after Doul let a few seconds pass in silence after praising his results so he asked. "Are there any other tests?" He really had to go read some even if he didn't want to so when Doul started to shake his head no Lake excused himself by saying. "I'll see you in the morning then."

Turning to walk out the door he heard Doul hurriedly ask him a question before he could get very far. "I have some time now, would you like to see what you'll be doing tomorrow in advance?" Weaning this offer with reading a boring book that would most likely be useless Lake turned and said. "Sure."