Pale Emblem

Chapter 147 Final preparations

The Alchemical Serpent Tentacle can adjust the host's appearance characteristics to a limited extent, but it must succeed once, which means that the host cannot adjust it endlessly.

This is a difficult thing for most people, such as how big the eyes should be, how high the nose should be, and how sharp the chin should be. If the adjustments are not appropriate, it may lead to disfigurement.

Now, those in the team who need a makeover look to Victor to create portraits for them, then remember the created portraits firmly, and finally complete the appearance adjustments through visualization.

Doing so can ensure that there is no error. Even if there are slight deviations in the visualization and the image, one's appearance will not be adjusted to the point of disfigurement.

Victor has the gift of deft hands and superb painting skills. He can bring the image of his companions to life through paper and pen. Therefore, he has no choice but to create portraits for his followers, but his original intention is to let everyone disguise themselves, regardless of beauty or ugliness. After all, this is just a false appearance constructed by the Alchemical Serpent Tension, and the host can restore it to its original state at any time.

However, who can resist a chance to look better?

Christine was already extremely beautiful, but she was still not satisfied. She acted like a spoiled child, made promises about the future, and prayed that when Victor made the statue, she would appear even younger and more beautiful.

Among the alchemists, the two women, Burning Delina and Dancing Dili, treated the transformation with great enthusiasm, and they also had a strong desire to become beautiful.

All the male Alchemists wanted their second appearance to be younger and more handsome than their original one. As for Harvey, Maddie, and Kent, they had already expressed the same wish.

Victor was not going to agree to their request at first. Raising the requirements for the statue would mean increasing the difficulty of making it, which would be time-consuming and laborious. If they were not satisfied with the new appearance, Victor would have to redo it several times.

However, Christine's description of the Fate-Favored One made Victor change his mind.

As a leader, he must be loved by his subordinates. He now feels that if conditions permit, he should satisfy the small wishes of his followers.

Changing one's appearance is not a matter of principle. As long as the purpose of disguise is ultimately achieved, becoming more beautiful or ugly is acceptable.

Although time was tight, Victor was able to complete all the statues, including three women and eight men, a total of eleven people. He also planned to make three statues for each man and six statues for each woman so that they could choose the new appearance that they were most satisfied with.

This is already Victor's greatest tolerance. If there are still ladies who are not satisfied with the six statues and dare to make unreasonable demands, he will definitely not indulge them.

Victor did what he said. He lay flat on the bed and used the hidden breathing technique to quickly enter a deep sleep state, and opened the dream arena by the way.

In his dream, Victor used his mind to materialize paper, pen, drawing board, and three-dimensional images of ten followers. Next, he began to create images for them according to their appearance.

Victor directly adjusted the three-dimensional images of his followers with his mind. When he got a satisfactory result, he drew the adjusted image with pen and paper.

The Dream Arena has a time flow rate nearly ten times faster, so Victor can complete the work at hand easily and meticulously, and by the way, he also investigated the growth status of the alchemists.

Alchemy Demons get promoted through killing, and there is a unique set of rules. Just like they destroyed the enemy in the recent battle and absorbed a lot of life energy and soul fire, but these life energy and soul fire can only be used simply, such as consuming life energy to instantly heal wounds, and consuming soul fire to gain extra times to cast superpowers.

Simply using them will only lead to huge waste, but if they are not used, the life energy and soul fire will dissipate within a few days.

At this time, the Alchemist can store the plundered life energy and soul fire by hibernation, and then use them effectively. This includes using the stored life energy to increase their lifespan, and using the stored soul fire to increase the number of times they can use their superpowers, and enhance the actual effect of their superpowers.

It is worth noting that the Alchemist Demon cannot directly use the reserved soul fire to increase its own spiritual attributes, thereby achieving the purpose of life advancement.

Only when their service life is extended by an additional 8 years and 20 points of reserve soul fire are consumed can they permanently increase their spiritual attribute by 1 point.

Life carries the soul, this is a law that even alchemists must abide by.

Take the vicious Herman as an example. His elemental attributes and supernatural properties have not changed, but his lifespan has increased by an additional 85 days, reaching 30 years and 85 days. His current reserve soul fire is 12/20, that is, the reserve limit is 20 points, and the actual reserve is only 15 points.

Assuming that Herman completes his first promotion, his life span will reach 38 years, and the upper limit of his soul fire reserve is 0/30. Then, the conditions for his second promotion will also change. His life span must be increased by an additional 14 years, and he must consume 30 points of reserve soul fire to permanently increase his spiritual attribute by 1 point.

After two promotions, the vicious Hermann was promoted from a silver-level alchemist to a gold-level alchemist. His elemental attributes, demon skin, and natural abilities will all be improved by leaps and bounds.

The promotion of alchemists becomes more and more difficult each time. Among the seven alchemists under Victor, probably few can complete two promotions and enter the gold level.

Hermann fought a fierce battle and gained life energy to increase his lifespan by 85 days. The first promotion required an 8-year increase in lifespan, and the second promotion required an additional 14 years.

The situations of the other alchemists were similar to Hermann's, except for the giant Mogli, which attracted Victor's special attention.

Mokli, a fourth-level swordsman, has a very special talent. After using the demon skin, his flesh and blood proliferate rapidly, which makes his body bigger and increases his basic strength by 50%. He also gains natural armor, which increases his defense by 50% and elemental resistance by 30%.

If the first enlargement of the body size cannot meet the needs of the battle, Mowgli can multiply a second time to double the effect. Maintaining the huge body size consumes 2 days of lifespan per minute, and maintaining the soul fire consumes 1 point of reserve soul fire per hour.

Mowgli can multiply up to three times, becoming gigantic in size, 3.5 meters tall, weighing about 2700 pounds, with basic strength increased by 150%. His natural armor increases his defense by 150% compared to his demonic form, and increases his elemental resistance by 60%. It consumes 5 days of lifespan every minute, 4 points of soul fire reserve every hour, maintains the fire of the mind, and is immune to all negative states of loss of control and disability.

The three transformations make Mowgli like an indestructible beast, rampaging on the battlefield. He is indestructible, and is also an excellent meat shield that will attract the enemy's attention, withstand a lot of concentrated fire damage, and win more combat space and time for his companions.

Now, after Mowgli's hibernation, his life span has only increased by 12 days, which is equivalent to no increase. His reserve of soul fire has reached the upper limit of 20/20.

This means that Mokli was the most seriously injured in the battle and consumed the most life energy. He only won the battle without losing money. In addition, other alchemists gave Mokli a lot of soul fire and life energy. Therefore, his soul fire reserve only reached the upper limit of 20 points.

This would inevitably harm the interests of other alchemists and slow down their growth.

It doesn't mean that the Alchemist can win every battle, nor does it mean that the benefits are greater than the consumption every time it wins. It is very likely that the consumption is greater than the benefits. In fact, it is normal for the lifespan of the Alchemist to continue to shorten, and Mokley should be the first one to be eliminated.

However, his innate abilities are very useful. Victor thinks that Mowgli should only be used in necessary battles, and that he should find ways to help him accumulate life energy and increase his service life in normal times.

As for how to help specifically, I'm afraid I'll have to ask the Alchemists and see if they can come up with any good ideas.

Victor came out of his dream, opened his eyes and returned to reality, picked up the paper and pen he had prepared in advance, and skillfully painted the portraits of his followers, three of them men and six of them women.

He kept moving his pen, and the tip of the pen made a rustling sound when it touched the paper. It was full of unique rhythm, smooth and cheerful. In just a moment, he had painted a lifelike statue.

Harvey was amazed and said, "Your Excellency can make a fortune with your painting skills..."

"Don't talk, don't disturb the master!"

Christine whispered a warning, and Harvey immediately fell silent, staying as quiet as everyone else, watching Victor paint one portrait after another.

Not long after, Victor, who was confident, finished all the statues and distributed them to different followers, saying: "This is the statue adjusted according to your appearance. You can choose the one you like."

Christine, Dai Lina, and Dili received their six sketches. They were delighted and excited. They looked through them hurriedly, then had difficulty making a decision. They started to discuss enthusiastically and inevitably ended up comparing with each other.

The men performed much better. They happily took the three statues and quickly selected the appearance they needed without any nonsense.

Stephanie realized that something good was going to happen, but until everyone got a portrait and hers was left out, the girl finally got anxious.

She tugged at Victor's sleeve and asked pitifully, "Master Victor, what is this? Why is mine not there?"

Victor was a little embarrassed. He didn't know how to tell the little girl.

Maddie was very perceptive. He said, "This is... the art of disguise, the secret blood ability unique to Lord Victor. He is helping us to change our appearance and escape the pursuit of the private soldiers of the famous family in Luoye City."

Stephanie immediately shouted, "I want it too."

"You can't. You're not an adult yet, and your body is still growing. You're growing taller, and your facial features are changing... Only when you grow up and your body and appearance are completely finalized can you undergo the face-changing surgery." Maddie explained casually, which made sense.

"Okay, I get it now."

Stephanie stopped making a fuss and just watched the three adult women choosing beautiful looks with great envy.

As for Ruth and Jessica, they had no idea what was going on, and Victor had not prepared any statues for them.

The little girl Stephanie did not have the Alchemical Snake Tentacle implanted, so she did not have the ability to change her appearance. Ruth and Jessica were mentally deficient, and even if they had the Alchemical Snake Tentacle implanted in their bodies, they could not complete the visualization of the statue.

"Master, Master, can you draw two more portraits for me?"

The alchemists Dalina and Dili each chose the statue that satisfied them most, but Christine came over to bother Victor.

All six of her looks are beautiful, but none are as beautiful as she is.

If Christine's beauty can be rated at 90 points, it would be not only difficult for her to enhance it, but it would also attract attention and cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

The portrait that Victor adjusted for her scored a maximum of 88 points, but her advantage was her youthful and beautiful appearance, which met Christine's age requirement.

Dai Lina and Dili's original appearance was at most 70 points, but Victor adjusted them to 85 points, which was already first-class beauty, so they were naturally very satisfied.

Victor decisively rejected Christine's request and asked her to quickly choose a statue and not waste time on such trivial matters.

Christine had no choice but to choose a tall, slim and well-proportioned brown-haired beauty about 20 years old as her new image under the supervision of her master.

"Yes, the statue you chose meets my expectations."

Victor nodded in admiration, and then asked Christine, "Do you have any way to help these two women regain their sanity as soon as possible?"

Christine carefully observed Ruth and Jessica, shook her head and nodded, and said: "Master, my charm is ineffective on the two of them. They have been charmed by you... Since they are the master's female slaves, why don't you give it a try..."

"Okay... just wait a while and they will return to normal on their own."

Victor interrupted Christine. He expected that what she wanted to say was the same as the method provided by the witcher Rhine, encouraging him to hold a companion secret ceremony to relieve Ruth and Jessica's abnormal state.

Unfortunately, Victor had no interest in the companion secret ceremony, and subconsciously rejected this method of excessive intimacy with the opposite sex. Then he instructed everyone:

"I'll give you 15 minutes to get ready... Tonight, we'll leave the big mine and head to Jinsha Town in the east of Luoye City!"

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