Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 12 Lesser Healing Potion
"Making salt... taking ashes..."

Lavinia generously lent Ron her experimental log and the synthesis path for making healing potions. This was the first time that the latter had direct contact with magic since he came here.

It feels like... no big deal?
Although Ron had never heard of the materials used, he was still able to roughly classify them based on their appearance to determine their possible effects - just like he did when he treated Ivy and Driver's rats.

As for the techniques in the experiment, he was much more familiar with them. For some parts, Ron could even come up with better solutions now.

There was no such thing as magic in his previous life that was so convenient that it was almost like cheating. His predecessors had to apply the laws of nature to a very sophisticated level, and the level of strictness required for experimental operations was far beyond what this world could understand.

Under normal circumstances this might not be a big deal, and might even be far less convenient than magic, but when encountering experimental difficulties in this world, details often determine success or failure.

such as……

"Why don't you try lowering the temperature a bit and using a water bath instead of direct heating?" Ron pointed at Lavinia's experimental records. "You've been raising the temperature higher and higher, but this will only damage the internal structure and lose the intermediate product."

"Plus, you heat it directly, which causes uneven heating inside, excessive reactions in some parts, and uncontrollable temperature. You can see that the commonly used preparation methods have such a step to prevent this from happening."

"If you want to simplify the process, something has to change here..."

Ron's so-called "suggestion" is actually an alternative solution after removing the magic operation. Because the use of magic basically requires the preparation of additional materials, although it is much simpler in practice and can even reduce the professional quality requirements of the operator, it invisibly increases the experimental time and cost.

If Lavinia's goal is to reduce costs and reduce cumbersome steps, she can simply reverse the two.

As Ron spoke, he started to operate it directly, which made the halfling girl stunned. She never expected that this human who she had previously thought was a half-baked person was so insightful.

Time passed by minute by minute. About two hours later, Ron handed the flask containing the crude product to Lavinia.

"The last step, I won't."

The last step required an alchemical trick to transform the potion into a real healing potion as a magic item. Ron really had no way to avoid this step.

What is the principle behind this? He doesn’t know!
But when he saw Lavinia skillfully cast a spell to transform a bottle of originally bright yellow solution into a vibrant red, and it would emit a faint glow when shaken, Ron was determined in his heart:

He really needs to find an opportunity to learn some magic.

"Is this... done?"

Compared to Ron's astonishment at the magic, Lavinia was so shocked that her jaw almost dislocated. She still couldn't believe it, and took out another set of equipment to identify the healing potion made by Ron.

"It works, it really works! But...how is this possible?" Lavinia felt that she was either crazy or too stupid. She had been studying this for two or three years and there had been almost no progress!
How could a human who didn't even know magic solve all of this for her today? How is this possible!

So who is she?
Two hours. Before, it took eight hours just to make a bottle of healing potion!
"I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants," Ron spread his hands with an innocent look, "Without your previous experiments and the experiments of the alchemists before you, I would not have been able to succeed."

Of course, we also have to add the experiments of those scholars in Ron's previous life. He is not only standing on the shoulders of giants, but also standing on the shoulders of giants from two worlds!
"You..." Lavinia hesitated, "These records are all mine, and I have never thought of these things. How did you figure them out?"

"Maybe it's a different perspective. You see, I don't know magic, and your magic rituals are really time-consuming and material-intensive."

The preparation process takes eight hours, and the magical rituals alone take six hours to prepare and initiate.

"This is really..." Lavinia checked the experimental logs including the previous records again, and had to choose to believe Ron's words, "You are right, sometimes magic may make people go astray."

"You are such a genius!" Ivy, who had been watching the excitement for a long time, couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "This is the first time I've seen alchemy so quickly!"

"And it reduces costs," Lavinia added. "This experiment only used materials worth about 16 gold coins, which is about 40% less than conventional preparations."

"The only minor flaw is that the effectiveness of the healing potion has decreased slightly, but it is still a huge breakthrough when calculated."

（注：罗恩治疗药水的效果由2d4+2降低至1d4+2）

It may not be very useful in actual combat, but in daily life this "weak" healing potion will obviously be more popular than regular potions - it is cheap and easy to obtain!

"I don't know how to thank you," Lavinia bowed slightly to Ron, "You helped me so much!"

"Well, let's do this! Come with me and I'll take you to church!"

Although this world has its fair share of gods, the town of Flåm has only one church dedicated to Tymora, the goddess of luck.

Maybe it’s because everyone needs the favor of this goddess.

"Although I'm not a believer of Tymora, some good luck never hurts," Lavinia led Ron and the other two out of the store and turned a corner to the church. "Isn't this just good luck to me?"

"It's quite interesting." Ivy looked at the relatively tall building curiously. "Ms. Tymora usually doesn't emphasize middlemen. This is the first time I've seen such a large church."

"There are always exceptions," Lavinia said with a smile. Her attitude was completely different from before. "Especially in such a remote place, it needs more luck, right?"

As she spoke, Lavinia walked into the church first.

The footsteps of several people startled the priest inside. An equally short priest stood up in front of the statue and turned to look at Lavinia.

"Hey! Lavinia, what a rare visitor—have you finally decided to convert to the goddess?"

"Pfft! Don't talk nonsense, Bunny. I just came to ask you to do me a favor - this half-elf lady's wound is infected."

(End of this chapter)