Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 263 Mushroom Demon
Seeing Ivant's performance, Roy immediately understood that he had actually made up his mind.

"Okay, let's use the skull as the boundary and try to keep the brain intact.

If something happens, I can find a way to rescue you."

In fact, the method Roy mentioned was very simple, which was to cut off Ivant's head and transplant it into another body.

Both the carefully prepared corpses of the orc warriors and the nutrition chamber used for temporary transfer could save his life.

But Ivant unexpectedly shook his head: "I'm afraid that only by parasitizing the brain can we achieve a relatively perfect coexistence.

I actually intend to let the mycelium take root in the brain..."

Roy's expression changed slightly. At this moment, he really looked at this apprentice with new eyes.

On the road of becoming a wizard, he was a latecomer, but the efforts he made based on the existing conditions and his own skills and resources were not inferior to his own, and even surpassed his own!
Roy thought about it and decided to respect his choice.

"I can give you Amo's body for free. Consider it my support for your attempt.

If you are promoted to become an official wizard, our follower agreement will be terminated immediately and replaced by an employment relationship.

I will pay you for each mission, but you must stay here until you help me complete this mission.

Also, the information must be fully shared, and I am also interested in this kind of transformation magic."

"can."

……

After that, Roy took out Amo's body and handed it to Ivant.

As expected, he intended to use the corpse as a culture medium to screen the bacteria over multiple generations for the final parasitism.

In other words, what ultimately depends on is the affinity of the wood elf's bloodline to plant types.

Ivant did not hide the key technology from Roy, and there was no way to hide it.

He even had to rely on Roy's technology and resources for further protection.

So, Roy had the opportunity to observe the whole process with curiosity.

……

As time went by, Roy was really curious about Ivant's attempt. At the same time, he was also worried that something unexpected would happen and the other apprentices would not be able to handle it, so he simply did not return to Tanlie City, but stayed in the secret camp to observe nearby.

At this moment, Roy suddenly realized that perhaps due to the influence of [Inspiration], his basic theoretical knowledge was quite solid, and he quickly understood Ivant's approach of using the blood of the wood elves to tame and harmonize this thing.

Even in his eyes, many details of Ivant's work were not perfect.

If you give yourself enough time, enough opportunities, and enough capital, you can do better.

"The spore solution seems to contain some toxins?"

"There's no way. Some kind of self-limiting autolytic mechanism hasn't been completely eradicated..."

“However, just like the blood-mercury witch body, its own blood-forming function will be destroyed. The lich will also lose its senses as a living being and fall into eternal loneliness.

Some imperfections are inevitable.”

During the discussion, Ivant seemed very confident about this and seemed to have really considered the pros and cons.

But I have a talent for alchemy, and I can easily make mercury and replace the hematopoietic function!
Most of those liches were transformed by high-level wizards, who had plenty of means to deal with the aftereffects.

If you only rely on the mutated wood elf bloodline and use it as a trump card, it will be easy to get into a dead end!

Roy couldn't help but mourn for this brave apprentice.

He felt more and more deeply that not everyone in this world has the capital.

Not everyone can afford the price of fate.

……

Another day, Roy, who was meditating, suddenly felt an inexplicable breath coming from the room where Ivant was.

"Could it be that we have reached the final step?" He hurried over to check and found that it was indeed the case.

The transformation experiment has reached the final stage of transformation.

Ivant locked himself in a nutrient chamber for cultivating embryos. Although nothing seemed to have changed on the outside, in fact, a large amount of fungi were growing wildly inside, and almost all the flesh and blood cells in his body were replaced with a mimicry of meat mushrooms.

This is a brand new, 99.99% anthropomorphic mushroom monster.

Ivant and Roy had already deduced this point when they discussed it before.

Suddenly, the witch formation made a sharp sound and dangerous red lights flashed.

"His life energy is growing rapidly. How could this happen? It suddenly reached over 30 degrees!
This is far beyond expectations!

But the spirit doesn't seem to grow...

No, it has also increased, reaching 7...8...9!"

Finally, Ivant's spiritual power stopped at around 9 degrees.

Unfortunately, his spiritual transformation ultimately remained at the second level.

This is not a real promotion because it has not crossed the 10-degree mark, just like water has not reached the freezing point or boiling point, it will always be in a liquid state, not a solid or gas.

But the life energy that Roy felt was undoubtedly real.

And the source of magic power did appear in his body.

Click...

puff……

A moment later, the hatch opened and Ivant walked out, soaking wet and a little shaky.

After a while, he stood up again, looked at his arms, and then looked at his body.

"How are you feeling?"

"It seems... failed?"

Ivant muttered to himself, with a dejected look on his face.

"Although I have successfully condensed the source of magic power and put the 'Wizard's Motto' into practice...

But this is still not the true wizard stage. I originally wanted to break through the apprentice bottleneck in one go and completely complete the sublimation of my soul!"

This is not because Ivent is impatient, but a plan formulated in combination with the growth and development cycle of the mimic mushroom.

He must cross this hurdle before reaching maturity before he can reach the stage of a formal wizard.

But now, the impact has not been successful, and the fruiting body has matured.

There is no chance anymore.

"Wait, uh..."

Suddenly, Ivant covered his head and screamed in pain.

"It's still growing, wow..."

With a bang, his body expanded rapidly, and suddenly grew out like a balloon, almost filling the entire room.

The overgrown body eventually lost control.

But I don't know if it was a blessing in disguise, but I failed to cross the last hurdle, and my mental power remained at 9 degrees, which instead caused the human part of the brain to suppress the parasite.

In the end, Ivant became a deformed monster with a fat body several meters in size, a slightly swollen head, and a burst skull.

　Today's 5th update

　　
　
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