Fanatics of the Magic Academy

Chapter 105 Assessment and Improvement

Rose really didn't expect that it would only take him a little over 40 days to create this thing.

Furthermore, during this process, by continuously using [Ancient Dragon Meditation], Rose increased his Faith by 2 points and Concentration by 14 points. Because his potion-making foundation was too poor, he had to go to the dream space from time to time to brush up on the relevant knowledge. Some of his analysis and thinking processes were also spent in the dream.

Faith level jumped 2 points to 46; Concentration level rose even more by 14 points to 70.

Rose discovered a problem: the rate of increase in the numerical value has slowed down significantly.

He could roughly guess the reason. It was probably because his base value was now high, and he needed a more surging ancient dragon current to increase the value. However, even if he ate a lot of meat and fish every day, he was limited by the speed of his own chewing and the energy contained in the food. He could not continue to strengthen the ancient dragon current in his body. At most, he could only maintain the current level and slowly modify his body.

Rose was a little envious of Keaton, the man in the surgically enhanced suit, who could stretch his mouth so wide. His previous exaggerated expressions could stretch his mouth to an extremely exaggerated arc, with the corners of his mouth almost touching his ears.

Don't you think he'd be perfect for chewing betel nuts?

In her previous life, when Rose watched horror movies and saw the Slit-Mouthed Woman, she inexplicably thought that the Slit-Mouthed Woman would actually be very suitable for chewing betel nuts.

It is foreseeable that the rate of increase in stats through [Ancient Dragon Meditation] will slow down further in the next few months;

Unless he can find other, more energy-efficient, digestible foods, or those with extraordinary properties as recorded in the library.

Of course, research into potions that destroy sanity can also be conducted, and numerical improvements can be achieved using the [Fanatical Materialist].

However, this requires solving more problems, such as one's own mental tolerance, preventing addiction, and managing one's mental state. Perhaps it would be easier to find a higher-energy food.

Rose originally thought that the potion could not be prepared until the next gathering, because the current instrument was less precise than the instrument used by the ancient dragon believers to prepare medicine 2 years ago. After all, it was a second-hand item that was picked up from a black clinic in the slums, and it was good enough that it was usable.

But unexpectedly, during these days of preparation, Rose truly felt one thing: the magician system was far superior to the faith-based system in potion preparation.

The believer's method of preparing medicines is closer to the medicine-making techniques of his previous life.

The core of the power of faith lies in self-control and intuition; it arises from within and is almost impossible to precisely interfere with or observe the outside world.

Therefore, believers who need to prepare medicine must rely on a complete set of sophisticated instruments to complete the analysis, observation, and intervention.

Magicians primarily use reason to intervene in the external world and their ability to perceive it.

Many things that are difficult for believers to handle or intervene in can be easily solved by the magician's methods.

For example, when preparing [Silent Thunder], many of the recipes require various precision instruments for auxiliary analysis, and some operations are extremely complicated and demanding.

Once Rose activates [Materialism], these matters, amplified by the machine, can be easily resolved simply by observing and intervening with the power of reason, without requiring excessive machine assistance.

That's why, even though his equipment was crude and shabby, and most of his materials were second-best substitutes, the allocation process was still faster than anyone could have imagined, thanks to his rational approach.

Sometimes, Rossai thought that if he had lived 20,000 years ago in the era of the ancient dragon believers, he could have easily earned the title of a genius alchemist.

At this moment, Rose activated [Materialism] again and placed the prepared potion back onto the machine.

My focus began to be slowly drawn away, and the runes on the machine's surface lit up, flickering like breathing.

Perception increased dramatically with the amplification of the runes, reaching a level sufficient to examine the structure of the potion at a microscopic level.

He needs to analyze this finished product carefully.

Although the medicine was prepared, the reaction process in between was far from what was recorded in the formula, and a whole bunch of strange secondary reactions appeared at the end.

Rose was completely unsure how much the product actually matched the effects described in the formula.

All we can say is that the finished product has been produced; whether it's safe to drink or not is uncertain.

About twenty minutes later, Rose thoughtfully withdrew her senses. The machine on the table, no longer subject to rational interference, dimmed its runes and quietly ceased operation.

The general direction should be correct, but there are many strange byproducts. Rossai analyzed that with his current physical condition, he probably wouldn't die from drinking it.

Even if something goes wrong, after advancing to [Shining Ancient Dragon Follower], he also learned a move called [Ancient Dragon Healing], which can remove negative status effects from himself at an extremely fast speed.

If you use this trick to pat your chest, you can usually pull through.

Rose deactivated her "materialistic" state, and her gilded vertical pupils once again illuminated the dim basement.

He decided to try the medicine himself.

In fact, personally experiencing the medicine is one of the most common assessment methods used by faith-based apothecaries.

While believers can only grasp the external properties of the potion through sophisticated machines, it's a different story once it's ingested. Superhumans on the faith side have extremely strong control and perception over themselves, and can quickly analyze its true effects after the potion enters their throats.

Therefore, the pharmacists who are followers of Gu Long are not necessarily the most skilled, but they are definitely the most resilient.

Many inexperienced pharmacists from the faith side have failed at the very beginning of drug trials.

The potion will equally strike down every ill-trained, faith-based apothecary.

Just kidding, even the best students elbow you.

Rose picked up a glass rod with her right hand and slowly inserted it into the bottle.

The pale golden liquid rippled slightly, and a drop of transparent pale golden liquid was picked up from the end of the glass rod, shimmering with a faint glow.

He extended his left hand.

Within the palm of his hand, tiny golden lightning bolts began to crackle and leap – this was the [Ancient Dragon Healing].

If anything goes wrong after the medicine enters his body, he immediately strikes the ball of lightning on his chest. The golden lightning will instantly sweep across his entire body, centered on his chest, cleansing away all negative effects.

To be honest, if Rose hadn't personally experienced the ability of the Ancient Dragon Current to remove negative states from the body, she would have really thought that the principle behind this prayer was a defibrillator.

After making all the preparations, Rose opened her mouth and placed the drop of liquid on her tongue, then closed her mouth and eyes to carefully sense the effects of the medicine in her body.

There's a saying in Roseau's hometown: "Anything that only talks about the properties of a medicine without considering dosage is nonsense."

Logically speaking, such a low-end drug should not be able to exert a significant effect in the human body with such a small dosage.

However, after shedding his materialistic state, Rose, with a faith level of 46, has an abnormal level of self-control, and can perceive even the slightest changes.

Rose used her high level of faith to carefully perceive the effects of the potion on her body.

After a while, Rose slowly opened his eyes and dissipated the golden current generated on his left hand by the [Ancient Dragon Healing].

Pick up the drug properties he recorded and analyzed in his "materialistic" state and compare them with the effects of the drug on his body that he had just perceived.

Similar to Rose's previous guess, the general direction of the potion has not changed much; its calming and temporary boosting of faith to stabilize sanity remains unchanged.

Furthermore, due to some ingenious byproducts, the sedative effect is even stronger. Taking it can temporarily enhance one's faith and give one a sense of peace, thereby greatly consolidating one's rationality.

Furthermore, the principle behind this potion is essentially to strengthen the connection between the user's soul and body. This strengthening also gives the user a strong sense of control, which in turn stabilizes their rationality.

Now that we've covered the advantages, what about the disadvantages?

The downside is that the side effects become more severe.

The side effects of "Silent Thunder" originally recorded in the formula are almost non-existent for believers, but can cause damage to the body and memory for non-believers.

While it's described as damage, the actual effects aren't that severe. It just causes slight discomfort and weakness in the body, and memory loss is similar to having blackouts after drinking fake alcohol.

The potion concocted by Rose can cause believers to black out after drinking it, while for non-believers, such as magicians, the physical damage is almost devastating, and their memory will be lost for about a day.

After taking one bottle, you need to maintain your rationality for 4 or 5 days, then go through a period of mental blankness for a day, and then take another day to recuperate.

But actually, it's not a big problem; strong side effects are even a good thing.

Because if the side effects are weak and it can stabilize your sanity, then how come you were killed and sent to the slums to participate in this gathering with them if you have something so awesome?

The current side effects are just on par with other stable and rational medications.

Other sanity-stabilizing potions typically have the side effect of temporarily increasing sanity, then decreasing it further after the effect wears off, and also have a certain degree of addictiveness.

However, the [Silent Thunder] potion configured by Rose has physical side effects, unlike other sanity-stabilizing potions that have side effects on sanity.

In this way, while being competitive, it can also avoid arousing suspicion.

It was supposed to be a change of pace for the magicians at the party.

Rose had observed during a previous gathering that this sane remedy was clearly in short supply.

Given the uniqueness and competitiveness of this medicine, it should be able to fetch a good price.

Rose plans to make more of this potion before the next gathering, and to make some improvements to conceal its extraordinary properties.

If the response is positive, Rose won't have to worry about money for quite some time to come.

Of course, there is another question: why should everyone believe that this potion, which he made himself, can stabilize their sanity?

He needs a credible person to endorse it.

Rose had already chosen someone in mind: Keaton.

That guy owes someone a favor because he swallowed the huge inheritance that Rose had "abandoned".

This is a good opportunity to put to use.