Chapter 102: Equipment Arrives

Leona turned her head and looked out through the glass window.

"It really is Dr. Henry." After confirming, Leona responded.

A few minutes later.

Henry, with a high nose bridge, blue eyes, bright eyes, a tall and sturdy figure, and wearing a thick winter coat, entered the hall of Deep Castle.

"Good afternoon, Master Gunie."

As he approached, Dr. Henry, who was just over thirty, immediately took off his hat to greet Gunie.

A smile and a hint of excitement spread across his face.

At this moment, Dr. Henry was indeed quite excited.

The genius alchemist before him, "Gunie Lawrence," who was only seventeen or eighteen, was a true genius.

He had heard before that this fellow named "Gunie Lawrence" was a genius alchemist.

At such a young age, he had already become a rare high-rank alchemist.

This matter had attracted the attention of many among the upper echelons of the Pioneer Group and the Transcendent Association.

Unexpectedly, in just a few months, he had already started working on Rune Potions.

When he learned of this news, Henry was obviously shocked beyond words.

For this collaboration with the genius alchemy master, he also hoped to witness the emergence of a miracle on his test bench.

Such an opportunity to have one's name engraved on the monument of history and admired by future generations is rare in the long river of human history.

"It is a great honor to collaborate with such a great alchemy master this time," Dr. Henry exclaimed sincerely.

"The honor is mine to collaborate with you."

Gunie also stood up and bowed slightly in return; this round of mutual flattery was inevitable.

After the initial pleasantries, everyone sat down.

Dr. Henry opened his file and began to organize his thoughts.

Gunie waited patiently.

The refinement of Rune Potions required sufficient feedback information for Gunie to know where the drawbacks were in absorbing and digesting transcendent traits.

Without detailed experiments and tests, Gunie could not confirm the effectiveness of the potion by mere observation.

Therefore, the meticulous observations of this biology doctor were necessary, and Gunie greatly needed their experimental feedback.

After a while, Dr. Henry looked up at Gunie.

"Subject 54, after these days of experiments, has shown improvements in physical strength, body surface defense, body agility, and source energy compatibility."

"Especially the physical body and the transcendent traits of the bloodline have seen certain enhancements."

"Clearly, the trial of this Dragon Blood Rune Potion has been quite effective."

Dragon Blood Rune Potion.

Hearing this term, Gunie rubbed his temples.

"Can I say that I actually intended to develop a soul-type Rune Potion?"

The three major transcendent systems—"Caster," "Warrior," and "Shadow"—each have their own distinct characteristics.

Their traits are very pronounced.

The soul for the Caster system.

The physique for the Warrior system.

The agility for the Shadow system.

These are the extreme aspects of each.

The pursuit of Rune Potions is to raise the ceiling of these extremes and achieve a transformation at the level of transcendent traits.

For example, the "Serpentfolk," an excellent transcendent race in the Caster system.

Comparing a human "four-star" transcendent third-rank caster with a Serpentfolk "four-star" third-rank caster.

They are equivalent in transcendent profession and rank.

However, the limit of "Mystic Runes" that a human soul can condense is three.

While the limit for a Serpentfolk soul is five.

Additionally, soul strength is about twenty percent higher than that of humans.

Soul capacity is about thirty percent greater than that of humans.

Moreover, the source energy density of Serpentfolk is about ten percent higher than that of humans of the same rank.

The soul pressure limit for high-level spells is 240 high-level spells.

For humans, it is only about 180.

Overall, this leads to a situation where, in ninety percent of cases, a human four-star third-rank caster facing a Serpentfolk four-star third-rank caster of the same rank and profession will die.

Why is there such a gap when the transcendent rank and profession are the same?

The answer is that the Serpentfolk's bloodline inherently contains strong "soul transcendent traits."

As they grow, these transcendent traits are activated.

They are born to be "elite casters."

Although humans master the same transcendent professions, their bloodlines do not contain "soul transcendent traits."

The richness of "soul-type transcendent traits" directly enhances all soul abilities in proportion.

This is one of the research findings on "soul transcendent traits" in humans.

The "soul-type Rune Potion" that Gunie aims to research is meant to increase "soul transcendent traits" to enhance soul abilities.

Similarly, this corresponds to the transcendent traits of different professions.

For example, the "physique-type transcendent traits" of the Warrior system enhance physical strength, defense, and endurance.

The "agility-type transcendent traits" of the Shadow system make shadows more flexible, perceptive, and explosive in power.

"What about the soul-related transcendent traits?" Gunie inquired, as this was his primary concern.

"There are no obvious manifestations," Dr. Henry answered bluntly.

Gunie was not surprised by Dr. Henry's answer.

"Also... this Dragon Blood Rune Potion has drawbacks."

"First, Subject 54 has become more aggressive."

"Moreover, there are intermittent episodes of madness."

"At such times, it kills other silver-armored rats in its cage and even frantically bites the black iron alloy cage, forcing us to replace it with a larger, more durable one."

"But for a truly perfect Rune Potion, as you know, theoretically, drinking too much would only result in indigestion, not such drawbacks."

"This Rune Potion still has flaws; it is not perfect," Gunie responded softly. "And that is precisely why I invited you here—to discover these issues."

"Yes."

Dr. Henry nodded.

After some consideration, Gunie spoke softly.

"My main goal is to research soul-type Rune Potions. Since this Dragon Blood Rune Potion has also been developed by chance, I will continue to follow up on its research."

From Dr. Henry's earlier explanation,

Gunie had a general idea of the problem.

The proportion of dragon blood was too high; lowering it for further trials and adding other transcendent traits that stabilize mental will might be necessary.

Thus, the Dragon Blood Potion could potentially be born in Gunie's hands.

It must be said that this experiment, using nightmare dragon blood as the main material, producing an effective Dragon Blood Rune Potion was a stroke of luck.

"Good. Our experimental team will closely follow all your experimental processes," Dr. Henry said.

Over an hour later.

Having finished the discussion, Dr. Henry left contentedly with a thick folder.

"Having an experimental team really saves me a lot of trouble."

"I just need to focus on development and careful formulation," Gunie said softly.

The discussion with Dr. Henry had indeed benefited Gunie greatly; he was already conceiving subsequent material ratios in his mind.

While Gunie and Dr. Henry were in deep conversation, the butler Frasier had appeared in a corner of the hall at some point.

Only after Dr. Henry left did Frasier slowly approach.

Hearing the footsteps of the butler Frasier approaching, Gunie's heart stirred.

"Have the materials and equipment arrived?"

Gunie felt a slight surge of excitement.

The mithril-magic gold-grade staff and chainmail would be of great help to him.

Moreover, the upper echelons of the Pioneer Group had promised to select better equipment for him.

"Lord Gunie, these are the materials from your last application and your two pieces of mithril-magic gold equipment."

With that, Frasier placed a black standard transcendent storage bracelet in front of Gunie.

Gunie picked up the bracelet and quickly inspected it.

Sure enough, a mithril-magic gold-grade staff, slightly smaller than the Silver Feather Staff, appeared in Gunie's perception.

Also present was a mithril-magic gold-grade chainmail interwoven with silver and gold.

Gunie did not rush to examine the two pieces of mithril-magic gold equipment but instead looked at the materials.

There were many types of materials this time, a total of seventeen or eighteen kinds.

And the quantities were substantial, with seven or eight portions of each material.

These materials alone were worth two to three thousand gold pounds.

And this was less than a week's worth of experimental costs.

To allow Gunie to research more comfortably, the Pioneer Group had clearly invested heavily.

In addition to these transcendent materials,

there were also three bottles of Life Spring Water, each containing 100 milliliters, totaling 300 milliliters.

"Not bad!" Gunie nodded slightly.

"Next week, I need the same materials, preferably with more variety and larger quantities. We are at a critical experimental stage, and the consumption of materials is enormous. More complete materials will give me more room for experimentation."

"Also... regarding Dr. Henry's experimental progress, I think he will report it to the Pioneer Group's upper echelons. They can see the results of my experiments. Just report it as such. I believe they will provide me with enough transcendent materials."

"I will relay your requests," Frasier nodded.

After handling some matters,

Gunie returned to his private experimental chamber.

After carefully deducing in his mind,

Gunie began a new round of research based on the "Subject 54" Rune Potion.

With the arrival of so many materials, Gunie's research on soul-type Rune Potions could also commence on a large scale.

...

At nightfall.

In the chamber.

Gunie sat cross-legged in meditation on the meditation seat.

Before him lay the two pieces of mithril-magic gold equipment.

As Gunie slowly withdrew his right hand,

the initial touch-contact with the two pieces of equipment was complete.

After a brief sensation, Gunie couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Others might need ten days or more to complete touch-contact before they could wear them.

But for him,

after just one touch, Gunie clearly felt that his compatibility with the two pieces of mithril-magic gold equipment had reached the standard; that is, he could wear them after a single touch.

"Indeed, with extremely high transcendent talent, compatibility is also extremely strong. One touch is enough to wear these powerful mithril-magic gold-level equipment."

After the touch-contact with the mithril-magic gold staff and chainmail,

Gunie could sense that both pieces were top-tier among mithril-magic gold equipment.

The combined price of the two far exceeded ten thousand gold pounds.

Yet the Pioneer Group did not demand more gold pounds from him.

Clearly, this was also a small reward for him.

"This Purple Scale Chainmail has an inner layer of chainmail and an outer layer of scale armor, providing dual defense with excellent effect."

"It covers the entire body and arms."

"Moreover, by gradually activating the transcendent traits within, these special scales, slightly larger than a fingernail, can be driven by source energy to fit against the neck, fists, and even the head."

"The method of defending the neck and head really appeals to me!"

"It must be said, these mithril-magic gold-level powerful equipment are indeed formidable, with more functions."

"However..." Gunie looked at the staff he had purchased this time.

"Compared to the Purple Scale Chainmail, this 'Wraith Staff' is clearly more impressive."