"Pure Water 100ml..."
In the dark room, with the door closed and the curtains covering it, a sneaky figure was squatting beside the table, playing with a set of alchemy equipment.
After carefully checking the scale of the measuring cup, Angel carefully poured the liquid in the cup into the small crucible.
There were a few drops of Pure Water stuck to the wall of the cup, and she couldn't shake them off, so she had to use a dropper to add five drops to the crucible to make up for this part.
Although the subtle differences of Auxiliary Materials do not affect the final effect of Potion, she still wants to try her best to make it perfect.
Various Plant Juice and essential oils were diluted by Pure Water, showing a turbid gray color in the crucible. If it were just taken out, everyone who saw it would probably think it was pot water.
Only the last addition of Main Materials will change the properties of all materials, turning them into the magical Potion.
He took out the bullet box from his pocket and took out the "Instigator" Beyonder Characteristic that he bought for a total of 400 pounds, which looked like Bird Beak. Angel took a deep breath, raised his head, and finally looked around the room as if to confirm.
This is her temporary residence on the third floor of "Silver Bullet Detective Agency", the Enmat Harbor Nighthawks Squad station. After returning here in the afternoon, Angel used "practice making Charm" as an excuse to borrow various containers and Auxiliary Materials from Alchemy Room here. In order to prevent others from seeing her intentions, she even borrowed unused utensils such as alcohol lamps and grinding bowls.
After locking the door, she hid in the room and set up Potion like a thief. She would stop moving at the slightest movement outside the door and listen carefully, for fear that someone would break in and arrest the "assassin" who was secretly refining the medicine.
Fortunately, these "Sleepless" were either captured and sent on missions, or they were passing the time in the lobby on the first floor. No one came to the third floor to disturb her in the evening.
Picking up this precious piece of Beyonder Characteristic directly with your hands, Angel did not experience indescribable auditory hallucinations and olfactory changes like the "Witch" characteristics that Cole excreted after his death.
It seems that whether the characteristics are contaminated can be distinguished by this difference.
Taking one last look at "Instigator" Beyonder Characteristic, Angel gently threw it into the turbid Auxiliary Materials mixture in the crucible.
As if a piece of facilitated ink was thrown into the water, the small amount of liquid in the crucible centered on Beyonder Characteristic quickly turned into Pure Black, but there seemed to be a layer of oil floating on the surface, showing a psychedelic "colorful black" under the gas light.
Subtle human voices, as if surrounding her, gradually emerged, like whispers and instigations. The sounds were near and far, erratic, making her eardrums feel like they were being gently tickled by cotton wool.
At the same time, a stench floated out from the crucible and went straight into Angel's nostrils. Even though she was prepared, she couldn't help but take a step back. If she hadn't configured Potion with her own hands, she would have almost thought it was fermented sewage scooped out of some smelly ditch.
However, the pitch-black liquid in the pot is the original appearance of "Instigator" Potion.
She confirmed this based on her memory of the configuration of Cole Granger and the experience of taking Potion.
The "Law of Conservation of Extraordinary Characteristics" disclosed by Kavi is accurate, and the uncontaminated properties of Beyonder can indeed be made into Potion with the same Sequence with the help of Auxiliary Materials.
Unable to conceal her excitement, she poured the Potion in the crucible into the measuring cup that originally contained Pure Water. The pure black liquid had an inexplicable dependence on each other, like an inseparable whole, and was transferred to the cup without leaving a drop.
Picking up the measuring cup, Angel glanced at the light, then held his breath to isolate the stench, put the cup to his mouth, raised his head and drank it all.
The cold Potion's entrance became scorching hot, and it followed her throat and entered her stomach pouch like swallowing charcoal, burning all the tissues it came into contact with, causing her to moan.
That voice was different from the usual coldness. It was full of temptation and full of power that no one could refuse.
Holding back the discomfort in her throat and ignoring the whispers in her ears, Angel gritted her teeth and persisted. Based on the memory of the "last time" she took Instigator Potion, she knew that these were normal steps. As long as she persisted for about a minute, all the negative effects of Potion would disappear.
But then, a strange feeling enveloped her.
It seemed like a memory or the future.
"I" held a short blade and rushed towards a black-haired man. He fell into the trap amidst the ruthless mockery of the other party, suffered broken bones and tendons, and died...
The middle-aged man with blond hair and golden beard sat at the table and talked to her. People around him were walking around, occupying other tables and chairs, but turning a blind eye to the empty seat next to him...
A strange perspective overlooking the ground from a high altitude. The sky is as dark as ink, and the mountains on the ground are undulating, but there are no people inhabited, and it is completely desolate...
The whispers beside my ears gradually approached and amplified, as if someone had turned the switch on the speaker to the maximum, until the sound was deafening.
The small and cozy guest room in front of me gradually faded away, eroded by the surrounding darkness, and the gas lights flickered out.
Am I... going to lose control?
What went wrong?
Are there hidden contaminations in the configuration process of Potion Error, Beyonder Characteristic, or do you think you have digested the "assassin" Potion, but left deep hidden dangers?
Angel could no longer feel her limbs or body, only her thoughts were still flowing. This situation, as if her soul had been pulled out of her body and her five senses were gradually disappearing, made her gradually recover from the panic just now.
The light returned to the eyes, but the angle of view gradually increased, looking down at the tables, chairs, single beds and women on the floor in the room.
She was looking at herself kneeling on the ground from a weird third-person perspective.
"Myself" has wide eyes, protruding eyeballs, veins around the eye sockets and even on the face are exposed, and the exposed skin of his hands turns purple. He rests weakly on his kneeling legs, and his neck is raised, as if his throat is being strangled by invisible hands.
Is this death...
Suddenly, an invisible wind blew, and the scene in front of Angel quickly disappeared.
As he closed and opened his eyes, the floor, tables and chairs seemed to rotate 90 degrees clockwise, appearing in front of him at a strange angle.
She returned to the point of view before she "lost control". She was lying on the ground at some point. The gas lamp on the wall was still emitting a warm light, and the empty measuring cup was upside down in her hand.
There were still whispers in her ears, and there was a slight burning sensation in her throat, but this familiar feeling almost made her cry.
He is still alive, and has not become a brainless monster out of control, or simply turned into a puddle of flesh and blood, just like the original owner of this body.
She gathered her mind, closed her eyes again, and expertly entered a meditative state, gradually getting rid of the remaining influence of Potion.
The whispers in his ears gradually disappeared, and Angel tried to swallow his saliva. The burning sensation in his throat quickly subsided after a burst of stinging pain.
It seems that the promotion of "Instigator" was successful?
Slightly relieved, she climbed up from the floor, stumbled to the bathroom, holding on to the wall, turned on the gas light, and stood firm in front of the half-length mirror.
The familiar face in the mirror did not have the protruding veins on his face like in the hallucination just now, but the purple color of his eyes became darker, almost completely black, and even the surrounding sclera was stained with a different color.
This is a manifestation of the power of Potion.
She has become "Instigator".
... became "Instigator" again.
After hurriedly washing his face and clearing away the sweat on his face, Angel returned to the guest room, packed up the borrowed crucibles, measuring cups and other utensils, and then sat back down on the bed exhausted, feeling the strength he had gained.
If Potion comes with Beyonder Ability or spells, then after promotion, the corresponding knowledge will automatically appear in Beyonder's mind.
Through this, she could confirm that she had indeed become "Instigator".
"Instigator" Potion's core abilities are "Persuasion" and "misleading". If Beyonder uses it skillfully, it can also achieve a certain "Charm" effect.
Through the combination of these language abilities, "Instigator" can easily stir up malice and greed in people's hearts, instigate others to commit crimes, create conflicts among the crowd, and trigger murders.
Even in life, a few random words can make the other party easily believe "Instigator" and regard them as a confidant.
Angel thinks of the Instigator, Tris he saw in Tingen City.
Even though he was also Beyonder, he was defeated by the opponent's "Persuasion" and "Charm", and almost became the opponent's prey, let alone an unsuspecting ordinary person.
The victims of "Alfalfa Tragedy" are the best proof.
In addition to several newly acquired language abilities, the biggest improvement after being promoted to Sequence 8 is that the core abilities of the original "assassin" have been greatly strengthened.
Dark Vision and Mighty Blow's dexterous body skills and eyesight are all more or less strengthened. Spirituality is also more abundant and can support Spirit Vision for a longer period of time.
Of course, having just finished taking Potion for promotion, Angel is not ready to try his Spirituality limit to avoid the "out of control" just now.
Different from the life-and-death experience in a fierce battle when adrenaline is soaring, this feeling of floating in the air like a ghost and watching her body gradually move toward death was too terrifying. She didn't want to try it again.
And those strange hallucinations...
She tried to recall the scenes she had just seen at the edge of time and space, but it was like recalling what she had for breakfast a week ago. She knew that this happened, but she could not recall the specific scene.
Seeing his hands turn from blue to white, Angel made up his mind that even if he had no money to buy Potion materials in the future, he would never use Beyonder Characteristic to directly get promoted.
I won't have such good luck next time...
"Dong dong——"
A knock on the door woke Angel from deep thought. She looked around the room first, but found no problems that could expose her recent promotion. Then she walked to the door and asked in a low voice:
"Who is it?"
"Rupert Norman, Clement informs everyone to have a meeting in the lobby on the first floor. The 'action' may have to be advanced."
Outside the door came the voice of "Midnight Poet" who came to support Stoen City, who was usually a little glib, but at this time was extremely serious.