Revenge Plan

"Forget it, we'll turn our grief into strength and live well for them too!"

Roy said sternly, lecturing them as a senior.

"We will!" everyone responded solemnly.

But Renion, that kid, his lips were practically twitching with suppressed joy.

He had already grasped the true meaning of elementary school division!

Roy's forehead veins bulged.

Kid, can't you wait until after the meeting to laugh?

At least consider Tigro's feelings. He lost loved ones, friends, and classmates!

Roy rapped on the table, drawing everyone's attention, and said gravely, "Besides that, I have something to say."

Everyone looked at him, puzzled.

"I want revenge!" Roy declared, resolute and unwavering. "Revenge against that Merman Lord!

Think about it, it drove us away like stray dogs! And it killed our companions!

How can we not avenge this?"

The reality wasn't so noble; rather, the team needed a common enemy.

And it was a lord-level monster. If they could take it down, the rewards would surely be substantial.

Everyone had been somewhat traumatized by the monster before. Roy, as an Advanced Apprentice, had the ambition to challenge it, but they didn't.

However, it was an undeniable fact that the monster had killed their companions.

Moreover, the Fish Pearls it possessed would definitely be valuable.

Everyone had already tasted the benefits and felt like they couldn't stop.

So, they all agreed.

"Don't rush to spend your current gains. Think carefully about your respective enhancement and modification directions, as well as how to deal with that monster."

Roy nodded with satisfaction.

"That's it for now. Everyone go back and rest well. We'll gather again for lunch tomorrow."

After everyone left, Nia seemed to have something to say and lingered behind deliberately.

"Do you need something?" Roy asked, a bit confused.

Nia said, "Thank you for what happened earlier. I was so slow to react; if you hadn't pulled me..."

Roy waved his hand. "It was just a small favor, nothing much."

"I..." Nia seemed to have more to say, but she opened her mouth and then dejectedly said, "Never mind, I'll think about it more...

Once I've thought it through, I'll tell you all."

"Huh?" Roy felt completely bewildered.

However, seeing Nia turn and leave, he didn't pay it much mind.

After everyone had left, Roy went to the bathroom and lay in the bathtub, muttering a spell.

"..."

A towel, previously enchanted and still bearing a "Secret Rune," jumped down from the shelf above.

Immediately after, a small hand seemed to emerge from the faucet beside him, turning its own valve.

From the top of Roy's head, several tendrils formed from his hair extended, elongating and skillfully coiling around the soap, bath ball, and other items, beginning to scrub him.

He took a good bath, ate his fill, and prepared to rest.

The continuous travel these past few days had left him feeling a bit exhausted, even with his current physique.

However, before that, he still needed to feed the Cauliflower Snake.

Roy gently stroked the snake's head, a hint of guilt in his voice. "Ever since you followed me, you've gone hungry nine out of ten meals...

Good thing you're a snake and don't mind starving."

The Cauliflower Snake raised its head, its gaze distant, flicking its forked tongue at him.

The next day, Roy began to sort through his possessions and various matters.

"These Fish Pearls from the Merman Sorcerer contain magical power similar to Magecraft energy. They seem to meet the refining conditions for many alchemical creations?

During the process of Manifesting Will Runes, I had already learned and mastered many alchemical recipes, but I was always short on funds and couldn't try them. Now I finally can!"

For the year and a half since he advanced to Intermediate Apprentice, he had spent most of his time and energy on earning money and Manifesting Will Runes.

But he hadn't neglected his studies. The foundational aspects of Alchemy knowledge were well-learned.

He felt that his biggest confusion now lay in the lack of a teacher's guidance and a chosen major direction.

Brewing various small potions, crafting minor equipment, and refining Magic Stones for money were all just low-level forms of Alchemy.

That's not enough to set you on the path to becoming a top-tier extraordinary being.

What's truly powerful are things like attribute-boosting potions and bloodline potions, which can dramatically increase your strength or help you evolve into an extraordinary being just by drinking them.

Then there are things like the Philosopher's Stone and panaceas, capable of extending life, preserving youth indefinitely.

Or, people like Sophia, who are artificial beings and can change bodies as easily as changing clothes.

"Forget it, those are all too far off. Right now, I need some healing potions and stamina recovery potions more!

Also, resistance potions.

Those can be used to enhance resistance to various witchcraft energies or magical elements!

They can imbue the user with a surge of witchcraft energy that fills their body, reducing damage taken.

Enchanted gunpowder and the alchemical bombs made from it are also worth stocking up on..."

Learn from the past to guide the future.

The events that have recently transpired are enough to serve as a basis for my current alchemy choices.

"Besides that, I need to make full use of the gains I've acquired to strengthen myself.

Perhaps I should consider a bloodline potion to enhance myself as an Intermediate Knight!"

The bloodline potions offered in the Wizard Tower include those of the Great Bear, the Cheetah, and various other demonic and monstrous bloodlines.

Each one starts at the Intermediate Knight level and can grant the apprentices in the tower basic close-combat abilities.

However, those things have a drawback: they're too expensive and too difficult to refine.

Besides the related knowledge being obscure and hard to understand, apprentices also have limited resources and fewer opportunities to practice.

Failure is the mother of success; most people grow through failure, learning only after they've tried.

But failure often comes with a price.

Most people can't afford that price, and thus, they don't succeed.

"Materials costing thousands, half a year, one or two years of hard-earned savings, gone just like that – who could handle that?

A few more times like that, and a lifetime would be spent in poverty and mediocrity.

But I'm different!

I have the boost from my [Skilled Worker] alchemy talent, so I'm already skilled from the start.

If I buy the main ingredients myself and mix them, not only will I save money, but the effects might even be better!"

Roy quickly came up with a plan.

Not long after, Roy went out, headed to Market Street, sold some materials, and purchased Great Albert's Water, Coagulating Grass, Saponin Powder, and other items.

These were for refining various recovery potions and other consumables.

He decided to handle these trivial matters first before considering the bloodline potions.

In the Advanced Apprentice suite, there was already a dedicated meditation room and alchemy lab.

All the necessary infrastructure was readily available, so he finished quickly.

Time reached noon.

Everyone arrived as scheduled to find him, ready to discuss the many matters ahead.