The Beast Blood Magic Ink

According to common understanding, Magic Rune Ink could usually only be made from plants. Any other materials, if used at all, were merely auxiliary. That was precisely why making Magic Rune Ink was considered an alchemist's job.

As for blood, it absolutely could not be used to make Magic Rune Ink.

The reason was simple. Forcing other people's or other creatures' blood into the human body was a madness that had occurred more than once throughout history, and the consequences were disastrous in most cases—sometimes even terrifying.

Usually, only ambitious Black Magic casters with no bottom line liked doing such things.

Therefore, almost no one would consider using blood to make Magic Rune Ink.

But the Blood Elves had considered it.

For this notoriously crazy race in Falaro's history, using beast blood to make Magic Rune Ink was simply too ordinary.

They had even tried the blood of intelligent races several times. However, they soon realized that the blood of intelligent creatures was difficult to process, and its effects were inferior to those of magical beasts' blood. Only then did they give up.

Through long-term practice and research, as well as the physical excavation of ancient knowledge, and after sacrificing many volunteers who were not necessarily willing, the Blood Elves successfully solved the key problems in making Beast Blood Magic Ink.

Actually, it was quite simple.

When one kind of beast blood entered the human body, the consequences were severe.

But when two kinds of beast blood entered the body together, it could instead be perfectly safe.

The Blood Elves discovered that as long as the blood of two magical beasts with opposing attributes was mixed together, then a small amount of herbs was added, high-quality transparent Magic Rune Ink could be produced.

The entire process was extremely simple. It required almost no knowledge or skill, and saved both time and effort.

The only troublesome part was that the two kinds of magical beast blood had to have not only opposing attributes, but also the same level. For low-level magical beasts, however, the distinctions between levels were somewhat vague, and could basically only be judged through experience.

Fortunately, this problem did not exist for Gagnor.

With his "Cognition" ability, he only needed to move a finger to accurately determine an object's level.

After reading the Blood Magic Notes for several hours,

Gagnor left Gray Eagle Camp the next day and went shopping at the Hunter's Guild.

Among all the professional guilds, the Hunter's Guild might have had the strongest presence. One important reason was that many hunters entrusted the guild to sell their hunting spoils, or simply set up stalls to sell them themselves.

Magical beast corpses had countless uses, which kept the market area bustling near the Hunter's Guild.

"Come and take a look! Fresh Level 4 Earth-Type Great Horned Deer! The magic core can be sold separately!"

"Level 2 Fire-Type Lion! Fifty pounds of meat, one canine tooth, and one hide left!"

"Level 1 Water Turtle, with a Magic Core Shard! Only ten silver coins—buy it while supplies last!"

"Level 2 Wind Eagle egg! Can be hatched, not yet appraised! Huge sale at fifteen silver coins!"

Because demand was limited, there were not many stalls selling magical beast blood. After searching around the Hunter's Guild for quite some time, Gagnor finally spotted a seller.

"Is this Level 1 Fire-Type Wild Bull blood?" he asked, pointing at the wooden barrel filled with blood.

"Yes. It was drawn this morning. Ten copper coins per pound. Want some?" The seller's tone was flat. "It can be used to make flux."

Gagnor said nothing. Instead, he dipped a finger into the blood along the rim of the barrel, then pretended to bring it before his eyes and rub it twice, as though carefully examining something.

In reality, the moment he touched the blood, some information surged into his perception.

Item: Fire-Type Wild Bull Blood

Level: 2

It was actually Level 2.

Gagnor's brows lifted slightly. In a sense, he had gotten a small bargain, but it was meaningless.

If it had been another part of the beast, there might have been profit in buying and reselling it. But blood had limited uses after all. Especially low-level blood. The people of Nordanlun did not even have dietary habits such as eating blood curd, so reselling it was completely unworthwhile.

"I'll come back and take another look later." He tossed out the sentence and left.

This was the blood of a Level 2 Fire-Type magical beast.

To make Beast Blood Magic Ink, he still needed the blood of a Level 2 Water-Type magical beast.

Afterward, Gagnor wandered around the area repeatedly, but never encountered a seller offering Water-Type magical beast blood.

Just as he was about to give up, a hunter came from the east, carrying a thick dead Water Snake over his shoulder.

The Water Snake had clearly died only recently. Although its head had been pierced through with a single stab, its body was still writhing in spasms, occasionally winding around the hunter's arm.

Gagnor's eyes lit up, and he immediately went over to ask.

He soon confirmed that it was a Level 2 Water Snake, exactly what he wanted.

Unfortunately, the other party wanted to sell the whole thing and could not be bothered to extract the blood separately. After a great deal of persuasion, Gagnor finally bought some snake blood at the high price of forty copper coins per pound.

Only then did he return and buy the Level 2 Fire-Type Wild Bull blood as well, completing the collection of one Fire-Type and one Water-Type magical beast's blood.

Carrying the magical beast blood, Gagnor bought some herbs as well, then returned to his lodgings and began making Magic Rune Ink according to the method in the Blood Magic Notes.

He mixed equal amounts of the two magical beast bloods with opposing attributes, added a small amount of herbal infusion, stirred it evenly, and let it sit for a moment.

Before long, the beast blood's original scarlet color and pungent smell rapidly faded. In their place was a colorless, odorless, transparent liquid that looked exactly like the transparent Magic Rune Ink Marcus used.

It worked!

Gagnor was somewhat excited.

Still, to be cautious, he bought a rabbit and introduced the ink into its body in various ways, including having it drink the ink and applying it to wounds, then observed its reaction.

The poor rabbit suffered greatly, but it did not die. It even showed signs of gradually recovering its health.

The experiment was not very rigorous, but it was enough to roughly verify that the ink would not cause any serious consequences.

He took the ink to Marcus.

"You learned it this quickly?" Marcus asked in surprise.

Gagnor merely said, "I learned it from a book. I just hadn't made it before. Now that I've tried, it really isn't difficult."

"Check whether the ink I made can be used." He handed over the glass bottle containing the ink.

Marcus said nothing. He took the ink and turned around to fiddle with it for a while. After a moment, he said, "The ink is fine. It can be used... and its quality seems to be even a little better than the ink I used before!"

He then returned somewhat excitedly and asked, "Did you use the basic formula I gave you?"

Gagnor said, "Actually, this is a formula I learned from a book. I think it's somewhat better."

Marcus blurted out, "What book?"

Gagnor smiled faintly but did not answer.

Marcus also realized that the question had been inappropriate. No one would easily reveal their exclusive formula.

He coughed twice. "All right, whatever book it was. From now on, I'll only use the ink you make!"