Ever since entering the special training camp, Windsor had held first place in both the team and individual competitions almost the entire time.
That meant she received five bottles of Vitality Elixir every ten days. If she had saved them all instead of using them, Windsor must have quite a few on hand.
A bottle of Vitality Elixir cost around 29,000 Crimson Notes on the Alliance pharmaceutical market, but the city government's procurement price certainly wouldn't be so high.
If he bought from Windsor, he might be able to bring the price down quite a bit.
He was flat broke and would have to take out a loan to buy the elixirs. Every bit he could save counted.
With that in mind, Lancelot got up and walked over to Windsor.
She soon noticed him approaching and stopped what she was doing. A smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. "Made up your mind? I keep my word. As long as you agree to join within three months, the team's doors will always be open to you."
"Uh..." Lancelot scratched his head. "I'm not here to join your team!"
"Then what are you here for?"
"To buy elixirs!" Lancelot spread his hands and got straight to the point.
Windsor raised an eyebrow and folded her arms across her chest. Looking Lancelot up and down, she asked, "Don't you have two bottles of Vitality Elixir? That should be enough. Normally, two bottles would last someone with ordinary C-grade potential ten days."
"Don't tell me you want to buy Light of Revival?"
Windsor shook her head firmly. "That's impossible!"
She thought Lancelot was dissatisfied with the effects of Vitality Elixir and wanted to buy Light of Revival from her instead.
It wasn't a strange assumption. Several other training camp members had already approached her about buying Light of Revival, but Windsor had refused them all.
Anyone who could use a genetic elixir to awaken a supernatural ability came from a well-off family.
But when it came to buying a rare elixir like Light of Revival, money alone wasn't enough.
Even Windsor's elixir quota from the Leite City government was limited. She had only just enough for herself and couldn't spare any for others.
"What I want to buy is Vitality Elixir, not Light of Revival," Lancelot explained. "You've been using Light of Revival all along, so you should have saved up quite a bit of Vitality Elixir, right? Could you sell me some?"
"Oh?"
Windsor froze for a moment. Her bright, slender eyes narrowed slightly as she looked Lancelot up and down. "You don't have enough Vitality Elixir?"
"That's right. My body can digest it very quickly." Lancelot didn't hide it. His heavy use of Vitality Elixir would be discovered sooner or later, so he might as well admit it openly. He could also show off his talent and draw attention to himself.
"You can digest it very quickly? I've never heard of Body of Steel having that effect..." Windsor was puzzled. "Could something have gone wrong when your ability was tested?"
After a moment's thought, Windsor asked, "How long do you think it takes you to use up a bottle of Vitality Elixir?"
"About two hours!" Lancelot didn't hide it. The Alliance would be able to find out sooner or later anyway.
If he deliberately slowed down his use of the elixir, he could keep it hidden, but there was no point. It would only slow his growth, and the loss would outweigh the gain.
He wanted to establish himself as a genius. The greater his talent, the more attention he would receive, and the faster he would grow. It was a positive cycle that would snowball, and he absolutely couldn't afford to drag his feet at the start.
Rising as a good-for-nothing wasn't his path. Crushing everything in his way, cutting down generals and capturing flags, was the true path!
"What?"
Windsor's eyes widened, her pupils trembling violently.
What did it mean to digest a bottle of Vitality Elixir in two hours?
It took her about three days to digest one bottle.
By that calculation, wasn't Lancelot's digestive ability thirty-six times stronger than hers?
Though bodily functions couldn't be compared by simply multiplying the numbers.
There were also factors such as being unable to exercise at night to consider. Lancelot's overall ability to digest and absorb nutrients wouldn't be as outrageously high as thirty-six times hers.
But it was still eight or nine times greater. Such a terrifying capacity for digestion and absorption was almost comparable to a young true dragon's.
It would provide an enormous boost to growth and development.
In her shock, Windsor raised her voice without realizing it, drawing the attention of everyone in the training room, including the instructor.
Jace frowned and walked over. "What's going on? Why aren't you two training?"
"Instructor, the thing is, Lancelot..."
With a complicated expression, Windsor told him the whole story in detail. Lancelot listened calmly beside her.
When he learned that Lancelot could digest a bottle of Vitality Elixir in just two hours, Instructor Jace also looked extremely shocked.
But he was clearly far better at controlling his emotions than Windsor. After giving Lancelot a long look, he turned and tilted his head. "Follow me!"
Lancelot followed Instructor Jace to a small cubicle beside the training room under Windsor's complicated gaze.
"Here's a bottle of Vitality Elixir. Drink it now. I want to see whether you really can digest and absorb the whole bottle in two hours."
Instructor Jace took out a bottle of Vitality Elixir and handed it to Lancelot.
Lancelot took it and asked with a grin, "Instructor, do I have to pay for this bottle?"
Jace hadn't expected Lancelot's first reaction at a time like this to be asking whether the elixir was free. The corner of his mouth twitched, and his face darkened slightly. "Go ahead and drink it. It's on me!"
"All right!"
Getting a bottle of elixir for free was the same as earning 29,000 Crimson Notes. Lancelot was delighted.
He tipped his head back and drank the Vitality Elixir in one gulp, then activated the Star Swallowing Technique to digest it. He also entered a state of Heightened Focus and began assuming one strange pose after another according to the Alliance General Gene Exercise Method.
Hmm? Why does that state look so much like a mental ability? Could this kid have a composite ability rather than a simple Physical Enhancement ability? Was the ability test wrong?
Watching Lancelot devote his full attention to the General Genetic Exercise Method, Jace couldn't help speculating to himself.
The human body held endless mysteries, and supernatural abilities awakened in all sorts of peculiar ways.
Mistakes in ability testing were not uncommon in the Alliance's history.
Moreover, some abilities took a very long time to awaken, releasing their potential bit by bit.
There were also abilities that underwent a second mutation, changing their effects.
Soon, two hours passed, and Lancelot stopped. His clothes had long since been drenched in sweat, his hair looked freshly washed, and white steam was rising from his head.
He had digested another bottle of Vitality Elixir, but Body of Steel was still at Lv2 and hadn't advanced.
Developing an ability also became more difficult at higher levels.
However, at this rate, after taking two more bottles of Vitality Elixir, Body of Steel's development level would reach Lv3.
Besides that, the nourishment from the Vitality Elixir had greatly accelerated the growth of his physique attribute. In these four-plus hours alone, it had increased by about 0.3.
"Finished digesting it?" Jace, who had been waiting nearby the whole time, asked.
"Mm!" Lancelot nodded slightly.
"Relax your body. I'll check!" Jace placed a hand on Lancelot's shoulder and released energy, letting it seep into his body.
A minute later, Jace looked at Lancelot with an odd expression. The kid really had taken only two hours to absorb an entire bottle of Vitality Elixir.
"Come on, you're going with me to see the captain!"
The instructors' private room!
The four instructors surrounded Lancelot, looking him over from every angle and occasionally reaching out to squeeze his muscles, as though examining some rare curiosity.
"From what we can tell, Lancelot's ability falls under two major categories: Physical Enhancement and mental abilities."
"It has three effects. First is Body of Steel, which primarily strengthens his physical defense and recovery. Second is mental focus, which improves his mental activity and perception. That's also why his learning talent is so outstanding. Third is digestive ability, which allows him to quickly extract nutrients from food to support his growth. It's an extremely powerful ability for assisting growth."
Instructor Bette used a computer to create a model of Lancelot's physical data. After compiling and analyzing all the data, he identified all of Lancelot's abilities.
"Hiss... Three ability effects? Is this really still a C-grade ability? If you ask me, even an ordinary A-grade ability isn't this outrageous." After hearing Bette's analysis, Rosen drew a sharp breath.
The other three instructors all nodded in agreement.
They were well-informed and had all participated in the Supernatural Joint Entrance Examination when they were young. They naturally understood that an ability with this much potential had already reached the A-grade threshold, if not surpassed it.
After they exchanged glances, Tarn made the final decision. "Report it to the higher-ups. Lancelot needs to have his ability's potential tested again!"