The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse

Chapter 5

[ Heart of the Golden Dragon ]

The ultimate mana-based elixir, ‘Dragon Heart,’ which increased intelligence and wisdom, as well as total mana.

Among them, the best was this ‘Heart of the Golden Dragon.’

The Heart of the Golden Dragon was, no matter what anyone said, the ultimate elixir of First, obtainable by defeating the Golden Dragon, who was the strongest boss monster in First.

The other elixirs were nothing to scoff at either.

[ Ten Thousand Year Wild Ginseng ]

The Ten Thousand Year Wild Ginseng was a top-tier elixir that increased overall stats, good for anyone who consumed it.

[ Tears of the Elf ]

Tears of the Elf were one of the few means to increase spirit affinity and animal affinity, stats that had very limited ways of being raised.

Besides these, there were also ‘Skyfire Oil’ and ‘Poisonous Droplet of the Human-Faced Spider.’

Luke’s subspace was filled with various elixirs that I had collected in First.

“I wish I could just eat them all right now…”

After pondering for a moment, I shook my head.

Hadn’t I just confirmed it?

When an item that didn’t meet the requirements was used, its performance would drop to my level.

That meant that if I ate an elixir that didn’t meet the requirements, the precious elixir’s performance would also be reduced.

A prime example was that, the ‘Heart of the Golden Dragon.’

[ Heart of the Golden Dragon ] ( Cannot be traded ) Type: Elixir Grade: Mythic Restrictions: Level 1,000 or higher, Those who have defeated the Golden Dragon Description: The Dragon Heart left behind by the Golden Dragon of Greed, who coveted all the treasures of the world. It is said that absorbing it grants power comparable to that of a dragon.

The level restriction alone was a whopping 1,000.

The highest level in First.

On top of that, it was said that only those who had defeated the Golden Dragon could consume it.

Of course, with my current abilities, I could probably ignore this and absorb its power… but I would only absorb 1 out of the 100 units of power I was originally supposed to absorb.

No, considering the level difference, I might only absorb 0.1.

Considering that the Heart of the Golden Dragon was a mythic-grade elixir, even receiving 0.1 worth of its effect would be a tremendous help.

But I didn’t want to waste such a hard-earned mythic-grade elixir in that way.

‘The others are the same.’

If I consumed them now, I could become strong in an instant, but if I consumed them gradually each time I broke through a restriction, I could unleash their truly ultimate performance.

There was no immediate urgency, so I had no intention of eating high-level elixirs while taking a loss.

Therefore.

“Sort out only the elixirs I can eat at Level 1. Or those without any level restrictions.”

Understood.

I asked Luke to reorganize them.

Then, the number of elixirs that had been filling my vision drastically decreased.

The number of elixirs that remained was.

[ Red Apple of Abundant Energy ] [ Small Mana Crystal ] [ Sprout of Mandragora ] [ Windflower Extract ] [ A Sip of Fox Rain ]

A total of five.

A red apple that increased health and health recovery rate.

A mana crystal that increased mana and mana recovery rate.

A sprout that slightly increased overall stats, an extract that increased agility, and fox rain that increased various resistances.

Having already obtained even the Heart of the Golden Dragon, it was a bit disappointing, but for a Level 1 beginner to eat, this was incredibly luxurious.

“Shall we prepare?”

Elixirs were basically items that were eaten as they were.

Eating them would increase your stats by exactly the amount they provided.

But who was I?

Mir, Rank 1 in First.

I had consumed that many elixirs, and to craft all sorts of items, I had mastered not only combat but also various production-based skills.

Because I was such a person, I also knew how to maximize the efficiency of elixirs.

“Luke, could you take out an alchemy kit?”

Would you like the Grand Sage’s Alchemy Kit?

Or perhaps the legendary alchemist Paracelsus’s Alchemy Kit…? “No, these are just Level 1 elixirs anyway, I don’t need anything that good. Just take out a rare-grade kit, something decent.”

Understood.

It wasn’t like I was trying to alchemize the Heart of the Golden Dragon.

I didn’t need too good of a kit.

Rather, if I used too good of a kit, the usage time would be too short, and I wouldn’t be able to perform proper alchemy.

That’s why I took out a Level 1 rare-grade kit and began ‘alchemy’ in earnest.

“Though I don’t have the skill.”

Originally, an alchemy skill was required to use alchemy.

However, I had reached the top in First even with alchemy.

I could handle Level 1 elixirs even without the skill.

[ You are using the ‘Alchemy Kit of Deep Learning’. ] [ The alchemy skill does not exist. ] [ The success rate of alchemy is reduced due to the absence of a dedicated skill. ]

Success rate?

It didn’t matter.

Even without relying on the success rate from a skill, I was confident that I could successfully perform alchemy on Level 1 elixirs.

“Starting with the one that takes the longest.”

First, I fixed the small mana crystal to the top of the kit.

I connected mana circuits to it and began extracting mana.

Then, I ground the apple to make juice, diluted it with fox rain, infused it with miscellaneous energies, and refined the core energy with windflower extract.

Finally, I injected all this energy into the sprout of mandragora and pickled it.

Forming the potion based on this would complete it.

It was a simple explanation, but temperature control, ratio distribution, timing, and so on.

Since I was manually controlling everything without the help of skills, it required considerable concentration.

However, after completing all the work.

I could be certain.

That I had succeeded in alchemy without the help of skills.

[ First alchemy successful. ] [ Judgement: Great Success ] [ Beginner’s Elixir Potion ] Type: Potion Grade: Unique Restrictions: Level 1 or higher Description: A top-tier beginner elixir potion created by alchemizing a total of five elixirs, centered around the sprout of mandragora.

Was it thanks to the Great Success rating?

A unique-grade potion was created.

In First, the item grades were, in order, Low, Mid, High, Rare, Heroic, Unique, Epic, Legendary, Mythic.

Originally, since it was based on High and Rare grade Level 1 elixirs, even if successful, the limit would have been Heroic grade.

It seemed that receiving a Great Success rating on my first alchemy had an effect.

And for good reason.

[ Achievement Achieved: Talent of Alchemy ] Achievement Condition: Produce a result of Heroic grade or higher with your first alchemy. Reward: Alchemy Success Rate +10% Additional Reward: Intelligence +5

An achievement even popped up.

Even creating a Heroic-grade potion would have fulfilled the achievement condition, but I had created a Unique-grade result.

Thanks to that, I even received an additional reward.

A whopping Intelligence +5.

It was worth the effort of taking out the kit and diligently using alchemy.

“Should I drink it right away?”

It was a Unique-grade elixir potion.

Originally, even if it was an elixir potion, since it was a Level 1 potion, I wouldn’t have had high expectations, but a Unique-grade potion had been created, hadn’t it?

This was worth getting my hopes up for.

Gulp, gulp.

The potion felt so thick that I could tell how concentrated its power was.

Unlike in First, the taste was properly implemented… but wasn’t it said that good medicine tastes bitter?

It wasn’t exactly a delicious taste.

Thanks to the apple juice, it wasn’t completely unbearable though.

The moment I finished drinking the entire potion.

Along with a feeling of power filling me from the inside.

[ You have consumed ‘Beginner’s Elixir Potion’. ] [ Maximum Health increases. ] [ Health Recovery Rate increases. ] [ Maximum Mana increases. ] [ Mana Regeneration increases. ] [ Strength increases by 10. ] [ Dexterity increases by 20. ] …….

Numerous system messages appeared before my eyes.

There were so many messages that it was difficult to read them one by one, so instead of reading them all, I opened my status window.

[ Status Window ] Name: Mir Level: 1 Class: – Strength: 30 Dexterity: 40 Constitution: 40 Intelligence: 35 Wisdom: 30

“This is no joke?”

My stats had increased dramatically.

Such stats at Level 1?

It was so unbelievable that I couldn’t even trust my own stats.

This was just the basic status window.

Looking at it in more detail, maximum health, maximum mana, regeneration, various resistances, and so on.

All the detailed aspects had also increased significantly.

Looking at my stats alone, I was already at a level that one would only reach long after graduating from the starting village.

“I can gradually consume the remaining elixirs as I level up.”

My stats had already increased a lot, but this wasn’t the end.

The number of elixirs in Luke’s subspace was enormous.

As soon as I reached Level 10, I would be able to eat the next level of elixirs, and then I could increase my stats further.

What if I ate all the elixirs in that way?

Regardless of level, I would be able to gain powerful strength quickly.

“Next…”

I lay down for a moment on the soft bed in the inn room, contemplating my next course of action.

A way to become stronger by maximally utilizing the First items that had come with Luke.

Thinking about this, the first thing I needed to decide was my class.

This was the starting city.

It was a place where all users found their talents and chose their classes.

To do that.

“Should I start by hunting?”

First, I needed to level up.

[ West Gate of the Starting City ]

As soon as I made up my mind, I left the city.

The west gate of the city.

This was the first hunting ground that all users who started Second would visit.

Known as the ‘Beginner Hunting Grounds.’

“Beginner Hunting Grounds, huh? It’s been a while.”

Of course, it was different from First.

Different, but.

The overall layout itself wasn’t much different.

Most importantly, the beginner monsters frolicking right in front of the city gates.

Their identity was.

Wiggle wiggle.

[ Slime ]

Slimes.

Amorphous monsters that looked as if their bodies were made of liquid.

As they appeared, their movements were slow and their attack power was insignificant, making them perfect monsters for beginners to hunt.

Their monster position was also just crawling on the ground, slowly dissolving and swallowing anything they touched.

Their bodies were acidic, but the acidity wasn’t very high, so as long as you didn’t deliberately stick your hand in, they weren’t a big problem.

“I used to hunt these a lot back in the day to get a feel for the virtual reality.”

Is that so?

“Ah, you wouldn’t know. After all, we formed a contract in the later stages of the game.”

The Master I faced was always the strongest in the world.

Anyway, the reason I had come here was simple.

To acquire a class in the beginner city, I needed to reach Level 10.

There were various ways to level up, but the easiest and fastest way was, of course, hunting.

‘But just mindlessly hunting isn’t very efficient.’

I was someone who had always researched the best efficiency while conquering First.

Even if it was the beginner hunting grounds, I couldn’t neglect efficiency.

In that sense, the fastest way to level up here was, of course.

‘Quests.’

It was quests.

And there was only one NPC who gave out quests in the beginner hunting grounds.

“Guard.”

“Oh oh, a new adventurer! Excellent. The slimes in front of the west gate have been increasing too much, causing problems!”

If Second was similar to First, then just completing the guard’s chain quests would quickly lead to reaching Level 10.

And if the hidden condition I remembered still remained.

Following the guard’s chain quests all the way through might even lead to discovering a ‘hidden monster’.”