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Nicola's level still didn't allow him to create weapons that can be linked through blood, only a blacksmith at the level of silver stars could do something like that, but the price of hiring one was too high for him at the moment.

After a few days of research Nicola decided to create something interesting, it would take more time to complete everything but it would help her future work, the next ten days were used to create the project for two different puppets.

He would not manufacture them now, but by the time he increased his smithy to the silver star level it would be possible to complete all his needs.

All these struggles made it possible for him to stabilize his foundation at its current level, the advance made through pills has this problem, the rapid advance leaves the foundations unstable and difficulties to control its own power.

Nicola did not stay long after recovering. Soon he took on several missions in the vicinity of the forest that he found Entoloma lunae, he used this opportunity to collect resources for his experiments, and so soon another six months passed.

In the meantime Nicola made a lot of money, his dual profession as an alchemist and blacksmith made him earn enough money to live well for the rest of his life. His savings totaled a few tens of thousands of gold coins. Nothing compared to some veterans, however much more than 95% of the Empire's population.

He had reached level 19 a few months ago and was very close to reaching level 20, Tiane had reached that level about a month ago but Nicola needed some time.

He was on a mission in the same forest that found the mushrooms, his recent researches had not given any fruits for him, it was as if the little monsters had evaporated. So Nicola decided to venture deeper into the forest, farther than he had ever entered.

He had taken on a mission posted by another alchemist who requested the horns of a celestial ram, a kind of monster with an affinity for the elements of light, air and lightning.

Very few people managed to capture this creature, he would fight with his opponent but if he realized he was at a disadvantage, he quickly ran away, his three elements were focused on absurd speed and running was his specialty.

It had been a few days since Nicola wandered through the center of the forest, the magical animals there were powerful enough to guarantee Nicola a good fight, in those days Nicola found a lake where the animals gathered to drink water, so he decided that there was the best place to wait for its prey and follow it.