Chapter 36: Mutant Fighter's Mutagen

[Mutagen: This is a special potion that allows the user to enhance their own abilities at the cost of weakening certain abilities.

Strength: Your strength is increased, but your intelligence will be reduced.

Agility: Your Agility is enhanced, but your Perception is reduced.

Constitution: Your Constitution is enhanced, but your Charisma is reduced. ]

[Powerful Cleave: When you use the Cleave ability, you can additionally designate a target within the attack range of your melee weapon]

Raven felt his current physical strength, which could be said to be close to the threshold of a mid-level transcendent. Combined with his own expertise, he was hard to beat among low-level transcendents. Even Ellie might not be able to keep up with his current physical fitness.

The smooth slash has been strengthened, and one more target has been added. Now if I use a long weapon, no matter how many enemies have not entered the extraordinary realm, they will probably be harvested like weeds in front of me.

The formulas and production processes of the three mutagens have been instilled into Raven's mind. Now, as long as there are enough materials and sufficient equipment, Raven can prepare the mutagens by himself.

Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Raven continued to lead his team members in morning exercises. He was already looking forward to the effect of the mutagen.

…

After finishing a day's patrol, Raven said hello to Ellie and went to Vera's shop.

"Bang, bang, bang…bang!"

After knocking three times on Vera's shop door, a loud explosion suddenly came from the second floor, followed by Vera's angry voice.

"Who the hell is knocking on my door? Can't you see it's closed? It's closed!"

Raven coughed twice, a little embarrassed: "Ahem... It's me! Raven!"

After a series of clattering sounds coming down the stairs, the door of the shop opened. Vera jumped up angrily and knocked on Raven's head: "Can you come over and make an appointment? Every time you come to see me, it's exactly when I'm doing experiments!"

"You were doing an experiment as soon as you closed the door. It would be weird if I wasn't accurate. You don't need to sleep." Raven scratched his head innocently.

"Nonsense! I'm going to hang upside down on the roof in the early morning to get two hours of beauty sleep, okay?"

"Beauty sleep works for you vampires too?"

"It's useless. I love to sleep. Why do you care?"

"…"

"What are you here for today?" Vera was the first to speak up and seemed very impatient.

"Oh, yes, I got a set of special potion formula by chance, and I want to borrow your materials and equipment to configure it and see the effect." Raven said his purpose.

"Materials are charged at market price, and equipment rental is 1 silver Weimar. Thank you for your patronage." Vera quoted the price expressionlessly.

"...Do you still want to charge rent when we're so familiar with each other?" Raven shamelessly tried to bargain.

"You should be grateful that I am willing to do business with you even though I have closed my shop. You still want to get it for free? Dream on." Vera rolled her eyes. "But you are also capable of mixing potions? And you rent my equipment... Aren't you underestimating alchemists?"

"How come...am I the kind of person who looks down on alchemists?"

"Many people think that alchemy is nothing more than pouring a bottle of materials here and there and stirring it. Anyone can do it." Vera spread her hands helplessly. "Show me the formula first. I don't want an outsider to use my equipment indiscriminately."

Because they would have to buy materials here later, the formula had to be shown to Vera. Besides, knowing only the formula was not enough to mix the potion, so Raven generously wrote down the formula of three mutagens in the store and handed them to Vera.

"Oh... such materials? Such a radical idea." Vera frowned as she looked at the three formulas written by Raven. "It looks like a body-strengthening potion, but there is a strong conflict between the materials. The balance is barely maintained by the forced blending of the middle materials... Such a drug would be very dangerous, and there might be a price to pay. Do you want to drink it yourself?"

Raven couldn't help but click his tongue. Vera's attainments in alchemy were indeed profound, as she could tell so much from the formula alone.

"Yes, I drink it myself. If others drink it... I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand the medicinal properties." The formulas of these mutagens are tailored by the system according to Raven's physical condition. They only have the best effect on Raven. If other people drink it, either the effect is not good, or the side effects are too strong, or even the body cannot withstand it and they die of poisoning.

"Your special formula...?"

"Um..."

"You just said that you obtained it by chance. Were you enlightened by the God of Alchemy?" Vera looked at Raven with suspicion.

"Well... I'm not in a position to talk about the process of obtaining the ingredients. Anyway, these formulas are tailor-made for me, and I know how to mix them. I just need to borrow your equipment." Raven looked at Vera with sincere eyes.

"It's not a loan, it's a lease. Thank you for your patronage." Vera completely ignored Raven's sincere eyes and stretched out a hand.

Raven reluctantly took out a wallet and put it in Vera's hand.

Vera poured out the money, put the extra money into the wallet and returned it to Raven, then turned around and took out the materials from the counter.

Without asking any more questions, Vera pointed to the second floor and said, "The equipment is on the second floor. Use it as you like. If you break anything, you will be compensated at the original price."

Raven nodded and went upstairs to mix the mutagen.

The preparation of the mutagen went very smoothly. Raven's expertise allowed him to prepare the potion as skillfully as a well-tested alchemist. After two hours, three bottles of mutagen were neatly placed in front of Raven.

Raven picked up the three bottles of mutagen and put them in his pocket, preparing to go downstairs to let Vera take a look and identify them.　　

Seeing Raven coming down the stairs, Vera asked in surprise, "You finished it so quickly? You didn't really get the initiation of the God of Alchemy, did you? There was no explosion."

Normal alchemical experiments wouldn't cause so many explosions...

"It's ready. I want you to help me take a look."

Vera's eyes lit up: "Okay, I also want to see what this potion looks like."

Raven took out three bottles of potion and placed them in a row, introducing them to Vera.

"The red one can enhance strength at the cost of reduced intelligence. The cyan one can enhance agility at the cost of reduced perception. The orange one can enhance physique at the cost of reduced...charisma."

Vera nodded solemnly. "Yes, this is indeed a potion that is very suitable for you. Your intelligence and charm have little room for decline, and your perception also needs to be improved."

"Can we attack others personally..."

"Let me check these potions." Vera took a drop from each of the three bottles and placed them on the laboratory bench to study them.

"Well... the effect of changing physical fitness is obvious, the price is relatively acceptable, and the side effects will end after the effect of the medicine wears off. In general, it is a rare combat potion." After completing the inspection, Vera stood up.

"But it's also very toxic. With your extraordinary metabolic capacity, you can probably only drink one bottle a day." Vera reminded seriously.

"What if I drink the second bottle within a day?" Raven asked.

"Prepare to collect the bodies."

"…"

"I don't know where you got these potion formulas from, but they are indeed very dangerous. You must use them with caution." Vera warned very seriously.

"Yeah, I know." Raven nodded slowly.

…

It was already late at night when he walked out of Vera's shop. The weather was a bit cold, and Raven shuddered the moment he went out.

I now have one more trump card. Now, even if I encounter a mid-level extraordinary person, I can use the mutagen to fight with the opponent within the time limit.

Compared to when I first came here two months ago, my growth rate is enough to make people jaw-dropping. If the organization that assassinated me dares to attack me again, my strength will definitely give them an unexpected surprise.

Arriving at the camp, Raven saw that the lights in the office were still on and could hear voices of conversation coming from far away.

What's wrong? Is Ellie still working overtime? I guess there's not much work to do recently?

Raven approached the office and heard Edel's voice coming from inside.

"...Yes, that's about it. Is there anything else you don't understand?"

Raven opened the door a crack and saw Ellie talking on the phone in front of the communication crystal.

"Inspector, Raven is back." Seeing Raven coming back, Ellie said to Crystal.

"Are you back? That's good. Tell him about the situation. You are the trump card I have now. This operation mainly depends on you. I still have to contact other teams. You can set off after you communicate the situation." With a click, Edel turned off the communication. It seemed that he was really anxious.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Raven asked.

"There was a detachment outside the city that encountered a large number of werewolves while patrolling. They were suspected to be members of the Church of Valkyries." Ellie said to Raven with a serious look, "Now that detachment is in a tough battle and is holding on to its position waiting for support. The detachment outside the city has been transferred as the first batch of reinforcements. We are the second batch, so we must hurry over to reinforce."

Raven was shocked: "Is the Church of Valkyries going to declare a full-scale war on us?"

Ellie shook her head. "The situation is still unclear, but it's very dangerous outside the city. We may need to increase the number of guards and patrol areas outside the city in the future to ensure the safety of the townships. The most important thing is to prevent them from getting close to Weimar City. But the most important thing right now is to support the people outside the city. Go and blow the assembly call to wake them up. I'll explain the situation to the people in the detachment."

"Okay!" Raven agreed readily and blew the assembly call to wake up the sleeping East Fourth Detachment. They gathered in the square and waited for Ellie's lecture.

Ellie stood on the stage early, and after everyone gathered, she briefly explained the current situation. All members of the East Fourth Detachment lined up in uniform and ran towards the support area outside the city.

Raven followed at the end of the team and suddenly felt a lot more heavy moisture in the air.

"It's going to rain heavily in Weimar..."