Chapter 23 : The low fertility of devils
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Another nice thing he learned was a simple skill, relatively simple anyway, called Cloaking. It was a skill that all magicians were encouraged to learn for their own safety. The skill teaches the user how to falsify the amount of magical power that leaks from their body.
The skill is used to hide just how much power a magician has in order to fly under the radar. Unfortunately, it's impossible to hide all traces, but someone with a massive amount of power could easily pretend to be someone who could barely cast a single beginner spell.
It was a good skill for Ryuji to know, but useless at the moment. He would definitely be using it once he was more interested in increasing his personal power.
For now, he was just about ready to practice the fireball spell. It just needed to wait for him to finish his new scenario and stick it somewhere Sona or Rias could quickly find it. He hoped Rias would get to it first, he could be petty too.
This new scenario would be a more combat-heavy one, though he doubted any of the devils would have any issues completing it, even solo. As a group, they'd probably crush it, even with him setting enough monsters to make it hard mode for even an experienced human fighter.
He set a few more things up and closed the screen. Technically, he could do everything in his head easily enough but projecting the screen made it easier for him to visualize what he was doing. It was a nice little trick, nothing more.
He checked his currently available amount of Dungeon Energy, smiling at seeing it still rising. Rias had taken to using the onsen daily and even spending the night there. Koneko practically lived in the place because of all the free treats.
Akeno spent a lot of time in the massage parlor where the innkeepers son was the masseuse.
Ryuji was lazy programming him, he had zero personality and large muscles. Probably just Akeno's type. As for Kiba, he would go sometimes, but there wasn't really a spot for him to train in so he didn't spend lots of time in it, just used it for cleaning off. Not that Ryuji blamed him, though he was damned jealous over what he'd made.
Sona and her peerage didn't visit it much. Which was a shame, he would have liked to farm them the same way he was farming Rias and her peerage.
Maybe once he got his third portal he'd open another one to a copy of the onsen resort in the student council offices. Maybe if they didn't have to go to the old school building they would use it more? It was worth a try.
The most important thing was that he now had just enough Dungeon Energy to buy one of the upgrade rooms for his scenarios. He had lots of options, but he was leaning toward picking the Alchemy upgrade.
Not only would it let him create new, more powerful, potions for his scenarios, it would provide an actual Alchemy Workshop. He could use the workshop to research new potions and even make potions he could personally use.
Even more, once he buys it, Alchemy ingredients will become available for purchase, presumably, with Dungeon Energy.
He was leaning toward Alchemy because the potion rewards were universal, as in anyone could use them.
If he picked the Blacksmith upgrade, he could make weapons and armor and other metal items, but not everyone would or could use those.
He really wanted to pick the Enchanting upgrade, but it was useless without a production upgrade to supply items to enchant. There was also the Jewelmaker upgrade that he really wanted to pair with Enchanting. Magic rings were awesome!
Sadly, he was still definitely looking at the Alchemy upgrade. Healing potions were universally good. Stamina and Mana potions were sometimes helpful.
But it was all the new kinds of potions that would unlock. Things like potions of strength or speed, potions of growth or stone skin, potions of flying... might not be as cool given the world he was in made flight a common ability.
But then there were the oils! They could be poured on weapons to add special effects like elements or even light and darkness magic!
The most important potion he wanted to make would require research since it wasn't on the list.
Spying on the Devils had given him some insight into how things worked for them. He'd heard Rias complaining about her upcoming marriage more than once.
One of her more depressing complaints was about how many times she would be forced to have sex with Riser just to produce a single child due to the low fertility of devils.
So, he decided to do the obvious! Fertility potions! Even if it was only a minor buff to their fertility, it would be a huge boon to their entire race.
It would also make him untouchable by the devils. If they piss him off, he'll stop making them. If they try to force him into a peerage, or worse succeed, he'll retaliate by passing the potions to their enemies in the easiest manner he can.
He planned for the fertility potions to be rare rewards, but he could always spam them out to the Angels and the Fallen Angels. Instead of an arms race, it would be a sex race. Heh.
Ryuji sighed and blew just about all of his Dungeon Energy to purchase the Alchemy upgrade. It was just the best possible purchase he can make this early on. He watched as his Home Base morphed, a new doorway appearing with a plaque above it reading 'Alchemy'.
His eyes widened as his knowledge expanded. His knowledge of buying the Alchemy upgrade had let him know he would be able to purchase materials. He'd just assumed it was with Dungeon Energy. He was right. BUT! Alchemy ingredients could also be purchased with cold hard cash!
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