Master Of None

’You are blocked from advancing to the next stage of the trials. Please complete the first trial to advance. Failure of the first trial will bar you from this dungeon for ten years.’

”Ten years! What kind of ruthless place is this!” The more that Remey looked at this, the worse it became. Not because this place had so many materials, but because this place could only be accessed every ten years?

The materials she was looking at were things he couldn’t even imagine. Some of the herbs were in rows organized by the years they were existing in the world.

Looking at a common red leaf fern which was used to help make medicinal salves for reducing swelling, she couldn’t handle it. Not because she was seeing the red leaf fern she was always used to, but because on the same shelf were two others.

One plant had sharper leaves and was showing qualities of being more dangerous. It has blood coagulating effects which could be more of a poison if used rather than reduce swelling. But to the right was a version that she was sure had yet to appear in the world but would appear. ’Red ice leaf fern

This is a very rare specimen of the red leaf fern species. Due to it being properly watered and enhanced with pure water mana, it has taken on the similar features of a coral while still living above the water in damp areas.

It has the ability to cause frost and ice to form around the base of its stem while also allowing for the area it lived in to be cooler. It is an ideal herb to be used to reduce trauma related swelling and promote the healing of bruises. It can also be purified in to various potions that require strong water mana within them...’

Just this alone had brought Remey to a single conclusion, the herbs here were both from the past and the future.

If she didn’t know that time mana could exist, then she would have believed this was some mysterious and untouched magic. While that was still true, the sheer number of herbs like this spread out on hundreds of shelves within a simple storage area made it clear that more was at work.

When she had heard Walker reference that this was a dungeon related to the god of alchemy, she wondered if this was going to be some massive class advancement. She would never change her alchemical brawler class though, it was who she was and she was the first one to use it.

She had also adapted her racial change to becoming a true dragon soul which was also beyond what she could have done before. So many things came together for her to be able to fight with the flames she learned during alchemy. So much came together for her to be able to pursue a dream she had for her entire life. Why give that up?

”But this is a trial for me to select materials to make a potion for myself.” She looked at the red fern leaves and turned away.

What alchemists did was not make potions for themselves. While even the alchemists that were just after money made potions that would benefit them financially, the potions were never intended for them to sue. They were for the process of selling to those who could use them.

Health and mana potions were always given to people who needed them. Those that needed to be healed or were going out on adventures. Some were even kept by people in case of emergencies when they would need to be healed. Lots of builders did this nowadays since it was better to use a potion to save a life than wait for a healer. Or pay a healer to be around all the time.

”But for me... I need potions that would help me with focus and attention. If I can use the fire in my punch better, I can break the enemy apart. If I can focus better I can make sure the mana in an herb does not get out of control. If I can make sure the impurities in the monster materials added are taken out completely I can make a better potion...”

Her mumbling became a shopping spree. Remey was darting shelf to shelf realizing that each shelf was in better order than she even realized. They were set up in stages of what might be needed. The most common herbs in the front and those that were rarer and often not used in large amounts toward the chained door.

”Stupid potions for making someone stronger temporarily... who needs them.” She knew that the temporary boosting potions were useless to her. She needed materials and ingredients to make something that would be used constantly by her to overall enhance herself.

Potions to permanently make someone stronger were often seen as the affinity potions which could and would allow for new knowledge to be that lasting effect even when the boosted affinity aspect wore off.

But a potion that could help the mind focus on mana sensitivity forever? That’s where her mind went. Not a focus on mana in the sense of other manas, but a focus on her own so that she could better utilize all her skills.

It was plausible but something that even the old master alchemist would tell Remey was foolish. Forget the traveling master alchemists who had gone out in to the world to help search for new herbs and new pathways for alchemy. So many of the master elven alchemists had done this to find these new paths.

The herbs she grabbed weren’t all unfamiliar. She had seen herbs used in teas which helped clear the mind. This time,. She used that knowledge to find them. She found future and ancient versions of tea leaves or herbs used for cooking which have better qualities than those of this age.

As much as she also wanted to just grab all the high class herbs she had never seen, she ignored most of them. Only grabbing a few here and there that were considered useless for the majority of potions. Especially for medicinal potions since they might be called a toxin rather than a healing salve to others.

”I did it! These herbs, monster materials, and bits of other things will be what I use to make a new potion for myself!”

The sounds of cracking came to Remey’s ears as the golden chains broke free.

’You have found the herbs you believe wholeheartedly will be used to reflect your needs as an alchemist. Furthermore, you believe that this will also benefit the future of alchemy of your current world. Proceed,’

The words were not of the system. Instead it felt as if someone’s grandfather had just woken up and whispered them to Remey. No, these words reminded her of the old master alchemist when he had been exhausted from creating new potions or when he had stayed up in to the middle of the night to help her with medicines for her younger siblings at the orphanage. They held approval and also a touch of care that came with anyone who looked and spoke to a child.

’The second trial. Enter the alchemy lab and begin proving your strength as an alchemist. Show the potion you desire to create. The time limit is one month.’

Her eyebrows raised as she saw an alchemy lab at least ten times the size of what she used. Beyond that, there were tools made of metals and materials she couldn’t discern. But

everything she saw inspired her.

She saw tools made for filtration, cooling, and even methods of heating she had not imagined. The rune carvings on them also proved that a lot of magic was used here too. Alchemy that mixed runes, magic, crafting and even more was right there. If she could just take this knowledge with her, she might be able to develop things beyond what would have changed in the next ten, no, the next fifty years of alchemy research.

Upon failure the memories of all that is within this room other than the failed potion processing will be forgotten. You will be barred from participating within this dungeon for

ten years.’

The cost was still high from failure.

”You think I will mess it all up? You gave me a gold mine to use and I am going to remember

every second of this whether you like it or not.” Remey slammed her fists together and cleared her mind. She would produce the first permanent mental boost potion ever. A new potion that would show who she was as an alchemist to whatever this god of alchemy or whatever existence was looking for.

She didn’t care who she had to prove it to. She already knew she could do it.

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