MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith - Chapter 1751: Upgrading a Subclass (9)

Ding!

Capping off the fifth batch of potions he’d concocted for the prerequisite quests, a satisfied smile appeared on Valyr’s face after getting confirmation from the system.

“Five down, five more to go,” muttered the young man to himself, briefly glancing at the vials of potions he’d concocted thus far. “After that, I’ll need to concoct an Uncommon grade potion.”

“…I wonder how that would go?” he asked himself soon after, feeling somewhat curious if there was any difference in the concoction process.

However, before he continued that train of thought any further, the young man reminded himself of the task at hand, prompting him to grab another set of ingredients from the pile as he prepared for his sixth batch.

Surprisingly, while he was in the middle of grabbing said ingredients for the next batch, Mystia came up to him with a slightly bewildered expression.

“Where… did you find your student again?” she asked, only to pause for a bit as she found the right question to ask. “Are… are all players like this?”

“What do you mean?” asked Valyr in response, his eyebrow raised in curiosity.

“Ataraxia,” the former replied, pointing at his other self as she continued, “Remember how I taught you the basics of alchemy before introducing you to Mystic Rune Alchemy?”

“Yeah?”

“Though you were able to concoct a potion on your first attempt, I could still tell that it was your first time making one from scratch,” she said, closing her eyes for a bit.

By the time she opened them once more, she let out an exasperated sigh. “As for your student, even though he said it was his first time concocting a potion, his actions looked more like that of an experienced alchemist.”

“Be honest with me, Valyr,” she told him, trying her best not to lose it. “Does your student have any prior experience with alchemy?”

“And by extension, did you introduce him to Mystic Energy before coming here?” she added, prompting the young man in question to fall silent for a bit.

“I did not.” Valyr shook his head after giving the question some thought. “As his teacher, I’ve been keeping an eye on his progress all this time.”

“If anything, his experiences thus far have nothing to do with either of them,” he continued. “His main class is that of a mage, while his subclass is that of a spell scribe.”

“Perhaps that’s the reason why he’s able to adapt so well?”

Hearing those words, Mystia fell into deep thought, pondering if it was even possible for that kind of experience to translate so well into the field of alchemy.

As for the young man that said all of that, he let out a chuckle of amusement through the connection he shared with Ataraxia, prompting the latter to send him a message in response.

‘…Did you really have to phrase it that way?’ he asked, causing Valyr to let out a bit more laughter in response.

‘Am I wrong though?’ asked the latter in return with a slight shrug. ‘It’s true that it’s the first time you’ve come into contact with both, after all.’

‘However, I have access to your experience in both areas,’ said Ataraxia in response, faintly shaking his head. ‘Of course, if I didn’t obtain the same subclass you got from Mystia, I’m sure only a portion of it would have been applicable.’

‘Pretty much.’ Valyr faintly nodded at that.

Continuing to talk with Mystia after she had come to a conclusion of sorts, the young man sent his other self a question. ‘Speaking of which, will you be sticking with alchemy after learning the basics? Or are you still gonna go all in on the rune aspect?’

‘The latter,’ Ataraxia replied, his mind more than made up on the matter. ‘It’s just redundant if both of us have the ability to concoct potions.’

‘Of course, there’s the possibility that my decision to delve deeper into it might lead me nowhere, but I’m confident that my efforts would still yield something significant,’ he added, to which Valyr nodded in understanding.

Returning his attention back to the ongoing conversation, the latter watched as Mystia let out another sigh filled with exasperation. “Now that I’ve seen it firsthand, players are quite the scary bunch.”

Valyr chuckled at those words. “I think talented would be a better way to describe them.”

“I don’t know about that, but your student is definitely making it seem like that’s true,” she replied, only to then fall silent as the gears in her mind began to turn.

“You think the players would agree if I try to recruit them?” she asked, looking at Valyr with a hint of expectation.

“If you tell them who you are and who you’re affiliated with, they’d probably fight for the opportunity,” said the latter after giving it a bit of thought. “Why the sudden question?”

“With how talented you say they are, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have some of them fight at the frontlines,” answered Mystia, giving Valyr a response he wasn’t expecting to hear.

“Aside from that, from what the empire has gathered, the players also have the ability to cheat death,” she added, causing the young man’s expression to turn serious.

“Are you going to force them to put their lives on the line?” Valyr asked her, already expecting to hear a yes in response.

Fortunately, Mystia had the opposite thought towards the question. “Why would I?”

“The ability to cheat death just means investing in them wouldn’t be wasted,” she said soon after, allowing the young man to understand her train of thought towards the entire thing.

“Plus, wouldn’t it be scary for the other races if they found out the human they killed wasn’t just alive, but also stronger than ever before?”

“…If you put it that way, then I might be able to help you spread the word, Miss Mystia,” said Valyr in response, eliciting a smile to appear on Mystia’s face.

“Guess the empire will be owing you a favor in the future, then,” she replied, only to head back to where Ataraxia was after that.

As her last set of words continued to linger in his mind, Valyr took a brief look at the duo, noticing that Mystia was now teaching his other self the ways of Mystic Rune Alchemy.

Briefly giving her idea to recruit players into the ongoing war some more thought, the young man eventually returned his attention back to the ingredients he grabbed as he proceeded to concoct the sixth batch of potions not long after.

‘Time to get a bit more serious.’