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Do Yu-jin hit her own cheek hard.

One time wasn’t enough of a shock.

But after repeatedly hitting him until his cheeks turned red, I was somehow able to create a blank sheet of paper in my head big enough to think about something.

‘Let’s not dwell on the past and deal with it later when we have more time. For now, let’s focus on what’s right in front of us.’

Do Yu-jin tried hard to figure out the situation by racking her brain.

‘For now, I’ve achieved my goal.’

Xiao Zhan, originally he would have appeared in the middle of the story and been a nuisance to the protagonist.

However, thanks to taking advantage of the right opening, I was able to successfully deal with the guy.

‘Thanks to that, my level went up in many ways and I gained quite a few traits, but these are all secondary achievements, so let’s check them out later.’

The only thing that made Do Yu-jin happiest right now was that he could now move as he had planned in advance.

“I will put what you have to good use.”

After saying that, Do Yujin took the device out of Xiao Zhan’s arms and put it away.

Then I changed into the lab clothes that were hanging on one side of the room.

Fortunately, since their basic body types were similar and Xiao Zhan was a meticulous person who usually hid his identity behind a mask, there was no need to bother with a separate disguise.

‘If you bring the bag containing the gun here, you’re ready.’

Hmm-

‘I’m glad that I have more weapons, but my head is getting complicated because I think that they were obtained by looting corpses.’

As I was doing this, I realized once again how safe the circle was.

Percussion-

Do Yu-jin, who had finished dressing, shook her head slightly to shake off unnecessary thoughts.

Then he climbed onto the magic circle in the center of the room and closed his eyes.

As I waited like that for a while, a floating feeling like I had felt at the portal center enveloped my body.

When she opened her eyes again, Do Yu-jin was standing in a completely different place than before.

“It feels like the genre suddenly changed from fantasy to SF.”

Do Yu-jin was amazed at the spacious laboratory filled with all kinds of cutting-edge equipment.

‘I knew it would be like this from watching it in the game, but seeing it with my own eyes is a different feeling.’

The Black Dragon Guild, to which Xiao Zhan belongs, is one of the three great black guilds that rule the back of China.

So naturally, the logic of power was particularly strong, and Xiao Zhan was a person who succeeded in standing tall in such a place with only his ability and brains.

It was a passage that clearly showed how outstanding his ability and intelligence were.

‘Actually, with Xiao Zhan’s original ability, it would have been possible to take charge of a place bigger than Qingdao.’

But Xiao Zhan didn’t do that.

Because of that, it became difficult to enjoy one’s hobbies.

‘Even thinking about it again, he really is a crazy guy.’

Well, it was a fortunate thing for Do Yu-jin.

If Xiao Zhan didn’t have such a hobby, it would have been absolutely impossible to kill him by exploiting his meticulousness and weaknesses.

“Then shall we begin now?”

As I said before, Xiao Zhan is a genius who achieved the position of executive of the Black Dragon Society with his own ability and brains.

So what was the field in which he excelled?

Magic Engineering? I have basic knowledge, but it’s literally only basic.

Gunsmithing? This is simply an extension of my hobby.

The field in which he showed his talent was this.

“Ah, so this is how you make potions.”

It was alchemy.

‘If we don’t catch this guy quickly, all the ordinary citizens will turn into drug dealers in the later stages, and all the Black Dragon guys will appear as crazy berserkers.’

Just thinking about it made me feel annoyed.

But now that Xiao Zhan is dead, I decided not to worry too much about it since it’s just a future that has already disappeared.

There is only one thing that matters now.

“Okay, then where should we start?”

All he had to do was use the Black Dragon Society’s capital, which he had to destroy one day, and the facilities left behind by Xiao Zhan, to increase the amount of magical power he could muster on the ground and raise the level of his alchemy talent.

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“Eww!”

“I’m busy, I’m busy!”

Researchers in white lab coats ran down the hallway, each carrying a heavy box, their coats and hair fluttering.

One of the black-haired researchers grumbled as he moved his luggage.

“Ugh! This isn’t a bolt from the blue, what the hell is going on all of a sudden?”

“What are you talking about now? The branch manager’s whims aren’t something that happens just for a day or two.”

“That’s right, and I think it would be better for the branch manager to focus on his research like this?”

“Me too, you don’t bother us at times like this.”

The man pursed his lips as he looked at his colleagues who did not share his opinion in the slightest, then muttered while looking at the box.

“But what kind of experiments are you planning on doing with such expensive ingredients as Wolyeongcho (月影草)?”

“Hey, don’t be curious about that. Curiosity is poison to us.”

“But honestly, I’m curious. The materials that have been put into the lab so far are enough for us to use for a week.”

The blue-haired researcher couldn’t refute those words and just kept his mouth shut.

“I heard a little while ago that we received funds for a large project we were in charge of, right? The branch manager just told us to use all of them and gather materials.”

“What? Really?”

“Yeah, and it looks like you even asked us to bring you materials that other Black Guilds had entrusted to us for research?”

After they had said each thing, a deep silence fell between them.

Although they are researchers, they are actually members of the Black Guild.

That’s why their five senses were optimized to detect events and accidents.

“… … Is this really going to be a disaster?”

“You don’t have to worry about that.”

The big-nosed man looked at them and declared,

“What, how can you say that so confidently?”

“It wasn’t to this extent, but something similar happened last time.”

“What? Really?”

“But how are you okay?”

“I heard that the research results were so great that they covered up the incident?”

Everyone who heard the man’s words exclaimed with a mixture of surprise and admiration.

It was hard for them to imagine what kind of research they had published that would allow them to do such crazy things and still be alive.

“He may be a bit eccentric in his behavior, but is he really a genius?”

“That’s what it is.”

After saying that, the man put the materials down on the container belt leading to Xiao Zhan’s laboratory.

“So don’t worry. And I’ve never seen anyone worry about themselves like the branch manager.”

“Well, that’s true.”

“Because you’re not the type of person who would do something that would harm yourself.”

“There must be some way.”

They convinced themselves that they were as anxious as a Chihuahua and went back down to get the rest of their luggage.

If they saw what was happening in Xiao Zhan’s lab right now, they would be horrified.

“I originally planned to eat lunch with the food I brought separately, but I guess I don’t need to eat a separate meal at this rate?”

Add the elixir in liquid form to the elixir in the form of a welcome potion, then mix with a spoon.

Because Do Yu-jin was consuming all the elixirs as if she was eating noodles or cereal.

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There’s an unspoken rule in every game that it’s easier to level up in the beginning.

However, the talent called alchemy, on the other hand, was difficult to level up in the early stages.

The reason was simple: it wasn’t the kind of talent that you could start training right away just because you wanted to, like a talent like swordsmanship.

‘It’s the same with cooking.’

To cook something, you inevitably need preparations such as ingredients and tools.

Likewise, in order to actually practice alchemy, there were many things that had to be prepared.

The problem arose here, when the game started, all characters had empty wallets.

Why not just take an alchemy class and develop your talents with it?

If you do that, you can definitely raise your talent level a little bit, but it’s literally just a little bit.

If we use a swordsmanship analogy, it’s like practicing the Samjae Sword Technique once.

However, that doesn’t mean that increasing the number of alchemy classes you take will mean giving up things like stats or other traits that you need to gain.

It’s like walking into hell yourself, but why volunteer to be the professor’s assistant?

Even professors have different views, so they don’t accept freshmen who don’t know anything.

For these reasons, the alchemy talent is very difficult to level up in the beginning.

But if you turn this statement around, it could also be interpreted this way.

What if we could solve the problem of lack of supplies by using some number?

[Technical talent, Alchemy level increases by one.]

“In the beginning, there is no talent that is as easy and convenient to raise as this.”

Because you don’t have to swing your weapon to the limit of your physical strength while sweating, you can just stir the ladle a few times when you are doing something else and your talent will grow on its own.

“All the potions made through alchemy training there are elixirs that increase magic stats, so it’s literally killing two birds with one stone.”

Paha-

Do Yu-jin took a sip of the elixir that tasted bitter like vegetable juice and brought up her status window.

[Status]

Name: Do Yu-jin

Level: 7

Traits: [Beginner Alchemist (2★)], [What’s Important is the Taste (2★)] and 29 others

Strength: 10

Agility: 10

Stamina: 12

Intelligence: 18

Horsepower: 50

[Weapon Talent]

-Dagger LV. 6

-Gun LV. 6

[Technical Talent]

-Alchemy LV. 9

-Summoning LV. 1