Chapter 524: Chapter 143 Showdown_1
Link brought about some change.
The wizards of the Palo Sage army suddenly noticed the Medical Department stepping up.
Not only the long-delayed “Sublimation” potion project finally entered the mass promotion stage, but also, an “Empowerment” potion project was additionally proposed.
Even the taste of some newly concocted potions to cure the damage caused by demonic corrosion had improved.
This surprised the wizards.
Previously, there had been complaints about the foul taste of such potions.
Like swill, it was hard to swallow, yet they needed to drink one or two bottles every day — a real torture.
But how did the pharmacists in the Medical Department respond?
“This is the formula. If we tamper with it and it impacts its effectiveness, what then?”
“What’s more important, your life or the taste?”
All wizards had basic education in Potion Study.
Of course, they were aware that mature formulas should not be altered recklessly.
But this was just about improving the taste, not optimizing or enhancing anything. How could that affect anything?
Admitting to being incompetent would have done the trick, no need for all the tough talk.
This time, the birdmen in the Medical Department proactively did a “good deed.” Was the sun rising from the west in the Fairy World?
Feeling something was not right, well-informed wizards inquired lightly and quickly found the source of the change.
It turned out to be Link Grande, the genius potion master highly regarded by Sage Palo in recent years and known as the next Serene Wizard, who had somehow arrived in the Fairy World.
This explained it all.
The potions he developed were all hot sales.
Improving the taste of potions wasn’t a big deal, just having a hand would do the job?
As a result, the reputation of the 16 pharmacists in the Medical Department was mysteriously damaged.
When Link found out about these things, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Improving the taste of the potions was what Wizard Salossal had asked him to do, not something he had voluntarily taken on himself.
His wounds were not even healed yet, he didn’t have so much free time.
Even if his wounds were healed, Link still had very important things to keep him busy.
Nothing beats practice for gaining wisdom.
Without actual combat testing, Battle Armor, a famous witchcraft, had been designed into eight full versions according to Link’s ideas and the information he had found.
However, only three versions were frequently used in several battles.
They were the Combat Mode, Defense Mode, and Mixed Mode, respectively.
It’s not that the other versions lack advantages, for example, the Lokan Battle Armor should work wonders against body-refining wizards.
However, without actual combat testing, everything is uncertain.
Link planned to optimize the existing eight Battle Armor versions, focusing on enhancing the three versions: Combat Mode, Defense Mode, and Mixed Mode.
The remaining time would be devoted to the “Empowerment” potion project.
The potion formulation and concoction method had been bought for future hundred years of usage rights through the formal channels of the academy by the Palo Sage army.
The Medical Department had assigned a group of people to work overtime and extra hard, following Link’s plan for the early-stage verification of the project.
Link played the role of the “research” leader, controlling the direction, staying on top of progress. He didn’t have to do every single task in person.
Time flew by rapidly.
A month had swiftly passed by.
The result of the mass promotion of the “Sublimation” potion project was very good.
Already 100,000 fairies of various races had been administered the “Sublimation” potion, completing the intensification of their innate special powers.
Almost every single fairy had an increase in combat power by at least one extraordinary level.
They had gloriously upgraded from cannon fodder to fighters.
This provided the Palo Sage army with considerable extra combat power.
The phase one of the project was promising, and the phase two immediately expanded on a larger scale, involving a total of 200,000 fairies.
After all, the raw materials for concocting the “Sublimation” potion could now be cultivated and produced in the areas of the Fairy World heavily invaded by the Wizard World Will.
A self-sufficiency could be achieved without any logistical pressure.
The validation work of the “Empowerment” potion project was completed, the situation was not bad, but it wasn’t great either.
Through experiments, it was indeed possible to add one to two Special Abilities to fairies and effectively avoid conflict, harmoniously coexisting with Innate Special Powers.
However, fairies who were injected with the specially made “Empowerment” potion needed a long time to adapt to the presence of additional Special Abilities and integrate them into their combat system.
It was like an infantryman in a cold weapon era suddenly converting into a cavalryman, needing a long period of training before adapting to the new combat mode.
But the Palo sage army didn’t have the luxury of time for fairies to grow.
Therefore, the direction of the “Empowerment” potion project was immediately adjusted, transforming from a universal project like “Sublimation” potion to a special project.
High-quality and high-talent fairies were selected, and both “Sublimation” potion and “Empowerment” potion were injected at the same time.
These fairies, in their roles as auxiliary soldiers, would formally join the Palo sage army for combat.
The fairies who were only injected with the “Sublimation” potion, 100,000 from phase one and 200,000 from phase two, were used to fight “alley wars,” depleting the ever-numerous, low-level abyss demons.
The situation underwent considerable change over the span of a month.
Even though the three main forces rotated out to “mow the grass” from time to time, reducing the number of low-level abyss demons, it was a mere palliative measure.
The scale of the Abyss Demon Army that was besieging the Fairy World and the Palo Sage army became increasingly large.
The number of low-level, medium-level, and high-level demons grew dramatically.
The original commander of the Abyss Demon Army, a level 5 fire demon, had abdicated his position.