Golden flower of light, found in the grassy open fields with the most sunlight and special soil.
Blue rose of night, one of my mom’s favorite flowers that glow at night. Found in marsh fields.
The water of light, (Water) that is infused with light Mana particles for a long time.
The soil of a fertile anthill is one of the most fertilized soils which I risked my life to get.
It was difficult,
but I managed to gather some with wind magic.
There was no way in hell I would go close to those hundreds of thousands of ants.
Forest Nectar, gathered from the top of a great Banya tree.
As all of these things accept the water of light that I made myself, were of the highest quality natural ingredients, they can’t be used as is.
The Pink mushroom was very rare, so the poison from is diluted and used in low quantity and still, it was fatal at 60% concentration.
What I was doing was an alchemical method instead of the direct method of using the holy energy.
In normal cities and places, the church would do the purification process of any demonic thing.
Using holy energy was fast and efficient in this process.
In alchemy, the concentration of all of these ingredients produces the same results as holy energy.
The substance produced in this process acted as positive energy against the negative demonic energy.
The concentrated sunlight necessary in the process acted as a catalyst in this process.
This wasn’t something I should know as a 6-year-old, but… what could I do?
I liked to read.
I remembered everything, even if I didn’t understand everything at that moment.
And when I remembered everything, understanding it becomes easier with passing time.
I had read from fairytales to available academic books.
I had read magic tomes and herbal medicine.
I had read research papers and experiment records.
I had read history and religion.
I even read novels and love stories.
In total, I have read 234 books in my total lifetime in this world.
From one of those books, more precisely, Nathon stay’s [Demonic energy and Alchemy] book’s chapter 12-[Demonic core] page 20, I knew what I needed in the purification process.
I needed ingredients, process, and timing but, that’s it.
I just knew these things. I had no experience in conducting such sophisticated experiments.
I had to process each ingredient to fit the experiment and do trial runs before the real thing.
“Huuuu…”
‘It might have been easier if dad was here,’ was the thought that unexpectedly crossed my mind.
Just like how we did such things together back at home.
But… now I was alone.
I had to do everything by myself.
And I had already decided to do anything and everything to go back to them.
***
Inside my cave, I looked in front of me.
In different containers of glass and metal, I placed different colored substances at some distance.
I had processed the ingredients into usable ingredients, and the cave looked like a chemistry lab.
Powered flowers, processed poison, nectar, and water.
The concentration of everything had to be perfect, and it took me my whole day and night.
Thankfully, the trial-and-error method gave the results faster.
I had believed my instincts and results were positive.
As an experiment, I had tried using some drops of them on the core and the reaction also showed it was just right.
I never ever in my life had imagined that I would do something like this.
Handling that pink toxic mushroom was… hellish.
It was more lethal than 100% concentrated strong acids.
Just a single drop of that thing was enough to even kill a non-venomous (Orange) ranked beast.
For poisonous beasts, it was a delicious meal.
But that was only true for (yellow) and some small (Green) ranked beasts.
For beings like mummy snake, it was nothing more than a small snack.
I somehow managed it after great difficulty.
The process was slow, and I used three pairs of metal gloves in this process.
Leveling down everything’s concentration was difficult, but I somehow managed it and everything was ready.
Now, just as morning rings the door of my humble cave, the real experiment will start.
*
In the open area before my cave, standing before a small pot-like thing that was set on a stand of wood, that contained something like water, I took a deep breath.
Moving a big ice plate that adjusted before three other smaller plates, I took a step back.
The sunlight was necessary for this experiment so I had to do everything I can to maximize my chance of success.
Placing the black core inside the pot filled with water of light, I released my breath. 𝐞𝗼𝘃𝐞𝐥．𝗰𝐨𝗺
Starting the fire, I poured a fine gold powder into the small pot.
The color of the water changed to gold and then to yellow.
The slightly visible core started reacting, and white mist started coming out of it.
After three minutes, I added some blue powder into the pot and the color started changing again.
It was a faint blue, and then it slowly turned into a light green.
My heartbeat quickened a bit as I took another step back.
Thankfully, I was wearing a special enchanted mask, so I was safe, but my skin under my protective clothes was itching.
The white mist started turning darker.
After five more minutes has passed, I added the faint pink poison that was dilated from a drop of poison.
And… as soon as I added it to the pot, a black mist exploded from it.
My heart was keeping its usual calm, but not as much as it had been during fights.
It meant that it wasn’t that dangerous, and I was doing alright.
Now, all I had to do was wait for at least three hours.
I went inside and took off my mask.
It was hot there, and the air around the pot was poisonous.
Good thing that it was being dispersed into the surroundings and not coming all the way here.
I could finish the magic circle for the Mana gathering that I started last month.
This was a difficult magic circle that was taught from basic level.
It wasn’t a (tier) magic circle, but a magic circle for construction and research.
It was used in ancient times and even explained in history books.
It contained more than a hundred lines, twenty circles, tens of curves, and an (eye).
This (eye) was the center to place the core.
This core could be any beast’s core or a similar object with positive energy.
It was difficult, enough for me to fail many times. Who knows how many times I tried it?
I had to draw every line with Mana infused in my bow.
I was using it because it was easier to refine the Mana and, while using my magic bow, I felt comfortable.
When I first started it, I couldn’t even hold my bow properly in a writing stance.
But as time passed, I started getting the hang of it.
Maintaining the constant flow and exact amount required to draw every single line was a difficult thing.
In an enchantment, I had to only write words, whereas, in this process, I had to draw a huge geometric structure with the same frequency of mana needed for every similar line.
After such a long time, I was almost there.
This was perfect timing, as the core was almost ready too~.
‘Ok…’
With a long breath, I took out my magic bow.
Placing the tip on the edge of a circle, I channeled my Mana.
The entire structure started glowing, and I stretched the first line.
Just like this, six more lines and… it will be ready.
I thoroughly failed my last attempt on the very last stroke, but not this time.
I calmed myself to the fullest, everything around me going black.
I knew I was going to succeed this time.
A light red thread appeared around where I needed the next stroke.
This thread was something related to my subconscious, and I knew I was getting close to my goal when the red thread started changing colors.
I continued on my path, and the time passed.
After a long, two hours of constant use of refined Mana, it was done.
With a bright light, the circle started glowing.
A magic circle that normally only mid-level mages could master.
My efforts had paid off and everything was almost ready.
‘Let’s start the ultimate show down~!’
An excited smile appeared on my face when thinking about how I will soon reach (tier-2) after this thing.