The half-elf maid Susanna obeyed her master's instructions, turned and walked to the cabinet placed in the corner of the room, carefully took out a bright yellow wooden box from it, then walked back and handed it to Dr. Cole.
Dr. Cole's expression was extremely serious at this moment. He pursed his lips tightly, opened the box and took a look inside, nodded and said: "Yes, it is this secret awakening medicine. By the way, what kind of secret medicine did Piru steal?
"
Susanna smiled slightly and said, "It's an 'oak beetle'."
Cole avoided Piru's sight, opened the wooden box, and used a pair of silver tweezers to take out a colorful strange insect with sharp mouthparts. Then, he deliberately dug into the wooden box that was tightly tied with four animal sinews.
Piru, who was sitting on the long table, said: "You don't know anything, and you know how to steal expensive things. If you really get the 'oak beetle', I will compensate you."
"Compensation, more compensation, how much?" Piru couldn't move now, but his teeth were fighting, he couldn't speak clearly, and he made a gurgling sound.
"The 'Oak Beetle' is 400 gold pagodas more expensive than the 'Leopard Tail' secret medicine for you. If you can take it out, I will pay you 400 gold pagodas."
"What a pity." Piru felt deeply regretful. Chatting with Dr. Cole made him no longer nervous. Especially when talking about money, his tense muscles relaxed significantly.
"Hmph, no one has ever successfully stolen the secret medicine from me. Even John was caught by me."
Dr. Cole took the opportunity to take action and pressed the strange insect against Piru's neck quickly and accurately. The sharp mouthparts of the strange insect immediately penetrated deeply into the blood vessels of Piru's neck.
"Ah..." Piru only let out half a miserable scream, and the half-elf maid standing by the table stuffed his mouth with a cotton towel, blocking the second half of his scream.
The cotton towel can block the sound, but the pain will not be reduced at all. The usually smart and clever shop assistant opened his eyes wide, biting the cotton towel in his mouth with two rows of teeth, blue veins popped up on his forehead, squirming like an earthworm,
The muscles all over the body were tense, squeezing the bones and joints, making a scary "clicking" sound, and the force inspired by the pain caused the long table under the body to keep shaking.
Soon, Piru's eyes, which were widened to the limit, were filled with bloodshot eyes, and a shocking blue-green color spread from his neck to his head along the raised blood vessels.
He seemed to be dying at any time, but Dr. Cole and several half-elf maids stood aside and watched with cold eyes. After a while, the strange bug biting Piru's neck fell from the skin of his neck to the ground, and curled up into a ball.
, there was no movement.
Cole nodded, and suddenly noticed a curious and thoughtful expression on Vertok's face, silently observing Piru. The doctor didn't think much, bent down and picked up the dead bug from the ground, and showed it to Vertok
Look, and explained: "The short-winged spinymouth fly is a relatively rare blood-sucking insect. When they bite their prey, they will use their mouthparts to inject paralyzing toxins under the prey's skin, and take the opportunity to expel impurities in the body. Often,
It will cause prey poisoning, fever, fainting, and in the most serious cases, death. Of course, this short-winged spinybill fly, like the last blood-sucking beetle, is a special species that has been transformed by alliance doctors for a long time... You see, it has no
The wings and mouthparts are very developed, and the appearance characteristics have become completely different from the short-winged spinybill fly."
Handing the corpse of the strange insect to the half-elf maid next to him, Dr. Cole continued: "The main way animals transform external characteristics into internal characteristics is to eat with their mouths. However, doctors from the Disa Alliance discovered a long time ago that oral secretions
The effect of the medicine is far inferior to injecting the secret medicine directly into the body of the half-elf."
Wiltok moved his gaze to the doctor's face and asked: "Like the Costo blood-sucking beetle, it is also the carrier of the secret medicine?"
Cole nodded and smiled: "Yes, but the difference between them is that the Costo blood-sucking beetle absorbs the blood essence of the host and is a short-acting common secret medicine. Its advantage is that it can be stored for a long time after being sealed with amber solution.
It is also convenient for professionals to carry and take. The spiny mouth fly carries the secret medicine of awakening, which can help ordinary people sublimate their characteristics and become awakened. Unfortunately, the secret medicine of awakening cannot be stored for a long time, and the half-elf must be injected into the carrier before the secret medicine carrier dies.
of the neck blood vessels.”
"I injected Piru with the agility-oriented 'Leopard Tail' awakening secret drug... There is no mistake. The awakening secret drug must match the main characteristics of the secret drug receptor. Piru is most likely to become an agility-oriented awakening drug.
Or, if you use the 'oak beetle' with the physical characteristics on him, he will definitely die."
The shop assistant Piru struggled desperately on the long table, his eyes were blood red. Cole changed his words again: "No one can awaken easily. Extreme pain is the price that must be paid for sublimating traits... This is very important to him."
There are also great benefits.”
Wiltok did not raise any objection, but nodded matter-of-factly. Cole's heart moved, and he asked casually: "How is it? You know the pain of awakening, did you remember something?"
Wiltok had a straight face, shook his head and said, "I can't remember."
Cole had become accustomed to Vertok's resistance to him and was not discouraged. He continued to try to guide his memory, "A true professional has to go through two difficulties. One is to condense the secret blood and sublimate expertise; the other is Piru."
The quality of awakening experienced now.”
"I gave him the 'Leopard Tail' secret medicine that suits him best. The production process of this secret medicine is relatively complicated. It uses more than 100 medicinal materials and more than a dozen animals. It took a year and three special effects.
The improvement and transfer, and finally harvested ten 'leopard tail' awakening secret medicines."
"Piru has been injected with the secret medicine of awakening. If he can survive the difficulties, his physical fitness, especially his sensitivity, will be significantly improved. The most important thing is that the secret medicine of 'Leopard Tail' will lay the foundation for him to become a professional."
Dr. Cole glanced at Piru again and continued: "The characteristics extracted from the 'Leopard Tail' secret medicine come from close relatives of the saber-toothed leopard. Professionals awakened by using the 'Leopard Tail' secret medicine have successfully condensed secret blood and sublimated their agility expertise.
You will gain abilities similar to those of a saber-toothed leopard, such as night vision, keen hearing, silent stealth, quick reactions, hunting instinct, etc. This type of agility professional has a name, called a stalker hunter."
"Viltok, have you ever thought about it, oh, you definitely haven't thought about it... professionals have so many special abilities, how should they use them? Let alone professionals, they are just ordinary half-elves who concentrate on listening to a small sound.
When you are in a state of trance, your body won’t move, what you see is like you haven’t seen it, what you smell is like you haven’t smelled it. In this trance state, if you walk over and give him a stick, he won’t have time to react.”
"Ordinary people can hear sounds like this with their ears, let alone professionals with special abilities?"
Col paused and praised: "John, who is the head coach in the training camp, is really good. He put forward the saying that 'inspiration runs through the whole body'. Of course, people who can do this will not be in a daze when listening to the sound, and then
Being attacked by others. Although awakened people and professionals do not have a theoretical explanation in this regard, it is because after experiencing painful awakening, their lives will undergo transformation and they can listen, watch, fight, and think about countermeasures. This is exactly the reason.
The biggest difference between the Awakened and ordinary half-elves is that ten ordinary half-elves may not be able to defeat one Awakened."
At this time, the scary green color on Piru's neck was gradually fading away. Although his teeth were still biting the cotton towel, his condition was improving.
Dr. Cole's clenched fists quietly loosened. He breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "In addition to the most common swordsmen, shield guards, archers, and beast trainers, there are also stealth hunters, oak guards, and thugs.
Waiting for rare occupations.”
"...it is the type of awakening secret medicine that determines the type of professional! Its importance is irreplaceable. Of course, doctors who can make awakening secret medicine are also important professionals."
"Viltok's characteristics are common and can be extracted, transformed, and sublimated. Doctors do not need a fixed formula to make the secret medicine. Considering the individual differences of the living body of the secret medicine, when I made the 'Leopard Tail' secret medicine,
The formula of the medicine was adjusted many times and more than 100 kinds of medicinal materials were used. If the formula of 'Leopard Tail' was followed, there would only be 57 kinds of medicinal materials."
Cole chose to look directly into Wiltok's eyes this time, with a hint of fanaticism belonging to a professional physician, and said: "Only a fourth-level physician can discern subtle changes in characteristics, and can ignore the specific content of the formula and rely on the characteristics of the receptor itself.
, replace and adjust the medicinal materials.”
"Professional doctors below the fourth level do not have this ability, and they have a high probability of failure when making medicine according to the formula. For people who use awakening potions, failure is equal to death! Awakening potions are actually very dangerous. You must remember that you cannot
Indiscriminate use of awakening potions..."
Cole's enthusiastic expression frightened Wiltok. He took a step back, looked at the other person warily, and made a defensive posture.
The half-elf maid Britney immediately reminded: "Master, you scared him."
Cole was stunned for a moment and slapped his forehead in annoyance. Knowing that he was too impatient, he tried to change the topic to Piru, "This kid seems to have successfully awakened, but his physical strength is severely depleted and he needs to be here."
Rest for two days. Wiltok, you and Britney will carry Piru to the front hall later, find a room, and let him stay first..."
Before he could finish speaking, Wiltok shook his head and said, "I quit, I want to go back."
"Ah? What?" Cole's mouth opened wide, and he couldn't believe his ears.
Wiltok said it again, and while walking out, he said, "I said I quit, and I want to go back to the hotel to sleep now."
Cole did not expect that Wiltok would reject him so simply. This shocked the respected fourth-level doctor in Braun Town and began to wonder if his appearance was really ugly, but he could only look at it helplessly.
"Walking Treasure" quickly slipped out of the dispensary.
Vertok returned to the hotel, plunged into his guest room, lay on the bed like a toad, and entered the state of practicing the secret form of the golden toad. This helped him exchange information with the golden light group in the conscious world.
The shopkeeper Piru's becoming an awakened person stimulated Wiltok. If recovering his memory and finding himself is the ultimate goal, then ensuring his own safety is his strongest need.
Since waking up, Wiltok has always had a sense of insecurity. Before he mastered the talent of dexterous hands, Wiltok was unwilling to leave Sarah even half a step. This time he went to work in Cole's pharmacy, of course, to prepare source blood.
Potion, but practicing the three major forging techniques and recovering part of his strength was the prerequisite for him to dare to accept employment. Unfortunately, he found that the strength he had recovered was not enough, and even Dr. Cole's personal maid was not much worse than him.
Wiltok is like a lonely cub, timid and sensitive, but this is not a shame, but an indispensable caution.
As his abilities recovered, he continued to explore outside. But now he faced a difficult choice, whether to continue to stay in Braun Town or to study writing outside the town. Only by recovering his writing memory first could he recover his pharmacy memory.
, in the shortest possible time, configure source blood potions, further improve your own strength, and master the very critical gluttony and self-healing talents.
However, leaving the safe town of Braun and going to the plantations outside the town now goes against Wiltok's habit of improving his abilities first and then exploring outside.
In fact, Wiltok was not scared away by Dr. Cole today. He just encountered something that he couldn't understand and needed to go back to his room to have an in-depth exchange of information with the "golden light group" in the conscious world. It can also be said that
Thought.
The "golden light group" rotated rapidly and was composed of hazy golden light mist. Wiltok could not see clearly what was inside, but he could feel that the rotation speed of the "golden light group" had slowed down a little.
Judging from the current progress, it may stop in a few hundred years.
Wiltok couldn't wait that long. Since he now encountered a barrier, he had to find another way to solve the problem.
Immersed in his own world of consciousness, his thoughts gradually became clearer, and details of many unexpected problems became clear.
First of all, Dr. Cole cares about Piru very much. He allowed Piru to steal the secret medicine to create a free awakening opportunity for Piru, but more importantly to encourage him to exercise his abilities. This special treatment can be extended to
On John the Bishop.
Conclusion: Boss Bottom, Aunt Sarah, doctor Cole, shop assistant Piru, and John are all in the same group. At present, Boss Bottom and the others have no obvious ill intentions towards him.
Secondly, Dr. Cole already knew about the origin blood potion, and it was probably Britney and the others who leaked it. Cole mistakenly believed that the formula of the origin blood potion was a special awakening secret medicine, corresponding to some rare career path. Dr. Cole
He was hinting to himself that he had the ability to get rid of the fixed restrictions of the formula and use other medicinal materials as substitutes to create a source blood potion.
Cole probably didn't lie. Some of the awakening information he mentioned is basically consistent with Wiltok's cognition. For example, when ordinary people listen intently, their senses and mobility will drop to a low point. This is due to insufficient mental strength.
Phenomenon. If a person's mental attributes reach a corresponding level, the control over the body and mind will be strengthened. Extreme pain can indeed increase the upper limit of a person's mental attributes, but this method is ineffective for Vertok. He can't even see clearly.
, what is the upper limit of his mental attributes? He only knows that the "golden light group" takes up most of his mental power. When the rotation speed of the "golden light group" slows down, he will naturally get feedback from his mental attributes.
The characteristics of medicinal materials are common and can transform and improve each other. Dr. Cole has proved this in front of Wiltok.
The theories are consistent with each other, and there is objective proof. Dr. Cole should have no problem in preparing the source blood medicine.
So, can Dr. Cole be trusted?
Conclusion: You cannot trust, but you can cooperate. Your own destiny must be in your own hands.
This reason is sufficient. It is basically Wiltok's habit, which is difficult to change, and he has no intention of changing his habit.
People who don't understand pharmacy can't cooperate with professional doctors, so they have to learn writing first, restore their memory of pharmacy and then cooperate with Cole. Learning writing is useless with Aunt Sarah, she can't read either. But Bato
Boss Mu must be literate, so I'll try to ask him for help first. If he doesn't agree, I'll hire a few people to protect him at the plantation outside the town. Anyway, Captain Rhodes has agreed to help me introduce the knowledgeable Mayor Myne.
Wiltok made up his mind and no longer hesitated. He jumped up from the bed, opened the door, quickly ran up to the third floor, rushed to the end of the corridor, and slammed open the door of Boss Bottom's room.
The hotel owner was sitting behind the table counting a pile of gold coins. He stared at Wiltok who came in with his mouth open, and he almost dropped the pipe in his mouth.
Vertok walked up to him excitedly, took out the small money bag hanging inside his clothes, and smashed it on the table with a bang, knocking down a pile of neatly arranged gold coins.
"Boss Bottom, please teach me how to read!"
The hotel owner first looked at the small purse, which was no bigger than an apple, then looked up at Wiltok, then silently swept a table of gold coins into a drawer and said angrily: "No one taught you to enter a room to ask for money.
Do you want to knock on the door first? Okay... Sarah definitely hasn't taught you this. She has broken down several of my doors... In short, next time you come in, you must knock on the door first, otherwise I will kill you.
throw it out!"
"I want to learn writing, and I don't want to wait for a moment. This is the reward for you. If it's not enough, you can keep accounts." Wiltok said in a deep voice. His confident look showed a toughness that would not allow others to refuse, but he did not
Offensive, as if he was meant to be.
Boss Bottom also became serious, pointed to the chair opposite and said: "Come, let's sit down and talk... Cole just came to see me, and I've heard that you won't work for him. About this,
Does it have anything to do with your desire to learn writing?”
Wiltok nodded and said bluntly: "It does matter. I can recover some important memories by learning words, which is about the potion formula. You and Dr. Cole should both know that I have a potion formula."
Bottom clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Wiltok, you are very straightforward. I won't hide it from you. I am interested in your exercise method and the potion formula. Let's make a deal. You will share the exercise method with me."
And sell me the potion formula. Of course, after you remember the formula."
Wiltok nodded first, then shook his head, frowning and said, "I'm not sure how much the forging method and potion formula will cost."
He originally wanted to say that none of you have practiced the Origin Blood Secret Technique. Who knows how long it will take to practice it, or you will die after practicing it. But it is too complicated to say it, and he can't explain it himself. Then
Not to mention.
The hotel owner held his cigarette holder in his mouth and said with a smile: "Cole is a capable man. I believe he can determine the value of the potion formula. As long as you agree, we will discuss the specific price later, and I guarantee that you will not suffer any loss.
"
Wiltok hesitated for a moment. He vaguely remembered that practicing the Origin Blood Secret Technique alone without guidance would be life-threatening, but he could not recall the specific situation, so he nodded and said: "I want to learn words first.
"
"You must have learned writing." Bottom said thoughtfully: "However, it is a bit troublesome to learn writing in Bolang Town... Our relationship with Gang Yan, the leader of the Taku tribe, is quite special, and it is troublesome to explain. We will take our time in the future.
Let me tell you. In short, I swore to Gang Yan not to spread any words. Gang Yan’s intuition is very keen. As long as we violate our oath, he will know and drive us away. I can’t bear to leave Braun Town. You can find someone else.
If people learn to write, they may teach you, but we can't teach you, that would be tantamount to betraying Chief Gangyan."
"I'll find someone to teach you how to read. The question is, are you sure that learning words can restore some memories?"
Wiltok shook his head, with a look of confusion and helplessness on his face again.
Bottom thought for a while and said: "We have to give it a try... Let me make arrangements and send you to the plantation outside the town to find Mayor Mine. That old guy does have some knowledge. If he can't
If I can help you, no one in Braun Town can help you."
This was also in line with Wiltok's wishes. He nodded and said, "I want to hire a few people to protect me outside the town."
"Of course someone has to protect you... Sarah can't do it. She doesn't want to leave the hotel. I'll let Huck and John accompany you for free." After saying that, the hotel owner asked curiously: "Wiltok,
Do you have any objections to Cole? Or is there something wrong with him that makes you not have a good impression of him?"
Wiltok hesitated for a moment and raised his finger to draw a circle on his face, which meant that Dr. Cole looked gloomy and did not look like a good person.
Bottom actually slapped his thigh and laughed weirdly: "Haha, I knew that was the case, he looks too ugly."