There is nothing impossible in advanced alchemy. -Universal skill to match the other world-

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Then about half an hour later.

We had never met a demon, and we had reached the sixth level.

There are quite a few people in this hierarchy as well… Compared to up to three hierarchies, it was less than comparable.

But......

"Isn't this hierarchy a little hot?

Ever since entering this' Labyrinth of Fire ', the ambient temperatures had felt thin.

And the temperatures were going up as we went along the hierarchy, eventually just standing and feeling the heat.

"It's hot. I'm a fire attribute, so this is perfectly fine, but Mr. Marzen... isn't that sweaty at all?

"Well, that's about it."

Alchemy also has a technique for adjusting body temperature.

It is a technique that reduces heat by 'mixing' water attributes extracted from water into one's own blood.

But if it's as hot as it is now, I don't even have to use the technique.

"Six tiers is said to be a hierarchy that even people who don't have fire attributes can handle -... it's amazing not to have a single sweat..."

Look at my face, and Tania squeals like that.

Turner himself doesn't sweat a thing like that.

"... because I'm working out"

Anyway, in the extraction of the top potions, you keep the pan hot with flame magic for decades.

If there is one pan, it is still fine, but when you simmer the medicine side by side with many pans, the room used for the preparation will look like hell with heat and moisture.

Compared to the formulation of medicines, this hierarchy doesn't go in while it's hot, for example.

Nevertheless, it is also an idea to stay in the labyrinth for too long without knowing what will happen.

You seem like a beginner here, so do you think you should complete the request and go home soon?

"So... was the request a collection of materials?

"Yes. I asked you to collect the ingredients in order to make the wound pills. It's a mushroom called Bakuentake... you know this?

So Turner offered me a piece of paper.

The paper contained the letter 'Bacuentake' and a painting of colorful and poisonous mushrooms.

The mushrooms in this painting look familiar.

"Is this a poison mushroom?

"Yes. Seems fine enough to touch it, but be careful, it seems to suck when you get into your eyes or mouth.... The adventurer who ate it by mistake died in pain of spitting blood."

It's poison to throw up blood and die......

Probably the same mushroom I know.

A mushroom that is extremely good as a poison drug ingredient but only uses about as much poison... is all I know about Bakuentake.

However, the details of this request seem to be that I want materials for wound medication.

Can a single alchemist living in the modern age make wound pills from Bacuentake?

I'd love to ask you how to do it, but you won't be able to tell me if you do.

Even 500 years ago, alchemists were basically secretive and did not want to teach technology other than disciples.

I look around while I think about it.

But I didn't find Bakuentake.

"There doesn't seem to be any Bakuentake around here."

"Uh... maybe, but I don't think it's around the labyrinth street"

"You mean there's too many people, and they've already picked you out?

Come to think of it, we never met a demon until we reached the sixth level.

Even though we're talking about the labyrinth being a demon's nest, I guess the fact that you can't even find one demon means you've already been defeated.

That's why many adventurers defeat demons and gather materials.

"That's what I mean. Near the labyrinth streets, it's so safe... they've picked up all the materials, so let's just get out of here."

With that said, Tania starts walking off the street.

Is this why we're exploring the labyrinth?

For the first time and all of a sudden, the six layers are a little dangerous... but here, let's say we believe in the experienced Turner.

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A few minutes later.

I was looking for Bakuentake off the road, and I found something nice and stopped.

It's a rusty iron mass.

"Hey. Can I pick up what's falling into the labyrinth and use it?

"If it's not someone's property, it's okay.... Something you want?

"It's going to be a battle. I need a weapon."

That's how I picked up a chunk of iron that was falling.

The iron mass weighs roughly two kilograms... enough weight for a weapon.

"What are you going to do, pick that up? It just looks like an iron crumb..."

"Of course, I'm not willing to use it as it is...." Fire. ""

That said, I activate flame magic and mix its flame attributes with iron.

Then iron was softened a little by heat.

It takes more steps to process solid materials, but if it's just iron, it can already be broken down by alchemy from this state.

As an impromptu weapon material, this iron mass was a very good one.

(disassembly, reconstitution)

When I used alchemy, what had just been a rusty mass of iron had turned into a slender sword.

It does not have great characteristics, nor does it perform well, but on the contrary, it is a sword that can serve as a 'normal sword'.

"What!?... What just happened -!? An ordinary mass of iron, in an instant, on the sword..."

"Using alchemy normally, I just reconstituted the iron mass,"

"... normal? What is normal -? I'm not saying it's normal to use just a chunk of iron as a weapon in an instant..."

"Excuse me. Honestly, I'm pretty sure I was a little clueless. But... I was hoping for a weapon soon."

Certainly what I did earlier is not a normal way to make weapons.

Even when alchemy is used, it is usually made with greater care and strength.

If my master tells me to 'make a sword' and make a sword like this, I can't complain about getting hit.

"No, it's not how clueless it is, it's usually not that easy to change the shape of iron, is it? It's funny, it's not my feeling...?

Hmm.

I don't know, I don't really feel like the conversation is engaging.

Maybe Turner's never seen an alchemist.

I was just surprised to see the basic alchemy 'burning blood', and I'm sure it is.

As I walked thinking about that...... at the edge of my vision, I saw a familiar mushroom.

There it is.

"... there was, what is it -

"It's Bakuentake."

That's how I walk to Bakuentake.

Going a lot closer, it looks like Turner finally noticed the presence of Bakuentake as well.

"There really was -! … you can often find mushrooms so far away"

Seeing the little mushrooms growing on the ground, Tania squeaks so.

Sure, if you were just searching for mushrooms with comic eyes alone, you might not find mushrooms far away.

However, if we only focus on places where mushrooms are likely to be, we can also find materials that are somewhat far away.

When you get used to seeing attributes as an alchemist, you know where the material might be.

"Bakuentake is a mushroom of fire attribute. Focusing on places where the fire attributes on the ground are strong, I think we can find them efficiently"

"... on the ground, are there any attributes -?

"Oh. I think when you start using magic or alchemy, you start to understand it as natural"

This "Labyrinth of Fire" six layer is a soil with a strong fire attribute, as the name suggests.

However, some of these are attribute strengths and weaknesses.

Mushrooms in the fire attribute prefer strong soils in the fire attribute, so it is easy to find them when looking for places with strong attributes.

"... well, there are a lot of demons in places with a lot of material."

I see the ground a little further than a mushroom.

There was a demon there who looked like a red sasori.

"Sandscope... you're a dangerous demon"

When he sees the demon, Tania stops on her feet and squeals so in the face of tension.

He looks like he doesn't want to get too close.