Chapter 219: 219
As for using Mjolnir to do Blacksmithing, Draco would rather wait for Hikari to lay their second egg before burdening her . Even though he had made great progress in his combat efficiency, his Tradeskills hadn't gone up by much .
With Pair Dadeni out, Draco first brought out some Darike Plants he had filtered last time and threw them into the cauldron . They instantly transmuted themselves into the Epic Viva La Vida variant .
With that done, Draco began the concoction process . His movements were quick and refined, as he was so familiar with the process he could do it in his sleep .
His Alchemy was also at level 50, 65% which meant he was closing in on the Master Rank . Once he reached that level, the time penalty for making potions would greatly reduce, and his success rate would climb frantically .
At that point, he could even begin mass producing Angel's Kiss potions for his guild members, selling them at the same price as a common potion!
What in God's name?!
Selling an Epic potion at the price of a Common one?!
At that point, even Hidden Powers would clamor to join Umbra . Too bad, NPCs could not join player guilds no matter the circumstances . This was a core game mechanic that the AI wouldn't budge on even if its creator were to say anything .
Draco spent more than 3 hours working on the Angel's Kiss potions . With his success rate of 65%, more than half of his crafting attempts were great successes .
He refrained from using an Aether Crystal to further enhance the potions . The time for that would come later, as he was currently saving up on them, for the Magical Engineering Tradeskill .
Draco's time penalty for making Epic potions at the Expert Rank was 10 minutes . Each attempt cost ten minutes of time, but had slightly more than a 60% chance of success .
This sounded great, but the majority of his success came from his Refined Star Technique, which was his Control-based Alchemy technique .
Now that his Control had basically undergone an evolution, his techniques that used it as a foundation were as well .
The Three Pound Origin for Blacksmithing, the Star Shot Technique for Archery and the unnamed technique that he used for his swordsmanship .
Come to think of it, Draco had yet to make a technique for Cooking, Brewing and Taming . However, that fellow had no interest in doing so, because those Tradeskills weren't as useful or profitable as Blacksmithing and Alchemy .
He was happy enough just abusing his Aether Crystal shortcut without spending any more time further refining them .
Draco's willpower had greatly increased thanks to his activated Dark Angel Inheritance, so he could easily manipulate his Low-Rank Draconic Source Origin's State of Being tendrils to move Worldly Energy as he pleased .
Using his State of Being was like doing normal pushups, with leather gloves and a good posture . Using the Cause and Effect Theory was like doing pushups with your extended family placed on your back, while you were malnourished and had soft bones .
It might seem like an exaggeration, but it was the truth . This was what it was like to use the cause of 'because I will it' which was the basic cause theory .
Draco had just found a wise shortcut by using 'because I am a Black Dragon', which reduced the difficulty of doing pushups to a level with your pet on your back while you were somewhat out of shape .
And with that, he had been able to progress to the point where he could cast spells . So, if he used an actual State of Being's benefits, even if it was a Low-Rank Dragon's, there was almost no strain .
This was why his success rate was able to climb so high . 5% came from his Tradeskill Rank, 15% from the Fire of War's first passive, 20% from the Refined Star Technique and 25% from his State of Being's manipulation of Worldly Energy .
Were it not for Draco being a reincarnator he wouldn't have had access to the last three until much later in the timeline, instead he would only have a 5% chance with Epic potions at the Expert Rank, which was meant to handle Rare potions .
Then again, who at this stage was at the Expert Rank anyway? More than 90% of crafters in every Tradeskill were still bumbling about at the Amateur Rank (level 1-20) while the last 10% were elites who were at the Elite Rank (level 21-40) .
The Elite Rank in one Tradeskill was the minimum required to apply for Umbra's basic member test!
Within that 10% was a small 3% who had two Tradeskills, with one being at the Elite Rank and the other in the early Amateur Rank of at least level 5 . This was the requirement for the advanced member test, whereas the expert test required one to be in the middle Amateur Rank of at least Level 10 .
Then there was a tiny 0 . 2% who were like Happy Saint, with two Tradeskills at the Elite Rank . These were the requirements to be eligible to take part in the core member test of Umbra, and the number of players in this category worldwide were far too few .
Draco made around 12 potions in the 3-hour timeframe . With a smile, he gave half to Eva, who had lowered her hood, and kept them .
The Evil Duo then went to take a bath together . After that, they came to their bedroom and went to sleep .
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In the morning, Draco woke up first and proceeded to make a light breakfast for himself and Eva after they washed up . He made an Epic dish, as he would definitely not use Aether Crystals for Cooking if he had refrained from doing so for Alchemy already .
Draco went to the courtyard with Riveting Night and saw Loving Aunt there waiting for him . Draco's face went black when he saw that she had changed her attire once again, this time in a style of a bikini .
Her lovely cream skin was exposed to the sun and she wore black sunglasses while lazing about on a pool chair . Her flat stomach and plentiful breasts would make one's mouth water .
However, Loving Aunt could only suffer as no one in the courtyard was sexually attracted to her, so her lovely melons lay there unappreciated .
The maids who passed by gazed at her with curiosity, wondering what kind of fashion this was . They blushed when they realized how revealing her attire was, but many of them also got some nefarious ideas deep down .
Loving Aunt refrained from moving when she noticed Draco . "Hehe, just in time my darling nephew, your aunt was enjoying the sun on my lush skin . "
Riveting Night snickered lightly and went to her own seat that was styled like a pool chair . She seemed perhaps too eager to leave Draco to handle his troublesome aunt on his own, making the fellow sigh deep down .
"It is the sun's greatest fortune to have the opportunity to shine on your lovely skin, my dear aunt . " Draco replied with an awkward smile .
Loving Aunt climbed to her feet and removed her black glasses while staring at Draco with a light smirk on her face . "Well said! I always knew that you were enlightened Draco my dear!"
Draco nodded . "It is only thanks to your teachings that I can think like this anyway . "
Loving Aunt laughed but made a 'it's not a big deal' gesture . "Enough with the praises . We must work hard while the sun is up . You are simply too playful Draco . "
Draco wanted to cough up a wad of blood from her words due to anger . He had come here with true solemnity to learn, only to see her sunbathing and praising herself .
Now that he was actually adding in some praises of his own to satiate her ego, she was now claiming that he was playful and did not take their time serious?
Loving Aunt seemed to miss Draco's indignation and went to sit in the same spot as yesterday . Draco sat opposite her and calmed his mind, waiting for her to begin .
"Since you have already activated your deposits and achieved the Ability Bond technique, we shall try the Atavism Technique . "
Once she entered training mode, her playful aura diminished greatly and she became strict . However, one would find it hard to take her seriously when her large chest was covered by a flimsy cloth and her sitting posture highlighted her crotch area .
Draco though, had no eye for this . If Loving Aunt had been a random female, he might have been moved a little, but since she was family it all became clouds and fart .
"The Ability Bond allows us to take some characteristics of Serpents as our own permanently . Atavism though, allows us to take characteristics of our own Serpentine Familiars permanently . "
"Essentially, the former is a general assimilation of serpentine traits while the latter is a specific assimilation of traits belonging to one's Serpentine Familiar . "
"This is harder because of two reasons . The first is that one needs to know the full extent of their Serpentine Familiars powers and biology, which could take years of research assuming it is a completely unique familiar with no similarities to any other . "
"To learn this is easier said than done . One would need to use the Advanced Manifestation Techniques many times and study their Serpentine Familiar over and over until they grasped everything . "
"Of course, one could try to perform the technique without this knowledge, but the risk of failure rises to above 90% and there would be a 20% chance of severe backlash . "
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