landbeastnovel Chapter 190: Shadow Formation
Chapter 190: Shadow Formation
Florence picked up the glowing red vial. She gulped instinctively.
"Will there be a risk?"
"Of course there is. Nothing is gained without risk." Carter nodded.
"What are the risks?" Peter said.
"You may die. A very minor chance. But you may die." Carter replied.
Peter squeezed the Heart Race Potion within his hands. He trusted Carter much more now because of how direct he was. If Carter told Peter it was a miracle potion, he would have thought otherwise.
"Let me drink this, Master Desilet." Peter said.
Charles shook his head. "I need to drink it also. Witches, Werewolves, Undead. This world is not that simple anymore. I need power to protect myself and the people I care about."
Then they looked over to Florence.
"Can this power allow me to stop the Dark Witch within me?" Florence said.
"I don’t know. But you can have your own power instead of being driven by your Cursed Blood again like you have been all your life." Carter said.
That was the deal breaker for Florence. The young woman opened the lid and chugged the potion down.
Charles and Peter did the same.
Carter smiled. These Heart Race Potions were the latest mass-produced iteration of the original formula. It was perfected by Dr. Avaline and many scientists of Hexilia. The chances for it to fail was incredibly low.
Florence dropped the vial first. She felt her heart pounding like it wanted to jump out of her chest. The young woman sat down on the bed. Her skin turned bright red like she just drank a dozen mugs of beer.
Peter and Charles managed to stay on their feet. The Heart Race worked through their situation and forced Epinephrine to invade their blood stream.
Carter stepped to the middle of the room.
"Follow my lead. Breathe in." Carter took a deep breath. The trio followed.
"Heart Race shows you the potential of a human. You should now feel a new sensation within you. A new limb that you never knew it was there. A new eye. A new ear. Maybe even a new mouth. Whatever you feel, it’s real.
But it is not organ. It is your Metabolism. Feel it. Control it. Release it."
Red auras wrapped around the trio. Peter was the thickest. Charles was the thinnest. And Florence was in the middle.
The Metabolism Manipulation Skill was learned just like that. A skill that Quill and Nina had to spend a long time to acquire, now became as easy as drinking a potion.
It was an evidence for the advance of technology.
"This is..." Charles clenched his fist. Awaken Adrenaline didn’t just appear. It changed him. Filths from the deep of his body was being pushed out and became horribly smell liquid.
The same happened with Peter and Florence. Their bodies were changed. Now much more durable to accept the power of Adrenaline.
"You three should get some rest. Reaching Adrenaline can be quite a hassle. And get some shower too, Adrenaline will push all the toxins and filth within your body out. You don’t want to keep them on for too long."
Carter left the room. He dusted his hands quietly.
’Superhuman now officially exists in Corrupted Corps.’
The situation within the Infirmary had stabilized, giving Carter enough free time. He went to an old office that the orderlies had prepared for him.
[Synchronization +5.0%]
[Synchronization +5.0%]
[Synchro...]
He still received some synchronization from times to times, the sign of the patients getting better and were no longer being affected by Black Blood.
[Shadow Apothecary’s Synchronization]: 765.0%
[Acquired x6 Shadow Apothecary Token]
[One aspect is still available to rerain]
’That was quite a lot for just a night. If I keep going, getting a Shadow Apothecary Doll is possible.’
Carter sat down in the office table and scanned Shadow Apothecary’s power.
He already had Apothecary Stomach from last time this skin reached 100% Synchronization. Now he could take another aspect from it.
The skills were uninteresting. Frankenstein didn’t awake any new enlightenment. And the usual skills weren’t that impressive for Carter to take.
Shadow Apothecary’s items were okay. The Brewer’s Chest was useful but not to the point of getting it. Along with the Medical Kit, Destiny Watch, and Lab Coat.
Carter, obviously, had to pick an ability.
Shadow Apothecary had Infirmary Construction, Apothecary Transference, Shadow Guardian Formation, Shadow Shift, and Danger Premonition.
_’Let me remove Danger Premonition out of the equation. Not that good of an ability. It didn’t trigger for Musashi even once.
Shadow Shift required Shadow Guardian Formation to work so that ability isn’t an option either.
Infirmary Construction is very situational. It is only useful to Frankenstein or if I want to build a base. But I can just switch to Shadow Apothecary and use it anytime. There is no point in retaining it.
Apothecary Transference and Shadow Guardian Formation are the final contenders here.’_
Apothecary Transference was an upgrade from the previous Apothecary Stomach. Carter could get even more value from potions now.
Shadow Guardian Formation was a fusion and a degraded form of the usual Twin Formation. It retained the ability of transforming into animal for the shadows but completely removed the element power. If shadow could be treated as an element, it was probably why it lost the other elements.
’If it was before Wild Earth, I’d probably pick Apothecary Transference. Eldritch Knight with even more potent potions sounds invincible. But the potions wouldn’t be that effective now that Eldritch Knight has Divinity and his power level skyrockets. The potions prove much less useful the higher in rank I am.’
Carter decided to pick Shadow Guardian Formation.
[Shadow Guardian Formation is retained]
Suddenly, his body had a reaction. Carter, the host, had no Formation Abilities at all. No Dual Formation, Twin Formation, or Zodiac Formation. This was his Formation Ability ever.
And it reacted with Transcension and Primal Spiritualization.
Carter was ready to switch to Zeneros Blackburn at any time in case his body exploded like last time.
But it didn’t. Instead, his Shadow Guardian Formation mutated.