Alchemist In The Apocalypse: Rise Of A Legend!

28% Purity.

[Ace POV],

I kept doing what I was doing, using the pill-forming technique to shape the processed herbs in the cauldron, to see if my ninth attempt would fail.

Though it was unlikely, it was still a possibility.

This was the furthest I'd gotten in my attempt to create the basic health pill, so even if I failed this time, I was confident that I'd succeed the next time or two.

I was already in the final stage of forming the pill as I thought of these things.

The final step in creating the basic health pill, or any pill at all, was to form and compress a ball made from the processed herbs in the cauldron.

It may appear simple, but it is easier said than done.

The final step is actually the most important because making a mistake here will ruin everything that has been done up to this point.

Using the pill-forming technique, I slowly gathered the herbs' powdery and muddy substance in the cauldron to form a clump.

I then put mana into the clump, slowly compressing it to form a ball.

After a few minutes, I was able to successfully form a ball out of the clump and thus make a pill.

Pills are shaped and formed in this manner to preserve their essence and make them more potent, according to basic alchemy knowledge.

I'm not sure what that means, but it's what it is.

When I realized I'd made a pill, I stopped circulating mana in my body to my hands and gently picked the ball-shaped pill from the cauldron to see if I'd successfully 'made a basic health pill' rather than just 'shaped a pill.'

Picking the green pill from the cauldron slowly, I examined it carefully, and when I noticed a large number of tiny black spots on the pill, I knew the result even without the primordial chronicle showing me.

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[Basic Health Pill- [28% Purity]]

A failed pill made by an inexperienced human.

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When I saw that the pill I made had only 28% purity, I knew that while I had succeeded in creating a pill, I had failed to create a pill that could be used.

A pill's purity is just as important as medicine's purity.

Purity is the measurement of the quantity of a prevalent component of a certain substance when only that component is present.

In layman's terms, pill purity, like medicine purity, indicates how much of the substance intended for the pill or medicine is present.

There will be impurities if there is purity.

These impurities are the tiny black spots on the failed basic health pill.

There are currently 72% impurities in the pill I am holding, leaving only 28% of it impurity-free.

It's no different from poison.

The availability of impurities in a pill can completely alter the formulation of the pill and make it something else.

When a pill's purity reaches 30%, it can only be said to have been successfully made.

This is also used to grade Alchemist.

A pill's purity is classified into five levels.

They are 30% purity, 50% purity, 70% purity, 80% purity, and 90% purity.

It correlates with the Alchemist levels.

Trainee Alchemist, Apprentice Alchemist, Advanced Alchemist, Alchemist Master, and Advanced Alchemist Master.

​ If a person can make a pill with a purity of 30%, that person is considered a trainee apprentice, and so on.

I used the word "considered" because a person can only be recognized as a trainee apprentice if he can make two different pills with a 30% purity and an 80% success rate.

The same can be said for the others.

A person can be considered an apprentice alchemist if he can make a pill with 50% purity and can only be recognized as an apprentice alchemist if he can make two different pills with 50% purity with an 80% success rate.

So, even if I succeed in making the basic health pill now, I will not be considered a trainee alchemist.

One of the reasons for this is my success rate in making the pill.

This is the primary reason.

Aside from grading an alchemist, the purity of a pill tells how effective it is.

Take, for example, the basic health pill.

If an injured unranked specie consumes a basic health pill with 30% purity, its health will immediately improve by 30%.

In another sense, as long as the specie is not dead, taking three basic health pills of 30% purity will bring it close to its peak as long as it can digest the pill.

Higher rank species can take the pill as well, but the effect on the specie will be much less.

That is why things created in Alchemy have ranks.

Taking a lot of pills with 70% impurities, on the other hand, is dangerous because it leaves hidden danger in the body.

This is one of the reasons why a higher-purity pill is more valuable than a lower-purity pill.

It's not particularly valuable, but it's better.

As I thought of these things, I placed the failed pill in my storage ring and began preparing to make another pill.

Though I failed to make a successful pill, I was successful in forming the pill, so I believe that if I try a few more times, I should be able to make a pill or a few pills with 30% purity.

But first, I returned to the store to purchase another set of materials because I had wasted a lot of the ones I had brought earlier.

Even though some materials from the previous set remained, I brought some more to avoid distractions.

After that, I began another attempt at making a pill.

Because I had some prior experience, the process was a little easier than the first few times.

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After successfully forming a pill the first time, I attempted it five more times.

And, out of the five, I failed to form a pill twice and succeeded twice, but the purity did not meet the standard and was even lower than the first 28% purity pill.

I am currently on my fifth attempt, making this my 14th attempt since I began.

After using the pill-forming technique to create a pill from the clump.

I used the primordial chronicle to see if I could pull it off this time.

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[Basic Health Pill-[30% Purity]]

Recovers 30% of health for unranked species.

Recovers 10% of health for Rank 1 species.

It is ineffective for species above Rank 1.

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Making a basic health pill is the most difficult solution I've ever attempted to create in my life.

Fourteen tries in total, only one of which was successful.

Even though it was the lowest one, I felt strange when I saw the information provided by the primordial chronicle.

Something difficult to identify, similar to the time I fought the Asmodeus Serpent.

I felt a sense of accomplishment.