⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙[Searching for recipes for 'Perfect Body Potion'...] [Checked 12,852 related recipes...] [Optimizing recipes based on the current dimension...] [...Complete.] [Generated a total of 3 recipes for 'Perfect Body Potion'.] [Automatically displaying the most effective recipe.]⚔ RECIPE ⚔
Perfect Body Potion ver.1
Required Materials
- Heart of a Mythical Creature - Bones of a Mythical Creature - Flesh of a Mythical Creature - Fragment of the World - Water from the Abyss
Required Tools
- Emerald Cauldron - Pure Flame
"...Huh?"
The materials are... what...?
Mythical creature? Fragment of the World? Water from the Abyss?
No, more than that.
Do things like that even exist in this world?
"...This is insane."
Does the top floor of the tower really have stuff like that?
It feels like I've learned something I shouldn't have.
"This must be because of the word 'perfect'..."
The perfection I wanted wasn't anything like that.
I just wanted a perfect body to match my handsome face.
I had zero desire to become some entity far beyond humanity!
"...Alright. Let's pretend I didn't see this?"
From now on, I'd be extra careful with what I input for synthesis.
I'll bury this memory deep inside.
Sometimes the world has truths it's better not to know.
And right now, that was exactly the case.
"Alright! On to the next one?"
Pushing it aside like that.
The next recipe appeared.
⚔ RECIPE ⚔
Perfect Body Potion ver.2
Required Materials
- Dragon Heart - Dragon Bones - Dragon Flesh - Soil from the World Tree - Water from Mimir's Spring
Required Tools
- Emerald Cauldron - Pure Flame
"Yeah... at least a dragon is better..."
I haven't even cleared the first floor yet, but still.
A dragon was way better than some unknowable mythical creature.
Better an unobserved unknown than the strongest existing monster with subjugation records.
"Well, still can't make it either way."
Leaving the dragon I'd oddly grown fond of behind.
I moved to the next recipe.
⚔ RECIPE ⚔
Perfect Body Potion ver.3
Required Materials
- Heart of a Humanoid Monster - Bones of a Humanoid Monster - Flesh of a Humanoid Monster - Mana-Rich Soil - Mana-Rich Water
Required Tools
- Emerald Cauldron - Pure Flame
"Humanoid monster...?"
Hmm... this might actually be doable?
Goblins count as humanoid monsters if you think about it.
And I've heard there are plenty of human-like monsters in the tower even beyond goblins.
Compared to the previous ones, this seems feasible enough.
"The problem is where to get them..."
Obviously can't go into the tower myself to hunt them.
And buying them? I've lived a normal life so far—no connections for that...
"...Oh right, didn't the gallery have a trading post?"
I vaguely remembered seeing it in Tower Knowledge PhD's post.
To check, I grabbed my phone and logged into the gallery.
I spotted the three-line menu bar in the top right and tapped it.
Among the sliding menus, I found [Trading Post] and selected it.
[This feature requires Climber verification.] [Proceed with Climber verification?] [Yes][No]
"Ah, right. Needed verification."
I didn't know how it worked, but I tapped [Yes] and waited.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙[Verifying...]⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙[...Verification complete.] [Gallery card issued.]⚔ GALLERY CARD ⚔◈──────────────────◈Name: [Benefactor] [Job Hunt Villain☑] (Private)Level: [1] (Private)Job: [Alchemist] (Private)Skills: [Synthesis (EX)] and 2 others... (Private)Traits: [Handsome (B+)] (Private)◈──────────────────◈⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙[Climber Benefactor (Job Hunt Villain)'s verification is complete.] [You can now freely use all gallery features.]
I have no idea how it read my status window.
But the gallery automatically verified me as a climber.
Issued the gallery card and unlocked all features.
"This gallery is pretty suspicious if you think about it...?"
It appeared with the tower, so they're connected somehow.
But why does it take the form of a gallery? That's the real question.
"Whatever."
That's not important right now.
I set aside my curiosity about the gallery.
And tapped into the trading post.
I typed [Humanoid Monster] into the search bar at the top.
From cheap goblin, kobold, orc materials to pricey ogre, doppelganger, vampire ones, they all poured in.
"Whoa... these prices are brutal..."
Common ones like goblins or kobolds were in the tens of thousands.
But powerful rares like ogres or vampires easily hit hundreds of millions.
"Let's see... I've got about 1.2 million in the bank..."
With what I have, even stretching it, only goblins or kobolds are options.
"Hmm... making the potion with goblin or kobold materials feels off..."
It's for transforming my body, after all.
Using goblin or kobold stuff? No thanks.
"Ah, I wanna synthesize something."
I'd love to use Synthesis to make hair growth potions or heals, copy money.
But my [Synthesis (EX)] is way too out of spec.
One click with roadside materials and I got Beauty Potion (B+). That says it all.
What if I seriously mass-produced elixirs and potions with this skill and sold them?
"Men in black suits would drag me off immediately."
Even with the gallery's (Private) feature, I'd get caught.
Listing items confesses my existence in Korea.
I don't know how they'd track me, but they'd comb this small country eventually.
Then I'd end up in some underground labor camp for some bigwig, slaving away making potions forever...
"...Yeah, better hold off on selling directly."
Not forever, of course.
I know nothing about this climber world yet.
Until I have ways to protect myself or reliable backing, it's best to lay low.
"Sigh... being too good is a problem."
Wow, that sounded obnoxious.
But what can I do? The world made me this way.
Anyway.
So in the end.
I need to squeeze max value from my 1.2 million.
But 1.2 million is too little. Any other way?
"Hmm... maybe search the gallery?"
Grasping at straws.
I searched [Alchemist] in the gallery search bar.
And tapped the most eye-catching post.
📰 PostTitle: Why the Alchemist Job Sucks National Alchemist☑ (Frog meme crying blood tears from rage) Good at climbing towers? ➝ Solo play impossible, trash job Irreplaceable job? ➝ Healers & buffers 1000x more useful Low difficulty? ➝ Real noobs gotta grind recipes milligram by milligram Makes bank? ➝ Shit cost-performance unless commissioned, pure loss So what's good about it? ➝ Nothing fuck this shit don't do it💬 Comments— AnonymousWhy buy expensive materials when most get tossed anyway lol— AnonymousJust give those materials to a blacksmith?— AnonymousFact.— AnonymousAaah... just a JOAT— Anonymous↳ ReplyThat's why other jobs shine—trash like you exists.— National Alchemist☑Fuck you kid.— AnonymousThis is non-combat job life! ~Despair Arc: Alchemist~— Anonymous↳ ReplyThis is non-combat job life! ~Hope Arc: All Other Jobs~— National Alchemist☑...I hate myself for not being able to deny it.— AnonymousBetter not to awaken as an un-alchemist?— Anonymous↳ ReplyBut you make good potions~ Have one~!— National Alchemist☑Commission board's all mid~high potions lately... I barely make mid... ㅜㅜ— Anonymous↳ ReplyOh... I see... Shut up and cry outside...— National Alchemist☑Hey, where you live?
~Perfect understanding achieved.~
"Alchemists get treated like shit, huh?"
Super hard difficulty, but materials cost so much even labor isn't covered.
Makes sense. My skill handles recipes, cooking, everything—no hassle.
But doing it all manually, milligram precision from start to finish?
"I'd quit alchemy and prep for a job hunt right away."
Who'd do that? Not even for billions.
"Thank god my skill rank's high."
Anyway.
That aside.
"Gallery has a commission board, huh?"
The comments mentioned a separate commission board.
Maybe I can make some money there for what I need?
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