Other than finding out the situation of his bloodline, what Ery was most interested in was a way to resolve the issue regarding his magus core, which at this point was starting to frustrate him.
The fact he was still unable to cast high-tier nature elent spells and, worst of all, lost dark core, were undoubtedly the reason as to why he couldn't display strength on par with his forr self. So he was really hoping to find a solution.
Now that he basically had the backing of the Alpha King, Ery would naturally make full use of the group of experts that had been provided to assist him. Who knows, he might be able to co up with an answer that the Orouboros didn't even know or tell him about.
Ery therefore decided to share his condition, regarding the fact he had died and been revived in a clone body, which resulted in his current weak state of a Magus. He hoped that, with their years of experience and extensive knowledge, these people could give him an idea of what was causing his condition.
Of course, he spoke all these things without giving them any context as to where or who helped him make such a thing possible.
Being the only facility on the planet and considered the best among all wolf half-blood facilities, the Apex facility had been the one doing the revival procedure for most of the wolf half-blood magus who had died, integrating their spirit soul into the clone body.
Hence, those experts didn't seem to have any reaction to Ery's words as it was a fairly common situation that they had to go through on a daily basis.
The chief researcher of the Apex facility, an elderly man called Grandmaster Reikun, was the one who answered Ery's questions.
"It always takes so ti for a Magus' Spirit Soul to adjust to and get used to a new body, especially for us bloodline descendants. In your case, you also have a rather special Nature core integrated into your Soul, so it shouldn't be too strange for you to take more ti."
"More ti? How long exactly?" Ery asked politely, desperate for an answer.
The man seed to think about the answer to the question before saying, "It really depends on how damaged your soul is. From what I can deduce from your story, being weeks away out of your body… I will assu the worst and say it's at a critical stage, so I'm thinking ten to twenty years."
As it turned out, the answer he received was pretty much the sa as that given by the Ouroboros faction. At this mont, Ery finally understood Ouroboro's suggestion to contact the Wood Elves, who allegedly had a way to speed up his recovery.
He then asked the next question. "Senior, are there any potions or pills that can help with this?"
"As far as I know, there is nothing in the apothecary that can resolve your condition. But that doesn't an there's no hope." Staring at Ery, the grandmaster said, "If you manage to find a grand magus who specializes in soul restoration, you might be able to speed up your recovery."
Seeing his dejected look, he quickly added, "However, if it's just a temporary redy to stimulate the Magus Core, then there's indeed such a pill."
The Apothecary Grandmaster accessed the information panel he had when he saw the hope in Ery's eyes. A mont later, he showed the latter the picture and na of the pill they were talking about.
[Spirit Explosion Pill - Tier 6]
[Stimulates Spirit core to cast a stronger spell or possibly a higher tier one]
Upon reading the description of the pill, Ery felt it was definitely a very interesting creation. Unfortunately, it was one of those rare Tier 6 pills on the list and cost a staggering 110,000 spirit stones each.
Not only was it expensive for a one-ti use item, the pill was also rare in the market because not many Apothecary Masters could concoct it. The sa with all the experts from the Apex faction.
"To be honest, the cost of the ingredients compared to the minimal effect it produces makes such a pill very unappealing to create."
Hearing those words, Ery skimd through the pill's description and made his way to the product review column. After reading it, he realized the effect of the pill seed to vary for each person.
Nevertheless, as he hopelessly needed sothing for his condition, Ery decided to purchase three pills.
Unfortunately, since it was not a product that could be made by the Apex facility, Ery had to pay for it with his own money. His heart ached at the sight of the total amount he had to pay, but he gritted his teeth and confird his purchase.
Thankfully, now that he didn't need to save money to buy Tatyana out of the Red Pagoda, he had spirit stones to spare.
With that, he should now only have to wait a few days before they finally arrived.
Ery then asked the grandmaster about his second problem, which was no less unique. It was none other than the matter of the second soul that had separated from the original soul before he died.
Once again, he asked about the possibility of regaining his forr strength.
This question evidently brought about so unusual reactions from those around, as this situation was known to only occur at the Grand Magus level. From the look on their faces, it could be seen they had a hard ti believing what Ery was saying.
However, having been ordered by the Alpha King himself to help with Ery's situation, they all suppressed their doubts and tried to answer as best they could.
"If it's been destroyed, then there's no way your current soul will ever be able to regain that power again, since it's basically gone," Grandmaster Reikun explained. "That is why most grand magus are unwilling to separate their Spirit Soul even if they are actually capable of doing so. Because once that part of them is destroyed, it can adversely affect the original soul and permanently weaken their strength."
Nodding his head in understanding, Ery imdiately asked another question.
"What if the soul is not destroyed and still out there sowhere? Can it be reunited with the original soul?"
Unbeknownst to these people, what he asked before was just a prelude to this question that he desperately wanted to know the answer to.
Seeing the expressions on those experts' faces, it was clear this question was even funnier to them. However, Ery said nothing and just waited for soone to answer.
Alas, it looked like his luck had run out. Since none of those present were experts in the field of souls, the answers they could give were basically re guesses – sothing they would rather not do.
Of course, it was a letdown that the question was not answered. Nonetheless, Ery tried not to show his disappointnt overtly. He kept maintaining his respectful attitude, since he still needed sothing from them.
"Senior, if it's not too much, I have another request."
Ery told them that he had always been an admirer of the Apothecary and, with not all of his mories returning after his death and subsequent revival, he wished he could be allowed to observe what they were doing and seek guidance with his own recipe.
"Yes, you may."
Ery was therefore given access to his own small workstation in the facility. With that access, he began to browse through his mind, compiling the recipes in his mory as well as the supporting skills needed for them.
[Universal Flora Knowledge - Rank 3]
[Analyze Flora rank- 3]
Recipes:
[Healing paste - Tier 4]
[Strength paste - Tier 4 ]
[Acid potion - Tier 3]
[Cleansing potion - Tier 3]
Of course, the two new potions he had learned for his most recent action were included in the list.
[Concealnt potion - Tier 3]
[Salamander Fla - Tier 4]
There were so unique recipes such as the [Gaia Potion] and his self-creation potion [Fey Booster], which he still couldn't make at the mont because they required ingredients from Earth.
Apart from that, there were still so high-tier potions and pills which were simply too complicated for him to rember.
[Spirit Pool potion - Tier 3]
[Health Regeneration pill - Tier 4]
[Reviving pill -Tier 1]
Even if he rembered what their recipes were, without his Apothecary Master skills, Ery wouldn't be able to make them as good as before with higher originality.
Therefore he planned to start spending a few hours every day in this place, making potions and pills to aid his pack mbers in the upcoming Royal Hunt. Hopefully in the process, he would also manage to regain so of his forgotten skills.
anwhile, he could secretly observe what these experts of the Apex faction were actually doing here.
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