ghost on paper

Chapter 10 Monsters
A quarter past eight in the evening.

Anton returns to his family home in the central part of the city.

This is a small three-story building with a garden where carriages can be parked. It is located on the outermost side of the city center and is adjacent to the residences of some other traders and nobles. Among these neighbors, the most prominent is probably a Baron.

The aristocrats, of course, did not have to work, and they lived comfortably on estates, inheritances, and annuities.

Anton's father was able to afford such a house because of his rich rewards from years of overseas trade.

If the Anton family wants to go further, they must marry the nobles, and their family's wealth is not enough to be seen by those nobles, even the down-and-out nobles.

Therefore, a Extraordinary is the biggest bargaining chip Anton can have.

But Anton let his father down.

The dinner was a good one, with veal, bread, fish steak, tomato soup, and brandy.

The wine on the table was beer before, but Anton's father replaced the beer with brandy that was three times the price in order to imitate the life of the upper class.

Under his father's gaze, Anton bowed his head and ate his dinner.

"I heard that the lord is very satisfied with the work of the workshop master, and plans to give her more work." Father said.

"That's great, and my father's investment can get more returns." Anton said immediately.

"Shut up!" My father was furious, "I injected 1500 gold pounds into the workshop, and I only own [-]% of the shares. What return are you talking about? The biggest return I want is that you must become an Extraordinary!"

Indeed, although a potion workshop is valuable, it is definitely not worth 5 gold pounds. The reason why the Anton family discounted this investment is because the owner of the workshop promised to vigorously train Anton, making Anton a A Extraordinary.

In fact, the workshop master did a good job.

It's just that Anton doesn't live up to it.

"The first-order extraordinary potion won't work for you, so you have to try the second-order extraordinary potion." Father said, "I have made up my mind to buy a second-order potion of the 'scholar' sequence from her."

"...Is that too expensive?" Anton murmured, "And if I take the second-level potion directly, I will lose the chance to be promoted to 'Legend' forever..."

Even with the internal price, the second-tier potion would be extremely expensive, and that figure was ten times that of the first-tier potion.

At the same time, starting from the second level is like building a castle in the air. Extraordinary people will never be able to advance to the next extraordinary level, which is the 'legendary' level.

"Aren't you worried that it's too dangerous?" Father said, "You can't even digest the first level. It's really dangerous to take the second level directly, but your current situation is no different from a monster. If you don't advance to Extraordinary, you might as well die .”

Anton was stunned by his father's cold words.

……

in the bathroom.

Anton stared at his body.

It is indeed no different from a monster.

Veins and blood vessels are exposed, enlarged, and thickened in some places, while other places are dry, sunken, and bones can be seen. The whole looks like a crudely made human monster.

When he wears a suit, he needs to use cloth strips to tighten those blood vessels and tendons, and then fill the hollows with cotton to make him look like a normal person.

This is the consequence of human beings who fail to promote after taking potions. The first-order potion acts on his body in an abnormal way. If he wants to correct it, he must use the second-order potion.

"Ahhh!"

Anton looked at himself, let out a desperate howl, and smashed his fist on the wall, the red brick cracked, and a terrible gap appeared.

……

The father heard Anton's screams downstairs, and he immediately ordered the servants to ask Anton to keep his voice down. The family's reputation must not be damaged, and his prominent neighbors must not know that Anton was a monster.

The existence of extraordinary power is still a secret to ordinary people.

Because Anton's father was engaged in the foreign trade business of medicinal materials, he had more contact with the military. After learning of this secret by accident, he immediately regarded it as the hope of the family's rise.

As long as there is a Extraordinary in the family, they can immediately embark on the road to prominence. Anton's father saw that those lords and nobles flocked to Extraordinary people.

Up to now, Anton's father has invested more than 2000 gold pounds in the potion workshop and Anton, which is equivalent to four years' profit of the family's foreign trade business.

Anton must be promoted to Extraordinary, otherwise he might as well die.

……

on the earth.

Truman wrote today's important matters in the notepad:
"The first is the effect of the spirit-boosting potion on increasing the 'share'. The effect is obvious. My daily share limit was 3 spiritual texts before, but now it has been increased to 5, or a 4-character 'continuous word'... ..."

"The same effect is also reflected on the earth side. The upper limit of 'share' has been increased, but the recovery time has not changed. This proves that the recovery speed of 'share' is also increasing..."

"I just took the medicine for about a week, and I feel more energetic~"

"The master of the workshop said that drinking the potion to be promoted to Extraordinary will greatly increase the upper limit of 'share'. Maybe...the medicine made by the earth's biotechnology is also a potion?"

"Then, can the potion effect that can improve physical strength be cured? It's worth trying."

"Secondly, I still need to save money. I'm about to save up to 20 gold pounds. Anton wanted to embarrass me, but he enriched my wallet. This guy is probably going to die of anger."

"Third, about Anton..."

Anton drank the first-order potion, which is reasonable, but Lilith deduced it from the daily work tasks in the workshop. Truman felt that there was something about this girl...

Lilith is sure that Anton drank the potion because she pays attention to the distribution of work tasks in the workshop every day. She said that the spiritual texts translated by the workshop are usually "relevant" in a certain period of time. .

Lilith said at the time that those jobs with 'relationships' must be making potions for a customer.

However, six months ago, a few apparently unrelated spiritual texts were suddenly inserted into a 'relevant' job, and then Anton disappeared for a while.

When Anton came back, he was obviously different, his temper was worse, his personality was more irritable, and his body shape had also changed. Therefore, Lilith deduced that Anton not only drank the potion, but also failed.

"The failure of the potion does not mean that it has completely failed. I think Anton has very terrible power now. You have to be careful." Lilith finally said to Truman that she once saw Anton crush it with her fingers. a rock.

Truman thought of that time when he was dragged down by Anton in front of the owner of the workshop. At that time, he thought he was too weak, but now he felt that Anton's strength was indeed so great that it was a bit scary.

Now, when Truman recalled, he wrote in the notepad:

"Third, in the recent period, before being promoted to Extraordinary, respect An Dong and stay far away."

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