After refining the 17 Basic Vitality Pills, Kai placed them all in a pill jar and started cleaning the Alchemy Room.
Once the room was clean, Kai made a list and left the Alchemy Room.
"Here, now you have 37 points," Miya reminded Kai as she handed back his employee card.
Taking the card, Kai left the Honey Pill Shop and headed back to the Candy Complex.
After more than half an hour of walking, Kai returned to the Candy Complex. Upon arrival, he headed to his room. After resting for a while, Kai began absorbing the surrounding Ki to increase his Ki reserves.
Lying on his bed, Kai continued drawing in the surrounding Ki, and as soon as a small cycle completed, he would let his Source Ki devour the newly absorbed Ki in his body.
Knock Knock
"Kai, dinner is ready. If you wanna eat, then hurry up, or else Omar will eat everything," Orion said, knocking on his door while Kai was busy increasing his Ki reserves.
"Okay, let me finish." After replying, Kai focused on building the large cycle, and in a few minutes, he was done. Soon, a large ball of pure Ki appeared inside his body, and the Source Ki eagerly absorbed it.
Within seconds, Kai's Ki reserve increased.
[Ki: 610]
Seeing the one-point increase in his Ki reserves, Kai stood up and headed toward the backyard for dinner.
"I still can't believe they all underwent the Fifth Heavenly Trial together," Orion said, still shocked that an entire party faced the Fifth Heavenly Trial—and everyone passed.
"What's there not to believe? The Mayor is behind them. They're bound to find all the necessary items needed for the Gift they selected," Omar commented, as he didn't like them anyway.
"Omar, don't talk like that. The Raven Team helped us a lot, and most importantly, everyone on the team is a skilled fighter. I've seen them take down an Elite Monster while still being at Level 2," Eric reminded Omar. After all, the Raven Team is the first to respond when someone asks for help on the Call Stone.
"Maybe they'll wipe out the Silver Wolves from the face of the world. After all, many members of their team died at Silver Wolves fangs." Knowing the whole team had undergone the Fifth Heavenly Trial, Oliver was certain the Silver Wolves' bad days were about to begin.
As Kai left the hallway and entered the backyard, he saw everyone gathered around Eric, looking at what seemed to be a newspaper.
"Kai, come check it out! The Mayor released a newspaper," Omar said excitedly, inviting him to join in.
Soon, Kai joined the group and looked over Eric's shoulder as everyone started going through the newspaper together.
"No way—the Goblin Slayers encountered an ambush, and two of their members died," Henry said, surprised as he read the news. After all, Erica was also a member of the Goblin Slayers.
"They're planning to clear the area around the Gilen Stream and use it for farming. It's a good idea—maybe the price of goods will come down."
"What's so good about some fields? Look here—they're planning to rear Iron-Horn Buffalos. That'll definitely decrease the price of meat," Omar argued.
Both Oliver and Omar got into a heated discussion about the upcoming projects proposed by the Mayor.
Everyone browsed the newspaper together. Although it was filled with a lot of useless stuff, it still contained plenty of useful information.
For instance, it included news about the entire Raven Team undergoing their Fifth Heavenly Trial, the Goblin Slayers encountering an ambush, plans to start a farming industry, how to apply for loans, recruitment notices from different hunting parties, and the prices of various goods—from wheat to Treasure Chests.
As the novelty of the newspaper wore off, everyone had dinner and headed back to their rooms.
Returning to his room, Kai once again lay on his bed and began absorbing the surrounding Ki with the help of his innate ability, [Devour].
As Kai drew in Ki, he formed a small cycle and fed the gathered Ki to the Source Ki, awakening it from its dormant state. Then, Kai continued drawing in more Ki, formed a large cycle, and soon his Ki reserves increased by one.
[Ki: 611]
However, Kai didn't stop. He continued drawing in more Ki, formed another large cycle, and once again, his Ki reserve increased.
[Ki: 612]
After an hour, Kai deactivated his innate ability [Devour], and the surrounding Ki immediately stopped gushing toward him.
Relaxing his body, Kai slowly drifted into dreams.
[Ancient Calendar: 21 April 0001]
After freshening up, Kai came downstairs and saw that, aside from Yara and Aisha, everyone else had already left, while Tony was still recovering in his room.
After breakfast, Kai quickly left the Candy Complex and headed toward the Honey Pill Shop.
Half an hour later, Kai entered the shop, took the brewing list, and headed toward his room.
"Senior Kai, long time no see." As Kai was about to enter his alchemy room, Lucas—who had just arrived—greeted him.
Although both of them worked at the Honey Pill Shop, they didn't interact much. In fact, this was only the second time Kai had run into Lucas in the past ten days.
"Indeed. How are you doing?" Kai asked casually as Lucas greeted him.
"Good! Ever since I signed the Tier 2 contract, life couldn't be any better. I got the Knowledge Sea Awakening Pill and awakened my Knowledge Sea. Now I'm about to become a Rank 2 Alchemist. The owner even promised me that if I become a Rank 6 Alchemist before the Fairy leaves, she'll let my family come along."
Lucas happily told Kai. Around a week ago, Lucas had started feeling the burden of increasing tasks. So, without thinking too much, he signed the Tier 2 contract. However, who would've known that the moment he signed it, his life would change?
First, he got in touch with his father, who was in Reach Fortress. He learned about the Ancient World, the other races participating in the program, and gained access to knowledge that wasn't available to the general public.
From what he gathered, humans have less than a 10 percent chance of emerging victorious. The other races on the continent are simply too strong compared to humans.
Knowing all this, Lucas hopes that Kai will also sign a Tier 2 Contract, because he knows about Kai's talent. With Kai's abilities, he is bound to become an Alchemy Master, and might even have a chance of becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster.
"Is that true?" Kai was surprised when he heard that the Fairies would let Lucas take his family with him once they leave.
After Kai ran into the Kelly, Gray, and Boss trio, he did some research and found some interesting things about both the Sky Pill Shop and the Honey Pill Shop.