Spending my retirement in a game

chapter 30

"Oh? You're also a Limitbreaker? For what skills?" Eisen asked surprised, and Bree leaned in to listen closely as well. Morrom laughed and began to explain.

"Well, I'm actually at Limitbreaker II right now. I broke through Alchemy and Enchanting, hence why I specialized on those skills. I tried breaking through others as well, but it seems like I never had the aptitude for them, and nothing that I did felt natural to me in the slightest. But that also means that my curiosity kept growing further and further, the less I could find out about the title. So, I wanted to ask you for something. For your help in studying it."

Eisen closed his eyes and scratched his beard, thinking about the offer. The Limitbreaker Title was definitely useful, as it gave him a lot of bonus stats, so Eisen was keen to find out more about it, especially as he was slowly getting to a point where he needed to seriously get his stats up for the weird cat's quest.

After thinking about it for a while, Eisen nodded, agreeing to Morrom's request. "Sure, how can I help you then?" He asked, and Morrom smiled brightly.

"I want you to break through two more skills! With my help, of course!"

"And how do I do that?"

"How I said, I've broken through Alchemy and Enchanting, so I want to set the base for you to also do that! When you were making that first Health Potion, that really was your first time ever doing that, right? Someone that can do something so perfectly with only basic instructions has to have an aptitude for it! So, right now we'll make another potion. But a really, really high-quality one. I've got a bunch of materials here, so we can start right away. How about it?" Morrom explained and led Eisen, Bree, and the Doubles back to the Workshop.

[New Quest - Breaking Through]

[Description]Morrom Marson found out that you've broken through the limits of some of your skills, and asked you to help him find out more about that title. He asked you to break through both the Alchemy and Enchanting Skills.

[Reward] Special Class; Max Reputation with Morrom; Experience

[Failure] Morrom will be disappointed; Slightly lowered reputation with Morrom

Eisen began to laugh. If he had the chance to make a great item, why wouldn't he? This was quite exciting to him. So, Eisen agreed to help.

"Perfect! Alright, you can sit back down over there if you want to. I'll bring the ingredients over, and then I'm going to explain what you need to do." Morrom said excitedly, making his way to the other side of the room to grab a few Jars and bags, a few smaller bowls, as well as new containers and flasks.

Eisen was somehow both surprised and not surprised at all when he saw half a dozen pure-white hands appear in mid-air, carefully grabbing all the things that Morrom needed them to, and then disappear again when everything was at the table.

Morrom cleared his throat and excitedly began talking. "Today, we're going to make a God's Bane potion! It's something that heightens every ability someone has and brings them closer to godhood! Of course, that last bit is only an urban legend amongst alchemist, but it really does heighten the effect of every one of your stats, and even some non-stat abilities, like sight for example. First, we're going to prepare the different ingredients and put them into a bowl each, as the timing of adding them to the mixture is going to be really important. I'll fill a bowl with all the materials you need, you grind them down, and put everything back into the bowl. There're a few roots instead of dried plants, just crush them to a pulp and pour the sap back into the bowl."

Eisen nodded and began to work the instant that Morrom placed the first bowl in front of him. He grabbed the Mortar and Pestle and-

"Wait! Sorry, I forgot the most important part! Don't use those, you need to use tools that conduct mana more easily. Here." Morrom yelled apologetically and quickly summoned another magic hand that flew across the room, coming back with a different Mortar and Pestle set, one that was apparently completely metallic and made of some kind of light silver metal that seemed to have a slight blue tint. Eisen recognized this, as he saw it in the back of Dwarf Delight's Storage.