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The party began lining up books next to each potion on the ground. There were many without matches which walker assumed meant they were toxic. However reading the related books would explain the potions effects.

Only about twenty were there, the first eight seemed like variations of healing potions. This was the earlier experiments which seems to be experimenting using herbs that focused on blood flow and skin development. The theories were very sound and could show developments in quality. Their colors started out red but slowly became a shade of purple telling them that some mana potion ingredients had been added to try to make a different potion.

There were two green potions after this, these were interesting since the books stayed that these were made using fast growing ingredients. These ingredients when mixed properly created a potion that boosted agility! These were very expensive potions and could really effect the tide of a battle. Walker immediately labeled them agility and stowed them away.

Four potions next were strange, they were a yellowish gold color with flecks of black in them. Remey and Gil were reading from a row books pertaining to them with confused faces. "I'm not sure any of this makes sense, these are not toxic at all from what the reading says, but the effects are worded weirdly." Gil was happy to know they weren't dangerous but the next few entries didn't hold any logic. "It's made from golden slime cores but can a slime really be gold colored?" Gil hadn't realized the was such a species of slime.

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"It says this potion causes growth, what does that even mean!? It doesn't make sense. It keeps saying it makes someone grow for a set period of time, does that mean I'll get taller if I drink it?" Remey was not happy to see that she couldn't figure out the exact effects of drinking.

"Well you said it's not toxic sooo" walker grabbed one and removed the cork. He brought the vial to his lips and gulped down half the potion.

'Growth potion has been consumed by the user, for the next 12 hours exp earned will be doubled'

"...oh my holy lord...." walker saw this system notification and walker was stunned.

"What! What's it doing? Do you feel taller?" Remey was letting her curiosity get the best of her. However everyone else had also looked towards him as well.

"Growth means exp. it's doubled...for twelve hours" walkers words were almost a whisper as he didn't even know this kind of potion existed.

"wait you said double exp! I've heard only royalty has ever had such potions! But I thought it was a rumor spread out of jealousy." Su was the one to burst out. Everyone knew royalty had the ability to gain resources others could only dream of but now that the left knew this it was a whole other level.

"I think we need to go out on an extermination quest, we can take advantage of these potions and also help out someone with a monster infestation." Gil had already thought of a way to optimize their questing and growth.

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"Perfect! So we can go out and beat up some pests and get stronger, my kind of quest." Remey was getting excited for this kind of potion.

"Before we get too ahead of ourselves, has anyone read about those seven black potions there?" Su was the one to break the mood knowing if they ignored it they might not get back to the task at hand.

They all looked and grabbed books, these related to some higher numbered experiments putting everyone on edge. From what walker could see these potions were mostly made from a special organ in an obsidian rhino. This was a notoriously tough monster to fight, it's skin was extremely thick and its temper very short. They would rarely leave the northern part of the country but every once in a while would stampede causing whole areas to become destroyed. It comparison to this a few herbs were used that bolstered energy, some of which were usually not used in potions at all but in teas.

"Rage potions" Gil said two words that did not sound good "the effects are heightened strength at the loss of mental capacity. After use the affected will fall in to a coma for at least a month"

"Well those are dangerous, I understand being stronger can save a situation but if you can't think properly what's to stop you from killing yourselves or your own party?" Walker really disliked these potions, he couldn't find any good reasons to use them. "As much as I think we should throw these potions out I actually think some adventurers would use these. And since they don't seem to be made in a cruel way I can justify selling them. But I refuse to consider using these."

"Agreed" Gil, Remey and Su responded immediately, they also didn't wish to ever use these potions but understood some adventurers fighting styles were more barbaric.

"I think we could ask Barry if he would use them to be honest, his nickname is berserker." Su had remembered the vice guild masters nickname well. This idea was good for someone with a solo fighting style in a pinch.

Walker nodded his head accepting this idea. They all knew Barry had many years of adventuring under his belt so he could make the proper decision in using or not using theses.

"I'm sure there are still some things to discover down here but I think we've found enough for now, we can check it out more tomorrow. Plus I know everyone's been waiting to check out the results of our exp for completing the quest." Walker had decided they'd waited long enough to see who leveled up from the crazy amount of exp they received.

They all went to look at their systems, smiles breaking out on their face, however from this last burst of exp it looked like midnight may have gained the most levels.

Walker had seen the system and noticed immediately that midnight had grown two whole levels!

Midnight was now level 4 and needed 800exp to get to level 5. Monsters stats are so high but their exp requirements will dwarf a humans in time.

Walker, Su, and Gil had reached level 6 slowly but surely catching up to Remey who was at level 7. They all needed 640exp to get to level 7 where as Remey needed 1280exp. Walker started doing the math and wondered what came after so many levels. Every system had different requirements that would show themselves over time. Walkers father had to continually gain experience but for him he got it just by being at his job. There had been master systems that after certain levels required special conditions to be fulfilled.

There were some like tamers that were required to strengthen their bonds with tamed monsters. Even the the ruling class systems would be based off of the strength of the country or forces they ruled. Within these strange requirements and conditions it was often found that the exp needed to level up would no longer double but become a constant cap. Bringing these thoughts together with the hero title multiplying the exp the party received it raised a question. If our exp was to become constant or bound by other rules of the system, would our growth continue to skyrocket?

The inter workings of the systems was a complicated creature to study and no amount of lifetimes could reach a truth behind it.

"Hey heelloooo there... Ah welcome back to reality." Gil was waving his hand in front of walker who had been too focused on his thoughts to hear anything else. "We were just saying we should find a quest to take tomorrow, maybe travel somewhere to take advantage of these potions, our title, and maybe even take the adventurers ranking test so we can advance a tier as a party. With our level increase it just makes sense."

Walker realized he had been too focused on ten steps ahead and neglected the first step ahead. "I'll talk to Clara in the morning, the test always sends a party out to a certain area to gather specific monster parts as evidence. We may be able to prioritize one with the most benefits. But for now let's go to sleep, I feel like we all have a lot to think about and rest could clear our minds." Everyone agreed with this plan, mostly because they had been snickering a bid at midnight who was falling back to sleep as they all talked.

The party went to their rooms realizing just how late it had gotten and slept the night away.

As soon as the sun broke Walker, Su, midnight, Gil, and Remey were woken by a system message,

'Titled quest: The heroic party

Each member of a heroic party has a place to stand. This place highlights their strengths and protects each other's weaknesses. Each member shall receive specific quests.

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Requirements:

Reach silver tier party

Reach level 15 and unlock heroic leveling

Complete daily quest (1 for each member)

Become known as a heroic party.

Rewards:

100exp

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'Daily quest: jack of all trades system

You are the pillar of the party. Your words are respected and those around you look to you for support.

Requirements:

Assist the defender-Su

Assist the scout- Gil

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Assist the attacker- Remey

Assist the wild card-Midnight

Rewards:

50exp

Multi buff skill'

The clamor within the mansion was enough to wake the dead. Each one of them rushed to get dressed and immediately ran to find one another. This hero title had just thrown something crazy at them.

This titled quest was not something easy to achieve but just getting the requirements would be an amazing feat. The experience would be a great help to each of them. However locked rewards? Why were rewards locked? Does this mean they weren't qualified to view them? What could unlock them? Would they be able to collect them after completing the quest? There were too many questions.

Once they all found each other near the front hall everyone talked at once spewing out questions statements. Sadly the ruckus was not understandable and many minutes passed before they had returned to being calm to a degree.

"So my daily quest is to help all of you so let's start with Su" walker wanted to get things rolling and head to the adventurers guild to ask for a test to rank up their tier.

"Actually my quest is to guard Remey from danger today. It specifically says to stay vigilant as I travel." Su had been standing slightly closer to Remey and now the reason was clear.

"Well mine is to demonstrate the unyielding will of a front line attacker, so if you can give me an opening for that somehow they your job is done" Remey flexed her fists as she spoke. Her eagerness for a fight was clear but walker was unsure how to complete this quest immediately.

"Well that's my turn then, my quest is to observe and spot weaknesses of the party members. This is kind of strange but since I have skills that allow me to scout it makes sense." Gill had a pensive look on his face. His eyes were fluid drifting to each member constantly.

"I'd like to say we can figure out midnights but she can't really tell us huh?" Walker knew this was a tough one but had faith midnights would be able to compete it. "I'll just have to keep an eye out and if I notice something midnight wants I'll try to help out." Walker was confident in their abilities.

"Oh I almost forgot if we're going to the guild I need to grab those rage potions to see if Barry is interested." Realizing walker had been distracted and didn't store the rage potions he resigned himself to go to the hidden study. "I'll meet you guys back here in half an hour if you want to all grab food for the walk?!" Walker turned and started heading to the library.

Easily descending the hidden stairs and getting down to the study walker stored away the the rage potions and rushed to head back.

THUDD!

Walker tripped and landed face first in the floor. "Ugh whyyyyy" walkers exclamation want heard as he was alone. He looked down wondering what he had tripped on only to find a section of the stone floor had shifted revealing an open storage space.

Slowly pulling himself to his knees still a bit muddled due to his fall he found that the space under the shifted floor was large. Walker pushed the stone revealing three medium crates. Pulling the first one out was a bit tough it was very heavy.

He pulled the lid off the top to reveal at least twenty transparent blue crystals. These were water magic crystals. These were water crystals! This must have been the daughter's store of water crystals to assist in her water magic.

As a party, they didn't need the water crystals for and magical reasons, however, if they brought these to the forge they may be able to sell them and buy some dark crystals for midnight. Walker stored the crate away curious to see if the other two crates were the same.

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The second one Walker pulled up was not as heavy as the first which piqued Walker's curiosity. Once the lid was off walker saw some herbs in small vials. Some had aged poorly and looked to be nothing but dust, others looked perfectly preserved. Walker was thinking he should bring these along to the alchemist guild for some clarification. His all around appraisal could help give him insight but he won't truly know the uses. It would be interesting to see the kind of herbs that the daughter of the family had viewed as important to stow away.

The third crate was smaller than the other two and Walker easily pulled it up from the storage. Upon opening the lid he realized it was full of sawdust. Picking up a handful and using all around appraisal walker saw that it was sawdust from an oak tree. He could only wonder why this was so important. He went to grab another handful and realized there was a slimy of black from the sawdust. Walker began clearing the dust away. Once revealed a large fist sized egg that was smooth and dark black. This must have been the egg from the snake she had used as prion experiment ingredients! If so it had been down here for maybe years not hatching or anything. Was it dead? Walker wanted to check with his all around appraisal skill,

'Abyssal serpent egg (dormant)

Abyssal serpents live in dark places but will often leave to absorb light as energy before returning to deep pits or caves. These serpents can grow to great sizes and are often believed to be evil due to their color and ability to devour light. Their extremely tough creatures due to their fast healing capabilities and were once revered as immortal. Eggs are rarely found as they need to absorb light for a lengthy amount of time before hatching is possible.'

Walker was surprised, such a rare creature had been hunted down and killed. Not to mention it had even had an egg within it that was capable of lying dormant for years until the right time to hatch. Another thing that struck walker was that it had been revered as immortal due to its healing capabilities, could this have been the serpent the family crest had been founded on? How strange fate worked that this egg would come to exist here. After being trapped here for years walker believed this baby serpent deserved a chance at life. He stored the egg in his inventory and decided that come the night he would form a contract with it before it hatched so that it would become part of the family as well. He didn't necessarily want it for its fighting capabilities but to give it a chance at an adventurous life. Also, the idea of midnight getting a younger sibling made him giggle.

Walker was about to leave when he saw underneath was a small pendant. There was a woven leather cord and a metal snake biting its tail. Using his skill walker checked it,

' immortal serpent pendant

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Assists the body in natural healing +2hp every 10 minutes'

Walker had definitely found a priceless family heirloom and was unsure what to do. There was no family left alive to deliver it to, and his party technically owned the mansion now. Walker stored it away thinking that it might be wise to give this to Su since she would often be taking damage. Realizing he had spent a lot of time down in the study he jumped up and ran back towards the front hall, he had definitely left everyone waiting.

Upon his return, he noticed Remeys annoyed face, "what the heck took you so long? I know we just moved in but did you really get lost?" Yup Remey wasn't too happy but walker was sure he could change her mind.

Walker recounted the discovery greatly downplaying his minor face plant. "So after finding all that you want me to wear this pendant?" Su held up the immortal serpent pendant questioning its abilities " I feel bad we can't return it to the family but I agree that giving it to me is a wise move leader. I will be at risk on the front lines of battle." Su began nodding at the positive though process behind this decision.

"So basically midnights getting a little sister or brother? As long as it's a cute little noodle I won't be too upset with you for being late. But if it's mean looking I'm going to show you how I kept the kids in line when they got in trouble." Remey sent a glare at walker but the small smirk was evident.

" I guess stopping by the forge and alchemist building is also on the to do list for today. I agree that we should find the proper items for midnights growth, you did say that it would help strengthen her scales and since she will grow to a young adult sooner or later it's the same as us eating vegetables." Gil recalled all the times his mother had yelled at him to finish his carrots or he wouldn't grow right.

"Remey I'm sure with your friend's help at the alchemist building we can identify some of the herbs I found. I can figure out what they are with my skill but there's no point if I don't know what they are used for. I'll be relying on you." Walker laid on the sweet words to put Remey back in a good mood knowing she could put up a fight against the old man there.

"Yea I know I'm the only one who can do it, you're right o choose me for this." Walker felt that he may have stoked Remey's ego a bit too much but was prepared.

"On that note let's get moving, we have a lot to do today." Walker started out the door.