Chapter 43: Calculation failure

Now that I have time, I set about properly sorting out all the items that would be useful to me and my group. After organizing everything, I discovered that, of the twelve skill books, I could only use five: Doppelgänger (A), Transformation (C), Clairvoyance (B), Deathblade (A), and Chains of Lightning (B). Skills, like spells, cannot be learned if they are of an element outside your own; you can only learn skills of your element or non-elemental.The other skills were from other elements, but I couldn't do anything with them because none of the guys could learn them, since the lowest ranked one was (C) and you need to be at least four-star to learn it.Although my Eyes of Truth can't yet see such specific details, I know what these skills do. The skills are not unique; anyone who finds a skill book can learn that skill instantly. There are also more skill books with the same skill, so it is not exclusive.However, the higher the ranking, the harder it is to acquire and the rarer it is for multiple copies to exist. I never met anyone who had Eyes of Truth or Fusion, and there are no records of people who have publicly possessed them, but I did meet someone who has Teleportation, and it probably existed in the past since it is a long known ability.So I know that Transformation is an ability that allows you to transform into anyone you can imagine and can even change people's physique, but it doesn't improve any stats even so it's very useful.On the other hand, Clairvoyance is a spell that improves your eyes to see far when you learned it notice that the skill fusion was activated, but I didn't stop it and I fuse the eyes of truth with clairvoyance it doesn't improve the range or anything, but the skill is now included in the eye of truth.Chains of Lightning is a sealing skill that materializes chains of lightning and binds enemies. As for the Deathblade, I think I know who ended up learning this skill in my past life. Although I didn't fight her directly, she was famous for that skill, so I can imagine the effects of this one.As for weapons, when they are at the arcane level (7-9 stars), they start to have restrictions or usage requirements, so I saved those at that rank for the future and upgraded all my weapons and equipment to six stars.It was all gear that suited me, so now I don't have to spend (SP) on weapons for quite a while. Besides some of the items with curious and useful effects I decided to sell the rest, especially all that kobold ore. All in all, this was a more profitable expedition than expected, which will make the bases I'm forming stronger. I couldn't waste any time.So as soon as dawn broke, I gave the children the day off again and took it upon myself to see those I left alone in the capital to check on their status and progress.Unlike those who went with me, none of them are awakened, but I made sure to train them well, some of the kids from these secondary bases went with me to hunt, so I brought them with me.When I saw that they didn't have any problems, I continued. Actually, the kids who have suffered and barely survived day to day whether they have to train daily don't want to ruin an opportunity where they get daily food and shelter, even if I order things they don't want to do.They themselves may not think much of it and are just happy to have a life where there is food and shelter assured. That's how hard it is to grow up in the slums. Everyone has developed strong mindsets from a very young age, and those who haven't...well, they're not in this world anymore.With all that said and done, I made my way to Christian's place. As I made my way to Christian's store, I noticed it was crowded with customers. I couldn't get in, so I went around the store and entered through the back door. As I was walking in, I noticed that there was chaos in the back of the store: countless people were brewing potions and restocking.I could even see Chris brewing potions with exhaustion on his face. I could only stand and watch, as there was no room to ask questions. A few hours went by and I noticed Chris breaking free, so I called him over and started questioning him."Hey Chris, what's going on with this place?" Although he was a bit surprised when I grabbed him and dragged him away, when he realized it was me, he calmed down and answered me with a bit of dissatisfaction."...That should be me asking you, big brother. The recipes and methods you left us are the cause of this." As he began to tell me, I learned that when we left about ten days ago, they began making the potions according to the recipes and materials I left behind, but had not noticed that they were especially effective compared to potions with similar effects.Potions don't have a fixed recipe; even for the simplest mana potion there are different methods of creation and materials used. I don't know much about potions, but now that I think about it, some of the recipes I left off are things that were created in the future, so they may be the current best performing potions.Not to mention I bought some from the system and I don't know how effective they were. My goal was just to make money to invest in some things that I think I remember will become profitable in the future. I didn't think my recipes would bring so much trouble. It's my fault for being ignorant on the subject and not thinking it through.I kept asking Chris what happened, but then he said his father noticed how problematic this could be. So, on the third day, he went to the alchemists guild to patent the potions, as well as ask for help with labor and materials. The alchemists' guild was more than happy to accept him, since that's one of their duties to begin with.But also, once you get into the guild, you have to do some things like provide them with recipes some potion recipes. Considering my carelessness, I agreed; still, these recipes would come out sooner or later.I approve of Christian's quick actions. Despite not succeeding in his business, I realized that as long as he has the opportunity, he knows how to move.Once I understood everything, I sighed in relief. I had only asked him to sell potions up to two stars. I gave him recipes for three stars and above, but I told him it was not the time and he should just practice it was a good decision otherwise the commotion would be more intense and we might even be destroyed for drawing too much attention to ourselves.