Volume 8 - Chapter 2 – Restorative Medicines (2/2)

To the apologetic Laozi Jin said,

“Oh, there’s no way around that. So, inside the restored information, was there anything new? If there was, please tell me.”

And urged him to go from here. Laozi responded at once.

“Yes. The first matter is knowledge about medication. The second matter is information about golem suits. The third matter is about the beginning of the Great Magic War. The rest is still waiting complete restoration.”

“Somehow there seems to be only interesting information. But, the beginning of the war, so there wasn’t anything about the Ether Stampede?”

“No. It looks like Ann was abandoned before the Ether Stampede occurred.”

“I see. In that case it was inevitable. Well then, medicine, was it? Please tell me about that.”

About 98 percent of Jin’s body was composed of Magi Atoms, that is, magical particles arranged into atoms. For that reason if there was an Ether Stampede Jin would probably vanish in the blink of an eye. That’s why he wanted to know about the Ether Stampede.

But also, cells made out of Magi Atoms are more stable than regular cells. Consequently there’s the side effect of no results of muscle training appearing, but on the other hand his health wouldn’t be negatively impacted by illnesses or such. The sole exception was mental disorders.

Therefore even if he was wounded he wouldn’t fall ill, was the state of Jin’s current body. How things like growth or senility would turn out, he didn’t yet know.

Be that as it may, Jin had an interest in medicine. In the knowledge he inherited from the preceding Magi Craft Meister, Adrianna Balbora Ceci, there was only a little relating to chemicals.

There was just barely enough information for Jin to make things like ointments protecting skin from irritating materials, or salves for burns.

“Yes. There is information about oral medicine that utilizes Magic Energy to improve the body’s internal healing capability.”

Jin was about to jump for joy after what Laozi said.

“Potions!”

It was the famous thing from games like a certain game about the last illusion or one about beating a dragon. The medicine’s synthesis wasn’t through Magi Craft but through what was categorized as alchemy and so Jin was extremely interested.

“Yes, it’s the so-called Potion indeed. According to the information it can also be made to restore Magic Energy, making it the so-called ‘Ether’.”

The ‘Ether’ usually spoken of in this world was the source of the unevenly distributed Magic Energy, the ‘Free Origin Energy’. Confusing, Jin thought.

“That’s good. Do you know its manufacturing method?”

“Yes. The one made out of high-ranking devil beasts was the most popular one. After filtering the blood cells and such, it becomes something close to the so-called ‘serum’.”

After hearing that Jin wanted to try making it.

“Ahh, but where would you even get a high-ranking devil beast’s blood.”

Jin muttered but Laozi said,

“We have some.”

“Eh?”

“The blood from the Sea Dragon beaten the other day was secured and cold-stored.”

“Was it now, good work!”

This time Jin actually jumped up in joy. He immediately went to see the frozen blood in the freezer.

“Woah.”

There was 20 drums of blood from the giant Sea Dragon. That’s approximately four kiloliters, or four cubic meters. It was a preposterous quantity.

For experiments, Jin took an already-prepared subportion. Laozi had been sensible about this.

“Let’s try purifying this first.”

Jin searched his uncertain knowledge and decided to try a centrifuge. He could make the machine, but to begin with he decided on a simpler course of action.

“Reiko, I’ll leave it to you.”

He entrusted the task to Reiko.

“Yes, Father.”

Reiko swung around the chemically inert Adamantite vessel where the blood had been poured in. Because the container had a high durability, he had her swing it at near the speed of sound, and it brought about unexpected results.

She was able to separate it into some three components.

Serum is essentially blood from which the blood cells, platelets, and such have been removed, but by further centrifuging it at a speed no one had thought to try, a liquid that ought to be called ‘pure serum’ appeared.

“Hmm, this clearest part must be the serum, right? Please put the remnants to the cold storage for later analysis.”

Jin brought the crystal container in which the pure serum was before his eyes and looked into it. There was about 300 milliliters of it.

“Laozi, what do I do with this?”

“Yes. That is sure to contain an abundance of Mana. Please try examining it.”

After being told that, Jin examined the Magic Energy’s flow using [Inspection]. And then he found that it was certainly true. More precisely, no one could object to saying it was mostly Mana.

“Next is simply giving it directions. Directing it for ‘Healing Improvement’ makes it a Potion, and ‘Absorption Improvement’ makes for an Ether Potion.”

Because Laozi had Jin’s information, his explanation was easy to understand. However, these Potions made out of a Sea Dragon’s blood had an over ten times better effect than those that Ann’s era had had.

“I see, the idea is similar to inscribing spells into Magi Crystals.”

After grasping that, Jin thought about inscribing the spell [Medicare] into it, but Jin couldn’t use it. Right now Reiko was the same.

“Hmm, I need to have Reiko learn it from somewhere, don’t I.”

Jin muttered, and separated just 100 milliliters of it for an experiment, and tried charging it with the healing magic he himself knew, [Recover].

The liquid shined for a moment and then returned to normal.

“Hmm, I think there’s a limit to the effectiveness, but there’s no test subjects.”

Jin wasn’t wounded, and golems didn’t need medicine. And because of that, Jin helplessly decided to pour it into a bottle and carry it with him until there was a chance to test it.

Using the [Forming] magic he made a bottle out of crystal, and capped it with a block of wood resembling a cork. For now he put it in his pocket.

Now then, he also had an interest in the second thing, the golem suit.

“Powered Suits!”

Jin got unusually excited. However, there seemed to be only minor data.

“Hmm, I guess I have to teach myself how to make them.”

And thus, another unthinkable piece of equipment would be born.