Chapter 45 (2/2)

Su-hyeun, who checked the effect of the skill, got up and opened the door.

“I guess I have to go shopping first.”

“What did you say?”

“I said the highest potential potion! A catalyst!”

Su-hyeun said in frustration to the middle-aged man with a shaggy beard. He asked Su-hyeun three times already.

The middle-aged man, who was the owner of the store, blinked his eyes and asked again, thinking this question would be the last one, “You mean…the highest one?

“Yes.”

“Why are you looking for that here?”

He thought his previous question would be the last one, but he asked again.

The owner thought this situation was very ridiculous. It was only the 21st floor. He could not believe there was someone who was looking for the highest potential potion. He tried to convince himself he misheard a higher grade. But no matter how many times he heard, this customer kept saying highest.

“Why? You don’t have it?”

“No, I have it…”

“Then why don’t you just give it to me?”

The owner thought he might be joking, but it seemed like it wasn’t. People usually purchased a low-grade potential catalyst. Some rich people bought a middle-grade potential catalyst. But this man was asking for the highest one. The middle-aged man reached out to Su-hyeun. He wanted to make sure he had enough Achievement Points.

[Achievement Point: 2,081,400.]

Su-hyeun was not joking. He had 2,081,400 points. He had enough points to buy the highest-grade potential catalyst which was two million.

The owner could not believe it at first. He never thought there would be anyone who would buy this expensive thing. He also never thought there would be anyone who would get that many points either. He thought he would never take this stuff out from the shelf.

“Huh, well…”

“What’s wrong? It is a good thing for you to sell expensive stuff, right?”

“Yea. I mean. I am a little surprised. Yes, it is a good thing.”

There would be no shop owner who would deny selling expensive things. He hurriedly brought the stuff from the downstairs.

“Here. This is the highest-grade potential catalyst.”

What the middle-aged man brought was a small, thumb-sized bottle of dark purple liquid. The size and shape were not significantly different from other catalysts. The only difference was the darkness of the purple. But Su-hyeun, who already knew this product, recognized it at once.

[You have spent 2,000,000 achievement points.]

“Thank you for the stuff. Have a good day.”

Su-hyeun took the catalyst and left without hesitation. He left the shop and headed to a small inn in the city. He rented a room and went in. He opened the bottle.

Pop—

“Yuck.”

As soon as he opened up the bottle, a terrible smell filled the room.

“I can’t believe I have to drink this again…”

Su-hyeun had already drunk the highest-grade potential catalyst several times in his previous life. It had the worst flavor ever. He could not believe this horrible taste could exist in the world. He didn’t want to drink this anymore. After he had drunk a few more times, it didn’t give him greater power anymore. He didn’t drink it anymore after that. But…

“If it is used for the first time, the effect is significant.” Su-hyeun took a deep breath. “I can do this. I just got to do it.” He was trembling more than before he fought Fafnir.

Gulp—

He could feel vividly the feeling of the catalyst passing over to his throat. The taste he could not use to it, no matter how many times he drank, lingered on his tongue. He felt sick. He felt like he would vomit soon. There were many times people drank this catalyst and spit it out again because of this flavor and feeling.

“Weck…”

He closed his mouth with hands and barely endured not vomiting. It was disgusting.

Gulp—

Once again, he swallowed the disgusting taste left in his mouth with saliva. He swallowed the lingering flavor on his tongue a little. His stomach felt sick, but it was better to not taste it.

There was no time to hesitate. Su-hyeun sat down quickly and began to concentrate his nerves on his body. Now, the most important part would begin. If he hesitates because of the flavor, the catalyst would be digested soon.

“I have to hold it.”

Whiiip—

The catalyst that reached to the stomach after passing his throat started to react. The key was how much he could melt this catalyst in his body. The catalyst was for inflating the magic. It reacted with original magic in the drinker’s body and increased it. How effective it would be was depending on the individual’s ability. Even if it was the highest-grade potential catalyst, to somebody it could be just a horrible flavored useless potion. It also could be the best restorative for someone.

Rumble, rumble —

The catalyst began to loosen little by little at Su-hyeun’s will. The first thing he had to do was spread it throughout his body. However, since the concentration was much thicker than other grades of catalyst, it did not move as he intended. If his Magic Level and Factor were lower, it might not move at all.

“Move.”

Rumble—

The catalyst started to react. The catalyst that contacted his magic started to spread the power from the stomach all over his body.