Today, I’ll explain the findings from last night’s Synthesis experiments. First of all, synthesis turned out to be mentally rather than physically exhausting. After synthesizing all ten orbs and spheres with my body, I tried combining two abilities that I could afford to lose: Sunlight Weakness and Light Damage Weakness. That was my limit. The mental fatigue was so extreme that I couldn’t muster the will to continue synthesizing. Continuing in such a distracted state would likely lead to irreparable mistakes, so I stopped. Therefore, the effects of synthesis after exceeding one’s limits remain unknown. But it’s not something I need to know.
Incidentally, the resulting ability from that synthesis was Severe Weakness to Sunlight Damage. When I tested it by exposing my fingertip to sunlight, I was shocked to find that it caught fire immediately. Spontaneous combustion is no joke. Also, that ability couldn’t be changed back. The two synthesized abilities remained, but they no longer activated, so it seemed that once synthesized, abilities couldn’t be reacquired either. I’ll need to proceed more cautiously in the future.
Regarding Chaos Wraith, I combined around a hundred ghosts to create a monster called Legion. However, it ignored my commands and went on a rampage, so I had to kill it immediately. It seemed overmixing could cause trouble, so I resolved to be more careful in that department going forward as well.
While Ogrekichi was training the new recruits, Asue, a few others, and I worked on making our living quarters even more comfortable. Fortunately, with the tireless Black Skeletons and the sixty-two human slaves and part-timers, we could carry out multiple tasks simultaneously.
We worked on improving the bedding and clothing, leveling the ground for an outdoor training area, erecting wooden walls around the living quarters to block out external threats, and expanding the hot spring facilities to squeeze money from the elves; most of the elves had only experienced bathing in river water, so based on their reactions, I believed our hot springs would be quite a hit. I even considered inviting the elf chieftain next time I saw him to spread the word about the benefits of hot springs. I contemplated various promotional strategies.
Results of Today’s Synthesis:
[Dragon Scale Refinement] + [Scale-Armor Generation] = [Dragon Armor Scale Refinement]
[Precognition] + [Visual Field Boost] = [Eyes of an Instant]
[Blood Flow Manipulation] + [Mighty Muscles of the Mountain Lord] + [Strength Boost] + [Leap Strength Boost] = [Resilience of the Dark Demon]
[Intimidating Roar] + [Cry of the Scaled Horse] = [Roar of the Dark Demon]
[Evil Eye] + [Intimidating Gaze] = [Evil Eye of the Dark Demon]
[Lower Damage Reduction] + [Lower Magic Damage Reduction] = [Lower Physical and Magical Damage Reduction]
[Regeneration Inhibition] + [Cursed Scar] = [Unhealing Cursed Wound]
That was enough for today.