"Fuu…"
Sohow concerned, I carefully adjusted my grip on her and lowered her to the ground, ensuring she was in a comfortable position.
We were currently outside the burned goblin's hideout, close to the entrance of the hunting field.
I knelt beside Ruby, observing her closely, searching for any signs of injury. But I couldn't find one except that she had a fragile body and an overall weak constitution.
Leaving her alone, I sat several ters away from her and took out the Horizon Elixir and Catalyst Potion.
I put the Horizon Elixir on the ground and consud the Catalyst Potion first.
As I consud the potion, I felt a surge of energy coursing through my body.
The energy's pattern was random, it spread all over my veins and body. To fix this, I needed to be in a ditation state, cultivating the very essence of the potion.
Taking a deep breath and focusing my attention inward.
Drawing upon the amplified energy granted by the Catalyst Potion, I entered a state of deep ditation, channeling the newfound energy into cultivation practice like those in martial arts and cultivation stories.
With each breath, I felt my body and mind harmonizing, aligning with the potion's growing power.
In this heightened state of cultivation, I visualized the Catalyst Potion rging seamlessly with . Its purplish-blue glow intertwined with my mana core and blood, infusing with an increased growth power.
After an hour, I erged from my ditative state, feeling a profound connection with the Catalyst Potion.
Ding—!
[The fortune has smiled upon you! You have perfectly absorbed the essence of the Catalyst Potion!]
[Your Growth Rate Power has been increased from to [The original result: B-]]
[The fortune has smiled upon you! As a result of your focused, deep ditation. Your ntal has been increased from to ]
[The fortune has smiled upon you! You have successfully reinforced your mana core with the essence of the Catalyst Potion!]
[Your Magic has been increased from to ]
As you can see. I said I was confident I could hit the jackpot on the first try.
Luck really played a significant role to achieve greater power other than talents and blessings.
For who had no blessings and a low-rank Luck stat, this was my greatest achievent in this life.
I will make sure to thank the Golden Goblin if I died later.
But, I couldn't be satisfied with just only this. My potential was still ranked, and I only had one chance.
As I was about to reach for the Horizon Elixir, Ruby made a sudden sweet yawn noise, stopping from drinking the elixir.
'Haa… I guess I can do it later once I'm done with this.'
Turning around, I observed her fragile body and confused face. She rapidly blinked as she just opened her eyes.
Then, as her eyes found she gasped, covering her opened mouth with her hands.
Putting back the elixir into my storage cube, I got up and walked toward her.
"You're finally awake."
I recalled the mont she was passing out after the fight with the goblin king.
"Are you okay?"
She nodded shyly, trying to find sothing to cover her face. She felt like a different person from what I encountered before she passed out.
"You–"
Before I even could speak my first word, she cut off with a quick speech.
"S-sorry! I was rude to you before, so I'm sorry!"
"Yes?"
If soone could tell what happened here, please do. Because I didn't know what the fvck is going on right now!
Cough–! Cough—!
She suddenly coughed up blood, her hand grasping at her chest.
Surprised, I knelt beside her as I pulled out a small potion containing red liquid.
"Hey, drink this."
Ruby's eyes fluttered weakly as she struggled holding the pain feeling in her chest. She managed to lift her unoccupied hand and weakly grasp my sleeve, her grip feeble but desperate.
"No…" She whispered, her voice barely audible. "It doesn't work on … *cough*"
I frowned upon hearing her words. What didn't work on you, damn it, a potion? Really?!
'As if I would let an SS-rank talent like you die here! No. No-uh. Not in my watch.'
Carefully, I rose to my feet.
"Pardon ."
Gently lifting her into my arms.
"W-what are you doing?!" She protested with her voice. Yeah, but what could she do with voice only?
That was not gonna stop from saving the SS-rank talent that had the surna of the villain character!
"Stay still."
Glancing around the area, I quickly retraced my steps back to the hunting field entrance as fast as possible.
As I arrived at the base camp of the hunting field, where Enhanced prepared or took rest before heading out for hunting, I called for the dic.
"Excuse ! Is there a dic here?"
At first, people who stayed at the base camp were nonchalant at my call. But, when I showed them my student card and introduced myself as an Octagram student, they scattered and helped .
'A bunch of bootlickers…'
I eyed them with a disgusted face, not even trying to hide my dislike of their deanor. Though, they were the ones that ignored my expression at that ti and continued onward with providing Ruby with dical aid.
While I waited for Ruby's recovery, I slipped away from the crowd's busyness and looked for a quiet, empty place I could use for ditation.
As I found the place, I imdiately sat in a ditation position with the elixir already in my hand.
With a steady hand, I uncorked the elixir and raised it to my lips.
The elixir had a faint, sweet aroma that filled my nostrils.
As I drank it, a tingling sensation spread throughout my body.
After that, the rest procedure was the sa as when I cultivated the Catalyst Potion.
An hour later, I finished my cultivation and perfectly absorbed all the elixir's essence thanks to my effort as well as my enhanced luck.
Notifications assaulted my vision with their blue window panel.
Ding—!
[The fortune has smiled upon you! You have perfectly absorbed the essence of the Horizon Elixir!]
[Your Growth Potential has been increased from to [The original result: A]]
[The fortune has smiled upon you! As a result of your focused, deep ditation. Your ntal has been increased from to ]
[The fortune has smiled upon you! You have successfully reinforced your mana core with the essence of the Horizon Elixir!]
[Your Magic has been increased from to ]
[The fortune has smiled upon you! As a result of the 'Triforce Energy'. Your physical stats has been increased a level!]
[Strength: E- → E]
[Agility: E → E ]
[Stamina: E → E ]
[Health: D → C-]
…
Arriving inside the tent where Ruby was treated, I found her laying on the patient bed. She was sleeping soundly, her face was in peace.
'Ustrina.'
I called her surna a few tis, trying to recall what I rembered from the novel but the result was null. So I searched for it on the Internet instead.
As I found the articles, my eyes flashed with recognition.
"Ah! So it's him!"
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