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Chapter 457 - 279: Home of the Dragon Riders and Master Lock Picker_2

Chapter 457: Chapter 279: Home of the Dragon Riders and Master Lock Picker_2

Six potions of the same quality and type, with a 50% chance of merging into a potion of one grade higher, and a 50% chance of merging into a potion of two grades higher.

The synthesis time is 4 hours, and it can accommodate up to rare-quality items.]

"Huh?"

Mu You was astonished after reading this.

This synthesis furnace wasn’t just fixed, it also underwent considerable improvement.

The most noticeable change was the time it took to synthesize. Formerly, it took 24 hours, allowing only one item to be crafted each day. Now, it only took four hours, meaning that six items could be synthesized a day, greatly improving efficiency!

Next, there were changes in the formula.

The formula for creating equipment hadn’t changed. However, there was an additional attribute at the end indicating ’a chance of ice department attributes’ being added.

Although the exact chance wasn’t specified, there’s no doubt that this was a positive enhancement.

Besides, a new magic potion recipe had been added to the formula.

The original magic potion recipe involved synthesizing three potions of the same type into a high-quality potion, such as using three ordinary evolution potions to make a fine evolution elixir.

However, the new recipe allowed for six potions of the same type to be used at once, with a chance to produce a potion two grades higher in quality!

With some simple calculation, it became apparent that if you have 12 ordinary-quality potions, the original recipe would yield four excellent potions or one excellent potion and one rare potion.

Using the new recipe, 12 potions could combine twice. Assuming the chance of creating a potion one or two grades higher is triggered once for each, the result would still yield one excellent and one rare potion.

From an expected value perspective, both recipes have the same input-to-output ratio.

However, here’s where the new recipe’s capacity to skip two grades becomes most profound: now there’s a chance to produce legendary potions!

Since the synthesis furnace can only hold items up to the rare grade, using the original recipe will only yield an epic potion at most.

But now, by placing six rare potions in at once, the chances of synthesizing a legendary potion are 50%!

Mu You has never seen a legendary potion. According to Vivian, making legendary potions through refining medicine is incredibly hard, so hard that even she can only make up to a third-grade legendary magic potion. The highest she can go up to is epic.

But with the synthesis furnace, he could constantly synthesize legendary magic potions as long as he had enough low-grade potions. Regardless of its value, at least he had a stable method to produce legendary potions.

Mu You pulls up the furnace information and takes out the synthesis furnace. He enters the core lock space and puts each ordinary potion bottle into each of the six allocated slots and begins the synthesis process.

Now that he is at level 14, it’s time to prepare for the evolution to level 15.

At level 10, due to his insufficient potion refining skills, he ended up using an excellent potion for evolution and only received a 5% extra bonus.

However, since his potion refining skills have improved and he now has the synthesis furnace, stacking the extra effects to the maximum will be essential for his next evolution.

An excellent potion can increase two types of tier buffs by 5% each. For each increase in quality level, the effect is enhanced by 5%. This results in a 10% increase for rare, 15% for epic, and 20% for legendary potions.

The limit of each tier buff is an additional 100% attack and 50% damage mitigation.

This means that if he were to consume five rare potions at level 15, he could maximize the damage reduction effect.

But if he wants to maximize both buff effects, he will need more than just rare potions; he will need five legendary potions!

"Five legendary potions, estimating by the expectation that it takes twelve rare potions to procure one legendary potion, means needing a total of sixty rare potions. This equals 180 excellent potions, or 540 ordinary potions... Geez..."

When Mu You announced the figure, he couldn’t help but draw a breath. The cost to achieve a perfect evolution was incredibly steep.

Luckily, he has a continuous stream of people bringing him materials to refine potions every day. The current stock of potion ingredients and potions he has at hand are just enough to make five legendary potions.

After settling the synthesis furnace matters, Mu You then returned to the game. He bid the blacksmith goodbye, then teleported back to Naxx Island.

Now, he has to go and find the captain of the Dragon Knight Pirate Group.

This pirate group is said to be one of the top four in popularity. Thus, finding such a notable person wasn’t difficult.

Mu You simply asked a person on the island for directions. He traded life span for information, easily (and freely) getting the location of the pirates’ base.

[You have arrived at Naxx Island’s 26th district. After searching along the coast, you quickly find a castle named ’Dragon Knight’s Home’.]

Naxx Island is divided into 36 districts, and the Dragon Knight Pirate Group is located near the coast of the 26th district. It is said that the Octopus King has entrusted the management of the entire 26th district to Dragon Knight Finn.

Being able to establish a castle on the Octopus King’s territory clearly demonstrated the high standing of the pirate group in the Evil Spirit Sea Area.

[You have arrived at the doors of the ’Dragon Knight’s Home’ and are stopped by two pirate-like doorkeepers who harshly question your identity! You choose...]

[You inform them that you’re a ’Master Lock Picker’. Hearing that Dragon Knight Finn was recruiting experts in prison break, you came to recommend yourself.]

[The two doorkeepers seem doubtful after hearing this, but one of them goes in to report your arrival.]

[A moment later, the doorkeeper who reported you comes out, telling you that their captain agrees to meet you and asks you to follow him inside.]