The Absolute beast Tamer-Chapter 81: ALCHEMY (3)

Inside the dimly lit huge laboratory

Instructor Mark: "Here you are. Now what type of poison should I inflict on you, little one?"

Inside the almost dark space, instructor Mark stood there in silence, deeply thinking about his next step.

Instruction mark: "A prodigy among geniuses, so young yet he’s here in the program, with a terrifying potential for alchemy. I didn’t read the initiation report about him, but regardless of his background, I doubt that he had tasted failure that much.

They say that the first failure of a genius is what breaks them or makes them.

Let’s see how he deals with failure."

Looking at the far end of the laboratory, specifically at a midsize level container that contained a purplish liquid.

Instructor Mark: "Let’s make it an impossible task."

With a smile on his face He extracted a few droplets from the purple liquid container.

After injecting the rat, he simply carried the cage and returned to the laboratory where the seeds are doing their task.

...….

Everyone inside the laboratory was focused on their tasks, as they first tried to identify the poison. Then proceeded to the process of making an antidote.

The laboratory door opened, and instructor Mark went inside with a cage that contained another specimen of the ratatang.

Instructor Mark: "This is yours, number 33; here you go."

Alan: "Thanks, instructor; I will try my best."

After taking the cage from the instructor, Alan went back to his table.

Meanwhile, instructor Mark simply stood a few meters away from Alan’s table.

Alan: "Instructor??"

Instructor Mark: "Aha, don’t mind me; I would just like to see you working; just pretend that I’m not here at all."

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With a stiff smile on his face, Alan nodded his head as he returned to focus on his immediate task.

With instructor Mark hovering over his head, he had to put on a show for him; otherwise, simply touching the ratatang and immediately identifying the poison and finding the right treatment is absolutely out of consideration, as this will practically expose his abnormality and, in return, his own talent.

Although he might be highly supported and regarded by the organization if he exposed his own talent, the more he learned about the Eye of Ra, the more he was convinced that it was not something to be shared with others or anyone for that matter.

Luckily for him, after the incident with Grandpa Yan trying to evolve the beast for the client. Alan understood his own lack of knowledge to which he addressed by self-studying all kinds of procedures required from someone who is in the field of Ena creature biology or someone who is aspiring to become an evolution master.

Although he is far from being called a professional, he had already gone through the basics on how to analyze a subject or a specimen.

The first thing he did was draw blood from the little ratatang; after that, he introduced the blood sample to the centrifuge device as he started running all kinds of tests on the ratatang.

From instructor Mark’s point of view, although Alan’s actions were not smooth and he did not look experienced, the order that he did his tests in and the way he took notes on every single test as if he were going through a list or a guideline showed how well this teenager had grasped the basics, which made instructor Mark very pleased with Alan.

Alan spent almost half an hour just running tests, and now he was waiting for the results. At this time he decided to conduct the physical examination.

It was time for the truth, as he wanted to touch this ratatang and see what his talent would tell him. There was one point that surprised him. His own specimen did not look ill at all compared to the others; it was normal.

Taking a look at the room, he noticed this, as every single other ratatang exhibited signs of illness, only his own. That was normal and did not show any signs of fatigue or abnormality.

At first he thought that’s because the time of administering the poison was different for his own ratatang, but it may also be that the kind of poison was an insidious type.

According to the previous documents and books he read, an insidious type of poison is the type that takes time to act inside the host.

Which will make his job much harder if he does not have his own talent, as he will not be able to see the progress of the symptoms in the limited time of the class.

He gently started conducting the physical examination under the observant eyes of instructor Mark.

Name: [None]

Species: [ratatang]

Stage: [0]

Potential: None

Description: [The ratatang of the Cinderwhisker Borrowers rat species. The species has a weak affinity towards ENA, almost nonexistent, and does not have much potential; they prefer to live in dark environments and have high reproductive abilities, extremely weak and vulnerable to almost all kinds of predators.]

Condition: [has been affected with a highly dangerous poison called the silent death dew]

As if a piece of paper found its way into his mind, all the information regarding the ratatang floated in his head.

After perceiving the condition, he immediately identified the name of the poison.

But as he expected, or maybe it is his own lack of experience, he did not know anything about this poison, and he did not read the name in any of the literature that he had gone through previously.

Alan choose to focus on the name of the poison as he was trying to get more information on it.

[SILENT DEATH DEW]:

[Origin]:

* [Silent Death Dew is a rare, ethereal toxin harvested from the nocturnal spores of the "Veilbloom," a fungus that thrives in the deepest, most stagnant pockets of ancient, forgotten forests or within the depths of lightless caves. The Veilbloom’s spores, when condensed, form the Dew, an almost invisible, weightless substance.

* The Veilbloom itself feeds on the residual life force and ENA that seep into these forgotten places; thus, the dew it produces is a concentrated form of life essence drain.

[Nature and Mechanism]:

* Silent Death Dew is not a poison in the traditional sense; it is a subtle, pervasive drainer of vitality. It doesn’t attack the body’s systems directly but rather disrupts the flow of life energy, or "vital essence," that sustains all living beings.

* The dew’s spores are so microscopic that they can be inhaled or absorbed through the skin without detection. Once inside, they attach to the target’s vital essence pathways, slowly siphoning off their life force.

* The poison’s effectiveness is based on the amount of vital essence a creature possesses. A stage zero weak creature has a small amount of vital essence, while a stage nine creature has a massive amount. Because of this the dew drains the vital essence at a constant rate, however, the first stage creature will run out of vital essence much faster than the 9th stage creature.

* Because the vital essence is drained, it will make the ENA sources become less effective and make the creatures weaker in general.

[Effects]:

[* Initial Stage (Weeks):

* The victim experiences a gradual decline in energy levels, often attributed to stress or overwork.

* Subtle changes in mood, such as increased irritability or apathy, may occur.

* A slight pallor or dimming of their natural aura may be observed.

* Progressive Stage (Weeks to Months):

* Fatigue becomes more pronounced, and the victim may experience difficulty performing even simple tasks.

* Physical strength and stamina diminish noticeably.

* The victim may experience a general feeling of unease or that they are being drained.

* Final Stage (Variable):

* The rate of decline accelerates as the victim’s vital essence reserves dwindle.

* For weaker creatures, this stage is swift, leading to rapid withering and death.

* For powerful entities, the process is prolonged, but they will eventually succumb to complete vital essence depletion. They may become gaunt, their eyes hollow, and their powers completely extinguished.

* Death is silent and peaceful, resembling a gradual fading away. There are no violent convulsions or visible signs of poisoning.

[Transmission]:

[* Inhalation of spores.

* Absorption through the skin.

* Ingestion of contaminated food or water.

* Exposure to objects coated in the dew.

[Appearance]:

[* Silent Death] Dew is virtually invisible. In high concentrations, it may appear as a faint, shimmering mist that hangs in the air.

* When a large amount is collected, it looks like a clear, almost weightless liquid.

[Diagnosis]:

[Can be diagnosed through the process of cultivating a blood sample from an infected creature inside the specialized vasovata agar.

Using a very powerful type of spore growth medium

[Antidote info]:

[* Because the Dew targets vital essence, a traditional antidote has a slow effect.

* The antidote must replenish the victim’s vital essence.

* The most effective countermeasure would be to remove the Veilbloom spores from the victim. This is incredibly difficult due to their size.

*The second most effective countermeasure is to administer the antidote over an extended period of time that can be up to 6 months until the eradication of the last remaining spores is confirmed.

*For antidote preparation, you need the following ingredient: [...]

Alan: "F***, is instructor Mark f****** crazy? Did he just give me such a dangerous poison that could cause a f****** pandemic for a f****** test?"

Alan’s face went pale as he almost did not believe the information reflected in his mind.

Such a dangerous specimen and instructor, Mark actually gave it to him in a simple lab class.

What disturbed Alan is that this is an insidious type of poison that is almost undetected and slow-acting. The most terrifying aspect is that it can kill a ninth-stage creature or a zero-stage one.

Raising his head as he gave instructor Mark a look.

Yes, at that moment he felt goosebumps all over his body as he watched instructor Mark smiling from one ear to another.