Super Righteous Player
Chapter 450 - 447 Bounty of Winter_1

Chapter 450: Chapter 447 Bounty of Winter_1

...Finally, it was completed.

Salvatore took a deep breath, "Good, just in time."

Her dark red pupils shimmered with an unsettling glow, like the embers of a dying fire, and her face was covered with an unmistakable exhaustion.

Yet, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

The laughter was filled with self-satisfaction.

"It is worthy of me to be able to succeed in such demanding conditions."

Of course, she did not tell Annan how difficult his request actually was.

Reducing strength and agility was not difficult, but the challenging part was to enhance willpower while "appropriately lowering strength and agility." The medicine had to express its nature while not reacting too strongly. Therefore, side effects had to be repeatedly offset against each other to create this potion.

And the potion that would save Annan’s life was even more important.

Just how powerful a potion was needed for him to survive in front of enemies of that caliber?

Salvatore didn’t know.

His shadow didn’t know either.

—The only thing known, the only thing that could be done, was to do one’s best.

To create the strongest potion one was capable of making.

This was a war that belonged to the "Salvatores."

For the first time, Salvatore and his shadow reached some kind of consensus—they stood on the same side, putting all their effort into achieving one goal.

For an Alchemist, many potions are not difficult to make. The difficulty lies in the quantity—without batch conversion equipment, it’s quite challenging to produce so many potions in a short period of time.

Because the production of the transformed products takes a lot of time.

Even Sister "Vatore" could only operate six furnaces at the same time... And that was just barely enough for her to refine all these items, with the help of Salvatore himself.

No time was wasted.

The sky was beginning to brighten slightly...

She immediately picked up the potions and left the basement.

The place where the potions were concocted was not far from Annan. After all, both were in Earl Geraint’s house, the only difference being the backyard versus the basement.

However, as she was about to arrive at the destination,

Her steps suddenly slowed down considerably.

...What was happening?

In Earl Geraint’s backyard, as if it were a icehouse, a hazy white mist flowed all around. As Salvatore drew closer, she felt a chill creeping over the surface of her feet, gradually penetrating her bone marrow.

She looked intently and saw that Annan had already walked out from the Frost Tower.

He gazed at the sunrise which had not yet risen.

Visible white cold air swirled around him with the rhythm of his breath, just like a vortex.

Annan’s hair had also turned into the same frosty white as Maria’s. His ice-blue right eye turned into a slit pupil, and delicate and soft silver dragon scales grew near his collarbone on his neck.

Sister "Vatore" clearly felt... Annan’s level of threat had jumped up by more than a notch.

As the intuitive side of Salvatore’s essence, her instincts were much more accurate than Saul’s, the original.

If she were controlling this body, even with the profession of an Alchemist, Annan would not be able to kill her... but now it was different.

It was like a child approaching a slumbering beast.

As if the other party could easily take her life away.

That was an almost instinctive trepidation and fear—

"...Annan?"

After hesitating for a moment, the shadow still recoiled.

Salvatore opened his exceedingly tired eyes, rubbed them, and casually walked towards Annan.

The biggest difference between him and the shadow was that... Salvatore never thought that Annan would become an enemy to him. He did not harbor even a hint of such a thought.

Therefore, Annan’s deterrence had no effect on him at all.

"...Annan?"

Salvatore spoke wearily, "I’m done over here... cough cough..."

As he spoke, he realized that he hadn’t had any water or food for the last thirteen or fourteen hours. Not only was his throat dry and hoarse, but he also felt a bit dizzy... His body was covered in cold sweat, and his limbs felt weak.

"You’ve worked hard, senior."

Annan nodded, his ice-blue vertical pupils gradually shifting back to the round pupils of a human.

However, the fine scales that had emerged on his skin did not recede.

Because after completing the ritual of Winter’s Breath, Annan had unconsciously completed a quest he had previously accepted:

[Completed: The Path of Old Blood]

[The talent "Heart of Winter" has fully evolved]

["Heart of Winter" (Reversed) has evolved to the next stage: Bounty of Winter (Reversed)]

[Bounty of Winter (Reversed): You will not feel any negative emotions; the damage of the "Frost Chill" element that you emit will permanently increase by 50%; you will be completely immune to all "Frost Chill" element damage below the level of Truth]

[After all classes have been elevated to the Gold rank, Bounty of Winter (Reversed) will evolve to the next stage: Winterblood (Reversed)]

[Winterblood (Reversed): You will not feel any negative emotions; the damage of the "Frost Chill" element that you emit will permanently increase by 100%; you will be completely immune to all "Frost Chill" element damage below the level of Truth]

[Upon awakening Winterblood, you will remember the shape deep within your bloodline]

Compared to Heart of Winter, it was much more powerful.

The Reversed Bounty of Winter also made it less likely for Annan to harm himself.

The resistance against instant death abilities provided by the Silver Baron;

The Philosopher’s Stone given to Annan by Benjamin through his senior;

The protection from his grandmother, as well as the Genesis secrets of "Winter";

The Bounty of Winter inscribed with Reversed Inscription, given to Annan by Lady Silence;

The "Winter’s Breath" personally imbued by Mr. Radiance;

And... the many potions provided by his senior.

... He felt it.

Although his mood was very solemn and serious, Annan’s lips still curled up slightly.

He felt that he was indeed loved.

Being watched over, being blessed, being anticipated.

Perhaps some people might feel pressure...

But Annan particularly loved this feeling—

Annan took the package of potions passed by Salvatore.

Without hesitation, he lifted the few vials he recognized and drank them all down.

Only when he came to the two bottles he had never seen before did he pause for a moment.

... Because Annan hadn’t imagined Salvatore could go to such lengths

[Salvatore Faction, Potion of Luminous Spirit]

[Type: Consumable (Purple)]

[Description: A potion specially made by Salvatore for his friend Annan Winter, which can strengthen willpower while weakening strength and agility]

[Effect: After taking, Willpower +5, Strength -1, Agility -1, lasts for twenty-four hours]

["I hope you can do it" — Salvatore Shadow]

[Salvatore Faction, Potion of Hopeful Spirit]

[Type: Consumable (Dark Purple)]

[Description: A potion specially made by Salvatore for his friend Annan Winter, which can greatly enhance vitality]

[Effect: After taking, when sustaining damage exceeding 50% of maximum health, you won’t faint from critical injury, lasts for twenty-four hours; gains the extraordinary ability "Indomitable": only once, allows health to continue decreasing past 0%, and after three minutes, health is restored to 30%]

[Cost: If "Indomitable" is triggered, then Constitution temporarily -20, recovering 1 point of Constitution attribute daily; immediate death if Constitution attribute is below 0]

["I hope you can survive" — Salvatore Hightower]