Strongest Alchemist System
Chapter 22: Approaching the end

In creating the Homunculus, I need three ingredients.

First, the body of a corpse that was still fresh.

Second, the material of a monster.

Lastly, I need a philosopher's stone.

But, to be able to unlock the feature, I need the Alchemist System skill to be at max level. Fortunately, thanks to my abundant medicinal points and the materials the Elves gathered, I was able to raise my skill level quickly.

Honestly, if I could I wouldn't want to use it this way. Because this is an inhuman force.

I can resurrect a dead man, that might sound great. However, instead, I have to change the body of that person to fuse with the body of a monster. I feel like I'm playing with the body of someone's corpse.

Just thinking about it makes me sick.

By the way, this is also the plan I had previously discussed with Alicia, and the advice I strongly rejected.

I can't believe now that I have to swallow my own saliva.

Geez, I'm really pathetic.

“I'm sorry, Elvy. But I will use your body as the container,” I said guiltily.

At that very moment, I began the creation of the Homunculus. Here I will use Elvy as a condition of fresh corpses, and for materials from the monsters. I opened my [Item Box], and there I picked up an item I had previously obtained while searching for food.

[Destruction Dragon's Tooth, Ragnarok]

From his terrifying name, he should have been a powerful monster. I'll use that as a condition for the monster material.

“Now just stay his philosopher's stone.”

I opened the [Stone Material] and searched for philosopher's stone from all the list of items I could create. There, I found it at the very bottom, and I pressed it straight away.

[Stone of Philosophers]

[Material required: 100,000 mana points]

“Ugh...” Looking at the amount of materials needed to make one philosopher's stone, my shoulder slumped with gloom.

I can't believe it's going to be this expensive, I do have a sufficient amount of mana points to make it, but it's going to almost exhaust all the points where I have.

Right now the number of points I have is 108,493, it's all thanks to the materials from the monsters collected by those Elves. If here I make one philosopher's stone, it will drain my mana points in large numbers.

“Aarrggh! Whatever! I don't have time to hesitate!”

‘Click!’

I pressed the [Starting the Rock] button, and a few seconds later the philosopher's stone was successfully made, at the expense of a number of which points were numerous.

At that very instant, I began to put all the ingredients I needed into one near Elvy's body and reopen my Alchemist System.

There I hit the [Creation Homunculus] feature.

“I can't believe I'm going to use the philosopher's stone I've wanted all along for something like this. It hurts a little.”

[Do you want to create a Homunculus?]

[Yes/No]

Seeing the panel appear in front of me, I took a deep breath.

After making sure that I was fully prepared, I unhesitatingly pressed the [Yes] button.

‘Click!’

“—Wooh!!”

At the same time, Elvy's body and all the materials I put down were suddenly swallowed by the black smoke that was like a hurricane, it took me by surprise.

I slightly retreated backwards when I saw that black smoke that was starting to get bigger and bigger.

Watching all of that, I held my breath.

“Does this work?”

But, as I thought about it, Roden began to notice what I was doing. He looked at me sharply.

There, even though he was constantly being attacked by the Elves, as if all of those attacks were just an ant bite to him, he stared straight at me regardless of all the Elves' attacks.

“I don't know what you're up to, but don't even think I'm gonna let you go! I will not let my guard down like before, this time I will make sure I kill you!!” roden shouted, and without a second thought he immediately let out a breath of fire at me.

Seeing that, I laughed stiffly.

“This.”

Right now I cannot leave this place because the creation of the Homunculus is still unfinished. Whereas I do not have the strength to withstand the attack from the dragon fire breath.

“Seriously, what should I do?”

But, while I was thinking about it, Roden was ready with a breath of fire.

This is bad, this is really bad!

“Tu-Wait! Let's talk about this all right!! I'm sure we can finish this by talking! The key to peace is communication! So if we communicate with each other, I'm sure we can understand each other!!”

“There is nothing to talk about!! Die you fucking boy!!” screeched Roden and immediately breathed out his fire towards me.

Waaaah, hot hot hot hot hot hot!!

It's too horrible, I can't believe it's going to be this hot even though the distance between us is still so far away!

If this continues, I will definitely burn before the fire hits me!

Please, whoever help me!

I can't help it anymore!!

The fire is getting closer!

I can't escape anymore!

Aaaaaaaah—!! End akuuuu!!

‘Bum!’

“Huh?”

When I thought that I had become grilled meat, my eyes opened wide as soon as I realized that my feet were no longer touching the ground and were flying at dizzying heights.

At that very instant, the person holding me in her arms was like a princess, smiling gently and saying in a very familiar voice.

“Are you hurt, Riku-san?”

Right in front of my eyes was a girl who had previously died. But now, with a different appearance, he came back to life.

Although the size of his own body was still the same as before, there were parts that changed and were different from his present self.

Her short, light green hair had once turned pure white with a slight wavy appearance. His cream-brown eyes had also turned into a gleaming blood-red color.

But, what made him different from before was a pair of horns on his head, sharp claws on both of his hands, and a pair of terrifying black wings that extended wide behind his back.

Seeing her live again like this, I immediately hugged her tightly.

“Elvy-chaannn! Huaaaa!! I'm so scared!!”.

“Ri-Riku-san?! Please don't move much! I'm still not used to flying like this! Please don't move too much! Or we'll fall!! All right, I get it! It's fine now! Please stop crying again!! A-aaah, Riku-san! Please don't wipe your snot on my shirt!”

“Hiks, hiks.. I miss you so much, Elvy-chan,” I said sincerely, who still hasn't stopped crying. I tightly continued to cling to him.

Seeing that, Elvy sighed and smiled gently as she stroked my head carefully so that her claws would not hurt me.

I felt our position was reversed, but I didn't care about it anymore.

“Sorry for worrying you, Riku-san. But, now that everything is safe, leave the rest to me. I will end all this mess,” Elvy said with a smile filled with confidence.

Seeing that, my eyes sparkled in amazement.

In-He's really cool.

It's critical.

If I let my guard down a little, I might have fallen in love with him.