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    Upon logging back into the game, Kieran was immediately met with a shocking sight. Because of the achievement that surfaced just hours before, many yers were under the impression that the Aeredale Kingdom held some mysterious secret. Otherwise, how could Kieran achieve consecutive feats while others yers had yet toplete one?


    As a result, there was a boon in the Aeredale Kingdom yer popce. The main road leading from the city gates into themercial area experienced triple the traffic it generally experienced, causing it to be congested.


    Aside from the system revealing the aplishment to the world, it also had separate area announcements that divulged the location where each notification originated.


    There wasn’t a ce Kieran could turn without seeing at least five yers in his view. Some even seemed frantic, as if they were trying their darnedest to uncover a hidden way to have their name resound throughout the gamingmunity.


    Kieran could only shake his head and chuckle at the current situation at hand. Nevertheless, it didn’t involve him too much. The greater the yer poption inside the Aeredale Kingdom, the better he could benefit from it. As the yer poption increased, so would the quantity of coins circting throughout the kingdom’s economy.


    In light of this fact, Kieran would have an easy time manipting the prices of any desired item as long as it was within the limit of acquirable coins. If he were too greedy, there’d be a chance that the yers may leave the kingdom in search of a cheaper alternative.


    ‘Perhaps I should use the old max price as a guideline for what to base my price on in the future,’ Kieran thought while considering his options. Due to current limitations, yerscked a sustainable source of high ie. Their only options were to kill monsters and acquire coin loot or sell the equipment dropped from said monsters. Focus had yet to be ced on tradeskills, so they were mostly neglected.


    With everyone rushing to level and improve their gear, they overlooked that tradeskills existed not for now but for the future. After all, a yer could only rely upon denizen powers like the Merchant Associations item shops for so long until they were no longer viable._-.


    Afterward, yers would realize it was up to them to procure certain items and materials sincepetent powers wouldn’t be willing to part ways with their valuable and rare items.


    Suddenly, as Kieran was considering his options, he received an alert notifying him of an iing video call.


    〈System: You are receiving a video call from Aspaira. Would you like to answer? [Y / N] ?〉


    Kieran naturally epted the call because Aspaira rarely called him after she visited the Alchemist Circle. Clearly, she was swamped trying to aplish her task, so Kieran chose not to check on her progress until she reached out to him.


    Within seconds, Aspaira’s cheerful face appeared on the screen with a radiant smile and eyes brimming with happiness. “I did it! I did it, Aatrox! I’ve officially be an Apprentice Alchemist!”


    Aspaira’s voice was filled with excitement, easily seen by how giddy she was. She could barely contain her happiness as it bubbled out of her in the form of restless jittering.


    “Oh really now? I think congrattions are in order. So, has it be your subss then?”


    “Subss…?” Aspaira muttered while softly tapping her lip. In response to Kieran’s question, she pulled up the screen and sifted through the information until she came to the area regarding her ss. After focusing intently for a moment, she lifted her head and stared at Kieran. “No, it’s my main ss.”


    “Oh?” Kieran said after feeling slight surprise. Usually, unless a yer spawned in a ce where lifestyle sses were essible initially, yers would be “adventure” type yers from the start. Because of this, the system allowed yers to designate a lifestyle ss chosen after Lv.20 as a subss.


    This way, yers could retain offensive and defensive skills granted to an adventure-type yer. Of course, the drawback of a sub-ss was that it would acquire experience at a decreased ratepared to the main ss.


    “Were you given the option of changing your main ss?” Kieran asked. He only asked this because it seemed like this was the first time Aspaira became aware that Alchemist served as her main ss.


    “Uh, no, not really; I don’t believe I was given a choice. Oh, wait! I remember now! A notification appeared right after Ipleted my examination. Because I was the first Mage ss yer who seeded, I received two traits. One trait is called Alchemy Maven, and the other is Knowledge Seeker.”


    Kieran’s jaw almost dropped after hearing the two traits. ‘If I’m not mistaken… Knowledge Seeker is an inspection-type trait that allows users to inspect all matters unknown to the user. Of course, it’s not as omnipotent as it sounds; it has severe limitations. On the other hand, Alchemy Maven is undoubtedly rted to why it became her main ss by default.’


    “So, you aren’t a Mage anymore?” Kieran asked after recovering from his moment of shock.


    “Technically, no. In return for a higher sess rate on Rank III and lower potions and elixirs, Alchemy can be my only path. I think it’s because of the Master Alchemist I received pointers from,” Aspaira muttered.


    Again, Kieran was left stunned by what Aspaira had to say. “A Master Alchemist and not an Official one?”


    The reason for Kieran’s shocky in the ranking of lifestyle sses. Just like adventurers, lifestyle sses possessed a distinguished ssification system. At the bottom rung was Apprentices. In general cases, Apprentices took care of menial tasks in exchange for guidance in the path of alchemy. These lessons were usually carried out by an Official Alchemist, also known as True Alchemist, who disyed some sess in brewing potions or manipting mana functions.


    Even though True Alchemists were only one step above in the ranking hierarchy, their worth was many times greater. After all, they could brew Rank III potions and elixirs with moderate sess. Such consumables were likened to Rare Items in terms of worth.


    Beyond True Alchemists were the adept Master Alchemists capable of mass-producing Rank I to III potions and elixirs with ease. Only when it regarded Rank IV brews did they experience difficulty. Still, the status of a Master Alchemist alone was enough to garner riches.


    One would be lucky if they managed to find even 25 of such people in the Alchemist Circle located inside a kingdom’s central city. Hence, Kieran was quite dumbfounded to hear that Aspaira received tips from a person of that status.


    ‘I wonder… are those three already Grandmaster Alchemists this early on?’ Kieran thought. A Grandmaster Alchemist was a highly sought individual because they had the ability to be an Elder in any of the Alchemist Circles should they choose to be. As for the Head Alchemist position in kingdom-based Alchemist Circles, that was usually handled by a Famed Alchemist.


    Because of Kieran’s curiosity, he soon found himself wondering about Isadora’s ranking. Surely it wouldn’t be beneath a Famed Alchemist. After all, she was closely tied to the Hero’s Sanctuary and had the ability to influence the Alchemist Circle as a whole due to her position as head of the organization.


    Kieran couldn’t guess because Isadora was a person he was unfamiliar with in the past.


    “Were you given any additional experience towards your lifestyle ss and skills?”


    “Yes, actually. My ss jumped from Beginner to Intermediate immediately after my exampletion, and all of my skills increased to Intermediate-Beginner,” Aspaira answered.


    “Very good,” Kieran smiled. Hearing that Aspaira’s skill experienced a sizeable increase delighted Kieran because each portion of a lifestyle ss was separated into three levels—Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. However, skills rted to said sses were further divided into extra groups.


    Fortunately, it wasn’t difficult to raise those skills. It merely required sess in applying those skills, like how Kieran harvested the cyclops’ and Rautori’s heads.


    “Since this is the case, I assume it won’t be long until you begin producing potions, right? Also, has that Master Alchemist be your Mentor?”


    “Yes, she did. Master Elisandra is knowledgeable and amicable, so her teachings are easy to digest. I should be able to make potions fairly soon, but the recipes are costly…. And they’re all pretty basic like Health and Mana Recovery Potions,” Aspaira grimaced. Her previous collection had evaporated as fuel to pass her exam. So, until she could procure more coins, she was in a somewhat tough predicament.


    Kieran’s smile deepened and conveyed an intention that made Aspaira inhale deeply. “Aatrox!”


    “Nope,