[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage":3,"chapter-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-569":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Re: Tales of the Rune-Tech Sage",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},148374,246,"Chapter 568: Zaxan’s Transmutation","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-569",569,"\u003Cp>CH568 Zaxan’s Transmutation\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments earlier...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After identifying the requirements of her trial, Eleanore had immediately focused on a possible solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, it was something she had already been researching before entering this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cure for Berserk Human Transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her proposed method was relatively straightforward— at least in theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the spell [Purification] could remove the berserk property from an afflicted individual, she wondered whether a far more concentrated version of the same principle might be capable of reversing the transformation entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that were possible—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then perhaps the effect could be reproduced through alchemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Specifically, through a potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she did not mean this literally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had no intention of turning a spell directly into a potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, her goal was to create a potion capable of stimulating ambient and\u002For internal mana to behave in the same purifying manner as the [Purification] spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concept itself was not entirely unprecedented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were already potions which, when exposed to ambient mana, produced effects similar to their corresponding spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explosive potions of various grades had long been created to mirror the destructive nature of the [Fireball] spell at different power levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, from an academic perspective, most healing potions functioned in a very similar manner. They worked by introducing mana into the body while simultaneously stimulating the recipient’s own mana to behave in ways comparable to many healing spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawing upon this foundation, Eleanore had intended to create a potion adjacent to the [Purification] spell— one capable of gently eliminating the berserk property from the inside out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If successful, it might even reverse the transformation process itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, there were several complications with the potion formula she had devised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, one of the required ingredients was exceedingly rare— even within the highly industrialised alchemical circles of Pangea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Verdantis, she had already searched for the material while in Dragonstone, yet none of the alchemy vendors there even seemed aware of its existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second problem was the refinement method required to process that ingredient along with another supplementary component necessary to produce the desired effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The method in question was an ancient alchemical technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was rarely used in the modern era of Pangea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, it was an exceptionally abstruse technique— one that Eleanore doubted would even exist within Verdantis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the method was so difficult that even she had been forced to rely upon a form of ’cheating’ to employ it successfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Fey Monarch Bloodline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without that advantage, replicating the technique would be extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if others could not reproduce the process, the potion would remain limited to a handful of capable alchemists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such limitations would make widespread production impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, even if she succeeded, the cure could never truly proliferate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, fate intervened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scroll she had managed to read —containing the wizened troll’s alchemical insights— described a method the troll had discovered and developed himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A method capable of substituting the ancient technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More surprisingly, the same method also allowed the replacement of the rare ingredient she had originally planned to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, the troll’s method was something quite unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not merely a refinement process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an alchemy-specific spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Zaxan’s Transmutation]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In essence, the spell was a method of bypassing the need for rare ingredients in alchemical concoctions by utilising a much cheaper, similar —and most importantly readily available— substitute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The troll’s spell allowed an alchemist to transmute the nature of the cheaper ingredient into that of the rarer one, though this came at the cost of consuming a significantly larger quantity of the substitute as well as requiring a rather cumbersome refinement process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, thanks to the spell, Eleanore was able to successfully complete a viable Purification Potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’With [Zaxan’s Transmutation], it is not only possible to convert the essence of a cheaper ingredient into that of a rarer one... the entire process directly exposes the resulting refined essence,’ Eleanore mused inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That means the normally strict extraction technique required to obtain that essence safely can be bypassed entirely.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thoughts continued to spin as she considered the broader implications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And since this method is based on a spell... once Alex’s Rune-Tech fully recovers, he may be able to convert the spell into a runic formation.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If that happens, the process could potentially be automated.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a development would make the transmutation process vastly easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the conversion could be handled automatically by a formation, the produced essence could be directly integrated into potion refinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, Eleanore carefully reviewed the potion formula she had constructed before beginning the search for the required ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just to be certain that the formula worked as intended, she decided to complete the potion first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then could she analyse the final product and confirm —as much as possible without conducting an actual field test— whether it would function as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Alex’s simple three-ingredient formula, her own creation was far more complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It required fifteen different ingredients and over twenty separate refinement steps before the potion could be completed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, Eleanore worked with professional precision and composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, a filled potion vial rested neatly upon the worktable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then proceeded to brew two additional potions to increase the number of samples available for testing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the fully equipped alchemy laboratory provided within the trial environment, all the instruments necessary for analysing the potion were readily available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The test itself was not entirely conclusive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing could truly replace observing the potion’s effects upon a living subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the apparatus simply measured and analysed the essence composition and mana behaviour contained within the potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using those readings, Eleanore compared the results with her prior experience of the [Purification] spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this comparison, she was able to estimate the potion’s likely efficacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A satisfied smile slowly appeared on her lips as she examined the results before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’There is an eighty per cent chance the potion will work as intended,’ she deduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the conditions she had been working under, this was the best result she could reasonably hope for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack... Shatter...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the scene around her trembled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could react, the entire trial space fractured and collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, Eleanore found herself once again seated before the stele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside her, Alex remained motionless, still immersed in his own trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, her attention was drawn to a faintly glowing spot on the surface of the stele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she focused her gaze upon it, a list of rewards materialised before her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleanore shook her head slightly as the memory faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to Alex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not really. It was good enough,\" Eleanore replied to his earlier question. \"It’s the points I gained. I don’t have enough points to redeem what I want from the reward list.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>",1137,"2026-05-29T03:49:40.181Z","2026-06-01T04:29:07.188Z",1,"novelbin.me","dbad59d9fcf18cf175a751bde69d587afb28726167004fb1307b07d387452561","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-570","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-568",692,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fre-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-cover.jpg"]