The Crown Prince That Sells Medicine - Chapter 8

The Crown Prince That Sells Medicine Chapter 8

Episode 8. An unprecedented acquisition (3)

[You have acquired a ‘Mana Circle Slot’ unprecedented in history.]

A message that fills your eyes like light.

It was a milestone indicating that the gamble of his life had succeeded. At the same time, it was a victory message that conveyed that an unexpectedly large reward was obtained as a result.

‘Mana Circle Slot?’

What on earth is that?

Rachiel watched the message that followed.

[Your Mana Circle has become a kind of empty space void in the process of being forcibly torn and expanded according to the user’s will.] [

This void has evolved to become a storage slot that can hold matter and mana.]

[You will be equipped with one slot per circle.]

[Slot storage expands as the level of the circle increases.]

[Slots can be filled by consuming them through the mouth.]

[‘1 Slot 1 is open.]

[Slot 1 is empty.]

[Maximum capacity of slot 1: 10 liters]

[Current storage capacity of slot 1: 0 liters]

“….”

After reading the message, Kiel tilted his head.

Storage space?

slot?

But the capacity is 10 liters?

‘Is it something like game inventory or item slots?’

It reminded me of games I used to enjoy sometimes. Thinking about the inventory in the game, I could roughly guess the meaning of the message.

‘There’s literally an inventory in my circle?’

When I summarized it, it was like that.

It is said that by eating something, you can store as much as 10 liters of space. As I thought about it, more and more ways to use it came to mind.

‘This could be…’

I may have gained greater potential than I thought. For example, in this mana circle slot…

it was then.

“Hey, Your Highness?”

A trembling voice carefully flies into my ear. Rachiel turned her head in that direction, guided by the cochlea.

Sir Gardin was there. Sir Gardin was almost in tears.

By any chance, is this okay?

Where did I go wrong?

He had the expression and eyes of someone who dropped the cell phone he bought and activated today with a thump on the tile floor.

In that case, we should let them know that their cell phone is safe(?). Rachiel smiled faintly.

“uh. why.”

“Are you okay there?”

“As you can see?”

“You were in a lot of pain just now.”

“I got choked up for a moment.”

“Your throat… you mean?”

“uh.”

Insignificantly.

Don’t worry.

“You drank the decoction too hastily. “The saddle was lifted.”

“You heard Sare?”

“uh. “Didn’t it look like that?”

“yes. “It didn’t look like that.”

“Then there’s nothing we can do.”

“There you are, Your Highness.”

“Why do you keep asking?”

“He was clearly in a very critical condition.”

“are you okay. Are you watching it now? “I’m fine.”

“But…”

Lord Gardin trailed off. The Lord’s eyes were focused on the empty glass. It was a cup that contained mahwangbujasesintang.

Perhaps he is blaming himself? He seemed to think he should have drank that one before this one.

‘Whoa, for no reason again.’

Rakiel chuckled lightly.

“That’s it. It was good so I drank it first. It must have been a little strange. Did I drink it cold? So rest assured. “What’s really dangerous is that even if you refuse, they will still feed you.”

“…yes?”

“There is no use in refusing. “They will force you to open your mouth, insert a funnel, and pour it all out.”

“…Yes?”

“I hope you are as loyal then as you are now.”

“….”

“If you understand, please organize it here. I’ll go up to the bedroom first and get some rest. Oh and-”

“Yes?”

“thanks.”

“Yeh?”

“It’s okay if you don’t understand.”

…Did I mention it for no reason?

Rachiel hurriedly left the kitchen.

I returned to the bedroom and got lost in thought.

Mana Circle slot I got today.

I was preoccupied with the possibilities and ways to utilize it.

‘They said the storage capacity was 10 liters. I guess it means that materials can be mixed with mana and stored within the limit allowed by the capacity.’

Of course, how to fill it?

‘Intake. In other words, they said you can fill your stomach by eating it.’

The message that came to mind earlier clearly said so.

‘Then… let’s first experiment to see if it really works.’

The experimental method was simple.

You will know when you try something.

A thought suddenly occurred to Rakiel and she looked around the bedroom. At that moment, I saw something suitable to try. It was water in a large crystal bottle.

‘Water would be perfect for this type of experiment.’

It’s commonly available. It’s not unpleasant or burdensome to eat. The semi-lethal dose was high, so it was safe to drink large amounts of water.

‘Half-lethal dose, that’s important. Especially at times like now when we have to experiment with eating large amounts.’

Half lethal dose (LD50).

When testing the toxicity of a substance, it refers to the amount of substance consumed that would cause half (50%) of the people participating in the experiment to die.

‘There is also the concept of a complete lethal dose (LD100), but that is rather inaccurate. For example, even if you ingest the same poison, each person’s constitution is slightly different, so the amount of death will be different.’

So, what if the substance is treated only at a completely lethal dose? It is said that if you drink 1 liter, you will die, so you can safely drink only 800 milliliters, but depending on your constitution, you may end up dying.

So the concept used was a semi-numerical lethal quantity.

‘Roughly speaking, if you eat this much, there is a 50% chance that you will faint, and even if you don’t die, you can at least suffer or become a vegetative state or a semi-invalid, so it’s a shame that you should buy it yourself.’

In other words, if you eat it and are lucky, you will end up in the emergency room or intensive care. What if you’re unlucky? It meant that it was a sheep that was delivered to the morgue on the same day and gave a high-five to King Yeomra.

Of course, all substances had semi-lethal doses.

It was the same with plain water.

What if we take a person weighing 60 kilograms as the standard? The semi-lethal amount of plain water was about 5.4 liters. It was 90g of water per kilogram of body weight.

‘So, if you calculate the half-lethal amount of water based on my current weight, it would be approximately… 3.9 liters.’

Rachiel visually measured the capacity of the crystal water bottle.

To give a rough estimate….

‘It’s the size of a 2 liter plastic bottle. Just right. it’s okay.’

Even if I drank all of this, it didn’t seem like anything would go wrong with my body. Relieved, Rakiel picked up the water bottle.

I felt my forearms shaking.

I brought it to my mouth.

I tilted it slowly.

‘Look at my forearms shaking just from hearing this. Oh, this low-quality body.’

Even though I was grumbling, I tried not to spill even a single drop.

Jump, jump, jump!

Cool water went down my throat.

At that moment, Rachiel activated a dark mind technique. He repeated it as if he was giving a command to the Mana Circle.

‘I want to store the water I’m drinking now in the slot.’

Then the circle responded immediately.

Kiiiiing-!

The circle started spinning cheerfully. The rotating force created an attractive force. And all the water that was going down to the stomach through the esophagus was sucked out.

‘oh? Oh oh?’

It was a very amazing experience.

I’m sure I’m drinking a lot of water from the bottle. I’m not even breathing and I’m gulping it down like a servant. So the esophagus is sending water down. No water entered my stomach.

‘All the water is being absorbed into the circle. It’s real. The message is true.’

Teong.

Before I knew it, I put down the empty water bottle. It was a single shot of about 2 liters of water. But I didn’t feel like my stomach was full of water at all.

It was amazing.

I felt like a hippopotamus drinking water.

I wanted to try more.

After finishing her appetite, Rachiel left the bedroom. I looked around the other rooms in the hallway connected to the bedroom. Then I found another water bottle in a room that appeared to be a living room.

Just 4 of them.

‘Good. Let’s fill up the remaining 8 liters.’

It’s an experiment that has already started, so let’s finish it.

Rachiel made up her mind and picked up a water bottle. It started emptying without hesitation.

Receive 2 liters and get 2 liters extra.

Empty and empty again.

I feel like I’m not full at all. I also feel that there is nothing wrong with my body. I took an additional one-shot of a total of 8 liters of water.

“…Kkeeoeook.”

Honestly, I felt a little proud. When have you ever taken a single shot of 10 liters of water in your life?

‘If I had done that, I would have died. ‘It was a semi-deadly death and he must have died from a ruptured stomach.’

Suddenly, my days as a riot police officer came to mind.

Where he worked, there was a tradition of giving water to people whenever they were promoted. It was a bad habit to pour water into a kettle that was well over 3 liters and then take a shot of it.

Of course, no one succeeded in doing that. After drinking about 1 liter, I couldn’t stand the fishy smell and ran to the bathroom to spit out a water cannon like Niagara Falls.

It was the same for me at the time.

‘Whoa, but it’s different now. Even though I drank 10 liters, I didn’t feel any burden at all. I wasn’t full and my stomach wasn’t full of water.’

The 10 liters of water I just drank were stored in the circle’s slot.

‘Then let’s go to the next stage of the experiment.’

He returned to the bedroom. I went to sleep as if nothing had happened. And the next day, I didn’t drink any water all day. Instead, I slowly learned how to use the circle slot.

‘Whenever I feel thirsty… like this.’

Keyee….

The circle rotated slowly.

Then the response came immediately.

Ding dong!

[The water stored in the circle slot is released into the body.]

[Please set the discharge amount.]

‘0.1 liter.’

[0.1 liter of water is released into the body.]

[Current storage capacity of slot 1: 9.9 liters)

Keying-!

The circle rotated in the reverse direction.

The water stored in the slot was contained in mana and released into the body. The bullet traveled through the blood vessels following the flow of mana and was delivered directly to the body cells.

Immediately the feeling of thirst disappeared.

‘Oh oh. A camel is a camel. A completely human camel.’

Is this what a camel feels like as it travels through the desert, storing water and nutrients in its hump?

After that, I used the circle slot every time I felt thirsty. Thanks to this, I didn’t suffer from thirst all day without drinking a sip of water.

In the meantime, I was able to gradually learn about the properties of circle slots. For example, it was not possible to mix and store various foods or substances in a circle slot.

‘It is said that if it is water, it is possible to store only water and rice. This is not a menu for one person, tsk. But… Hmm, how do I empty all the slots at once?’

Midnight has arrived once again.

In the quiet of his bedroom at night, he was lost in worry.

‘Now that I know roughly how to fill slots and how to use them, I want to try putting decoctions into the slots. But how do I empty this slot?’

The remaining water could not be released into the body all at once. There was too much water for that.

‘There are still 8.5 liters left. If you release all of that into your body, you will die instantly.’

Then take your time and spend it slowly. Or, they say it needs to be taken out of the body all at once.

“….”

Suddenly, a possibility occurred to me. It was a setting for the shady nature of the mind that was often mentioned in the novel ‘The Demon Sword Emperor’.

‘It was said to be a mind technique specialized for mana absorption, amplification and release.’

That was the characteristic of the dark mind.

So what now?

‘Amplification and divergence. It might be possible if you use that trait. Okay, let’s give it a try.’

He got up.

He stretched out one hand forward.

And I concentrated my mind.

I activated the dark mind technique.

Kiiiiing….

The circle reacted as if it had been waiting.

The direction of rotation was reversed. The remaining water stored in the slot was flocculated. I decided to get it all out of my body.

That moment.

Kiiiiing-!

The reverse rotation of the circle intensified.

The mana contained in the circle fluctuated. The 8.5 liters of water contained in the slot resonated with mana. It resonated, amplified, and mixed with mana.

[The substance stored in the circle slot is amplified.]

[8.5 liters of stored water is released.]

It was amplified and condensed.

Condensed, following the speed of the circle, pounding my heart and running through my veins.

Fuuuh-!

A total of 8.5 liters of condensed water spheres were launched explosively. The crystal bottle pointed at by the palm was instantly shattered.