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“Why? What’s wrong?”
Siegfried grew alarmed the moment he saw Verdandi trembling.
“This potion… It lets you surpass your limits but…”
“But?”
“The stronger the person becomes after drinking it, the faster their soul will separate from their body.”
“Huh? Their soul will separate from their body? What do you mean?”
“What I mean is… Because of the asymmetry between body and spirit, it is like this…”
Verdandi proceeded to give a long, detailed explanation, but Siegfried couldn’t understand a word of it. The concepts of alchemy were far too complex for him. To him, all those complex formulas and laws sounded like gibberish.
However, one thing was clear—the Elixir of Transcendence was not a good thing, and its side effects could cause the soul to detach from one's body.
“And what will happen then?” Siegfried asked.
“The body will become nothing more than an empty shell,” Verdandi replied.
“Like a doll?”
“Yes. The body cannot move without a soul in it.”
“Oh my god…”
“We have to stop this, Father. People must not drink this elixir. Otherwise, everyone who does will get turned into empty dolls,” Verdandi said, her voice sounding urgent.
“I-I understand.”
A chill ran down Siegfried’s spine.
The Adventurers were staking their very lives just to get their hands on an Elixir of Transcendence....
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