#443 - Elixir of immortality! (Seeking monthly ticket recommendation)

“I…” Thunderbird hesitated for a moment, but when he saw Anduin pick up his mouthpiece again, he blurted out with his eyes closed, “I was actually born in 1893!”

“1893? How is that possible? Wouldn't that make you over ninety years old now? But you look like you're only in your thirties!” Anduin originally thought the other party was just exaggerating his age, but he didn't expect him to say such an astonishing number. The main thing was that his Legilimency told him that the other party was telling the truth, which made him even more surprised.

“This… alas…” After revealing his actual age, Thunderbird seemed to have had a layer of skin peeled off, and he sighed helplessly, “That's right, my actual age is indeed much older than I look.”

“How did you do this? I can tell that you haven't simply changed your appearance, but even your body is as healthy as a robust wizard.” Anduin stared at Thunderbird in amazement.

He had examined the other party before, and Thunderbird's body was unbelievably healthy, which allowed him to remain conscious even after suffering serious injuries.

At the same time, he had also specifically tested the other party's magic value, which was as high as 2138 points. Anduin had never seen such an exaggerated magic reserve before, which even made him wonder if the other party's race was human.

You know, Anduin, who grew up eating magical animal meat every day, now has a magic value of only 817, and the growth rate has become slow. It is not certain whether he can pass a thousand before the age of thirty.

“Weren't you very curious about that unrecognizable potion before?” Thunderbird recklessly said after exposing the secret of his age, “The thing in that crystal bottle is called 'Shedding Potion', also known as 'Elixir of Immortality'. The reason why I can maintain my current physique depends on it!”

“Shedding Potion?” Anduin repeated in his mouth, but his heart was actually like a stormy sea, “Can this kind of potion alone achieve this level? Tell me everything you know about this potion!”

“I don't know the source of this potion, I only know that the recipe is in the hands of the club leader.” Thunderbird was like an emotionless robot at this time, saying blankly.

“As long as you take this potion, no matter how old you are, you can revert that wizard to the age when his body condition is at its strongest, and further strengthen his physical functions. Whether it is strength, stamina, or recovery ability, it will be greatly enhanced, and the original magical abilities, including magic reserves and intensity, can also be retained.”

“Is there such a powerful potion in this world?” After listening to Thunderbird's description, Anduin only felt a little unbelievable, and at the same time understood why this guy's magic value was so exaggerated. It turned out that this was his magic reserve for more than ninety years.

But soon Anduin calmed down, and then looked at the other party seriously, “The gifts given by fate have long been marked with prices in secret. No matter what you get, you have to pay the price. I believe it must have other problems, I don't believe this potion has no side effects at all.”

Thunderbird found that Anduin could still maintain his sanity and calmness after hearing his description, and secretly sighed in his heart. He is really a terrible young man. It seems that I am not wronged to lose to you.

“That's right, this potion is not omnipotent, it has three very obvious side effects.”

Thunderbird sighed helplessly, “First of all, the biggest problem with the 'Elixir of Immortality' is that its cost is very expensive. Although I don't know its complete configuration process, I also roughly know that the main material for making it is magical animals with strong vitality, because the essence of this potion is to extract the vitality from magical animals and then transform it into a potion.”

“So you smuggle magical animals all over the world just to…” Anduin suddenly became enlightened. Thunderbird's words finally solved a problem that had puzzled him for a long time.

That is, why is the Silver Spear Club, a criminal group with such strong combat power and such a tight organizational structure, engaged in smuggling? With such a powerful force, what is wrong with doing something else? This behavior pattern even made Anduin feel that the Silver Spear was particularly low.

“That's right, we capture and smuggle magical animals, in addition to obtaining Galleons and resources, the main purpose is to provide them to the headquarters and then formulate the 'Elixir of Immortality'.”

“What are the other two side effects?” Anduin asked impatiently.

“The other two side effects are that after taking the 'Shedding Potion', you can't stop taking the medicine. We must take the potion once every 3 months. That kind of crystal bottle contains two doses, and once we stop taking the potion, what awaits us is not a return to our original age, but direct death!” At this point, a trace of fear of death flashed in Thunderbird's eyes.

No wonder this guy was so afraid of death before. This potion is said to be an 'Elixir of Immortality', but it is actually similar to a drug. Once you become dependent on it, your whole will will be corroded, and you will even be more afraid of death than normal people. Anduin curled his lips in disgust. This thing looks good, but you must never touch it.

“And the last side effect.” Thunderbird paused and continued, “Is that after starting to take this potion, you have to undergo 'shedding' once a month!”

“Shedding?” Anduin looked at the other party in confusion.

“That's right, shedding in the literal sense!” Thunderbird seemed to recall some painful memories.

“This shedding is similar to a ritual. Based on the time of the first use of the 'Elixir of Immortality', every 30 days thereafter, the whole person will feel a pain like strong acid corrosion, and then the skin will begin to wrinkle and bubble until that layer of skin completely peels off the body and falls off.”

“The whole process will last at least 12 hours. During this period, the wizard undergoing shedding will have no resistance at all, and even the simplest spells cannot be used, and the whole person will temporarily lose his mind due to excessive pain. Screaming and wailing are normal.”

“But after completing the shedding, the wizard will also fully recover to his best state, like a new life. Even some simple scars will fade away with the old skin!” Speaking of this, Thunderbird seemed to recall the feeling of comfort all over his body, and couldn't help but take a long breath.

No wonder it is called 'Shedding Potion', it is simply as the name suggests, but this shedding process is better to be classified as a curse than a ritual.

Thinking of this, Anduin immediately became more disgusted with this potion. Wouldn't taking this potion be equivalent to handing over your life to others?

“In that case, isn't the shedding period the weakest moment for this person?” Anduin asked thoughtfully.

“That's right.” Thunderbird nodded helplessly, “Every wizard who has taken the 'Elixir of Immortality' will regard his shedding period as his biggest secret. Even after everyone gets the potion from the leader for the first time, they will not drink it immediately, but will wait for a while before taking the medicine. This is to hide their shedding period.”

“Is it really enough to just hide it? If someone with a heart wants to investigate, as long as you pay close attention to your daily routine, you can still lock the scope through some clues…” Anduin said, his expression suddenly stunned as if he suddenly thought of something.

“Heh, it seems you have realized it too.” Thunderbird looked at Anduin with this expression and gave a rare wry smile, “Why do you think the members of the Silver Spear hide their identities one by one, and even each branch only sends two people, and they are always elusive and invisible? Even if there are no enemies, they hide in the shadows, and each appearance or activity is basically at a fixed time.”

“Moreover, most of the time, you can't see two spears acting together.”

“So this kind of arrangement is to hide your shedding period?” Anduin also reacted at this time. These silver spears are obviously ridiculously strong, but I have never heard of them having any multi-person actions.

“That's right, many ordinary members have always thought that hiding their identities and hiding everywhere is the club's consistent way of doing things, but that is just a means of self-protection for us poor people who want to escape death.”

“And in addition to hiding their identities and hiding, the spears almost never use masks to communicate directly, because this kind of communication can reveal the time of the shedding period through whether the other party replies in time.”

“And even if you want to use a mask to contact, everyone will not reply immediately, at least a few hours, or even a few days apart, so if it is not a close spear, then just contacting the other party is quite offensive.”

Thunderbird smiled mockingly. In order to protect their pitiful secrets, they hid everywhere all day long, and most of the time they were nowhere to be seen. Even if someone contacted them, they had to deliberately cover up, just afraid of being locked on their shedding period.

At this time, Anduin finally understood why the behavioral logic of this Silver Spear was so strange. It was obviously just a smuggler, but he had to make it as mysterious as if there was a big conspiracy.

At the same time, he also felt disgusted and pitiful for these guys controlled by the potion. In other words, as long as you get this so-called elixir of immortality, you can basically only hide in the shadows.

“How many people in the Silver Spear know about this 'Shedding Potion'? And how many people have taken this potion?” Anduin immediately asked about the content he was most interested in.

“The short spears in the club basically don't know, and all the long spears know about the 'Elixir of Immortality', but not every long spear has used the potion. As for who has taken the potion, I don't know too much, after all, everyone basically doesn't know each other, and because of the particularity of the potion, even if you take it, you won't say it.” Thunderbird said frankly.