I had expected some kind of result because Dialugia was a legendary-ranked monster, a member of the dragon race, and her body was full of mysteries. However, I had never imagined I would get a present this big.

[Dragon Alchemist - Unique Legendary Rank]

‘A unique legendary!’

I was happy when I had obtained an epic-ranked job, but the visual effect when I changed into this legendary-ranked job was different compared to when my body glowed purple as a result of changing into an epic-ranked job.

“Wow…”

The golden light bursting all over my body signaled a change into a legendary-ranked job, and it was something I had only heard about. I felt like I had an amazing person, so I couldn’t stop smiling as the golden light continued to radiate from my body.

‘A legendary rank!’

When my eyes started to hurt a bit, the light started to disappear, but the feeling was still there.

“Pfftt… Hahahaha.”

I looked clumsy, but I couldn’t stop laughing, and it would be strange if I weren’t happy. I knew that having at least one legendary was a big deal on this continent. Juliena was doing her job well despite being unawakened, Mind’s Eye had become a legendary-ranked attribute, and now, I had a legendary-ranked job. I even wanted to ask the system that had been looking down on me all this time about who was the boss now. It was common knowledge that a legendary-ranked job could only open on the fifth or sixth job change, so when I considered that, I realized that my growth rate was pretty fast to the point that not having any talent had become irrelevant.

‘My stats are still trash, though…’

It wasn’t just a legendary-ranked job. It was a unique legendary-ranked job. This meant I was the only person on the entire continent who could have this job.

[Dragon Alchemist - Unique Legendary Rank]

[It’s a new type of job that hasn’t been discovered before. Despite the continent’s rich history, there hasn’t been an alchemist who practiced or even tried using a living dragon as a catalyst. To commemorate the achievement, I have decided to make the Dragon Alchemist a Unique Legendary-ranked job. Every alchemist is amazed by your great achievement. The Dragon Alchemist is the only alchemist who can use a dragon as a catalyst. The possibilities depend on your research and alchemy skills. Your intelligence will increase by six points, and your magic will increase by seven points. Your understanding of dragons will increase as well. The effects of your previous job, Bio Alchemy Summoner, will remain. Some of the species created by the job effect of the Unique Legendary-ranked Dragon Alchemist will remain as summons.]

‘Nice!!!’

[Checking Player Lee Ki-Young’s Status Window and Stats.]

[Name - Lee Ki-Young]

[Title - Mercenary Queen’s Lover, Benigoa Holy Empire’s Honorary Bishop, Pioneer, Alchemist Who Experimented on Dragons]

[Age - 25]

[Nature - Cautious Strategist]

[Job - Dragon Alchemist - Unique Legendary Rank]

[Job Effect - Acquired basic magic knowledge]

[Job Effect - Acquired basic alchemy knowledge]

[Job Effect - Acquired intermediate alchemy knowledge]

[Job Effect - Acquired special summoning knowledge]

[Job Effect - Acquired advanced alchemy knowledge]

[Job Effect - Acquired Dragon Expert Alchemy knowledge]

[Stats]

[Strength - 21/Below average growth limit]

[Agility - 22/Below average growth limit]

[Stamina - 30/Below average growth limit]

[Intelligence - 87/Above epic growth limit]

[Endurance - 22/Below average growth limit]

[Luck - 65/Above epic growth limit]

[Magic - 45/Below average growth limit]

[Gear]

[Juliena, the Cursed Sword - Legendary Rank - Sense of Ownership]

[Ramus Tucker's Introduction to Alchemy - Epic Rank - Alchemist Exclusive]

[Magic Shield Ring - Rare Rank]

[Attribute - Mind’s Eye - Legendary Rank]

[Overall Review - It’s a pity to see you working hard to raise your magic stats because it won’t increase on its own. I had never imagined you would reach 45 magic points, but I would like to applaud you for that. Even though your other stats are still garbage, I want to commend you for almost reaching 90 points in intelligence and for obtaining a Unique Legendary-ranked job. I am looking forward for more in the future, but… don’t be too proud. Your stats, excluding intelligence, magic, and luck, haven’t increased at all.]

‘I’m an alchemist anyway, so why does that matter?’

Actually, it did matter. Strength, agility, and endurance might not matter all that much, but stamina did matter. However, it wasn’t to the point that I regretted it. Who would have thought I would obtain 45 points in magic?

‘This… is the magic of someone that has 45 points!’

My stat was pretty depressing compared to other mages, but I couldn’t help but laugh at the enormous amount of mana within me. Obviously, it was only enormous by my standards. When I released a small amount of mana into my hand and lightly grabbed the hard-looking catalyst in my pocket…

‘Shit...’

It didn’t break. When I placed the catalyst down and grabbed a different one, I heard a crack and saw it break.

‘I’m like the Hulk!’

Now that my magic stat was in the 40s, I was able to do the things I couldn’t do when it had been in the 30s. I could temporarily strengthen my body with mana, but that wasn’t the only thing that made me happy. Recently, my intelligence stat hadn’t been increasing, but it increased by a lot just now. I had heard from Hwang Jung-Yeon that another attribute would open when one’s intelligence stat reached 90 points, and it had been a piece of cake for me to increase my intelligence stats by 3 points while researching. There had to be a limit when increasing from 89 points to 90 points, but it wasn’t a problem right now. I had recently gotten my fourth job, and I still had to unlock my fifth job. It was difficult to believe that this was the growth rate of a person who had only been here for a year because the people who had come with me had to be on their second job, or they had just unlocked their third job.

My decision to take full control of Kim Hyun-Sung’s party was working out perfectly. I had greatly benefited from Dialugia, and I shared the happy moment with her. While I continued thinking about the stats I had just obtained, Dialugia spoke while looking at me as though I was pathetic.

- Did you gain something?

“I told you I had obtained something great thanks to you. I love you, honey. Yes, I do!” I exclaimed.

Dialugia’s rank was directly promoted from crazy woman to lovely wife. Since I couldn’t express this happiness with just words, I ran to her large face, stuck to her skin, and kept on kissing her.

- That’s disgusting. Please stop.

“There’s nothing wrong with us kissing!” I told her, exclaiming.

- Anyway, I told you to stop. This kind of affection is uncomfortable and unpleasant. If you have time to do this, please finish the experiment quickly and focus more on our dear Dialuria. As expected from humans…

“My lovely darling! How could I have not known about this charming side of yours? Your shiny leather and sharp horns! Everything about you is pretty!” I complimented her.

- For some reason, your compliment sounds like an insult.

“Hehehe!”

- I told you to stop sticking so close to me so creepily. Stay back. If not, I’ll move.

“You’re so cute… If you move, you’ll crush me to death, darling,” I reminded her.

- T-This human…

Honestly, I was really excited. I was happy when I obtained the epic-ranked job Bio Alchemy Summoner, but this feeling was different from back then. Since no one else was here to watch me, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to express my happiness. Dialugia seemed annoyed at first, but she must’ve given up after a few minutes because she sighed quietly. The wind created by her sigh staggered me, but I still couldn’t hide my happiness. And that was when Dialugia spoke again.

- So… what did you obtain?

“Ahem…”

- Please tell me. Is there something you’re trying to hide from me?

“It’s nothing. I was just trying to calm myself. I had just realized that your body is worth more than I thought,” I replied.

- It was all greed in the end.

“That’s not the case; actually, you’re not completely wrong…” I corrected.

- …

“...”

- Please tell me.

“Of course. The humans living on this continent obtain jobs that are different from yours. I’m not sure if you can obtain jobs while being in your human form, but that’s how humans are—Oh! This information might be too complicated, so I’ll just skip it because that’s not what’s important right now. I told you last time that I was an alchemist,” I started.

- I remember…

“An alchemist is an occupation given to those who seek the truth. Although it’s a job derived from mages, it’s undeniable that the two pursue different things,” I continued.

- It doesn’t really fit you.

“I partially agree with you. Anyway, if I were to give you the bigger picture, the genes and blood from your body are undiscovered materials on this continent. It’s difficult to use it as a catalyst right now, so I’ll have to refine it first; however, it’s undeniable that I was the first one to discover them. Basically, these three materials are items that have never existed before in this world,” I added.

- Isn’t that my blood? It existed before, so it’s not a substance that has never existed in this world.

“I can’t say that the blood completely belongs to you, as I was the one who succeeded in refining and catalyzing it. It’s a synthetic catalyst made up of several catalysts that’ll help it run smoothly, but it doesn’t change the fact that the main ingredient is yours. I did this experiment just to see the chemical reaction, but I didn’t expect to hit the jackpot. Of course, I did some calculations prior to doing this, but… even I didn’t expect this kind of result,” I explained.

Out of hundreds of flasks, only three didn’t break. It might not seem like a big achievement, but it was undeniable that I had hit the jackpot during the first experiment. Just looking at the glowing legendary-ranked catalyst was enough to excite me. I was amused when I saw Dialugia looking at them quietly with her large eyes.

- What’s its name?

“It doesn’t have a name. As I mentioned, they’re catalysts discovered for the first time. Since there happens to be three, I think we can name it after ourselves and Smartie,” I replied.

- Oh…

Dialugia seemed happy as she blinked once.

“It all happened without precise calculation, so I’ll need to verify what kind of effects they have and how I got this result, but the process of organizing them isn’t that difficult,” I explained.

- So, I was helpful…

“Of course, and that’s not the only thing I obtained. I mentioned earlier that humans could obtain jobs through special actions,” I started.

- You did.

“Before I discovered these three catalysts and checked the details of your body, I obtained a job. It’s a high-ranked job, and I guess it’s best to say that it’s a job where I specialize in studying the dragon race. Basically, I can understand you better now,” I said.

- Does that mean you have obtained a special power?

“Yes, you can think of it that way. I’ll need to do more research since it’s still in the early stages…” I replied.

- Oh…

“I’ll be able to do a lot of things once I complete my research, like putting your breath into this small flask,” I told her.

- Breath?

“I probably can’t expect the same amount of power, but it’ll end up that way,” I added.

- That’s impossible. Think about it logically, and it’s impossible to put my Breath into that small glass bottle.

“Whether it’s impossible or not will depend on my research, but I believe it’s possible,” I said.

- I’m sure it’s impossible.

“I’m sure it’s possible because I had even obtained these. The third job I had obtained was Bio Alchemy Summoner. If I considered the effect of that job and the effect of the Dragon Alchemist…”

The moment I grabbed the catalyst made from Dialugia’s cells, the catalyst turned into mana, and I felt it flowing around me. Back then, I had to manually activate the catalyst, but the dragon’s catalyst didn’t have a complicated process like that. With one catalyst, anything was possible, as that was a job effect of this Unique Legendary-ranked job.

A strange energy coursed through my hand as crackling sounds reverberated. Dialugia must have been curious about what I was doing, and I was also curious about what kind of result this was going to bring. With the strange energy in my hand, I made a seal, and the moment I touched the ground, a large dragon’s hand began forming from the ground a short distance away.

- Uh…

“This is… really nice…” I remarked.

- There’s no way… Y-You…

Dialugia looked like she couldn’t understand what was going on. Obviously, she wasn’t the only one with that confused expression. I was also confused by the result I had made.

- Did you become a god or something? What you did just now! Logically!

“Obviously, that’s not a creature, and I can’t expect it to have destructive powers right now. I also can’t create real dragons. I don’t think this is a field where experiments can determine whether this is possible or not because creating a homunculus in the shape of a human alone is very expensive and time-consuming. If that were possible, as you said, I would become closer to being a god, not a human. I can’t create complicated and noble creatures like you. When it comes to inferior creatures, however…”

- Is it possible?

“It’s impossible…” I replied.

- I see…

“For now,” I added.

I could hear the dragon gulp.

Cloning Dialugia was impossible, but mass-producing clones of drake races might be possible. I also thought of potential ideas similar to the Breath potion. I had a lot to think about, including my final goal for this research and the methods to strengthen Park Deok-Gu.

‘It might actually be possible.’

I might actually be able to create a Captain Lindel who could throw a shield with the Blue Guild’s crest engraved on it.