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Chapter 59 -57: Alchemy Upgrade, System’s “Backdoor” (Two in One) 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Chapter 59 -57: Alchemy Upgrade, System’s “Backdoor” (Two in One)

“Success!”

Upon seeing the system notification pop up, a spark of light flashed through Lucien’s eyes.

He gently closed his eyes, swiftly assimilating the influx of new knowledge into his mind.

Carly, witnessing Lucien slightly nodding his head in silent contemplation, couldn’t help but feel nervous. She was also reminded of her own “encounters” when studying witchcraft previously.

Could it be… that the level I’ve designed has not reached the expectations of Mentor Lucien?

With some nervousness, Carly gazed at Lucien, her palms slightly sweating.

At that moment, Lucien opened his eyes, looked towards Carly, and once again meticulously examined the design papers Carly had drafted.

Afterward, putting down the papers, Lucien looked at Carly, a slight smile on his face, “The design is not bad, but there is still considerable room for improvement.”

Carly, seeing Lucien’s calm demeanor, couldn’t help but widen her eyes a bit.

But what puzzled her more,

Carly was well aware that the enchanted bow she had designed under Lucien’s guidance had significant room for improvement in terms of its enchantment level. However, this had been agreed upon previously, considering the difficulty of future repairs, so when it came to designing the Alchemical Runes, they could only create the most basic.

Without considering the addition of other complex runes, Carly felt that the bow she had designed was already at its limit.

Even if Mentor Lucien intended to make modifications, he could, at most, change minor aspects like the placement of the enchantments, right?

“I feel we can make some adjustments to those runes used for enchantment…” Lucien suggested to Carly as he referred to the upgraded alchemical schematic provided by the system.

Relieved by his words, Carly realized what Lucien just mentioned was strikingly similar to her own thoughts, almost identical.

“Mentor Lucien is really too bad, scaring me like that…” Carly thought to herself, and seeing Lucien’s serious little expression, she almost wanted to laugh.

“Mentor Lucien, then how should we adjust it?” Carly asked, her eyes on Lucien, “You aren’t going to add a few high-level Alchemical Runes, are you…?”

“Of course not.” Lucien looked at Carly’s somewhat skeptical and slightly rebellious gaze, feeling annoyed, and almost wanted to knock on her head to bring her back to her senses.

However, Lucien quickly restrained this impulse and instead sat up a bit straighter, exuding an air of inscrutable depth.

“Who said that enhancing the performance of this bow necessarily requires higher-level Alchemical Runes?” Lucien countered with a question of his own.

Carly was taken aback, and looking into Lucien’s eyes, she felt a vague sense of panic.

Had her own assumptions been wrong?

Ignoring Carly’s confused expression, Lucien picked up the Feather Pen and began to draft a bow design alongside Carly’s initial draft, which was seventy percent similar, yet differed greatly in many intricate details.

“Come, take a look for yourself, and then make a comparison.” Lucien’s drawing process took no more than ten minutes, after which he laid down the Feather Pen and tossed the improved schematic directly to Carly.

Carly took the schematic with a somewhat dazed expression, but she soon developed a stubborn desire to see how large the gap was between her design and Mentor Lucien’s.

If it was a simple contest of understanding alchemy, Carly felt she could never surpass Mentor Lucien. But now both her and Mentor Lucien’s bow designs were the most basic models—could it be that Mentor Lucien could innovate further?

This was like mathematics; perhaps a primary school student would lose to a college professor in an equation-solving contest, and definitely in calculus, but when it comes to single-digit arithmetic, the outcome is not necessarily guaranteed!

Thinking this way, Carly opened Lucien’s draft.

“Seems almost the same as my design…” Carly thought at first, but as she continued examining it, she was stunned.

For the basic Alchemical Runes used for enchantment, her design had only allotted space for three enchantment runes, whereas Lucien, after a slight adjustment, had managed to reserve space for a total of five enchantment runes within the same area!

One must understand that the enchantment space on alchemical gear is limited, and not every location on the gear can be used to engrave Alchemical Runes.

These runes also need to be inscribed at some “crucial points” on the alchemical gear to be successfully activated during use.

Take for instance the bow; the part of the bow that can be inscribed with Alchemical Runes is the grip.

And designing more crucial points within a limited space is no easy task.

“Lu… Mentor Lucien, wouldn’t engraving so many runes in such a small area cause them to interfere with each other?” Carly looked up.

Although uncertain whether Lucien’s enchantment structure was feasible, she was already in awe of the ingenious internal channels for witchcraft power Lucien had designed for those few enchantment points.

“Silly, first take a good look at what runes I plan to engrave.” Lucien looked at Carly and her instantly clear eyes, a satisfied smile on his face.