Chapter 102: Chapter 102: Hela

From Hela’s appearance, it was clear that she was severely injured in the previous experiment.

Many parts of her body had serious wounds, and it was likely that there were many injuries beneath the robes as well.

Surviving under such circumstances was already not easy, so the appearance wasn’t that important.

The Duke was not frightened by such a terrifying appearance, instead, he respectfully saluted with a natural expression.

Hela asked, “Do you want to become my Magic Potion Assistant? You can freely read the books here, and when I have time, you can ask me some questions. Just help me manage this Medicinal Garden well, and assist me during experiments.”

The Duke naturally had no objections and agreed on the spot.

For him, such an opportunity was rare, and there was no reason to refuse.

Many Wizard Apprentices wanted such an opportunity but couldn’t get it, Hela just appeared a bit scary on the outside.

Hela seemed surprised that the Duke agreed without hesitation, completely unaffected by her terrifying appearance.

She felt a bit happy inside, although her face showed no expression, as it had been difficult for her to show expressions since the experiment accident.

“As long as you perform well, I can give you extra Magic Potion Materials from here, and you can use the laboratory freely as long as you keep it tidy and clean,” Hela said.

She emphasized the words “tidy” and “clean” especially because the reason she had an accident in the experiment was due to not meeting the standard of tidiness and cleanliness.

Since then, Hela paid special attention to this aspect, almost to the point of being obsessive.

“Reela, take him around and tell him what to watch out for,” Hela said.

Reela nodded and then took the Duke to the Medicinal Garden.

The Medicinal Garden was divided into more than twenty areas, planted with various types of herbs used as Magic Potion Materials.

Reela held a piece of parchment that recorded the status of each area in the Medicinal Garden.

Generally speaking, checking the status of the Medicinal Garden once a week was enough, just to check if the herbs were growing normally and if there was any pest infestation.

The daily watering and loosening of soil in the Medicinal Garden didn’t need to be done by the Duke, as there were slave creatures that took care of these daily tasks.

Overall, the work in the Medicinal Garden was quite easy and didn’t require much effort.

The Duke’s more important task was to assist during Hela’s Magic Potion Refining, doing some miscellaneous work.

Hela’s Magic Potions were of high quality, and orders kept coming in, requiring constant refining of a large quantity of various Magic Potions.

Many of the Magic Potions in the potion store in Academy Island Town came from Hela.

Once the Duke became familiar with the process, simpler Magic Potion orders would be assigned to him, with rewards given based on the number of completed orders.

The price of course wasn’t as high as when Hela sold her refined potions to the potion store.

However, there was no need to worry about cost issues or buying Magic Potion Materials to refine, so even if it failed, he wouldn’t lose money.

Of course, the Duke still needed to ensure a certain success rate.

Otherwise, if a large amount of Magic Potion Materials was wasted, he would definitely be kicked out by Hela.

But he had some confidence in himself, not claiming to be exceptional, but at least ensuring a certain success rate.

For the Duke, refining Magic Potions here had another big advantage, which was being able to grind skill proficiency.

Leveling up the Basic Magic Recovery Potion required thirty proficiency points for level one, which didn’t seem much but required successful refining to accumulate one point.

The Duke currently only had six proficiency points and even with a sixty percent success rate, he still needed to refine forty Basic Magic Recovery Potions.

His resources weren’t much, and he needed to go through multiple refining and selling processes to complete these proficiency points, with the risk of losing money.

Aside from the Medicinal Garden, the island was divided into many areas.

The courtyard where they stayed briefly was a place for rest and meals, where a Wild Boar Man handled cooking, also a slave creature.

Though the Wild Boar Man looked ugly, his cooking skills were excellent, having been a cook for many years here.

More importantly, unlike other Wild Boar Men who were rude and filthy, he loved cleanliness.

In this courtyard, there were also several bookshelves with books on Magic Potion, Herbalism, and other topics, the books Hela mentioned were freely accessible.

Many of these were rare books, some even unique copies.

Several books were compiled by Hela herself from the experiences and insights of some predecessors she knew.

The second half of the island was Hela’s personal area, generally off-limits.

This was actually to protect the people and slave creatures on the island because Hela’s Spiritual Power was sometimes unstable and could occasionally run wild.

Her personal area was set up with a Witch Array to ensure that a rampage of her Spiritual Power wouldn’t affect others.

During these times, Hela would lock herself in, sometimes not coming out for ten days to half a month.

The Duke could understand why Reela said that Lady Hela was actually a good person.

Hela cared about the lives of the slave creatures, which set her apart from other Official Wizards.

For most Official Wizards, slave creatures were just worthless expendables; once used up, they were just replaced.

If it were other Official Wizards, every time the Spiritual Power rampaged, many slave creatures would likely die.

The area behind the resting area was the laboratory, adjacent to the Medicinal Garden.

The laboratory was a bit of a distance from the resting area, surrounded by faintly visible Magic Barriers.

This was a common setup in Magic Potion Laboratories to prevent the spread of harmful substances from experiments, with some Magic Barriers even having functions to eliminate part of the harmful substances.

Reela spent two hours guiding the Duke through most of the areas on the island and some daily routines.

The Duke specifically took out several sheets of parchment to jot these things down, ensuring he wouldn’t make mistakes.

Reela didn’t leave completely, she would occasionally check in but less frequently.

She could still frequently come by in the meantime, helping the Duke with some tasks.

Later on, she would most likely only come after advancing to an Official Wizard.

The Duke also learned from Reela that Hela was a Level 2 Wizard, once a highly talented wizard, but the experiment accident destroyed everything, and severed her hopes of advancing to a Level 3 Wizard.

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