The Overlord Potion, as Commandant Drath had called it, was hand-delivered by a Royal Rank Bishop of the church, along with twenty Elite Church Guard and a pair of Inquisitors.
"First-General, I have brought the potion as you requested. Who might the blessed one be?" The Bishop asked.
Overlord Drath looked a little sheepish and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Bishop, my apologies, but there has been a misunderstanding. You see, Monarch Karl wanted a sample to study.
His team managed to come up with a potion that immediately advanced these five cadets to Awakened Rank only two days after they gained their system.
However, we learned a troubling fact during the process, and I believe his skill can shed some light on why the Overlord Potion malfunctions."
All of the cadets and Acolytes stopped what they were doing when they heard that. They didn't know what sort of super powerful potion warranted this sort of escort, but it had to be something incredible.
"May I touch the potion, Bishop? It is necessary for the skill to function." Karl asked.
He would only see the odds once he had it in his hands and at least considered using it.
The Bishop passed Karl the potion, and the guards moved to surround him, protecting the potion, as they were facing away from him.
As Karl focused with [Identify] on the potion, a few things became clear. First, this was a much better thing than he had expected. Second, altering the ingredients probably wouldn't help much.
{Overlord Potion}
{Grade} Totem
[Immediately upgrades the power level of the imbiber by a set range of levels. Maximum Rank of Overlord may be achieved.]
{Warning: Experience increase effects have a cumulative detriment modifier.
Chance of Success 0.3%
Chance of Partial Success 10%
Chance of Failure 2%
Chance of Critical Failure 87.7%
Modifier 0%}
{Success Grants 3 Ranks of advancement}
{Partial Success Grants 1 Rank of advancement}
{Failure Causes 1 Random Permanent Debuff}
{Critical Failure will result in death with no resurrection possible}
[Warning: Full Success Not Possible] Maximum Rank of user exceeded.
Now Karl understood why the potion had to be taken by a Commander. Nobody else could get the full use of the effect, as it was either one or three Ranks of advancement. But those odds were dismal. Surely, there wasn't a ninety percent chance of death for the regular users, or they wouldn't have started using it on Commanders at all.
So, Karl inspected the potion more closely, trying to find the default values.
{Overlord Potion}
{Grade} Totem
[Immediately upgrades the power level of the imbiber to a set range. Maximum Rank of Overlord may be achieved.]
Chance of Success 4%
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