There was still a month before the start of the Alchemy Grand Prix, and the six members of the Daktronics team had all started to practice in seclusion, and the new issue of the life book did not seem to have any impact on them, and they all devoted themselves to preparing for the competition. It's just that the tree fort has long been loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and there are a large number of traps in the shadows, from the simplest boar traps to the powerful elemental explosions.

After arranging the corresponding defenses, it was not all smooth sailing, the alchemy equipment that Kevin bought was not very perfect, and there was a vibration alarm device in order to prevent someone from lurking and approaching the tree fort, so it was arranged around the perimeter of the tree fort. Both the Air Magic Air Mask and the Light Magic Light Concealment have the potential to achieve invisibility by distorting light, but this vibration alarm device is very safe, and it will be triggered as soon as there is a slight vibration. However, as soon as it was installed, the alarm was triggered by the falling leaves of the tree fort, and Kevin could only turn up the sensitivity. But at night, the alarm was constantly alarmed by a slightly stronger wind, which startled all six people, and then the birds, cats, rabbits, etc. all triggered the alarm again and again, but after each false alarm, Kevin would make careful adjustments to make this alchemy device suitable for the environment around the tree castle.

When this set of alchemy devices finally stopped false alarms, the six of them were able to practice their respective professional skills with peace of mind. The other teams participating in the Alchemy Grand Prix were not mediocre, and the Dakko team had to put in more effort if they wanted to win.

Darko had a lot to practice, and he divided his time between copying magic scrolls and practicing glyphs. He spent most of his days in his room, practicing all kinds of glyphs with Death Wither, and apart from eating and sleeping, all he had to deal with was parchment and magic ink.

Death Wither has been reworked by Kevin to fit Darko more perfectly, with a higher degree of coordination between his hand and the magic pen, and even the pen feels like an extension of his hand when he is focusing, which has never been done before. But Dakko knows that a truly customized famous pen is said to be able to reach the point of mental control, that is, a perfect fit, so that the spiritual power resonates with the magic pen. This kind of pen is something that can be encountered but not sought, and of course he will not force it.

When the ink runs out, Dakko carries the empty bottle downstairs to the living room, where the stump must have been filled with ground ink. Leah has been in the middle of the flower field, constantly grinding the ink, and from time to time bringing the polished ink to the living room to make sure that Daktro always has ink.

There is only one type of ink that Darko needs, and all Riah needs to do is increase her proficiency and grind the ink as fast as possible when it comes to the competition. The rest of the time, Leah spent her time researching the orc warriors, applying the prepared herbs to the orcs on time every day, and often testing the orcs' defenses with leaf dance, and the results were quite satisfactory. In the beginning, Ye Dance was able to shoot 10 centimeters into the skin of orcs, but now it can only shoot 8 centimeters, but to this extent, the hardening effect that herbs can exert on the skin has also reached the extreme, and it can no longer be strengthened, and now what Riya is doing every day is just to maintain the hardness of her skin. In fact, there is no way to make its skin harder, the Life Church behind Leah and the Lopec family have a huge background, there are many kinds of strange herbal formulas, but this skin will continue to harden while it will have side effects, like a crocodile, it will be difficult to move, and the enhancement that Leah is now doing to the orc warriors is actually the best trade-off between agility and defense.

During this time, Phyllis also became rare and serious, facing a variety of different metal materials on the sunny side of the living room every day, concentrating on scanning and dismantling all kinds of different materials, trying her best to supply Wendy's enchantment speed. Wendy's enchantment speed is comparable to her movement speed, and she can complete an enchantment in just over a minute, because there is a time limit in the second stage of the ring match, and Wendy's enchantment speed is faster, which can leave more time for others, so Phyllis does not dare to slack off and practice desperately. Although Phyllis is usually a character who doesn't care, she still works hard when she does her job, and even Wendy is surprised by how far she has improved in the disintegration technique during this time.

Kevin doesn't need to work with anyone else, but he has to forge a pair of gloves for the orc warriors, which is the longest job, and he's desperately trying to improve his proficiency. In fact, the gloves can be classified as clothing or jewelry, so they can be bought in clothing stores and bracelet stores, and apparently this Alchemy Grand Prix will classify them as jewelry. This is a new challenge for every participating jeweler, after all, boxing gloves are not ordinary jewelry, Kevin is not very familiar with their casting methods, he has been to a number of jewelry stores to find a lot of different styles of gloves and drawings, do research every day, and occasionally start casting by himself.

In contrast, Otto's progress has been most pronounced. No one expected that Otto would have some talent in potions. The pharmacist is not only required to be familiar with the performance, combination changes, and preparation knowledge of various herbs, but also to be proficient in pharmaceutical techniques, but also to have strong elemental perception and reaction speed, and to be able to make various responses in a timely manner. Knowledge and techniques are just things, and practice makes perfect, but it takes a certain amount of talent to have a strong reaction speed and perception, and to grasp the situation of potions through changes in smell, heat, color, etc. Otto had a talent for this, and when his knowledge was not rich enough and his techniques were not sufficient, Otto was already keenly aware of the changes in the potion. This ability determines the yield and quality rate of the pharmaceutical products it refines, which are also the most important criteria for evaluating an excellent pharmacist. Possessing this talent meant that in time, Otto would surely become an excellent master apothecary, which surprised everyone.

The effect of the tranquilizer in the orc warrior's body has long since failed, and Otto did not refine a new tranquilizer, because although the potion can keep the orc warrior in a delirious and quiet state, it will affect his combat awareness and reaction speed in the long run. So now the orc warriors are in a state of sobriety, the orcs are a grumpy race, of course it will not stay in the tree castle in peace, Leah specially made some changes in the basement for this, next to the flower field there is a wooden cage, this cage is made of arm-thick wood, the top is connected to the ceiling and the bottom is fixed to the ground.

Even so, the awakening of the orc warriors made the Tree Fort Chicken and Dog jump for a while, and it attacked and besieged its cage every day as soon as it had the spirit. The cage created by Leah's spell didn't look very strong, but it was actually connected to the entire tree fort, and no matter how much the orc warriors attacked, they couldn't break it. However, if it can't be completely destroyed, it will still cause a lot of trouble, and it is annoying that Leah always has to cast spells to repair the cage. What's more, the orc warriors will squeak and scream, which can still be heard throughout the Tree Castle even in the basement.

In the end, Wendy came up with a solution, she asked Leah to open the cage on time every day, and let Otto go in to train with the orc warriors. This will stimulate the fighting instincts of the orc warriors and allow them to play better in the game, Wendy said. Of course, Otto can't do his best, after all, the orc warriors have a huge level gap with him, but even if Otto is only defensive, he can use reflex skills to bounce back most of the attacks, so that every time the orc warriors are injured, the orc warriors who have practiced with Otto will no longer have the strength to attack the cage, and the tree castle finally regained its quietness.

The six of them sometimes practice separately, and sometimes they complement each other to run together, but the similarity is that they are all very organized, and there is basically no time to spare. Leah's needs to be in charge of the preliminary preparations of Darko and Otto, and they are a little busier in comparison.

In terms of food, at first, several people were trying to find their own way, either going out together to find food, or ordering takeout through magic communication. The leaves of the tree castle were also covered with a bread-like fruit, which tasted good, but everyone but Ria couldn't stand eating that fruit at every meal.

In the past few years, Kevin has often been out on assignments alone, and before he knows it, he has developed a good cooking skill, and he will cook every meal by himself in the tree castle. Once, when Kevin's soup, sauce, and fruit salad were discovered by others, they urged him to cook every day, and even Leah stopped eating fruit. After all, there are five people, an elf and an orc, and every meal is like a party, requiring a lot of food, and it takes a lot of time just to buy the ingredients. Kevin spends all of his days cooking except for practicing his jewelry skills, and when it's time to eat, he's going to be in the kitchen for an hour or two.

At dessert time after dinner, Leah, who likes to gossip, suggested that everyone take turns telling stories, and several people practice every day is boring, and listening to stories also helps to relax, so she agrees with Leah's suggestion. It's just that Leah, Phyllis and Wendy spend most of their time in the church, and there is no story to tell at all, Kevin excuses that he is too tired to cook, and although Otto has a rich experience in the Venus plane, he is too eloquent to tell anything clearly. So the task of storytelling fell on Darko, who spent a year in the Mercury plane, and there were many interesting things to tell, although he had told Phyllis before, but it was only a rough process, and the details were not clear. So listening to Darko's story became an important thing for the six of them to have a dessert after dinner every day.

Gradually, Kevin also began to take an interest in other people's tastes of his craft, and gradually made all the dishes he had thought of but never tried, while several others became guinea pigs, having to taste inexplicable dishes every day. Chocolate sauce noodles, slimy egg fried rice, curry pizza, these dark dishes once made it difficult for Darko and others to swallow. Finally, when the eggs of the fried flower-kissed spider were not blown thoroughly, and many small spiders crawled out of the eggs, Leah completely went berserk and did not eat Kevin's food for many days.

However, Kevin enjoyed it, enjoying more and more the expressions on the faces of Darko and the others when they tasted his food. Except for Kevin, it is true that no one else has cooking skills at all, and Wendy, Phyllis, and Leah all grew up in their respective temples and have never cooked with their own hands. Otto, a warrior like Otto, doesn't know what cooking is, and Dakko has also grilled his own food, but it is only limited to cooking raw meat, and the taste cannot be savored. In contrast, only Kevin is a more delicate man, and every meal is cooked with care, and if you don't consider the bad taste of his dark cuisine, the taste is okay alone. After eating the fruit for a few days, Leah came back to eat.

Kevin doesn't need to do the cleaning after dinner, Leah will control the tree castle to clean up automatically, often a crack will appear on the table out of thin air, and the dishes and garbage on it will all disappear, and they will be absorbed into the nutrients that turned into the tree castle. Including the excrement of the orc warriors in the cage is also disposed of in this way, otherwise Otto would definitely not go into the cage every day to spar.

During this time, Kevin also went to the slave market to buy a few orcs and came back to help Otto test the effects of the madness potion he had refined. The test results showed that the orc warrior would not actively attack other orcs, and only began to blindly attack all the creatures he saw three minutes after taking the berserk potion, and the effect of the madness potion reduced his IQ, and compared to when attacking Otto, the movement and rhythm were obviously a little disordered, and he would even fall down by his own attacks.

Leah memorized all these details, re-selected the magic plants needed for alchemy, replaced the five-colored mushroom with the less hallucinogenic red snake cerebrospinal fluid, and added the fire-breathing beetle body fluid to increase the temperature of the orc warrior's body, thereby accelerating the diffusion rate of the potion after entering the body. The madness potion is originally corresponding to the physiology of the human race, and the use of orcs must be changed, and this change must be completed in one experiment after another.

Sure enough, after using Leah's newly configured materials, the effect of the madness potion refined by Otto was better, and the orc warriors only needed a minute to enter the combat state, but the reduction of hallucinogens did not have much effect, and the orc warriors still did not know how to attack the vital points, and they would take the lead in attacking the surrounding cages instead of attacking the orcs on the opposite side. Once again, Lea took detailed notes, and finally decided to add materials such as knotweed and microstarfish to neutralize the side effects of madness.

Otto and Leah in the basement spent time in such tireless comparative experiments. In order to quickly improve her decomposer skills, Phyllis often communicates with George, George is now in the St. Tylon's School of Magic, and can only guide Phyllis remotely, but fortunately, both of them are necromancers, and their bloodlines are the same, and Phyllis learns very quickly under George's detailed explanation. Whenever Phyllis made a little progress, she would happily arrive at Koko's room and make trouble. At first, Darko was frightened by the sudden appearance of Phyllis, which caused the glyph he was copying to fail, but gradually he got used to such distractions and was able to remain unmoved. After all, in the ring match, the noise of the surrounding audience is not small, and it is also important to be able to maintain a calm mind under such noise.

Time passed quickly in the busyness of everyone, and a few people did not realize it in the cool tree castle, the weather was gradually getting hotter, and the alchemy Grand Prix was approaching day by day.