Re:Periodic : Deceiving Life in Another World From Zero

{3}- Growing | Blackout

After the day of our little success, we participated in many raid missions since the client suddenly decided to promote us, in a sense. This resulted in a large amount of people coming to hire us, which means more money opportunities. Although a little work will make the days a bit tiring, it's all worth it in the end.

Some days I'll even try doing a job myself, one that does not involve stealing objects on somebody. Along with my skills of manipulating hydrogen and the usage of Goa, I pulled off my missions flawlessly, much to my surprise and Felt's as well. The Yellow Flash and the Warlock of Flame (Cringey name, I know) were now renowned in the slums, sometimes even as saviours when I decide to make a food steal trip for the poor in the slums.

Soon enough, my name became well known in the capital, to my dismay. This meant I had to work more discreetly since the nobles have ordered an arrest for me by this point. I don't really like having a bounty, which means I'm going to change methods to avoid being recognized while doing work.

AAAAAAAHHHHHH! I hate thievery. But sadly, it's my only chance of survival right now, so it's not like I have a choice.

Frustrated, I decided to activate my Authority, which led to the panel opening up, and I gently tapped on Hydrogen, and a mini-screen showed up beside it. The 'Mastery Level' thing was now at 465/1000 right now, and apparently I have to reach Lvl 1 to unlock Helium, which leads to more choices of attack. 

The only thing I could make right now is Hydrogen Gas, which only helps in either suffocating people or lighting things on fire. I probably should try the Hydrogen balloon strategy, where we can fly away to make a quick escape and pop it to land. The other hydrogen isotopes and ions require a Yin or Yang spirit, and Alchemis certainly was not willing to find one for me. 

The thing is, deuterium, which is one of the hydrogen's isotopes, was actually quite useful and vital in the making of a nuclear bomb. Not that I wanted to make one right now, but it could come in handy if I found a certain Sin Archbishop's headquarters, and just blow it up. But that's a thing for another time because I definitely need a lot more elements to make a hydrogen bomb. Once I get oxygen, I could create heavy water, which would effectively eliminate certain people without any suspicion placed on me, but perhaps by then I don't need to result to thievery, 

So that made me set my sights on Helium. Now, Hydrogen's mastery level thingy goes up by 10 every time I generate it in a sphere, and actually have to be tossed somewhere. I could potentially grind the level by just randomly generating, but that sucks up a lot of stamina. Fun fact: Authorities will never drain mana, so mine does a little restriction on its usage in the form of stamina, while mana only limits my maximum output rather than the regular usage. So if I overuse it, I might die from over-exhaustion or just pass out. 

Anyways, back to Helium. Helium and Hydrogen make a great combo, because the compound Helium Hydride makes up one of the strongest acids ever produced, although its natural formation is extremely rare. But who cares about natural formations when you can do it yourself? Besides, it might work well against a certain assassin.

Now that I've set my sights on acquiring Helium, I have to do something to make up for the time that I can't use hydrogen to boost my Fire attacks. Goa is the most basic fire spell, which urged me to learn something stronger. In incantations of magic in Re:Zero, if I remember correctly, the power level goes up like this: No Prefix->El->Ul->Al. Since Goa was the first step, maybe El Goa is what I should aim for.

"Um, Alchemis, a little help here?" I asked my spirit buddy, and he came flashing out as I recognized the turquoise sphere of light. 

"Hm? Oh, you want to learn fire magic? Well, you already know Goa, so the next step should be-"