Gravity Falls: The Lord Of Darkness

I started walking away from the clearing intent on heading back to the Mystery Shack all to get my other book which was on the topic of alchemy only the concoction portion.

'Now I need to come up with an excuse why I'm collecting different types of flora and fauna perhaps I could say I'm testing different rupee of ingredients to cook for my family, yes that could work and they may think I'm being sweet or maybe for everyone yes the second option sounds slightly better.'

And after a few minutes of walking, I've finally arrived at the shack.

'Ok I need to locate my book and then I'll start ingredient hunting, hopefully, it's nothing too difficult.'

And then I snuck in I silently chanted a spell to sneak through without detection.

"Σκιά απόδοσης."

And then I disappeared seemingly and so I moved in the shadows at a decent pace I just casually walked in reality through the shadows after all the halls are pitch black no light except the occasional moonlit window.

And so I quickly made it to my room and then I spoke the dispel incantation.

"I am no shadow."

And then I appeared out of the shadows but to anyone else it was like I appeared out of nowhere.

'Ok I just need to grab my book then I'll use shadow meld to travel back to where I was practicing to read my book because Stan seems to be onto me he may not act like it, but from some of his mannerisms I could tell just slight differences from his previous body language I could tell he knew somewhat what I was doing or at the very least what I was doing.'

'And that weird black flame I made coat my hands I need to test it out.'

And about two minutes later I was back at my clearing where I train and read.

"Ok let's open this up."

And so I opened it up and then I read the first page.

Well, it looks like you on your journey to become an alchemist, Keep in mind you will be making concoctions with magical properties,

Now, How the sections are organized, they go by difficulty and tier so you start with the easiest potions of that tier and go up either a concoction that heals or poison will be the first one in a section because they are the easiest to make usually.

And remember be wary of magical creatures they're looks can be deceiving and they could be more powerful than you could imagine, Now if you can try to befriend them it makes for a renewable ingredient source and you gain some protection, and you could have some comrade, maybe companionship, and even romance perhaps really is up to you it's not like my life is on the line anyways long story short there's plenty you can do to make it easier on yourself.

'The author of this book must be pretty eccentric, it's refreshing though unlike the other book you can tell how the author was like, in the other, it's all information and it has notes to help you out or give out more information, it's not bad it just gets bland after a while.'

And so with my fleeting thoughts, I turned the page...

Minor Vial of regeneration

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Difficulty: Very Easy

Ah, the minor vial of regeneration I remember when I brewed my first one, now the minor vial of regeneration as you can guess by the name can regenerate damaged tissue the extent though is minor like its name implies it can only regenerate so many cells before the potion no longer affects you and you need to take another it can regenerate cuts in seconds and damage to eyes or ears, or any more minor injury including ones that would otherwise not heal because it only heals the cells so shortly after taking damage to something like the eyes which if you did you have a few minutes to consume this potion before you would need a better healing potion which would revive the dead cells.

Anyways long story short this potion is only useful if you have it on hand when you have taken the injury, you can digest this potion or dump it on the wound or area you want to be healed.

Then it shows a picture of a garden gnome.

Usually, Gnomes nonwhite hair have higher intelligence which means they have more mana a gnome will never be able to over saturate an ingredient due to them having a body that only allows them to have the perfect amount of mana for low tier ingredients that's if they're a brown hair though a normal gnome will do the effects will not be the best if it was a normal gnome you'll have the effects I've given but if it's a brown haired it will resurrect some dead cells and heal much more, you see the difference a higher quality ingredient can create imagine what that would do to higher tier potions.

Now the final ingredient you have two base components now you need to add what combines them, liquid mana enriched fruit of sorts now this is a common ingredient in areas where magical creatures live its the most basic mana boosted flora you will find out there the way to tell the quality is how much it glows the highest quality would be a dim glow which creates as much light a singular torch bug if it's at a candle level of producing light it's oversaturated and will reduce potion quality but if your fine with that you could do that and after you pick at least one to two mana enriched fruit then you can make about two vials of this potion.

Now the portions you need of each ingredient to make this concoction, first a half of a glowing mushroom, second a small bindle of gnome hair, and finally a mana enriched fruit juice about enough to fill half the vial the other half will be filled.

Then once you have this vial you will need to put it on a brewing stand of sorts sens you are making smaller quantities of potion for this and make sure the flame is hot enough to make the potion simmer it will accelerate the process of magically bonding the ingredients together and once you can't see the ingredients anymore and the potion takes on a more pinkish color compared to the previous red then your potion is done.

Notes: There are far better potions later vials are the smallest batches you can make and are easier to make than bigger batches because you can control factors easier, like heat for example is a factor, anyways bigger batches of potion have higher mana fluctuations so it can knock someone out give them mana poisoning or just attract unwanted attention.

'Well it's not that bad but it's going to be annoying to acquire these ingredients, with my uncle probably watching me at the shack except our room or the bathroom everywhere else is probably bugged, at least maybe I someway, actually on second thought he's probably too cheap .'

And so I packed my stuff and started to head back towards the shack but first I cast my spell.

"Σκιά απόδοσης."

After a few minutes, I was back in the shack heading upstairs and about to enter my room.

And then I was in my room by moving from under our door and then I said the dispel incantation.

"I am no shadow."

And then I appeared again except in my room.

'Most of my spells might not be true magic but they're still so useful, most of them are for stealth so it helps me when I need to practice or sneak out.'

And so I played down and slept for the night.

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While I was hinting for ingredients for the past few days which I managed to get mana-infused fruits and some glow shrooms and hid them in a secret compartment I discovered in my door.

And after I checked everything was all safe in the secret compartment I want to sleep.

"Rise and shine sleepy head."

She continues to shake me.

"Ok, ok I will get up just give me a minute to be fully awake."

"Ok, but don't say I didn't try because uncle Stan made your favorite breakfast food."

It took me a second to process what was just said and then I rushed down the stairs.

'Knowing those two they'll eat it all if I'm not down there soon.

Ans there I saw them eating at an ok pace.

"*Phew* I made it in time."

And so I sat down and started eating my fill a few minutes later.

I just casually strode there leaving those two behind, but then Stan started heading out too.

'I'm going there ahead of tike because I don't have much else to do, I still need to find some gnomes before my ingredients go bad they should be good for a week.'

A few minutes later Stan spoke.

"Ok, who wants to go to the woods to hang up signs."

"I will."

'everyone looked at me with a surprised look

I took the signs out of my gruncle stans hands and grabbed a hammer and some nails, and then I left heading towards the woods to hang up the signs as my gruncle wanted.