Duskleaf

Duskleaf chooses to appear as plump, older man with a big white beard, messy clothes, and unkempt hair. However, despite looking elderly, he has sharp eyes and the faint aroma of soil around him.^[4]

"I remember this one student I myself took in,” the Viper spoke. “Not to mince words, but damn, did he suck. His mana control was all over the place. He took months to even figure out how to make the basic potions and even longer to properly learn how to make poisons without constantly hurting himself. Oh, and don’t even get me started on rituals. The only thing he was even faintly talented in was using his alchemical flame.”

The old alchemist shook his head and stroked his beard. “Master, I-“

“Man, was he a dunce. I was amazed at how bad he was, yet this idiot kept trying. Kept attempting to craft things even after failing a thousand times and kept improving himself one small step at a time. Usually, we talk about people meeting barriers in their Path, but this guy was running an obstacle course from day one. Yet he kept slowly trodding forward. Shit, he was downright crawling at times. He was just a stubborn fool who loved alchemy far too much to give up, no matter how badly he sucked at it. Though I guess he did become decent at it after spending a long enough time bashing his head into the cauldron.” - Chapter 580

The first time Jake met Duskleaf was after him killing the King in the Tutorial. He was greeted with the sight of the Malefic Viper with a Party hat with horn in his mouth and less amused bored old man Duskleaf with similar party hat. Jake instantly realized that he was also a God.

The Viper had forced Duskleaf to join on the grounds that he would teach him some alchemy but the inclusion of Jake made his mood to sour. After learning Jake's dedication to Alchemy, however, Duskleaf was a little more tolerant towards Jake, especially after he learned that Jake bought two Cauldrons from the Tutorial Store out of his limited five purchases.

After Jake jumped into the Cauldron for the Trial of Myriad Poisons and he learned that the Viper's own blood was mixed into it, he panicked at the insanity due to a mortal soul's inability to handle a god's blood, much less a Primordial's blood. Duskleaf was astonished at Jake's speed of the absorbing the Trial's poisons, and his survival of taking in the Viper's blood unharmed.

When Jake received a skill option from Duskleaf, he actually forbade Jake to select it.

[Methodology of Duskleaf (Epic)] – Taught by a god who stands at the pinnacle of alchemy, you have begun to understand his methodology. Grants the alchemist a fragment of the knowledge of the god Duskleaf, increases your understanding of alchemy and mana, as well as overall control-techniques during all concoctions or brewings. Allows the Alchemist to make creations he does not have the associated crafting skill for. (does not receive stat effectiveness bonuses without associated skill).

Later, the Viper asked Duskleaf who was still mad at not teaching him Alchemy to hold the title of Principal involving enrolment of Jake into the Order.

Duskleaf and the Malefic Viper observed Jake's actions in manipulating an incredibly powerful curse with his aura and alchemy in order to create the Mythical rarity weapon Eternal Hunger.

• Jake mentions to Monarch that he deals with Villy and Duskleaf like buddies.
• Villy once mentioned that Duskleaf used to be a dunce of a disciple.