Episode 77 – The Antidote (1/2)
When Elaru explained her request to Ixos Eryey, the lazed up
“Fever Touch?” Ixos’ ly lost in reminiscence He took out the stick of burselpine froht “Oh yeah I know of that poison Back in our Muni days, Zaal used to poison Reena whenever he intended to participate in so his plans”
Reena was the genius of the Thayn faenius of the Etezza family, one of the 7 councile
The tent to Muni together and were a part of the faeneration People often joked that they were like an oldand fighting, yet, also always protecting and looking after each other
Etezza family and Thayn family always had a love-hate relationshi+p Thayn family was a family of Peacekeepers that advocated justice and order, while the Etezza family was the family of spies, thieves, and assassins Naturally, the two fah they couldn’t see eye to eye, they never erupted in open hostilities They even helped borrow the hands of the other when necessary It could be said that the two completed each other Both needed the other to exist
Ixos Eryey let out a soft shed in lamentation “A pity Zaal never let me anywhere near Fever Touch”
Of course he didn’t! You would have found the antidote!
Ixos Eryey sighed again “And your father never letout of Reena’s and Zaal’s relationshi+p?”
Elaru nodded satisfied As expected Papa is always right Picking a side between a Thayn and a Etezza is never the right choice
Ixos’ eyes focused again and, in fact, becah he just realized that as in front of him was a poison he had never seen before He snatched the container out of Elaru’s hands in a heartbeat, as if afraid she would change hereyes as if looking at a priceless treasure My precious…Finally, I get to play with you He even forgot to chew on the burselpine stick
Elaru stared at Ixos Eryey speechlessly Seeing the usually apathetic Ixos show such passion never ceased to be… disturbing
Ixos Eryey sniffed the poison gently like he was s it
However, Elaru knew better The reason why he smelled it was because he hoped that would be able to discern soh the scent
Unfortunately, Dusk Rose had mixed the poison with other herbs to mask its scent so Ixos Eryey couldn’t discern all of the co it, Ixos took the creae circular apparatus The apparatus was large and made out of lass tubes leaving through the botto to different bottles
Elaru wasn’t familiar with alchemy, but she knew that the apparatus was used to separate different particles from each other
The device would create a radial Acceleration field which would exert the sa all particles inside it at extreer hter particles, the different particles inside the liquid would end upat different speeds because of the difference in theirseparated frorouped with particles of the same kind
In no tih the tubes and dripped down to the bottles underneath
Ixos Eryey shook the bottles and sniffed some of them Then he took some of his own concoctions of various colors and dripped the various liquids, his bright eyes dimmed down
This poison didn’t really presentout the exact composition of the poison, Ixos Eryey stopped to think a bit Coe of medicine inside his head to come up with a counter
After a few ht out many different herbs and proceeded to concoct an alchemic potion
Soon, Elaru held a small potion bottle filled with a clear liquid and scrunched up her eyebrows “How certain are you that this ork?”
“100” Ixos stated e out of hisbefore he is completely cured?” Elaru couldn’t help but inquire It would be for the best if Kiel regained consciousness after she left the premises of the Eryey family mainhouse Otherwise, that would raise many questions Questions that she wasn’t ready to answer
“5 ratefully at Ixos Eryey “Thank you, uncle Ixos” She even gave hi
Ixos Eryey froze for a second when he received the hug, after which he responded by petting her head
Kiel Rroda felt as light as a feather, as if he was floating in the sky without any weight Howling of the as strangely soothing to his ears
As his consciousness stirred, his Mind spread around hi the world
Kiel’s eyelids slowly fluttered open to see an endless expanse of gray clouds
He was flying next to Elaru, surrounded by the Invisibility and Reflection barriers
The Reflection barrier shrouded the or leaving the bubble Besides preventing the two of the their scent, it also had an additional benefit that showed its value only at high-speed flying
Usually, if they were flying at high speeds, the air would be hitting their faces so hard that they would have trouble breathing and wouldn’t even be able to open their eyes
This ti the Reflection barrier instead so they could enjoy their flight However, judging by the sweat drops for on Elaru’s forehead, enjoy at such high speed for prolonged periods of ti for anyone Elaru also had to sustain an Invisibility barrier and the Reflection barrier The Reflection barrier was particularly hard to sustain under the constant barrage of air particles colliding with it like a tsunah to sustain the consumption, however, the wild current ofsurely put a lot of pressure both on her body and her ic didn’t mean that her mind and body could
As Kiel blinked his sleep away, as the fog inside his mind lifted, his heartbeat couldn’t help but accelerate in panic “No!! The exaly concentrating hard on sustaining her spells “We’ll make it” She responded with conviction
Kiel looked at his pocket watch, and his heart dropped into the pit of his stomach At this rate, on’t make it!