Chapter 19: Valofron (2/2)
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Kadyn examined the apparatus in front of him and smiled satisfyingly. ”The Potion Making Hall already has the apparatus, and they look pretty good.”
After that, he opened the bag that he snatched from the hunter and started to examine it.
”Ground Ivy… I have already collected enough.” He said and dug deeper. That hunter was pretty desperate to get this bag. There must be something good inside it.
”Valofron!” he jumped in surprise. After putting down about seven to eight herb, he found something that grabbed his attention. ”With this I can refine [Soothing Drop] and I can complete the mission.”
Kadyn's face shone in excitement, and he continued to check the bag. ”Heh? One more Valofron.” Kadyn squealed but continued to check the goodies. He found seven Valofron before another Ground Ivy appeared.
When he thought Valofron was the most valuable thing in the bag, he found something else. He felt it with his hand and could tell that it was round, hard, and the surface was uneven. When he pulled it out of the bag, he saw it was red ore.
”What is this ore?” he frowned, looking at the crimson stone. Though he tried to search this thing in his memory, he found no recollection of such ore.
”Never mind. I will examine it later.”
After that, he once more turned his attention to the apparatus on the table.
”Let's start.” He muttered with a tinge of excitement. Then he pulled out the herbs one by one, placing 'em on the table and washed them with water, cleaning every dirt from their leaves and roots. It was very important to clean the herbs as the dirt had gathered over the leaves and soil stuck in roots.
He took out the Sweet Grass and made a mush with the help of Mortar and Pestle. He stored it into the Crucible. After that he made a mush of many herbs—including Valofron—and collected them inside the different Crucibles, as there were ten pieces of each apparatus.
Afterwards, he pulled the Beaker and Tripod. Kadyn transferred the mush into the beaker and mixed the water with the help of the Dropper. Water can't be excessive, as it would become a solution later. If it was low, it would also end up as a failed product.
After putting the water into the beaker, Kadyn placed it over the Tripod. Not long after the water and the mush which has mixed with each other completely started to produce bubbles.
”Two minutes and it should turn into an emerald colour.” Kadyn ogled at the boiling solution on the tripod and muttered. After two minutes, the solution really turned into an emerald colour. Kadyn did not wait and retrieved the beaker off the burner. Afterwards, with the help of the funnel, he filtered the solution and stored it in the flask. Most importantly, he needed no filter paper to do this, as the funnel was capable of filtering without filter paper.
After that he repeated this process for every herb for an hour and stored their solution in the flask. ”Now's the most important part.” He muttered and wiped the sweat off his forehead.