19 Poison (2/2)

”Oh? Now we could have some fun with those.”

”I am going to teach you how to make demon's blood.”

”Demon's blood?”

”Yes, it is a nasty little poison. It temporarily paralyzes your enemy and also causes a festering wound that eats itself. One little nick is all it takes. It may not kill the enemy, but it will take them out of the fight with paralysis and debilitating pain. Plus, it's also a pain in the ass to heal.”

”First, we get a small pot with some water and boil it. Next, we tear up the black and white lotus. Then we grind it into a paste while adding in yellow cap mushroom in intervals.”

Old Man is really grinding the plants into a fine mush.

”Once everything is ground with no lumps, we then add it to our boiling water. This part is important because we don't want it to burn. We must continuously stir the mixture until all the water is gone and we are left with a boiling sludge.”

After several minutes of stirring, we are left with a boiling black sludge.

”Now while it is still hot, we will pour it into this bottle. This bottle has a special lid that allows you to dip your arrows into the poison while still keeping it fresh. This bottle is good for about 30 days, at which point you will need to toss it and make a new batch.”

He hands me the small bottle.

Demon's Blood [Poison]: Causes instant paralysis for 1 minute. Deals 5 necrotic damage per minute until healed.

Curious about some of the effects, I ask Old Man a question. ”So how bad is necrotic damage?”

”Necrotic damage can only be cured with either a purification potion or a divine type healing spell. Most healing spells are nature type.”

Now I know just how terrible this poison is, and all it takes is a single scratch. Old Man's voice brings me out of thoughts of poison.

”Once you get a grasp on potions, I will teach you how to refine pills.

I spend the rest of the day, making potions and listening to Old Man's lectures and demonstrations. Once it starts to get close to 7 o'clock, I head back towards the inn.

Walking in, I see Lenora and Emiko already sitting down with a few drinks.

”Hey, how was your day?”

”It wasn't too bad. I learned some great techniques, and I managed to get my starter gear too.”

Lenora said in between sips of her beer. She looked kind of cute with her foam mustache.

”Today was fun. I did some quests and eventually made my way to the hunter school and trained.”

I sat down and motioned to the barmaid for a drink. I then pulled out my vial of poison and showed it to the girls.

”I made this today.”

They both looked at it, and I could see a flurry of emotions on their faces.

”That looks hella nasty. I mean, just the word necrotic sounds bad enough.” Lenora responded while holding the vial.

”You don't even know. So necrotic damage…”

Before I could finish my sentence, a notification popped up in front of me.

Notice:

The game servers will be shutting down for scheduled maintenance in 15 minutes. Please log out in a safe location.

”I guess we should go to our room then and logout.” I spoke to everyone

The girls agreed, and we paid for our drinks and went upstairs to our room. We were really comfortable with each other at this point and just stripped down to our skin. They wanted to make a Gwyn sandwich, so they had me sleep in the middle.

”Goodnight, I'll see you guys when I log back in.” I gave each of them a kiss and proceeded to log out.