Chapter 655: Prelude to Chaos: Catching Up P2 (1/2)

Chapter 656: Prelude to Chaos: The Missing Ingredient

A well-lit potion lab somewhere in the Lionheart duchy

Various arrays had a range of cauldrons froht at their array eyes There were test tubes, scrolls, and various ingredients scattered across many tables and platforms placed at multiple corners of the lab

Sounds of potions bubbling Smells of various kinds couldwas aromatic or not

Suddenly, a caldron exploded The concoction it held within itself was going to spill everywhere Just then, the array beneath the cauldron lit up and created an energy shi+eld around the cauldron, preventing the potion fro happened with the second cauldron Then the third Then the fourth

This was a regular day in this potion lab It was run by a halfling after all A halfling potioneer as trying to co potions and hu

"fuck balls I was this close this time"

Someone mumbled after they saw the state of their failed experi not too far away from the cauldron and array setup The raised platforround helped the observer look after even the distantly placed cauldron with ease

The platform also served as the control center for the arrays The control center could be used to spatially transfer the ingredients into any of the cauldrons present in the lab

The observer had spentthis array-driven setup They had worked tirelessly in this endeavor even at the cost of being underanization for all the effort they took

One could iine the level of frustration theys the s setup of 50 cauldrons

"Marie, you shouldn't overwork yourself, you know"

After a long wait, so door behind the control roo fresh air in The halfling paused what they were doing and chuckled a bit before turning back

"Ma Cherie, I'lad you finally decided to conoth saw Marie look at her with her esture and smiled She quickly closed the distance between them and embraced her

"I missed you too The city of Silverain This tianization So it took me some time"

Ari explained the reason behind her delay while being e and kissed her lover on the lips And released her fro a peck on her cheeks

But then the duo got serious

"Do… do they know?"