Chapter 27 - A Valuable Find (1/2)

After Evan's words, Zak looked at him seriously and said quietly:” Bring your thing. I'll wait for you at my place.”

Evan nodded, took one last sip of red wine and went for the bag with the dark green root. Evan knew it was at a valuable plant. He was sure he needed to show it to Zak for evaluation.

In his opinion, Zak must have known something for sure. Evan was naturally most interested in the effect of the root and its value.

The young man quickly ran to his room, picked up the root and headed for Zak. The root was in a small pouch, so none of the servants saw it.

Click.

Evan opened the front door and entered Zak's private quarters. To his surprise, there was pretty simple there. A table, a chair, a closet, a couple of paintings, and that was it. The only luxurious thing was the huge, solid bed. He walked over and sat down in the chair across from Zak, placing a sack of roots on the table.

”What`s there?” Zak didn't know what Evan wanted to show him.

”Look at this. I got it as a reward from a merchant for rescuing him from bandits. I'd like to know how valuable this thing is.” Evan spoke slowly and clearly, while pulling a green root from the pouch.

Zak took the plant and inspected it carefully. From his gaze, Evan realized that the commander definitely knew something about the root and wasn't the first time he'd seen it.

”Not a bad haul, boy, not bad at all. It's one hundred percent the ”Fragrant Swamp Root”. Zak said confidently, putting the root back where it belonged.

”And what good is it?” That was all that mattered to Evan.

Zak grinned and said slowly: ”Well, there are two options here. The first is to turn it into an ointment, which is excellent for burns and poison. And the second is to make a pill that speeds up your mana accumulation rate by 10% for a week, and well, you can also make tea from it, ahaha.”

Evan didn't answer anything, he was thinking about the best way to use the root.

<If I make a pill out of it, I can train more. Except the ointment might come in handy in an emergency.> Evan knew that Zak had many different herbs, too. But he needed to have his own resources, which would always be at him.

After a while, Evan made a decision, ”Let's make a pill of it. And one more thing, I'm not going to sell it, of course, but how valuable is it?”

Evan wondered about the origin of this mysterious root that the trader had hidden so carefully.

”It is not a particularly rare plant. However, it is very difficult to obtain. The thing is that it grows in the marshes, more exactly, at the bottom. Moreover, it has a weak poisonous effect. The poison of the root itself is not able to harm a man. But water, which has been infused with poison for years can be deadly.

Zak let out a small sigh and continued: ”Fragrant Swamp Roots” are quite plentiful. The problem is that they take a very long time to grow. It takes as long as fifteen years to be considered mature and have all the right qualities.”

”Hmm, it turns out I was rewarded handsomely. I hope this root is ripe?” Because of Zak's story, Evan began to worry that the root might be completely useless.

”Yeah. I'm no expert, of course, but I think this root is at least twenty years old, it`s just you need.”

”When will the pill be ready?” Evan didn't know how long it would take to prepare the cure. But he needed that information to make a training plan.

”Don't worry, I think it'll be ready in a week.”

These words shocked Evan, causing him to frown slightly, ”Does one pill take that long to prepare?” He thought it was rather strange.

In response, Zak only laughed out loud, ”AHAHAH, no, of course, not. The process itself will only take a couple of hours. The problem is that you need an alchemist to do it. I have an acquaintance, but he lives very far away. So three days there and three days back, plus the process, that's your week.”

Evan nodded and immersed himself in his thoughts. The existence of alchemists gave him many perspectives.<So, in addition to magic, this world also has a lot of medicine and alchemy. My new life is getting more interesting every day>

Evan has always had a taste for the unknown. In his past life, even though he was the strongest dark magician, for example, he could easily spend a lot of time researching an unknown insect. All because of a big interest and excitement.

”I'll leave the root to you and go practice.” Evan was about to leave when suddenly Zak stopped him.