Chapter 73: Ice Troll Lord (1)
Junias, the most renowned Potion Brewer not just in their respective country but throughout the entire continent, authored a book titled "Encyclopedia of Potion Brewing" to pass on the knowledge to future generations. The book contained a wide array of recipes such as healing potions, support potions, and offensive potions. There were even potions that enhanced the effects of crafting materials, used in equipment production, and those that reinforced building structures during construction.
Swish! Splat!
Kim Ki-Rok tossed a potion straight into a troll's mouth with pinpoint accuracy. After popping open a fresh potion bottle, he jumped down from Ji Cheol-Hyun's Transparent Shield. After neutralizing the rearmost troll, he looped around to flank the second one. Depending on the situation, he rotated through various artifacts, though some remained passively equipped.
"Shield!"
Infusing his ring with mana, Kim Ki-Rok summoned a blue shield midair and used it as a springboard to leap onto the troll's shoulder.
The troll twisted its neck to see what had landed on it. Finding a human perched on its shoulder, it swung a massive hand to squash him and opened its mouth, intending to chomp down on the little human.
Kim Ki-Rok dodged with a sideways jump, throwing a potion into the gaping maw. With that, the second troll began to fall drowsily. The problem, however, was where it was falling.
Despite keeping some distance, trolls were still classified as giant humanoid monsters. If it toppled backward, it might smother the one already asleep on the ground and inadvertently wake it up.
Once Ji Cheol-Hyun realized this, he stopped trying to lift the third troll into the air and instead created a Transparent Shield behind the second one before it had fallen flat.
Thud!
Luckily, both trolls were subdued without incident.
—We're dividing the unit into two teams. One will seal off the lead troll's movement. The other will eliminate the sleeping trolls.