Chapter 32: Ch 32: The Strength Potion- Part 1
Fenrir adjusted the flame beneath the smelting dish and gently stirred the mixture inside.
Each ingredient had been carefully measured, ground, and purified beforehand, and he had memorized every step of the process by heart.
The Strength Enhancing Potion was one of the simpler recipes in theory, but execution was another matter.
Too much of one herb, or a second too long at the wrong temperature, and the whole mixture could destabilize.
He worked with the precision of a surgeon, the silence of the lab broken only by the occasional hiss of bubbling liquid.
After carefully monitoring the potion for a final few seconds, Fenrir removed it from the flame and let it settle in the cooling basin.
A few more minutes passed in tense anticipation before the system finally chimed.
[D-Ranked Strength Enhancing Potion successfully brewed.]
Fenrir frowned.
"D-ranked?"
He muttered, lifting the vial up to the light.