Even though Carl had not made anything yet, preparing the herbs and drawing the essence from certain plants helped Dorothy draw a few conclusions about what Carl was planning to concoct. She got a little excited and whispered, “Are you going to make a poison blend?”Carl did not say anything in response. Dorothy was equally well-versed in these things, so there was no way he could hide it from her.“Aren’t you being a little too bold?” whispered Dorothy. “If you end up poisoning him to death, how are we going to get away?”Carl nearly rolled his eyes and snapped, “Who said anything about poisoning him?”“Aren’t you doing that?” Dorothy looked at him as though she knew exactly what he was thinking about. “This poison blend you’re going to make isn’t really pure enough and isn’t a very aggressive one. In fact, it seems pretty gentle, and that makes it great for fooling o

The wizard tower that did not look very large from outside turned out to be humongous on the inside.Carl looked around and managed to keep a straight face since he had seen this sort of magic within Bryant’s castle too.His gaze froze when he saw a gigantic steel cage next to him. A frightening monster was chained to the cage with thick steel chains.The monster was huge and stood on two legs. It had a round and protruding belly, threatening, long horns, bloodthirsty eyes, fangs that hung out of its mouth, and thick arms that ended with three huge claws. It was a terrifying sight to behold.Before Carl could take a closer look, the huge monster suddenly opened its mouth and began to roar furiously. The frightening roar it made threatened to burst eardrums and struck terror in everyone’s hearts.What kind of monster is this? Carl could not help but take two steps back. He was about to look at the monster before him more carefully when he heard Do

The transformation in the Winged Demonic Wolf shocked and unsettled everyone. Many got ready to defend themselves in case the wolf suddenly lost control and began attacking them.Dorothy was also wary as she stood behind Carl and said with a glint in her eye, “Carl, don’t worry. That Baron Bradley was probably trying to get his magical beast to absorb the blood, but it looks like his attempt wasn’t successful. The wolf looks more like it’s trying to protect itself from the blood.”The cyclone of knives gathered around the wolf and gave off a powerful energy.Just then, the wolf suddenly opened its mouth and spat the one drop of purplish-black blood it had swallowed earlier right out.Bradley immediately got out a bottle to store the blood.The cyclone disappeared after that and the wolf was drained of all its energy. It lay limply at Bradley’s feet and whined unhappily.Bradley consoled it for a moment, then began ins

Carl observed the reaction for a while and felt that Phineas’s line of logic was actually the right one. Phineas had made an extremely powerful poison, which threatened to break the structure of the blood down. That was why the evil energy inside the blood was fighting back so hard.However, the harder the blood fought, the more it proved that the Phineas’s poison was actually effective. Before long, the blood had been broken down and disappeared, leaving nothing but the poison behind in the bowl.Lawrence’s face lit up and he smiled brightly as he said, “Master Phineas, you’re a true expert! You are definitely going to…” He caught sight of Bradley and cleared his throat halfway through his sentence before changing his choice of words, “It’s quite probable that you’ll become the champion!”The two foreigner apothecaries who had been the winners of the first batch looked disappointed. Phineas’s po

The fact that King Harold had personally invited Carl to become one of his loyal subjects was surprising, since the king normally left such matters to his subordinates. Yet, it seemed only natural for the king to do so. That giant beast from the Abyss was valuable beyond measure and as the person with the formula that could turn this monster into treasure, Carl was most certainly worthy to be called upon by the king himself.Besides, the king had already said before this that the one who won the apothecary competition would not only receive a large amount of cash, but would also be conferred a title. Harold was just going through with what he had promised.Everyone could already imagine what would happen next. Carl would pledge his allegiance to the king, be accorded the title of baronet and end this competition beautifully with an elaborate celebration banquet within the palace.Of course, there were some who exchanged shifty glances. They, too, needed the drug that