Chapter 33: New Potions, Part 2

Chapter 33: New Potions, Part 2

Then he waitedand nothing happened.

Well, actually, almost nothing happened. The Mana Potion didn't restore his personal Mana, it just increased the recovery rate by about ten times.

At first, he needed about half a day to recover, but now, he would only need one hour to recover completely. When he came to this conclusion, Gerald laughed, "Hehe This is soouseless!"

What followed was about a hundred different curses for every family member and ancestor of the Potion.

After the anger came sadness. Gerald almost felt like crying and complained, "How is this shit going to help me? What monster will give me an hour of free time to recharge my Mana? This is so stupid!"

When he finally calmed down, he placed his hopes on the second, stronger Potion called Greater Mana Potion. This one also required Mana Root, but also Morning Dew and Stoneroot. The first part of the process was the same as for the normal Mana potion, just the rest of it was somewhat complicated.

Actually, you could take the already-made Mana Potion and just add other ingredients to increase its potency. This time Gerald failed a few times before he finally succeeded. After testing the Greater Mana Potion, he discovered that it increased the recovery rate by fifty times. Now he would get full Mana in just about fifteen minutes.

Of course, that was much better, but still not good enough. Besides that, because the potion became more potent it also lasted much less time. In fact, it lasted only around ten minutes. Just enough to give him 5 LIS worth of Mana. Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

"Damn still not good enough. I need to get at least 1 LIS every minute, otherwise, I can't make use of this" Gerald still wasn't happy with the results. The problem was that he had quite a low capacity for Mana and his recovery rate was also extremely slow.

Of course, compared to other humans it was quite good. Since the Mana capacity in humans would usually go from 1-10 LIS, he was on the higher end of the spectrum. Also, most other people needed a full day to recover, while he only needed ten to twelve hours.

'It appears I really need to find God's Blood and make some Mana Elixirs,' is what he thought before putting Mana Potions aside. There was another herb that he collected, called Wolfweed. It was a great supplement for stamina. If eaten raw it would remove some of the fatigue from the body.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" he was hammering on the wall with his fist. "I should have known! Of course, nobody would know this potion after ten thousand years! I even got an offer of thirty silver! Fuck!"

He sat down in anger and frustration. All that hard work and excitement was for nothing. It was so irritating when you had an amazing product, but nobody to sell it to because people were all too ignorant.

Even after he explained the effects of the Potion, the most anyone was willing to pay for it was thirty silver coins. This was such an insult to him.

A potion that could save your life being worth measly thirty silver? That was an absolute insult to the master who made it. Even the Bottled Thunder, the potion that just exploded when mixed with another substance, was worth one gold each.

"Hmm, I will have to try another approach. Maybe I should spread gossip about this potion first?" Gerald murmured to himself. Obviously, he would first have to get people interested in his products before he could sell them for a high price.

Either way, Gerald needed to increase his combat ability, before making any drastic changes. It was absolutely predictable that some people might want to get the recipe from him. They might want to kidnap him, torture or just simply blackmail him.

He had no backer in this world. Nobody strong who would support him, nobody to rely on.

That's why he decided to first observe other warriors fight and try to imitate them. He also needed to get more experience in fights against monsters.

Sitting on his bed, he looked across the room and his sight landed on the crossbow. It was a simple weapon that he looted from a bandit. Although he took it everywhere, he didn't actually use it. It was not that it was a bad weapon, it was just that it was too different from modern crossbows Gerald used to train with.

That gave him an idea. If he couldn't increase his Mana and use more spells, he could just shoot his enemies with arrows until they come close and then finish them off with magic.

Gerald stretched his body and yawned, "Alright, I will have plenty to do in the coming days I need to get some well-deserved rest."

Not long after Gerald had already fallen asleep. Once in a while, he even chuckled, as he was dreaming up more amazing and insane plans for the future.