I, The Dragon Overlord Chapter 79 - Successfully Creating Magic Potions. The Beastmen’s Arrival

“Master, master! Good news! Good news!”

Marches stumbled into the hall in an excited mess. He quickly straightened his disordered robes before continuing towards Louie.

Louie eyed the panting mage curiously, “Why the excitement, Marches?”

Mages were traditionally quite level-headed. And even when Louie had caught him filling his pockets with valuables, the old sorcerer had managed to come up with a suitable response on the spot, preserving his own life.

Marches hurriedly walked up to his lord while keeping his gaze towards the ground. He began “Master, I have finished refining the ‘Louie’s Essence’ and have obtained the magic origin element inside.”

Saying so, he pulled out a small crystal vial.

At this, Louie was shown another instance of the heavy expenses associated with magecraft. For just a simple magic potion they would need to use expensive crystal bottles. He thought about it briefly, but could not come up with any reason why the container needed to be crystal. Was it its transparency? Or perhaps it was its ability to contain volatile substances? If it was the former then he might have another leg up over the inhabitants of San Soliel.

The inhabitants of San Soliel had invented glass long ago. However, the finished product was often very cloudy and couldn’t match the clarity of modern glassware. Its use was often restricted to crafting stained glass windows.

Louie looked at the crystal bottle in Marches’ hands. It was small, about as large as a small perfume bottle. Within it lay a dark green colored liquid reminiscent of wasabi.

If it was actually wasabi flavored, it would be very difficult to drink.

“Is this the magic origin element?” Louie asked in a deep voice.

“Yes, master! This is the magic origin element that I extracted from the plant you provided. Save those with innate racial magic abilities and freak geniuses, most people need to drink this potion to be able to use magic. Until one reaches the fourth rank and fully adapts to magic, they will need to drink this on occasion.”

Marches was ecstatic,

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