Limits Chapter 153

I woke up the next morning and set my plan into motion . I had to create the solution as well as some medicine and poison . I also needed to catch an animal for me to test those things . I came up with a clever idea to try and make all that medicine and poison . 'I can't just mush those herbs together and hope for the best, that will be wasteful of my limited amount of herbs . I need a stone that can hold some liquid and that is not too thick' I thought . I planed to place that stone on top of the fire, it would act as my pot .

I looked for a while and found couple of contenders but none were truly what I looked for . I set them aside just in case and another idea came to my mind . 'Stream! I may be able to find such stones in there!' I thought and went straight to the stream that was not far away . I searched for a while and indeed, there was such a stone at the bottom of the stream . I slowly made my way down and retrieved the stone . 'Good, this will be useful!' I thought and returned to my camp .

The stone weighted maybe 5-6 kilograms but most importantly, it had the shape I was looking for . It could hold some water because it resembled a bowl . It wasn't exactly bowl shaped but it had some space to contain water and that was what I was after . I started the fire again and placed the stone inside . I needed to make it very hot, which would take a while .

I then remembered about the lid . 'Right, If I place some sort of lid on top of the stone, I will have even more chances of succeeding!' I thought . The lid would have to be made from stone as well . If I tried to make one from wood, it could catch fire and burn . I didn't want that . I returned to the stream in search of flat bottom stone . The search was short as those stones were quite common . I found one that was a bit bigger in diameter compared to the previous stone but it had flat bottom as I wanted .

When I returned, I tried placing the "lid" stone on top of the "bowl" stone . The stones were not matching at all, there were some holes through which the air could get in . I came up with an idea to seal it using some clay . I went back to the stream again and retrieved some clay . The clay would solidify when heated and create quite a good seal .

'This should be fine now . I have the tools, I just have to make the stuff but first, I need to catch something' I thought . I decided to catch a rabbit, they were quite lively and besides they were very small . Handling them would not be a problem . I wasn't a monster either, I would numb the rabbit a bit then do those experiments . 'It may still seem cruel but at that point, I don't give a shit about cruelty that much . I will make it less painful for the rabbit but I will still do it' I thought .

With that in mind, I went out to search for rabbits . After 30 minutes, I caught one . It had no chances against my speed, catching a live rabbit was not a problem . It was more annoying to find them than actually catch them . I returned to my camp with the rabbit, then fainted it . It wasn't that difficult to do either .

I first started preparing the poison . I didn't have to take any special precautions when making the poison, the only thing I would have to watch out for, was not to directly inhale the fumes, drink it or let it make contact with my blood . I poured a small amount of water into the "bowl" stone that was now heated very well . The water started evaporating pretty fast so I continued adding water until the water no longer boiled .

I threw in the herbs and closed it using the "lid" stone . I then applied some clay around it, in order to seal the container . I had to wait for it to cook now . The process lasted for about 15 minutes . After waiting and letting it cook, I opened the lid stone and had a look . The dregs were still there but the recipe said to leave them until 15 minutes is up . I fished out the dregs using one of the wooden tools and again closed the lid and sealed it again . 'This has to cook for about 10 minutes, I should make the flame a bit smaller, it has to cook more slowly than it did before' I thought and took out some logs from the campfire .

After 10 minutes, I unsealed the lid and took it off . The fumes started rising which was a good sign . I needed to test the poison for its effectiveness . I made a small cut on my finger and applied a drop of the poison on top of it . My finger felt a bit numb but nothing major and it wasn't hindering my movements that much . 'It's only one drop and I'm much more powerful than a rabbit . For the animal, 2 or 3 drops should be enough' I thought and retrieved a wooden container .

The nerve poison was now stored inside the container and awaited the procedure . I then made the medicine which will help heal the wounds . I assumed it would work even better on a rabbit, even though it was made in such conditions . I had herbs for making medicine from before, I also picked some more while searching for the Trantum Solution herbs .

With medicine done, what awaited me was the last step . 'Now the hardest part . I have to make the Trantum Solution . The process is not that easy . it needs specific temperature and ingredients added in specific order . I can measure all that but controlling the fire, will be much more difficult . I hope that the 1st bach at least works, I can then figure out how to improve something' I thought and prepared everything for the solution making process .

I poured in the amount of water needed and then waited for it to become hot enough . With the water starting to boil, I threw in the Sponge Mushroom and Lantry Seed . The Lantry Seed had complementary effects when mixed with Sponge Mushroom . It helped bind things together while Sponge Mushroom was like a parasite that extracted more energy out of its host . Those two things combined allowed for more effective medical properties to be extracted . This was of course the replacement herb and the real one that should be used, was called Grearing Weed . The weed also acted as a parasite but had much stronger effect .

I closed the lid and sealed it . First step was to extract as many binding properties from the Lantry Seed as possible . I left it there cooking for 10 minutes . When I opened the lid, I could already see the effects it has taken . 'The water has changed to a substance resembling glue . This is good, it is supposed to be that way' I thought and removed all the dregs .

The next step was to throw in the Winter Needle Weed, Snowy Grass and Ground Flower . The 1st two herbs had similar properties and were the replacement herbs that I found . The purpose of them was to add a soothing effect to the gluey substance while the Ground Flower was there in order to keep the cold properties away from the mixture . Both Winter Needle Weed and Snowy Grass had cold properties due to the season and Ground Flower was there to make sure those properties are kept in check .

I sealed the stone bowl again and waited for the medical properties to combine with the gluey mixture . After 6 minutes, I opened the lid again and fished out the dregs . The mixture was no longer gluey and seemed to be alright . The colour was a bit worrying, it was becoming a bit whiteish . 'This must be due to the winter herbs used as replacement . Looks alright but we will see' I thought and continued the process .

The next step was to throw in the Spiral Pinecone and Woody Flax . The Woody Flax had the properties to bind things really well, while the Spiral Pinecone added flexibility to the mix . It was a replacement herb but it wasn't that less effective compared to the original . The mixture had to slowly cook for about 20 minutes . I took away some of the logs and made the fire smaller after sealing the lid .

When 20 minutes mark passed, I opened the lid again and to my surprise, it still looked fine . 'The colour became a bit more icy blue but the smell and the consistency is great . Now it is time for the last step' I thought and took out the Glacial Lotus . 'This is the last ingredient, if this goes well, I should have enough stuff to do my experiment' I thought and threw in the Glacial Lotus into the stone bowl .

After sealing it, I applied as much heat as possible to the stone bowl . The last ingredient had to be burned, especially since it possessed cold properties . After burning the stone bowl for 10 minutes, I finally unsealed it and took a look at what was left inside the bowl .

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