Lucian looked down at the jar of red-black liquid with a satisfied smile, it was exactly as the recipe described.
Lucian rubbed the sweat from his forehead as he took a step back, he was exhausted after coming so far, the concentration required and the heat of the flames were pushing him to his limits, he never imagined that alchemy could be so tiring.
'Well we're right in the end,' he told himself as he grabbed the dropper, taking a vial worth of the liquid to a neatly arranged row of pills, then he patiently dripped the liquid onto the pill balls allowing them to absorb as much as they could hold.
After completing the row, he grabbed one and rolled it into the cauldron, but it quickly turned into a failure, the addition of the liquid meant that he had to readjust the flame to get the right temperature.
