"Let's wrap up the chit chat, give me the materials, I will make your potion."
"You can sit in the corner or you can come back after ten minutes," Lana said and reached out her hand.
"I'll wait here," Nova handed over the bag and sat in the corner.
He still didn't believe everything they said. Although they may have changed their original idea after learning about the situation, after their initial plan, Nova completely erased any form of trust in them.
'How about I escape after getting the potion?'
Nova felt this plan was plausible.
Everyone in the camp wasn't in their proper state, escaping seemed very easy and Nova felt he needed to execute it immediately before they could recover.
'But what about the consequences? Can I survive inside the kingdom while hiding from them? Will they leave me alone?'
More and more negative thoughts appeared in Nova's mind, and he stopped thinking about it altogether.
'I'll just go with the flow, and do my best to kill the King. If not,...'
As Nova was thinking, Lana took a small cauldron and placed the auxiliary materials inside it.
Taking the core in her left hand, Lana closed her eyes and placed her right hand below the core.
A few minutes later, a magical blue aura appeared on her hand, connecting her hand and the core.
The blue aura began to disintegrate the core little by little, and a small amount of white essence began to gather on her right hand.
In a matter of moments, the entire core disappeared and a milky pure white essence appeared on her hand.
Lana immediately opened the lid and placed the milky white essence inside the cauldron with the auxiliary material.
Taking the auxiliary materials, she repeated the same process. From the auxiliary material, different colors of essence appeared on her hand based on the type of material.
Soon, a total of seven essences were placed inside the cauldron, including the core's essence.
Nova watched the entire process with mouth agape. 'Wow! Sorcery is really cool, I want to learn it.'
Then fire appeared on Lana's hand. She placed the fire under the cauldron and looked intensely.
The cauldron began to heat up, a small red hue began to form under the cauldron. As soon as it appeared, Lana lowered the temperature and maintained it properly.
In ten minutes, Lana opened the lid and a mystical fragrance surrounded the entire tent.
'It smells really good, maybe a little addictive.'
Due to the heat, the essence was in liquid form, so Lana collected them in a test tube, similar to a potion bottle, but with a more luxurious one.
"Drink this potion within an hour, you'll lose a lot of benefits if you delay longer." She handed him the tube.
Nova took the tube carefully with excitement. 'I got a potion the very first time, maybe becoming an explorer wasn't bad at all.'
"Thank you for your help Miss Lana, I will come and see you tomorrow."
With that, Nova hurriedly moved towards the Shark Team camp. He wanted to set up his tent there and drink the potion without any disturbance.
After a short walk, Nova arrived at the Shark Team's camp, where Rock greeted him with a cheerful smile. "Nova, is it successful?"
"Yes, I'm going to drink the potion now," Nova replied with a smile.
"Can you help me with setting up my tent, it's going to be night soon."
"No problem, it's a small matter. Guys come on, let's teach Nova how to set up a veteran camp."
"Nova, take a step back and learn from our work. We have a lot of experience making a perfect tent for any climate."
Nova nodded and watched their work carefully. Although he knows how to build a tent, Nova was interested in learning from the Shark Team's experience and comparing their techniques.
'It's going to be nighttime soon.'
There is no sun or moon inside the labyrinth, so finding a proper time is hard.
The daytime lasts exactly twelve hours and the same goes for nighttime.
The change happens abruptly, so explorers need to prepare a lot before nighttime comes. Without any vision, surviving inside, even on the first floor, is dangerous.
Soon, the Shark Team set up the tent. Nova thanked them and went inside. He can't wait anymore, he already started dreaming about his abilities.