Herman held a vial of azure potion.
On the Rune Crystal Disc, silver characters were still flowing. He had read the numbers three times.
"The test results are correct." He looked up, his brow furrowed with wrinkles.
"Eighty-six percent increase in condensation efficiency... and it's holding steady."
The old man's voice was very low.
He looked at Ian, who was standing on the other side of the laboratory bench, as if sizing up a monster that had just burst from a stone.
'How has it only been this long, and he can already achieve stable refining?'
Alevia stood beside Herman.
Her finger traced the edge of the crystal disc. She didn't speak, simply staring at the potion for a long time.
"You... how did you do it?" Alevia's voice was half a beat slower than usual.
"The Rule echo from the Wailing Banshee Tear Crystals... could actually be purified and guided in this direction?"
She had worked with that material before.
