Chapter 485 - Back to the beginning
While Liam fired up the cauldron and started doing more experimentation, the guy on the grass next to him finally stopped leaking stuff.
It was now the second part of the cleansing where the deeper impurities came out so even with his eyes closed, he was wincing in pain.
"This is only the beginning." Liam gave the poor guy an understanding look as he weighed the side effects of the rest of the elixirs in his mind.
A few more minutes passed in silence and the two women standing outside also once again returned back to the garden.
No matter how unbearable it was they still wanted to be there for their brother.
"Don't worry. It's almost over." Liam saw that Rey stopped wincing. He now looked like he was peacefully asleep.
"Time for the next one."
Liam grabbed the [Lesser Mind Cleansing Elixir] bottle and emptied its contents into Rey's mouth.
He was just about to tell the two women that he did not know what the side effects of this elixir would be when unexpectedly Rey flashed his eyes open.
They were pitch black in color and he immediately started attacking the three of them.
Thankfully, his level was a lot lesser than any of them so it was like a small puppy barking at them. He wasn't able to do any real damage.
"Is this the effect of this elixir?" Alex straight up held back the guy and asked Liam
"Yes. It should be. He is probably in some kind of nightmare." Liam speculated.
When he had consumed the elixir nothing like this had happened so this elixir recipe in his hand was definitely superior to that one.
There would probably be a lot more benefits than simply stat gain.
However, this was also his modified version so it had to be weaker than the real deal. "Just give it time. Everything should stop in a few minutes."
Alex nodded. Both she and Mia tried to call out to Rey to break the nightmare and wake him up to reality but that seemed impossible.
No matter what they did, Rey continued struggling and swinging his limbs wildly like a zombie.
Even Liam did not expect it but this continued on for about half an hour when finally the guy woke up screaming and came to his senses.
He was fully drenched in sweat and he looked like he had just gone through war. "Huh? Huh? Where am I? What happened to the spiders? Alex! Alex! There are spiders!"
"Hey. Hey. Relax. You are fine now. It was just a dream." Alex hurriedly hugged him. "You are okay. You are alright. Take a deep breath."
"What? Are you serious? It was just a dream? How is that possible?" Rey dumbfoundedly stared. But he then quickly stood up.
"Wait, so is this also a dream? Am I in a dream within a dream? Is this that fucking movie Inception? Get away from me, you demon!"
"You don't look like my sister. You are ugly. Shoo! Get away!"
Alex's face twitched as she leaned back, calmly lifted her hand, and landed a tight slap on the guy's face. "See. It's real?"
"Dude! I am already sick! Did you really have to hit me! You heartless monster!" Rey pitifully rubbed his cheeks and whined.
Interrupting this heart-warming brother and sister moment, Liam calmly pointed out the obvious. "I don't think you are that sick anymore."
Huh? Alex and Mia as well only realized it now.
"Rey! See you are not fainting anymore!" Alex shouted in excitement.
"Can you get up and try to stand. Tell me how you are feeling." Mia helped him stand up.
The three of them worriedly stayed silent for a couple of minutes and Rey was still fine. It was no longer just a conjecture. He was actually fine.
Alex became emotional and stepped forward to hug her brother. He was finally himself after a long time but before she could come closer to him, he pushed her away and fell on Liam.
"Bro! Bro! You are awesome! Thanks for saving me!"
"This ungrateful little shit." Alex dragged him back. "There are still two more elixirs left and I hope it hurts."
"What? No…" Rey shook his head as he looked at the two vials on the ground.
"Bro, you made these potions? I really got better drinking them?"
"Yes. Mia and Alex will explain everything to you later." Liam patted him. "You should first finish all the elixirs. These next two might be even more painful. Try to bear with it."
Rey gulped and nodded. He was also tired of being weak and sick all the time so he was ready to get this over with.
But like Liam had warned him, the two next ones were even more painful. At least in the case of the body and mind, he could sense where the pain was and it was manageable.
However, with the soul cleansing elixir and spirit cleansing elixir, Rey couldn't even pinpoint where the pain was. It was completely unbearable.
Only because both Mia and Alex were constantly by his side and giving him words of encouragement, he was able to get through the whole process.
The entire thing took about two hours and all throughout Rey was continuously screaming at the top of his lungs in pain.
In the end, when everything was over he fainted from the sheer exhaustion of the procedure.
"Let him sleep a little." Liam placed the stone tablet back into his inventory and prepared to leave. He had a lot of things that he needed to get done as soon as possible.
Especially after observing the effect of the various elixirs on Rey he was more than determined to make the original, the unmodified version.
Just for these modified versions, the benefits were extraordinary, just how potent would the original elixir be?
Engrossed in his thoughts, he stepped out of the room and started walking out. After he reached a few steps, Alex came running behind him.
"Did something happen?" Liam asked. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ ꜰʀᴇᴇ ᴡᴇʙ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ. ᴄᴏᴍ ᴏɴʟʏ.
"No. No. I just wanted to say… I mean thanks a lot." Alex fidgeted with her fingers and mumbled.