Under the gravity array's influence, the wine bottle hovered in midair. Besides the name "Hearthstone Tavern" on its body, it bore a cross-shaped emblem formed from two elongated diamonds, which presumably held some special meaning.
Elizabeth felt that the only way to learn the answer was to ask the owner of Hearthstone Tavern.
Glancing at the experimental platform, which had been left somewhat messy by the explosion, she casually sat down in a nearby chair. With a light wave of her hand, several screens of light appeared out of thin air.
She began recording the data from the experiment just now.
Analysis of the specific ingredients in the "Forget Worry Fruit Wine" sold by Hearthstone Tavern, experiment record no. ***(invisible text) Experiment: Using magical guidance, attempt to import the magical imprint contained within the fruit wine into the Arcane Spirit... Result: Failure
Above the screen were records of countless previous experiments, every crimson failure result particularly conspicuous.
Elizabeth casually dismissed the screen and analyzed the automatically recorded data. After a long while, her gaze fell upon that bottle of fruit wine once more.
After these days of experimentation, more than half of the wine inside had already been used up.
Elizabeth extended a palm made of stark white bones and took the bottle from the air.
A thought suddenly came to her, one she had never had before.
As a lich, she had transformed from a living being into an undead. While gaining tremendous power, she had also lost many things. She no longer needed to eat, could no longer sense changes in temperature, and even her sense of touch had gradually vanished along with the decay of her flesh...
Come to think of it, watching her own body slowly rot away until nothing remained but a skeleton