Immersed in the murky liquid, Fiona was nearing her limit.
The person coming to relieve her patted her on the shoulder, signaling that it was time for her to come up.
Fiona took one last look at the enormous creature before her, handed the pipe instrument to her replacement, then quickly surfaced.
The moment she emerged, two Wizard Apprentices came forward respectfully and offered her a pair of blankets.
When they unfurled them, the blankets revealed countless leech-like worms.
Fiona frowned slightly. Even after experiencing this several times, she still disliked having the worms cling to her and draw out the moisture.
But there was no other way. Other methods of wiping down or bathing couldn't recover the liquid on her body without causing contamination.
Fiona closed her eyes and let the two Apprentices wrap a towel around her front and back.
In an instant, the mouths of hundreds of leeches clinging to the towels began sucking at her skin.
Fiona closed her eyes, trying to ignore the ticklish tingling across her body.
Ten minutes later, the two Apprentices took away the blankets. The worms clinging to them had all grown a size fatter, and Fiona's body was completely dry.
Only then did she go change her clothes.
The Wizard Apprentices hurried to hang up the blankets, then carefully used tweezers to pick the plump, pale worms off one by one and drop them into a cauldron.
When the cauldron was full, one of them began heating it with natural fire. The worms inside soon began to melt like butter, turning from a pot of writhing creatures into a pot of pale yellow liquid. Thin skins floated on top.
The Wizard Apprentice used a glass stirring rod to break up the skins, which were as thin as cicada wings. The