Although Mage Vlad looked unkempt and somewhat lazy, he was actually at his most focused when concocting potions. Every step he took was exceedingly cautious and precise.
Now that he had the precise test tube Merlin had given him, Mage Vlad was even less likely to make a mistake.
As the potion-making process went on, Vlad finally added the last bit of ingredient, then suddenly began heating it.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss."
The viscous potion inside the glass vessel had originally been green, but now it boiled violently, gradually turning jet-black and giving off an extremely pungent smell.
Mage Vlad stared fixedly at the jet-black potion in the glass vessel. A trace of delight even appeared on his face. When the potion had completely turned black, Mage Vlad gently sniffed it.
Then uncontrollable excitement appeared on Mage Vlad's face. His voice nearly trembled as he said, "Haha, it succeeded! It really succeeded! After half a year of concocting it, I finally made it successfully!"
Mage Vlad's face was filled with wild joy. He carefully held up the jet-black potion in the glass vessel, his eyes slightly narrowed, looking completely intoxicated.
Merlin felt a chill in his heart as well. This Mage Vlad truly possessed profound attainments in potion-making. Merlin had merely pointed out one small flaw in Mage Vlad's process, yet after correcting it, Mage Vlad had immediately succeeded.
To Merlin, this was truly somewhat inconceivable. Even if he followed Matrix's steps methodically and made no mistakes at all, he feared he still would not be able to concoct this Alkaline Earth Potion. What Merlin lacked in potion-making now was precisely a sense of timing.
Unable to grasp the timing, even with Matrix's help, Merlin likely could not raise his success rate in concocting potions. Mage Vlad was clearly far superior