The elixir Liens drank differed from the vial Llywelyn had used before. The latter was, in comparison, a prototype, while the former was the finished product.
It still had side effects, but they would not last half a year. Morgan estimated they would last one or two months at most, while its effects now lasted a full half hour!
And the reduced side effects did not mean reduced potency. On the contrary, this vial of elixir could not only fully awaken all the divine blood within Liens, but also temporarily improve the quality of his magical energy, bringing it infinitely close to the Greater Source's true ether from the ancient Greek Age of Gods.
The clearest demonstration of that effect was naturally the Fire God Sword in Liens's hand at that very moment, its blade blazing brilliantly as countless streams of flame flowed across it.
-Marmiadoysse!
Facing that sword now, Sovell was instantly drenched in sweat, his breathing labored.
It was early summer, a season when all things should have been flourishing. Yet beneath that extreme heat, the flowers and grass at Liens's feet burned to nothing in an instant.
In barely ten seconds, the earth within fifty meters of him began to crack, and the vegetation began to burn.
Even the soldiers in Kerimud City and Liens's encampment, hundreds of meters away, felt a wave of heat wash over them!
On Kerimud City's walls, Guinevere abandoned courtly etiquette and repeatedly wiped the sweat from around her eyes with her sleeve. Yet her beautiful eyes remained fixed on the distant figure rushing to aid the silver-clad man.
Your Majesty, you must be all right. You promised me...
Now strengthened by the elixir, Liens pressed Sovell relentlessly. With every swing, a torrent of blazing flames erupted from his blade.
But Sovell