Hey, ummm, why are those dwarves with crossbows pointing and looking at Gil like he is so minstrel?" Rey was about to demonstrate what she had created when she realized that there were crossbown staring and watching Gil like a hawk.
"It's nothing. Just show off already." Gil was a little red faced but still managed to use a decent amount of sarcasm on Rey.
"Oh yeah, alright. So we have an acidic sli core. It is still acidic itself and can lt through tal. It could easily form its body again. But the question is, what happens if it ets its opposite?" Rey was pointing to the barrel of potion she had created.
"This is not acid but if you touched it you would end up burned just like acid. That ans it is equally dangerous. I used a mix of herbs natural to the caves along with a few that dwarves bring in. After being mixed it becos incredibly basic. The very opposite of acidic. When mixed with sothing acidic."
Rey dropped the sli core on the ground and the party watched as it tried to pull so of the bits of yellow sli that had yet to be watches away or completely diluted in the water. "The sli has its body and the basic potion ets the sli." Rey dripped so of the potion on the sli and they all saw the sli body lt away becoming clear.
The sli core lting as well was what really grabbed everyone's attention. "The sli core lts away because the sli is balanced out and." Rey slapped her hand in the clear water like substance left over by the sli and potions balancing. "We have salt water!"
"What? Really?' Walker walked over and touched the water left behind and well. After feeling that there was no burning he used his all around appraisal skill on it to be sure.
'Salt water.
An equal mix of salt and water. Created through the balancing of an acidic substance and a basic substance.'
"It really is just salt water. Rey, how did you figure this out?" Walker was completely lost as to how Rey learned that this reaction was possible. To him, the only way was to use water to dilute the sli body and make it weaker. However, this wasn't a way to beat the slis since the cores still remained.
Well, I was ditched. They led to the alchemists' room full of a ton of equipnt I had no idea how to use. There were pipes that brought fire and steam to the cauldron. Automatic stirring spoons. Other word tools to separate and to grind things down. I had no ideas, but I could read the books on the shelves."
Rey shook her head because she was still annoyed that she had been left with out anyone to show her how things worked. "I read up on the tools but found out that the tools were made to resist the different strengths of herbs that would cause them to break down. From there I found research on acidic and basic herbs that could cause tals to rust or even dissolve. Then I wondered what would happen when mixed so I started to mix. Next thing I knew I had a cauldron of hot salt water." Rey was explaining this at her fastest talking speed amazing everyone.
"So I took so bat wing leaves and a few other herbs and they created a basic liquid. From there I heated it and condensed it in to these barrels and found that it lts acidic sli cores and balances the acid out. We just need to use this to clear away the yellow slis now." Rey stood with her hands on her hips in victory next to the barrels.
"Sounds like you had a lot to learn in a short ti…" Gil was fairly impressed. He had been stuck with the crossbown and felt that all he had down was watch over those taking the district back. He hadn't actually done much. But Rey had studied sothing new and made a potion that completely eradicates slis. He had been outdone.
"Well, I may have taken one of the guides on the herbs found in the deep caves. But I did ask permission...I just need to learn them all and maybe get a few to bring with us. Maybe so of the tools too. Actually, I want to et one of the dwarven alchemy masters too. We need to get rid of these slis fast. I have so much to do."
Walker watched as Rey fell in to a slight panic at the piling up to do list, "I think we will have enough ti after we deal with this issue. Rey, can we use water to dilute the basic potion you made? If we can and we run the basic water mixture down the stairs we could beat all the slis with out having to battle and crush their cores." Walker wanted to make their entrance in to the mining area foolproof.
"That should be fin. It's why I condensed it and made so much. The cauldron there was huge so I just made a massive batch. They need to restock so herbs but that is fine. Use half of one of these barrels with ten barrels worth of water and it should do the trick." Rey had been waiting for Walker to ask how he could use his magic with her potion.
"Perfect. Then all I need is a mana potion to replenish the rest of my mana and we can manipulate the water here." Walker said this as the royal guard ca forward and handed him a low tier mana potion. They had been waiting for the opportunity. They had the feeling that the hero would need one of their items to finish up.
Walker drank the mana potion and stretched his arms before preparing to delve deeper in to the dwarf city.
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