10 Movements at The Frontline (1/2)
None of the trio knew but the servant, Sebastian had long since retreated outside the tearoom to continue guard duty.
He was currently wiping away sweat from his forehead.
The situation inside had abruptly turn intense and he had no idea whether to storm in or not. It was his duty to protect his lord but without his lord's command, he did not know what to do.
Sebastian heave a sigh of relief now that situation seemed to have calmed down.
'Ay... who can understand the stress and life, a small figure like me have to go through?' Sebastian thought.
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When the questions and doubts were settled aside, Leon wanted to concoct the Awakening Pills immediately, so he can start receiving payments for the work. They wouldn't pay before they receive the pills.
Leon took the time to revise the Awakening Pill recipe, while he is still recovering to his optimum mental state. The revision of the recipe was not something difficult for Leon to do. He had fully understood the true effects of the Awakening Pill.
The Awakening Pill wasn't some miraculous pill that would allow a person to awaken without side effects. In its truest sense, the pill allows the person to overdraw their body's potential to stimulate a certain part of their brain, where the latent ability laid dormant.
Why else would you need pills in order to gain abilities that is already inherently yours? In other words, using the pill is regarded as forced awakening. Those who chooses forced awakening would have limited growth.
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Perhaps the reason the world had not seen another being comparable to the first Hero King was because they had become too reliant on pills to awaken since no other methods were known. Even the fabled queen is stuck at a bottleneck after reaching the 9th step awakening.
Leon deduced that one should be able to naturally awaken and that it was hard to figure out that the first Hero King was a natural awakener.
If there was already such a leading example of a natural awakener, how can the method to natural awakening not be researched and make any breakthrough in its findings after a few hundred years have passed?
Leon doubted the beasts could have gain such great intelligence as to pull it off. Could it be a third race they don't know about? Or an anti-faction that opposes the current regime?
Leon had questions but no answers to them. He shook his head as he felt he is still too weak to concern himself with this looming threat. To think there was another sword being pointed at humanity from the shadows in addition to the threat of the beasts.
Leon felt a greater urgency to grow strong as possible.
'It's better to keep this information to myself. Informing the Cromwell's of this speculation would only put them and myself in harm's way.'
However, it is also not good to allow them to continue taking this sort of pill. He needs to remove its side effects.
He can replace the Fire Fruit with the Wood-leaf Ganoderma. Its effects are similar to the Fire fruit but mild in nature and doesn't conflict with the Water Roots. It's compliments each other and may provide better effects, without losing its medicinal essence during pill concoction.
The Rigid Snakeroot is a supplementary ingredient that he must definitely remove. Although it has a binding effect, which helps to fuse the ingredients together, it is poison.
The stem of the Rigid Snakeroot contains toxins that attacks the nerves and paralyses the body.
The toxin isn't lethal but regulate usage could lead to lifelong problems.
This is naturally speaking for a normal estimate. Too much of anything would kill you.
Leon plan to use Blue Sages instead, which has some beneficial effects instead.
There's no need to follow the bad instructions on the pill recipe.
He has his own pill concoction techniques.
Leon requested for them to fetch him a pen and paper and he began writing down the list of ingredients needed for the new revised Awakening Pill.
If it works as intended, he will call it the True Awakening Pill.
The herbs he written down was all available in the Cromwell's treasure vault, where all their valuables are stored.
It had been Leon's worry that the herbs he listed may not exist or they existed under a different name.
Luckily, he did not encounter such situations.
When the herbs were delivered to him, he headed back to the pill room and got to work right away.
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Crawford Kingdom border, Great Wall.
Soldiers are stationed here all year round. The Bloody War tragedy had taught them a terrible lesson. Those who lived in the capital, away from the frontline may have forgotten or never even learnt about the history of mankind's struggle as it wasn't required of them or they did not live during such chaotic times.
The soldiers stationed at the Great Wall had it differently. History was a compulsory lesson that was drilled into their bones to teach them never to let their guard down and to continue to guard the wall with great vigilance.
The Great Wall is armed with Cannons and large projectile weapons, while all soldiers are armed with Bayonets and their rifles.
The invention of guns had revolutionized the course of their war, but they would not forsaken the blade as it could still be used to protect themselves in close combat if the situation ever arises.