The next day.
Graven went back to Terros place and brought some food supply as a gift for his old friend including some money support in the form of gold coins.
"Thank you for your donation, son!" Terros said.
"It's nothing, old man. Please give my thanks to your friend for her magical powder, it's very effective in locating my missing wife! I'm very impressed with her creation and her skill!" Graven said he's thinking highly of the old man's housemate.
"Okay, I'll tell her," Terros said. "By the way, have you already talk to Laura?" he asked.
Graven shook his head. "I went back to my brother's place in Arrawallee Town. I was this close to talking to her but my brother appeared in the garden and it's also raining hard during that time so they went back to the mansion. But I will go back there after I'm done here," he answered.
Terros nods his head. "Okay...by the way, I have good news for you!" he said.
"What is it?" Graven asked excitedly.
"It's all about the black liquid. My lady friend, Veronica experimented with the black liquid and dropped some dry roots of Oakenblossom Tree ~ a thousand-year-old tree that can only be found in the Windless Mountain and the result is shocking..." Terros said.
"Really-? Can I see the experiment with my own eyes?" Graven requested, feeling optimistic.
"Sure! Wait here for a minute. I'll get the crystal bottle, and also the root of the tree," Terros said, he turned around heading to the door of the bamboo house.
Graven waited patiently in the balcony looking at the basket filled with dry herbs nearby. He's eager to know what the thousand-year-old tree can do to the black liquid and how it can help him and his men once the black liquid starts attacking the vital organs inside their bodies.
He cleared the table in front of him ready to see the experiment.
A few minutes later.
Terros returned with the stuff and put them carefully on the table. He looked at Graven. "Ready?"
"Yes! Very much ready!" Graven answered excitedly.
He lowered himself on the chair, opened the crystal bottle, poured a few drops of black liquid in the crystal bowl, then drop several leaves into the bowl... the black liquid quickly devoured the leaves... next... he dropped some of the roots of the thousand-year-old tree into the bowl and the opposite thing happened... the black liquid didn't do anything to the roots.
Graven's eyes widened. "Wow! I can't believe it!" he blurted in disbelief.
Terros looked at Graven. "Wait... see the best part...!" he said, he picked up a stick from the basket and poked at the black liquid. "See... the black liquid was frozen! Amazing...isn't it?"
Graven nodded his head. "Yeah! This Oakenblossom Tree is indeed powerful and magical!"
"Incredible result!" Terros enthused. He removed the roots and suddenly the black liquid comes back to life, then he dropped several leaves into the crystal bowl... they all disappeared a few seconds later, devoured by the black liquid.
Graven stared at the roots of the thousand-year-old tree. "How can we use it as medicine?" He finally asked the one question that he's been dying to ask after watching the experiment.
Terros pondered the question for a few minutes while staring at the roots. "Hmm... we can try to boil the roots and make an elixir out of it, just in case the black liquid starts attacking you and your men, we already had a medicine ready in hand to remedy the problem," Terros said.
"Thank you so much, old man!" Graven said feeling grateful for his help. "Did you and your lady friend starts making the elixir?" he asked. He feared that anytime from now the black liquid will start attacking the inside of their bodies and they have no option but to return to the abandoned castle to get the antidote from the cursed king.
"Yes... about three days ago," Terros said. "Don't worry, we already anticipated the worst to come so we're better prepared for it," he assured him.
"Good!" Graven said as huge relief washed over him.
"The successful experiment is over!" Terros declared. "Would you like to stay for dinner?" he asked.
Graven shook his head. "Not today. Some other time. I will go back to my brother's place and see my wife for a confrontation," he said and rose to his feet. "I'll come back some other day," he said.
"Take care and good luck!" Terros said.
Graven gave him a thumb up and vanished from the place.
Terros gathered the stuff and brought them back inside the house.
Veronica looked at Terros. "Is he gone already?" she asked.
"Yeah, he's going to visit his wife for a much-needed confrontation tonight," Terros replied.
"Alright, good luck to him! Let's continue making the elixir!" Veronica said.
They gathered at the table surrounded by different herbs and roots required in making an effective elixir out of the thousand-year-old tree.
Meanwhile...
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