36th Strategem

"Fuck!" Rudolph quickly scanned the container.

Using the opportunity, Varian teleported away.

'That was dangerous…' He quickly downed a potion.

The explosion was a sham. It wouldn't have hurt the container itself. Varian played that part to give himself a chance to escape.

Rudolph also realized that the container was fine. He sighed in relief and was about to down the liquid when he noticed something abnormal.

The black and white light, which suspiciously broke through his aura lock, sneaked into the container!

The single golden droplet inside was assaulted by it, quickly turning gray.

"No!"

"Stop!"

Rudolph didn't care about his image and stuck his tongue into the container, licking it off. But by the time he did, three-fourths of it had already turned.

The Prince hoped that the 'contamination' was just his imagination. After all, given how potent this elixir was, how could something spoil it so easily?

But…