The method was very simple. After concocting the liquid, Aldred left the potion in the sun for three days. At first, he did not expect it to succeed but it did.
The wound in his arm healed and closed under the gaze of Bartrem, Mary, Mira, and Pongo.
"It worked!" Aldred shouted.
They all rejoiced, jumping around in the barracks, but then recalled they only had two days left before they had to attack the bandit.
"Now we have to make our own armor," Bartrem said with a grim expression. "But we don't have any materials or tools to make them."
Aldred looked at Pongo and back to Bartrem before smiling. "I have an idea."
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