Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 183
Rhode watched Gilbert configure the potion all afternoon, and he felt that he had basically mastered the configuration of the healing potion.

He found that alchemy is somewhat different from what he imagined. Alchemy is not only related to chemistry, but also has some connection with magic. The magic elements contained in different alchemy materials will react with each other to enhance or cancel the effect.

Rhodes picked up a bottle of healing potion and sniffed it.

"What are you doing?" Gilbert asked.

"Just smell it." Rhode sniffed with his nose.

"Don't drink it, it's not very clean. I didn't even wash the giant's toe before grinding it into powder." Gilbert said while tidying up the alchemy workbench.

Rhodes looked at Gilbert silently, and now he suddenly felt that this person was a bit unreliable.

"However, the effect will be enhanced a lot, and washing with water will affect the effect of the material." Gilbert added.

"So washing off the smelly sweat from the giant's feet will affect the effect? ​​Then why not try using the giant's sweat as a solvent?" Rhodes grinned and said speechlessly.

"Giants live in the coldest north, do they still sweat?" Gilbert asked suspiciously.

"I don't know, I haven't seen a giant either. How to use this potion, orally?" Rhodes asked.

"You can take it orally or apply it on the wound." Gilbert replied.

Rhodes put down the wooden bottle in his hand and was about to leave the room. He felt that it would be impossible for him to use this potion in the future.

Whether it was taken orally or smeared on the wound, he couldn't accept it. He felt that if this kind of thing was applied to the wound, it would definitely inflame the wound and aggravate the injury instead.

"Which room do I live in?" Rhodes turned back and asked, Gilbert's home is relatively large, with a grocery store in front and a large yard behind, if you buy a lot of things at once

There are also several rooms around the courtyard, most of which are used for storage of goods, only a few seem to be habitable.

"There is an attic above the grocery store for people to live in. There are not many rooms in the yard. It is either filled with things or hasn't been cleaned for a long time." Gilbert replied.

Rhodes thought for a while. He was actually a little worried that Gilbert might sneak away at night. He had been sincere before, but he still couldn't believe it completely.

At this moment, a horn sounded outside.

"What's going on?" Rhodes asked suspiciously.

"It should be that the Nord army has arrived outside the fortress. This horn is to remind us." Gilbert replied after thinking about it. The Nords also hit the Fortress of Glory last year, so he experienced this kind of thing. "After the horn sounded, the fortress Every door will be closed, even the south gate where the Nords are unlikely to work, and if the fort needs it, ordinary residents like me may be forcibly recruited to participate in the defense."

Rhodes nodded, and now he is not worried that Gilbert's previous performance was all a show.

Even if he ran away, he couldn't leave the fortress. At that time, he would have a way to catch him. If he escaped with so many secrets and was caught by himself, then he would definitely not be able to continue living.

Rhodes felt that Gilbert's explanation of the meaning of the horn just now should not lie to him. The time when the Nord army arrived was about the same as what he learned in the tavern a few days ago.

"When will the person who ordered you the healing potion come?" Rhodes asked.

Gilbert looked up at the sky, the sun was almost setting.

"Our agreed delivery time is this evening, and he will come to my grocery store, and I will open for business later." Gilbert replied.

"Then I'll help you unlock the door first." Rhode touched the key in his purse, and then walked into the grocery store.

Gilbert sighed and followed.

After finishing these, Rhodes walked to the tavern where he lived before, he was going to get some food, and listened to the conversation of the mercenaries in the tavern by the way.

After dinner, Rhodes returned to Gilbert's grocery store and brought some food for him.

In the tavern, he also learned that the emperor would stand on the city wall to boost morale in this battle.

In this world, this is actually not a very unusual thing. In the wars of the past few years, the king of Nord often appeared on the battlefield wearing the keel armor inherited from ancient times to fight the enemy.

"If I had a set of armor like that, then I would definitely go into battle and fight the enemy myself." These are the exact words that the emperor of the Roman Empire said after getting drunk at a banquet.

And many people secretly laughed at him for his words, because the previous emperor of the empire also did not have that kind of armor, but he often appeared on dangerous battlefields.

Back at the grocery store, Rhodes saw Gilbert bargaining with a group of mercenaries.

"At that time, it was agreed to be [-] silver coins a bottle, and now I have finished it, but you came to bargain the price again." Gilbert said a little angrily.

"We had some money before, but we spent a little more money a few days ago, so now we have no money. See if you can get it cheaper, twenty silver coins, no, how about thirty silver coins a bottle?" The eye mercenary said with a smile.

"Fifty silver coins a bottle, if you like it, buy it or not. If you don't buy it, go away. Others will come and fight for it tomorrow." Gilbert shouted loudly, and then sat back on the bench angrily.

"MD, take away his medicine, smash his store, and finally give him a gold coin as compensation." The triangular-eyed mercenary said angrily.

After he finished speaking, several mercenaries beside him started to act.

"Come in and help, don't stand outside the door laughing, I dared to be so arrogant when I saw you come back." Gilbert shouted loudly while using a secondary guardian technique to protect himself.

Although this kind of plot is a bit clichéd, Rhodes is too lazy to complain.He first used the mage ball to pull back a few mercenaries who rushed in front of Gilbert, and then kicked the triangle mercenary.

Facing Rhode's flying kick, the triangular-eyed mercenary did not dodge or dodge. He crossed his arms in front of his chest, ready to block like this.And Rhodes, who has mastered the legs of the Vigorous King Kong, has two legs that are cast like steel, and Rhodes also fused internal power and magic power into the flying right leg.

After Rhode's leg touched the arm of the triangular-eyed mercenary, his forearm broke from it at a strange angle. There was only a layer of skin between the two forearms, and the part connected to the palm was weak. drooping.

The triangular-eyed mercenary bent over and screamed in pain. Rhodes felt that someone behind him was about to sneak up on him, and he kicked a young mercenary who had drawn his weapon to the ground without even looking at it.

A part of the young mercenary's chest was sunken, and he fell to the ground trembling silently. His ribs should have been broken by the kick. As for whether he can survive, it depends on his own luck.

The remaining four mercenaries stopped in place, looking at Rhodes with fearful eyes.

Rhodes controlled the mage ball and closed the door of the grocery store. He didn't want these people to escape. If any of them escaped, it would definitely cause him trouble.

When the four mercenaries saw the door closed, their hearts sank, and they gripped the swords in their hands even tighter.

"You don't mind putting some corpses in your basement?" Rhode looked at Gilbert and asked...

(End of this chapter)