So concentrating, he handled the treasures and smashed them down on Miron with a monstrous crash, the latter, who was doing the best he could to protect himself, was nevertheless hit by a golden vase, staggered in a daze, but forced himself to pull himself together to get the bottle. It was at that moment that Quioppe then turned the ground into mud, which slowed Miron down. The bottle sank into the mud. Miron hurried to get it.
He knew he still had to control himself as long as the bottle was not in his possession, but he was finding it increasingly difficult to do so. Already he was blazing, liquefying everything he touched.
And his former companions also understood the situation. So they made sure that Miron never got the famous bottle in his hands.