Pill Making

After spawning at an alleyway, Zoom went out and entered the pharmacy which was beside the alleyway.

It was convenient that Zoom spawn where he wanted to go.

He entered the store and a bell lightly rang showing that someone has entered.

That thick scent of herbs, pills, potions and other medicine permeated through the air.

The store was much livelier than before with people strolling around the many shelves.

'It's only been awhile yet he has already made this many pills? I expected a day or two would suffice but I guess this guy has his techniques.' Zoom wondered, he wandered through the store and he came upon the counter.

A silver haired girl stood behind the counter watching the surroundings, she looked to be around eighteen or nineteen, she stood at five foot and eight inches, she was resting her head on her arm as she sat on a stool.

The two locked eyes before Zoom said.

"Can I talk to the owner? I have a favour to ask." Zoom said, the girl raised her eyebrows and replied.

"My father? Hmm... I'll call him wait here." She turned around and went past a door which led to the back room.

A while later two figures came out of the back room, it was the silver haired girl and the pharmacy owner.

After recognising Zoom's face the pharmacy owner quickly approached and said.

"Young lad, I didn't expect to see you again this soon, thanks to you I finally have enough herbs for making medicine, but alas... You may have brought me a large amount but it would only sustain me a day or two before running out."

"Enough of my blabbering, what do you need?" The pharmacy owner said.

After contemplating for a bit Zoom said.

"Can you teach me how to make pills?" The pharmacy owner was stunned, he didn't expect this kind of favour from Zoom.

"Hahaha, it's been awhile seen someone has asked me to teach them, normally there would be a fee but I wouldn't mind teaching you for free." The pharmacy owner said, behind him was his daughter clearly in a trance.

"Come to the back room, I'm don't making medicine for today anyways, there's already plenty on the shelves."

The pharmacy owner led Zoom to the back room.

The place was big, it was fully lit with countless lightings on the ceiling.

(Author: I don't really know how to make pills or medicine so I'll probably write a few weird stuff, most of the things I write would be similar to the stuff I've read.)

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The two sat in a table where countless herbs lay, the silver haired girl was now tending to costumers so Zoom and the pharmacy owner were left.

"Aha I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Zek, Zek Juggernaut, it's pleasure to work with you um..." The pharmacy owner or Zek said, he moved his hand to Zoom.

"Zoom, Zoom Kaida." Zoom shook his hand in a handshake.

"Alright, Zoom to be able to understand pill making, so first lets learn what are pills?"

"Pills are medicine that are usually small in size, easily to carry and swallow, it's effects are as potent or as quick as a potion which makes them slightly inferior to potions, but what makes them popular is their price, quantity and size."

"They're mainly cheaper than potions and come in packs, they're much easier to carry when traveling."

"So first how do we make them? Get a furnace, though furnaces help in the pills quality it can't match to the effects of skill and experience."

"Place the ingredients carefully and in proper timing and precision." The Zek proceeded to demonstrate how to make pills.

Firstly he made a tier 1 healing pill which was a high quality one, Zek let Zoom try making pills.

Using spare herbs Zek didn't mind using them for Zoom to learn, from time to time Zoom would create countless mistakes when it came to pill making.

But on average he could create one in every three tries and all of them are tier one low quality, slightly above average when I came to new crafters like him.

(I'm just writing I don't truly know how to make pills, I don't know the average just trying to balance things.)

After one successful attempt one to three pills would be created depending on the technique, skill and experience.

Time quickly passed and before Zoom knew It six hour in game time has already passed, which was three hours in real life.

Zek decided to end the lesson there, he was tired and the day was slowly coming to an end.

After exiting the store Zoom took a deep breath of air, it was cold and it cooled Zoom's body lessening his own sweat.

Before Zoom could move he saw something familiar above the city, it soared past the many buildings elegantly.

Ka!

It was the giant spectral eagle, it flew above the city, it's long and beautiful spectral wings covered the sky.

"Human! If you don't give me the body of my son in three days, I will raze this city to the ground!" It spoke in a powerful and fearsome tone.

Ka! Ka! Ka!

It spun around in the city before it crashed it's onto the city's tallest building located at the center, it was a building where the city's government was located.

Boom!

It's large talons slammed onto the tip of the building making large rubble fall to the ground.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Fortunately the government officials were not inside or it would have been catastrophic for the city.

After the eagle slammed through the tip of the building it flew off into the distance, the people who were watching the scene were confused, scared and were in a panic.

Sirens erupted and vehicles, ships and people moved to the area.

Around the building were countless injured and dead people who were affected by the rubble, luckily the building didn't fully collapse or it would have been much more deadly.

Zoom looked over to the local forums, it was a chat where people located in the city of Cevy can chat together, normally it would be full of recruitment ads of countless guilds, but the main guild within the city of Cevy are the Skylark guild, with the Earth Monarchs guild being stationed at a nearby city.

But currently a new topic is being discussed.