Infinite Blood Core - Chapter 7
Chapter 7: Rage Potion
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Inside the cave, the young man and girl had a look of disbelief on their faces.
They couldn’t believe that they were still alive!
Violette stood up first and saw the footprints on the ground. Every time the ferocious monster stepped inside the cave, a shallow print formed on the ground.
The physique and power of this beast was apparent from the footprints.
It was fortunate that the beast did not step on the young man and girl.
“Sir!” Violette yelled as she tried to help Aupin get up.
However, because of Aupin’s body weight, coupled with his armor, he could not be easily carried by a delicate mage that was Violette.
In the end, Violette could only drag Aupin for a short distance and let him lean against the cave wall.
Aupin’s physical condition was in a horrible state.
When Violette touched him, she felt that his body was burning hot, just like the strange ores in the cave.
The effect of the potion had dissipated, the stench from Aupin’s body seemed to be more pungent than before, almost suffocating Violette.
Aupin said weakly, “Go, Violette, get out of here.”
He couldn’t even shake his head, his head moving slightly might make him completely pass out.
Aupin raised his hand and saw several copies of his arm in his field of vision.
His skin all over his body became red and swollen. His whole body swelled, his body temperature was soaring high.
Even his eyelids began to swell up, his vision was severely limited.
Violette noticed the situation, she seemed to have fallen into a sea of despair, almost drowning in her thoughts.
She knew how powerful the Fire Venom was.
The members of the exploration team once died from Fire Venom.
These miserable people were tortured until they died. Before they died, their eyes were so swollen that they went completely blind.
Their throat and nose were also completely swollen, making their breathing extremely difficult.
Their final cause of death was from suffocation!
Aupin was a Silver-rank life form, but he still couldn’t defend against Fire Venom.
There was too much Fire Venom in his body.
The ferocity of the Fire Venom Bees was terrifying.
Violette shook her head and said, “I’m not leaving, I won’t give up. Sir, I can make a potion, I will definitely make the correct potion! We still have hope, please don’t give up!”
Aupin’s vision began to blur, almost like glue was stuck to his eyelids and eyeballs. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t open his eyes.
Through his blurry vision, he saw Violette crying. She sat on the ground, taking out potion bottles from the small leather pouch around her waist.
She dumped a potion on the ground, which quickly corroded the ground to form a small pit.
Afterwards, she began to make the medicine. She poured several potions into the pit, then took out numerous grass leaves and roots from her bag. She crushed them into fine powder, then also threw them into the small pit.
Gurgling sounds were heard…
The mixture in the pit began to bubble.
Violette stared at the medicine potion closely, constantly mixing, occasionally wiping her eyes, as if she was cutting onions.
Aupin wanted to persuade her again, but after taking a few breaths, he had lost the ability to speak.
His throat seemed to be on fire, it was so swollen that it was difficult for him to breathe.
His tongue was so numb that he couldn’t feel it, it seemed like he didn’t have any senses at all.
Soon, his consciousness began to drift. Aupin was in a state of being half asleep and half awake, and he lost the ability to perceive anything around him.
While he was in a daze, he felt a cool liquid sliding down his mouth and throat.
His throat felt like it was full of tiny stones tightly packed together, but as the cool liquid moistened his body, these stones quickly melted, leaving behind a smooth esophagus.
The cool liquid gradually penetrated and spread around Aupin’s body.
Consciousness soon began to return to Aupin’s body.
Aupin opened his eyes and saw a blurry figure that was Violette, leaning over him.
The girl’s hands were covered with the medicine potion as she smeared the potion on his body.
Aupin was wearing chain armor, because his skin swelled due to the Fire Venom in his body, he was being strangled by his own armor.
With the help of the medicine potion, his red and swollen skin slowly shrank like a balloon.
The ice cold feeling even made Aupin shiver.
The temperature in the cave was very high, Violette was sweating profusely from the work. Her loose robe stuck to her body because of the sweat.
After applying the medicine, the girl’s purple eyes were glowing. She stared at Aupin, her face full of expectation.
Aupin was like someone being rescued from drowning. He patted his chest, opened his mouth and breathed. The scorching hot air rushed into his body, but he felt the relief of a rainstorm coming after a long drought!
Aupin gradually snapped back to reality. He noticed that his mouth was open, drooling continuously. His saliva was all over the ground.
Violette clearly saw that the swelling of Aupin’s body was rapidly disappearing, his condition had improved significantly.
“Sir, you’re awake!” Violette said as she looked at Aupin in surprise. To be honest, she didn’t have much confidence when preparing the medicine.
“How long was I out?” Aupin asked.
“Only a few minutes,” Violette replied immediately.
Aupin immediately felt relieved. “Let’s leave this cave.”
There was no doubt that this was a dangerous place.
The Fire Venom Bees fled because of the monster in the cave.
But if the monster came back, they would be the monster’s delicious meal!
It was risky to continue to walk deeper into the cave.
Who knew if there was another exit? If not, it would be a complete dead end.
Violette helped Aupin get up.
Aupin leaned on the wall of the cave and stood up.
The walls of the cave were hot. A burning smell came from his gloves, but Aupin was overjoyed. Because whether it was the boiling hot temperature or the burning stench, he could feel his normal body.
Just a second ago, he couldn’t feel anything.
What made Aupin feel even more pleasantly surprised, and a bit suspicious, was that he felt a force surging in his body: a force that got stronger and stronger.
Violette saw the look of suspicion on Aupin’s face. She explained with a panic and guilty expression, “Sir, I’m sorry, I added a lot of rage potion to the medicine.”
Drinking the rage potion could temporarily stimulate a large amount of potential in the body and increase one’s combat power by a huge amount. But its after effects were quite serious, it was very harmful to the human body.
“You did the right thing! Don’t blame yourself.” Aupin patted the girl on the shoulder to relieve her anxiety.
“Let’s quickly go,” Aupin said as he tried to take a step on his own.
The dizziness in his head was still there, but the severity was reduced by a lot. Aupin immediately discovered that he could walk and even run.
The strength in his body was getting stronger and stronger, Aupin even noticed that his chain armor felt like it was made of feathers.
It seems that the rage potion has fully activated my potential. But, what will happen after the potion effects go away?
This mysterious danger filled Aupin’s heart with haze.
Normally, once the rage potion effect was over, people would fall into a state of extreme weakness.
Aupin was already poisoned by the Fire Venom, and Violette’s potion was made in a hurry, she did not really cure his Fire Venom. She relied on the combination of rage potion and other potions to increase Aupin’s vitality and temporarily resist the Fire Venom.
In any case, I will take this opportunity to escape danger. Even if I can’t escape, I will try my best to save you, Violette!
Aupin was prepared to die.
His time of consciousness was short and his memory was also crippled, but he knew:
Violette is my fiancée, her relationship with me seems to be a bit complicated, there might be secret feelings.
But she always accompanies me and never leaves, and even will risk her life for me, no matter how high the risk is.
What should I give in return to such a girl?
As a Templar, can I not even protect my fiancée?
Aupin secretly vowed to do everything he could to protect the girl.
The two ran together inside the cave.
Soon, they came to the entrance of the cave.
They could hear the roars of wild beasts.
The battle outside the cave was extremely intense.
Both Aupin and Violette became alert. After looking at each other, they quietly approached the cave entrance and peeked out.
The poisonous Fire Venom Bees had disappeared, two other parties were now fighting.
On one hand, was the monster that drove the Fire Venom Bees out of the cave.
This monster was sturdy, built like a brown bear, but had the pink tail of a monkey. It stood up tall, its feet looked like bear feet, but its hands were not bear claws, they looked like ape hands instead.
Each of its hands had four fingers, its nails sharp and long, with a metal-like texture.
On the other hand, were beasts that looked like black panthers. They had no fur, but their bodies were covered with scales.
They also had a single horn on their foreheads, shaped like a rhino horn, but extremely sharp.
There was only one Monkey Tailed Brown Bear, but more than a dozen Scaley Horned Black Panthers.
Judging from its aura, the Monkey Tailed Brown Bear was a Silver-rank beast, while the Scaly Horned Black Panthers were mostly Bronze-rank beasts. Only its leader and a few had the aura of Black Iron-rank beasts.
The panthers surrounded the brown bear as they began to fight.
The brown bear was powerful, a black panther alone could not match it. As the black panthers pounced, almost all of them were slammed away by the brown bear, but the black panthers stood back up quickly. Obviously its body was tough and strong enough to resist such a heavy blow.
The two parties were in a stalemate. Aupin and Violette glanced at each other, they both saw the heavy concern in each other’s eyes.
If they rushed outside, they might be surrounded by the panthers and be torn to pieces!
“Sir, if you can, you should run. Don’t worry about me,” Violette whispered.
Aupin shook his head, he had no energy to argue with his fiancée.
Even someone like him did not have much confidence in escaping the beasts.
More importantly, he had to escape with Violette.
This was too difficult!
Also…
Aupin’s body itself was also in danger.
Once the effect of the medicine wore off and the Fire Venom symptoms reappeared, Aupin’s life would be in peril.
What should we do?
If I had and could use battle aura…
Aupin felt distressed and anxious.
He had weapons hidden in his body, but he couldn’t use them.
