As the aftermath of the battle was cleared, more dragons came to see what was going on with the Prince and the leader from the Darklight Host.
"What happened? Did he get hit by something unusual?"
{Nope. He’s testing a new potion. It fixed the damage to his body and improved his mana flow. Do you want to try it?} Remi asked.
The dragon stared at the man on the ground for a few seconds.
"Thanks, but I’ll pass."
And that was why it was difficult to get volunteers in the Mythic Rank. They never took risks just for fun.
Slowly, the dragon came back to the land of the living, and blinked slowly at the crowd examining him.
"Nobody thought to put me somewhere comfortable?"
Remi shrugged. {It could mess with the data. Sometimes touching people under a potion effect causes the mana to leak.}
The mage seemed to accept that answer, and he carefully pulled mana in to refill his mana pool.
"I would say that it worked. It might even be an improvement over before I was injured. That really is an incredible potion."
Remi smiled. {Good thing too. It’s a right pain to make. The ingredients aren’t too difficult to get, but with all the runes and the brewing process, anything less than spectacular wouldn’t be worth it.
I think that a few drops for the lower ranks might be the best use. Just enough to get them advancing smoothly.}
"A few drops? Then why did I drink the whole bottle?"
Remi shrugged, and the dragons laughed. He should have seen that one coming.
Alchemists hated when a potion didn’t work, so giving a heavy dose the first time was standard practice, as it let them see effects that would be minor at a normal dose.
"Well, none of us are youngsters anymore. If you want to test it on them, we should likely head into town. If we tell them that the majority of the threat is gone, we might even get some gratitude out of them." One of the Shadow Dragons suggested.
"You make it sound like they might not be happy to see us." Karl noted.
"You? They might be happy to see your group. But us? Shadow Dragons from the Royal Family? Not nearly as likely. They’re still a bit pissed off that we didn’t manage to save all the towns in this region, you see."
Rae patted him on the shoulder. "I’m sure it will be fine. I am used to people panicking when they meet me for the first time, and I can smooth over little things like a small town full of dead people."
The dragon blinked once, then frowned. "Where did you even come from? I swear you were not here a second ago."
"Thank you."
The dragon clearly didn’t understand why she thought that was a compliment, but his mind was more focused on the aftermath of the battle than the pride of a spider.

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