Chapter 11: Swallow Potion and Mutation Level

"Swallow is a symbol of spring and recovery. The Swallow potion we Witchers make can accelerate the recovery speed of physical injuries."

"If you are facing a protracted battle, drinking a bottle of Swallow potion in advance can help you quickly recover most ordinary external injuries."

"Even if you are unfortunately seriously injured, it can help you stabilize your injuries and prevent them from continuing to deteriorate."

Geralt explained the effect of the Swallow potion to Wayne while taking out a petal of white celandine, weighing out a certain amount with a weighing tool, putting it into a container, and grinding it into white transparent juice.

Then he used a spoon to scrape off a layer of body fluid with a sour smell attached to a drowner brain and threw it into the container.

Finally, he took out a bottle of dwarf spirits from his waist, poured half a bottle into the container, placed it on the support of the campfire, and while stirring, continued to say to Wayne:

"The formula for Swallow potion is relatively simple. It only requires white celandine petals and a part of a drowner brain, with a weight ratio of two to one, and then boil it with spirits for an hour."

"It is one of the most commonly used potions for us Witchers. It is suitable for most battles, has no side effects itself, and can effectively offset the side effects of several potions such as Thunderbolt, Maribor Forest, Petri's Philter, and Tawny Owl."

"The taste is like a rotten orange with lard."

"Of course, just like our other Witcher potions, Swallow potion also contains a certain amount of toxicity, and only we Witchers can use it."

"Ordinary people can also have a certain recovery effect after drinking it, but before that, they will be poisoned to death by the toxicity."

Wayne listened and remembered, looking at the mixed liquid in the container, which slowly turned from white to light yellow under the high temperature of the flame, and an unpleasant smell permeated the air.

Swallow potion is indeed one of the most famous Witcher potions, appearing frequently in both novels and games, and in The Witcher 3 game, Geralt even used Swallow potion to save an ordinary woman who was seriously injured.

The two sat by the cold lake and waited for an hour. During this time, Geralt kept teaching Wayne how to brew potions, how to use these alchemy tools, and some other potion formulas, and let Wayne handle the white celandine petals and drowner brains himself.

Finally, after consuming six drowner brains, a small bag of white celandine petals, and three bottles of spirits, they brewed a total of twelve bottles of Swallow potion.

Geralt took four bottles, stuffed them into his waist bag, and then signaled Wayne to take the remaining eight bottles.

Wayne was not polite and packed the remaining Swallow potions. He took out one of them, looked at the light yellow transparent potion inside, and asked with some curiosity:

"Geralt, how long can this kind of potion be stored?"

"I saw in the book that different potions have different toxicity, and we Witchers cannot take these poisons without limit."

"Ordinary Witchers can take at most two or three bottles of potions at the same time before reaching the limit."

"Is there a specific standard for this?"

The White Wolf heard this, looked up at the time, then got up and started to pack up the alchemy tools on the ground, saying:

"Indeed, although Witcher potions are powerful, drinking too many at the same time will not only have no benefits but will also cause serious damage to our bodies."

"As for how many potions you can drink at the same time, it depends on how much toxicity the mutated organs in your body can withstand."

"This thing is like alcohol tolerance."

"The stronger the body, the better the constitution, and the higher the toxicity that Witchers who frequently take various potions can withstand."

"However, because our potions are all prepared with spirits, they are not easy to deteriorate, so the time they can be stored is still okay."

"It can be stored for about half a year."

Wayne nodded. This was quite in line with his understanding. Since the degree to which each Witcher can withstand the toxicity of potions is related to their mutated organs, can it be considered that taking these highly toxic potions can exercise their tolerance to poison to a certain extent?

Looking at the Swallow potion in his hand, Wayne suddenly thought of the mutation level in his skill bar.

For the past year and a half, he had tried many methods, but the mutation level still hadn't gained any proficiency.

Perhaps, the Witcher potions in his hand were the way to exercise the mutation level.

Wayne deliberated for a few seconds and turned to Geralt and said:

"I haven't taken Witcher potions yet, and I want to try the effect of Swallow potion."

Geralt shrugged indifferently, not surprised by the curiosity of young people.

However, he still reminded:

"Our potions are all brewed with spirits. If your alcohol tolerance is not good enough, it's best not to drink too much."

Wayne nodded indifferently upon hearing this. In his previous life, he was a tough guy who could drink several catties of high-proof white liquor with a plate of peanuts. How could he be afraid of ancient spirits?

He first used a small, clean knife to cut a shallow wound on his wrist, then picked up the Swallow potion, endured the sour smell, and drank it in one gulp.

As the light yellow liquid entered his body from his throat, a scorching heat like burning, mixed with a bit of tearing pain, began to burn in his internal organs.

However, soon, this pain and burning sensation began to spread throughout his body and slowly disappeared, and a warm feeling enveloped his whole body, and his body was no longer as uncomfortable as before.

Subsequently, when that warm feeling flowed to his arm, Wayne could clearly feel that the shallow wound on his arm was no longer painful, but instead had a tingling sensation of the wound healing.

At the same time, the system's prompt sound, just as he expected, rang out.

Mutation proficiency +1, current progress: 1.

Mutation LV1: Magic recovery speed +10%, poison resistance +1.

After hearing this prompt, Wayne felt a surge of joy. Compared to the swordplay level that requires several hours to improve one point of proficiency, the mutation level, just like the Sign level, only needs to drink potions every day to improve quickly.

And the bonus brought by the mutation level is very helpful for the improvement of his strength.

The faster the magic recovery speed, the more Signs can be cast, and the faster the Sign level can be improved.

And the higher the poison resistance, the more Witcher potions can be drunk, and the faster the mutation level can be improved, which is simply a virtuous cycle.

It seems that drinking potions will also become one of his daily activities in the future.

Wayne thought so, and became more attentive to the alchemy taught by Geralt.

It's just that I don't know if his cooking skill can play a role in brewing potions, making these unpleasant potions delicious.

If that's the case, he wouldn't mind helping other Witchers of the School of the Wolf brew potions.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 12 =====