Around the same time.
Main Continent, an isolated castle.
"Gurgle, gurgle..."
In the hall of the castle, a light gray pot was boiling over the fire, the liquid inside bubbling, with a heap of herbs bobbing up and down continuously.
You could see that the herbs included not only common things like branches but also some strange and rare items, such as: translucent crystal caterpillars, half of a black bone, a viscous liquid mass, grass-green bird eggs, a tuft of gray-brown hair...
These things boiled in the pot for a long time until the pot turned glowing red, melting everything into the water, transforming into a large pot of deep black liquid. It emitted a stench akin to rotting fish and shrimp, making one involuntarily think of sewage flowing in sewers at the harbor, somewhat nauseating.
