An Understated Dominance

Chapter 1536

"Do you smell that, Max?" Brooke seemed to sense something, and he took a deep breath.

"You mean the herbal scent?" Maximus tilted his head curiously. "It's been there all along, hasn't it? What's wrong?"

"No, it's different now. It's quite special." Brooke went up to the door of the alchemy room. Then, he crouched down to catch a whiff of the scent wafting out from the gap under the door.

He spent most of his time around herbs. Thus, he could easily detect the slightest change in scent.

All of a sudden, the door creaked open.

Dustin was just about to step out of the room when he spotted Brooke crouching on the ground in a weird position. "Dr. Busch, what's wrong? Are you having a stomachache?"

"Uhh …" Brooke smiled sheepishly before quickly reacting. He promptly asked, "Dustin, how is it? Did you succeed in producing Sanctifix?"

Dustin sighed and put on a dejected expression when he heard that.

At the sight of Dustin in such a state, Brooke froze and paled. "You f-failed?" h