Alex coughed as another batch turned utterly black, the horrendous stench of the tar-like residue invading his nostrils. This failure wasn’t even that bad, relatively speaking. It was just one of many attempts at his first common-rarity poison, and his initial tries had been far worse. He hadn’t managed to successfully craft a single thing in the last two days, though he had gained a level regardless. Apparently, success wasn’t a prerequisite