What troubled Zheng Shengxun was not just the difficulty of his own victory, but even more the enemy's triumph, and it was a great victory at that.
Duke Zheng's stern old face had gained a few more wrinkles, "It's possible, from their condition, it doesn't seem like they used a magic potion that stimulates potential. The performance was too natural; it must be a truly extraordinary magic potion."
Magic potions have various functions; the slower ones are manageable. If the effects are particularly noticeable, the side effects are usually strong as well. Crucially, using this kind of magic potion generally leaves a very obvious purpling of the face as an after-effect, yet no such thing was observable on the members of Saint's Grace. The only one who could obtain such potions is Prince Achilles.
