Scene 10 Alchemy

Act Ten Alchemy

Brando saw the riders bring people who wanted to see him in an open space between the golden fir forests bathed in the afternoon sun, no, not one, but a group. He followed the mercenaries leading the way and slid all the way down the fir forest-covered hillside. As soon as he got out of the woods, he saw about a dozen haggard men scattered in the forest glade, two or three of them with horses, Some were bandaged, and most of them were wearing thick leather armor or chain mail, with a small painted round shield and long sword hanging from their belts, and they looked like mercenaries like Mano and others.

Standing with Uriel not far away is their leader. Brando had to admit that he rarely saw such a burly person in the south of the Golan Elson Province. He must be from the Anleks in the north, or at least have this blood. The other party has a striking brown-red face. Beard, square face, with a sword mark on the corner of the eyebrow. He wore an open-chested shirt, the sleeves rolled up above the elbows, revealing the knotted muscles beneath.

This person must be quite confident in his own strength, otherwise he wouldn't just be wearing a simple leather shoulder pad with no protective gear all over his body. His weapon is a string of handaxes hanging on his belt. This is also a common weapon used by Anleke's local fighters. Not only can it be used in close combat, but it can also be thrown at any time to kill people unprepared.

When the berserker-like man saw Brando, he took off his hat respectfully and lowered his head: "Dear Sir Knight, hello, I only pay tribute to you on behalf of the Red Jackal Mercenaries. I am their leader, Bartom."

Bartom is red in Anlek, meaning scarlet vermilion, and Brando further confirmed his origin. He put one hand on the sword, nodded indistinctly, looked at the other party, and waited for him to explain his intention.

Brando's identity at the moment is a noble knight handed down among the refugees. Maintaining this identity is good for him at this time, so Brando will neither admit nor object, but instead show an interesting This kind of mystical attitude helps him establish prestige among these people.

Brando didn't express his opinion, but Bartom became entangled. He asked cautiously: "Master Knight, are you going to take these refugees to escape the pursuit of Madara's army?"

Brando glanced at him and nodded.

"Then dare to ask, are you still short of manpower?"

"Why, do you want to join us?" Brando was taken aback, and immediately realized that these mercenaries might have retreated from the Sharp Rock Valley. These people were exhausted and needed someone to provide them with shelter.

That being said, the battle between the White Mane Swordsmen and the Dead Magus has come to an end. Judging from this situation, Luc Besson should have been defeated.

Brando looked up,

Through the layers of fir forests in front of him, his eyes fell on the rolling hills outside. I thought that the retreating refugees and the soldiers of the White Mane Swordsmen would probably arrive here, and the size of the refugees would expand again.

Seeing this young nobleman holding his sword hilt with one hand and staring at the front in a daze, Bartom couldn't help feeling a little uneasy. He nodded quickly and replied: "Yes, Lord Knight, we only need a little food and medicinal materials, and after a short rest, we can fight for you again."

"What's the situation ahead?" Brando asked suddenly.

Bartom was taken aback.

"I'm talking about the Sharp Rock Valley, how many Madara's undead army are there?"

"Countless, my lord. The skeleton cavalry of the brigade, they have been chasing after the night, driving the refugees forward, the bastard Luc Besson didn't resist at all, he was chased all the way, and then encountered the monsters of the brigade Ambush, almost wiped out the entire army"

Brando is not surprised by Luc Besson's performance. Tiger Luc Besson is indeed one of the best fighters in the White Mane Legion, but he can't escape this historical limitation, and failure is inevitable.

Brigade of skeleton cavalry, Kabais and dead maggot join forces? He suddenly thought of this question: "Big monster? What kind of monster?"

"They are about the height of a person, with smooth skin, black and blue bodies, and long iron claws. They have a stench on their bodies. They jumped out of the rocks around the valley and attacked us. We were caught off guard. Less than two or three out of ten survived."

Ghouls, just don't know if there are ghouls. Brando didn't say a word. He was most worried about ghouls. These undead creatures came from the black border area. In Madara's military sequence, they were one level higher than the skeleton cavalry, and one level lower than the black warrior and pale knight. , but it is the highest first-level unit that Madara's low-level units can gather on a large scale in this era

How many ghouls does he want to have at least in the hands of Magus Magus? one hundred? two hundred? Ghouls are level 20 creatures, and each head has the strength of the lower reaches of black iron. It is only natural that the white mane swordsman group was defeated by them in a sudden attack.

"Master Knight?" Bartom was a little apprehensive when he saw that Brando was silent.

Brando just nodded: "If you want to join my team, you have to abide by my rules. I mean that I am hiring you. In addition to the rewards, I will give you a place to rest. You go with him, he I will give you some food, medicinal materials and bandages, and after you rest, you will be ready to fight at any time."

As he spoke, he patted the shoulder of the mercenary beside him: "Take them there."

"Thank you for your generosity, Lord Knight." Bartom hastily bowed deeply. Brando's conditions have greatly exceeded his expectations. He has been to many places, but he has never seen him before. Such a generous nobleman.

But the rider who followed him asked, "And you, my lord?"

"You go back first and let me have a quiet meeting alone." Brando looked at the surrounding environment and felt that it met his needs, so he replied.

Of course, Brando didn't want to be alone for a while, but to complete an alchemy. Alchemy is not a mysterious skill in Warnd. It is determined by the civilization of magic. Many workshop craftsmen are more or less proficient in alchemy. But to elevate it to an art of magic, it requires profound knowledge and long-term accumulation.

In the language of the game, the skill of alchemy is two skills before and after level 5. Before level 5, it looks more like chemistry. Craftsmen use this skill to obtain some materials that are different from ordinary ones.

After level 5, it becomes a mysterious art. Wizards use high-level alchemy to extract pure crystals and magic materials, and even create magic potions and some natural magic items.

And pairing it with skills such as forging, crafting, and enchanting is the legendary magic equipment production skill.

There are many craftsmen and workshop apprentices among the refugees. It is not difficult for Brando to learn alchemy. He only needs to find one to ask a few casually to get started with basic alchemy. As an aristocrat, naturally no one would suspect that he would steal a lesson

But this time Brando happened to want to learn from a teacher.

It takes a total of 122 skill experience points to upgrade alchemy from level 0 to level 5, but this is not a problem for Brando now. After the previous night's battle, he had a total of 967 experience points, which was enough for him to upgrade his career level to mercenary level 9, so that the spare skill experience reached 164 points, more than enough.

It's a pity that alchemy is a skill of the mystic department, and the profession of the physics department can only put it under the basic status of a commoner. Because the basic identity is different from a profession, any skill under this identity is regarded as a job, but because the basic identity cannot be upgraded, a skill can only be upgraded to a fixed level under this identity.

For example, civilians can raise alchemy to level 5, nobles to level 7, and alchemists to level 15. In fact, in Amber Sword, the combination of identity and occupation is a very particular skill. Sometimes in order to obtain the skills of a wizard, or a wizard player to obtain the skills of a warrior, if he does not want to waste experience and attributes in part-time jobs, he will think of changing his identity.

Brando's ideal state is to upgrade alchemy to level 6, and then he can make magic potions, but at this moment, the conditions are limited and he can only give up.

He waited for Bartom and the others to leave with the rider, waited for a while, and after confirming that there was no one around, he came to the center of the open space alone, carefully cleaned out an open space on the ground, and then pulled out his sword to draw a picture on the open space. Created a simple array:

Energy Transformation Array

The knowledge of the circle comes from level 4 alchemy, which is used by artisans to extract free energy from material entities and seal them in a crystalline state.

Then there is the blood refining circle.

This is why Brando avoids other people. The blood refining technique actually comes from Madara's alchemy technique, which is one of the forbidden techniques strictly prohibited within the scope of the Temple of Fire. This is mainly because the blood refining will cause damage to the caster itself, which does not conform to the basic teachings of the Temple of Fire.

But I have to say that blood refining is a very practical skill, because it can ignore alchemy equipment, so that alchemists can complete some simple material synthesis under any circumstances.

To be honest, although the Temple of Fire strictly prohibited it back then, there were not a lot of players who used this technique by Eruin and Cruz.

What's more, it's usually not found, is it?

However, Brando was still a little nervous at the moment. To the player, dropping a level was like losing his head. Although Shire had already been helping him outside, he really didn't dare to challenge the authority of the Temple of Fire so blatantly.

He took a breath, took out the tooth he had pulled out from Lidenberg's middle-level Lich before, and put it in the center of the magic circle, then stood up and stabbed his finger with the tip of the sword, a drop of blood oozed out. He put his finger flat and let the blood drip on the center of the magic circle. The magic circle flashed red, and the tooth immediately turned into a gray crystal the size of a little finger.

The moment the alchemy was completed, Brando felt his heart beat slightly, and he had already suffered 1 backlash damage.

He wiped cold sweat on his pale forehead, then picked up the crystal, which was actually pure crystallization of soul energy. However, unlike the soul crystal, if this turbid soul energy is absorbed by someone, they will be poisoned and die immediately.

But despite its vulgarity and smallness, it was one of his most important props tonight.

But he can't breathe a sigh of relief at the moment, because he still has more work to do. Thirty-two teeth, four fingers, Brando is already planning to squander his bottle of No. 5 holy water here. He can only hope that these investments will recoup adequate returns.

But he had just finished halfway, and after about a quarter of an hour, he heard Charles' voice outside: "Who?"

Brando's heart tightened, and he quickly smoothed the magic circle on the ground, put away all the materials, then grabbed the thorn of Zhanguang and ran out. As soon as he walked to the edge of the fir forest, he saw a middle-aged man standing opposite Shire. He froze for a moment, and found that this middle-aged man was the one he rescued last night.

How did he get here?

In Brando's memory, this middle-aged man was quite strong, and dared to resist under Markov's guards. It just seemed too unwise.

But what he didn't expect was that the first words that the middle-aged man saw him were: "My lord, are you using the blood magic circle? Please put your body first."

This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, not only Brando, but even Charles was stunned. How did he know? Has he been here for a long time? impossible! Charles couldn't believe that he couldn't even detect a commoner.

Subconsciously, the young wizard squire was about to prepare a spell.

But the middle-aged man saw their doubts, bowed deeply and said, "My lord, I haven't thanked you for your rescue last night. My name is Tamar, and I'm an alchemist."

"Tama?"

"You are Tamar!" Brando felt that the name was familiar at first, but then he remembered that this was not Madara's chief court alchemist after the Year of Venus in 380 years?

He was almost shocked by the name for a moment.

He couldn't help but look him up and down, trying to see if this was that Tamar. But from this point of view, it is likely to be that one. It turns out that Tamar was not originally a Madara, and he must have been transformed into an undead during this war. If it was because of that bastard Markov, it would not be impossible for him to turn to hate this country. Presumably the reason for the hatred was the death of his son. Thinking about it this way, everything is logical.

However, what Brando really confirmed was the other party's sensitivity to alchemy. It can be seen that he is using the forbidden technique just from the backlash effect, which is not something ordinary alchemy talent can do.

Tamar in history was a strong man against the sky. Most of Madara's high-level undead transformation results were completed by him, Messat, and Seri Lando, three ancient undead alchemy masters. . And Tamar's most famous achievement is the black magic circle technology that directly transforms skeleton soldiers from corpses. This technology can be said to directly double Madara's military strength.

But now, it seems that it is a bit difficult for Madara to achieve this achievement again. Brando looked at Tamar, who was still human, and couldn't help but smile a little.

"My lord?" His smile didn't matter, but Tamar was taken aback, wondering if this gentleman knight actually had a special hobby? He had heard the filthy rumors among the nobles, so he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy even though he was approaching age.

It was Shire who coughed angrily on the side, which made Brando wake up, and quickly explained: "You are the alchemy master of Ridenberg, Tamar?"

Master alchemy? That is one of the top titles in the field of alchemy, is he that famous? Tamar was taken aback, and quickly shook her head: "I'm just an unknown little alchemist, my lord, I have been working for the noble council before, with no results."

Not famous yet? This time I picked up the treasure, Brando was overjoyed.