"Alchemist?"
The crackling sound when the potions were mixed together echoed in the scene in this room, and magical radiance like electric currents began to shine in front of Black Corn and the others. He and the three or two teammates around him
He stared at every movement in the direction of the small wooden box for a moment, and after a while, he asked in a low voice in another blue-purple light: "What does alchemist mean?"
"Alchemist is one of my professions." Still operating the potion bottles in front of him quickly, Duan Qing replied without raising his head: "What, is there any problem?"
"Of course there is a problem." Black Corn raised his voice: "What are you going to do? Do you want to violently crack the mechanism on this wooden box? Be careful, if you accidentally break this box..."
"If you don't want me to accidentally destroy this wooden box, then don't say a few words." Duan Qing, who was still staring closely in front of him, wrinkled his eyebrows: "It will distract me."
"……whispering sound."
He spat in a low voice, and with both hands on the table, Black Corn did not say his next words for a long time. His motionless appearance and eyes staring at those magical radiances remained in place, as if by acquiescence.
Duan Qing was trying to do something. Then, colorful magic reactions appeared around the wooden box all the time, accompanied by the magic attached to the wooden box that intertwined and collided with each other.
The harsh crackling sound was emitted, and the movements of Duan Qing's fingertips, whose hands were entangled around the crackling currents, became faster and faster, and finally turned into a blur that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye: "One layer of elemental locks, two
Layers of elemental locks... Wow, two layers of crystallization arrays were actually added, and they were covered up with illusion magic..."
"Hey!" Black Corn, who was about to scream just now, lowered his voice: "You...what are you talking about? Can you say something we can understand?"
"You don't understand anyway, so just sit there and listen."
There was an imperceptible light in his eyes, and the expression on Duan Qing's face, who kept mixing the potion on the surface of the wooden box, became more and more serious: "The elements that are restricted are the earth element and the water element, which shows that the maker deliberately
The magic circle was strengthened, but the fire element was released... It should have been installed with a setting similar to self-destruction, so it is not afraid of the violent entry of the fire element."
"……maker?"
"It's really hard to deal with."
He took out a bottle of transparent potion from his arms again. Duan Qing quickly poured it on the surface of the wooden box. Then, before the wooden box was about to turn red, he removed the potions attached to it.
All the colorful potions were washed down. The sizzling sound was accompanied by the unique sparks when magic jumped, and then rushed on the surface of the wooden table, and in an instant, various colors of green smoke were used to corrode the potions of various sizes.
Duan Qing, who was filled with emptiness and ignored these, then stretched out his hands soaked in the bottle of transparent potion and slowly placed the wooden box in the center of the holes: "I did it deliberately for a certain purpose.
To this extent...you have already spent a lot of money."
"Bullshit, nonsense." Black Corn, who didn't care about the loss of tables and chairs, immediately shouted: "This is a relic from the ancient magic empire! You are a little magician and alchemist..."
"I'm not talking about you, and this isn't some ancient relic."
He raised his hand to interrupt the other party's words. Duan Qing, who was looking at the wooden box in his hand, slowly raised it into the air: "Based on my superficial knowledge of magic, the magic blockade attached to it only existed in modern times.
Although the magic technology is not as perfect and generous as those in the ancient magic empire, it is more than enough to disgust people."
"Modern, modern magic technology?" Amidst everyone's shocked reactions, the player named Walnut Rakshasa was the first to ask: "How can a relic from the ancient Magic Empire have modern magic technology?
……ah!"
"That's right, it's what you think."
Weighing the small wooden box with a simple shape up and down, Duan Qing commented in a low voice: "Let you think this is a relic of the ancient magic empire, and then use the attraction of the ancient magic empire to lead you to those relics...anyway
You people know very little about magic in the free world, so you can easily be fooled."
"Tsk, damn it." The man with a long knife named Black Corn lowered his head and stamped his feet: "Are those magic mechanisms also fake?"
"I can't say that. Maybe there are other treasures hidden inside." Duan Qing smiled and shook his head: "Or maybe there is really a secret key to unlocking this box?"
"So what if it's unlocked? Is there really any ancient treasure inside?"
"I don't rule out this possibility. Maybe someone among the later nobles of the empire obtained some treasure and then sealed it using their own means..."
"I've long thought that employer was suspicious."
Before Duan Qing could finish his guess, Heimai, who was sitting across from him, slapped the table with his hand: "I won't give you any money for finding the wooden box. You insist on asking us to unlock the magic of this wooden box again."
The mechanism... hmm, maybe the purpose of that anonymous person is not to obtain the things here at all, but to obtain the other treasures in the ruins."
"Then, why are you using such an excuse? Why don't you just tell us to crack the hidden passages in the ruins that haven't been opened yet?"
"Maybe it's to deceive others, to prevent us from discovering some secrets..."
"It may also be some kind of teleportation anchor point. After we find a certain place, it will suddenly activate and teleport to us instantly."
"Why didn't you say it was just a bomb, used to kill people and silence them?"
"Don't speak too early."
Raising his hand to interrupt the murmurings of several players around him, the man with the long knife named Black Corn stood up again. His eyes that had been staring at the wooden box then moved up, and finally placed it on the box.
Duan Qing's face said: "After all, we only know that this wooden box is not a product of ancient times. Everything else... is not certain now."
"Are you doubting my conclusion?" Duan Qing, who raised his hand with a smile and remained silent, then raised the wooden box in front of the other party: "If you don't believe it, you can take it to another place for appraisal.
"
"No need, I believe you for the time being." He scratched his head helplessly, and Black Corn finally dispelled the doubtful look from his face: "But the problem is...there is something on this wooden box.
There are still many doubts.”
"Oh? Then what do you think we should do?"
"This wooden box...can you still open it now?"
He said this slowly, and grinned, braving the surprised looks of his companions around him: "Can you do it?"
"Even now, you still want to know what's in this?"
Duan Qing raised his eyebrows in surprise, and asked in a low voice: "What's the use of knowing it?"
"God knows what it's for, maybe it's just an empty box." Black Corn shrugged his shoulders: "But I just want to know, how is it?"
"..."
"Why, you're not saying you can't open it at this time, are you?" Looking at Duan Qing's silence again, Black Corn sneered and picked up the long knife in front of him: "You've been pretending to be a dick for so long.
…”
"Don't underestimate the power of alchemy."
Duan Qing wiped his chin, with a strange smile on his face, and then spread his hands to both sides: "It's just... I haven't fully analyzed the composition of all magic seals, and I want to break the magic circles that I have discovered.
"
"how?"
Pouring his lips, Black Corn finally answered Duan Qing's deliberately prolonged words: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Purple goldenrod, ice orchid, leaves of the Shaker tree, and two turtle shells from the ancestor tortoise."
He quickly reported the names of several materials, and Duan Qing's eyes brought an inexplicable smile: "If possible, it is best to bring a few of each type of elemental stone. The more the better.
.”
"Holy crap, what do you think this is? A grocery store?" Black Corn stared and shouted, "Forget about the elemental stones, what are those inexplicable herbal materials?"
"Don't try to show off your poor face. Ordinary guilds are just fine. Adventure groups that can easily promise five thousand gold coins... I still don't take these things seriously." Duan Qing replied with a smile: "
Anyway, isn't it just to solve the problem of this wooden box that you invited me here? If you don't pay anything..."
"How can you easily get the effect you want?"
The silence lasted for a moment as Duan Qing's words came to light. Accompanying them were the eyes of the two men standing in the center of the room, who looked at each other. They stood there and stared at each other for a while, then lowered their voices.
He tilted his head with a smile and curled his lips to the side without turning his head: "...Wutao."
"In the."
"Go and help this alchemist solve this problem."
"……OK."
The sound of rapid footsteps gradually moved away from the room as the three or two players surrounding Duan Qing turned around, and finally disappeared with the movement of Walnut Rakshasa who was left at the end turning around, and the black corn remained unchanged.
In his field of vision, the dusk from the free world gradually descended on the urban area of Tanzania with the silent confrontation between the two people present. The boring feeling caused by the passage of time finally followed the black corn pie.
The few people who went out came back one after another, and some changes occurred. At the same time, more and more alchemical materials were piled up next to the gray-robed magician. Duan Qing, who was resting with his arms closed and eyes closed, did not do anything.
There was no unnecessary reaction until the sunlight from the outside gradually began to fade away before he slowly opened his eyes: "It's almost done."
"All the materials you want are here." Black Corn, who was still sitting across from him, also laughed softly: "Purple golden flower, ice orchid grass, leaves of the Shaker tree, two shells of the ancestor tortoise...other than that
In addition, we also gave away a dozen elemental crystals. If these things are not enough to meet your needs, please unlock the seal on the wooden box for me..."
"You don't need to remind me." Duan Qing, who stretched out his hand, interrupted: "I know the rules."
"Then..." Black Corn, whose expression turned gloomy, grinned: "Please start your performance."
Without saying any more unnecessary words, Duan Qing, who stretched out his hands, slowly placed the empty bottles in front of him. His face gradually became serious as the yellow tracks appeared in front of him.
The small wall condensed on the table in front of me: "...Don't be nervous, this is just a temporary alchemy platform I built."
"Earth magician?" Black Corn raised his eyebrows: "Please do."
"There may be some noise next, please be patient."
Placing the wooden box in his hand on the alchemy table supported by the earth wall, Duan Qing reached into his arms and then sprinkled a bottle of light yellow potion around the earth wall: "My magic level cannot convert this
The temporary alchemy platform lasts until the experiment is completed, so it needs to be reinforced with elements, and then..."
"Let's begin." He showed his white teeth, and then poured another bottle of potion in his hand directly on the surface of the wooden box: "Magic Amplification!"
"Hey you"
The suddenly loud roar of magic interrupted the warning that Black Corn was about to blurt out. At the same time, there was a cracking sound when the magic lines on the surface of the wooden box suddenly expanded.
, the wooden box placed in the center of the earth wall by Duan Qing, the large swaths of brilliant colors that were constantly shining on the surface also gradually expanded with the expansion of these magic lines, and finally formed the appearance of magic arrays composed of circuits.
A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Duan Qing, who stood with his hands in the air, quickly swayed out another fiery red potion, and then the bottle of potion came into contact with a blue node in the magic circle surrounding the surface of the wooden box.
While they were together, he reached out and pulled a purple herb beside him: "Don't panic, the confinement circle will restrict the use of their own power. As long as the amount is appropriate, the contraction and expansion will eventually reach a balance somewhere.
.”
"Just like what you see now." He pointed to the violent reaction caused by the violent collision between the bottle of red potion and the blue node, and then sprinkled the melted purple powder in his hand: "Just zoom in
With this magic circle, even with alchemy, there is a way to dismantle it one by one."
"Hey, hey!" In the constantly echoing buzz of magic, Black Corn pointed there with all his strength and shouted: "It, it's going to explode!"
"Don't worry, as an alchemist, how could such a result be unexpected?"
With his left hand, he quickly applied a bottle of gray viscous potion on the rough and uneven surface of the turtle shell. Duan Qing then pressed it hard before the violent reaction of light was about to erupt: "Normal alchemy.
It is impossible to handle such a violent reaction, but..."
"If it's my kind of homemade method, this kind of energy response is just right."
The strong light was then covered up by the huge turtle shell, and the fusion of red and blue began to penetrate along the surface of the turtle shell. Duan Qing, who had a confident smile on his face, then twisted out streaks of green with his hands.
The silk thread introduced the unstable energy that was about to explode together with the turtle shell that shattered into powder into a prepared empty bottle placed aside. (To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!