The workshop was divided into two places, and the outside room was divided into four or five rooms. Each room had a young man, some were muttering words to a bottle, while others seemed to be resting. When he saw Alec walking in, he nodded and said hello. Alec gave gifts one by one.
As soon as you enter the back, there is a thick iron door blocking it, and you can't see what's inside. However, the door contains beautiful characters: Magician Sackville and his assistant Alec's work laboratory. Please do not break in illegally, the violators will bear the consequences.
Romon glanced at Alec in front of him and thought: It seems that this person is highly valued by magicians. Moreover, it seems that this master Sackville has a bit of the strange and cold humor of scientific researchers in his previous life.
Alec led Romon and the other two to the backward house. At the door, he stopped, looked back at the two behind him, and said seriously: "The laboratory of my teacher Sackville, in front of me. I ask you not to move any items in the room because of curiosity. As the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat. And the result of showing curiosity in a magician's laboratory is probably to kill himself."
Romon spread his hands and said with a smile: "The more dangerous place than the druid's natural warm room is the magician's laboratory."
Feizia also smiled and said, "A qualified businessman knows how to control his curiosity."
Alec nodded, pushed open the iron door, and the downward staircase appeared in front of everyone. It seemed that the magician built his laboratory underground.
The three of them walked down, and at the same time the iron door closed automatically. A little light appeared above their heads in the originally pitch-black corridor. Romon then saw another iron door at the end of the stairs, with the words "Free friends don't need to knock on the door."
Alec in front pushed the door open, and the three of them finally walked into Sackville's laboratory.
Romon looked around carefully. The size of the room was about the same as the one outside. The whole house was roughly divided into four areas:
There are many utensils placed on the long table in the northwest corner. The modern-educated Romon can roughly distinguish their functions from the shape of the utensils, including balances for weighing doses and measuring cups; sealing tools for storing special items; distillation tools, heating tools, cutting tools, etc.
In the southwest corner, some herbs and medicinal ores were piled up in different categories. Romon identified it roughly. It was probably more than ten herbs, but only a few medicinal ores were recognized.
On the desk in the northeast, there were some parchment rolls of paper scattered, and several quills inserted in ink bottles and placed outside.
There are two beds to the southeast, and it seems that the magician and his disciples sometimes sleep in the workshop.
At this moment, the fifth-level magician Mr. Sackville was sitting next to the desk, frowning and looking at something.
"Teacher." Alec stepped forward and called respectfully.
The magician Sackville is a bald old man. He is not tall, has a flat and square face, thick eyebrows, and a long beard. He is all snow-white. When the old man reads books, he will unconsciously stroke his beard.
Sackville didn't look up and said "Hmm" in his nose: "Is Jacob's business over?"
Alec said with a wry smile: "That's such a worry-prone child. He used the palm of flame outside just now."
Sackville looked up and said, "Oh? What's going on?"
Alec told the whole story and introduced Fezia and Romon.
The old mage shook his head after hearing this: "Dandi is my old friend. But his disciple is really not very good. I will write a letter to Dandy and Baron Ibi for handling this matter."
Then he looked at Fezia, "Your father Barnle is a good person, but he is too small to do business with people like us. You have to work hard!"
Feizia immediately said gratefully: "Master, I will definitely work hard, and I hope to be qualified to serve you one day."
The old mage waved his hand, glanced at Romon, and said to Fezia: "Is this the young man Barn recommends to me? He looks very energetic. Well, I'll take a few questions for you. If you can pass, I'll do it here."
Romon saluted the old master: "Please ask a question by the master."
The old mage scratched his head: "First of all, what is the basic principle of alchemy potion?"
Romon recalled and replied with affirmative answer: "Using the temporary storage spell of the curing agent, this is the basic principle of alchemy potion."
Sackville nodded: "The second question, do you know how to prepare a curing agent for the alchemy agent, a therapeutic agent?"
"I have learned one, but I haven't done it." Romon replied. Although he studied and worked with the pharmacist Anson when he was in Ricca Town and also prepared medicines, ordinary medicines and alchemy medicines have completely different concepts.
"Oh? Which?" Sackville's brow thumped.
"The standard preparation method for treating micro-injury agents for druids is used. The materials used are: Night Moon grass picked on the night of the full moon, soaked in wine and extracted juice immediately; azure stone, soaked in rainwater and ground into powder;..." Romon thought for a moment and said fluently what he knew.
Sackville nodded repeatedly, and after Romon finished speaking, he asked again: "The last question is the correct time to use the curing agent and the casting state that should be selected."
Romon frowned. He was not a druid who had been systematically learned. Fortunately, because manufacturing healing agents is the biggest financial opportunity for low-level casters. Therefore, at that time, he also consulted relevant information in the temple library in the town, and asked the pharmacists Anson and Druid Jayfa about it. Recalling the words revealed in the book and the two, Romon sorted out his thoughts and answered: "The first question: After the curing agent is successfully prepared, its activity index is constantly changing. The curing agent
Once the activity index of the curing agent drops to zero, it indicates that the curing agent fails and needs to be re-formulated. The activity index changes of different curing agents are different. In principle, it is necessary to choose when the curing agent is most active for enchanting. The second question: creating alchemy potions and magic items, casting spells in the process is called enchanting spells. The spells and gestures used for enchanting spells are different from those used for normal spells. Taking the as-known medicine for the cure as an example, during the spell chanting process, it should..."
Romon took as detailed as possible to what he knew.
After hearing this, Sackville smiled and said, "Young man, you passed my exam. I will talk about your treatment and work requirements. If you feel unsatisfied or have special requirements, you can raise it after I finish speaking."
"Okay, master." Romon replied respectfully.
Sackville stroked his long, white beard and said, "You must know that the general medicine for treating minor injuries, such as you know, has a medicinal power of one month, and the price is 1 gold coin. The medicine I prepared has a medicinal power of up to 45 days, and the price of this medicine is 2 gold. As for the total price of the curing agent material, the market price of the kind you know is generally floating around 2 silver coins. However, considering that not every time a qualified medicine can be successfully prepared, the cost price of the material alone is higher than 2 silver. The cost of the curing agent formula I use is lower than the formula you know, and the cost price is about 1 silver. So, this is how your work reward is calculated. You should complete it every day.
A bottle of qualified potion, this bottle of potion, I will give you 7 silver as the price of casting, and then I will allow you a chance to fail every day, but every time I exceed it, I will charge you 1 silver coin to compensate for my curing agent material fee. Finally, if you can complete three bottles of curing minor injuries every day, I will give you an extra 5 silver as a reward. As for food and accommodation, you will get a small room and a free lunch. Oh, I forgot the most important benefit of working here. Every week, you can attend my lectures, but you can’t ask questions or speak. As for my request, it is that the curing agent you receive cannot be taken out of the workshop, and the invalid waste must be paid back. Do you understand?"
Romon nodded seriously after hearing this: "Master, you are a generous person. I am willing to serve you."
"So. Let's sign a magic contract. The period is one month. After one month, we will decide whether to renew the contract based on the situation." Sackville smiled and took out two parchment rolls from the drawer of the desk.
Romon took it and looked at the above terms carefully. As Sackville said, the more detailed point was to stipulate the handling methods that could not meet the requirements of the terms. At the bottom, Sackville had pre-signed his name. Romon felt that there was no problem, so he picked up a pen and signed his own name separately.
The old wizard took the contract and smiled even more kindly. He told Alec, "Alec, take Romon to his room and his workshop, well, and show him the preparation of the potion. Romon, you have to remember that you have three opportunities to watch Alec's preparation of the potion for free, and you can only watch it but not ask. In the future, if you want to observe Alec's preparation of the potion, Alec will charge you, probably 5 silver each time. Also, I don't think you will break into a magician's laboratory recklessly, right?"
Romon bent down and bowed: "Master Sackville, I understand." Then he retreated with Alec.
The three of them passed the dim stairs and returned to the factory outside.
"Master Alec, Romon will take your care in the future." After coming out, Fezia said with a smile.
Alec patted Romon on the shoulder: "No problem, I think he is a smart guy."
"Thank you so much. This time we came in a hurry. The caravan will go back to Ricca Town immediately, so I can only invite you to the Aufa House for a drink next time."
Romon raised his ears and listened to the conversation between the two. The "Absolute House" mentioned by Feizia, who also heard adventurers say when he was in Rika Town, said that this was a hotel affiliated to the Spellcasters Association in Apps City. The basic service target was to ask for gold bags of spellcasters such as mages. In other words, if someone wanted to find a spellcaster to do something, he would choose the "Absolute House" to invite the mages to have a drink - of course, the mages also have their own internal bar, so it is not something that ordinary people can enter.
Chapter completed!