"Already here? Where is it?" Ayla hurried back to the grove with Rurik and Paracelsus, "Has your work here been completed?"
Amy pulled out two notebooks from a pile of ashes on the ground and waved towards Ella: "We have found them. But Drague just saw from the air that people from the Island Republic have gathered in all directions of the academy.
Soldiers, a lot of them!"
"Then let's get out of here quickly!" Ella took the lead in climbing back onto the hot air balloon. "The speed of ocean fire alone is not enough. Amy, come and help light the fire!"
Filled with hot air, the shriveled hot air balloon slowly inflated.
"Fly quickly, fly quickly! Why aren't you flying yet???"
"Not so fast!" Amy shouted, "It will take a long time for the hot air to fill up to the point where we can fly!"
After hearing this, Drague climbed out of the hot air balloon: "I can fly by myself, which can save some weight."
"Then you can fly me back." Paracelsus climbed out of the hot air balloon immediately. "I am heavier. Without me, the hot air balloon can float faster."
"It's too late!" Amy shouted, "They're already here!"
Perhaps sensing that the lightning magic in the report was unusual, the Island Republic dispatched more than a thousand soldiers this time. Some of them were equipped with armor and spears, some held large shields, short swords, and some held
Crossbows, and even a group of soldiers brought scorpion crossbows and ballistae. Paracelsus was so frightened that he wanted to run back to the vehicle to hide, but Rurik regained his energy and climbed out of the hot air balloon.
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"Just in time!" Rurik used his hammer to trigger a bolt of lightning in the sky. "I am Rurik! If you want to challenge me, just come and do it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Rurik laughed and rushed towards the soldiers. As he swung his hammer, arm-sized thunderbolts continued to fall towards the most densely populated areas of the soldiers. The soldiers fled in all directions in fright.
, the dense phalanx was disrupted by lightning. Rurik rushed into the scattered soldiers and smashed the soldiers' heads with hammer after hammer.
"It's an elf-level magician!" the commanding officer shouted, "Don't run away, there are many of us, surround him and hold him back, don't give him a chance to summon thunder and lightning! The rest of the people will catch his accomplices and use
The hostages forced him to surrender!"
At this time, Ella's hot air balloon had floated slightly. The soldiers of the Island Republic immediately drew their crossbows and prepared to shoot down the hot air balloon.
"Um...we are just here to pick up some books. Can you let us go?"
Amy smiled slightly on the hot air balloon. The hands of the crossbowmen suddenly froze in place. Two soldiers were carrying a giant crossbow arrow and preparing to load it on the ballista. When they heard Amy's voice, they looked up.
Seeing Amy's smile, the giant crossbow in their hands fell down and hit their toes. But despite the pain in their toes, the two soldiers still stared at Amy intently, unable to take their eyes away.
Look away.
"Aphrodite's protection!" the officer responded, "This woman is also an elf-level magician! Be careful, there are two elf-level people in this group!"
The soldiers who were at the front remembered that the soldiers were about to capture Paracelsus. When they heard the officer's words, they all took a step back in fright, staring at Paracelsus timidly and not daring to step forward for fear of
He is also an elf. At this point, Paracelsus felt that he would be sorry for the atmosphere in front of him if he didn't make a few moves:
"Take the move, salt...the bird of Hermes...the white eagle...the green tiger...the red lion...the sky, the ruby of the sky?"
Nothing happened. The soldiers looked at each other, picked up their knives and slashed at Paracelsus.
"fus ro dah! (Do not let go!)"
Drague roared out, and the soldiers were blown away like leaves. Drague took the opportunity to stretch out his wings, grabbed Paracelsus and flew into the air:
"faas ru maar! (Shocking roar!)"
The roar aroused the fear hidden in human instinct. For a moment, a large number of soldiers dropped their weapons and fled out of the woods.
"Another Elf! We don't have enough manpower, retreat quickly!" I don't know if he was affected by the shocking roar, but the officer shouted to the remaining soldiers, "Stop fighting, there are three Elfs, not three or four."
We can’t take it down with a thousand people! Go find the governor and send troops for support!”
Of course Ella and others would not wait until they came back with reinforcements. As soon as the thousand people withdrew, they flew into the sky in a hot air balloon.
Even on the way back to the siege camp, Ayla and Paracelsus were not idle. They grabbed several documents taken out from the Alchemy Academy and began to look for clues about the dye from them:
"In this way, maybe I can complete that great work..."
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"It's time to put this matter aside for now, and I have to continue with the great work..."
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"In order to touch the ultimate mystery of creation, I must first complete the great work..."
"Why are they all such 'great work'!" Ella threw down the documents and yelled, holding her head, "What exactly does this 'great work' mean? Why can't she explain it clearly?"
"If we make it clear, these documents may not be in our hands." Paracelsus replied, "There is no doubt that she is intending to use alchemy to make artificial humans."
"Creating humans again? Didn't she create humans through alchemy?"
"She doesn't think so," Paracelsus said. "She only took away a part of my soul, so there are some things she doesn't know - everything from my intention to make an artificial human to her birth.
.In her perception, she is the real Paracelsus. I once mixed the notes I wrote when making her into a pile of books and gave them to her, hoping that she would notice. But from these documents,
She doesn’t seem to be aware of it—I’m afraid she has already followed my old path and started trying to use alchemy to make artificial humans.”
"Then...can she succeed?"
"Don't talk about this." Paracelsus raised a roll of paper in his hand, "I have already found the formula for the dye."
"What is it?" Ella asked hurriedly, "What materials are needed and under what environment are they made?"
"They are all common materials, nothing rare. If I have simple equipment, I should be able to make some. But..."
"But what?"
"However, if you want to make it in large quantities, you still need a special alchemy laboratory." Paracelsus said, "It is definitely not feasible to make enough potions for thousands of soldiers in a siege camp. In addition,
, if you want to make it in large quantities, I can’t do it alone, and you need the cooperation of someone with at least some alchemy basics.”
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"As for laboratories and alchemists, they are all available in the Alchemy Academy... Damn it, don't we have to capture the capital of the island republic first? If so, it will be too late!"
"King of Sweden, I have a question." Rurik said from the side, "I couldn't attack the city before because I was blocked by the navy on the other side. But after you come, King of Sweden, the control of the sea will be in our hands.
Now with me added here, there are three elf-level magicians, and your flying Sealander has a ready-made trebuchet. We have an advantage in terms of military strength. Even the magic of a few of us is not suitable for breaking down the city wall.
, two days should be enough to break through this place. Why didn’t you just order a storm?”
"Gu...? That's right!"
Ella woke up from a dream.
"I have never used magic to attack a city...I forgot about this."
