The heat wave of early summer sweeps across the earth. At night, the heat dissipates slightly. The refreshing wind breaks through the rising heat. I try hard to spread this coolness to the distance, but it is just in vain. People who have finished their work and beasts who have finished hunting feel it.
There is only fumigation.
The wind kept moving, struggling to float far away, lifting up the dry and dehydrated leaves in the forest, making a rustling sound, causing the densely packed "silk" giant network on the rock wall below to tremble.
It criss-crosses all the way to the depths of the cave, and the undulating rhythm follows the silk threads and merges into the spider web hanging in mid-air, causing a ripple visible to the naked eye.
"Is the wind... it seems like a very weak wind?" A "person" sighed, looking up at the large net woven by his own "hand" in the sky, "It seems... it's summer?"
He had short silver-gray hair and long bangs that completely covered his left eye, revealing his blue eyes as he swayed. He was holding a cup of tea made from tea foam, and his genderless face always had a
With a slight smile.
Qieye couldn't remember how long it had been since he left the crypt. At first, he recorded the alternation of the sun and the moon through marks, but after oversleeping one time, he simply gave up. Now that he thinks about it, the last time he left was when the snow just fell?
The lack of exposure to light makes Qie Ye's body glow a sickly white color, but the mutant spider doesn't need to care about this.
Feeling hungry, Qieye walked along the crypt dug by his own hands, came to the place where the underground river flows, and triggered the lighting crystal.
The moment the warm light came on, more than a dozen slimes jumped up and down happily. Before Cut Leaf could get close, they all jumped out of the water and gathered around him.
"Good, good, I want to change the taste today, so I'll take a sip of grass-based stuff."
Qie Ye patted the fluorescent green slime. This one feeds on underground fluorescent plants. The slime with a slight mushroom smell in the slurry is his favorite. He uses the magic power of grass to condense it into a straw and slowly plunges it into the slime.
After it was ready, Kiriha took a big sip inside Mu's body. Seeing the slime shrinking and gradually drying up, he immediately stopped talking - the slime can recover again by absorbing elements and magic power.
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I took out a few pieces of the dried fish, took a sip of the water elemental magic extracted by the magic circle, and cut the leaves to complete the periodic supply.
Holding the slimes in their arms, they sometimes circled around the water, and sometimes played the eagle-catching-chicken game common among human children. Qiye’s laughter echoed - even if he lives alone, he still hopes to have some life around him, and interact with the slimes.
Their entertainment was one of the few ways to relieve stress for him who was dizzy from studying alchemy.
He couldn't remember when he started to hate dealing with people. There should be a source, but Qie Ye couldn't recall... Maybe everything stemmed from accumulation over time?
Since the beginning of the magic wave, Qie Ye rarely left his crypt. It was a mess outside. The wars and killings made everyone lose their minds. Occasionally, he returned to the ground a few times. Before he went far, he could see
The rotting and stinking corpses, the stinking blood had turned black, and maggots pupated on the ground, seemingly looking for a suitable seedbed for hatching.
When he entered the city to replace alchemy materials, he always heard heart-wrenching news, such as dilution, undead, and Solon's civil war. Qieye felt like a messenger bringing disaster. Why did he hear bad news every time he entered the city?
The peaceful Meira is gone forever, and the appearance of careerists one after another pushes Meira into complete chaos. Kiriye, who is waiting for his life to get back on track, looks at the three horizontal lines on the rock wall and suddenly realizes that he
The daily life I want to have has been far away from me for three years.
The stone room where alchemy materials were stored was already empty, and Qie Ye who subconsciously entered it was in a trance.
"Have you used it up again? There's still no progress this time."
Unlike other alchemists who pursue the creation of life, Qieye's research direction is to reproduce the transformation of material properties by the magical tide.
Every wave of magic subtly changes everything in the world, transforms matter, and turns stone into gold. This is the origin of the name of the alchemist. When countless alchemists long for more ambitious and blasphemous power, Qieye follows.
Follow nature and follow the world.
He believes that this power is the revelation cast by the world, guiding them to pursue it.
The eight slender legs that Qie Ye folded up to facilitate his movement in the burrow changed into the same appearance as humans, but he needed to wear a mask. His face was really frighteningly white, and he might be looked down upon by stereotypical humans.
Become a vampire.
Carrying a bag of gold coins, Qie Ye carefully pushed aside the camouflage in the crypt and scanned the surrounding area with his keen sense.
There were no corpses, no bloody smell, and no one. The silence made Qie Ye feel at ease for no reason, and also gave him enough courage to deal with the next transaction.
Thunderstruck City was named after a lord who was struck to death by lightning during the Melias period. After his death, he broke the bones and sucked the marrow out of the people of his territory and became a frequent visitor to the stories of divine punishment told by bards. This also gave this territory its name.
Named after the manner of his death.
After Solon's three points, this place came under the management of Storm Lord Zenil, and was on the front line of the battle between Storm Lord and Green Shade Lord.
Qie Ye mustered up the courage to use a copper coin to inquire about the progress of the war. After learning that all three parties had maintained restraint, he felt relieved. The news that Codezon was invaded by aliens and entered the national defense stage made him sigh.
"Are you...are you sure? But...but the same gold coins half a year ago were enough."
Hearing the manager of the magic props shop say that he didn't have enough money, Kiriha's eyes widened. He poured out the gold coins in disbelief. The sound of clattering echoed in the quiet shop, attracting other people who were buying items.
, realizing this, Qie Ye’s hands were shaking violently, and he just wanted to escape from here.
"Your Excellency Alchemist, these gold coins were indeed enough six months ago. However, a lot of things have happened in the past six months, and now it is a bit difficult to trade gold coins... If you have crystal sand, or more abundant silver coins, or some suitable equivalents, I am also willing to
Complete this deal with you."
Qie Ye's lips were trembling, and the pale face under the mask was twitching.
"Can it be a little cheaper..."
Qie Ye tried to imitate the bargaining he saw in the shopping street, but after the store manager's categorical "no", he immediately withered, picked up the gold coins and left the store quickly, escaping from the gaze that gathered on him and almost cooked him.
Hiding in a deserted place, Qie Ye breathed heavily. Just communicating with people made his heart almost beat out of his body.
"Why is this happening..."
He couldn't understand the speed of the gold coin's depreciation, and the ruthless fact was already in front of him - he had no money to purchase sufficient alchemical materials, and all experiments would be stopped.
Alchemy has always been like this, with high investment and low output. Other magicians have some ways to make extra money, but what extra money can alchemists make?
There is such an alchemist joke, it is said that the summoner and the alchemist have no money to eat, the summoner summons the incorrect summons and orders it to hunt rabbits.
The alchemist asked doubtfully: "Why don't you be bolder and let it hunt the fatter wild boar?"
The summoner replied: "Of course I know that the wild boar can eat enough, but considering the price I am about to pay, the rabbit can obviously save me some losses."
The alchemist was hungry, so he made an elegant and beautiful bowl using stones that could be found everywhere, and said to the summoner.
"Give me some, give me some."
Qie Ye thought about it and walked into the local Adventurer's Guild, trying to find a bounty with a good reward among the bounties. However, after looking around, he was only disappointed. The valuable bounty had already been accepted by professional adventurers.
Let's go, the rest are people who can't make much money.
With a hesitant look on his face, he looked at the bounty notice board in a trance, remembering Zenil's promise that he could "come to him at any time".
His intuition told him that this was just a casual remark made by a big shot, and there was no need to take it seriously. There was no one who was willing to be taken advantage of and continue to support him, but... what if?
The receptionist of the Adventurer's Guild came over, and Kiriye quickly ducked two or three feet away, waiting for her to make changes to the bounty on the notice board.
The adventurers who had been waiting for a long time stood up and prepared to browse the latest missions. Their eyes naturally fell on the commission containing ten magic crystals.
"Lightning Strike City, looking for an alchemist, please come to the Luanting Tavern if you are interested."
Most of the adventurers looked disappointed and looked away to look for other opportunities. Only Kiriye was stunned.
Ten magic crystals, as the mainstream transaction currency among magicians, made him excited.
Although I don't know exactly what the other party wants the alchemist to help with, it seems good to give it a try. If it doesn't work, then consider defecting to Zenil?
Before hesitating, Qie Ye had already arrived at the door of the tavern. He took a deep breath, pushed the door open, and after explaining his purpose to the waiter, he was led up to the second floor.
Adventurers would not be willing to live in such a single large house at all. Only wealthy businessmen and nobles who wanted to take a break would be willing to live in it. Qieye looked forward to this commission a little more.
"I hope I can have enough money to buy materials..."
"Please come in." A lazy female voice came from inside the house.
Qie Ye took another deep breath, completed his mental preparation, and pushed the door open!
"Hello, I'm from the Adventurer's Guild. You seem to be looking for..."
Qie Ye's hair stood on end, as a man and a woman in the room stared directly at him without batting an eyelid... However, this woman with rabbit ears looked familiar.
Magic power surged, and Qieye was prepared to deal with emergencies. Although he was an alchemist, he did not lack combat power.
Rabbit Ears handed a scroll to the ordinary-looking man next to him... It can only be described as this, at least if it was thrown into a sea of people, Qie Ye would not be able to find him no matter what.
Wait, why do the two of them look so excited?
"Your name is Qie Ye?"
"Ah, oh, yes..."
Qie Ye subconsciously responded, but suddenly realized something was wrong. He raised his head, shuddered, and met two pairs of shining eyes.
He wanted to escape, but it was too late. The man and woman exerted force on the left and right, and directly pinned him to the wall. The summoned jellyfish appeared out of thin air and also used its tentacles.
Was it the punishment for thinking of that summoner joke just now?
But he obviously also laughed at himself as an alchemist!
"Don't struggle, we are just confirming the information...one last thing to confirm, you are indeed a mutant spider, right?"
"Who are you? I'm just an alchemist. I don't have any agenda. If you catch me, you won't get anything, and you might even lose money..." Qie Ye said quickly.
Lu Yu and Sera looked at each other and smiled. They searched for a few days, but they didn't expect that they would find something when they were about to leave here.
"Qie Ye, we want to invite you to a place...well, you can lose money wherever you want."