A few people waited in the living room for a while. Fang Plover looked at the decorations on the surrounding walls and seemed a little uneasy. Only a furry little monster not far away looked at them nervously, holding a suitcase on the coffee table.
Crystal ball, it hurriedly screamed: "Sir, that thing is..."
"Okay, Lulu," Sylvide interrupted with a smile: "Mr. Box is just curious, you let him take care of it."
As we all know, dwarfs have a long lifespan, and some even outlive their owners. Ander-Uriel's two dwarfs have been with him since he was in his prime, and Sylvide has been with him since he was young.
I already knew them.
The little dwarf grumbled. The dwarfs and dwarfs thought the little dwarf was stupid, but in fact they had a very good memory, so they recognized Sylvide from the beginning. It knew that she was the granddaughter of its master's friend, and although it was different
I don't know the relationship between humans, but I also know that this is also one of the 'masters'.
Before a few people saw the legendary alchemist, they heard a burst of laughter coming from inside the house. "Holy saints, look who this is?" The laughter shook the ceiling, and in the laughter,
A surprised voice said so.
Fang Plover turned his head and saw an old man with white beard and hair, but energetic, walking out with a cane.
The old man looked at them with a smile in his silver-gray eyes, and of course he mainly looked at Sylvester: "The little girl from the Albert family has not been seen for several years, and she has grown into a great beauty. Look - and
Your mother looks so much like her, she's almost carved from the same mold."
He held one hand behind his back and said with a teasing tone: "After your grandfather left, you and your father haven't been here for a long time. I almost thought you had forgotten me, this old guy."
Sylvide smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Mr. Andre Uriel, long time no see."
"It's been a long time," the old man said, shaking his cane. "I heard some bad news. After your father left for the second world, I always wanted to see you, but for some reasons, I was never able to make the trip. Besides,
Princess Brianne wrote to me saying that the lady was of noble character, so I was relieved."
Sylvide nodded: "I learned a lot from Mrs. Burler. She is a very good person, but it's a pity that good people are not rewarded. After I escaped from there, I never heard of Mrs.
information……"
A trace of sadness flashed in her light blue eyes, but she remained calm.
Fang Yu listened to the conversation between the two and couldn't help but glanced at the noble daughter in surprise. It turned out that the other party had known Princess Brianne for a long time. It seemed that the lady who lived with her was also personally selected by the Elf Princess.
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However, considering the relationship between Brianne and Prince Coleman, and the relationship between the Prince and Sir Mawei, this does not seem surprising.
"Hmph," Ander-Uriel snorted softly after hearing this, a hint of disdain flashed in his silver-grey eyes: "The juniors of the Falost family have forgotten a little. They seem to have forgotten Kaolin.
-Ithulian is an alliance kingdom, not the private property of some families - a hundred years ago..."
The old man's eyes flashed, and he stopped his mouth in time.
He changed his words and said: "... After I heard about you, I didn't stop causing trouble for them. Although I, an old man, am no longer the leader of the Southern Alchemist Alliance, at least my words are still useful. What's funny is that
They also wanted to convince me, but it was a pity that it was a waste of time to trouble old Falaise guy..."
In the kingdom today, the only people who can look down on the prime minister are probably these immortal legends from the previous generation.
Fang Yu couldn't help but glance at the other party - it turned out that the Alchemist Alliance and the Artisans Association were not on good terms, and it seemed that the other party was behind it. The former president of the Alchemist Alliance obviously had considerable influence on the Southern Alliance.
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He looked at Sylvester aside again, thinking that the ship officer must have guessed this.
As expected, Sylvester secretly nodded to him.
The noble daughter turned around again, and then replied: "...it is difficult to fight against the royal family with the power of the Southern Alliance alone. Instead, it will only give the 'juniors of the Falost family' an excuse to intervene in the south."
She quoted the other party's statement, and Fang Plover actually understood it. "The junior of the Falost family" refers to the prime minister, because that is the other party's surname.
"Do you really think I'm angry, little girl?" The old man laughed dumbly and shook his head: "...This is also the interest of the Southern Alliance. Neither we nor the dwarves nor the elves will sit back and watch the royal family.
Domination."
He suddenly stopped and looked at everyone: "Wait a minute, little girl from the Albert family, this is nothing like you..."
Andre-Uriel's silver-gray eyes showed a trace of surprise: "So that's it, you are the elf Alvin Quinn, you are here to be a lobbyist for Princess Brianne -"
He was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but burst into laughter, which made the ceiling tremble again: "I should have thought of this earlier. There is no one in your family who is simple. Like your father, you never go to the Three Treasures Hall."
The old man even said a wisecrack that came from the earth.
After all, this is the Chinese competition area, and the cultural interaction is deep and mutual.
Sylvide only smiled slightly: "You guessed it wrong, Mr. Ander-Uriel, Princess Brianne asked me to take the message, but she also planned to come to see you in person. This time I came, but not
For this reason, I mainly came to visit you."
The old man laughed loudly: "I don't believe you. You have been very cunning since you were a child, little girl Sylvide."
Sylvester was rarely embarrassed, her face flushed slightly, and she couldn't help but glance at her captain.
But Fang Yu obviously believed deeply. In his opinion, his ship officer lady should grow a pair of fox ears.
The noble daughter knew what he was thinking by looking at his expression, and couldn't help but narrow her eyes dangerously.
Ander Uriel was watching the interaction between the two. Apparently he had already noticed the three people on this side - Fang Plover, Luo Yu and Box. Tata was hidden in Fang Plover's hood and did not show up.
The old man smiled and said: "Okay, since the little girl from the Albert family is just here to visit me, this old guy, then we won't talk about these unlucky topics." He pointed at Fang Pliong and the others and said: "No.
Can you introduce to me, are these the Chosen Ones?"
Sylvide nodded: "This is the box and Mr. Luo Yu."
"Who is this……"
She paused for a moment and looked at Fang Plover: "His name is Ed..." The girl suddenly held Fang Plover's hand and pulled him to Ander Uriel. She did not speak, but her face was slightly red.
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Fang Yu didn't react at all. He only heard a buzz in his head and was stunned for a moment.
Ander-Uriel looked at the young girl and the young girl, looked at the hands they held together, couldn't help but smile and squinted his eyes, obviously understanding something.
"Grow up, little girl from the Albert family," the old man smiled slightly: "It's a pity that your father has not come back from the second world, but as your grandfather's old friend, let me help you test this young man."
Sylvide hid her mouth and smiled, but did not answer.
But Fang Yu's mind was in a state of confusion. He still didn't understand what was going on, but there was a buzzing in his ears.
The old legendary alchemist was looking at his right hand with an old and insightful look, and the metal glove fixed there suddenly showed a trace of amusement.
"Alchemist?"
"Huh?" Fang Plover was completely at a loss.
The old man had already seen the coat of arms on his chest.
Alchemists from different places have different coats of arms. A flash of light flashed in the old man's eyes: "Kapka Society?"
Only then did Fang Plover react and nodded completely mechanically.
Ander-Uriel found it a bit interesting. This little guy actually had the same origin as him, and he seemed to have passed the apprenticeship stage. Although it was an indisputable fact that the Holy Chosen entered the country very quickly in the early stage.
But he is well-informed, and he naturally knows that at Fang Plover's age, he is considered the best among the Holy Chosen Ones.
"Since your sweetheart is an alchemist, little girl, it's a coincidence," Andre Uriel replied with a smile: "It just so happened that our group of old men got something interesting recently. Little guy, come and spend some time with me.
How about a game of chess?”
"Playing chess?"
Although Fang Plover was a little confused, he was not stupid yet.
There are several kinds of beast fighting chess in Aitaria, as well as some chess games from the earth, which have been widely spread on the floating continent for half a century. But since the other party mentioned alchemy, it must not be ordinary chess.
Games.
But didn't they come to each other to identify magic items, so why did they get involved in playing chess again? Fang Pliong couldn't help but look back at Sylvester, but the noble daughter just smiled and ignored him completely.
Fang Yu was confused and didn't know when he had offended this young lady.
The old man obviously didn't give him a chance to refuse. He turned around with his cane and said to the little monster: "Lulu, take us to the basement."
He turned back and said, "Little girl from the Albert family, you and the others are coming too."
Sylvide nodded.
The little dwarf led everyone through a corridor. The sunlight outside the arched window fell on the carpet. Sylvester looked at the snowy scene outside, and then asked: "Are there other guests in the manor?"
Andre Uriel also looked at the carriage outside the manor and nodded: "They are from the Copper Bay family." The old man sighed: "Dwarfs and dwarves are obsessed with technology and know nothing about the intrigues in the human world.
, this time my old friend was used as a gunman——"
One of Fang Yu and Sylvide knew the alchemist pattern of Corin-Ithurian very well, and the other was from the noble circle in the kingdom. After hearing this sentence, they immediately understood that the person who came was the chief craftsman.
The president of the meeting.
Falaise-Copper Bay.
"Isn't it bad for you to let Mr. Falaise wait for us alone?" Sylvide asked a little surprised.
"Let him wait, this brainless guy," Andre Uriel said a little angrily: "He has been taken advantage of without knowing it. It will be good for him to let him cool down for a while.
"
Although the two of them were verbally angry when they saw him, they were obviously angry because their old friend was being taken advantage of without knowing it. They did not really want to give the other party a blow, but rather were dissatisfied with the Prime Minister's actions.
This feeling of sulking is more like the behavior of a child than a legendary alchemist.
Sylvester couldn't help but smile.
And Fang Yu's uneasiness about the other party also disappeared a lot.
Several people walked all the way to the basement - the basement was not as dark as they imagined, but seemed very spacious and bright, with brilliant lights. A crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling made the place brightly illuminated.
Under the light, the yellow copper pipes transmitted heating from the outside, dispelling the severe cold underground and making the room covered with thick carpets warm as spring.
This place is more like a luxurious workshop than a basement. Rows of bookshelves are arranged around it, densely packed with thick books. There are also ladders with several little monsters going up and down on them.
Organizing rows of books.
Sylvide has never seen any of these little dwarfs, they are obviously slaves that Ander Uriel bought later. In the center of the basement is a huge machine with a round shape and a copper-colored appearance.
The Eastern and Western Plover was also seen at the Craftsmen's Association. It was the Magic Forge.
Ander Uriel led everyone to the magic furnace. There was a hexagonal prism-shaped transparent crystal in the center of the huge magic equipment. He snapped his fingers, and a ray of light lit up from the crystal.
Falling at everyone's feet.
Only then did Fang Plover realize that this magic furnace seemed to have been modified - in Aitalia, transparent crystals are almost always non-attribute crystals - it is not surprising that the magic furnace uses non-attribute crystals as its main crystal, but this one obviously
A bit too big.
As soon as the light shines on, a staggered grid immediately forms, floating in mid-air. And above the grid, there seem to be some different virtual images suspended.
These virtual images seemed to be chess pieces standing on them, but when Fang Yu took a closer look, he discovered that they were small, flexible projections.
Some of them look like clockwork fairies, but some look like other different constructs.
He was slightly startled, and suddenly felt that he seemed to have seen this thing there. Isn't this the training system sent to him by the ID named Shana? Although there are some differences, it should be roughly the same type of thing.
They are all devices that project the Artisan System into the reality of Aitaria.
"Speaking of which, little guy, you should have passed the professional assessment, right?"
The old man turned around and looked at him with a smile: "I wonder if you still remember Kapka's assessment equipment, which was also invented by the great alchemist Ed - speaking of which, the great alchemist has the same name as you.
The magic engine he invented for training is mainly to train the next generation of alchemists."
"Later, that thing was passed down from generation to generation and became an inevitable part of the inheritance of alchemists. However, for thousands of years, no one thought of improving it," he said in a somewhat proud tone, as if he was showing off a proud work.
: "But this one is different. It is an improved product of the magic engine used for training."
"This is something we, a bunch of old men, came up with out of boredom. Speaking of which, we also borrowed some designs from your selector system," Ander Uriel handed a crystal to him and Sylvide: "
There is not just one here, but many, and we connect them together through the Ethernet Magic Network——"
He motioned to Fang Plover and Sylvester to pick up the crystal.
As soon as Fang Yu held the crystal, he immediately felt a connection between himself and the huge magic device. He glanced at the crystal in his hand. He was an alchemist himself, and of course he immediately realized that it was a resonance crystal.
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But it was much larger than the resonance crystal in his impression, and it seemed to have some different structures inside.
He was observing, when all kinds of voices suddenly came to his ears - many old voices, arguing with each other, as if Fang Yu was suddenly in a vegetable market where bargaining and arguments were endless:
"A bad move!"
"Bronze Nose, your old guy's skills are getting worse and worse."
"Shut up, you jackass idiot!"
"I'm just not used to this stuff..."
"Pay attention, he started to use the seventeenth configuration..."
"Damn it, you cheated!"
Fang Yu listened to these sounds dumbfounded.
He raised his head and saw that the 'chess pieces' on the light net not far away came to life one by one. They were in front and back of each other, advancing and retreating, and attacking each other fiercely.
It turned out that it was not an optical network at all, but a chessboard.
He opened his mouth wide.
At this time, Ander Uriel held the crystal in his hand and shouted: "Everyone, be quiet!"
The voice coming from the crystal fell silent.
But the noise returned in an instant, and a voice shouted loudly: "Old blacksmith, what kind of prestige are you showing here, old and immortal?"
"Haha, didn't you go to receive that old guy from Falaise?"
"Why, you drove him away!?"
Even though Ander Uriel was thick-skinned, he couldn't help but blush. He thought that these old guys like him were going too far. The nickname "Blacksmith" was left to him when he was studying in Kapka.
Because of his clumsiness during his apprenticeship, the great craftsmen of Kapka Academy at that time once called him clumsy than a blacksmith.
Therefore, this nickname has been passed down——
However, the so-called clumsy evaluation of being able to become a master craftsman's apprentice is actually somewhat credible, which is really doubtful.
"That's not the case," the old man raised his snow-white eyebrows: "I asked him to reflect on it."
"here you go."
said the voice in the crystal loudly.
"Everyone," Ander Uriel continued: "Let me introduce some children to you."
"kid?"
There was silence again in the crystal.
After a while, someone asked: "Why, old blacksmith, you finally enlightened and accepted a student?"
Ander Uriel was holding the crystal and was smiling without answering or retorting. He only asked: "Why, can't it be done? Old Copper Nose, aren't you clamoring for someone to play chess with you? How about you?
Come and try how good my 'student' is?"
Since every voice in the crystal was nicknamed, Fang Plover couldn't tell who these nicknames represented.
However, he is not stupid, and he naturally understands that the person who can call Ander Uriel such a name is probably not low-level. Moreover, these people, judging from their previous methods of controlling flexible structures on the optical network, it is obvious that the other person's status is not low.
All of them are experienced great alchemists.
But as he held the crystal, he actually felt a little dazed for a moment.
He had heard Ander Uriel say before that they connected these magic engines through the magic network, but he hadn't realized what that meant. But at this moment, he suddenly understood what the other person's words meant.
Isn’t this the internet?
A sneer came from the crystal, and the old voice with a thick nasal tone muttered:
"Old blacksmith, are you going to find a little guy to deal with me?"
"I won't be fooled by you."
"But I also have a young man here, why don't you let them try?"