The decoration in Freya's room was completely different from what Aiwass expected.
He originally thought that Freya, as an alchemist, should be a very rigorous person. Not to mention that this villa is not only used for living, but also as a research institute... Maybe the windows inside should be bright and clean, with various
Things are arranged in an orderly manner.
But when you go in, you will definitely feel like a researcher. However, it has nothing to do with orderliness.
There is a single bed in the corner of the room. In front of the bed is a desk with many books, documents, and reports. The quilt on the bed is not folded at all, but is just casually opened to the side.
There was no stool in front of the desk, and you could even see traces of your butt sitting on the bed.
Contrary to this living space that occupies a very small space, there is a huge five-layer shelf in the room. The left side is filled with books and documents; the right side is filled with bottles and cans. There are also some shelves on the bottom floor.
Some open or closed wooden boxes look like warehouses.
In the middle of the room, there were two huge metal devices.
One is copper-colored, and it seems to be related to liquids, because it carries a huge transparent spherical liquid container on its back. It is currently empty, but it has some steampunk-style technological impression; while the other one is
It is a long silver-white metal table like a cooking table, with various fully-automatic devices placed on it. It looks very modern.
Aiwass even saw that on the corner of the long table that looked like a modern test bench, there were three round-mouthed crucibles that looked like they were dug out of ruins. Its shell was an impure black, and the material seemed smooth.
The stone looks like dull metal. There is an overflowing, ominous green liquid inside, which is bubbling and bubbling.
And on the floor below each instrument, a circular ritual array is carved.
Under any smoking container, those ritual arrays were running. They were shining with colorful streams of light, and you could vaguely see the hemispherical protective shields formed in the twisted air, completely isolating the internal and external environment.
In the corner of the other side, there is a low metal stove. It looks very ugly. The black iron shell is about six or seven meters long, only half a meter high, and less than one meter wide. It is bright inside
Under the warm light of the fire, I don't know what is burning.
"...So this is the great alchemist's workshop?"
Aiwass murmured.
The style here highlights a patchwork. From the outside, the pure wooden villa looks quite beautiful, and even from the entrance to the lobby is very artistic. But as soon as I entered the largest master bedroom, I found that it was a mess.
Look like this.
But Freya is quite proud of this: "These are all good things. All my efforts and collections over the years are here. I have carefully designed this system for several years, and now it can finally run stably."
As she spoke, she introduced the laboratory she was proud of in turn: "This magic furnace is the core component of a second-hand light-casting furnace that I picked up when I went to the Eternal Frost Empire to do business with the dwarves. I
The fuel system inside has been modified so that it can now be connected to the giant tree and use the blood of the sacred tree as fuel."
"……ah?"
Freya's first words immediately confused Aiwass: "Isn't this illegal?"
This is... stealing electricity, right?
The light casting furnace consumes a lot of energy just by listening to it. Then Freya directly uses the blood of the holy tree as fuel...
"no problem."
Freya said confidently: "I asked specifically that the fifth ring is the research area. I have a quota here... I reduced the operating power consumption of the furnace and it is definitely running stably below the maximum allowable line.
of."
Speaking of this, she became very happy. That feeling even reminded Aiwass of Yulia - she is also learning alchemy now.
Could it be said that all alchemists have this style?
"With this light-forged furnace, I can fully automatically drive these ritual formations without using materials, and evenly supply energy to these equipment. You can't see the line because I hid the energy supply line under the floor. I need to change the line.
When the house is installed, the floor will be pried up and changed. Anyway, the house here is alive and it will heal on its own once the floor is put down."
Freya said as she enthusiastically led Aiwass to the huge brass instrument.
It is about two and a half meters high, and the operating platform is about in front of Aiwass. In order to control it, Freya also specially bought a box as a foot pedal.
She stroked the instrument and boasted: "I found this from the ruins on the sixth floor. This is the ancient technology of the elves, used to extract the blood of the sacred tree to provide a portable energy source. I feel that it is completely
It can be used to refine some other liquids efficiently. It took a lot of effort to get it.
"Once this thing is running, it can separate fifty liters of liquid on demand. It's amazing! There are many plant essences that are difficult to buy outside - those extremely powerful things that require second-level or even third-level botanists to create.
You can use it to extract essential oils, which can save a lot of money. You don’t have to use refining to separate and purify layer by layer, which can also save a lot of time..."
"Then how many times did you use it after you asked me to take it off?"
Master Yanis on the side complained quietly.
"There have been many times," Freya argued, "The main reason is that this thing is not small. It can extract fifty liters of liquid at a time, but I usually only use a few milliliters.
"The efficiency of extraction and purification of this machine is better than the combined efforts of three third-level botanists and three second-level alchemists working in three shifts day and night. This is definitely a good thing.
, but I couldn’t fully exert its effect.”
"I'd say it's useless, so why not get rid of it quickly."
Yanis Rui commented: "It takes up too much space and consumes too much energy - why do you have to warm it up if you don't use it all the time?"
"You don't understand. Once this ancient technology is completely shut down, it may not be able to be turned on again. When I got it, it took me about half a month to turn it on. For a technology that was eliminated more than 2,000 years ago, I
It is estimated that not many of the current elf craftsmen know how to repair it, so keeping it turned on will extend its service life."
Freya no longer even asked Aiwass to talk, but turned to discuss with Yanis seriously: "If nothing else, if such a good thing breaks down here... So even if it is not used,
, and it needs at least some maintenance. Anyway, it used the blood of the Holy Tree two thousand years ago. Now the fuel is about the same, and the operating environment is very stable."
"Elven ruins?"
Sherlock was a little confused: "Why does the Theocracy still have such a thing?"
"oh."
Freya looked back at Sherlock, and her tone and attitude turned cold for a moment.
The temperament at that moment even reminded Aiwass of the fake smile on Professor Moriarty's face.
She pushed up her glasses and explained: "Because the Theocracy was not the 'Theocracy' from the beginning. Elves are not like humans, possessing all the adaptability of the Nine Paths, but they are not purely dedicated creatures either.
"In addition to the path of devotion, elves also have strong balance and adaptability to dusk. They also have a small amount of beauty, love and wisdom. This means that in its original form, elven society must have a balanced development of the three paths.
——That means that the ancient elves must be good at alchemy and necromancy. But later they suddenly gave up a large part of their inheritance and embarked on the path of a religious country based on devotion.
"But the dusk path means inscription. The elves cannot destroy history, they can only store it aside. And these are the ruins of the sixth and seventh floors. There are many abandoned inheritance and technologies inside, which can be visited
, but normally the contents are not allowed to be taken away.”
...Necromancy?
Aiwass listened on the sidelines and suddenly reacted.
He indeed forgot about it.
Based on the elves' adaptability to equilibrium and the path of dusk, under normal development, they should develop a very brilliant alchemical civilization, and they should also be very good at necromancy and preservation.
But in fact, the elves abandoned almost all their technology almost two thousand years ago, and completely gave up on the inheritance of necromancy and preservation...
In the Thirteenth Circle, there are many cultural specimens preserved there. There are many elven technologies that Aiwass has never heard of.
...If you think about it carefully, all kinds of high-quality underwear popular in the world now come from elf craftsmanship.
That's why the pure, soft and tough consecrated mercerized cotton is called "elf silk".
In addition to stockings, there are also sleeves, underwear, hats and sacrificial capes. They are all regarded as the clothing of high-level priests and are preserved. According to the alchemical technology of this era, it is difficult to mass-produce clothing of this quality.
...not to mention that this has been popular since at least the Imperial Age.
Thinking from this perspective, could it be that human alchemy, necromancy and preservation actually come from the inheritance of elves?
Think about the ancient races of the same period, whether they are dwarves, giants, dragons, lizards and snake people, they don't seem to be very good at these things. Even if those technologies are re-invented, they can live longer and be more adaptable.
The elves should have invented the same thing.
While Aiwass was thinking, Sherlock asked: "Then how did you take it away?"
"I?"
Freya chuckled lightly, but the fake smile on her face showed no trace of joy.
It was a fake smile similar to Professor Moriarty, but in a sense completely opposite - Professor Moriarty's fake smile was absolutely invisible. Only people with keen intuition could detect some danger, and
Freya's smile could let anyone know that she didn't want to smile at all.
"Because I made the elves a price they couldn't refuse."
She smiled and replied: "I promise to use this device to develop drugs that slow down or even cure coagulopathy."
"...Cure coagulopathy?"
Lily couldn't help but ask: "Can it really be done?"
"Of course. Who do you think I am?"
Freya looked at Lily, and the smile on her face became a little more sincere.
She stroked her unusually smooth golden hair, and said in a tone that could not be criticized: "I am Freya Moru, the person who reversed life and death! I am the daughter of James Moriarty.
