No matter how much Walder heated the fireball in his hand, the explosive remained motionless and showed no sign of exploding.
Walder's expression gradually became serious.
"Did I add too much deep-sea red algae, causing the explosive to lose its activity?" he thought with a frown.
Thinking of this, he immediately extinguished the fireball in his hand, intending to dissolve the explosive, reconstitute the ingredients, and configure the magic circle within it.
However, the moment the glass rod was inserted into the solution, a burst of dazzling white light blurred his vision.
"Bang!"
Then there was a roar.
The laboratory was suddenly filled with thick black smoke.
Walder quickly tore off several magic shield scrolls to keep out the hot ashes and splashing liquid to avoid burning himself.
"It's so dangerous!" he sighed with lingering fear.
However, when he turned back to clean up the ashes on the test bench, he was surprised to see that the door to the laboratory had been opened at some point.
There is a person standing outside the door.
His face was obscured by black smoke and firelight, making it difficult for Walder to see clearly.
"It must be my stupid assistant again," Walder said secretly in his heart. "How many times have I told him not to disturb me when I am doing experiments, otherwise I will not care if he is killed or crippled."
Thinking of this, he raised his head and shouted to the figure at the door: "Hiles, don't you see that I am busy? Get out of here quickly!"
However, the answer from the man outside the door surprised him: "Teacher Wald, it's me."
"Alan York?"
"That's right."
As the thick smoke gradually dissipated, Walder finally saw clearly the appearance of the man outside the door.
It was a young man wearing a mage's robe. Because he released the magic barrier spell in time, even if he stood within the scope of the explosion, his body was spotless.
"Why are you here?" Walder asked with a surprised look on his face, "Didn't I tell you before that I would report back to the Mage Tower in a week?"
"Teacher, you remembered the wrong time," Allen said with a smile, "A week has passed since yesterday."
Walder was stunned.
He silently glanced at the calendar hanging on the wall and saw that the date on it was still three days ago. Only then did he realize that he had been so busy doing experiments recently that he had completely lost the concept of time.
"Damn, I'm so confused," he couldn't help but blame himself in his heart. "This kid Allen will have to go to Merlins in half a month. I don't spend much time with him, but
I wasted a whole day!"
Thinking of this, Walder felt deeply annoyed, and even had the urge to reverse time.
He immediately stood up from the experimental table, rushed to Allen's side in three steps, grabbed Allen's sleeve, and pulled him over.
Immediately afterwards, he ran to the bookshelf on the other side of the laboratory and took down three thick books related to alchemy knowledge: "Basics of Alchemy", "Principles of Magic Circles", and "Alchemy: From Beginner to Mastery"
, and put it all next to Allen.
"Alan, we don't have much time left, you have to hurry up," Walder said very quickly, "I'll give you ten days, please read these three books. Although this request is not suitable for ordinary people,
It's a bit high, but with your 'legendary' talent, I believe you can definitely do it."
To be honest, these three books are not easy to learn. Because they are too obscure and involve many complex mathematical calculations, magicians have nicknamed them "Alchemy of Death", "Magic Circle of Death", and "Alchemy".
:From entry to burial.”
The number of alchemists is extremely rare. Perhaps these three books are also responsible. After all, they have greatly raised the threshold for learning alchemy.
Even Wald himself took a whole month to fully comprehend the knowledge inside.
After hearing this, Allen remained silent, as if hesitating to say something.
"If you can't finish reading in ten days, you can do it in fifteen days." Seeing Allen's somewhat embarrassed expression, Wald also realized that his request seemed to be too high, so he changed his words and said, "If there is anything you don't understand, feel free to
Ask me. I will answer it for you."
Allen remained silent and did not speak.
"If you still can't finish reading them, take them back and continue reading when you come back from Merlins," Wald continued, patting Allen on the shoulder and smiling reassuringly, "Don't blindly read them.
Go fast. Laying a solid foundation is the most important thing."
"No, Teacher Wald," after hearing this, a helpless smile appeared on Allen's face, he shook his head, and finally said, "Actually, what I want to say is...before I came to the Mage Tower, these three
I have finished reading this book."
"What did you say?"
"Before I came to the Mage Tower, I had already read these three books." Allen repeated.
Seeing his calm and calm expression, Walder felt unbelievable and even suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.
"Did you really look at it seriously?"
Allen nodded.
"Have you understood every knowledge point?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
Having said this, Allen paused for a while and then continued: "To be honest, Mr. Wald. The reason why I came here today is actually to participate in your research project and do something within my ability. I hope you can
allow."
The tone of his words was polite and sincere. From the depths of his eyes, Wald saw his desire for knowledge.
"Alas, with a legendary magical talent... we really can't treat him as a normal person..." Wald once again sighed silently from the bottom of his heart.
But at the same time, his face returned to calmness, and after pondering for a moment, he said to Allen: "Since you said that you have thoroughly understood these three books, I will give you a question to briefly test you. If
If you can answer it successfully, then I will agree to your request.
"You have to know that developing explosives is a very dangerous thing. A small mistake may endanger our lives. I must confirm that you are capable enough to participate."
"No problem." Allen replied readily.
After hearing his answer, Wald grabbed the pen, quickly wrote a line of words on the paper, and then handed it to Allen.
"I'll give you ten minutes." He said calmly.
Allen took the question and read it carefully, his expression gradually becoming serious.
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