Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 370 Van Gogh's Paintings

[Heart of Four Color Elements] For any puppet-type alchemist, it should be thunderous.

This treasure is said to be a product of the age of goblin civilization, representing the pinnacle of puppet energy core skills.

Even now.

The "element core", one of the three mainstream puppet energy core design systems on the market, is based on this set of goblin technology.

The same goes for Su Lun's line of puppet masters!

His current rune puppet, as well as the energy core of the alchemy gargoyle, use various functionalized elemental hearts.

But it's actually a broken version.

The goblin civilization has disappeared for countless years, and the ancient alchemists have only found some fragmentary design drawings in some ancient books. So much so that the current "elemental heart" usually only has a single element.

The puppets created by this core usually only have a single ability. To design a variety of designs, the required design difficulty and the size of the puppet will increase geometrically.

However, it is said that the [Heart of Four Color Elements] of the original goblin civilization perfectly solved this problem. It is an energy core that has the four elements of earth, wind, water, and fire at the same time.

Not only the four basic elements, it can also efficiently convert between various elements, according to the needs of the puppet, instantly convert the energy needed by thunder, light, darkness, wood, and gold.

And, most importantly, it can "auto-charge".

This elemental core can automatically absorb the power of the elements around it when it is not in use on weekdays. That is, it is a theoretical "infinite energy core"!

This can be said to be the treasure that all puppet masters dream of.

That's why Su Lun was so surprised when he heard this term.

He fights with Alchemy Gargoyle now, which is really strong.

But the consumption is also very exaggerated.

Each action requires a large consumption of energy crystal cores, which are all one-time. The more intense the battle, the more consumption is needed. Saving money is simply burning money.

To change the description,

Su Lun's way of supplying energy to the puppet now is like plugging "dry batteries".

And if you have the [Heart of Four Color Elements], it is equivalent to the puppet having its own "power station"!

This kind of thing, even in the notes of his teacher Seria, recorded countless attempts to restore this magical goblin technology.

Su Lun asked, "Are you saying that more than half a year ago, someone discovered a [four-color element heart] from the goblin civilization period on the 'Mist Barrier Hell Island'?"

"Yes."

The girl stall owner seemed to think that everyone knew the news, and there was nothing to hide, and said, "The priests of the Agaphanon Temple also confirmed the news. That's why so many puppet masters came from all over to hear the news. But 'Hell Island' is very dangerous. Except for the person who survived by chance, no one has ever heard of anyone who went up and survived. Some people have found some ancient relics and shipwrecks on the outskirts of the archipelago. Not only the heart of the elements, but also many Other ancient treasures, which also attracted many foreign adventurers to go on adventures.”

"That's it."

Su Lun listened to the thoughts in his head, and quickly sorted out the cause and effect of the matter.

He asked again, "Who is that person who survived?"

The girl stall owner said: "The current king of gladiatorial fighting in the central arena, "Lionheart" Barron Opatra. At that time, after he was Bai Sheng, he went to participate in the 'Hero Trial', wanting to kill a high-level deep-sea monster by himself. Then he strayed into the 'fog barrier sea area', and only then did he discover the island full of treasures. Some people speculate that there should be the remains of a lost ancient city. It has only floated from the bottom of the sea in recent years."

When Su heard this, he realized that it was not a treasure, but that there were many treasures on the "Devil Island".

He had instinctively wondered if it might be for him. After all, the puppet master is a niche professional, and it is a coincidence that such an attractive puppet treasure suddenly appeared.

This time, the doubts in his heart were almost completely dispelled.

This kind of sudden discovery of treasures is quite normal in this sea where countless treasures are buried.

Not to mention the news that came out half a year ago.

After all, it is at a flea market, and it is not easy to chat with people who are not familiar with it.

Su Lun didn't continue to ask, he planned to go to the intelligence merchant in a while and spend some money to buy more detailed information.

The girl stall owner didn't want to continue talking, and she promoted her own rune puppet, saying: "Sir, I think you are also a puppet master, this [Rune puppet] is perfect for you. . I can guarantee that they are definitely the best choice among the puppets of the same order. And the price is very cheap. "

After a pause, she was afraid that she was worried that the customer who had finally come to the door had left, and she directly revealed the price, "If you need it, the [Wailing Doll] will cost 50,000 lisos, and the [Wailing Doll] will be more expensive, eight more. Chillisore is fine."

What this brunette girl said is really good, the rune puppet is indeed the most effective among the puppets of the same order.

Su Lun glanced at it, and the material cost of these puppets should have exceeded 30,000. Counting the labor and technical fees, this price is already very conscientious.

Usually, puppets do not sell their own battle puppets.

Unless you are short of money.

Although he didn't chat a few words, Su Lun had a good impression of this girl and smiled: "How do you know that I'm a puppet master?"

The girl stall owner pointed to his fingers and said, "Your fingers are slender and slender, with well-developed flexor and extensor muscles. I saw that you bought some puppet materials from other stalls just now, so you should not be a musician, but It's a puppet master."

Said, as if to explain her rude observation without consent, she showed a cute smile and added: "In this flea market, my peers still care about their business after all."

The education is very good, it seems that the family background should be good before.

After all, puppet masters are not something that ordinary professionals can afford.

The girl's words made people feel disgusted. Su Lun looked at his palm and smiled: "Observation is good. I do know a little bit of puppetry."

He took out a small pocket of gold coins and said, "I bought all four of these puppets."

The girl instantly became happy when she heard the expression, "Thank you!"

Su Lun didn't care, and seemed to ask casually, "I take the liberty to ask, does your puppet technique have an inheritance?"

There is nothing to say about the inheritance of the division, especially for professionals, the long-standing inheritance system will make people feel that what they have learned is orthodox and more worthy of respect.

The girl heard this and said proudly, "Have you heard of the alchemy demigod from a thousand years ago, Sir Isaac?"

Su Lun nodded, "Of course."

The girl said again: "That demigod lady is the ancestor of our 'Puppet Master' lineage. I inherited the line of 'Boyle Puppet Master'."

Su Lun listened, an imperceptible color flashed across his eyes, and he asked, "Robert Boyle?"

"Yes! Have you heard of it?"

The girl's face couldn't hide her surprise.

Puppet masters are a small group, and puppet masters are a small group of small groups, and it is usually difficult for people to know.

She thought that no one would know about it, but she didn't expect the person in front of her to know, and she even came up with the name.

She said quite proudly: "That is the ancestor of my Boyle family!"

Hearing this, Su Lun sighed slightly in his heart. He said to himself, "Mr. Robert is a respectable master in the field of puppetry."

His teacher Serea had three disciples, and Robert Boyle was one of them.

In terms of seniority, it is still his own senior brother.

This is the descendant of his brother

Su Lun also felt a little embarrassed.

At this time, he saw the ring in the girl's hand, which was engraved with the Isaac family crest.

Su Lun felt familiar and asked, "Um. Can you show me the ring on your hand?"

When the girl heard it, she looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She quickly protected the ring, and said with alertness: "This is not for sale!"

She seemed to feel that her stress response was a bit rude to a stranger, and explained, "It's just an ordinary ring. It's a family heritage, nothing special."

Su Lun naturally knew that because it was identified as a [broken alchemy ring], it had no special effect.

He said: "I'm just curious to see it. If it's inconvenient, forget it."

The girl looked at Su Lun's never-ending smile, and thought of no reason to refuse. She took off her slender fingers and put the ring on, and carefully handed it over: "You can take a look if you want."

Su Lun took it and saw the words "Gift to my disciple Robert Boyle" engraved on the inner wall.

During this time, he read a lot of notes left by Seria, the handwriting was very familiar, and it was indeed left by his teacher.

Su Lun sighed as he watched.

This is really the ring left by my teacher a thousand years ago, fate.

After just one glance, he handed the ring back, "Thank you. This is a very precious antique, keep it well."

The girl stall owner looked a little inexplicable.

Su Lun didn't explain much. At this time, he took out a book and said, "These are some puppet drawings I found before."

After hesitating for a moment, he pointed to the puppet materials on the booth, "If possible, um. I plan to exchange these materials."

"drawing?"

The girl's expression was a little confused, but the puppet drawings were very valuable.

She felt the deal was clearly unfair.

Is there something wrong with the drawing?

Probably not. How could such a generous guest covet this material?

The girl didn't go to look at it, but responded, "Okay!"

Su Lun nodded with a smile, put away the materials, and left the booth.

He didn't stay on the trading market much, and gradually disappeared into the crowd.

Seeing that the person was gone, Kama came to her senses, and she was a little dazed when she saw the ancient book in her hand.

At this moment, an impatient voice appeared in my mind: "Sister, take a look, what kind of puppet design is it!"

Karma looked at the basket beside her, there was no one there, just a bunch of half-finished puppets.

She wrinkled beautifully and muttered in a low voice, "Albuquerque, I told you not to use mental communication, have you forgotten that our family was looted by pirates? I suspect that the Tilmidor family was there. There's a ghost behind the scenes, if you're still alive, it would be bad if they found out. If you don't obey, I won't take you out to set up a stall next time."

The voice resounded in my mind again, "Got it, sister. Take a look at the drawings!"

Karma didn't say much, and opened the book left by the stranger just now.

If she only exchanged those materials, she thought it should not be some valuable basic puppet design.

Unexpectedly, when she turned to look, her eyes were stunned.

Looking at the dense rune records, as the inheritor of the "Puppet Master", she couldn't understand it. This is the original design drawing of the "Rune Puppet"!

how is that possible

Isn't it lost?

How can there be such a detailed design drawing.

"This"

Karma was struck by lightning, and her mind went blank for a moment.

After being stunned for a moment, she suddenly realized what she saw, and suddenly turned her head to look at the crowd, trying to find something.

It's a pity that the guest has never been seen again.

Su Lun wandered the streets.

Before, he naturally discovered that there were soul fluctuations in the pile of semi-finished products that the girl stall owner brought.

A puppet with a soul?

This is very interesting.

Sure enough, it is the inheritance of his teacher's lineage, and it seems that he has created some very interesting puppets.

Su Lun didn't even plan to find out.

After all, his current situation is not very good, and there may be a fierce battle at any time.

Since the "Robert Boyle" line has been passed down for a thousand years, then it is better to continue to pass it on.

I sent some basic rune puppet design drawings, which can be considered to take care of my fellow students.

Su Lun thought, and went to several news merchants in the city again.

Many parties have inquired about the news of the [four-color element heart] that puppet treasure, and almost all of them have confirmed that the rumors are true.

Indeed, a new archipelago named "Alcatraz" was discovered, and there are many treasures on the island.

As for the danger, it is said that there are many powerful sea beasts in that sea area, especially near the "Devil Island". It is said that there are all kinds of strange sea monsters such as sirens, harpies, sea ghosts . There are also various huge and ferocious monsters, octopuses with tentacles of 100 meters, orangutans like hills, deep-sea giant crocodiles, lantern monster fish, huge flying monsters

There are monsters in the sea, which is normal.

But when Su Lun heard that someone said he had seen a 100-meter-long giant octopus monster, he was still looking forward to it.

After all, the mechanical octopus needs to use the biological nervous system and some body tissues as materials. He needs a large enough organism as a sample to make a larger mechanical octopus.

The most important thing is that the direction of "Devil Island" is similar to the direction to the Void Ruins.

Anyway, are going.

If it is possible, then [Heart of Four Color Elements] he wants to get it.

The increase in Su Lun's combat power is no less than a few more finished gargoyles. If you can still get the original design drawings of the goblin civilization period, it is really invaluable, and it can even rewrite the future development of the puppet energy core in the present era.

Saying no to heart is a lie.

The information obtained from the information dealer was very complicated, and Su Lun listened and analyzed it, and had a general impression.

In short, there are many unknown dangers in that sea area.

After final consideration, the only person he wanted to meet who landed on "Alcatraz" and survived - "Lion Heart" Barron Opatra.

At the same time, Su Lun has a keen interest in the concept of "Hero Trials".

In Roman, there is a special inheritance system. After the gladiators have won 100 games in a row in the arena (this is an imaginary number, meaning that there are no opponents), they can choose "Hero Trials".

They need to sail out to sea alone, and then kill a powerful enough siren.

When they come back with the head of the sea beast to sacrifice, they can obtain the blessing of "God of War Tyr" and obtain some special inheritance.

Usually those who are eligible to participate in the "Hero Trial" are around the sixth rank.

After returning, they were blessed, and the probability of breaking through the seventh order was very high.

Su Lun was walking down the street.

The streets of the city-state of Moros are very broad and beautifully planned.

A line running through the north and south can pass through the city side by side with eight or two carriages, dividing the city into two halves.

Standing on the main street, you can see the huge fountain square in the center of the city at a glance.

In the center of the square stands a huge stone statue nearly 100 meters high.

The stone statue is carved of a one-armed warrior with a long sword in his hand, which is domineering and majestic.

This is the statue of Tyr, the god of war, the god of faith of the Romans.

The statue is unclothed, and its muscular lines are knotted and beautiful, which also reflects the Romans' primitive worship of strength and body.

Roman gladiators had an extremely high mortality rate, but the vast majority were voluntary.

The reason why they like to fight is because from birth they are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of ordinary death.

Natural death and death from illness are called "firewood death", and they end their lives as ordinary as dry firewood.

This is not the ideal destination for the Romans, they prefer to die on the battlefield.

Because in Roman legends, heroic warriors go to heaven when they die. There will be Valkyries who will give them the kiss of death and be taken into Valhalla. In that heavenly palace, they will enjoy all the good things on earth.

(PS. The Valkyries are all very beautiful women, with beautiful white arms and chests and golden fluttering hair. They wear golden helmets and blood-colored tights, hold glowing spears and shields, and ride pure white horse.)

The popular explanation is that God enjoys blessings, accompanied by wine, meat and fairies, and enjoy the bliss on earth.

Su Lun walked all the way through the central square, and everywhere you could see muscular Romans praying to the statue.

He found out that the "Lionheart" Baron Opatra was in the biggest brothel in the city at the moment.

This kind of strong man is very popular with women, and it is the dream of the entire Roman woman to get him to sleep. Even those noble ladies expected to have good offspring with him.

In Roman legends, the descendants of heroes have a higher probability of becoming heroes.

Su Lun understands, kind of like a stallion.

Good seeds make good foals.

But just after walking through the central square, he suddenly stopped.

Su Lun looked at the pool, where a painter in local Roman clothes was painting for passers-by to earn money.

Su Lun looked at the messy-haired painter. Although he looked unfamiliar, the fire of his soul was familiar.

He recognized at a glance that this guy was Vincent F. Van Gogh, the "painter of God", one of the "Top Ten Legendary Bounty Hunters"!

The dignified and legendary bounty hunter actually sells paintings here?

"This guy didn't succeed in assassinating him before, and now he's chasing him?"

Su Lun thought of something.

The painter was painting on the linen oil canvas with a brush, and when Su Lun looked at him, the guy seemed to have noticed something and turned his head to look over.

Su Lun saw the smile on the corner of his mouth and knew that he recognized him.

Looking at the other party's expression, it seems that there is still a few words to talk about.

Su Lun didn't leave in a hurry.

After waiting for a few minutes, the lady who bought the self-portrait also left.

Su Lun walked over.

Van Gogh, one of the top ten legendary bounty hunters, didn't seem to be a master at all, so he took the initiative to say hello: "Hey, long time no see."

Although Su Lun felt unfamiliar with this guy, he didn't feel any malice and responded politely, "Mr. Van Gogh, long time no see."

Van Gogh didn't seem to care about those false names. He changed the canvas and began to paint a new painting. While painting, he said, "I have to say that the Romans really understand art. The architecture here is really beautiful. Speaking of which, I used to be a mural restorer here for ten years."

Su Lun was slightly surprised.

Are the top masters so simple, they actually worked as a mural restorer, and they seem to like that profession very much?

Su Lun didn't want anyone to talk about art, so he asked directly, "Who do you serve?"

Van Gogh said in a relaxed tone: "I am a bounty hunter. Of course, I serve money. Last time, I took the shot because I received a bounty from the Lu Ying royal family and paid a favor that I had to pay back. It's hard to say this time. "

Su Lun was also curious about the charges for such a legendary bounty hunter, and said, "Please take action, what price do you need to pay?"

If you can really spend money, you really want to fight, this is a big obstacle.

Van Gogh smiled slightly and said, "It depends on your mood."

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When Su Lun heard this, he knew there was no point in hiring.

This kind of top powerhouse is probably not for the purpose of earning bounties, especially those who engage in art, and their ideas are very strange.

Su Lun asked casually, "Your Excellency is still here for "Princess Frostmoon" Skadi? "

Van Gogh didn't hide his purpose in the slightest, "Yes. But she has never shown her face, and it is not easy to kill. However, I heard that there are many people who beat her attention, maybe I don't need to do it."

Don't look at this North Sea as a pirate's territory, but both Lu Ying and the great nobles of Archduke Raphael have their own perfect intelligence systems.

If this guy can catch up here, there must be a relevant source of intelligence.

Su Lun didn't think it was a coincidence that they met twice, he always felt that this guy seemed to know him.

But this guy doesn't take the initiative to say it, and he certainly won't be able to ask.

Thinking about it, he tentatively said: "If I can, I can buy a piece of information."

Van Gogh said: "Oh?"

Su Lun said: "I want to get a treasure from Princess Frostmoon. It should be a gift exchanged by Oleg and Marfa."

"I really know that. But you won't be charged."

Van Gogh paused for a moment, and said: "It is reported that "Princess Frostmoon" Skadi should secretly escort a batch of goods back to Marfa in the past few days. At Pier 7, the ship has not yet been determined, it should be a pirate ship. The exact delivery time is yet to be determined. But there are already quite a few people watching this batch. "

Su Lun also felt that he was asking the right person.

This is what he went to inquire about before, and there is no information about the intelligence businessman.

He asked, "Your Excellency is not going?"

Van Gogh shook his head and said, "No. I'm only interested in people. Anyone who likes to toss with that batch of goods can go and toss."

After a pause, he said: "And someone intercepted a piece of top-secret information from the Mafa Military Intelligence Department, and it was deciphered that 'the ocean currents and winds to wait are coming, and we must set sail as soon as possible'. I suspect that there must be very precious things in that batch of goods. , but the real intention of that Princess Stiga is to use this as a bait to set sail to attract attention."

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Su Lun listened, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his thoughts flew.

What does this guy mean, he even said this kind of top-secret information?

Others don't know the meaning of the information, but Su Lun does. Going to the sea area beyond the space ruins requires waiting for certain currents and wind directions.

This information is basically consistent with what this guy guessed.

At this time, Van Gogh's painting has been painted.

"This is my new work "The Potato Eaters"."

He gestured to Su Lun to look at his canvas, beaming, as if satisfied with his work.

It was a very strange painting.

There are several people with abstract faces sitting around the dining table, holding knives and forks.

There was a plate of potatoes on the dining table, and they seemed to be discussing how to divide the meal.

Dim oil lamps illuminate a corner, and the overall tone of the picture is dark.

It seems to have a clearly not terrifying, but creepy depression.

Van Gogh's eyes were deep, looking at his paintings, frowning as if there was something he couldn't understand.

He pondered for a moment, as if he saw some kind of "hint" in the painting, and then he muttered in an uncertain tone: "Is there a huge monster hidden in the darkness?"

Divination ability?

Su Lun faintly understood something.

It turns out that the focus of this painting is not a few people holding tableware, but the neglected background?

He thinks this guy's abilities are really special. He can kill people with paintings and divination.

But what does this mean if it is unclear?

(Vague divination, avoid backlash as much as possible)

(End of this chapter)