My Magic Age

The last time I met the Nightmare Assassin, almost all the valuable scrolls on my body were consumed, leaving only a few scrolls of 'Magic Catalysis' and 'Frost Nova'. This time I finally had time to draw the magic scrolls. Naturally, he was not polite and stayed in Yerkes' laboratory. Taking advantage of the convenient conditions here, he drew a large number of 'Fire Gathering' scrolls and 'Frost Scrolls'.

I originally wanted to make some magic scrolls for the two secondary magics of 'Frost Nova' and 'Ice Spear', but unfortunately I couldn't find even a bottle of 'Ocean Ink' in my magic pocket, so I thought of going to Qige. Try your luck there, I think she must have some there, and even if not, she can at least prepare some for me.

He hastily tidied up the experimental bench, placed the blank magic parchment next to the experimental bench, cleaned the engraving pen stained with magic ink, and carefully wiped the desktop of the experimental bench stained with ink. He arranged the magic books on the bookshelf next to him neatly, then walked out of the laboratory and closed the door to the laboratory.

Scholar Yerkes completed the mission of the magic pattern construct and is now on vacation. After he handed over the magic pattern construct of the hard leather armor to me, he couldn't wait to leave. In the past, he was a man who found women troublesome when he saw them, but now he is so ignorant that he can't wait to stay at home all day long.

Qige has been very busy recently. When she was at the Royal Academy of Magic, she was busy rushing out the progress of the magic potions courses, and then assigned a lot of homework to her students. When she was at the institute, she had to make some designated magic potions in accordance with the requirements of the institute. She hated those conventional magic potions the most. For her, it was impossible to stay in the laboratory all day long to make those magic potions. Potion is simply a torture.

The Magic Research Institute is a large indoor building complex that occupies all four floors of the Tower of Pride. The architects have decorated every inch of the space very delicately. I like the courtyard garden here the most, sitting there On the benches in the garden, you can admire the exquisitely trimmed green plants and neat lawns. The layered green is everywhere, which can relax people's tense spirits.

When passing the stone arch bridge, I poked my head outside the stone fence and looked at the few magic swordfish in the clear water channel. They were lurking quietly at the bottom of the water. Once they found prey, they would slowly lurk near the water surface. , and then shoot out a sharp water arrow from the water. If you are not careful, if you are hit by that water arrow, you will feel burning pain.

The 'water arrows' made by these young magic swordfish can only threaten insects flying in the air. Even the small birds are generally unable to be shot down. I like to carefully observe the body structure of these magic swordfish. The entire body is shuttle-shaped and translucent. Every time water magic is condensed, a water magic pattern will appear on the surface of the body. It is very simple. I tried to draw the magic pattern on the bodies of these magic swordfish. , but it has no magical effect.

Yerkes scholars say that the magic patterns on these swordfish are gifts from nature. If you can figure out the mysteries, you will benefit a lot in your life.

I was holding on to the stone railing with both hands and was looking attentively. Out of the corner of my eye, I happened to see a familiar figure walking on the bluestone road opposite. It turned out to be Bud, the head of the herbal medicine department of Emerald Harbor Trading Company, with a look on his face. I walked out of it frustrated. He and I were quite familiar. Recently, the crossbows and muskets I asked Louis to buy for me were all purchased by Bard. Louis was on duty in the Floating King City recently, so naturally he didn’t have time to manage them. These little things.

I didn't expect that he would actually show up at the Magic Research Institute. I raised my head and stretched out my hand to shake him. Slow down the movement of the worms  The spring of the crickets  The corpse saddle steals the twins 

"Magic Jijia, I didn't expect to meet you here by such a coincidence." Bud looked surprised when he saw me.

"I work as an assistant to a magic scholar here. Every day at this time...oh, maybe a little later, I pass by here." I said to Bud: "It's so late, why are you here at the institute?" side?"

Bud said with a wry smile: "Did Magician Jijia forget the batch of fire bombs he ordered?"

"Oh, do you have some clues?" I said in great surprise.

"It's not that easy! Now that kerosene has become a military-controlled item, the front lines in all planes are submitting orders to the munitions department. The price of this main ingredient for making pyro bombs has been sky-high. Even so, it is still Out of stock." Bud didn't hide anything from me, he directly stated the purpose of his trip, and admitted that those fire bombs were very difficult to obtain.

He said to me: "That's why I came here to see if there is a chance to buy some kerosene!"

"Does the Magic Research Institute also have a large amount of kerosene? At the research institute, if you want to get magic materials from the warehouse, you only need some points. If it's inconvenient for you, I can think of a way!" I heard Bard I said this because I felt a little sorry for the batch of fire bombs that kept running around. I quickly suggested that if it were magic materials in the original warehouse of magic research, I could try to get them.

Unexpectedly, Bard shook his head in embarrassment and said to me with a wry smile: "I came here just to try my luck and didn't hold out much hope. If it were the materials in the warehouse of the Magic Research Institute, things would be different." On the contrary, it’s much simpler. It’s just a matter of how high the price is. No matter what, you can still get some.”

Seeing the sad look on Bard's face because of this incident, I asked Bard in surprise: "Could it be that there are still people in the Magic Research Institute hoarding a large amount of kerosene?"

Bard hesitated for a moment, but still told me happily: "It can't be said to be fire oil. To be precise, it should be the 'corpse fire oil' transported from the orc tribe. According to the magic scholars of the Alchemist Guild, corpse fire Oil can replace kerosene to make fire bombs. According to the information we received, there is a magician noble in the Magic Research Institute who controls the "corpse fire oil" transaction between the orc tribe and the Green Empire, so I came here to try my luck. Let’s see if we can buy some corpse fire oil!”

"Corpse oil?" I was stunned.

Bud was worried that I didn't know the function of 'corpse fire oil', so he quickly explained to me: "Yes, despite its ugly name, its efficacy is actually much better than ordinary fire oil. However, because of these 'corpse fire oil' The oil is basically shipped from the orc tribe, so the quantity is very limited. Usually, it sells better than the kerosene, so I just try my luck this time to see if I can get some from the orc tribe. The returning caravan."

The tide of those memories rushed into my thoughts like a sudden burst of a dam.

If it is said that 'chocobo meat stewed with vermicelli' is popular at banquets among the upper-class noble circles of the empire, I can also understand that Kurtz boiled all the potatoes in the swamps into vermicelli and dumped them into the Green Empire. So these 'corpse fire oil' can only be refined by the swamp zombies who drowned in the pond. It should be Kuz's big deal. I didn't expect that the 'corpse fire oil' would also enter the market one day. In the circle of merchants in the imperial capital.

"Is there someone in the Magic Research Institute who controls all the 'Corpse Fire Oil' transactions in the Imperial Capital? Who is that person? He is so powerful that he can control the entire 'Corpse Fire Oil' transaction in the Imperial Capital!" I asked Bard curiously.

"It's the fiancée of His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince Wells, His Highness Princess Qige!" Bud hesitated for a moment, and then said to me: "This Princess not only controls the 'Corpse Oil' trade in the imperial capital, but also manages it. In addition to the trading of oil stoves, meat floss bricks and low-level magic herbs, all goods shipped back from the orc tribe will be attributed to this princess’s trading company.”

I was surprised and said, "It's Qige!"

People like Bud are very good at observing words and expressions. When he saw that I was a little embarrassed, he immediately asked me in surprise: "Does Magician Jijia know Her Royal Highness Princess Qige?"

I nodded slightly.

But I heard Bard cheering excitedly and saying, "In this case, our fire bombs can be considered promising. At least, there should be hope."

"I'll take you to find her. I hope she still has a batch of 'Corpse Oil' in her hand." I said decisively.

Bud said with excitement and anticipation: "Okay!"

I took Bud back the same way and strode toward Qige's laboratory.

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Qige's laboratory is located in the building complex of the Herbal Medicine Research Institute. Although it is not very eye-catching, it is very famous.

Basically, the young magicians who work as assistants at the Magic Research Institute are very aware of the specific location of Qige's laboratory, and they also have a thorough study of her work and rest time.

These young magician assistants will try their best to avoid the area where Qige is in the laboratory while Qige is at the Magic Research Institute. They are all frightened out of fear, fearing that Qige will kill them on the way. She captured strong men to help her complete those whimsical experiments. Normally, Qige's experiments were full of dangers.

From a distance, I saw Qige's maid Takama standing at the door of the laboratory, wearing a light leather armor, looking around warily, her golden pupils always contained a kind of coldness, as long as she was being When she took one look at it, she felt like she was being stared at by a poisonous snake.

Takama stood quietly beside me, staring at Bud behind me.

I asked her casually: "Is Qige in there?"

Takama nodded, with a slight blush on her cheeks. She avoided my gaze and moved out of the way. She stretched out her hand to push the door of the laboratory open. I stepped in. She didn't stop me in any way, but followed me. Bud behind me was about to follow me into the laboratory, but was stopped by Takama.

She didn't even say a word, she just glanced at Bud, which made him look stern and he didn't dare to take another step inside. He glanced at me hesitantly, but didn't insist on going in, so I said to him He said: "I'll go in and take a look, you wait for my news."

"Okay, Mr. Jijia Magician." Bud said to me very respectfully, and then stood on the bench in the corridor outside the laboratory.

I stepped in. Takama stood behind me and quickly closed the wooden door of the laboratory.

Qige's laboratory is not unfamiliar to me. I was a frequent visitor here some time ago. Together with her, I completed the trial production and debugging of three crazy potions. When I walked inside, I discovered that Qige She actually fell into a very immersed working state. There were two magic herbal material shelves placed around her body, and the shelves were filled with magic herbs.

There were seven magic crucibles brewing magic potions at the same time next to the test bench. Qi Ge's beautiful face was covered with a white veil, and her long skirt fluttered like a flying butterfly. She shuttled between the test bench, the crucible, and the magic herb shelf, and devoted herself to her work. The shelf on the test bench with potion test tubes looked like a hill. Half of the test tubes were filled with potions and corked.

Those were some very simple first-level magic potions, but the number seemed to be quite large.

I walked into the laboratory, and Qi Ge didn't even raise her head, and directly called me: "Help me put out the fire in the No. 3 crucible. The potion is ready. Be careful and pour it into those empty primary potion bottles for me."

I quickly picked up the crucible without saying a word, and poured the viscous liquid into the primary potion bottles the size of test tubes.

At this time, Qi Ge took the time to lift her messy hair in front of her forehead, showed me a sweet smile, and said to me: "You know I'm almost dying of busyness! I'm very happy that you can help me!"

I was slightly embarrassed and said a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, I know you have a lot of things to prepare before you leave, but I didn't expect you to be so busy. In fact, I originally wanted to come here to ask for a few bottles of 'Ocean Ink'. I want to prepare some magic scrolls of 'Frost Nova'. The ocean ink is used up, so I came to see if you have it!"

Qi Ge saw that the magic potion in the crucible in my hand had been drained, and quickly pointed to another crucible and said to me: "Don't stop, the potion in that pot is also prepared, help me quickly!"

Qi Ge and I cooperated very tacitly. She was just busy preparing the primary potion of magic herbs, and I was responsible for putting the primary potion in the crucible into the potion bottle. We had almost no verbal communication.

Until the end, Qi Ge finally stopped and stretched lazily, and I stopped with her.

Qi Ge turned around and casually took out four or five bottles of ink from the shelf by the wall, put them on the messy workbench, and said to me casually: "Here, the ocean ink you wanted!"

"You really have a complete range of magic potions here!" I couldn't help but sigh.

"Of course!" Qi Ge looked at me suspiciously, and her delicate little nose approached me, sniffed gently, and then said suspiciously: "You have something else to say! Why don't you tell me at the same time?"