The Last Alchemist

In the corner deep in the underground hall, the torch inserted in the crack of the wall burned quietly, emitting a flickering dim yellow light.

On the ground below the torch, the body of the monster was tied to the ground by more than a dozen thick hemp ropes. It kept struggling, and a snake-like hissing sound came out of its throat, but all its efforts were in vain.

Rosen stood quietly not far from the monster, using magic to control a hot dagger, cutting the muscles on the broken leg of the monster bit by bit.

The muscles on the monster were very tough, just like soft metal. The dagger with a temperature of nearly 1,000 degrees had to cut back and forth for a long time before it could barely cut a little.

After cutting for about half an hour, Rosen finally cut off the last muscle fiber. He pulled hard and pulled a fist-sized black meat piece off the monster's leg.

As he expected, he was going to use this muscle for a local experiment.

But, at the moment when the black muscle left the monster's body, it suddenly made a "hissing" sound, and white steam kept coming out. Rosen looked carefully and saw that the surface of the muscle was constantly liquefying and boiling. In an instant, the air was filled with a pungent odor, and the muscle was shrinking rapidly.

‘Fuck~ I knew it would be like this! ’

Rosen cursed inwardly, and the magic power rushed over quickly, sucking out all the air around the muscle, forming a vacuum area. At the same time, he wrapped the ‘boiling’ muscle with magic power, and tried his best to wrap the white mist produced by boiling around the muscle tissue.

Vacuuming is to consider that some components in the muscle and the air may react; and preventing the white vapor from spreading is to let these white vapors form a high-pressure area around the muscle and increase the critical point of boiling.

He didn't know if this would work, but just tried his best.

But soon, this black muscle told Rosen with facts that all his actions were in vain.

There were still a lot of bubbles generated on the surface of the black muscle wrapped in magic, and countless white vapors came out, and the speed did not slow down at all. This lasted for about five or six seconds, and the fist-sized black muscle mass completely disappeared, turning into a ball of black water and thick white smoke that exuded a foul odor.

"This thing is so weird!"

This was expected by Rosen, so he was not disappointed. After calming down a little, Rosen began to condense magic tentacles, slowly probed into the black water and white smoke, and began to analyze its chemical composition.

'Hmm~ Mainly water, ammonia, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfides. No wonder it smells so bad. However, these ingredients are very common, and are basically the same as the ingredients of ordinary meat after high decay. '

'How can such an ordinary thing produce a highly toxic substance that cannot be cured by medicine? '

Rosen couldn't figure it out.

He was afraid that he would miss some key factors, so he explored more and more carefully, and almost looked at every molecule in this compound.

This investigation took more than two hours.

As a result, Rosen still found nothing. The decomposition of the black meat did not contain any special ingredients.

Rosen sat cross-legged on the ground, raised his hand and gently rubbed his sore eyebrows, and continued to reason: "From the known signs, the monster's tissue cannot exist independently from the body and must rely on the main body. So, which part of the monster's body is the main body? '

'Torso? Not likely. My armor-piercing bullet once pierced the monster's chest, but the target was safe and sound. Head? This is very likely. Once the monster's head is damaged, the body will immediately decompose quickly. This is enough to show that the monster's brain is the core component, but the brain is also divided into multiple parts. Which part is the most important? '

Rosen suddenly remembered the female night demon he had dissected. The most important core in the other party's body was not the brain or the trunk, but a "sesame seed" hidden in the brain stem.

'Could it be that this monster also has a "sesame seed" in the brain stem, or something similar? '

He looked up at the monster's head.

The skin on the head also showed a metallic blue-black color, and the most eye-catching thing was the faint green light emitted from the eyes.

Rosen continued to infer in his mind.

"This monster is transformed from an ordinary person. Although it is different from those natural monsters, it has one thing in common, that is, its vitality is very strong."

"To find the core component in the body of this monster with abnormal vitality, the best method is elimination!"

As long as he cuts off the monster's body parts bit by bit. If there is a piece of tissue that will not collapse and decompose, then the core should be in this part. As long as he understands this core, it is possible to find a way to detoxify.

The more he thought about it, the more possible it was for Rosen.

Do it as soon as you think of it!

Rosen picked up the dagger again, heated it to a high temperature, controlled it with magic power, and began to cut the monster's body parts bit by bit.

With the previous cutting experience, he was much faster.

After more than ten minutes, the monster's waist left the body. The result was that the part below the waist decomposed, and the part above the waist remained vital. This shows that the core of the monster's body is above the waist.

After another ten minutes, the part below the abdomen of the monster left the body. The abdomen and the intestines inside the abdomen were all decomposed, and the part above the abdomen still maintained vitality.

After another ten minutes, Rosen removed all the ribs and muscles next to the monster's chest. At this point, only the spine, lungs, heart and head were left on the monster.

As a result, the ribs and muscles all collapsed and decomposed, while the remaining parts were still intact, and the green light emitting from the monster's eyes did not weaken at all.

'We are getting closer to the truth. ’ Rosen was looking forward to it more and more.

Rosen concentrated, continued to control the dagger, and slowly cut off the monster's lungs.

The lung collapsed, leaving the remaining parts intact.

After removing the heart, the heart disintegrated, but the remaining part was still intact, and the brightness of the green light in the monster's eyes remained unchanged.

The lower segment of the spine is removed, the lower segment disintegrates, and the remaining part is intact.

The middle section of the spine is removed and the middle section disintegrates, leaving the remaining parts intact.

Cut off the brainstem, the brainstem disintegrates, and the remaining brain remains intact. The core of this monster is not in the brain stem, and there are no 'sesame seeds' in the brain stem.

Rosen eliminated it bit by bit. After more than three hours, almost all the monster's body tissues collapsed and decomposed, leaving only a brain, which Rosen placed in a makeshift metal container.

This brain is also black, but its surface exudes a faint green light. Looking from a distance, it looks like a quietly burning will-o'-the-wisp.

The last part, is not cuttable at all and is also very sensitive to touch. Rosen just touched it slightly with his dagger, and the green light emitted by the brain would flicker, as if it would collapse at any time.

'Max calls this monster the Tree Golem. It was now clear that the power of the tree demon lay hidden in the brain. But how does this power work? ’

Rosen had a problem.

He could not proceed with the anatomical analysis of the brain. His magic power cannot penetrate into it, because from the perspective of magic power, this thing is a dark swamp. If he probes a little deeper, Rosen will feel a horrible suffocation feeling. This is worse than when he probed into Veronica's waist. The feeling of the wound is even more terrible.

‘What to do? What to do? ’

Rosen circled around the monster's brain. Suddenly, he stopped and looked at the monster's brain. His heart skipped a beat and he gritted his teeth: "Never mind it. If it's destroyed, just destroy it. At worst, I'll catch another monster." ”

Of course, although you have the idea of ​​​​failure, you still need to be as cautious as possible when implementing it.

Rosen put away his dagger, took out a golden dragon coin, and used energy to heat it. When the gold melted, he made five or six hollow gold needles. Gold is used because gold has stable chemical properties and can ensure that it will not contaminate the monster's brain as much as possible.

After finishing, he controlled the golden needle with magic power and carefully penetrated the monster's brain.

"Chi~" There was a soft sound, and a hole was stabbed in the monster's brain. A tiny dark green liquid gushes out from the hole. At the same time, the green light flickered slightly. After a few seconds, it stabilized again. .

‘Huh~~’ Rosen exhaled softly, and he carefully took back the hollow golden needle.

When the golden needle left the monster's brain, Rosen's entire spirit tensed up, and all his attention was focused on the dark green liquid brought back by the golden needle.

After a few seconds, a burst of ecstasy surged in his heart: "The liquid is still there and has not decomposed!"

There is no decomposition, indicating that this liquid is the core component of the monster. Since it can be separated and further studied and observed, there is a possibility that it can be cracked!

Rosen smiled happily, condensed his magic tentacles, poured into the golden needle's channel, and began to explore.

The moment the magic tentacle touched the dark green liquid, Rosen immediately felt a suffocating feeling of falling into a dark swamp, but he knew in his heart that what he was facing was only a very small drop of liquid. As long as he held on, it was possible. breakthrough.

He gritted his teeth and continued to probe deeper into the liquid. His magic tentacles not only penetrate deep into the liquid, but also explore as far as possible at the microscopic level.

During this process, Rosen felt like he was diving in ink. His eyes were pitch black and he couldn't see anything, let alone where he was.

He couldn't feel the existence of molecules or the flow of energy. Everything was obscured by darkness. Rosen just searched and explored aimlessly, but still found nothing.

Finally, the strange suffocation reached its peak, and Rosen could no longer hold on, so he had to retreat from the dark swamp.

His whole body was soaked in cold sweat.

"It's dark, and the existence of large molecules is completely invisible. This thing is like an inseparable whole. How can there be such a weird thing in the world?"

Rosen felt an unusual headache. This thing was beyond his understanding of matter. The road of detoxification using chemical reactions is completely unworkable.

Not willing to give in, he separated the dark green liquid in the needle tube into smaller particles, and then probed again.

The result made Rosen even more disappointed. He could still only see darkness, and there was nothing but darkness.

Rosen was confused.

After being silent for a long time, he turned to look at the monster's head, which was still glowing with green light. He simply broke the jar and said, 'I'll cut you in half and see if you can still shine! ’

The gold needle was pulled hard and the monster's brain was cut in half.

After encountering such a serious injury, the green light on the monster's brain flashed several times in succession, and then dimmed extremely slowly. After more than ten minutes, the green light became very dim, but it stabilized again. .

‘The light has become very weak. Will the composition of this thing change? ’

A glimmer of hope arose in Rosen's heart, and he took out a trace of dark green liquid to try. The result was still an undetectable darkness.

‘Okay, you are so cruel.’

Rosen gave up studying the composition of this thing and went straight to find a solution.

‘My magic can’t deal with you. But I have other means. I’ll try using a high-energy laser. ”

‘The poison is in Veronica’s body, so the laser attack must be very precise, otherwise the poison will be removed and Veronica will be killed by me.’

Just do it when you think of it!

In the following time, Rosen made various alchemical instruments and tried them one by one on the dark green liquid.

After 2 hours, the laser plan failed. When the laser was shot in, the dark green liquid did not react at first, and after a few seconds, it would suddenly explode violently! The scale of the explosion was quite large, enough to blow the human body to pieces. If Rosen hadn’t hidden far away, this would have been a big deal.

Why did it explode?

Rosen couldn’t figure it out, and naturally couldn’t find a solution, so he used magnetic field binding instead.

1 hour Later, the magnetic field plan failed because the dark green liquid was not charged and was not sensitive to the magnetic field.

Use radioactive rays instead.

The radioactivity level in the underground palace was not higher than other places. Rosen used radioactive dust in the air to make a gamma ray knife.

Half an hour later, the experiment ended with a violent explosion.

Gamma rays are high-energy electromagnetic waves, and the explosion is more violent than lasers. The aftermath of the explosion of 1 mg of dark green liquid burned Rosen's hair, who was hiding 10 meters away.

The continuous failures made Rosen feel unspeakably irritable. He grabbed the jar containing the monster's brain and threw it away fiercely.

"Damn it! Fuck you! "

"Clang~Clang~"

The metal container fell to the ground and rolled on the ground. The dark green liquid in the container was spilled everywhere. Some of the dark green liquid was spilled on the body of the Death Guard in the distance.

Rosen sat on the ground and gasped for breath. He was full of frustration. Facing this strange substance, he had done everything he could. He had no other way.

'Is it really as the sage Niya said that mortals can't crack the destructive toxin, and only the power of the gods can do it?'

'Hu~Hu~Hu~'

Rosen sat on the ground, gasping for breath, and gradually, he calmed down: 'No, can't give up! There must be other ways. I'll think about it~I'll think about it~~'

He mustered up his fighting spirit again, he stood up, and strode towards the jar containing the monster's brain.

Finally, he found the jar around the body of the Death Guard.

He picked up the jar and prepared to go back to continue the experiment, but the moment he turned around, his body suddenly stopped: "Wait, something seems wrong. "

He turned back and carefully checked the surroundings.

Soon, he found the reason.

When the can rolled on the ground, a lot of dark green liquid leaked out. In the dark environment, these dark green liquids still emit a faint green glow, but the dark green liquids that fell on the bodies of the dead guards not only did not glow, but also became transparent, looking like ordinary water drops.

"Why is this?"

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