The Last Alchemist

The sky slowly darkened, but more and more people gathered in the square. It was estimated that the number had exceeded five thousand.

Most of these people are natives of Nerogard, and the other half are very complex. There are rebellious young people from surrounding villages who come to watch the excitement, adventurers and travelers who travel around, and some who are well disguised. Wizard hunters, and some strangers of unknown origin.

Most of the audience's attention was focused on the high platform in front of the square. People were talking and commenting on the various strange-looking equipment on the high platform, but there were also many people whose minds were not on the upcoming speech at all.

There are young men and women taking this opportunity to fall in love. Vendors with business acumen took advantage of this opportunity to sell their own small commodities. There are also many merchants and travelers who are exchanging knowledge about various parts of the continent. There are even some people who have ulterior motives and look around with dark eyes. No one knows what they are thinking.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the sun sank below the distant ridge, the sky suddenly became dark, and the atmosphere suddenly became a bit gloomy.

Due to the natural fear of darkness, most ordinary people have a look of worry on their faces, and even those who are quite knowledgeable have become silent. The timid children subconsciously retreated into the arms of their parents, the lovers hugged each other tightly, and some even retreated in their hearts.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and the crowd was getting more and more restless. At this moment, Rosen suddenly walked to the center of the high platform and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, now, I will show you the first victory achieved by Nerogard." The great achievement is that lightning creates light!”

As the words fell, bright orange light spots lit up one after another in the sky around the square. In an instant, a circle of lights lit up around the entire square. The brightness of one lamp was not enough to dispel the darkness, but hundreds of lamps lit up around the square. These lamps emitted a bright and stable yellowish light, like golden sunlight, and instantly dimmed the darkness around the square. The dispersal ground was clean and tidy.

People couldn't help but exclaimed.

A child pointed to the bright light in the sky and shouted in surprise: "Mom, mom, look at the stars, there are so many stars."

Adults are more reserved and their exclamations are much lower, but almost everyone present has never seen such a bright, stable and soft light in their lives, and many people have incredible expressions on their faces.

The red-haired woman who appeared before lost her initial reserve. She looked left and right, with shock and confusion in her eyes. Finally, she took out a pen and wrote in her notes: "This magic master of Nerogard It was an extraordinary move, and at least three hundred lights were lit at once. This master called this "thunder and lightning light". According to my observation, this strange lightning lamp is very bright, but not dazzling at all. When illuminated together, the light produced is like daylight It was like coming back. I carefully observed the structure of the lightning lamp and found that it was surrounded by a circle of colorless and transparent crystal. Of course, it might also be glass. There were some thin metal wires in the middle of the glass. One of the thin metal wires It has been glowing bright yellow. This metal wire looks like a small burning stick, but what is puzzling is that it has kept burning without any signs of extinguishing. I really can't think of the reason. Maybe this is the power of thunder and lightning. Strength."

The 2-meter-tall man in black armor was also startled. He had always had a slight smile on his face, but when he saw so many lights appearing, his smile disappeared. He looked at the lights, and his face turned into something... Show awe.

As for the young man in silver armor carrying a big sword, his expression did not change. He just narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

When the noise in the crowd died down, Rosen began tonight's speech.

He said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I know you must think these lights are very magical. You think this must be unfathomable magic, right?"

"Yes!" someone shouted in response.

"Isn't this magic?" someone objected

"This must be a magician's trick, or an illusion." Some people thought they were smart.

Faced with the chaotic response, Rosen pressed his hands down, and when the crowd calmed down, he said with a smile: "Then, next, I will show you how to make a thunder lamp. Through this process, I will tell you , without the inscrutability of magic or the deception of illusion. An ordinary person, even if he does not have any magic talent, can control thunder and lightning, or even enslave thunder and lightning, with only some daily visible items and a little bit of skill. !”

"Wow~~~"

The audience in the square was in chaos again.

"Is this true?"

"Heresy! Blasphemy! This is blasphemy against the gods!"

"No, can ordinary people really use magic?"

"Master Rosen, you didn't lie to us, did you?"

Rosen smiled slightly, raised his hand to stop the noise, and continued: "I know you won't believe it, because this has never happened before, but just because it couldn't happen before, doesn't mean it can't happen in the future. Now, I will start to show This. In addition, in order to prove the authenticity, I need to choose two helpers from the audience, any one will do."

Under the high platform, people looked at each other. Many people were eager to try, but they always had some concerns in their hearts. For a while, no one dared to take the initiative to take the stage.

Rosen sighed deliberately and asked again: "Is there no one willing to be my assistant?"

"I'll do it!"

A majestic voice came from the audience. Everyone turned around and saw the man in black armor, who was more than 2 meters tall and looked like an iron tower, striding towards the high platform. When he got closer, he looked up at Rosen, Question: "Master Rosen, can I do that?"

Such a strong man looked a little worried and a little awed, as if he was afraid of Rosen's rejection.

Without thinking, Rosen immediately extended his hand to invite: "Of course, anyone can. Please come on stage."

The man in black armor laughed: "Come on, then I'll come!"

He exerted force on his feet, jumped up suddenly, and jumped directly onto the platform seven or eight meters high.

The audience couldn't help but exclaim, and many ordinary people had horrified looks on their faces. They had realized that this strong man was definitely not an ordinary person, this guy was a monster!

When a monster appeared in the square, many people immediately retreated and just wanted to get away from this place. But the embarrassing thing is that the sky has completely darkened. There is only light around the square, and there is no way to retreat.

They wanted to leave but didn't dare, wanted to stay but were afraid of these monsters making trouble. People stood there tremblingly, not knowing what to do.

Rosen saw this and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, the lights around the square will continue until dawn, and those who come to Nirogard tonight to listen to my speech are all my guests. If the guests are polite, I will treat them politely. If the guests are rude, I, as the host, will have to punish them.”

After hearing this assurance, the panicked people calmed down a little.

Rosen added: "Now, I still need an assistant. Because I already have a strange assistant, I hope an ordinary person can come up this time. So, who is willing to help me?"

The crowd was silent, and no one responded for a while. Obviously, no one dared to share the stage with the stranger.

Rosen was a little disappointed: "Don't you even have the courage to try?"

Someone responded at this moment. She was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, with big black eyes and bright eyes, rosy cheeks, and some small freckles. She was wearing an ordinary linen skirt. At first glance, she looked like a peasant girl from an ordinary family.

The girl came alone. She blinked her big black eyes and asked timidly: "Master, can I do it?"

Rosen smiled and nodded, his eyes full of encouragement: "Of course, come up."

The girl's face was full of excitement. She trotted and climbed onto the high platform from the wooden stairs next to the high platform.

Rosen waved to the girl and said, "Come, stand next to me."

The girl was a little scared of the man in black armor and stood far away without daring to come forward. After hearing what Rosen said, she walked far away from the man in black armor and stood on the other side of Rosen. In this way, with Rosen's body in the middle, she felt much more relaxed.

With his assistants ready, Rosen turned to face the audience and continued: "As we all know, if you want to control something, you must first understand what it is. Secondly, you must understand the rules for how such things operate. The same is true for thunder and lightning, and the same is true for magic. The same is true for the iron plows used by farmers to plow the fields, and the oxen used to plow the fields. So, now, I want to ask, what is thunder and lightning?”

As soon as he said a few words, the audience's attention was immediately attracted, and people couldn't help but think about what thunder and lightning is.

Rosen waited patiently for a while, then turned to the man in black armor next to him: "Tell me, what is the thunder and lightning you know?"

The man in black armor stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and smiled honestly: "I don't know very well either. Thunder and lightning should be the silver-white bright lines that make a loud bang in the sky when it rains, right? It is said that this thing is like this The weapons of the gods."

Rosen nodded: "From the outside, it looks like this. So, what about you?"

Rosen turned to ask the farm girl.

The peasant girl thought for a while and said: "It should be a strange and powerful fire power. If there is a large amount of lightning, it can burn people into coke at once, and even cause wildfires. If there is a small amount of lightning, it can make people physically ill." tingling."

This answer was a bit unexpected, and Rosen's eyes lit up slightly: "Interesting, very interesting, girl, it seems you are good at observation and thinking."

"Thank you for the compliment, Master." The peasant girl was so happy that she even forgot about her fear.

Rosen turned to look at the audience and continued: "Of my two assistants, one saw the appearance of thunder and lightning, and the other saw the effect of thunder and lightning. They are both very good. However, in order to understand the essence of thunder and lightning, we still need to More observation, deeper thinking. I think you must be waiting for my answer, right?”

"Yes." The audience responded in unison, including the beautiful red-haired woman. People's curiosity has been aroused by Rosen, whether they are ordinary people or aliens.

Unexpectedly, Rosen shook his head: "I'm sorry, I won't tell you this answer, because even I am not sure that I understand the nature of thunder and lightning."

After hearing this, many people suddenly looked disappointed.

Rosen continued: "But, tonight, I will show you a wonderful phenomenon that I accidentally discovered, a method that can easily create a small amount of thunder and lightning, a method that can be easily mastered by everyone."

As soon as these words came out, the audience, who had been a little disappointed just now, suddenly became full of expectations. Everyone looked at the high platform intently.

Here, Rosen turned to look at the two assistants beside him. He first said to the man in black armor: "This girl just said that a small amount of lightning can make people feel numb. Next, I will use a simple I’ll create a small amount of thunder and lightning, and then let you experience the numbing sensation all over your body, do you mind?”

The man in black armor was stunned for a moment, with a look of horror on his face. He hesitated for a while before saying, "Just give it a try."

"very good."

Rosen smiled slightly, turned around and handed a piece of fur and a glass rod to the peasant girl, and then said: "Use the fur to rub the glass rod hard."

The peasant girl looked confused, but she still complied. After she wiped it hard for a dozen times, Rosen said: "Okay, then you take the glass rod and get close to this gentleman's hair."

The peasant girl was a little scared, but she still did as she was told, but the big man in black armor looked at the approaching glass rod with a look of uneasiness on his face, fearing that a bolt of lightning would shoot out from the rod.

As the glass rod continued to approach, the big man in black armor suddenly shouted repeatedly: "Oh yo yo~ Something is wrong, something is wrong, my scalp is numb."

He no longer dared to stay where he was, and took a few steps suddenly, far away from the peasant girl. The look in his eyes when he looked at the glass rod in her hand was as if he had seen a ghost.

In fact, the static electricity on the glass rod is very weak, and it can only pull some hair at most. Ordinary people's scalps don't feel it at all. But this big man is highly nervous, and his body is far more sensitive than ordinary people, so as soon as the glass rod comes close, he will feel it. Sensing something abnormal and fearing thunder and lightning, he fled in panic.

The audience didn't know why, they just saw the big man in black armor running away in fear, and they felt very baffled.

Rosen asked: "Sir, what did you feel just now?"

The big man in black armor was in shock. He stared at the glass rod blankly and said, "I feel like someone is pulling my hair, and my scalp is itching. It's very uncomfortable."

Rosen took the glass rod and fur from the peasant girl's hands, turned around and said to the audience: "Please see, these two materials are very ordinary. Just wiping them with fur will produce a small amount of lightning. If you If you don’t believe it, you can try it yourself and you will definitely experience a similar feeling. In addition, the fur and glass rod can be replaced with other materials. The key factor is to wipe it hard. "

Before he could finish speaking, the audience had already started experimenting. After a while, there were exclamations in the crowd. It seemed that many people had already repeated Rosen's little experiment.

At this time, people suddenly became more convinced of Rosen's words and looked forward to it.

Rosen continued: "Of course, the friction method can indeed produce thunder and lightning, but there is so little thunder and lightning that it can only make people feel numb on the scalp, which is far from enough to light a lamp. So, I Found a new way to get more thunder and lightning.”

This time, people were looking forward to it even more. Many people stared at the high platform without blinking, for fear of missing something. Even the young man in silver armor carrying a giant sword had a solemn expression at this time.

On the high platform, Rosen took out two fist-sized potatoes. He handed the potatoes to his two assistants and asked, "What are these?"

The big man in black armor took the potato, smelled it, took off a small piece and tasted it, and then said: "It's a potato, a cooked potato."

The peasant girl also nodded and said, "They are indeed potatoes, cooked."

Rosen took out another pile of metal pieces, some black and some red. He handed the metal pieces to the two assistants and asked, "What are these?"

The peasant girl said: "The black ones are iron pieces, and the red ones are copper pieces."

The big man in black armor also nodded in agreement: "That's true."

Rosen took out more than thirty cooked potatoes and more metal sheets, and handed these materials to his assistants for inspection. After confirming that they were all ordinary materials, he said: "Next, The two inserted metal pieces into the potatoes, one piece of iron and one piece of copper.

This was very simple. The big man in black armor and the peasant girl followed the instructions. Soon, more than thirty potatoes were inserted into the metal pieces.

At this point, the audience was confused and didn't know what Rosen wanted to do.

The beautiful red-haired woman began to take notes again: "The master began to play with the boiled potatoes, which was very confusing."

On the high platform, Rosen took out some more metal wires. He handed them to the big man in black armor for inspection and asked, "What is this?"

The big man looked at it, touched it with his hand, and bit it with his mouth: "It's an ordinary thin wire."

"very good."

Rosen picked up the thin wire and connected more than thirty potatoes filled with metal pieces in series and parallel to form a potato battery array. Then he pulled out the positive and negative wires, handed them to the big man in black armor, and said : "You try to put them together."

The big man in black armor was not afraid this time and laughed: "I'll give it a try."

In his opinion, this is just a pile of cooked potatoes. No matter how you play with it, even if it is filled with metal pieces, it is still a potato. Can it still go to heaven?

He took the two electrodes and put them together.

‘Stab it~~’

Electric sparks appeared on the electrodes, and at the same time, the wire quickly became hot, and within a breath, it started to turn red. The big man in black armor still dared to hold it, and threw the electrode aside, shouting repeatedly: "Weird thing! Weird thing! Potatoes can bite people!"

He looked at the wire and was stunned.

Rosen laughed, took out another electric lamp, turned around and handed it to the farm girl, and said, "Place the electrodes on the two iron pieces of this lightning lamp. Be careful not to let the two iron wires touch each other."

The peasant girl did as she was told. When she put the wire on the lamp correctly, the lamp immediately lit up, emitting a soft yellowish glow.

The audience in the audience couldn't bear it any longer and exclaimed in surprise.

"Potatoes and thunder and lightning? Am I right?"

"This is incredible!"

"God, did you actually hide lightning in potatoes?"

The red-haired woman also opened her lips slightly in shock. After a while, she picked up the note and wrote: "Incredible! It's incredible! This young magic master actually created a lot of thunder and lightning with potatoes. This thunder and lightning was actually so powerful It’s enough to melt the wire!”

When the commotion of the crowd subsided, Rosen smiled and said: "As you can see, I used ordinary materials to create more thunder and lightning. There are enough to light up lights and melt thin iron wires. If you are interested, After returning home, you can make the same potato battery. Of course, this method is a waste of potatoes, haha.”

"Haha~~" The audience laughed, and many people had already made up their minds to make similar thunder potatoes when they returned home.

But the speech was not over yet. Rosen continued: "As you have seen, I have created more thunder and lightning. However, this thunder and lightning is still not enough, so I continue to look for ways to create more and more stable thunder and lightning. . In the end, I found it!”

"Wow~"

Now everyone was shocked. The thunder and lightning potatoes were enough to melt the iron wire. If they were more powerful, wouldn't they be comparable to the thunder and lightning in the sky?

People looked at the high platform expectantly, waiting for Rosen to demonstrate a more powerful method of creating lightning.

Rosen lived up to expectations. He stepped aside slightly to reveal the strange-looking thing behind him. This thing was a large wooden box made of iron and wood. The box was two meters high and almost completely closed. Two needles facing each other were exposed on one side. iron needle, and on one side is a huge iron rocker.

Rosen pointed to the wooden box and said: "This is the lightning machine that I made using a new method. It is also made of the most common materials, but the manufacturing method is a bit complicated, and I can't explain it at the moment. I The only thing guaranteed is that ordinary people can use it easily.”

The audience was a little disappointed, because unlike the previous two times, although the things this time were scary, they couldn't see the specific production method. But people are still looking forward to the power of this thing.

Rosen smiled and said to the big man in black armor: "Sir, you are very strong and must be very powerful. I need you to do me a favor, can you?"

The big man in black armor nodded: "How can I help?"

Rosen pointed to the iron crank on the side of the wooden box and said, "Hold it and turn it hard."

"This is simple."

The big man in black armor stepped forward, held the rocker, and turned the rocker with a strong force, but it could be seen that he was not turning easily, because the muscles all over his body bulged, and his face turned red. After a few laps, he felt a little more relaxed and then said: "This thing is easy to handle."

Rosen said: "Try harder and spin faster."

The big man in black armor immediately applied more force, and the crank turned faster and faster, and the wooden box also made a "click, click, click" noise, as if something was rotating rapidly.

As the crank rotated faster and faster, suddenly, there was a loud 'click' sound between the two iron needles on the other side of the wooden box, and a silvery-white arc flashed in the air between the iron needles!

"Oh~~~~"

There was uncontrollable exclamation in the audience.

The big man in black armor on the stage was also frightened. He also saw the electric arc. How dare he continue to shake the handle? He jumped back and retreated more than ten meters away.

But even though he retreated, the crank was still rotating at high speed, and the electric arc still existed between the two iron needles. It was jumping and flashing, emitting a breathtaking dazzling white light.

After an exclamation, everyone on and off the stage was silent. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the flashing arc, and there was only huge shock in their hearts.

The beautiful red-haired woman stayed for a while, and finally came to her senses and wrote in her notebook: "At first glance, it is just a heavy wooden box, and even when the handle is turned, there is no magical atmosphere. However, as the crank speed increased, lightning suddenly appeared. It crackled and scorched the air, emitting a spicy sound. Breath. How this wooden box was made and what so-called 'common materials' are hidden inside are unknown. I am afraid that only the young magic master in this world can explain all of this. Now, I It must be said that this master’s understanding of thunder and lightning has reached an incredible level, as if he is the God of Thunder in the mortal world.”

On the stage, Rosen took out two more lightning lamps, one for the black-armored man and one for the peasant girl: "Two assistants, thank you for your cooperation. This is my gift to you. And tonight's thunder and lightning speech is That's it. After that, I will open a Thunder Academy in Nerogard, If anyone wants to learn more about thunder and lightning, he can join the academy and become my student. Whether he is a stranger or an ordinary person, as long as he is willing to learn and obey the laws of Nerogard City, then I am willing to teach. Well, thank you again for your compliments, thank you very much.”

As soon as these words came out, many people were immediately moved. The big man in black armor rushed forward, knelt down in front of Rosen, and said loudly: "Master, please accept me as your disciple."

The farm girl was stunned, then reacted and immediately knelt down: "Master, I am willing to be your disciple."

With the two of them taking the lead, many audiences in the audience were moved and prepared to join the academy to learn about thunder and lightning. Even the red-haired woman who had been recording before was quite interested.

But at this moment, the silver-armored young man with a heavy sword on his back suddenly said coldly: "Rosen, you teach mortals the knowledge of the gods, aren't you afraid of blasphemy and divine punishment?"