The Last Alchemist

A few days after the speech, rumors were already spreading in Nerogard.

Some people say that countless kingdom warships are flowing down the Bishui River. Some people say that Master Rosen is already preparing to flee to Dragon Valley for refuge. Others say that the monsters hate Nerogard so much that they are ready to take revenge on him.

All kinds of rumors spread so well that people have no choice but to believe them.

To make matters worse, Rosen never showed up for several days after Raiden's speech, and even many of the guardsmen had not seen him for two days.

As a result, people in the city are even more panic-stricken. Some timid ones are ready to run away, while some bold ones are inciting people in the darkness, planning to wait for the intruders to arrive and open the door to meet them. This will not only save their lives. , maybe you can get some credit.

If it weren't for the Musketeers Captain Anne, the magicians led by Mobius, Veronica, and Lilith, who had always behaved as usual. If it weren't for the Musketeers in Nerogard City who were always patrolling closely, there would have been an outburst in the city. Big mess.

On the fourth day, Rosen finally came back.

He looked tired, his hair had become very thin, and his face and hands were covered with burn marks. At a glance, he seemed to have suddenly aged ten years. He also held a two-meter-long lead box in his hand. He took this huge box with him, walked through the streets as if no one else was around, and returned to the alchemy room on the second floor of the academy fortress.

After Lilith received the news, she rushed to the alchemy room. She was startled by Rosen's appearance and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong with you? Could it be that you were under the withering magic?"

Rosen laughed and reached out to pat the huge lead box next to him: "It's not magic, it's the result of being invaded by the power of the elements."

"Elemental power?"

Lilith was stunned for a moment and took a closer look at the lead box, but found nothing unusual. She felt strange in her heart, and stretched out her magic tentacles to sense it carefully. After a while, her eyes showed doubts: "There are gases constantly overflowing from the box. These gases are very strange and seem to contain the power of thunder. What is going on? ?”

Rosen smiled slightly: "The box contains a very unstable elemental ore. It is disintegrating all the time, disintegrating into smaller and more stable new elements. During the process of disintegration, it will Some additional elemental power is revealed, and these powers become the power of thunder."

"Is it an element that will automatically disintegrate?" Lilith has never seen such a thing, nor has she read any relevant magic knowledge. She tilted her head and thought for a while, then asked: "Rosen, according to what you mean, this This element will release additional power during the disintegration process. Are you planning to use this ore to make a new thunder potion? "

Rosen smiled slightly: "You guessed half of it right."

He opened the lid of the box, quickly took out a thumb-sized yellow-black stone, and then immediately closed the lid tightly. He used his magic power and twisted it hard on the yellow-black stone. The stone disintegrated into extremely fine powder. Among the powder, some black-gray particles began to accumulate. After about a few seconds, something appeared in the air. They are small black-gray particles the size of sesame seeds. The surface of these small particles is very smooth and has a metallic luster.

Lilith clearly felt that the air around this small particle was filled with a large amount of fine thunder power. She tried to touch it with her hands, but before her fingers could touch the particles, she felt a burning sensation on her skin. She was startled and quickly retracted her hand.

"The burning wounds on your body were caused by these unstable elements?" she asked in surprise.

"Of course." Rosen nodded, threw the small particles back into the lead box, and then continued: "I have sent people to investigate. In three days, the combined army will resist Nerogard. So, I must purify all the unstable elements in these three days and create a brand new weapon."

Lilith was still half-informed: "How powerful is this new weapon? How does it compare with the thunder potion?"

Rosen smiled confidently: "It needs to be much bigger. In short, it is enough to solve this crisis."

Lilith nodded: "I feel relieved when you say that. Then I won't disturb you. I will try my best to ensure the stability of Nerogard. You can focus on refining the ore, and don't worry about anything else."

"Well~ you go ahead."

Lilith walked out of the alchemy room. She still had no concrete idea about the new weapon Rosen mentioned, and the worries in her heart could not be dispelled.

But at this point, there was no other way to think of. Lilith could only work step by step and try to maintain the stability of the city.

Time passed day by day, and although there were occasional riots in the city of Nirogard, it remained generally calm. At noon on the third day, the warning bell on the watchtower of the fortress suddenly rang.

"Dangdangdangdangdang~~"

The bell rang very quickly. After a while, a sentry ran down from the tower. He ran towards Anne's office. As soon as he reached the door, he shouted: "Captain! Captain! Something bad has happened, upper reaches of the Bishui River." A lot of ships are coming!”

Anne has been tense these days and is always ready to fight. When she heard the news of the arrival of the army, she felt relaxed: "Go and report the news to Manager Lilith and let her appease the civilians!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Anne herself ran towards the city wall near the river. When she reached the top of the wall, she picked up her telescope and looked upstream. She saw that in the thick mist, large ships were almost connected together, like a dark cloud. Coming towards Nerogard with great pressure.

She made a rough count and found that there were at least 40 ships. The deck of each ship was filled with dark gun batteries. On average, each ship had at least 20 guns, all of which were pointed at Nero. Garter direction.

Anne's heartbeat quickened as she watched, but she did not forget her responsibilities. She quickly issued orders to the guards on the city wall, transporting ammunition, deploying long-range artillery, and mobilizing sniper warriors. After a series of orders, Nirogard was ready.

Even so, Anne was still not sure at all: "There are too many enemies. There are more than 800 cannons on the ship, and we must always be alert to monster attacks. Although the thunder cannons in the city have a long range, there are only 80 of them. The muskets The number of soldiers is only over 400."

The numerical disparity between the two sides is too great. No matter how you look at it, there is no chance of winning.

The soldiers on the city wall can obviously think of this. Although the soldiers still stick to their posts under strict military discipline, there is a look of fear on every soldier's face.

At this moment, Annie suddenly saw Rosen.

When she saw it for the first time, she even suspected that she had been deceived. It was not because Rosen shouldn't have appeared, but because his current appearance was really scary.

Almost all the black hair on his head has fallen out, leaving only a few sparse ones. There are red scars everywhere on his skin, and there are ulcers in some places. His eyes are full of blood. He looks like he has a terminal illness. Similar.

But his footwork was still firm and powerful, and his spirit seemed to be very good. In the air next to him, there were two strange metal balls floating in the air, each with a diameter of more than one meter.

Annie rushed forward and asked urgently: "Rosen, what did you do?"

Rosen smiled slightly and pointed at the big iron ball floating beside him: "I have been making new weapons these days, and something happened in the process. I was accidentally swept away by a strong elemental force, and the result turned out like this. Don’t worry, these are minor injuries and they will recover after some time.”

If he were an ordinary person, he might be doomed, but Rosen has powerful magic power and quantum super-sense. Although repairing physical damage is cumbersome, it is not difficult. Even if the DNA mutates and the cells become cancer cells, he can use magic power to accurately kill the cancer cells one by one.

The only sequelae is that the physical damage is too great and he will be weak for a while.

Of course, Annie knew that Rosen was working on new weapons. She looked at the big iron ball up and down, but she couldn't figure it out. She guessed: "Are these two thunder bombs? It looks like It’s quite big, and its power should be extraordinary, right?”

Rosen smiled slightly: "The power is indeed very, very powerful. You will know later. As for now, I have to talk to my opponents and persuade them to turn around and go back."

"Turn around and go back? How is that possible?" Although Annie believed in Rosen, she also felt that this was very unreliable.

"Hahaha~ Of course it was impossible before, but now, as long as they have some basic sense, they will definitely listen to me."