The Last Alchemist

Under the escort of a large group of guards, the spacious carriage drove smoothly towards the academy.

In the carriage, Niya was startled when Fleming Ben said: "Something strange? Good thing or bad thing?"

Fleming smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not clear yet. But you must be very interested in the matter itself. Can I tell you?"

Niya nodded.

Fleming then described in detail the abnormal situation that occurred on the outer wall of the college yesterday afternoon. After finishing speaking, he reached into his pocket and took out a few pieces of steel and handed them to Niya: "Look, this is what I found at the scene. something.”

Niya reached out and took a thin piece of steel, put it in front of her eyes to observe carefully, tried to break it, and said: "Judging from the color, it is just ordinary steel, but it is very hard and seems to be brittle. . Once it breaks, there will be a very sharp fracture. If this kind of steel sheet is used to wrap the thunder potion of the Flame God, then once it explodes, the steel sheet will turn into a terrifying death storm!"

Fleming clapped his hands gently and praised: "Master Niya, what you said is absolutely right."

He played with the steel piece in his hand and said incredulously: "Last night, I carefully analyzed the composition of the steel piece. I found that its composition is very similar to that of ordinary wrought iron. It only contains two basic elements: iron and carbon, but The strange thing is that its external properties and wrought iron are two extremes. . To this end, I specifically asked Cronon, a master alchemist in the college who specializes in metal smelting. He told me that the external properties of steel can be greatly changed by arranging the order of the two basic elements. This is the method used, and the specific method is very clever. "

Hearing this, Niya suddenly asked: "Could it be a prank by some alchemist master?"

Fleming shook his head: "It's unlikely. Master Cronon said that he had never seen a similar technique among his acquaintances, not in the academy, not in the Flame God Cult, and several well-known alchemy masters in the south had never seen it before. He said this is a completely new technique.

"Hmm~~Could it be the work of some hidden master?"

Niya fell into deep thought. After a while, she clasped her hands together, holding the steel piece in her palms, and then closed her eyes.

Fleming knew that Niya was now using his power of prophecy to track down the owner of the steel piece. The only thing he could do now was to wait patiently.

The carriage drove towards the college and soon reached the gate of the outer courtyard wall.

The guards at the door knew this carriage and subconsciously saluted. When they were about to greet it, Fleming waved to stop it.

Soon, the carriage passed through the gate, entered the outer courtyard, and then continued along the straight and flat boulevard. After driving for about five or six minutes, the entrance to the arch bridge appeared in front of it. Across the arch bridge, it was the center of the river at Nerogard College. The academy is also the home of the most powerful magician in the academy.

Just when the carriage was about to drive onto the arch bridge, Niya took a long breath and opened her eyes, with a look of exhaustion on her face.

"How is it?" Fleming asked immediately.

Niya frowned slightly: "I saw boundless white flames, huge monsters made of steel, steel ships like hills, and fallen dragons wailing high in the sky."

Fleming was dumbfounded, and it took him a while before he said, "What does this mean? Is it a sign of destruction?"

Niya shook her head: "I can't understand it. These images are very vague, and I can't see any specific meaning, but each image implies some kind of incredible terrifying power. I don't know whether this is a good thing or not for the academy." bad thing."

Fleming became more and more troubled when he heard this: "Sage, I have been sending people to investigate for the past two days, but the clues are too vague. Up to now, I still haven't found anything. If you can't find any clues now, then I'm afraid this matter will become an unsolved case. ”

Niya sighed: "Although the imagery of the prophecy is terrifying, I don't feel malicious. I think that the owner of the steel piece will be harmless to the college in a short period of time. Perhaps, this is really just a prank."

"I hope so." Fleming felt a deep sense of frustration.

He had always thought that he had extraordinary wisdom, but now, a vague shadow appeared. Not to mention defeated, he couldn't even figure it out, which was really shocking.

The carriage drove up the arch bridge and then down the arch bridge. Fleming, whose confidence was shaken, recovered a little and asked: "Niya, have you gained anything in the capital this time?"

Speaking of this, Niya's face darkened slightly.

She turned to look out the window, staring blankly at the flowers blooming on both sides of the road: "His Majesty gave me an exemption decree, promising that the academy would not be interfered by the Flame God Cult. But at the same time, His Majesty also praised the Flame God Cult heavily for the reason It was the wizard hunters who captured a large number of black magicians and monsters and greatly stabilized the order of Berkeley City. "

Upon hearing this, Fleming was immediately furious: "What a balancing act! That old guy Usland is getting more and more confused as he gets older. He doesn't know Talati's ambition at all. One day, he will Taste the consequences of your own sowing!"

Uthland was the name of King Kovel. Talati is the Pope of the Cult of Fire.

Niya waved her hand: "Ben, there is no need to say such angry words."

"I'm really angry!" Fleming gritted his teeth: "Those wizard hunters are all ruffians! That old guy Talati is an old man who is bent on pursuing power and has no respect for truth and wisdom. If he is allowed to be so arrogant, If he goes down, the whole world will surely fall under his dark rule!”

The more he talked, the angrier he became. Finally, he punched the armrest of the carriage hard, making a 'clang' sound.

"Ben, you've lost your composure." Niya smiled lightly.

"It's come to this point, and you can still laugh?" Fleming said he couldn't understand.

Niya's face was calm and her voice was low: "Ben, you only see the current situation, but you don't notice the possible changes in the future. Now it seems that the power of Talati's Flame God Cult is indeed developing rapidly, and even affects the academy. It also poses a huge threat, but who knows what will happen in the future?”

"I don't quite understand." Fleming looked confused.

"Have you forgotten my prophecy of the apocalypse?" Niya reminded.

"Apocalypse prophecy?" Fleming was even more confused: "Didn't you say that the image of this prophecy is very vague, and that you only interpreted one of the possibilities? Also, you published the prophecy not to build momentum for your disciple Wei Ge ?”

Niya smiled faintly: "What you said is correct, but the emergence of this prophecy means that in the near future, the world will undergo unimaginable changes. I don't know what changes will occur, but this change will be huge. , far beyond your imagination. With mortal wisdom, there is no way you can control this change, not me, not Tarati, not all of us. I can only accept it all passively.”

After saying that, she saw that Fleming still had a trace of dissatisfaction on his face, so she didn't explain any more and just sighed softly.

At this time, the carriage arrived at Niya's residence. She got out of the carriage and walked towards the door without looking back.

Fleming's voice came from behind: "Sage, since changes are coming, is there really nothing we can do?"

Niya paused and said, "That's not necessarily the case. Do your best to do what you can."

After saying that, she walked through the door, leaving Fleming in the carriage in deep contemplation.

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Naturally, Rosen would not know what happened in Nerogard Academy. He was also in the city buying materials and tools to make a glittering wand.

The commerce in Nerogard City is very developed, and goods from all over the world are gathered here. As long as you have money, you can buy good things produced almost everywhere in the mainland.

Unfortunately, Rosen only had less than 2,000 silver coins left in his hand, so he had to save money, which gave him a lot of time to negotiate. After waiting until night, he barely managed to buy all the materials he needed.

By the time he returned to the Prancing Horse Mansion, it was already past seven in the evening.

As soon as he entered the mansion, the housekeeper Afu came to greet him: "Sir, Ms. Veronica has brought back a guest. They are waiting for you in the alchemy room on the second floor. Oh, by the way, Miss Anne is there too."

"Veronica brought back a guest?" Rosen was very surprised and asked hurriedly: "What kind of guest? Sir or madam?"

Ah Fu looked apologetic: "Sir, I'm really sorry, I really didn't see clearly. The guest was covered in a gray cloak, covering his face and body."