my age of magic

654 Chapter 154. Corpse Fire Oil

When I met the Nightmare Assassin last time, I almost used up all the valuable scrolls on my body, leaving only a few scrolls of 'Magic Power Catalysis' and 'Frost Nova'. This time I finally have time to draw magic scrolls. Naturally, he was not polite, so he stayed in Yerkes' laboratory and took advantage of the convenient conditions here to draw a large number of scrolls of 'Fire Focus' and 'Scroll of Frost'.

Originally, I wanted to make some magic scrolls of the two second-level magics of 'Frost Nova' and 'Ice Lance', 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, if not, at least she can help me prepare some.

I tidied up the test bench hastily, put the blank magic parchment next to the test bench, cleaned the engraving pen that was stained with magic ink, and wiped the test bench top that was stained with ink traces carefully. After arranging the magic books on the side bookshelf neatly, he walked out of the laboratory and closed the door of the laboratory.

Scholar Yerkes completed the task of constructing the magic pattern and is now on vacation. After he handed over the magic pattern construction of the hard leather armor to me, he couldn't wait to leave.In the past, he was a person who was troublesome when he saw a woman, but now he has a good taste, and 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 driving out the progress of those magic pharmacy courses, and then assigned a lot of homework to her students.When she was at the research institute, she had to produce some designated magic potions according to the requirements of the research institute. She hated those magic potions that followed the rules the most. The potion is simply a kind of torment.

The Institute of Magic is a large indoor building complex, which occupies all the space on the fourth floor of the Tower of Pride. The architects have decorated every inch of the space here very delicately. I like the courtyard garden here the most. On the benches in the garden, admiring the exquisitely manicured green plants and neat lawns, the eyes are full of very layered green, which can relax people's tense spirit.

When passing the stone arch bridge, I poked my head out of the stone railing to see the magic swordfish in the clear water channel. They lurk quietly at the bottom of the water. Once they find their prey, they will slowly lurk near the water surface. , and then shot out a sharp water arrow from the water. If you don't pay attention, you will feel burning and burning pain when you are shot by that water arrow.

The 'water arrows' made by these young magic swordfish can only threaten insects flying in the air, and even those small flying birds are generally unable to shoot down. I like to observe the body structure of these magic swordfish carefully. The whole body is shuttle-shaped and translucent. Every time water-type magic is condensed, a water-type magic pattern will appear on the surface of the body. It is very simple. I have tried to draw the magic pattern on the body of these magic swordfish , but without any magical effect.

Yerkes scholars say that the magic lines on these swordfish are gifts of nature, and if one can figure out the mystery of them, they will benefit a lot in this life.

I was holding on to the stone railing with both hands, and I was looking a little absorbed. Out of the corner of my eye, I happened to see a familiar figure walking on the bluestone road opposite. Walking out of it in frustration, he and I are quite familiar. Recently, the crossbows and muskets I asked Louis to buy on his behalf were all bought by Bud. Louis has recently been on duty in the Floating King City, so naturally he has no time to deal with it. these little things.

I didn't expect him to appear in the Academy of Magic. I raised my head, reached out and shook him, and then greeted him: "Mr. Bard!"

"Mage Jijia, I didn't expect such a coincidence to meet you here." When Bud saw me, he showed a surprised look.

"I'm here as an assistant to a magic scholar. Every day at this time... oh, it may be a little later than usual, and I will 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: "Has Magician Ji Jia forgotten the batch of fire bombs he ordered?"

"Oh, is there a clue?" I said in great surprise.

"It's so easy! Now that fire oil has become a military-controlled item, the frontlines of all planes are handing over orders to the military supply department. The price of this main ingredient for making fire bombs has been skyrocketing. Out of stock." Bud didn't hide from me, and directly stated the purpose of the trip, and admitted that those incendiary bombs were very difficult to get.

He said to me, "I'm here just to see if I can get some fire oil!"

"Does the Institute of Magic also have a lot of kerosene? On the Institute's side, if you want to get magic materials from the warehouse, you need some points. If it's not convenient for you, I can think of a way!" I heard Bud I said this because I felt a little sorry for the batch of fire bombs that kept running around, so I quickly suggested that if it was the magic materials in the original warehouse of the magic research, I could try to get them.

Unexpectedly, Bud shook his head in great embarrassment, and said to me with a wry smile: "I'm just trying my luck here, and I don't have much hope. If it's the materials in the warehouse of the Magic Research Institute, things On the contrary, it is much simpler, it is nothing more than a question of how high the price is, no matter what, you can still get some."

Seeing Bud's sad face because of this incident, I asked Bud in surprise: "Could it be that there are still people in the Academy of Magic hoarding a lot of kerosene?"

Bud hesitated for a moment, but he still told me happily: "It can't be said to be fire oil. To be precise, it should be 'corpse fire oil' transported from the orc tribe. According to the magic scholars of the Alchemists Union, corpse fire oil Oil can replace kerosene to make incendiary bombs. According to the information we got, there is a magician nobleman in the Academy of Magic. He is in charge of the "corpse fire oil" transaction between the Orc tribe and the Grimm Empire, so I'm here to try my luck, see 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 effect is far better than ordinary fire oil, but because of these 'corpse fire oil' The oil is basically transported from the orc tribe, so the quantity is very limited. Usually, it sells better than those fire oils, so I just try my luck this time to see if I can just come back from the orc tribe. Returning caravan."

The tide of those memories hit my thoughts like a sudden burst of embankment.

If it is said that 'chocobo meat stewed vermicelli' is popular at the banquets of the upper-class noble circles of the empire, I can also understand that Kurtz boiled all the sweet potatoes in the swamp into vermicelli and dumped them to the Green Empire.Then these 'corpse oil' are only refined by the swamp zombies who drowned in the moor. It should be Kurz's masterpiece. I didn't expect that 'corpse oil' would enter into it one day. In the circle of merchants in the imperial capital.

"Is there someone in the Institute of Magic who controls all the 'corpse oil' transactions in the imperial capital? Who is that person? He is so powerful that he can actually control the entire imperial capital's 'corpse oil' transactions!" I asked Bud curiously.

"It's the fiancée of His Highness the Seventh Prince Wales, Her Royal Highness Princess Qige!" Bud hesitated for a moment, and then said to me: "This Princess not only controls the business of the Imperial Capital' Corpse Fire Oil, but also manages the fuel oil business." Stoves, meat floss bricks and low-level magic herbs, but all the goods shipped back from the orc tribe will belong to the trading firm of the princess."

I lost my voice and said in surprise: "It turned out to be Qige!"

People like Bard are the best at observing words and expressions. When he saw that I was losing my composure, he immediately asked me in surprise, "Does Magician Jijia know Her Royal Highness Princess Qige?"

I nodded slightly.

But Bud cheered excitedly and said: "If this is the case, our Flame Bomb has some clues. At least, there should be hope."

"I'll take you to find her, I hope she still has a batch of 'corpse fire oil' in her hand." I said decisively.

Bud said with excitement and anticipation: "Okay!"

I took Bud back from the new original road and strode towards Qige's laboratory.

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Qige's laboratory is located in the building complex of the Institute of Herbal Medicine. 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 have also thoroughly studied her work and rest time.

These young magician assistants will try to avoid the area where Qige is in the laboratory as much as possible during Qige's time at the magic research institute. Capture the strong man and help her complete those whimsical experiments. Usually, Qige's experiments are full of danger.

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

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

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

Takama nodded, her cheeks flushed slightly, avoiding my gaze at her, and at the same time, she made way, stretched out her hand and pushed the door of the laboratory open, and I walked in. She didn't stop me, 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, but just glanced at Bud, which made Bud's face terrified, and he didn't dare to take another step inside. She glanced at me hesitantly, but didn't insist on going in, so I told him He said, "I'll go in and have a look, you wait for my news."

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

I walked in, and Takama stood behind me, quickly closing the wooden door of the laboratory.

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

Next to the test bench, there are seven magic crucibles brewing magic potions at the same time. Qigmei. Between the test bench—the crucible—and the magic herb shelf, I put my heart and soul into the work. On the test bench, there is a shelf of medicine test tubes, which looks like a hill. Half of the test tubes are filled with medicine, and The cork was put on.

Those are some very simple first-level magic potions, but they seem to be quite large in number.

When I walked into the laboratory, Qige greeted me directly without even raising his head: "Help me put out the fire in the No. In those empty primary potion bottles."

Without saying a word, I hurriedly picked up the crucible, and poured the viscous liquid medicine inside into those test tube-sized elementary medicine bottles little by little.

At this time, Qige brushed the messy hair on her forehead in the midst of her busy schedule, smiled sweetly at me, and said to me: "You also know that I am so busy that I am almost dying! Can you come Help me, I'm happy!"

I was slightly embarrassed, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm 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 wanted to come here to ask for a few bottles of 'Ocean Ink'. I want to prepare some magic scrolls of 'Frost Nova', but the ocean ink has run out, so I came here to see if you have any!"

Seeing that the magic potion in the crucible in my hand had been drained, Qige quickly pointed to another crucible and said to me: "Don't stop, the potion in that pot has been prepared, help me quickly!"

Qige and I cooperated very well. She was only busy preparing the primary potion of magic herbs, and I was responsible for filling the primary potion in the crucible into the potion bottle. We had almost no verbal communication.

Until the end, when Qige finally stopped and stretched lazily, I followed her to stop.

Qige turned around on the shelf by the wall, took out four or five bottles of ink, put them on the messy workbench, and said to me casually: "No, the ocean ink you want!"

"You really have a complete set of magic potions here!" I couldn't help sighing.

"Of course!" Qige looked at me suspiciously, approached me with her delicate little nose, sniffed lightly, and then said suspiciously, "Do you have anything else to do? Why don't you talk about it together?"

(End of this chapter)