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Chapter 1477 111. Concrete Elements

Lord Annan returns to his loyal office, ready to continue his busy life
Peterson had just put on his host coat when he was called over: "Lord Annan, the game is about to start, aren't you going?"

"Let me take care of it for a while, just a moment..."

"Okay, but sir, there is only one last piece left."

“So I did so much work without realizing it?”

Peterson was like a golem that had touched upon a key word, and he immediately recited the string of words: "Under your leadership, the people of Liberty City live and work in peace and contentment."

"Okay, shut up and bring the stuff."

Peterson took a step forward, pointed at the documents on the table, then stepped back, saying flatteringly: "I'm telling the truth..."

Annan opened the last official document in a good mood: Well... this time a wizard apprentice from a magic academy was accused of abusing earth elements.

The specific situation is that there is a wizard apprentice who works as an apprentice in the Mushroom House during the day and in the Wizard Tower at night. One day, when he was studying higher-strength concrete with the alchemist in the Mushroom House, he suddenly had an idea:

Since the earth element's body is made up of various sand and stone minerals on the earth, does concrete, which is a mixture of ground limestone and gravel, count?

You know, solidified concrete is almost the same as rock. If the earth element could use concrete to make its body, it would have the same defensive power as plate armor. The strength of such an earth element would be comparable to the two previous earth elements.

And so he did, even coming up with a new name: Concrete Elements.

At first, he applied for an earth element and let the earth element manipulate limestone, ground limestone, and gravel, mixed together into unmixed concrete, mixed together into mixed concrete, and formed concrete.

All the experiments were successful, and the wizard apprentice began to let the earth element use concrete as its body.

So far, the wizard apprentice has perfectly abided by the alchemical code set by the Mushroom House.

But then he got a little impatient: he ordered an earth elemental to replace his body with the mixed wet concrete.

As the concrete gradually solidified, the earth elemental became petrified and unable to move, and its elemental body dissipated.

Although the earth elemental was just a projection of the elemental plane and not really dead, the mage apprentice did not stop his evil experiments.

In the second experiment, the mage apprentice held a sledgehammer and tried to break the earth element when it solidified - then the earth element disappeared because its body suffered "fatal damage".

In the third experiment, the mage apprentice was replaced by a water element. When the concrete was still wet, the water element could move slowly. After the wet concrete dried up, the water element disappeared.

In the fourth experiment, the mage apprentice learned from the previous two lessons and replaced "whole" with "modular", dividing it into different torsos.

This time he succeeded. The independent concrete elements of the head, torso and arms did not die, but the duration was greatly shortened, from fifteen minutes to only five minutes.

Although the defense power has increased threefold, the duration is only one-third, which seems to be standing still.

He tried a fifth, sixth, and seventh time, replacing parts and determining that it was the weight of the concrete that was holding it back.

Finally, the mage apprentice turned his attention to the permanent earth element.

He thought, since the duration of the concrete element would be reduced due to its own weight, then wouldn't the permanent earth element have this problem?

Fortunately, the alchemist in charge of concrete research discovered that twenty-six more bags of cement were consumed this month and realized that such a talented person had emerged under his command.

Because of not following the experimental procedures and conducting inhumane experiments, the mage apprentice was temporarily detained. The application for how to deal with it was sent to Idyllia's desk and was given to Annan as "dog food".

Annan wrote: "This spirit is worth encouraging, but I suggest that you do more research and consult others before conducting experiments. After all, the more detailed the steps are, the easier it will be for later generations to replicate them."

As for the mage apprentice... considering that no earth element died in this experiment, Annan planned to punish him by making him do 100 hours of community volunteer work.

"All right."

After signing his name, Annan felt as comfortable as hugging a cool elf in the summer, and did not notice Peterson, who was holding the documents, going into Idelia's office next door.

Speaking of which, it seems like the first batch of students in Liberty City is about to graduate?

They are not the short-term graduates out there who only study for a few months and are then kicked out just after learning the four arithmetic operations and writing essays, but rather graduates who have truly learned skills for a whole year - it is not an exaggeration to say that they are college students.

There is no way. Liberty City cannot wait for students to complete three or four years of semester. There is a shortage of people everywhere, and anyone with a little skill must be assigned to various positions.

Liberty City is like a giant. Annan, as the head of the giant, is too anxious, causing the giant to present a twisted posture with its head stretched forward desperately, pulling its body forward.

Only when the second or third university is opened can we consider extending the semester to two or even three years.

That night, "Everyone Singer" went smoothly, and tomorrow is the last day of the competition.

At present, the first place votes ranked Bailey Knight, narrowing the gap with the other contestants, but still far ahead. The second place was Silver Dragon Onyxia, and the remaining third to twentieth places were not much different, and it was very tense.

Ruth ranked 23rd, with little hope of advancing into the top ten.

The Saint and the Siren are not included in the ranking because they will not appear until tomorrow.

If nothing unexpected happens, the two of them will occupy two votes in the top ten.

Annan was not worried about whether the Saint could advance. With the influence of the Church of Wealth, as long as the church raised its arm, it could easily add two zeros after the highest vote.

It’s just that neither the saint nor the archbishop bothered to do so, he was just a champion.

After returning to his old habit of "waking up and working until late at night", Annan was not sleepy. He walked on the streets of Liberty City late at night with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

In the darkness, the phantom of Lilith had been following him silently.

Before I knew it, I arrived at the park... Well, Liberty City is not that big, and I can walk from one end to the other in just a few steps.

Looking at the sudden deep pit on the grass, Annan remembered something.

"Lilith, is the princess still in front of the temple fragment?"

"Well, she's the only one."

Annan's Lair walked towards the deep pit and followed the steps to the bottom of the pit.

The princess knelt there, the magic lamp beside her illuminating a small circle around her, outlining the huge temple engraved with runes in front of her.

This picture of light and darkness, smallness and hugeness, brokenness and equally brokenness makes people not want to break it.

Annan did not disturb her rest. He stood outside and watched for a while, then left quietly.

Silence returned to the temple fragments, and time quietly passed...

At some point, the princess's drooping eyelashes trembled slightly.

(End of this chapter)