Throne of the North.

Chapter 363: The Story of the Alchemist, the Largest Contractor in the Frozen Territory, and the Birth of the Alchemy Academy

The camp was brightly lit in the dark night. Ryan looked at Egil in front of him, whose eyes were still fierce.

"Or, kill him."

Bogeld suggested, she looked at Egil, knowing instinctively that the warrior before her would not surrender.

Ryan smiled and then instructed Brand.

"Let these people go."

Ryan's order shocked everyone, and Egil in front of him also widened his eyes.

"I'm not that cruel."

Ryan looked at Egil and said calmly:
"Your experience interests me, but I will only let you go three times. I hope you cherish these three chances. Oh no, there are two left. You still have two chances to challenge me."

"Once it exceeds three times, I will kill you, just like you hunt wild animals. Now you are my prey."

"I don't think you will surrender tonight, so go away."

……

Ryan watched Egil leave with a large number of warriors, his eyes showing curiosity.

I don’t know if the Prime Minister’s method will work in the other world, but it seems that in the two civilizations of Fenrir and Gam, Egil in front of him is a heroic unit among Fenrir’s people, just like Brand and others. He has great potential. Ryan calls this potential a legendary seed.

"Michaela."

Ryan shouted, and the knight squire behind him came out and knelt on one knee respectfully.

"Master Ryan, Michaela is at your service."

"As the first general in the territory, I will give you a mission. Are you sure about it?"

"Micaela is committed to following your wishes until death."

Michaela looked up, her eyes determined.

"Take ten people with you and stay in this world. I want to know the state of the gods in this world."

Ryan didn't say anything. After seeing the incarnation of the gods being killed by a Baron Huffman in the Kingdom War, Ryan was no longer so reverent towards the gods. Perhaps, they were just more powerful lives.

If one must kill the gods of this world in order to own this world and qualify for the next world, then Ryan doesn't mind killing gods.

Early the next morning, when Egil came to this land with hundreds of warriors, Ryan had already returned to the Tundra Territory. Having come up empty-handed, Egil became even more furious and headed straight for the land where Gam's people were.

"Plunder their food!"

Egil roared loudly and rushed to the front. His meager food income made it easy for him to gather a large number of warriors to attack the enemy.

In the Frozen Territory, the first thing Ryan needed to do after returning was to understand the latest movements of the orcs.

"To the north of the frozen land, more and more orcs are appearing. In Lingdu City, more than a dozen knights from the southern lands have become adventurers. They are trying to hunt orcs and get gold coins from the Hero's Guild."

"The weapons and equipment these people have are not of high quality. Perhaps they are living in poverty in their territory. Two of them are even the baron's brothers."

"Very good, I think one of them will succeed."

Ryan smiled and said that it was a good thing for him that the orcs did not launch a large-scale attack. However, the orcs' aggressiveness had become the norm, and the territory had to be vigilant in defending the North every day, which would waste a lot of energy.

The most crucial point is that it might be difficult for Ryan to lead his army out of the Frozen Territory and go to other places to participate in the war.

Otherwise, if a war breaks out somewhere else and his house is robbed, Ryan would probably become the biggest joke of the empire.

"What do you think if I build a great wall in this mountain range?"

Ryan had a wild idea and asked his lady-in-waiting, and the Viscountess opened her eyes wide and asked what the Great Wall was.

Listening to Ryan gesturing on the mountain peak, the female official looked at him in shock.

"Is this...really possible?"

"If there is extraordinary help, it is not impossible."

Ryan said this and left Rhino Horn Mountain and headed for the valley of the alchemist Rose. She had already returned and was said to have brought a lot of materials.

When Ryan appeared in the Alchemy Valley, the blast furnace was already steaming, and he saw twenty or thirty workers busy at work.

"Who are these people?"

"These are the alchemy apprentices that Mr. Rose has taken in. They can help Mr. Rose with all the odd jobs."

Beside him, the butler Beard said that he knew everything about the affairs in the territory.

"They were collected by Mr. Rose in the Kingdom of Andara. They have some alchemist talents."

Ryan found Rose in the deepest part of the valley, who was manipulating a group of orcs that looked like puppets.

As for the reason for their daze, Ryan looked at the shadows of these orcs. They were not the shadows of orcs at all, but more like some strange shapes.

"I used to be a shadow magician. After all the legends of the Shadow Cult were killed, I finally realized that this path was already destined."

"Shadow magic is not magic, because the magic power of a shadow magician does not belong to himself, but to the great being at the end of shadow magic. The shadow magician is better to be called the Shadow Church."

“Magicians accept the gift from the great being, just like the gods bestow divine power on their believers.”

“It’s all His.”

"I discovered this secret, and I was terrified. I wanted to get rid of the shadow's gaze, but as a magician, I couldn't change from a shadow magician to another elemental magician. Alchemist was my only choice."

While controlling these orc puppets, Rose calmly spoke about her past.

He was indeed very talented. He reached the Sanctuary on the Shadow Magic Path and also reached the Sanctuary on the Alchemist Path. The talent of anyone Ryan had ever seen was probably not as good as that of Rose in front of him.

Those are two completely different kinds of transcendence.

Magicians draw power from the source of the world and from the ocean of void, while alchemists are more like creators, combining existing materials to create powerful results. The highest achievement of alchemists is the Philosopher's Stone, because it is a material that can replace any material.

In Ryan's view, alchemy is materials science.

And the magician is energetics and philosophy.

"But even if I, an alchemist, also become a sanctuary, I still cannot escape the power of the shadow."

"After becoming a Sanctuary, I used the alchemical knowledge I gained from breaking through the Sanctuary to seal my shadow magic in a cage."

"In that cage, my own shadow magic fought and devoured each other, and eventually became my shadow."

As Rose spoke, the shadows behind the orcs shattered and then merged into the shadow python that Ryan had seen in the Birki world, surrounding Rose.

As for those orcs, they died completely at this moment, their bodies turned into ashes, as if they had been burned.

The giant python touched Rose with its head in a humane way, as if it was acting coquettishly.

"It has life, which is the result I wanted, but what is different from what I expected is that it did not transform into the alchemical creation I wanted."

"It is still shadow magic, but all the magical power has been condensed into such a shadow life."

"It's like a legendary gift. If I want, I can become a legend on that road at any time after creating such a shadow life. The legendary gift I get at that time will most likely be terrifying."

"I feel that the Legendary Gift will give me the power to make any dark energy change into real life."

Rose said, and even Ryan could hear the horror in it.

To transform dark energy into real life, even if it is not as perfect as humans, it is equivalent to the means of the Creator.

"But if I really accept such a legendary gift, the day I become a legend will be the day I die."

"He has been waiting, waiting for me to obtain the legendary gift, and then... kill me and turn my legendary gift into part of His power."

"Then He will be free."

Rose is talking about the biggest secret of all shadow magicians. There are probably no more than a handful of people in the universe who know this secret.

"The reason why I used this method to try to get rid of the shadow magic was because of those predecessors. This method was not invented by me, but was worked out by the legends of the Shadow Church over time."

"They have long known the horror and purpose of the existence at the end of the Shadow Path."

"So, before death, every Dark Mage Legend will curse himself with a power similar to a curse, causing his magic power to produce a chaotic will."

"These countless chaotic wills will return to his body and split the essence of his soul."

"Split personality?" Ryan said. Rose suddenly told him these secrets. He didn't know what happened in the orc land that caused the change in attitude of this Sanctuary Alchemist.

"That's about right. This should be said at the soul level. His split personality forced him to fall asleep, which gave all the shadow magicians some time to breathe."

"But I know……"

There was fear in Rose's eyes.

"He has always existed, in every dark side of the world, watching everyone in the world, waiting for an opportunity to free Him from the curse of those legends."

"If I want to get rid of him, I must achieve the legend of the alchemist, but... the existence of the shadow will prevent me from ever becoming a legend on any path."

"The legendary gift of shadow magic has been waiting for me at the gate of legend. As long as I cross the threshold of legend, that legendary gift will become a part of me at the fastest speed."

“I’m always looking for opportunities, looking for solutions.”

Rose looked at Ryan and said:
"I see a glimmer of possibility in you."

"Maybe you can help me."

Ryan thought about what he had, then said:
"You want to be a legend in the Knight's Path?"

Ryan was a little shocked. Was Rose trying to find a third way?
Throughout history, there has never been anyone who has achieved sainthood on the three extraordinary paths.

"The legendary gift of an alchemist is created by himself, the legendary gift of a magician comes from the origin of the world, and the legendary gift of a knight is the recognition of his diligence."

Rose said:

"In the last battle of the Andara Kingdom, I felt it. I felt the aura of the legendary gift very clearly. The legendary gift on Farrell was given to him by you."

Rose looked at Ryan with burning eyes.

"It is precisely because of this result that Farrell did not hesitate to give you the suggestion. The Dragon Corps is not under his control, but as the commander of the Wing Canyon, he can also influence the appearance of some dragons on the North Wind Avenue to patrol the safety of that road."

“Perhaps, after I become a legend, you will be able to help me obtain the legendary gift faster than Shadow.”

"That's what I mean by possible."

Rose is a very powerful genius. The title of genius itself also includes wisdom and thinking. This speculation has been around for a long time, but he didn't say it until Ryan arrived today.

Because he knew that Ryan came here to ask for something from him, so now both sides are equal.

"This is a transaction. The foundation of the alchemist's extraordinary path is a transaction."

"Just like the foundation of magic is meditation."

Ryan laughed. It turned out that it was because of this reason that Rose suddenly revealed so many secrets and her past.

"It seems that I have to think carefully about what conditions can match this deal."

Ryan pretended to think for a while and said:

"How about this."

Bringing Rose to the mountain, Ryan looked into the distance.

"You can't kill all the orcs. They will always exist. Besides, the lands bordering orcs and humans are too close now. They can wake up in the morning and plunder human villages at noon."

"My territory is the closest to the orcs in the entire southern land, so I need to defend myself against the orcs."

Defense lines can usually only be built as a group, but Ryan now needs to rely entirely on the strength of the Frozen Territory itself to build it. It may even be the most powerful defense line in the entire southern land.

Rose was also shocked by his idea. Building a long northern wall to resist the orcs in the north?

"Is it difficult? I think it's relatively easy compared to helping you deal with a god."

Ryan held Rose's shoulders, and the power of spiritual blessing fell. Rose's body became visibly stronger, her muscles bulged, and the strong feeling of hunger made Rose almost faint.

"really……"

Ryan sighed in his heart, the spiritual power allowed Ryan to have several knight breathing methods in his body without any conflict. Now, blessing an alchemist and a magician would not cause any resistance from the two extraordinary paths of the alchemist and the magician.

It's like being ignored.

But the power gained will not be ignored.

After letting Rose see his methods, the deal was finally concluded.

"I will help you build the Great Wall. Just give me all the materials and manpower, and I will solve all the problems."

"Of course."

Ryan nodded and said:
"There is no rush for this matter. My territory currently has a population of no more than 130,000 people. This number of people is not enough to build the Great Wall."

"Before building the Great Wall, let's build a city first to practice."

Ryan pointed to the north. The city would be built to the north of the Frozen Territory, in the northern border.

Rose opened her eyes wide, and couldn't help but look at Ryan even as she was wolfing down her food.

"I promise to build the Great Wall for you, and you give me the job of building the wall?"

"Building a city first may help build the Great Wall. It must be helpful, right?"

Ryan looked at the Alchemy Valley behind him.

"But before building the city, why don't you practice here first?"

"What do you want to do again?"

Rose said warily.

"I intend to grant you the title of Chief Alchemist of the Frozen Territory and the title of Dean of the Alchemy Academy."

"You want to build an alchemy academy?"

Rose's eyes widened.

"is it not OK?"

"In the Imperial City, there is a magic academy that has the best system for training magicians in the entire empire, but there is no alchemy academy there."

"My ambition is not just to be a baron. I can have the same status as the Imperial City."

"If human civilization must have two or three centers, why can't my frozen land territory be the third one?"

Ryan's voice made Rose slow down. He was thinking about the possibilities here, and it seemed... it was really possible.

"Done!"

He gritted his teeth and said that he was able to overtake the alchemist and become a sanctuary as a magician. He was confident that he had talent that was not inferior to any alchemist.

"Okay, Mr. Rose, why don't you first select people in the Frozen Territory who can become alchemist apprentices."

Ryan smiled and said that now that the Alchemy Academy has its most important dean, it also needs the most critical students.

They will all be the heroes who will help me build the Great Wall in the future.

Rose stared at Ryan as if he was a fool.

After a moment, he pointed to the laborers in the valley and said:

"I selected all these people in the Andara Kingdom. Before that, I was in the Frozen Territory."

"Knight is the path with the lowest talent requirement among all the extraordinary paths. However, other than Knight, any extraordinary path has very high talent requirements. Magician has the highest talent requirement, but Alchemist..."

"Alchemists are also sorcerers. They need to master bloodline magic."

"Like me, I awakened the talent of turning metal into cooling liquid metal. This talent is top-notch among alchemists, because the bloodline spells awakened by most alchemists have nothing to do with alchemy."

"In your territory, there is no one with the talent of alchemy except those craftsmen from Svadifari."

"not a single one."

Rose said contemptuously.

The people of the Swadifari Wild World are the best population Ryan has harvested in the other dimension world. There are only a little over a thousand of them. Most of them have become craftsmen in the territory, some are taking care of war horses in the wilderness world, some are growing fruits, and the last part... are the elderly and children.

Are they important? Craftsmen are the largest source of income for the Tundra Territory. Needless to say, war horses are part of the military reserve. Fruits are a unique specialty of the Tundra Territory. The bards have worked hard to make the fruits of the ice and snow in the North famous, and it is impossible to stop.

(End of this chapter)