Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 17 The opportunity comes
Roy has been thinking about Trides for some time, but due to his lack of strength, he can only endure it temporarily.

Now that his adrenaline was building up and he heard there was such a good opportunity, he immediately took decisive action.

He found the task center and checked the task release status.

"Apple orchard? That's a difficult task."

Hearing what Roy asked, the deacon apprentice kindly reminded him.

"You haven't been fined, so you can choose a safer place."

"Thanks, but I still want to choose this one," Roy insisted.

"Okay, let me take a look...

Tsk, you're really lucky! Yesterday the tower increased the reward for picking nightmare snake fruit to 6 magic stones per fruit. No wonder you chose that place.

"Six magic stones for one?" Roy was slightly surprised. He didn't really want to complete the mission, but the apprentice needed permission to leave the tower.

But seeing this situation, I really wanted to make some money at the same time.

There aren't many senior apprentices willing to go there right now, and intermediate apprentices may face death, which is just right for me who holds the calming Pu Shui incense!

"Okay, this is the token for handing over to the guard. Take it carefully so that you can prove your identity." The deacon apprentice completed the formalities and spoke to him again.

Roy took the token and found a faint magical aura lingering inside.

When this magical power was activated, a clear mark of secret magic was transmitted from it.

"I hereby order you to pick... 20..."

Not long after, Roy came to the office on the first floor and paid to rent a rideable undead warhorse.

This puppet wolf-like witch beast exudes a yin aura and has a cold feeling that keeps strangers away. It is a special benefit recently launched by the Witch Tower to encourage apprentices to take on tasks.

"It seems that it's thanks to that forbidden experiment again..."

Roy suddenly had this thought inexplicably, and his expression looked a little strange.

……

The undead warhorse was tireless and ran for more than two hours before bringing him to the orchard.

Roy found a suitable place to dismount, and then he heard a frivolous voice coming over: "Hey, an apprentice has arrived."

The one who spoke was a half-stone monster, who was squatting at the door, waiting to sleep, but when he noticed someone approaching, he immediately stood up.

"Are you the new guard? I'm here to pick some fruit. This is my token of my love."

Roy was surprised to find that its legs were long and graceful, but it seemed as if someone had cut it off a few inches above the navel, leaving it without an upper body.

This is an artificial life created by wizards. It may be a failed product eliminated from a laboratory and sent here casually.

But the other party had no awareness of the product failure and just ran around with nothing.

It came close to Roy and said in a flattering tone, "Brother, do you want my help?"

Roy frowned: "You don't even have hands, how can you help?"

"But I have feet!" The gargoyle raised his right leg and did a split, showing his flexibility like a ballerina.

"It only costs 100 magic stones. If you're willing, please deposit some coins..."

Roy was stunned for a moment, then turned and left.

The gargoyle yelled, "Hey, don't go..."

"I'm mistaken. This isn't necessarily a failed product. Perhaps some bored wizard, out of a sense of humor, crafted it specifically to look like this!"

Roy went deeper into the orchard and said in frustration.

Alchemical life was originally created for various purposes.

Guards, mounts, scouts, war machines...

Of course, this includes partners.

Because of years of loneliness or fighting, many wizards find it difficult to trust and accept others.

So they all seek trustworthy artificial life or contract objects.

Before using expensive biomimetic materials, it's only natural to practice with some half-living fossil statues. But implanting this kind of expensive intelligence can definitely be called a bad taste.

Half an hour later, Roy picked a bag of nightmare snake fruits and displayed them in front of the enchanting human legs.

"Twenty, no more, no less, I'm leaving!"

After saying this, he jumped on his horse and rode away.

"Brother, don't leave so soon, stay and chat..."

The enchanting human legs turned around, as if looking into the distance, and stood still for a long time.

……

Roy came and went like the wind, but he did not rush back to the tower immediately. Instead, he came to a place that had to be passed through in the middle, tied up the undead warhorse in a remote place, and lay in ambush patiently.

Although this action was hasty, it was not necessarily sloppy, because he had already considered various possibilities of a head-on confrontation with Trides and even Portning.

The conclusion is that everyone is just a bunch of weaklings fighting each other, and it is not necessarily clear who is afraid of whom.

No matter how much he underestimated the enemy, he could not see the demeanor of a strong man in Trides and Portning.

Especially Trides, who is on par with Renien, Andov and others.

As long as you strike first, you have a great chance of winning.

He lay in ambush for more than an hour. During the journey, two groups of people passed by. They were other intermediate apprentices, not Trides and others.

But Roy was not in a hurry, because according to his understanding, the apple orchard was the closest among the many mission locations.

He was certain that he would be able to return earlier than Trides and the others, so as long as he was patient, he would be able to keep up with them.

Sure enough, at dusk, the other party appeared in the field of view of the telescope.

Roy quietly walked down the side path, put on the cloak he had prepared in advance, covered his face with a scarf, and started to move.

……

“This time I really lost a lot!

They actually asked us to deal with the wolves that were agitated by the influence of the earth veins..."

"I've used up all the healing potions I saved up with great difficulty!"

"Me too, I even wasted several bottles of elemental potions!"

"Ugh……"

Several people were dejected and hurried back.

If the task is easy and the reward is high, it is not a punishment but a benefit.

They had no choice in the first place, and now they were exhausted and just wanted to get back to the tower and have a good rest.

Trides was among them, secretly thinking about how to reveal more runes and avoid punishment.

A mediocre apprentice like him actually had no way to get magic stones. He could only continue the practices he had as a low-level apprentice, clinging to the senior apprentices, acting as a follower and hanger-on, and blackmailing apprentices of the same age or lower levels from time to time.

"We need to find a way to get more magic stones."

Trides couldn't help but think of Roy, who had been targeted recently.

“That boy seems to have good skills, he must have earned a lot of magic stones.

We need to find a way to encourage Senior Porterning to at least get a few dozen out."

Suddenly, he seemed to sense something and looked up ahead.

The breeze is gentle, bringing with it the coolness of early spring.

There is a wooden bridge in front of us that spans the stream, with water flowing underneath.

A figure walked slowly on it, his cloak fluttering in the wind.

The man's face was covered with a black scarf, leaving only his eyes exposed.

Those were a pair of bright eyes with a dangerous red glow.

(End of this chapter)