Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 446 Apprentices Reunion
“Boom!” “Boom!”

The sound of cannons rumbled, and violent explosions occurred in succession in several places in the southern corner of the city.

Roy was busy in the gem workshop when his hand suddenly shook, and the "alchemy array" he was trying to synthesize shattered like a dream bubble.

As the scales tilted, the cracked gem that was floating in the air fell down instantly.

White residue inside floated up like cotton wool, indicating that the structure of the gem had been completely destroyed.

The other auxiliary hollow silk threads and carefully carved jade shells were also damaged.

"..."

Roy cleaned it up patiently.

Fortunately, at this time, [making the best use of things] came into play and some of the waste residues were saved.

[When refining fails, at least 35% of the consumed materials can be recovered. This effect is limited to level items.]

"If we can simulate our own spirit through rune arrays and apply it to the production line, we might be able to break through the system's limitations and produce cheap industrial products!"

He had already learned that the application scenarios of arcane included spellcasting abilities and magical technology, and magical technology included many industrial scenarios.

Even a developed arcane empire like Yakinila could not build a complete system on its own.

Therefore, several arcane empires united to form a huge alliance.

They exchange resources and technologies, fully utilize the advantages of the industrial chain, and push the prices of everything that can be mass-produced to the lowest level.

Take the "Fireball" scroll as an example.

If wizards make it by hand, the price will be at least 5000 magic stones.

Because it involves a lot of natural materials and the expenditure of time and energy, many things are in short supply on the market and need to be plundered from the colonies.

However, by entering the Arcane Alliance's industry chain, every link has a mature and reliable market, which can reduce the price to 10%, 1%, or even...

It can be called a dumping price for destocking!
It is entirely possible to make ordinary spells cost only dozens or hundreds of magic stones.

Since then, moving mountains and seas is no longer the exclusive domain of great wizards and legendary wizards.

Ordinary wizards can also do this by using the products of magical technology.

Roy discovered that the wizard simply did not have the conditions to take this route, but there was still hope by applying his witchcraft to the production line to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

So far, he has only been working in this direction.

“Meow!
Why are those mages never-ending? Meow!"

At this moment, the black cat Domi rushed out from the side.

It jumped onto the table, crawled into Roy's arms, and said aggrievedly.

"Master, those guys are so abominable!"

Roy petted the cat casually, but his eyes were fixed on Atidiya who followed in.

"Lord Roy, a secret report came from Mills saying that the Viken family has offered a high reward in the Adventurer's Guild again and wants to recruit you.

They still haven’t given up.”

"Master, these guys are so abominable, meow!"

Domi lay in his arms, showing his claws.

"Let me go out and tear them apart!"

"Don't brag. If I really let you out to fight the enemy, you'd be caught and skinned in just two days."

Roy flicked its little forehead.

He was somewhat helpless against this kind of enemy that had a lot of money to burn.

But when Roy thought of the wizard's mansion he had obtained, his mood calmed down.

Forget it, let them be.

A while later, Roy brought his black cat with its tail raised high to the backyard of the workshop to check on the sunflowers he had planted there.

This is the "Sunshine 16" that I obtained from Tinas before, and planned to collaborate on research.

Because the war mission was more urgent, this research became intermittent, and in the end, I still had to be the main force.

He tried to inject some of the gem mushroom's bloodline factors into it, combining it with the mage's rune array to create an artificial bloodline. However, the growth was rather poor, and even after using the growth potion made from the activation potion, it still looked like it was dying.

"It might be due to the incompatibility between bloodlines. If I could get some Chimera potion to completely embed the rune array, that would be great..."

At this time, a major flaw of wizard civilization was revealed again.

The market economy here is not doing well and supplies are scarce.

Even if he was willing to spend magic stones to buy it, it would not be easy to get it in a short time.

The teleportation array at the Wu Tower and the teacher's refining capabilities are all occupied by the needs of war.

In a short period of time, I can't take care of myself at all.

The same goes for Erlant, Tinas and others. If they start collecting materials and refining potions from scratch now, they will have to wait at least three to five months, or even a year or two.

"Forget it, let's make it ourselves!"

……

In the blink of an eye, three months passed.

Roy successfully collected the materials needed to refine the potion and took some time out from his busy schedule to prepare it.

This is a balancing potion aimed at bloodline compatibility, and its main function is to fuse two or more genetic characteristics with different attributes.

At this moment, Roy completely regarded this plant as a small light energy transfer station, and the main part of his work was the integration of the rune array.

Previously, Tina's achievement "Sunshine 16" already possessed some of the characteristics of the jewel mushroom, but it failed because its effectiveness did not exceed the critical point and could not form a positive profit cycle.

Therefore, this product is very useless and there is no condition for large-scale cultivation.

Roy mainly made optimization and improvements based on this point.

"We need to utilize the genetics of living things to pass on the structure of this rune array...

This should be considered a low-cost copy..."

Soon after, Roy successfully injected the Chimera potion into the new plant and watched it slowly absorb it.

"Then we just have to wait until it grows seeds and reproduces a new generation of products.

Then grow the product of that new generation until it matures..."

Not long after, Roy came out of the laboratory and heard Atidiya reporting.

"Your former apprentices, Andov and Damo, and others have all returned."

"Oh?"

Roy's heart moved slightly.

After going out, I saw a group of wizard apprentices who looked familiar but had actually changed a lot.

More than ten years ago, he met Andov once and learned that he had already started a family.

But no one else saw me again.

In a blink of an eye, after 20 years, they were recalled to the royal city one after another because other places fell.

But among these people, there are only Andoff, Stowson, Dahmer, and Perry.

No Winter and Olinda.

Roy was slightly startled: "Where are the two of them?"

"In a battle eight years ago, Winter was accidentally and severely injured by a mage's artillery fire. He was in a coma for several days and died without even leaving a last word...

As for Olinda...

She got hold of a copy of a notebook from someone who had lived there, composed a recipe, and drank it until she died!"

Andov sighed and told him.

A typical wizard apprentice's death...

Roy was stunned.

There was no sadness in his heart, just an indescribable emptiness and loss.

(End of this chapter)