Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 578: Stone Man Technique
"How can we strengthen these primitive people?"

After returning, Roy began to think.

He needs these people to work for him, and he really needs to think carefully about it and make some necessary basic strengthening.

“The simplest one would probably be blood mercury.

I'm already very proficient in this.

Also, a large amount of mercury is stored.”

Roy thought about it.

Mercury can be used in refining both brilliant gold and blood mercury.

During the time in the Tailin World, he and Garcia and others captured the capital of Gmid and were allocated several years' worth of production.

For the time being, reserves are sufficient.

He thought for a while and decided to select a few people from the tribe and strengthen them to the level of advanced knights, or even great knights.

"Besides that, when we attack the Nasar tribe in the future, should we use meat mushroom demons or golem puppets?
Or perhaps, long-range artillery strikes to consume the previously captured items?"

This involves the question of how to exert effort and how much effort to exert, which may be something we should consider carefully.

However, Roy didn't worry too much.

He planned to bring these people with him simply to find an excuse to get a piece of the pie, and then order them to be stationed in various places to take charge of minerals and various nurseries, gardens, etc.

They are more like a handle for distributing benefits after the war. They are not needed in the real battle.

In addition, preparations were made based on the characteristics of the Quetzalcoatl, such as its swift movement and extreme toxicity.

The worst case scenario is to face the so-called Quetzalcoatl head-on.

It is unlikely that he can defeat the opponent alone, and there is no need to use his last powerful weapon on it, which would be a pure waste.

Therefore, it is enough to have the ability to protect yourself.

After roughly confirming these, Roy began to prepare for it.

“Self-preservation ability…

I still need a way to save my life.

Whether you want to escape quickly and stay away from danger, or hide where you are and not be found, it’s all fine!
But no matter what, you have to make your choice based on your own situation to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

There are many paths to achieve the same goal.

For example, using traditional magic methods such as "blink" and "teleport".

Or perhaps a teleportation scroll.

Both can greatly improve safety, so that you can have a way out and not panic.

But Roy felt that blending into the surrounding environment and completely concealing his own aura might be more effective and more suitable for him.

Because using flash and teleport requires opportunity.

Firstly, I don't have the talent in that area, and secondly, I already have a flash ring, so I don't have to think too much about it.

If I could find a way to conceal my own aura, it would be useful not only this time, but also in the future.

This is equivalent to a one-time investment with lifelong returns, which is still very cost-effective.

……

Not long after, in the library.

After some research and combining it with his conversation with the intelligent computer Celine, Roy gradually came up with an idea.

"I have mastered a sorcery similar to the 'petrification spell', which allows me to transform myself into a living fossil statue and completely hide my aura!

In the most extreme cases, it can even blend into the earth!"

As it turned out, there were other wizards who had conceived similar witchcraft.

"It's called 'Stone Man Magic'. It's a first-level sorcery, but it possesses a full set of metamagic specializations and additional features, and can reach the third level at most!"

The girl's head floated beside Roy and reported to him.

"Because it involves concealing the entire body's life and soul energy, this type of witchcraft is much more difficult to learn than the ordinary 'Stoneskin' and 'Petrification'.

But based on your past performance, you should be able to get started within six months and gradually master it."

Then, the relevant information was transmitted through the "communication technique".

Roy took a quick look and discovered that it indeed behaved differently at each stage of mastery. In the initial stage, one could only transform oneself into an immobile stone statue, unable to move or even think for a period of time.

The caster will be forced into a deep sleep, waiting for the witchcraft energy to dissipate naturally and then recover.

In the introductory stage, you can only stay still, but your internal thinking activities and meditation will not be interrupted.

It can also mobilize spiritual power to a certain extent and perform other witchcraft.

But in this situation, if you act rashly, you will just be a target to be shot at.

Moreover, the need to maintain one's own petrified state does not guarantee the effectiveness of witchcraft.

The mastery stage...

You can move freely in a small range, and the restrictions on casting spells will become much smaller.

This "Stone Man Technique" can be derived into defensive variants.

Completely abandon the function of concealing the breath, and obtain the characteristic of greatly increasing the caster's defense during the spell.

In this way, both physical resistance and magic resistance can be increased to extremely high levels.

It even has a variant similar to "Diamond Skin", with powerful defensive capabilities close to "invalid to physical attacks".

These two branches, one is used to hide and the other is used to passively withstand attacks.

But they can all be regarded as good life-saving witchcraft.

Roy decided to study hard and try to master it.

……

Time flies, and half a year has passed.

Serra Tribe, in front of the cabin in the woods.

“~…”

(Stone Man Technique)

Following a simple spell, Roy successfully performed the "Stone Man Technique"!
Under Atidiya's astonished gaze, Roy, who was practicing witchcraft, applied the petrification effect to his own flesh and blood.

The skin and flesh, which originally had normal color, gradually underwent a change like petrification.

"Success!"

Atidiya was surprised to find that Roy's breath disappeared from her sight.

You can clearly see a stone statue there, but there is no breath in front of it, it really looks like it is carved out of ordinary stone.

Soon after, Windsor Belle, Planjie and Nisha were called out and took turns visiting.

As a result, no one could detect the difference between it and a normal stone statue.

Only the black cat Domi laughed and jumped directly into the arms of the stone statue.

"I can still sense my master's presence, meow!"

This is natural, as magical pets and their masters are one and the same, and they have a close connection.

“It seems like it really succeeded!”

After a moment, Roy was freed from the petrification and returned to normal.

Suddenly, Roy stumbled and almost tripped over his own legs.

"Lord Roy, are you okay?"

Attidia was quick to support him.

"fine."

Roy waved his hand.

This "Stone Man Technique" weakens the activity far more than the normal "Petrification Technique".

Therefore, my body was still a little stiff after I had just recovered.

This point has also been mentioned in the materials, but knowledge gained from books is always superficial. Only by actually trying it can you know that this is an important point that must be paid attention to.

Not long after, Roy returned to his room and wrote down these feelings with a quill.

(End of this chapter)