Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 74 Crystal of Life
"This law is really mysterious!"

Roy discovered that [Mana Return] seemed to be able to be used in conjunction with the [Alchemy Machine] he had previously acquired. Not only did it reduce the consumption of energy and physical strength, but it could also return half of the mana used.

This greatly reduces the consumption of basic alchemy and improves the continuous refining capacity.

Unfortunately, like [Skilled Worker], it has the "apprentice level" range limitation.

This is a very basic talent that plays a solid role in daily alchemy operations.

But it won’t bring about any substantial transformation.

Roy was more thinking about the essence behind this.

"Where did this talent come from, and why did it appear like this?"

He had a vague feeling that if he could figure this out, if he could understand it clearly...

That’s the real important gain!
……

A few hours later, Roy finished processing the magic paste in his hand, put all the buckets into it, and nodded with satisfaction.

“I’ll be busy when I get back!

But it's all worth it. We just need to continue with the next step of refining, and we'll be able to refine a lot of magic stones!"

In fact, with such rough processing, a lot of magic power will definitely be wasted.

But he no longer cared about that much.

This ticket alone is worth the trip!

At this moment, Roy turned his gaze to the black pool where the monster melted, and suddenly realized that there was something in it.

After drainage, there was not much blackened broth left in the pool, and a gray-white mass emerged, looming in it.

"Nothing that's been corrupted?"

Roy's expression changed slightly.

"That must be the baby!"

Although the blackening technique he possesses now is only at the apprentice level, it is still quite powerful.

“There are many magical materials and special objects in the wizarding world, but they are largely inseparable from the influence of witchcraft energy.

The blackening potion provides the power of "blackening" and has dissolving properties.

In a sense, it can be understood as a weakened version of the power of law.

Those who can resist its power either have a large enough volume, with a large amount of substances dissolved within it, neutralizing the medicinal effect, or have power of the same level!"

Roy walked over to take a look and saw that the piece of meat next to it was still melting, but it remained motionless. He immediately guessed that it was the latter.

He scraped it off with his sword, washed it with clean water, and examined it carefully.

This thing is about the size of a fist and is an opaque waxy lump. It looks a bit like amber, but also like a grayish-white stone.

“Why does it feel a bit like ambergris?
But it has no fragrance..."

I tried to pick it out simply, but couldn't get any powder out.

Roy judged that this was condensed from monster flesh. Using his spiritual power, he could faintly sense the enormous life energy within it.

When he truly felt its scale, he was shocked and his eyes showed deep shock.

"How can it be so huge! I'm afraid it must be the size of hundreds of people's vitality combined!

I underestimated that strange insect before!"

If the other party has intelligence...

The consequences could be disastrous!

But besides the fear, there is also greater excitement.

Because Roy suddenly realized that this thing that looked like a blood stone could be called a crystal of life energy!

The life energy it possesses is definitely far beyond that of an ordinary wizard's body!
……

A few hours later, Roy returned along the same route and gathered at the original entrance with Sophia, Oren, and the others who had returned one after another. They exchanged information. They had roughly surveyed the surrounding area, naming it the Faded Desert, and mapped its general terrain, resources, and dangers for several dozen kilometers, creating a rough map.

"We can roughly judge that we are at the southern end of the Cretaceous Country, close to the edge of the boundary wall.

This is the outer ring of the Cretaceous Land, occupying more than half of the area."

"Since it's originally a marginal area, there aren't any man-made facilities or resources."

"It seems that the only thing we can do is pick up some of the things brought by the explosion..."

Roy thought silently, "That's not necessarily true. The powerful witchcraft energy from the core area has caused many of the original plants and animals to mutate due to radiation contamination..."

He guessed that the big piece of meat he had seen before came from this place.

"It seems that there are only a few harvest points that can be confirmed now."

During the discussion, the magic feather pen beside Oren quickly and automatically recorded.

The large piece of meat Roy discovered was suspected to be a slime-like creature born from the activation of chalk soil...

He explained the basic situation as per the covenant, but concealed the existence of the blackening potion, so the threat level was judged to be low.

Melina discovered a broken construct, suspected to be a patrol guard created by a mechanical wizard, and the threat level was medium.

Oulen discovered the corpse of an unidentified creature, which was already highly decomposed and had turned into a zombie, posing a high threat.

Baru found nothing, but he explored the northern edge. While introducing the situation, he took out the pictures taken with alchemy props.

"It was a swamp of flesh and blood. Much of the chalky soil had been transformed into flesh and blood by sorcerous energy, but it wasn't maintained in time and began to rot...

You can imagine the scene of the entire land being covered in mountains of corpses and seas of blood."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Looking at the picture again, the mud turned into rotten meat and the rivers turned into rivers of blood.

Even the haze created by witchcraft energy was dyed blood red.

Perhaps in the eyes of tiny ants, human slaughterhouses also look horrific with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

"If you want to enter the core of the Cretaceous Country, you may have to pass through there."

Sophia reminded everyone as they were horrified.

“Actually, my intention was to get in as quickly as possible, but after arriving there, I stopped.

Because I sensed the terrifying radiation of witchcraft energy, and there were many figures appearing in the blood mist, you see..."

She also took out a few pictures.

Sure enough, there were several vague figures deep in the hazy fog.

She and Celine didn't dare to get too close to take the photo, so the content of the picture seemed a little blurry, but one could still see a sense of weirdness and horror from it.

"The Cretaceous Country was originally a test site for biomimetic science. It's possible for terrifying monsters of the second, third, or even higher levels to appear!"

Even Oulen looked solemn when he saw it.

"Okay, let's talk about the rest later. Now let's talk about the covenant.

According to the agreement made before departure, the gains from exploration will be fair and just, with each party taking what they need."

Sophia suggested after a moment.

Roy thought about it and realized that the magic clay was not convenient to display, and strictly speaking, it fell into the category of recycling miscellaneous items and was not within the scope of the contract.

So he hid it and only showed the crystal of life energy.

I can't bear to let the child catch the wolf.

He risked everything for the source of his talent.

When this object containing enormous vitality appeared, everyone's attention was instantly attracted.

(End of this chapter)