Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 174 The Secret of Alchemy

Three days later, in the morning, the Quinn brothers walked side by side at a leisurely pace into the Alchemy Exploration Society's headquarters in Alaye.

Compared to Alayeh's iconic floating magic tower, the Sky Realm, the headquarters of the Exploration Society located in the southern part of the city is particularly low-key, and its area is not even larger than the residence of a secular prince. If you ignore the brass emblem hanging on the top of the building's gate, most people will mistake it for the villa of a wealthy man or the office of a large chamber of commerce.

"Good morning, both chief gentlemen!" The assistants of the Quinn brothers had been waiting by the door early. Seeing the two of them arrive at the headquarters at the same time for the first time, they hurried to greet them.

"Your student, Mr. Chris Bird, sent you a letter from Daeus. Also, the latest issue of this month's bulletin arrived today from the Federation's Publications Department... Would you like to open the letter first, or read the bulletin?"

Offley walked straight to the sofa in the chief lounge, sat down, pinched his brows, and asked in confusion, "Chris and the others have already arrived in Ers? He has so many apprentices with him, so he shouldn't be able to use the continental teleportation array, right?"

Ed sat down across from him, took the letter and tea from the waiter, and said casually, "Perhaps he's in a hurry to get on his way. He's very enthusiastic and eager about the alchemy laboratory prepared for him by that mysterious figure..."

According to the previous agreement, after Chris and his apprentices arrive at the wizard kingdom of Daeus, they will be received by a special person from the branch of the Dragonstone Chamber of Commerce in Daeus. After a short rest, they will be taken to the territory of the mysterious sponsor. Under the witness of the Dragonstone Chamber of Commerce, they will directly sign a magic contract to keep it secret, and will no longer have frequent written communications with the Exploration Society.

Overey opened the letter sent by Chris and found that it was indeed a simple letter to the teacher to report his safety after arriving in Daes. He glanced at it and threw it casually on the coffee table.

The waiter quickly handed the communiqué he had just received to the two chiefs.

The two of them opened the new issue of the Federation Bulletin almost at the same time, intending to glance through it briefly and then discuss the contents.

Then the two brothers' gazes suddenly froze, their originally relaxed expressions froze, and the corners of their mouths twitched twice as if they had suffered a stroke.

"Chief? Chiefs?" The waiter called out softly several times, holding a refilled teacup, but received no response. He stood there for a moment, not knowing what to do.

Ed stood up quickly and sat down next to Ofray. The two brothers huddled together and looked at the inner pages of the communiqué in their hands.

The first article on the homepage is titled "Research Report on the Similarities between Demon Bloodline Strengthening Potion and Church Bloodline Awakening Ritual"

Author: Kel'Thuzad (anonymously published), non-Union registered spellcaster, magic level unknown.

Time seemed to have been paused in the lounge until Ed's fingers gripping the communiqué suddenly trembled, and he turned his neck stiffly to look at his twin brother.

"Ofrey, if I remember correctly, Kel'Thuzad... isn't he the independent alchemist in the Spellcaster Forum who has always had a good relationship with us?"

A few months ago, they participated in an adventure of roaming the magic network together. The other party was quite low-key during the operation and didn't say much throughout the whole process, looking like a typical autistic experimenter.

It was as if a piece of alchemical parts was stuck in Offre's throat. He choked for a long time before he managed to utter, "He...he has always been in difficult circumstances. In order to collect experimental materials and save money, he even purchased scrapped materials from the Exploration Society from us at a low price...How could he actually write this kind of experimental paper...which was personally reviewed by the chief of the Federation and highly evaluated?" The article did not directly publish the content of the paper at the beginning, but for the first time, it mentioned the review comments of the chief of the Federation, Kemo Salas, at the beginning. The enlarged and bold font size coupled with the extremely high evaluation of the paper's value made it even more impactful.

"Highly perceptive and exploratory... groundbreaking and subversive discourse..."

The two Quinn brothers began to read the text of the document carefully. The experimental content described in it made their hearts pounding, blood rushing to their heads, and they argued until their faces turned red.

It truly lived up to the evaluation of the Federation's chief as a legendary spellcaster—but it was probably more than just creation and subversion.

The two brothers glanced at each other subconsciously and said in unison: "This is the key to open the realm of God!"

Then, Offrey suddenly shook his head and added decisively, "No! That's not the real realm of God! It's just a hypocritical lie that we imagined out of ignorance and that the church forced upon us!"

He stood up excitedly, waving his hand to tell the waiters standing there to leave the room. After closing the door, he turned around and walked to the desk, saying in a trembling voice, "What bullshit bloodline divine gift! What divine power! Hahaha! Magical energy in real-world concrete matter can be completely neutralized and mixed like we mix alchemical magic potions, and it can grant ordinary intelligent creatures extraordinary powers!"

Ed finally woke up from his dream and jumped up from the sofa. "That's right! No wonder they restrict the use of alchemical creations and magical potions on ordinary mortals. Aren't they afraid that we will discover this obvious secret?"

"No, no, no! There's nothing wrong with what the Union and the Church are doing on this point. If pure magic energy were applied directly to mortals, their fragile flesh and blood wouldn't be able to withstand it. This is why the demons need to incorporate the flesh and blood of magical creatures as ingredients in their formulas, and the awakening of the Church's Bloodline Knights requires rituals..."

Offrey grew increasingly excited as he spoke, unable to resist bursting into laughter. "But neither of these are the most perfect ways to use them! Ed, have you noticed? The demonic strengthening potions cause their soldiers to become addicted, and the enhanced bloodline abilities can't solidify. And the church... hahaha! The bloodline awakeners strengthened through rituals in the church, as well as the bloodline warriors cultivated by secular nobles with potions, will all see their bloodline power rapidly weaken as they age..."

Ed nodded rapidly, fully understanding the implication of his twin's words.

"Yes, logically speaking, if both those with bloodline gifts and spellcasters use magic to strengthen themselves and awaken their abilities, then why does the magic power of spellcasters become more abundant and powerful as they age, while those with bloodline gifts gradually weaken?"

Offley waved his hands repeatedly, signaling him not to speculate. "Hurry, hurry! Have your assistants prepare the lab, and we need a living demon subject! We'll immediately replicate the experiment detailed in this paper to verify this idea!"

The two of them had only one thought in their minds at this moment.

What kind of strengthening formula has the demons inherited for thousands of years? What kind of secret method of cultivating bloodline knights has the church used?
All of them have huge flaws... they are just incomplete potion formulas enhanced by magic!

To develop a truly perfect alchemical potion formula that can be used on mortals without any side effects, it must rely on wisdom and adventurous spirit - the alchemist!

(End of this chapter)