Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 22: The Man Trapped in Amber

"help me……"

Harvey stared in disbelief at the crystal clear amber crystal and the strange figure trapped within it.

He clearly didn't open his mouth, but his cries for help continued to reach Harvey and Reiner's ears.

How long had he been trapped in it?

Is he a human being or some other intelligent race?
Harvey didn't dare to act rashly, in case the strange man in the amber escaped and had ill intentions towards him.

With him being just a novice spellcaster and Reiner's alchemical cyborg with little combat experience, they really didn't even know how they died.

Harvey carefully asked Reiner to hold the Illuminating Magic Stone, while he himself carefully observed the Amber Crystal.

Judging from its appearance and body structure, it does look like a human, but humans do not have such a pale, handsome, and androgynous face.

Slender and slender, could he be an elf? Well, it could also be due to long-term confinement and malnutrition.

No, no one, whether it is a high elf or a forest elf, has ever heard of having such blood-red eyes.

There are no scales on the skin and no horns on the head. Well, it is not a demon.

"Don't... look..., I'm... human."

The person trapped in the amber moved his eyes with difficulty, following Harvey's movements.

"Wow! Besides asking for help, he can also say other words!" Reiner exclaimed in surprise.

Harvey discovered that he seemed to have only eyes as the only thing left on his body that allowed him to maintain the most basic ability to move.

"Can you hear us?"

The Amber Man blinked slowly to confirm.

"who are you?"

The other person's pupils slid upwards and he tried hard to roll his eyes. How could he answer this kind of question just by looking?

Harvey paid no attention to the other man's expression and continued asking, "Do you want us to break this amber and rescue you?"

The Amber Man blinked rapidly, his pupils conveying a look of fear and uneasiness.

It seems that directly breaking the amber will cause fatal damage to him or even lead to his death.

"If we want to find a way to rescue you, how can we be sure that you will have no ill intentions towards us after you escape?" Harvey asked repeatedly to test the other party's true intentions.

The man suddenly closed his eyes, his eyelids trembling slightly, as if he was thinking about how to prove it. Then he opened his eyes and looked down hard, as if trying to guide Harvey's observation.

Harvey followed his gaze, almost putting his face against the amber crystal, and looked inside through the crystal.

Only then did they discover to their surprise that the body below the waist of the person trapped in the amber was not only strangely twisted, but had also undergone a certain degree of fusion with the amber crystal.

Is he parasitic in the amber, or is the amber slowly devouring his body?

"Take me...away from this...nest..."

The Amber Man didn't open his mouth, but made a sound slowly and with difficulty.

Harvey shuddered when he heard this. A nest? What kind of nest is this?

He immediately turned around and told Reiner, "Quick, find a way to pry off this piece of amber. We need to leave quickly."

Reiner nodded and stepped forward, taking out a short knife and tentatively inserting it into the gap between the amber and the wall.

Fortunately, due to the earthquake or the collapse of the wizard tower, the wall was already fragile and crumbling, so the two of them took down the coffin-sized crystal without much effort.

Reiner secured it with a strong rope mixed with metal wire, then tentatively lifted it up and found that it was not very heavy.

So he dragged the amber crystal out of the cellar, crossed the broken stone beam and left the bottom of the Mage Tower.

Just as he was about to exit the dilapidated gate of the Mage Tower, a slightly anxious voice rang out from the amber crystal carried on Reiner's back. "No...sunlight..."

Harvey stuck his head out and looked. The sky was gloomy and cloudy, and it seemed that a rainstorm was about to fall.

"Don't worry. Without the sun, how long have you not seen the light?" Harvey took off his outer robe and covered the amber with it, and asked Reiner to summon the alchemy beast guarding the bottom of the pit, and work together to move the crystal out of the pit.

Hunter Pierce slid down from the tree branch lightly and marveled at the crystal stone on Reiner's back.

"My God, such a big gem! My Lord, have we become rich?"

Harvey was speechless. "Stop talking nonsense. Let's get out of here and go back to the manor!"

The three of them packed up quickly, with Reiner carrying the crystal on his back, while Pierce and Wolf Spider Alchemist led the way, and they left this place that was suspected to be the remains of an ancient wizard as quickly as possible.

……

It was already late at night when we returned to the manor.

Because Reiner had been running with a heavy load, the energy magic stones he carried were almost used up. In the last section of the journey, he relied entirely on Harvey to recharge him and frequently replace the magic stones to keep going.

"Phew! With my current strength, if I go to the docks and find work, I can put all the porters out of work instantly!"

Reiner carefully put down the amber crystal, sat down next to "Unit 0" with his legs apart, and began to check whether his metal joints were excessively worn.

"You're truly promising!" Pierce scoffed mercilessly. "If I had such a powerful body and strength, I'd go to the Evil Moon Mountains and join the Demon Hunters. Maybe I could even slay a few demons and become a noble lord!"

Although he didn't spare Reiner with his words, his body was honest enough to run over and pull a charging wire from the alchemical instrument and insert it into the socket on Reiner's waist.

Harvey ignored their daily bickering. His entire attention was now focused on this amber crystal.

"Alright, I've figured out a way to get you out of there." He stared at the figure in amber and said straight to the point, "Now let's talk about how to rescue you, and... the corresponding price."

In fact, on the way back, Harvey had already thought about how to deal with this problem.

The simplest way is actually to sign a magic contract in advance, clearly stating in the contract that neither party shall inflict harm on the other and force the other party to fulfill the agreed matters.

Violating the contract will result in backlash from the energy of the magic network. This kind of erosion damage on the mental level is simply unbearable for others unless they are legendary spellcasters.

The problem that needs to be solved now is how to obtain the blood needed to sign the contract and the other party's real name.

"What... do you want...? What's the price..."

Harvey smiled and said, "You must have been trapped in the crystal for a long time. You may not even be able to calculate the exact time. It doesn't matter. After I rescue you, we can have a good chat about these topics."

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, "So, the reward I want is knowledge... and all the history you know."

The Amber Man blinked slowly, somewhat puzzled and doubtful.

"That's all?"

"Yes, if you agree, we will immediately start to find a way to separate you from the amber."

The man was silent for a long time before he slowly replied, "I... agree."

He turned his eyes again and looked at his lower body which was half melted in amber, with unspeakable bitterness and despair in his eyes.

"But... maybe... there's not much hope."

Harvey waved his hand and patted Amber gently in a comforting gesture. "Don't worry, I'll take all possible contingencies into consideration, and I can guarantee that even if the peeling fails, there's a last-ditch emergency plan."

The so-called emergency measure is, of course, the transfer of souls.

Therefore, before starting the peeling, you need to prepare a suitable alchemical prosthesis.

And... a set of puncture tools that can penetrate amber crystals and draw blood from the other person.

(End of this chapter)