Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 91 Magic Alloy
Although Locke didn't know alchemy or enchanting, he had heard some simple ideas from Sasari when he took general courses like the All Things Course.

Take the leather armor of the berserk rhinoceros as an example. The enchanter's approach to crafting it is to layer various enchantment runes on the leather armor, or even the core masterpiece of the enchanting school—rune carving.

By using external enchantment magic to stack leather armor status, magic resistance leather armor can be created in this way.

The advantage is that it's simple, quick, and convenient, but the disadvantage is that the resulting magic-resistant leather armor has very low durability.

However, a proper alchemist's approach would likely be to first use a transmutation array to restore the berserk rhinoceros's skin to its most primitive state, preserving its optimal performance. Then, various substances would be used to synthesize leather armor materials, finding the best magic-resistant leather armor material, and finally, a magic-resistant leather armor would be created using that material.

The advantages are high upper limit and high durability, while the disadvantages are low lower limit, high cost, and long time.

This is also the biggest reason why enchanters and alchemists can't stand each other.

Locke didn't bring up the rather inappropriate topic of low-level apprentices using enchanting techniques to create enchanted items, which was more in line with their status, to the Tyne dwarves. Instead, he said, "Tyne alchemists, I need to purchase magical metals."

"I need a magical metal that uses plant magic in a certain melee direction to improve the melee performance of magical plants."

Tyne's eyes lit up; the dwarven craftsman seemed very pleased, clearly a man of great experience. "I love a challenge. I understand, it's about imbuing magical plants with enchanted metal, right?"

"I didn't expect you to have achieved this much at such a young age."

Creating new kinds of magical alloys is the area where alchemists excel, so Tyne was very pleased.

Tain pondered. "If it's a melee-type plant magic, then the most important thing to consider is the compatibility between this magic alloy and the magical plant."

“Some magical alloys are good, such as adamantite, but adamantite can harm magical plants, so you can’t attach such magical alloys to magical plants.”

"Besides compatibility, you also need to consider elemental balance. Magical metals might disrupt the elemental balance and affect your own plant magic runes. Only after considering these two factors should you consider the hardness and sharpness required for combat."

Locke smiled. "It seems I made the right choice in coming here."

The other party clearly has experience in creating magical alloys for wizards specializing in botany.

The dwarf Tyne said, "Then I recommend two types of magic alloys. If you have enough magic stones, you can buy the Orichalcum Magic Alloy made by my mentor—a formal alchemist."

"Orichalcos is a magical alloy that has no compatibility issues with magical plants and will not cause elemental imbalance."

"Orichalcos magic alloy possesses great hardness and sharpness, and can absorb a certain amount of magical damage, temporarily increasing its hardness."

"So it forms an indirect spell-breaking property." Tyne said seriously, "In addition, Orichalcos alloy has the property of automatic recovery, as well as the property of temporarily increasing the wizard's magical activity and enhancing the damage of their magic."

"It's just quite expensive, costing nearly ten thousand magic stones per serving."

Locke immediately shook his head upon hearing this. He couldn't possibly invest so many magic stones in a single spell. As a first-class wizard apprentice, he didn't need to use the advanced magical alloys concocted by a formal wizard-level alchemist.

That would be far too extravagant.

Tyne smiled and said, "Then I suggest you buy my work—the Cold-Wave Meteorite."

"There are no compatibility or elemental balance issues. When attached to your magical plant, it will automatically hide between the veins of the leaves and cannot be seen at all. There are just some gray lines on the surface of the magical plant."

"It possesses exceptional hardness and sharpness, and will not melt even at temperatures exceeding tens of thousands of degrees Celsius. It can greatly enhance your magical plants. This is the certification data for my magical alloy; you can take a closer look at its performance." "A wound cut by it will instantly be covered with a thin layer of cold air, resulting in the unique phenomenon of the blade killing without leaving a trace of blood."

"One portion costs two hundred magic stones."

Locke took the document, examined it carefully, and confirmed that the magic alloy was exactly what he needed.

It has both concealment and enhancement properties, and it doesn't affect its ability to be paranoid.

Applying a layer of this magical alloy to a clivia flower can raise its "All Plants Are Soldiers" skill level to at least 0.8.

Locke nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll buy a piece of Cold-Wave Meteorite."

Tyne smiled happily. "You have a good eye for this first-class wizard apprentice."

"Kentry Forge Workshop has private rooms available for free. You can dress your magical plants in magical alloy there. No one will be watching you, and it will be completely confidential."

Locke looked in the direction the dwarf Tyn was pointing and saw that the shops next door were rows of small individual rooms. He guessed that many customers who came to Kentry's Forge Workshop would try out the alchemical items they bought there before paying and leaving.

Next to Kentrey's furnace workshop, Locke saw a shop with a white finger bone-shaped sign that read "House of Historians".

Locke was slightly taken aback when he sensed the deep negative energy magical particles lurking in the shop. Chimera Market was a large wizarding market for white wizards, and it was surprising to find a wizard specializing in necromancy running a shop there.

"A family of historians?"

The dwarf Tyne followed Locke's gaze and nodded. "Oh, it's run by that old man who studies archaeology. Archaeology is an extremely niche discipline within the White Wizarding Association, so it's normal that you don't know about it. If this shop hadn't opened next to mine, I wouldn't have known that such a bizarre category of magic existed in this world."

"But you know what, the number of customers going to his shop has been increasing lately. That old archaeologist knows a lot, information that only corpses and the ancient underworld know. He calls himself a historian, and many wizards go to him for advice when they encounter problems they can't understand."

“Even a very small number of formal wizards have asked him about it.”

"He is also a very rare necromancer in the White Wizarding Association, but he doesn't seem to have joined any school. He is a wandering first-class wizarding apprentice. He only settled down in this Chimera Market a few years ago and got a rather small shop."

Locke nodded, indicating that he understood.

The wizarding world is vast, and the Sassari's All Things course is far from sufficient to explain everything.

There's so much to say about the southeastern region alone.

Locke headed towards the private room, intending to first change into his magical alloy attire before going to check out the so-called house of historians.

He had not forgotten the instructions the Augustinian family had given him before he left: the ring left by the original owner's biological mother might provide some answers through this so-called historian.

In addition, during my investigation of ancient bloodlines, I discovered many things that were only vaguely mentioned in books. Sophia is a plant-based witch, so naturally she wouldn't know anything about ancient biological bloodlines.

Perhaps, I can obtain more information about the ancient creature bloodline, the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat, through this shop.

Besides, I also know necromancy. It's not easy to run into a necromancer at Lilith's Hut, so I might as well go and take a look.

(End of this chapter)