Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

"..."

He now has to admit that Isaac is a terrible guy.

Chapter 602: The Real Treasure

boom--

As the patch bomb exploded inside the submarine's hatch, a large amount of seawater rushed in.

"Cough cough!"

Locke was swept into the interior of the submarine by the current and fell flat on his face. Levi followed him inside.

"Huh~ Is this the inside of a submarine?"

The interior of the submarine was extremely cramped and dark. The two could only grope their way forward using flashlights.

"I have a really bad feeling about this place..."

"Of course, this is a cemetery."

You can find a skeleton by simply shining a flashlight to the side.

The submarine force from World War II sank in this area, and all the crew perished, their bodies remaining in the darkness of the submarine for decades.

It is a cemetery forgotten by those who live on the ground.

"Let's hurry up and leave. Staying in a place like this for too long will give you lung problems. Once we find what we need, we'll get out of here." After saying that, Levi walked towards the next cabin.

Locke followed closely behind her, but he still glanced at the surrounding skeletons. Most of the corpses were wearing tattered Nazi uniforms, and some of them were holding notebooks with old, illegible photos of their families.

"What were these people thinking as they stayed here in this dark and gloomy environment, slowly waiting for the oxygen to run out?" Locke muttered to himself.

"Who knows? How could the living know about the dead?"

Levi urged him on as she walked ahead.

"Get to work quickly, and don't forget our mission here."

The two men's mission in the submarine was to retrieve a painting titled "Brynhildr Guiding the Twelve Knights," and the longer it took, the worse it would be for them.

When they entered what appeared to be a dormitory room, they found it filled with piles of corpses.

"It looks like there was a battle here." Looking at the guns next to the corpse, Revy could roughly guess what had happened.

Locke then noticed a briefcase under the corpse leaning against the wall, and curiously went over and took it out.

They opened the box and found a dusty painting inside. After gently dusting it off, they finally saw the design.

That was exactly what they were looking for.

"A painting exactly the same as the one in the record."

"Lucky! Looks like we hit the jackpot!" Levi laughed. "Wrap it up, I'll pack up a bit more and then we'll get ready to leave."

"Huh? Didn't we already find our target?"

“It’s a waste to come all this way and only take the target. Of course, we should take all the valuables.” As soon as Levi finished speaking, she had already walked out of the cabin. “Just wait for me here.”

"……Oh."

Locke sat there and waited.

Honestly, this place is a pile of corpses, and the atmosphere here is very oppressive and even a little frightening.

Snap, snap...

"!"

The sudden sound of footsteps outside made Locke's hair stand on end.

"Levi...Levi, is that you?"

Snap, snap...

"You...you're scaring me!"

Locke was on edge. This submarine was basically a tomb, and he was genuinely afraid of encountering ghosts or something similar.

As the footsteps grew closer, Locke had already retreated to the corner of the wall.

clang!

A figure stepped into the cabin.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

"What the hell are you 'huh'ing about?"

"Huh?"

Locke felt the voice was familiar, and when he shone his flashlight on it, he found that it was Isaac coming down.

"Mr. Isaac, have you come down too?"

“Yes, there was a slight problem upstairs that caused a delay,” Isaac said. “But it’s been resolved, so I came down to take a look.”

"Ha~ That really scared me to death."

"You're such a coward. Anyway, did you find the item?"

"Of course, the target's things are already..."

Locke suddenly stopped talking, and his eyes turned to Isaac with terror once again.

What's wrong with you now?

“Mr. Isaac…you…you descended from the ship into this submarine, didn’t you…?”

"Yes."

"Where is your wetsuit?"

Isaac was still wearing the same casual clothes he had worn when he came out. Logically speaking, this was a hundred meters underwater, and without diving equipment, he definitely couldn't have come down.

"That's how I swam down."

"Why aren't your clothes wet?!"

Sure enough, the Mr. Isaac in front of me must be a ghost in disguise!

"I dried my clothes, what questions are you asking?" Isaac looked suspiciously at Locke, who was trembling in front of him.

Levi just happened to return at that moment.

"This is quite a haul, huh? Isaac, you came down too."

“Levi! He’s a ghost!” Locke shouted.

"what?"

Levi and Isaac exchanged a glance.

She reached out and pinched Isaac's fake face, then said to Locke, "How could it be a ghost? It's a living person."

"what?"

"Locke, I really shouldn't have let you come to a place like this. You're getting too paranoid."

"I didn't... Don't look at me with that pitying look!!"

After carefully wrapping up the target painting, Revy and Locke prepared to go ashore.

"Isaac, you just came down, aren't you leaving with us?"

"I'm going to search for some more treasure in the submarine. You all should leave now."

"Hey~ I've already looted most of the stuff here." Levi shook the small cloth bag in her hand, and as if remembering something, she tossed a medal into Isaac's hand. "Here you go."

"Hmm? Thanks."

Isaac looked at the medal; it was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Diamond Oak Leaves and Sword.

"This captain seems to have some reputation, at least he must have had a distinguished military record," Isaac laughed, "although now he's probably just one of those bones."

But the Iron Cross... it really is a very unlucky thing.

Levi and Locke surfaced first, while Dutch and the others retrieved the items from above.

Meanwhile, Isaac began to wander around inside the submarine.

Of course, this wasn't just a casual stroll; it was to check the damage to the submarine.

“Your only focus is on that painting, thinking it's the treasure, but for me, the real treasure is this ‘cemetery’.”

Isaac ultimately stayed in the power room.

He clasped his hands together and slammed them onto the ground.

A blinding blue flash of lightning instantly illuminated the dim interior of the submarine, and even Dutch and the others on the shore seemed to see a faint light in the seawater.

With a violent tremor, the previously badly damaged U-boat was instantly transformed and slowly floated to the surface.

Chapter 603: Vulgarity

"George, report your current location."

"They are still on standby in Roanapur, but a force is already heading your way and should arrive at your location in about an hour."

"Very good, is this the person I want?"

"Yes, there are former submariners in this team, but what do you need submariners for, boss?"

"We just landed a good ship. Let's take it back to headquarters and modify it."

After Isaac finished speaking, he hung up the communicator and slowly steered the submarine to the surface.

Through the periscope, one could see the ship that had been destroyed by their own Javelin missile. The fire had been extinguished, but it remained motionless on the surface. That missile had destroyed most of their facilities.

The torpedo boat remained silent, presumably waiting for Isaac to return.

Not long after, a destroyer sailed in from a distance.

This is the IW force, the same group that Isaac sent here through George.

"You've arrived."

"Boss, we were ordered to come here. We heard there's a German submarine from World War II here."