Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

wow——

Before he could finish speaking, Isaac's body suddenly burst into flames.

A raging fire burned on his body.

Chapter 1006: I'll ask... never mind, I won't ask.

"Hey you……"

Seeing Isaac suddenly engulfed in flames, the silver-haired Du Ji hurriedly shouted.

She wanted to go forward, but the heat emanating from her body made it impossible for her to get close.

"Stop struggling, Silver Princess."

The fake mayor appeared out of nowhere, circled around behind Du Ji, and held a black-covered book in his hand.

"That was really dangerous. I was almost killed by that damned alchemist. Luckily, I had a magic book hidden away."

The silver-haired girl quickly recognized the origin of the illusory book.

"The Book of Another Dimension? It allows people to hide in the world of books." She sneered. "The disappearing children and elderly that the young man mentioned before, that's what this book did, isn't it?"

"Of course, I've been keeping an eye on this clock tower the whole time, even though they were unlucky enough to break in and find you."

The fake mayor's face gradually turned frantic.

"The secret of Yomi-hime must never be revealed! Only I can control this power!!"

"Even if you obtain me, I will never acknowledge you as the guardian of the key." The silver-haired princess showed no mercy to this imposter. "Where did you get this illusionary book from?"

"Back when I was in prison, a green-haired boy in a red dress and a man who claimed to be a professor gave it to me," the fake mayor chuckled. "That's when I learned about the Phantom Book and the Reading Princess. After I got out, I found out that other people besides me had Phantom Books, and so..."

"So you killed that man and took the illusionary book from him."

"That's how it is. The first magic book I snatched was the Shapeshifting Book, which allowed me to transform my appearance. It was about a fat woman who used the book to become a beautiful woman. When I was snatching the second magic book, the mayor and his wife, who were on an outing, saw me. That's when I had a bold idea."

He used plastic surgery to impersonate the mayor and then burned the mayor and his wife to death.

"Everything I have now is thanks to the Magic Books. As long as I possess enough Magic Books, with my wisdom, I will surely be able to..."

"To die with style."

"What!?"

The fake mayor stood there, stunned, unable to believe what he was seeing.

Despite being burned, Isaac stood unharmed in front of him, with not even his clothes charred.

"How...how is this possible!? The flames should have started burning inside your body! Why are you completely unharmed!?"

"It does start burning from inside my body, but my body is full of Philosopher's Stones, so it's useless no matter where you ignite it."

I don't understand what you're saying at all!

He read the phantom book again, but Isaac's body remained motionless, showing no sign of ignition.

"you……"

"This is how fire is used."

Isaac snapped his fingers, and with a loud 'boom,' the debris and floor in front of him instantly exploded into dust.

The smoke cleared, and there was nothing in front of me.

"So, he's hidden himself again?"

"That book from another dimension belongs to the 'Lost Illusionary Book,' so he was lucky to get it," the silver-haired reading princess laughed. "His other books, 'Shaping Transformation' and 'The Final Judgment for the Witch,' also have quite a history."

"How to say?"

"The book about his life was written by a dressing room worker who wanted to have the ability to change his appearance. The book about giving the witch the final judgment was written by the person who burned Joan of Arc at the stake during the Hundred Years' War between England and France," Du Ji said with a smile. "However, when he saw the saint still holding the cross on the pyre, the faith of this fanatical believer who was good at heretical judgment collapsed."

"Both of these magical books have some history."

“Yes, the only way to fight against the Phantom Book is to rely on its abilities.” Du Ji said, grabbing Isaac’s hand.

"Ok?"

"I accept you."

"what?"

"I acknowledge you as the guardian of the bookshelf."

Du Ji smiled and released her hand, revealing a golden key lying in Isaac's palm.

Suddenly, the back of the hand holding the key felt a sharp pain. When it was turned over, a dazzling ruby ​​was found embedded in it.

"Now that you've become the guardian of the bookshelf, you should at least tell me your name."

"Isaac Yao."

"My name is Fran Cheska, the Princess of Destruction." The girl named Fran revealed a mad smile on her face.

She turned her head and shouted at the blasted-out area, "Hey, you useless bastard! I've already found the guardian of the key, you're out of luck!"

Isaac: "..."

"Recite the inscription; if we're lucky, we might find a usable magic book."

"Inscriptions?"

Isaac looked at the key in his hand, on which was engraved a line of words.

As the golden key floated up, Isaac's body also shone with golden light.

Fran's clothes were pulled open, revealing a huge, black lock underneath.

Destroyer of the Long Lost Library, I ask you, who are you... never mind, I won't ask.

After Isaac finished speaking, the golden light around him suddenly disappeared.

"Huh?"

"Anyway, as long as we find that fake mayor, there's no need to go through all this trouble."

Isaac looked ahead and saw that behind the blasted area were bookshelves piled high with books.

That book from another dimension is itself a type of illusion book. People can hide inside the illusion book, but the illusion book will not disappear on its own.

"Do you intend to check each book on the bookshelf one by one? You could search for three days and three nights if you did that."

There are quite a few books on the bookshelf, and checking them one by one would be a waste of time.

"Search them one by one? Are you kidding me?"

Isaac raised his hand, his index finger and thumb together.

"Of course, we should burn them all, leaving not a single copy."

boom------

The flames shot into the sky, engulfing the bookshelf in a raging inferno, and the books on it quickly turned to ashes.

The raging fire illuminated the entire clock tower, and the temperature inside the sealed chamber rose sharply.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

A scream rang out, and a phantom book suddenly sprang out and fell in front of Isaac.

The fake mayor from the book immediately appeared, patting the flames on his body.

Seeing this, Isaac stepped forward and punched the fake mayor in the nose, sending him flying several meters away.

The fake mayor, lying on the ground with blood streaming from his nose, tilted his head and fainted.

"See, the problem is solved now."

"...Hahahaha, you really are amazing!"

Fran burst into laughter.

"It seems like the days ahead won't be boring."

"Judging from your tone, it sounds like you want to come with me."

Of course.

Fran jumped in front of Isaac and reached out her slender little hand to gently stroke the bridge of Isaac's nose.

"You are now my key guardian."

Chapter 1007: The Passing Alchemist

"However... this fake mayor still doesn't seem to have changed back to his original face."

“As long as the original illusion book isn’t destroyed, his transformed face won’t revert back,” Fran said with a smile.

"So, do we still need to look for that 'Shaping and Changing' book at his house?"

We need to go to the mayor's mansion to find that illusion book, and destroy it so that the fake mayor can turn back into his original face.

"This is a bit of a hassle. Maybe we should just leave it here and leave it alone."

"Sure, I've been wanting to leave the clock tower and go out for a while now!"

"Let's go then."

Isaac picked up the two illusion books from the ground: the Book of Another Dimension and the Book of the Final Judgment for the Witch.

In that instant, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right pupil, and the things in front of him seemed strange.

The two illusory books in his hands, and the fake mayor who had already fainted, seemed to be wrapped in a layer of indescribable substance.

"This is……"

"what happened?"

"nothing."

Isaac said, looking at the small red gemstone and the pattern embedded in the back of his left hand.

After being passively bound to a contract by Fran, it seems that he can understand to some extent the operating rules of the Illusion Book in this world.

He shoved the two books into Fran's hands, walked up to the fake mayor, and held out his left hand with his fingers together.

"Hey, are you so angry that you want to kill him?"