Plunder the Heavens from American Comics

So Jonathan felt that using them as materials to refine the Philosopher's Stone was a no-brainer.

In other words, Jonathan is also slowly changing during his journey through the heavens.

A few days later, at the garrison training ground.

Jonathan had used telekinesis to carve out a huge alchemy array on the ground.

From the perspective on the ground, it is impossible to see the entire picture of the refining formation.

Only by flying in the air can you get a glimpse of the whole picture.

After completing the arrangement of the alchemy array, Jonathan asked Dante to give orders to Yuki to gather all the soldiers together.

As time went by, all five thousand soldiers appeared on the parade ground.

Not only Lieutenant Yuki, but even the soldiers had complaints about this.

They were already complaining about being forced to do the work of laborers.

If Yuki had not been afraid of losing his position and had not suppressed the situation by force, these soldiers might have started attacking Jonathan long ago.

But obviously, Yuki's crazy flattery did not have any effect.

"Sir, all the soldiers are here. Please give us your orders." Lieutenant Yuki's face was smiling like a chrysanthemum.

With bitterness and reluctance, but in order to please the Central Command, he had no choice but to greet Jonathan with a smile.

"Lieutenant Yuki, it must have been hard these days." Jonathan asked, patting Yuki's shoulder.

"No, no, it's not hard." Youki said quickly.

I couldn't help but curse Jonathan in my heart, you know how hard I work.

"Okay, it won't be hard anymore soon." Jonathan smiled and asked Yuki to wait there for a while.

Not far away, Dante, Selina, Rust and Theresa were there.

Seeing Jonathan coming over, Dante squatted respectfully and said, "Master."

Seeing Jonathan's posture today, Dante also knew that her good master was preparing to refine the Philosopher's Stone.

Although, she no longer needs the Philosopher's Stone to prolong her life.

But this does not prevent every alchemist from pursuing the Philosopher's Stone. After all, it is the only alchemical treasure that can ignore equivalent exchange.

After everything was ready, Jonathan slowly began to activate the alchemy array on the training ground.

As Jonathan moved, a strange red light began to light up from the center of the refining array.

Then the red light slowly spread until it covered the entire training ground.

The soldiers looked at the strange red light and had a bad feeling in their hearts.

However, they were accustomed to obeying orders, so there was only some commotion, and no one ran away.

Even Yuki is in a similar state.

They had never thought that they would be the material for making the Philosopher's Stone.

However, as time went on, they gradually felt something was wrong, and the strength in their bodies seemed to be slowly draining away.

A feeling of fear filled their hearts.

When they came to their senses, they found that their bodies could no longer move normally.

Some soldiers with better physical strength became completely unable to move after moving a few steps.

Then, one by one, the soldiers fell to the ground.

Yuki was also unable to support his body and fell to the ground. He looked up at Jonathan's position and wanted to ask him what he had done.

But obviously, he didn't have the strength to make a sound.

Afterwards, amid the unwillingness, pain, and wailing of the soldiers as they were dying, above the center of the Alchemy Array.

A crystal clear gem that looks like it has blood flowing through it gradually formed.

Seeing this, Dante couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't expect that Jonathan was actually a rare alchemy genius.

Although she knew that Jonathan got alchemy from her.

But this is completely different from refining the philosopher's stone.

In terms of attainments in alchemy, she is actually on par with Hohenheim of Light, but when it comes to refining the Philosopher's Stone.

But only Hohenheim of Light can do it.

Because in order to refine the Philosopher's Stone, in addition to profound knowledge of alchemy, it also requires extraordinary physical strength and mental will.

Even Hohenheim of Light died immediately after refining the Philosopher's Stone for the first time due to his weak body.

And Jonathan was able to form the Philosopher's Stone effortlessly, which is not something that an ordinary alchemist can do.

As the process progressed, the bodies of the soldiers on the ground turned into dust and disappeared into the air.

Their souls, carrying extremely deep resentment, were absorbed by the Philosopher's Stone in the center of the refining array.

Those negative emotions are the source of the power that the Philosopher's Stone uses to create something out of nothing.

When the parade ground was empty, the complete Philosopher's Stone was suspended in the air.

Although it is relatively small in size, it is also a complete philosopher's stone that can be used for soul refining.

Using telekinesis to control the Philosopher's Stone to fly towards him, Jonathan carefully examined this alchemical treasure.

It was crystal clear, with a strange red light flowing inside. This thing looked ominous no matter how you looked at it.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 80 Rast

Rast is a man-made human created during the Ishval Civil War.

Scar's brother couldn't bear the departure of his lover, so he researched forbidden technology and created an artificial human based on his lover.

In Ishval, alchemy is a forbidden art.

Any Ishval who studies or uses alchemy will be exiled.

Like other artificial humans, Last was a wriggling mass of flesh when he was first created.

After being found by Dante, he successfully restored his human form after consuming a large amount of unfinished Philosopher's Stone.

Then in the lie that Dante would turn her into a human after he promised to obtain the Philosopher's Stone.

Always working hard for Dante.

Now, Dante has become someone else's slave, and Last is very uneasy about his previous promise.

So one night, she came to the room where Jonathan was resting.

She was wearing a tight black skirt, revealing a large area of ​​white chest.

That deep career line is bottomless.

That unique cut makes a certain part of her look even more eye-catching.

In the center of her chest, there is a tattoo of an Ouroboros, and her otherworldly aura makes Rast even more charming.

Facing the powerful Jonathan, Laster's heart was trembling. She didn't know if making the request that Dante had agreed to before would make Jonathan furious.

After all, after spending these few days together, in Last's eyes, Jonathan's temper was that of the moody type.

"Why are you looking for me so late at night?" Jonathan naturally noticed Rast's arrival.

Apparently, Jonathan's action of getting up woke up Theresa who was standing beside him.

Theresa, who has regained her human form, has not yet remembered her memories of the original Theresa, and she doesn't speak very fluently.

But she is very attached to Jonathan and even wants to sleep next to him.

Of course, because Theresa was like a blank sheet of paper and knew nothing, she just occupied a position beside Jonathan.

In fact, the two of them didn't do anything at night, they just slept.

Ignoring Theresa's dazed look, Luster looked at Jonathan, swallowed his saliva, and asked with a trembling voice:

"Dante promised us before. After we obtain the Philosopher's Stone, he will turn us into humans."

After saying this, Rast closed his eyes and waited for Jonathan's judgment.

"Why do you want to become human?"

Jonathan did not get angry as Laster expected, but instead asked with interest.

"I don't know either."

There was confusion in Rast's eyes, as if she had awakened her consciousness.

He obeyed Dante's conditions.

My goal has always been to become a human being, and I have never thought about why I want to become a human being.

Today, Jonathan's question finally made her face this problem.

"Don't you know? Don't you know or don't want to know?" Jonathan continued to ask.

Hearing this, there was a trace of emotion and struggle on Rast's face.

Finally, she seemed to let go of something. She smiled with relief and said, "Maybe, I just want to experience being loved like her."

Rast recalled the strong longing he had for his brother Scar.

Memories that were forcibly injected into her body.

It actually became her original motivation to become a human being.

"Want to be loved?" Jonathan shook his head after listening to Rast's reasons.

He continued to ask, "Why do you have to be a human to be loved? Don't you deserve to be loved now?"

Jonathan's problem was something that Laster had never thought about. She just stubbornly believed that only humans were worthy of being loved.

Even at this moment, she is still looking for excuses for herself: "Is this twisted body of mine worthy of being loved?"

Obviously, she was very confused when she asked this question.

"Whether you can be loved or not is actually very simple. The answer lies in whether you can love yourself. If you don't even love yourself, then why would others fall in love with you?"

Jonathan remembered the chicken soup on the Internet in his previous life and blurted it out.

But for Rast, such a view is undoubtedly soul-stirring.

"Self-love?" Last kept repeating these two words.

Looking at Rust, Jonathan guessed that this was the trouble of creatures that were immortal from the beginning.

For someone like him who has achieved immortality through his own "efforts", he will not be confused at all.

Although Rast looks like a queen, at this moment, she is like a lost lamb, craving for Jonathan's guidance.

Jonathan stood up and walked in front of Rust.

He pinched Rast's chin and put his thumb into Rast's mouth.

Rast did not resist and let Jonathan's fingers move around in her mouth like a soulless doll.

"Just want to be loved? How pathetic." Jonathan played with Rast's lips wantonly.

When he put his hand away, some of Rast's saliva was still left on it.

A long string connected Rust's lips to Jonathan's thumb.

Suddenly, Luster grabbed Jonathan's hand and put his face against it, feeling his body temperature.

She seemed to recall the memories that were forcibly injected into her consciousness by Scar's brother.

Thinking back to the time when Scar’s brother had also caressed her original body’s cheek so gently.

Seeing this, Jonathan did not stop her, but just said, "Even if you have the Philosopher's Stone, you can't become a human being."

"Even if the Philosopher's Stone can create something out of nothing, even if I generate a blank soul, how can you be sure that it is your soul?"

The problem gradually turned to philosophy.

Last looked at Jonathan in confusion, expecting him to give the answer he wanted.