Female Novel
Chapter 196
Chapter 196: 104. Iron Thorn Shield_5
“Since I’m preparing to leave the Empire, | need to make some preparations, right... Speaking of which, Mark, what was thattransparent container in Fars’ hand just now? Did | see it wrong? How could it hold 3,000 liters of mountain spring water?”
Upon hearing Noland Lee’s question, Mark immediately became excited.He raised his arm and waved it, shouting with anticipation.“This is the power of alchemy!”
Teammates in front and behind cast their calm gazes at him, as if they were already used to the deputy captain getting carriedaway whenever “alchemy” was mentioned...
Mark held on to the handlebars of the motorcycle, staring at the ground in front of him, and rattled off a laundry list of alchemycommon knowledge to Noland Lee. His words were filled with passion for alchemy.
Noland Lee initially thought that the common knowledge he mentioned would be similar to the knowledge in the memory of ascavenger.
However, as the content unfolded, Noland Lee’s eyes began to fill with anticipation and approval.Alchemists, this extraordinary group, are truly rooted in alchemy theory and experimentation.Their understanding of “spirit” is vastly different from that of the Undead Cult.
The Undead Cult is comprised of lost souls with everlasting, rotting bodies.
They seek liberation from tortured memories, using it to enhance their “spirit” attribute, and then pair it with war and the SpiritPivot to collect soul fragments in large quantities, increasing their soul strength.
Alchemists are not like this.They believe:
To improve intangible things—like spirit and soul—one must first transform them into tangible forms and then enhance themindirectly by remodeling those forms.
The “tangible form” mentioned here is the “alchemy stone” that every alchemist possesses.The main material of the alchemy stone is the alchemist's own spirit and soul.
Through a special Spirit Soul Transposition Ceremony, they convert the intangible spirit and soul into an alchemy stone that canbe held in their hands.
Using gaming language:
Alchemy Stone is the physical manifestation of the attributes of “spirit” and “soul strength”.
Enhance the quality of the alchemy stone with better alchemy materials.
Add special effects to the alchemy stone with alchemy runes.
Apply more powerful alchemy formulas to transform regular alchemy stones into unique alchemy stones.
All of the above operations can enhance the attributes of “spirit” and “soul strength” and grant alchemists correspondingextraordinary abilities.
This is where the secret of an alchemist’s mastery of extraordinary power lies.
For instance, Fars, who was responsible for extracting and filling mountain spring water, only possessed the extraordinary abilityto transport large quantities of mountain spring water at once after adding the “Water Drawing Rune” and “Water Storage Rune”to his alchemy stone.
This seemingly harmless extraordinary ability is actually offensive.
With the addition of “Acid Resistance Rune” and “Injection Rune,” Fars can pre-store acidic liquids and spray acid water withcorrosive effects on enemies during battles.
The higher the grade of the rune, the better the corrosive effect of the acid water, the further the distance of spraying acid water,and the more significant Fars’ attack effect.novelbin
This enhancement of strength comes from more efficient combinations of alchemy runes.It can be said that there are no trash alchemy runes, only alchemist who is trash at combining alchemy runes.
As long as they're smart and willing to study, any alchemy rune can shine in a particular field.
And the key to all this lies in having one’s own alchemy stone.
Mark talked eloquently about this topic:
“In the entire Golden Federation, only the Alchemy Cathedral masters theSpirit Soul Transposition Ceremony.
“Every year, the Alchemy Cathedral allocates a certain number of ceremony quotas to each city, allowing those who meet theconditions within the city to become alchemists.’
“For example, our Union City receives more than 300 quotas every year. More than 70% of the quotas are controlled by theAlchemy Academy in the upper city area, usually given to alchemy apprentices who pass the entrance exams. The remaining30% belong to various extraordinary forces.
“If you save up to one million UnionCoins and pass the IndependentAlchemist Exam of the Alchepsy)A oaTeler then Pou ticheee acBrdrhony quota from the Iron ThornShield. Our Iron Thorn Shield’sfinancial backer is the GoldenCommerce Guild, which receives atleast 20 quotas every year.” Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
“A lot of people fight tooth and nail for a chance to see if they have what it takes to become an alchemist overnight. But everyyear, only one or two people can pass the exam and get a quota from the Golden Commerce Guild.”
Noland Lee repeated the numbers:
“One million... Did you just say thatpurchasing a ceremony quotarequires one million Union Qing?)Eesha mean MWottd takeaIding time for someone working in asecurity corporation to save up thisamount of money?” “No, no, no, RayLee.” Mark shook his headrepeatedly: The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
“Our main income is not the basesalary, but the task remuneration.Just like this task. If we can safelydeliver Fars and the 3,000 liters ofmountain spring. wateCdp tae? aa!a{chem) we Rshop, each of us canearn between 8,000 to 10,000 UnionCoins. If we encounter bandits alongthe way, the spoils of war fromdefeating them can also beexchanged for a considerableamount of money. Conservativelyestimated, this task alone is worthhalf a month's salary.” “Oh, that’spretty good...” Noland Lee nodded.The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!
“However, many people can make a million Union Coins, but most can’t hold onto the money or don’t even consider becomingan alchemist.” Mark shook his head with a wry smile..