Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 726 Edo Tensei Demon Dog (4-in-1)

As time went on, "Luo's Alchemy" became famous among the apprentices.

The college also passed the basic approval and agreed to offer relevant elective courses in the new academic year, using new apprentices as a test subject.

Funding, resource allocation, and even trial missions were all adjusted accordingly.

This is the college's support for his career!
Roy himself was not idle either, further refining and clarifying his theory.

In "The Book of Souls," he explicitly states that the reason why the Philosopher's Stone, which is bound to oneself, is different from those external equipment is essentially due to the characteristics of the soul.

During the process of refining this thing, a portion of the soul crystallizes and becomes something similar to a divine essence or dragon crystal.

Its essence is actually close to the inner elixir, golden elixir, or even nascent soul that one knew in one's previous life; it is a part of one's own soul.

Therefore, ordinary attribute equipment is merely a superficial aid; only it can improve the essence and allow extraordinary power to return to oneself.

However, it is precisely because of this that it possesses the characteristic of being "unique".

To some extent, it exhibits a divine independence akin to that of a legend, or even a true god.

The gemstone appearance seen by the outside world is the essence of one's own soul, and a projection of spiritual power.

"Just as crystallization requires a certain concentration, or temperature and pressure as conditions, it also has certain requirements on the quality of the practitioner's soul and the scale of their spirituality."

The current conclusion is that it requires a lower-tier Silver rank and a Spirit Strength score of 3.2 or higher...

This is precisely the level of a mediocre apprentice, and an advanced apprentice, manifesting all 24 Will Runes, just entering the materialization stage.

Besides these basic talents, there are also the knowledge of chemistry, programming, mysticism, philosophy, and so on, as mentioned before.

This further limits the path to becoming a wizarding apprentice through this method.

……

After a busy period, Roy temporarily put down the manuscript he was working on.

Then, he left the study.

At this time, the mage's mansion, after being expanded with some ether stones, had many more rooms.

Even the backyard is connected to a large warehouse, providing extra storage space.

Roy also plans to establish a dedicated large warehouse that connects directly to the world of Araghi, based on his experience in the wizarding world, using "plane connection" and "phase teleportation".

The Mtraken region is such a large territory; it cannot be wasted.

But that requires suitable materials and the cooperation of the world's will, and construction has not yet begun.

Near the alchemy room, in rooms that were temporary storage spaces.

Several mushroom-shaped objects, about the size of a finger or fist, with legs, were hopping and jumping around, unusually active.

There are also spherical puppets suspended in the air, like spiders with long, multi-segmented mechanical arms, with numerous pipes connecting their backs.

It is a flat-headed monster that looks like a beetle and has huge "T"-shaped horns.

A female stone statue with only a body and no legs is placed quietly on the display stand.

It looks like a giant centipede, but in reality, it is a living fossil composed of segments of humanoid bodies. The monster crawls around and suddenly shrinks its head when it passes by, freezing there and pretending to be dead.

The giant, chubby-faced monster, resembling a giant soybean, retreated to the corner.

These are all creations that have been successfully implemented using the "Alchemy Array" recently.

From level zero to level one, each level has its own unique features and functions, with difficulty levels arranged in stages.

Roy wrote them all down in the Book of Formations.

And now, once again, we continue to select typical examples and try to create things with other functions.

These inventions and creations all belong to the "object" level, and are not anything that touches the fundamentals.

However, as he was just beginning to develop his "Luo's Alchemy," he did need some classic creations to serve as models for the world.

Therefore, we still need to experiment with these "tools" more and continuously refine them.

Soon, Roy entered the alchemy room and got busy again.

This time, he intends to create a series of artifacts that can be used by everyone from lowly apprentices to elite apprentices and formal wizards.

Combining the newly acquired [Red Transformation], the mastered soul recipe "Dog Spirit," and some research findings from the Glastan period.

Edo Tensei Demon Dog!

This is an alchemical life form created by combining Outland Wanderers and clay golem techniques.

A multi-functional creation that serves as a mount, sentry, guard, and combat golem.

Based on the crafted canine spirits and added materials, there are various creature templates ranging from minions to lords, and even future versions compatible with monsters of hero level and above!
The soul source of this canine spirit, at a low level, can be obtained directly from the endless wilderness in the outer realms, in a place called the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts.

More advanced methods involve offering the lives of dogs or demon wolves as sacrifices, or activating larger-scale formations for the alchemy process.

There are many different ways to source materials and refine them.

Unlike the mayfly element, its finished product does not disappear quickly, but can remain in the material world for a long time, possessing a long "life".

"Such creations have a certain accumulative quality, and can be hoarded as the alchemist's own wealth."

Alchemists, especially those who also practice summoning or legionary magic, can especially utilize this as their exclusive unit!

Roy used the "foundation" of "Life Transmutation" as a base to construct the "array", thus completing the construction of the entire "Transmutation Array".

This is his dismantling of his own system.

The so-called "base" is the base surface of the array, which includes the basic graphics and functional components.

This can be seen as a compiler, a generator, or the foundation of the entire magic circle, the programming environment.

It includes various forms of alchemy such as life alchemy, soul alchemy, magic crystal alchemy, and puppet alchemy, corresponding to different major categories.

The array, on the other hand, is a more specific array of runes, even refined to the patterns formed by lines.

This is equivalent to a unit of a magic array, or the code in a program.

It is these organically composed parts that make the whole system flexible, convenient, and freely combinable.

He has prepared multiple "bases" to facilitate the rapid construction of different "arrays" and form corresponding specific "alchemy arrays".

When he threw a large bucket of black silt collected from the wild into it, along with rotten wood, dog blood, and other materials.

Blood surged within the formation, representing the power of "Animation Technique" driving the mud to construct canine forms.

And in the void, just like when the "Spirit of the Fish" was summoned, white spiritual light condensed.

A creation of the Black Iron level, an alchemical life form combining the spirit of a beast and demonized sludge, the Impure World Hound was thus formed.

"Roar!"

The huge, vicious dog let out a low growl.

Its body was broken and decaying, like a shadow connecting to the mud, carrying an ominous and demonic aura.

However, due to Roy's mental suppression, the mark of domination on his forehead remained as firm as a rock.

"Stay still."

Roy gave the order, and they took out better Osse mud and other materials to test it again.

******
"Lord Roy, is the creation of the Impure World Hound complete?"

Night falls.

Freya returns to the beach castle.

With her keen senses, she quickly noticed that something had appeared in the front and back courtyards.

Roy wasn't inside the mage's mansion; instead, he came out and was deep in thought on an open-air covered bridge above the castle.

At his feet crouched several enormous, tiger-like demonic hounds.

Sensing someone approaching, the demonic hounds, which were on alert, suddenly sprang to life, but quickly distinguished friend from foe and relaxed.

Freya secretly sensed the aura of these demonic hounds and was slightly surprised.

"Such chaotic demonic energy!"
However, his soul seemed to retain some clarity.

Roy said, "That's true, but that's precisely why it can be controlled."

"Alchemical creations are all unique. Sometimes, being low-grade and chaotic means being cheap, with various materials being relatively easy to obtain and having many substitutes."

Your decision to choose this Impure World Hound and create a classic creature that is easy for your disciples to tame seems like a very wise one.

Compared to many other powerful creations, its cost-effectiveness is far superior!

However, if one wishes to develop towards greater sophistication and power, there are numerous technological pathways available from Glastan that can be applied.

Freya recalled the information she had previously gathered and exclaimed in genuine amazement.

Roy said, "I will compile it into the Book of Formations later, which will cover monsters of different levels, from minions and elites to leaders and lords."

As for heroes and those above the rank of king, let them be included in the "Book of Truth."

Even he himself has not yet been able to refine the latter.

But now, the biggest difference between the many alchemical techniques Roy has mastered and those of the past is that they are gradually being incorporated into the "transmutation circle" system and integrated by the new doctrine.

The second is that it gradually developed a "soul"!
He increasingly tends to use the method of "reddening" to infuse it with a soul.

This is not an intentional increase in difficulty, but rather to give creations magical power and some innate talents and skills!
Thinking of this, a faint red light appeared in Roy's palm.

Mastering the reddening technique within the four-color theory allows one to infuse the substrate with spirit and achieve sublimation.

This ability, when viewed literally, is very general and abstract, but its actual effect is quite powerful.

In short, this is a peculiar witchcraft that can replace spiritual materials with magic and infuse them with souls, achieving a kind of "creation" and giving them a "soul".

At least in classical times, people believed that this method could create real life and soul.

Although later generations gradually questioned and overturned this assertion.

But just like before, using materials from mummies, they summoned the "Spirit of Fish" from the void to revive the jeweled fish that had been gutted.

These impure earth demon hounds now also contain canine spirits created from wandering souls summoned from other realms.

Roy possesses the soul formula for the beast-like evil spirits, and can easily "create" black iron and bronze souls by mixing materials.

A large portion of the spiritual energy involved in the modulation originates from "Mana," which is magic and sorcery energy itself!
This is precisely the magic of "reddening".

Because from the perspective of the origins of magic, "Mana" was originally a kind of impersonal supernatural power, considered to be a basic element of magic, as well as a component of the soul.

Once the secrets are mastered, one can use magic to create wandering souls, thereby achieving a "creation technique" that incorporates spirituality.

Roy felt a spiritual awareness surging deep within his mind, almost like an instinct, and was given the illusion of being a god, holding the power of creation.

To those who don't understand, this seems almost identical to the true "creation of the soul."

However, Roy clearly understood the difference: the forbidden experiments that had blown up the Cretaceous Kingdom were the true "creation of souls."

It is far beyond what I currently possess in terms of [Reddening].

"but……

That's powerful enough!
Using magic as raw material, one can infuse it with spirit and achieve sublimation.

Think of how much spiritual material this will save!

Roy was thinking to himself, while also suddenly focusing on a potential gain.

[Sage's Advice]: All attributes +1055!

"Normally, you need to use spiritual items to get an upgrade."

But now, the frequency of invoking spirituality and infusing the soul has increased...

It seems that the buff value is rapidly increasing due to the use of [Reddening].

"We've saved on raw materials!"

This means that the use of [Reddening] can also be linked to a fundamental talent like [Sage's Words]!

This is truly an unexpected delight, as it means that if fully utilized, almost every refining process can increase spirituality by a little.

Little by little, it will surely add up to a considerable sum.

……

More than half a month later.

Beach castle, in the garden.

"In the past, the history of artificially manufactured proteins began in the mid-20th century when Chinese scientists first synthesized insulin."

In the 70s, breakthroughs in genetic engineering technology enabled the production of recombinant proteins.

In the early 21st century, the rise of computer-aided design and synthetic biology enabled customized protein design, driving innovation in fields such as medicine and materials…

"And now, the alchemical talent I possess, the [Reddening] secret technique, is also similar to this kind of synthesis..."

However, it focuses on the spiritual aspect of mana and its combination with the summoned wandering spirits.

Artificially synthesized soul!

This is essentially a chimera soul, but it no longer exists on the surface of organs and limbs; instead, it penetrates to the genetic and spiritual level!

Roy was "walking the dog" while pondering and taking notes.

Floating beside them were parchment scrolls and a gold quill pen, from which excerpts could be made public.

Because others had followed similar paths, and considering the practices of alchemists in this magical universe, he immediately understood that his next task was to further master the formula for synthesizing souls.

"Let me think... Rose Angel, Beast-like Evil Spirit, Building Block Spark, Genie, Fortress Spirit, Heroic Warrior, Gem Fish, and now there's the Impure World Demon Hound..."

This should be considered a subcategory of canine spirits among beast-like evil spirits!

The golden quill pen brushed away at the records, which were then summarized and organized once again.

He only realized later that it was already quite remarkable for an ordinary alchemist to master just one or two soul formulas in their entire life.

I've mastered many skills in one go, and I'll be able to easily master even more in the future.

Suddenly, Roy felt a dull pain between his eyebrows, and a strange sensation arose.

[Alchemy talent gain in progress (100%)]

[Schematic Structure (Bronze Grade)]

[Mastering the construction of runes and arrays grants +1 to the corresponding ability level when designing magic arrays.]

"This is……"

He suddenly realized what had happened.

******
Sure enough, not long after, the girl's skull sent a message: "Tarento, Fianni has successfully advanced!"

"Oh?"

Roy soon learned that his disciples had all agreed to attempt their advancement on the same day.

Of the six, Megalofia and the others failed. However, Tarento and Fiani succeeded.

“Megalofia and others were originally lacking in experience, and may also be limited by their natural talent.”

With Tarento and Fianila's high graduation rates, that's enough.

Although it may seem cruel, the truth is that whether others can become official wizards is of no importance to me.

Anyway, there are enough apprentices, so someone will eventually be promoted.

Moreover, given his current status and position, he can recruit disciples whenever he wants.

The key point is that what was previously obtained was the gold-level [Redification], but now it has suddenly dropped to the bronze-level [Schematic Construction].

The feedback from the world's will is truly unpredictable.

This also suggests that repeatedly "farming achievements" is probably not a good idea.

"Never mind that for now, just call them over, I have something to do."

Roy snapped out of his daze and gave the order.

The girl's skull immediately went to deliver the order.

Soon after, the two arrived and paid their respects to their teacher.

What are your plans for the future?
Should I stay at the university as a teaching assistant to focus on academic research, or do something else?

"Professor, we want to stay in the college and focus on academic research." The two gave the same answer, unsurprisingly.

In reality, academic research is a pretense; the real purpose is to curry favor with powerful figures.

If I had such an amazing teacher, I would wish I could live 100 years longer and never graduate!

"Then let's sign a 60-year contract. After 60 years, you can either advance to the second level and graduate as an apprentice."

Roy made the decision.

The two were slightly disappointed, but since Ingnim had done the same thing before, they had no choice but to agree.

But then Roy added, "I've been crafting various artifacts lately and have made some progress. When Ingnim arrives, the three of you can choose one together as a congratulatory gift for your promotion."

The two were overjoyed and readily agreed.

……

Soon after, Ingnim rushed over and, together with Tarento and Fiani, entered the mage's mansion to select gifts.

Roy planned to give each of them a treasure or an alchemical artifact as a congratulatory gift for their promotion.

This is also a tool for self-defense and protection in the future, to avoid any unexpected accidents.

Soon, Ingnim chose the spherical golem floating in the air, which resembled the long, segmented mechanical arms of a spider but was actually made of bone.

This is the prototype of a skeletal mech that can continuously generate arms using sorcery to attack enemies, and also has the ability to fight with three heads and six arms.

Tarento opted for parasitic mushrooms.

This is a type of mushroom that can be parasitized and cultivated in the body by spores. It looks unremarkable, but in fact, it can increase physical strength by about 50 degrees on the spot, instantly making you a powerful warrior!
At the same time, it also gives people the potential to reattach severed limbs and modify their physical bodies.

Even now, Roy hasn't truly mastered the refining method for this type of fungus. He only managed to refine it from a failed attempt thanks to an unexpected stroke of luck.

Fianni, on the other hand, chose a gemstone with an exquisite shape.

Shaped like a fallen star, its edges refract an icy blue iridescence, and its center seems to hold a wisp of vibrant galactic light.

This is a starstone containing ice-type power. It was originally intended to be refined into a heat-type star antimony, but unexpectedly, some mistakes occurred along the way, triggering the "unexpected joy" and changing it into a special gemstone with ice-type power.

This allows for the enhancement of the power of many ice spells. In the appraisal of the [Eye of Hermes], it is equivalent to "Ice spell power increased by 100% (effective range limited to level three)".

This is a truly valuable item that can enhance the power of spells, especially since it includes various buffs and is calculated in the final numerical value.

However, it cannot violate the law of conservation of mass and energy to create powerful ice magic out of thin air.

Phineas plans to use it as the core of a staff, and then focus on ice magic and various corresponding creations.

Combined with the elemental alchemy learned previously, various water and wind elemental bodies can be combined to create many powerful spell effects, mimicking various spellcasting techniques.

After that, Roy taught them how to create the Impure World Hound.

"This is something that all future disciples will need to learn."

If the opportunity arises, we can also store everything we use in the wilderness, and then summon it when needed.

Ingenium and the others were startled by what they heard, but quickly understood the deeper meaning behind Roy's words.

"Are you planning to establish a race similar to the Abyss Monsters, using the form of shared summoned creatures as the foundation of your school?"

The Endless Wilderness, the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts, is an outer dimension.

The outer realms are places of spirituality and emptiness, where one can reside and maintain a connection with the material world in a unique way.

Theoretically speaking, these impure earth demon dogs could indeed be freed up there and become interdimensional beings.

If a school of thought produces a god-level powerhouse, and they manage to place an anchor point there, it is indeed possible to achieve the "shared summoning" envisioned by Roy.

Each alchemist provides resources to collectively build a unique layer for the Impure World Hound.

After success, troops will be conscripted according to their respective proportions.

Normally, the Edo Tensei dogs are on standby inside, summoned when needed, and made available for human use.

This doesn't create additional Edo Tensei dogs out of thin air, but it can greatly increase the reuse rate of resources.

Moreover, the Edo Tensei dogs tend to live longer than humans, and over the years, more and more ownerless dogs have become the shared assets of the school.

"That's right, this is a plan that will benefit future generations, and it's also the choice of many summoning wizards."

When necessary, it can even be offered to other factions as a source of revenue.

Of course, this requires establishing a complete set of marks for domination and summoning, as well as dimensional anchors, and obtaining permission from the dimensional will to acquire a unique boundary within it.

However, that was after I had ventured out into the starry sky and traveled to various realms.

Only after reaching the corresponding level are you qualified to seize a world, or a specific layer of a plane!

Roy gave a brief description of the prospects.

Similar to the Endless Wilderness and the Abyss Hell, there are many layers.

Among them, the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts is a place that tends to be the destination of beast souls, and it is very suitable for all kinds of magical beasts, witch beasts, and natural life to live in.

It's like elemental life forms existing in the elemental plane.

"As expected of a high-level wizard who participated in the interdimensional war, his vision is indeed more profound than ours."

The disciples could only follow suit.

******
Not only Ingnim and others who successfully advanced to wizards, but also Megalofia, Genie and others quickly received information about the Edo Tensei Dog's "alchemy circle".

Publicity and promotion have also begun to gain momentum.

This reveals that Roy intends to popularize and promote this as an open-source project.

"The teacher's intentions are profound; he is planning for the future of the entire school of thought!"

Megalofia was deeply shaken.

He might not easily understand matters of witchcraft.

However, the meaning of the invention, promotion, and popularization of a product can be roughly inferred.

Genie was still a little confused. He was the son of a farmer in a world of knights: "What does this mean?"

Megalofia said, "Think about it, if more and more people use this kind of 'transmutation array' to make the same thing, the related technology will continue to develop."

The acquisition of the corresponding materials will also become increasingly easier...

The market has become more active.

This is the significance of pooling the strength of the masses.

This is only the secular level.

Deep connections can also be established in outer planes and interdimensional worlds.

You can think of it as a god-like position, like the ruler of the entire Beast Garden realm..."

"Is it like in the elemental planes, where mages sign contracts with certain ancient beings, reaching summoning agreements?"

"more or less."

When it comes to the Beast Garden, Genie wasn't very familiar with it, but when it came to elemental life, he immediately understood.

"So that's what happened."

"It seems that the teacher is currently preparing to integrate the power of [Reddening] into these formations, so that ordinary alchemy formations can have the effect of tempering the soul, but the effect is not as strong as the formations in the Book of Souls and the Book of Forbidden Things."

But in any case, this might be the key to our breakthrough!

With all her friends taking off, Megalofia couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.

……

"In this short period of time, the statue of the God of Wishes has collected quite a few wish crystals!"

Perfect, let's use it to locate and project!

The old castle on the beach, in the main hall.

Roy sat on the throne at the head of the table, holding the golden Holy Grail in his hand, intending to use the ancient secret technique of "Astral Projection" to go to the Endless Wilderness Garden to investigate.

The girl's skull floated nearby, helping with the checks and preparations.

"Astral Projection" is a necromancy-based mental technique, and also a kind of divine projection, an ability to descend.

Nightmares, succubi, and other high-ranking demons, or demons of the abyss, angels of Mount Paradise, and so on...

Even elemental life.

The ability to exist as a "summoned creature" is essentially a characteristic of a transdimensional being.

Just as beings from different dimensions can come to the material world, life in the material world can also go there using similar secret methods, and they also follow the laws of planes.

"Many outer planes have a characteristic called 'divine power manipulation,' which can be altered by the powerful will of gods."

For ordinary living beings, it is like a material plane.

It's like a special dream or a virtual game world; once you're there, you have to follow its rules.

If the spirit is trapped there, it is like being trapped in another world by a soul, unable to escape.

However, the outer realms are not the true material world, and the simulated material environment is always easy to break.

"I should be able to perform much better there!"

Roy reminisced about the past.

Theoretically speaking, I have also traveled to Hell in spirit, and even faced the incarnation of Umbator, the lord of the ninth level of Hell.

Although it was only a brief encounter, it made me realize my own extraordinary nature.

After that, various pieces of evidence, such as the "sanctification" characteristic, also indicated that he should have the ability to traverse the void and set foot in the outer realms.

However, as a low-level wizard and then a mid-level wizard, I have always been mingling in the material plane.

I have never actually been to those distant places that lean towards the spiritual, the void, and the laws.

Advanced wizards are already qualified to be briefly teleported there for exploration and training.

Now, in order to develop their own school of thought, they even have their own witchcraft.

Roy planned to go there and take a look.

……

11 month 1 day.

After some preparation.

Roy held the golden Holy Grail, tilted it slightly, and a drop of golden liquid fell out.

Inside the secret chamber, the magic array suddenly lit up.

Roy's soul transformed into a dazzling golden light, piercing through the crystal wall system like a comet, leaving a brilliant trail in the astral plane.

In a short while, they traversed the void and arrived at their destination.

Endless wilderness...

Zoo!
Almost at the same time.

Above this plane, a golden meteor streaked across the sky, and countless living beings felt a strange tremor as if a god had descended.

Unlike the material plane, in places like this one, which leans towards the spiritual, the void, and the laws, many characteristics of the soul realm will manifest in priority over matter.

Roy's body was obtained from the plane of Vizel. Even after he changed his bloodline to Behemoth, Quetzalcoatl, and Golden Dragon, they were all material beings.

But at this moment, it projects its true essence, descending here as a true spirit.

Shortly after, a meteor fell to the ground, and Roy looked in astonishment at himself shining brightly, revealing a "saint form" that was clearly not that of an ordinary person.

"Is my true nature really... 'God'?"

Looking up at his translucent body, which shimmered with a clear, amber-like golden light, Roy was surprised, but also somewhat aware that he had known this all along.

The next moment, as if born with knowledge, mysterious information surged forth.

As if guided by an innate understanding, he knew that he was in a realm called "Forest of Night," on a mountain range called "Demon Wolf Canyon."

In the distance, jagged basalt formations create numerous natural wolf dens.

Suddenly, several long and loud wolf howls rang out. In the night, a ghostly blue fluorescent light flickered, like will-o'-the-wisps. Several giant demonic wolves with phosphorescent fur rode the clouds and flew swiftly over.

These are all powerful king-level magical beasts, possessing the level of second-level creatures, and their bodies are more than ten meters long in their battle form.

The leader of them was an even larger giant wolf, which had reached the third level of the Emperor level.

When they saw the glittering Roy, their wolf heads showed anthropomorphic astonishment, and they froze, as if frozen in place.

"Oh, great and unfamiliar being, may I ask who you are and what brings you here?"

This level of magical beast already possesses considerable intelligence, knowing that this golden, glittering creature must be no ordinary being.

Therefore, after regaining his senses, he asked politely and cautiously.

“~~~!”

"I am the Golden Dragon, Draco Aurelius!"

When you go out, your identity is given by yourself.

As for the dragon language, Roy had already engraved it deep in his soul, and he could speak it fluently without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)