Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 768 A Joyful Feast (2-in-1)

However, Freya didn't know that Roy was just saying it casually.

The truly powerful effect comes from the [Alchemy Godhead].

It grants abilities in knowledge and skills, which are things that no amount of spell multiplier can buy.

By extension, other complete divine entities at the true god level may also have similar functions.

But what about this fragment of divinity?
With some hesitation, Roy explored it further once more.

This exploration continued through the changing seasons, and several years passed quickly.

……

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

Lakeside Manor, in the backyard.

As the melodious sound of the zither filled the air, the willows swayed in the breeze.

Roy's long, slender fingers danced across the seven gut strings, and the ancient lyre's resonating chamber carried beautiful music into the twilight.

As the sun set, ripples spread across the lake, and the trees on the opposite bank rustled as if echoing this joyful and wonderful music.

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the grass outside.

Swarms of scarabs emerged from the soil, their glossy black carapaces gleaming with a metallic sheen in the setting sun.

They gathered following the sound of the zither, forming a perfect circular array nearby, each one tapping the ground lightly with its forelimbs, seemingly responding to the rhythm.

In the distance, a few crows stopped cawing and tilted their heads to watch this strange scene.

Roy, however, sensed countless tiny lights converging towards him.

That tiny yet pure, peculiar power, composed entirely of the insect's will, was stirred up by his own music.

Under the gaze of the Eye of Hermes, countless tiny golden specks of light rose from the backs of the beetles, swirling like fireflies in the twilight.

He could sense the most primal worship of each beetle in it.

That is an instinctive yearning for music, for life, and for food.

Although this force is small, it becomes increasingly clear and perceptible as it accumulates.

Ultimately, they coalesced into a being no different from normal living beings, possessing divine power!
Roy smiled slightly and looked down at the harp in his hands.

"A Joyous Feast: The Legion's Violin Performance (Level 4/5)..."

The string orchestra will be modeled after the plucked string instruments created by the artifact Etheria...

Alternative symbols: banquet, celebration...

Forged by the alchemist Roy, and infused with fragments of Belum's divine essence (level 5), it gains the domain: Power of War/Destruction...

The god of war, Belum, has witnessed the end and rebirth of countless wars, while the lyre can awaken the memories of legions slumbering in the long river of history...

Powers: 50000/50000...

Special Effect 1: "Feast of Heroes" summons a feast for souls. During the "Feast" ritual, one receives divine power and the blessing of heroic spirits, combined with the enhancement of wandering warrior souls (similar to the divine power of a descent of gods)...

Special Effect 2: "Enhanced Appetite" enhances the appetite of creatures with specific bloodline powers such as "Gold Devouring" and "Earth Devouring," thereby granting them "Ghoul Power," which provides rapid healing and temporary enhancement.

Effect 3: "Frenzy Aura" - Warriors in a well-fed state will gain an additional Legion-level enhancement aura and grant themselves and allies "Iron Will", which provides constant and undiminished morale, fearlessness, and greatly increased resistance to mind control.

Special Effect 4: "Ode to War," believers in art will not fall to the background music; until the music stops, all those connected by spirit will not perish...

Note: Apart from the music played as a symbol, all other performances require the consumption of power…

This brand-new semi-divine artifact was created based on the Lyra harp he had acquired in the past, combined with various precious materials he had found over the years, and the fragments of divine essence he had just obtained three years ago.

During this period, Roy made full use of his Alchemy Godhood and various enhancement abilities to carefully construct and guide its realization.

Finally, they succeeded in creating this amazing object.

The power it possesses, aside from the original "symbolic object" that served as its foundation, can be said to have drawn out most of the inherent potential of that divine fragment.

That's why I had that strange reaction earlier.

In addition to the visible power, there are special effects such as "Feast of Heroes" (Effect 1) and "Enhanced Appetite" (Effect 2)...

It can also be used in normal times, through singing and feasting under specific conditions, to continuously train the spirit possession and strengthen it with food supplements!
"Lord Roy..."

At that moment, Freya walked in from outside.

She sensed this scene from afar and felt a surge of emotion.

Another semi-divine artifact has been forged.

For ordinary people, crafting such a semi-divine artifact is extremely difficult and arduous. Even after extensive research, it may still require a great deal of effort to create...

In Lord Roy's hands, it had long since become like any ordinary thing; as long as the materials were available, it could be crafted at any time.

For the past six months or so, we have been continuously screening and strengthening these golden scarabs buried nearby.

We also gained a full understanding of its characteristics.

However, she still stepped forward and temporarily interrupted Roy's performance.

Because she had something important to report.

"A message came from Akademia saying that many apprentices have recently attempted to enter the Insect Kingdom."

Many of them obtained insect fighting pets that were beyond their current strength.

This has caused considerable trouble for academic administration and student scheduling..."

"Oh?"

Roy's heart stirred slightly. He casually handed the lyre in his hand to Alice, the angel who was standing by serving him, and then turned around.

"Is the 'Transformation Array Research Society' developing too fast and starting to disrupt the balance?"

In most things in this world, excess is as bad as deficiency.

Megalofia, Ingnim, and others spared no effort in opening up access to the token to attract new members, taking many advanced apprentices to the Insect Kingdom to acquire insect battle pets.

Although it still requires a lot of hard work to raise a pet from level zero to level one for yourself and your followers.

This is hardly a good addition.

However, for newly enrolled advanced apprentices and elite apprentices, and even formal wizards who have reached the first level, this is considered an extraordinary improvement.

This can indeed cause trouble for academic administration and academic arrangements.

"What will be the consequences if we do nothing?"

Roy didn't consider whether what he did was right or wrong; instead, he asked about the consequences first.

"The wizarding world values ​​free development, and there are generally no regulations that restrict apprentices from obtaining these additional supplements..."

However, given their strong combat capabilities, it would be reasonable for them to be assigned to high-intensity dimensional battlefields upon graduation.

There's no need for any special targeting; just follow past practices.

Freya reminded her.

"Alright then, it's probably time to tone it down a bit..."

I used to think that I'd see if those apprentices could go in and explore, and make a name for themselves.

Over the years, they should have accumulated a lot of experience.

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So, a little over a month later...

Roy then had Freya retrieve the token of the Insect Kingdom, the Bone Shard Fang.

But this thing wasn't really of much use to him. From beginning to end, Roy was still thinking about whether he could find a loophole in the divine kingdom and get some benefits for free.

"Over the past few years, I have searched for information and combined it with the analysis that Celine helped me with, and I have actually figured out some tricks of the trade."

The rules of the Kingdom of God are inherently firm and rigorous.

The existence and departure of the soul are also strictly limited to a fixed period.

The souls of the insect beings belonging to that insect kingdom are constantly in flux.

It has always belonged to the divine kingdom... But beyond that, the process in between cannot be defined, nor should it be.

In particular, token holders can enter and exit multiple times to visit their own exclusive fighting insect pets.

If the battle pet bound by the contract dies and is successfully returned to the Divine Kingdom, the qualification to acquire it will be reset...

There are actually many loopholes to exploit here!

"What loophole?"

Freya couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"For example, entering the divine kingdom to search for battle pets, but in reality, outside of the contract, making other contracts with the alien insects there..."

Then, without God's knowledge, His descent can be summoned...

"In the form of an invader, it possesses a similar insectoid creature!"

"Did you get your inspiration from materials obtained from the last world?"

Freya said in surprise.

Roy laughed, "That's right, even scarabs can use this trick, can't they?"

Freya asked, "Then how do you ensure that the insects will obey?"

Roy said, "That means you have to rely on personal charm, or something else."

Freya subconsciously turned her gaze to the lyre placed in the living room.

At this moment, it was drawn by magic and naturally rose into the air, radiating a mesmerizing golden light.

She hadn't expected that Roy would be so thoughtful as to have taken this into account as well.

Besides, so-called personal charm is, of course, pheromones, mysterious magic potions that can make insects obedient.

"Anyway, let's try this approach!"

……

A few days later, at the Lakeside Manor, in a secret room.

Roy, holding his lyre and carrying some of his prepared items, sat cross-legged and embarked on his journey of "Astral Projection".

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

It's essentially equivalent to the soul leaving the body and entering a distant world.

After a hazy, dreamlike journey, he opened his eyes and found himself in a dark and quiet wasteland.

Grayish-white mist swirled around me, and distorted tree shadows vaguely appeared all around.

There was no wind around, but the rustling sound of branches and leaves rubbing together could be faintly heard.

Roy, with his sharp ears and eyes, immediately noticed that it was a variety of insects of different sizes and shapes crawling around.

These small insects are extremely weak individually, and only when they reach the scale of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands or millions of legions can they be considered worth a look.

Even so, it still didn't mean much to a high-level wizard like him.

Therefore, Roy quickly took to the air, using the flowing wings behind him to harness magic power and rapidly head inwards.

Through the apprentices' exploration and his own research, he gradually learned that the place he was in was called the Dark Wasteland.

Most of the insects that live here are very small.

To find some decent-sized insects, you'd have to go to the volcanic region to the west.

Sure enough, not long after, he arrived near the volcano shown on the simple map.

In the open space below, some creatures, ranging in size from a fist to the size of a calf, began to appear.

These figures, like heroic spirits, are essentially beings of the soul.

However, once one's divine power reaches level four or above, one can materialize one's spirit.

In the realms of gods and other outer realms, the laws of planes and worlds allow spirits to materialize.

To Roy, whose spirit had also descended to this place, it was almost identical to the physical world of the Beast Garden.

He even saw various wild animals running around, besides insects.

Including mammoths, giant elephants, dinosaurs, and so on.

Boom!

Suddenly, somewhere below.

A house-sized beetle with thorns and spikes on its back attacked a herbivorous insect of similar size.

That beast, resembling a Jurassic dinosaur, was forcibly dragged to one side.

A dozen or so smaller larvae swarmed over and began to feast.

It turned out to be a mother insect with larvae.

Most insects do not raise their parents, but instead increase the survival rate of their offspring by laying a large number of eggs.

This strategy is more effective in unstable environments or when there are many natural enemies.

However, this beetle, which looks like an interstellar monster, exhibits characteristics similar to those of a mammal.

"It seems this has evolved some level of intelligence..."

And they were enjoying food...

Roy watched for a while, a thought stirring in his mind, that this insect was destined to be his.

So he stopped, took out his lyre, and began to play.

The mother insect stopped and looked up at him.

The larvae also peered out curiously.

Roy gave a slightly embarrassed but polite smile.

The scene was indeed somewhat strange.

He made himself seem like a weirdo, deliberately playing a "Dry Rice March" to entertain the insect mother and her young while they were eating.

However, as the performance progressed, the mother insect and the larvae did not perceive any threat and continued to eat without worry.

The power of the semi-divine artifact flowed down with the music, transforming into golden light that enveloped it.

The mysterious "Feast of Joy" melody, imbued with the special abilities of "Feast of Heroes" and "Enhanced Appetite," grants them the highest spiritual enjoyment.

What a delightful and satisfying meal!

The insects ate with great satisfaction, their mouthparts opening and closing, their antennae twitching.

If they also possessed intelligence, they could probably boast about it to their friends.

To have such wonderful music playing while I'm eating is like being treated like royalty!

In the days that followed...

Roy repeatedly entered and exited the divine realm, much like an ordinary apprentice searching for a fighting insect pet but failing to find one.

He neither signed a contract nor gave up leaving, so he got stuck halfway through.

He even went out of his way to find the group of insects he had encountered before.

The larvae are growing vigorously.

In order to raise them, Roy personally tried hunting, directly from capturing giant dinosaurs to skinning and dismembering them, throwing all the flesh and blood into the vicinity of their territory.

This is practically a door-to-door delivery service, leaving even the slightly intelligent female insect bewildered.

The mother insect, possessing first-level strength, couldn't help but make a rubbing sound with its mouthparts, and its faint but clear mental energy probed over.

about?
No, I won't go!

Roy replied.

(End of this chapter)