Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 791 The Birth of the Dragon Child (4-in-1)

"This Holy Grail is truly amazing!"

"My lord wizard, what kind of treasure is this? Could it contain the legendary holy water?"

Everyone was filled with joy and excitement, and all eyes turned to what he was holding.

This Holy Grail is entirely gilded silver, and its body is engraved with intricate holy symbols, as well as patterns of common religious elements such as angels and holy light, making it look exceptionally extraordinary.

The rim of the cup is inlaid with seven pigeon-blood red gemstones, which reflect a blood-red luster in the sunlight, making the cup appear as if it is filled with precious blood.

However, what flowed from the cup was a silvery liquid, emitting an indescribable fragrance.

This struck them as very strange.

"This is a gift from the Goddess of Light; what is contained within is the 'Tears of the Goddess'!"

Schall told everyone.

"The goddess could not bear to see human suffering, and she shed tears because of it."

We collected these powerful tears and created this miracle.

"Ah, how kind and great..."

Everyone was deeply moved.

The Federation region originally had a legend of the Goddess of Light. 163 years ago, Roy established the belief in the "Seven Goddesses", which has now taken root in this world.

Through their practice in the Temple World of Egris, they further developed a method for collecting faith and condensing divine power.

At that moment, some devout believers were moved to tears.

These were genuine tears, without any acting or affectation.

Even those who do not believe in this goddess show her respect.

What the crowd didn't realize was that a great deal of faith instantly coalesced into the Holy Grail in their hands, settling at the bottom of the cup.

It was a treasure crafted from mithril and jewels, combined with the crafting techniques of sacred relics, condensing a large amount of faith power along with divine power crystals into it, giving it an anchor of faith.

Roy not only incorporated the Temple's techniques into his work, but also used his Alchemy Godhood to further develop and elevate them to new heights.

Such a thing serves as a good container, immediately replenishing previous consumption and accumulating more.

Catalyzed by divine power, the "water-making technique" slowly condenses, collecting and transforming water from the air.

The dew that had just been used was replenished at a visible rate, seemingly inexhaustible.

The people were unaware of the principle that "the wool comes from the sheep's back," and they thought that their prayers had moved the goddess to bestow blessings upon them once again.

He couldn't help but become even more excited.

Seeing that the atmosphere was right, Schell handed over the "Gifted Grail" in his hand.

"This treasure should be kept by the devout believers of the Goddess Church. Pastor, I entrust it to you, hoping you will make good use of it..."

Elavia, the leader of the chaplains accompanying the army, knelt down in fear and trepidation upon hearing this.

"Thank you, Wizard! I swear on my life that I will make good use of this treasure!"

……

"This model is pretty good. Let's take this opportunity to create more treasures!"

When Shisha returned to report, Roy did not ask for details, nor did he care much about who possessed the treasure. He only inquired about the process of expelling the plague and absorbing faith.

He had a remote connection with these treasures, and during the forging process, he imprinted his mark, with layers of permissions and proper deployment.

Combined with the use of Apostle equipment, divine magic systems, and so on, they possess ultimate control.

Therefore, whoever holds those things is only a temporary "messenger" or "representative".

Unless you are exceptionally outstanding, you can barely attract his attention.

After asking the questions, Schall left, and Roy suddenly realized that the churches and artifacts operated in the same way.

By acquiring information about the temple, they gained a grasp of some church management models, largely drawing upon and imitating those established practices.

"Now, we have the 'Gift of the Goddess of Light' and the 'War Hammer of the Golden Envoy'..."

Let's build some more in one go!
The same type of destiny container, the same anchor of faith…

In the short span of a month that followed...

The assassination blade of the goddess of vengeance, the vessel of knowledge of the goddess of wisdom, the magnificent headdress of the god of nobility, the hunting bow of the goddess of the hunt, the oak staff of the goddess of nature...

The treasures later known as the "Seven Divine Artifacts" were born.

Roy did not endow them with extremely high qualities from the beginning, but focused on the function of the container and let it evolve naturally.

This is also an opportunity to practice the process of "deification".

This is similar to the collection of legendary destiny and legendary elements; in fact, it can be said that it is the same thing expressed differently in different power systems.

The data obtained from the beginning showed great promise.

In just a few hundred years, the faith of countless beings can create a semi-divine artifact, and after that, it may even go further.

……

Besides the "Seven Divine Artifacts," another gain during this war was souls.

A large number of souls began to gather and arrive at Mtraken.

Then he was captured by "Malthus's Ivory Tower".

On this day, Roy came down to look at it.

The moment the Eye of Hermes was activated, an ethereal, aurora-like glow appeared, transforming into colorful bands of light in the sky.

The white ivory tower lies beneath this ethereal, aurora-like glow, absorbing some of its spiritual energy.

This is a treasure that Roy obtained from the incarnation of the great wizard Malthus 166 years ago, during the era of "Brevoril" in the world of heroes.

Its essence is a barrier-type item containing the "Net of All Spirits," which has the power to capture souls.

It can, to a certain extent, seal and imprison the world's will, plunder souls, spirituality, and even deeper, primordial things.

However, after observing for a while, Roy discovered that the vast light and shadow were like the forks of a celestial river, with most of it being absorbed back into the world of Araghi.

"The ivory tower's absorption capacity is limited and cannot completely capture these soul particles..."

That's such a waste.

Roy fell into deep thought.

The world's will is at least at level six. Although some worlds exhibit a low level of magic at level one, this has nothing to do with the scale of their spirituality.

That's just due to the circulation of spiritual energy and the manifestation of material forms.

Therefore, unless one becomes powerful enough and learns the "Net of All Souls" sorcery, one can place a container on its surface to capture souls and participate in this process.

To some extent, the reason why we have been unable to subdue the will of this world for more than 160 years is also because we have not been able to set up a "Net of All Spirits" that covers the entire globe.

Many successful colonizations of the world began with the establishment of this web.

However, even a level three wizard has their own methods, namely, small-scale, experimental barrier spells.

This ivory tower is a typical example of this type of witchcraft.

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So many creatures die in war.

This includes the souls of our own humans, as well as the souls of the enemy's gnolls and monsters...

Don't waste any of it!

Roy had considered this question before, but he planned to try something he had always known about but had never achieved during this attack on Lodis, the central city of the gnolls.

"Territory Forging Array..."

"You intend to conduct this experiment in gnoll territory?"

Soon, Freya understood his feelings and was genuinely surprised.

"Yes, we'll need your help to prepare that too."

Roy said.

Freya nodded.

She roughly understood.

The so-called "territorial forging array" is essentially a kind of witchcraft array.

The witch formation needs to be set up.

Roy is the chief designer, and I can assist in perfecting various details.

The actual execution depends on the soldiers on the front lines.

The moment the great formation is set up, all souls within the territory, as well as the magic and spirituality of heaven and earth, will be completely absorbed.

Of course, it can also be set to a specific frequency or a targeted "fishing".

Whether it's a "big-eyed net" or a "dead-end net" depends entirely on Roy's decision.

It's certain that it will anger the world's will.

But now, even the world's will in the world of Alaki can only vent its anger...

It's difficult to find any way to resist.

A part of His own spirit that revolves around humanity has already "betrayed" Him.

The native humans now worship the Seven Gods, revere the Academy, and also "Mtraken".

With both my left and right hands fighting, how much energy can I spare to deal with it?

……

To achieve this, Roy and Freya discussed and overturned several traditional plans.

Those traditional solutions all leaned towards the application of civil engineering, sending large numbers of slaves and laborers to the front lines for construction.

All the elements of the witch array were built from scratch by those people, which was extremely hard work.

As a result, the larger the scale of the alchemy array, the greater the amount of engineering work required.

The limitations of ancient productivity also determined that the scale of alchemy arrays could only be "city-state level" with a diameter of tens of miles.

Therefore, if everything is done according to the original design, at best this level of witch formation can be created, and it will be time-consuming, laborious, and result in huge casualties.

Those were all tyrannical rulers who brought about the downfall of their kingdoms. To satisfy their own selfish desires, they used the pretext of building their own tombs or constructing wonders to mobilize a large workforce to build them.

A review of historical records reveals that the few successful examples all involved sacrificing one's own people within the territory under one's control.

Even so, not everyone can be this successful.

A large portion of these attempts failed because they relied solely on blindly following instructions and lacked the skillful adjustments made by a master alchemist.

Because such a witchcraft formation uses the earth as its platform, even minor flaws will be magnified when the scale is expanded.

Without strict quality control and if the engineering technology is substandard, failure becomes almost inevitable.

"In terms of design and engineering technology, we are absolutely qualified."

The construction is quite difficult.

The gnolls may not know what we're doing, but they'll definitely come out to stop us.

"And the human alliance may not necessarily be able to achieve these goals well..."

After some discussion, the two reached a conclusion.

"The way the formation is arranged must be improved, for example, by creating a permanent, sturdy fortress, or other convenient arrangement methods."

Roy said.

"Permanent fortifications are essentially similar to previous engineering approaches, requiring precise design and rigorous execution capabilities."

Perhaps we should consider another approach...

Use a specific witchcraft array instead!

Freya said.

Roy did something similar when he was in the world of heroes, which was to help refine dimensional beacons and build dimensional teleportation arrays.

Building such a large formation using traditional civil engineering methods would be far too time-consuming and labor-intensive.

So some wizards came up with the idea of ​​transferring the key and important nodes to the magical artifacts, building them in advance, and then carrying out the construction at the designated location.

This will effectively solve many of the problems we encountered before.

These include enemy harassment and difficulties in ensuring construction quality.

However, transferring some elements of the "transformation array" to a magical artifact for modular construction is not an easy task.

In this process, there are at least dozens or even hundreds of systemic engineering problems that need to be solved.

This is not actually something wizards are good at.

Ancient wizards focused on the development of primitive witchcraft into black and white witchcraft. After venturing out into the stars and conquering various worlds, they absorbed the essence of a vast and complex power system, but they failed to complete a systematic reorganization similar to the arcane revolution...

"Thanks to my [Catalogue of Various Learnings] and [Third Work]..."

Both of these alchemical talents are helpful in creating witchcraft arrays and rune arrays.

This includes the fusion of arcane and sorcery systems...

No other conditions are needed; I can handle everything by myself!

……

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

After Roy had been busy in the alchemy room, he called Freya in.

At that moment, what she saw was a brand new product that would help set up the "Territory Transformation Array".

"This is the solution you proposed..."

What appeared before them was a columnar metal object, about the thickness of a human thigh and about one meter long.

Its entire body has a dark bronze color, and its surface is covered with clearly visible engraved patterns. There are dozens of rune grooves of varying depths all over its surface, each of which emits a faint blue light.

At the top of the metal stake, three rhomboid amethyst crystals are arranged in a triangle and are flickering slowly.

The bottom of the pile has a cone-shaped tip that extends outwards, as if it is about to be deeply embedded in the ground.

As she approached, Freya instantly sensed a strange energy field, like a high-voltage current, which even attracted her hair.

Upon closer inspection, one could detect subtle tremors emanating from the ground, as if some energy was flowing through the runes within the pile.

"This is the earth's ley line energy..."

It manifests itself in a way similar to magnetism!

Freya quickly made a judgment.

"good."

Roy explained.

"I call this kind of thing Earth Spirit Stake. Each one has the basic function of mobilizing the energy of the earth veins. By driving these stakes in according to a specific ratio, you can activate the application of basic formations in a specific location."

By making overall adjustments, the requirements for the operation of the large array can be met.

Overall, the efficiency of a witch array set up in this way is not as good as that of traditional civil engineering, but it is simple to deploy and can be large in scale.

With proper preparation, it's even possible to cover the entire Gnoll Empire!

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"Earth Spirit Stake..."

Freya murmured its name.

Roy explained, "There's a reason I call this metal."

The original meaning of a pile refers to a wooden stake driven into the ground to fix the foundation. As a practical component, it was used in ancient architecture to stabilize the foundation.

It is also commonly used in agriculture, transportation and other fields to fasten items.

A pile, if its length is the same as a column, is an upright structural member in a building that provides support.

However, in alchemy and mysticism, pillars also carry other meanings.

Freya asked, "What does it mean?"

Some advanced concepts require specific levels of access.

She really hadn't had much contact with it.

However, Roy told her without reservation: "One meaning is literal, symbolizing class and power."

"The 'pillar' symbolizes the rank of the demon god..."

Actually, in the world before the transmigration, there was a similar legend of "Solomon's Seventy-Two Pillars of Demons." The "pillars" here mainly refer to this.

Not all demons are called "pillars"; only commander-level demons are worthy of this title, such as the Four Kings and the Eight Dukes.

In the occult classic, The Lesser Key of Solomon, the 72 demons are clearly divided into classes such as king, duke, marquis, earl, and knight.

"Pillar" usually refers to the first three levels.

In addition, "pillar" often symbolizes the manifestation of power.

Each "pillar" level demon governs a specific area (such as war, plague, or lust), and its power is likened to "the pillars that support hell."

Legend has it that King Solomon used a magic ring to imprison these demons in a brass pillar, forcing them to serve humankind.

Later, something called "human pillar" or "human pillar power" emerged, originally meaning a sacrifice or a person buried alive, used as an offering to the gods.

This is also related to bridge construction and building.

Some folk tales even mention an ancient and evil witchcraft called "driving a living stake"...

Essentially, it is associated with "earthbound spirits".

Therefore, this kind of "earth spirit stake" is actually a kind of artificial "earth-bound spirit" that is inserted into the earth's vein nodes to capture soul power.

Coincidentally, this magical universe also has something similar, which Roy borrowed from and translated.

It can extend to the realm of the "Pillar of Demon Gods," using the method of "Earthbound Spirits" to sacrifice all living beings and refine demon gods!

"The Golden Dragon God I practiced on the planet Fran, and even the earlier King Fram statue..."

Essentially, they are all methods of creating gods within the realm of faith.

But this is different.

This involves forcibly binding and altering the soul...

You can't control these things yet.

There is no need for us to develop in this direction.

"For now, I'll only use its basic soul-capturing function; I'll deal with the rest after I advance to the rank of Grand Wizard."

At this time, Roy also had the idea of ​​imitating the 72 Demon Gods and creating some Demon God-level creations.

Having the Alchemy Godhead, possessing divinity, and meeting various other high-ranking conditions, I should be able to control it.

But as he warned Freya.

This is not something an ordinary alchemist can get involved in.

This can definitely be called a forbidden technique.

Especially after that, "driving live stakes" and "creating human pillars"...

If not handled carefully, one could easily fall into evil ways.

That was something even dark wizards considered taboo; it was extremely evil.

"But I have a feeling that this Earth Spirit Pillar isn't anything good either."

At least for the gnolls, it's no different from shooting a live target!

Freya couldn't help but complain.

From the gnolls' perspective, Lord Roy was no different from the devil.

However, Lord Roy, adhering to a humanist stance, believes that killing jackals is a matter of course from a human perspective.

There's not much to say about that.

Let it be evil.

Humans skinned and gutted various prey, extracted their bones and marrow, and even raised them to provide food or various production materials.

These are all common occurrences.

There are no animal protection organizations in the wizarding world, and no one speaks up for these gnolls.

……

After further adjustments, Roy handed the finalized blueprints for the "Earth Spirit Stake" to Freya, asking her to try production.

Freya tried it out and found it wasn't difficult at all.

The main difficulty lies in the invention process, but simply copying the steps without understanding the process will only result in a level one product.

The task was completed very smoothly.

However, with only herself involved, spending over a month refining and carving was extremely inefficient.

She has many other things to do, so she can't spend all her time on this.

So Roy thought of Tibas, Lonik, Schall, and the others, as well as the people from Mogos Academy and Borremo Academy.

"It's time to put those disciples to good use. We didn't call them up before because of the Angelos..."

But now, so many years have passed, and the waste recycling project is almost finished; it's time to do something else!

Roy paid them for the work they did in exchange for the knowledge involved.

To prevent people from using this to study black magic and use it as a human stake, he specifically removed some of its functions.

They then used the souls of monsters as a guide to enhance the corresponding benefits.

In short, people will do anything that could cost them their lives, but nobody will do anything that loses money.

If animal organs could be perfectly matched with human organs, no one would go to the trouble of harvesting human organs.

The same principle applies to the soul.

He deliberately increased the benefits of capturing and transforming the souls of monsters into spirituality on a technical level, while weakening the benefits of targeting human souls.

If even this cannot stop those apprentices from going astray, then it proves that they are inherently evil and incorrigible.

It's none of my business anymore.

The result did not disappoint him.

In just one or two months, Freya and the others gradually mastered the technique and began to be able to replicate this earth spirit pillar individually or in groups.

Then they were produced one after another.

Roy then dispatched another engineering team to explore the ley lines and search for nodes, in conjunction with the newly upgraded God Scout Zophiel.

They will travel in small teams throughout the Gnoll Empire in the western part of the Urodi Mountains, beginning to lay such stakes in various places.

To maintain secrecy, the tasks everyone was told were limited to creating teleportation arrays and providing anchor points.

Unbeknownst to them, this would create a divine-level soul space on Earth, blocking the cycle of reincarnation.

This was hard work, and something Roy himself was too lazy to do.

"If everything goes smoothly, it should be completed in about three years."

However, this is just a set plan; its actual implementation depends on the efficiency of the dispatched engineering teams.

Sufficient manpower and efficient exploration are required...

It also requires a high degree of confidentiality to achieve this.

The Gnoll Empire, with a territory spanning millions of square kilometers, still needed to plan its stake-laying routes carefully to avoid unnecessary repetitive movements.

******
This was a systematic project outside of witchcraft, and Roy handed it over to Celine, the biological AI he had created, to plan it out.

Then I stopped paying attention to it.

Then, it was August.

Artemis suddenly came and informed him of something.

"Melas and Chevalier seem to be about to give birth!"

"Oh?"

Roy paused for a moment, then realized with a start that almost three years had passed without him noticing.

The dragon fetuses inside their bellies were already mature enough to be ready to fall from the tree.

This was a big deal, and Roy temporarily put aside his affairs with the Gnoll Empire to go and visit them.

At this moment, in Mtraken, on the eastern cliffs.

Inside a huge stone cave carved out by machinery.

Melas, in the form of a black dragon, lay atop a mountain of gold coins and various gems, grumbling and complaining.

"Pupra, can't you just shut up for a second!"

She looks just like a fat, stupid winged lizard.

His belly was so big it could fit a cow.

This is not considered a very large pregnancy belly among dragons.

The problem is that ordinary dragons lay dragon eggs.

It is a pile of egg liquid that is sealed inside a hard shell and has not yet formed.

But what she and Chevalier were carrying was a completely new kind of "viviparous dragon"!
Moreover, it seems to possess an innate extraordinary physique, reaching temperatures as high as tens of degrees Celsius while still inside the womb!

This was a real hardship for Melas, who was pregnant for three years.

She was starting to regret it.

"You've really worn me out! If I'd known getting pregnant with you would be this hard, I would have... Ouch!"

Popula inside her belly seemed to pause for a moment because of her words.

Then, he delivered another powerful kick.

"You absolutely did this on purpose!"

Melas said irritably.

However, she soon had a sudden, instinctive realization.

It seems I misunderstood Popula.

As a series of intense contractions occurred, the sensation of laying a dragon egg, inherited from the [True Dragon Wisdom], began to emanate from the body.

It's about to be born!

When Roy arrived, he heard Melas screaming and cursing inside.

He ignored the vulgar insults and went inside to take a look.

"The fetus is developing so well that its size is almost comparable to that of many young dragons."

Don't bother with the baby, just have a C-section.

"what?"

Melas was dumbfounded.

However, considering that a short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one, she had no choice but to accept it.

In any case, dragons are far stronger than humans, and she can heal herself from a simple cesarean section.

So Roy personally performed a cesarean section on her and removed the baby from her womb.

The moment it appeared, it was a stone sphere with a diameter of more than one meter, like a freak trapped inside its body.

Seeing this, Roy drew a greatsword and slashed at the enemy without saying a word.

With a loud bang, metal clashed.

As the sound of the stone shell cracking rang out, a wet, black-scaled young dragon with a golden-blue sheen emerged from within.

"Ow!"

She opened her mouth and emitted a strange, invisible sound wave, and with the instinctive surge of dragon language magic, she recited her true name.

"..."

Others cannot hear this language because it is not a "sound" in the conventional sense; it is a resonance of souls.

Only Roy, as the creator, heard it.

He was slightly taken aback, quite surprised by this.

"Awoo! Father!"

Soon, Popula pounced on him, nearly knocking the unsuspecting Roy to the ground.

The blood connection made her quickly aware of the familiar creature before her.

From the very beginning, when Roy created her, the connection between their souls and bloodlines was already established.

The bestowal of the "True Dragon Wisdom" also grants these advanced dragons the ability to recognize their parents and relatives from birth.

Seeing the wet Popula sticking out his tongue and licking himself wildly, Roy couldn't help but feel both amused and exasperated.

Why are you acting like a little puppy?
After a while, the father and daughter were finally awakened by Melas's shouting and cursing.

"Are you ever going to stop? Come and stitch up my wound!"

Popula pounced over and stuck out his tongue to lick it.

"Ouch, that hurts so much!"

Roy's lips twitched slightly, unsure of what to say. He could only silently help stitch up the wound and then give her a specially crafted level three "Great Purple Medicine," a comprehensive healing potion.

Having just finished dealing with things here, not long after, Atedia came to report again.

"Lord Roy, Chevalier is about to give birth!"

Roy had no choice but to rush over and handle the situation in the same way.

Lena wasn't as lively or boisterous; she was more like a little lady, and after emerging from the water, she stood shyly to the side.

However, as if by instinct, he still called out his real name: "..."

As Roy stitched up Chevalier's wound, he asked her about her condition.

The silver dragon lay there quietly on its side, radiating maternal glow, and answered gently.

From initial struggle, hesitation, and resistance, to gradually accepting fate and letting things take their natural course.

Now, she seems to be falling into an instinctive awakening, being governed by a maternal force.

This is an instinct etched deep within the genes of all living beings; the saying goes, "a mother's love is strong," and she began to consider Lena's future.

"You've included Philia Apradoragi in the names of Popula and Lena..."

Is it really necessary to give the world to them?

"Of course, I am destined to become a great wizard. After I leave, this place will need a new world lord to nominally take control of everything."

"But I don't really like this world, and Lena doesn't belong here either."

If possible, find her another one…

"Ok?"

Roy hadn't expected Chevalier to make this request at this time.

However, after seeing the other person's somewhat evasive eyes, he suddenly understood.

“Okay, if there’s a chance to conquer another world, like Nehbur.”

I'll bestow it upon Lena!

"Really?"

Chevalier's eyes lit up, and his gaze toward Roy softened.

Roy thought to himself, instinct is truly terrifying.

The Silver Dragon, who had previously been fiercely opposed to evil, no longer cared whether conquering the new world was reasonable or legal.

The "evil wizard" launched a dimensional war to seize territory, which turned out to be an act of invasion and colonization.

But who cares?
With such a vast global interest at stake...

But at that moment, Lena, who was destined to become the Queen of the World, pitifully rubbed against Roy and her mother.

"Mom and Dad, I'm hungry..."

Roy's eyes widened as he suddenly realized a strangely serious problem.

"Um... Chevalier, do you have dragon milk?"

Chevalier was taken aback for a moment, then angrily retorted, "Dragons are oviparous animals, where would you get dragon milk?"

(End of this chapter)