Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 837 The Wizard Entrusts His Son to His Mother (4-in-1)

"Lord Roy, I never expected you to personally come here to rescue me."

I am so incredibly grateful!

Not long after, in the ancient city.

Raymond met with Roy and said with heartfelt emotion.

How did you get yourself into such a mess?

Roy asked.

Upon hearing this, Raymond paused for a moment, then revealed a hint of helplessness and bitterness.

“People like us are lucky enough to have the ability to choose the world we want to go to. How can we come and go as we please?”

When faced with a formidable enemy, the only option is to tough it out.

"Oh? You can't handle this Black Beast Legion?"

Since he wasn't facing this type of force, Roy's knowledge of them was limited to just knowing their name.

"These seem to be natives of the Black Beast World. I never expected them to come here."

"It's more than just that we can't deal with it."

Raymond seemed somewhat embarrassed to talk about it, and sighed.

"This remote world, which originally only had mid-to-high-level knights and hadn't even produced many orc heroes, unexpectedly gained the favor of a certain devil, who used captured interstellar armor to transform them into steel mechs."

It was a kind of redemption mech that used special soul-binding magic to create a simple emotional engine.

This allows the orcs' inherent brutality to be fully unleashed, creating powerful warriors.

After listening, Roy learned that it was a technology that used living organisms as a natural energy source, encapsulating them inside the mecha to act as "batteries".

In the Interstellar Alliance, this treatment is usually reserved for the most heinous criminals.

After a demon lord from Hell found this technology, he modified it slightly and applied it to the orcs in the Dark World, turning it into his own exclusive Dark Orc army.

From that point on, this steel mechanized force rose to prominence.

Because it uses the basic infantry armor commonly used by the Interstellar Alliance as its blueprint, it can provide zero-level combat power equivalent to that of a Grand Knight, but it is also better than a regular Grand Knight and close to that of an Orc infantry leader by 15 degrees.

The next level, squad leader, is a first-tier combat unit, equivalent to a level between 20 and 30 degrees.

Taking the orc hero I encountered when I was infiltrating the world of Osis, the headless Amor, as an example, with a life energy level between 50 and 100 degrees, even with superb combat skills, he could only deal with one or two squads of such mechs at a time.

The Black Beast Legion was organized with tens of thousands of commanders, each leading more than ten thousand men, with a total strength of over one hundred million.

This is almost a world where all the able-bodied men have been conscripted, leaving only the elderly, women, and children to maintain basic production and labor.

Because of its simple and crude method of use, the emotional engine emits a lot of waste, just like a diesel engine, causing serious pollution. Therefore, the steel mechs of the Black Beast Legion are prone to generating a lot of negative emotions.

Those brutal and bloodthirsty negative emotions can also be recycled and accumulated into the "Battle Spirit Gauge," and released through "Battle Skills."

However, desires like lust can only be produced and expelled simultaneously.

This created a group of twisted orcs with their brains burned out.

Even the demons of hell felt that this was an eyesore and inappropriate, so they summoned an Outer God from a strange dimension to make full use of this power.

This created monsters that knew no fatigue or fear, and were filled with an insatiable desire to conquer and slaughter, which also served to intimidate the enemy.

The devil was finally satisfied.

However, this caused a massive disaster that ravaged the surrounding world.

"These guys aren't intelligent beings, they're beasts!"

"My zombie army has been ravaged."

"The Frankenstein's monster, and even the ghouls weren't spared..."

As Raymond complained to Roy, several of his wizards couldn't help but chime in as well.

"..."

Roy was speechless for a moment.

"Lord Roy, for my teacher's sake, please do me a favor and transfer me away from here!"

Raymond pleaded.

"I haven't asked you for anything all these years, please!"

It's clear that this guy is genuinely scared.

"Ok."

Roy thought about it and agreed.

……

In fact, if Roy wanted to help Raymond, it would only take a few words.

Using his authority as a high wizard, he considered both public and private matters, and directly summoned Raymond and several of his close companions to Wolf under the pretext of conscription.

As for the original battle situation in the world of Fury, we can't worry about that now.

It is said that when a high-ranking wizard in charge of the war in this area found out, he was furious: "What kind of high-ranking and powerful figure dares to extend his reach into my command post?"

But upon learning that the other party was a great wizard, he immediately deflated.

Fine, let's just stretch it out if we want.

If I can't afford to offend them, can't I at least tolerate it?
However, Roy was a kind-hearted man and wanted to use the situation here to delay the enemy's advance and keep the war outside his own territory as much as possible. He offered to help think of a solution.

He quickly reached an agreement with the war zone to provide various technological weapons, such as laser cannons, drones, and small nuclear bombs.

These can effectively target ground forces such as mechs and destroy physical objects.

It can also absorb productivity and convert the wealth obtained from previously collected resources into cash.

……

"These are the Black Beast Legion's mechs?"

After some time.

The Nehbur Wizard Tower, in the dismantling room.

Several nearly intact steel mechs were disassembled.

By this time, the orcs inside had been killed by powerful magic. The black orcs, having lost their consciousness, were covered in festering sores, writhing like mud monsters with too much active energy.

Everyone frowned as the mechanical arm pulled it out of the mech's cavity, with bits of flesh still remaining inside.

"How disgusting!"

"This is definitely not a normal creature anymore!"

Roy nodded secretly when he saw this.

"It corresponds to what is described in the information."

The Black Beast Warriors were encased in this strange, tin-can-like contraption, effectively becoming the core of the puppet.

They use their life energy and soul as fuel to provide a continuous source of power.

Once it dies or burns out, it will be discarded like waste.

Freya added, "It is said that there is a very similar monster among the abyssal demons, which is a dark tentacle monster belonging to the dark magic beast branch. It is transformed from similar creatures that have been eliminated."

Industrialization involves a comprehensive and thorough application of various materials.

For example, a duck has various uses, including its head, tongue, neck, carcass, meat, and down.

This is the only way to bring the price of duck meat down to a level far lower than that of chicken meat.

What appears before everyone now is the outstanding achievement of black magic in this field.

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"Not much is useful to me."

After all, the strength lies in the entire system, not in how powerful a single combatant is.

However, the fact that the energy system can be so cost-effective is also due to the full application of emotionally driven mechanisms.

This is actually a transformation of Level 4 technology, mixed with arcane and divine magic, and also contains black magic originating from the abyss and hell.

If I could crack it and replicate a similar, inexpensive product, I could also benefit from it.

After analyzing for a while, Roy said.

"Can't a purely mechanical device achieve a similar effect?"
However, their main focus is on the miniaturization of controlled nuclear fusion devices, as well as quantum communication, scientific weapons, and other related areas.

"Fria said."

"You're right, there are many alternative products, but it's still necessary to learn from them and do some research."

Roy explained.

Actually, the main reason is that his reverse engineering skills and various methods of cracking and restoring are just too convenient.

The knowledge and skill bonuses provided by the Alchemy Godhead are enough for him to apply them at a very low cost.

The more difficult ones have already yielded results, so aren't these just freebies?
As the saying goes, it's always good to have many skills; accumulating more skills may come in handy someday.

This was also a very useful experience for Roy, who had always relied on his talent.

Freya heard this, realized what was happening, and silently agreed.

……

After that, for a period of time, the tower dedicated personnel to studying this object.

At the same time, it is also a way to prepare for dealing with the Black Beast Legion, which numbers in the hundreds of millions, in light of the current war situation.

While large-scale legion battles are more easily cleared with technological weapons such as nuclear bombs or even antimatter bombs, there will always be direct confrontations in places where these weapons are ineffective.

Moreover, the production of nuclear and antimatter bombs requires large quantities of uranium ore, as well as manpower and facilities for various processing and refining processes.

Roy also discovered a problem at this time: technology really is system-dependent.

It involves a wide range of industrial sectors and technological achievements supporting each other, requiring the entire civilization to participate in order to achieve substantial development.

While it's not impossible to achieve this using a production base converted from an alien warship, it would inevitably fall short in terms of production scale and cost control.

Overall efficiency is even more difficult to compare with that of true technological civilization.

So far, only the magic industry in Achinira has solved this problem.

They combined depth and breadth, fully integrating the advantages of magic and technology to create inexpensive and easy-to-use magical industrial products.

In contrast, it is easy to solve the problem of creating something from scratch, but it is difficult to scale up and industrialize it.

This means that only a small number of practical products can be retained, and development can move towards an elitist direction.

However, on this day, when Freya once again presented new design drawings and prototypes, Roy was speechless.

"They actually made the cockpit so cramped?"

Freya also said with a headache: "There's no way around it. You requested to use thick armor, as well as to equip yourself with a belief weapon and an energy shield generator, which will take up at least half a body length of space."

However, if the size of the armor is increased, the overall power system and the compatible energy source will need to be drastically modified...

Roy said, "I understand the logic, but how do you plan to solve the driver's problem?"

"Look, like this!"

Freya gestured.

So, under Roy's somewhat speechless sidelong glance, an elven female warrior nimbly climbed into the cockpit.

She positioned herself on the humanoid mecha, which resembled a small giant, with her legs bent, knees drawn up to her body, and slightly leaning back, in a semi-reclining position.

This effectively solved the previously mentioned problem of insufficient cabin space.

Especially as the cockpit canopy closes, the lower legs gradually rise and open, while the knees remain close to the body...

The elven warrior's entire body was naturally bent and folded, making fuller use of three-dimensional space.

Elf female warriors are a special species; even those born as mages possess a flexibility that is well-suited to this space-saving design.

"Okay... that is indeed one way, but do the Nomon elves even want to pilot these mechs? I have a strange feeling about that."

"Don't worry, they're happy to do it."

This renovation plan was even proposed by the elf princess Arya herself.

This allows them to maximize their strengths, which, combined with their spellcasting abilities, make them truly versatile in both magic and martial arts!

……

Roy then summoned Arya and Vallina to discuss the war missions of the elven warriors under the Norman Legion.

In fact, there is no longer any threat of war in Wolf World.

The Farrell deliberately stayed here to harbor enemies and maintain its own importance.

This "machine crisis" can be ended at any time if one so chooses.

Therefore, the current focus should be on launching an offensive.

But launching an attack is a means, not an end.

The real purpose is to guard the rear base and prepare for a new round of expanded production.

He doesn't have any territorial rights here. Even if he conquers it, it will most likely be an exclave. There's really no need to be too proactive.

Unless they can achieve a complete victory like the Ellen Starfield.

But now, he sees no hope of such victory, so he's more focused on making a quick buck and leaving.

Of course, there was no need to tell the elves this directly. He simply told them that he needed to wage war against external forces and asked if the elves would accept facing the Black Beast Legion as their adversary.

Roy had initially thought that these Norman elves, having learned from their ancestors' mistakes, would be wary of such matters.

Unexpectedly, their eyes lit up after hearing it.

"The Black Beast Legion!"

"They all sound like strong, muscular men, perfect for being captured as slaves!"

"Please allow us to deal with them!"

"Our staffs are itching for a fight!"

Roy: “…”

Ultimately, he chose to appoint the legion, placing the Elf Queen in charge of military operations against that planet.

To this end, he also needs to negotiate with the Seven Towers Alliance, recruit the natives of the Furei World, procure various resources, and discuss some follow-up matters.

Wizards have been active here for a long time, and even in the world of Oaks, there is that half of the destroyed "Net of All Spirits".

The situation was similar in the world of Furei. Therefore, the natives had channels of communication with the Seven Towers Alliance and quickly responded to the call.

"Fox family (fox family), Hara family (rabbit family), Catsine family (feline family), Hendkin family (canine family)..."

Greetings, Your Excellency the High Wizard!

Several Beastman envoys arrived, knelt on one knee, pressed their palms down, and bowed in respect.

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Roy had actually seen the Fury orcs before, back in the world of Torrad.

The biggest difference between this short, always furry species and ordinary beastmen is that the beast-like features often account for more than 40% of their appearance, and tend to be concentrated on their face and skin.

As for the beast-eared race, the "Kamonomimi race," which he had previously tried to refine, only about 10% of the animal ears were present, usually concentrated in the ears and tails, while the faces were almost entirely human-like.

As Roy pondered, several Fury envoys from different tribes also mustered their courage and raised their heads.

Wizards have never been synonymous with kindness and benevolence. Even though the "Black Tower Era" has long passed, lawful and neutral wizards have mostly chosen the path of white wizards and researchers, and still launch wars and colonies in order to expand their power.

In the surrounding star systems, including the world of Fury, there are also wizards' slave-hunting teams and active slave markets.

That's how the Fury orcs Roy had encountered in the world of Torrad had come from.

"Our tribe has been invaded by an evil demon king, and many of our people have been ravaged. We beg you to have mercy and save us..."

The leading envoy was the leader of the Fox tribe, a handsome young man with fox-like features.

Despite his appearance, he is actually over 50 years old and mature and steady.

Even in the common homeland of the orcs, Osis, such Fury orcs are by no means synonymous with masculinity; on the contrary, most of them are regarded as actors or eunuchs.

Slave-catching teams also liked to castrate the captured slave cubs, and then carefully train them, imparting various necessary knowledge and skills.

Like high goblins, they are perfectly capable of serving as financial advisors and stewards for spellcasters.

Over time, the "wild" tribes were gradually domesticated and became genuine slaves.

Because for a long time, those with a spirit of resistance have been suppressed, and the rest have been divided up among various ethnic groups.

If it weren't for the fact that we encountered the Black Beast Legion, with hellish demons behind them, we wouldn't have sought help here.

"Saving you is not difficult for me, but what good can you do for me?"

Roy calmly watched the pleading orc.

"We are willing to offer our loyalty..."

As expected, the Fox News leader did.

“I have no shortage of servants and subordinates, nor am I lacking in loyal and brave followers.”

Loyalty alone is not enough; I hope you can demonstrate much more value.

Roy said.

Fox's leader choked up for a moment.

This is the tragedy of a weak race.

Roy thought for a moment and said to them, "How about this, I don't need your entire tribe to pledge allegiance. Just offer up your young children regularly to enter the tower, receive the education of servants, and then serve here."

Upon hearing this, Chief Fox was overjoyed: "Thank you for your mercy, praise be to the Great Wizard..."

However, after they left, the Furi orcs discussed it privately and couldn't help but feel some regret.

"Unable to have the entire tribe surrender, we can only offer up some young children periodically..."

This is such a shame!

"But this is already a great favor from the High Wizard; we cannot be greedy."

"Yes, all we can do is train the cubs well during their infancy so that they can adapt quickly after entering the tower."

"I hope that one day I can gain the recognition of the great wizards!"

……

"These really are slave races; they've already tamed themselves on a spiritual level."

On the other side, Roy shook his head helplessly and sighed to himself.

His immense mental power allows him to read the superficial thought processes of weaker creatures, and he has already seen through all the Furui beastmen.

However, he did not criticize them harshly, after all, for the weak, survival is the most fundamental thing.

Moreover, what I should be more concerned about is what benefits I can gain from this matter.

"Actually, there's no real benefit. If I had to say there is, it would probably be having more servants to manage daily affairs."

As their power and wealth grow, they will need dedicated servants to manage them.

Roy thought to himself.

In the following days, the various tribes of Fure sent their cubs over as scheduled.

These are all tiny creatures, their bodies not yet fully grown, and at first glance they really do look like small animals.

A wizard once studied the soul composition of this creature and found that it was roughly a "barbell shape" of about 40% animality, 20% humanity, and 40% divinity, which is quite different from the balanced ratio of 33% in humans.

They possess both animalistic and divine qualities, and are also intelligent enough to understand human nature. If trained properly, they can be tamed into loyal and reliable servants.

This is determined by nature.

However, before Roy could begin his research, Nuchimok suddenly approached him, saying he had something to discuss.

……

In the reception room of the Nehebur Wizard Tower.

Roy asked the old wizard with a hint of doubt, "Do you still have questions about the settlement of rewards, or is there a problem with the data on soul science and artificial demon gods that you exchanged?"

"No, the payment has already been settled, and the information I was given has been verified and there are no problems."

Nuchimok seemed to be considering how to start the conversation, but after a while, he chose to get straight to the point.

"There is something I need to ask of you."

Roy remained calm and waited for him to continue.

Nuchimok said, "As you can see, I am now an old man, and in another one or two hundred years, I will probably no longer be alive..."

If you don't mind, please accept my worthless disciples and followers, some of whom are my descendants.

They inherited my legacy and knowledge of witchcraft; perhaps they can be of some help to you in their respective fields.

Roy's heart stirred slightly upon hearing this.

"It was all for something like this..."

Having experienced Amifkent entrusting Raymond with his affairs, he had gained some understanding of the mentality of these old wizards.

Ultimately, the problem boils down to lifespan.

Don't be fooled by the fact that high-ranking wizards are at the pinnacle of the mortal world, able to protect their disciples and descendants, and enjoy the status of a hegemon in a region.

Once life ends, everything will vanish like a dream, disappearing in an instant.

"But the Alliance has long had rules for these things. Wizards with official titles can make their own way, and those without titles can rely on these wizards for protection. Why go to the trouble of arranging for them to come here with me?"
Of course, this isn't an excuse; I'm genuinely curious.

Upon hearing this, Nuchimok smiled, but with a hint of flattery, and said, "Would it be as promising and lucrative to be placed under someone else as to be under you?"

You are a great wizard!

Of course, I would never dare to trouble you for nothing. I have some of my life's treasures that I would like to offer as payment..."

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"Lord Roy, are you going to agree to what Nuchmock just mentioned?"

After Nuchimok left, Nisha came out from the other side and asked curiously.

She had just learned of this from Roy's secret message, and was somewhat surprised by it.

For a high-ranking wizard like Nuchimok, his descendants, disciples, followers, and other family members would never be without a place to go.

But then again, it is true, as he said, that being placed under a great wizard like Roy could indeed be a higher position.

He risked his reputation, along with his life's treasured knowledge and possessions, to ask for this favor, which can be considered as a way to benefit future generations.

"It's still too early to say whether I'll agree or not, but I do have that intention."

Roy said.

At his current level, there's no longer any issue of him being too proud to admit it.

The main reason is that Nuchimok does indeed have some talented people under his command who can be used by him.

This doesn't even need further verification; the clues are already evident from its performance over the past few years.

Of course, he wasn't after the old wizard's treasured knowledge or artifacts; absolutely not!

To be on the safe side, Roy returned to the central command room and instructed Tarling Celine, "Retrieve the information on the wizards and followers that Nuchmock brought."

Tarling Celine replied, "Yes."

Soon, detailed information was presented.

These things were originally intended for the construction of the Adversaire Titan, and were used to pay those people.

The materials are comprehensive and detailed.

Roy completely ignored the apprentices and first-level wizards, focusing only on the three second-level wizards.

Throughout Nuchmock's long wizarding career, he certainly mentored and guided more than just these three disciples.

However, those who failed to advance to higher levels in their early years have all passed away, dying of old age even before their teacher.

Some people own their own businesses or places of business, and have achieved success elsewhere, so they don't necessarily need to entrust anything to others.

Therefore, those major projects that were not brought along are not on this list.

After all the calculations, it comes down to these three people.

The first one is Simurakron.

This person is proficient in both traditional golems and the field of activating witchcraft.

This is a "golem maker" just like his past self and his teacher, Frosif. His specialty is the part of alchemy that involves bringing golems to life.

In the previous Colossus project, including his own Adversel and the "Klosus" that Nuchimok placed in the Skyro world, he played a very important role.

The second is Kruza.

His specialty is "soul studies," and he is an expert in soul-capturing techniques and the infusion of souls.

Of course, this only applies to the second stage.

For many parts above level three, he could be said to be beyond his capabilities.

However, in Roy's view, this person's foundation was already quite solid. During the construction of the Adversaire, he was mainly responsible for the preliminary work of injecting the soul.

If he can advance to level three, he might have an even greater chance of becoming a great wizard than his teacher.

However, due to certain talents in "soul studies" in his early years, his soul was once contaminated by a witchcraft experiment, and he has been stuck at the peak of the second level for many years, having long been trapped in a bottleneck.

As for the third one, it's the wizard Baldr.

Uh……

His skills and alchemy abilities were relatively mediocre.

Because of his bloodline, he was promoted to level two in Nuchimok due to excessive pressure, and his subsequent growth rate and future development potential were the lowest.

Roy estimated that even if he spared no expense to elevate him to level three, at most he would become a high-ranking wizard like his teacher Froschoff, who died young at over 1000 years old.

This would at most extend one's lifespan by a few hundred years, and could not possibly achieve a lifespan of 3000 years.

However, he is humble, adept at social interaction, and able to maintain good relationships with people from all walks of life. He is also proactive in understanding and managing mundane matters.

He was actually an elemental wizard, with some skill in "enchanting" and both ice and fire magic, but he was relatively mediocre.

The reason I brought him here before was because I thought there might be some related witch array constructions involved in this project, which might come in handy.

But now, Roy feels that his ability to coordinate administrative affairs is more useful. Some trivial matters that he can't take care of can be assigned to him to handle.

"These people are all between three and five hundred years old. Even if they fail to advance to the rank of high-level wizards in the future, they can still serve me for more than 500 years."

In other words, at most it will only take care of things for a few hundred years, which is not a difficult task for me..."

Besides these, there are those first-level wizards and apprentices.

Roy is now finally getting a glimpse of what it feels like to look down on these people from the perspective of a great wizard.

to be honest……

Nothing can be seen.

The lifespan of an ordinary apprentice, or even a wizard, is far too short.

In a mere hundred years or so, the extent of our lead is truly insignificant.

Even if someone were to advance to the peak of level one right now, how much more talent and ability would they have compared to those who had just advanced to level one at the same time?
Perhaps to ordinary people, this is already a world of difference.

But in Roy's view, there really was no difference.

To distinguish between a talented person and a mediocre one, one might have to wait until the second level...

No, let's talk about it after I'm promoted to level three!

Those who are still young after advancing to the third level and show the potential to become a Grand Wizard in the future are the truly talented ones!

However, he remembered the general situation.

There were more than ten first-level wizards and hundreds of apprentices in total.

Looking back at what Nuchimok gave him as a reward.

A half-finished Colossus-class golem, the "Krosus"!
A fully-fledged "Hellfire Legion" is housed in the "Stonemason Guild"... like a bank deposit for ordinary people, with summoning privileges that can be accessed and used at any time!

What’s more…

"The recipe for the Hellfire Golem!"

Roy looked at it with a bit of curiosity, and learned that it was something Nuchimok had obtained through a strange encounter in his early years.

The "Klossus" is essentially a colossal hellfire golem containing a "hellfire core".

The moment the unfinished golem is completed, it will be engulfed in raging flames.

That was a terrifying demonic flame from hell, with an extremely wide range of fire damage, enough to burn mountains and boil seas in the ordinary material world, displaying astonishing power!
However, after reading this information, Roy suddenly had a strange thought.

"The arrangements are so thoughtful..."

What about himself?
What will Nuchmock's plans be for himself?

(End of this chapter)