The Holy Man of Another Century Gospel

Chapter 110 The Abandoned Tower
Eileen examined the deep blue gem for a moment, then told Eric that it contained a lot of magic. She held it for a while and felt her magic recover much faster.

Eric and Leslie are currently dealing with the second alchemical golem boss.

Following the same method, Eric found a gem resembling an energy core on the BOSS, took out the gem, and then quickly dodged. However, this time there was no other BOSS hiding behind to ambush him.

It must have been because Leslie triggered two puppets at the same time.

Taking another gem, Eileen closed her eyes and after a while said, "The speed at which magic power recovers has become even faster."

“Then this must be a magic stone,” Eric said.

In "Thorn Soul Crown", this is a material for socketing and enchanting, which is commonly used by mages. However, there are actually few mages who would choose magic stones that focus on mana restoration. Everyone prefers to stack output - one skill can kill, that is the real way to save mana.

Eric glanced at the three remaining bosses that were still inside, and said, "With five magic stones, we can make a gem belt."

Of course, the premise is that you can actually get your hands on it.

Although Leslie was of a higher level, he was actually slower than Eric. Leslie would take a punch and then need to be healed. Eric chose to venture deeper on his own and trigger the activation of the remaining three alchemical golems.

Storm footwork!

The sudden gust of wind from the punch almost hit his face. Eric dodged backward, followed by another short-range dash attack, and returned to the outside of the laboratory.

The first alchemical golem got stuck in the doorway, and then two more muffled thuds came from inside, indicating that the other two had also crashed into it.

The rest was much simpler; they were processed one by one, and soon only a pile of residue remained on the ground.

According to Eileen, she felt a surge of magical power as she held the five magic stones.

"Then keep it for yourself and don't give it to friends casually. Anything you can use here is yours."

All the visible alchemical golems on the first basement level had been eliminated. Eric went in and carefully circled around to make sure there were no other traps or ambushes before letting Eileen and Leslie in.

Aside from the puppets, there wasn't much else on this floor. Judging from its initial appearance, it looked more like a weapons depot—except that the "weapons" were automatically activated.

Eric found a wardrobe near the entrance, opened it, and found several robes hanging inside.

Several identical purple tags appeared before his eyes.

[Puppet Alchemist's Robe]

A long, earth-colored robe with the Three Spirits Unification Alchemy Array, revered by alchemists of the Perfect Man School, as its background and depicting their ultimate goal.

The everyday attire of the alchemists in Duncan's Tower.

"Even the most perfect puppet is no match for one ten-thousandth of a human being. Let's give up; we've made a mistake."

Eric removed a robe with an alchemical circle drawn on the back, and in the center of the circle was an abstract human figure.

It's at least a purple-grade item...

"Eileen, take these robes too. You can give the extras to your friends."

“No,” Eileen immediately refused. “It’s the same color as dirt, it’s too ugly.”

"I'll give it to a friend."

"Nobody will want him!"

Eric had no choice but to hang his robe back up.

"It seems to be a mage tower belonging to a mage or alchemist named Duncan."

These powerful golems seemed to have no value to that mage, but for some reason, he abandoned not only the research path of alchemical golems, but the entire mage tower.

Eric felt it was a pity that these alchemical golems had already been developed to the point where they could be used as killing weapons, but it turned out to be just a flash of genius, and the genius himself was not satisfied with it.

He searched for a while longer but found nothing else, realizing that there was nothing else of value on the first basement level.

Let's continue.

The staircase leading to the next floor was at the very back. Eric led the way, while Eileen and Leslie were on guard.

Eric slowly descended the stairs and fired a light sphere inside, revealing the entire scene of the second basement level.

Compared to the previous floor, this place feels more like a laboratory, with alchemy tables on three sides and some unfinished puppets in the middle, looking quite messy—it seems that the alchemists of this mage tower did not abandon this place, but rather that they were forced to leave due to some accident.

Eric searched for a while and quickly found the BOSS puppet on the second basement floor. It was also tall, but closer to humanoid, and looked like an unfinished half-finished product.

He dared not act rashly, after all, in the dungeon, this thing was more powerful than the BOSS on the first floor below, and it could also breathe fire.

Eric turned around and waved his hand, signaling Eileen and Leslie to step back further, giving him room to escape, before proceeding more cautiously downwards.

One step, two steps...

Five steps, six steps... The puppet below remained motionless, while Eric, continuing his descent, was just one step away from reaching the ground.

Staring intently at the puppets, he cautiously took his final step.

Still no movement...

"—Eric?"

Eileen peered up and saw her brother flinch, then turn around and glare at her.

"Is there any danger?"

"Yes, I was so scared I had a heart attack."

What is heart disease?

"..."

Eric took a deep breath, ignoring his sister for the moment, glanced at the puppets on the second basement level, and then took a few more steps forward.

Still no movement.

He frowned. These puppets were clearly able to sense intruders and activate themselves later on.

Or were they already unfinished products at this point, and were further improved by explorers on another timeline who got there first, which is how they came to have the corresponding functions?

There was no movement on the entire second basement level until Eric walked up to the BOSS puppet.

He poked the BOSS puppet with his sword, dug out the core gem, and then confirmed that they really wouldn't wake up.

"Come down, these are all unfinished puppets."

Eileen and Leslie came down and searched the laboratory with Eric.

There are many valuable things here. There are a lot of notes on the alchemy table alone, not to mention the various alchemy materials that are placed everywhere and that Eileen only recognizes some of.

Eric searched for a while before finally finding a purple staff among a pile of alchemical materials.

This staff is the best drop in this dungeon, and it can be used until level 50 or higher, which is the main reason why he chose to make this trip.

“Eileen, look at this staff.”

He turned around and found Eileen reading an alchemy notebook.

He walked over, and Eileen showed him a page from her notebook. "The ultimate goal of these alchemists is to create a living person for themselves..."

Eric wasn't surprised, as the alchemists in his previous life seemed to have the ultimate goal of synthesizing humans through alchemy.

“Only God can create life,” Eric said, then, as if struck by a thought, “These alchemists might have been kidnapped by the church as cultists.”

"The church people are meddling too much," Eileen muttered.

She flipped through the other notes and then asked, "Are we taking all of these things with us?"

All Eric really wanted was the purple staff; everything else was secondary. Besides, they had come on horseback and wouldn't be able to take much with them.

"Take some things you think are valuable with you, and leave the rest here."

These alchemical materials could actually be sold for a lot of money, which Eric and Erin didn't care about, but Leslie was very interested.

He said he wanted to rent a carriage to haul away the alchemical materials, and Eric had no objection. He and Eileen went back to the surface first.

After a busy day, the three of them had each gained something. Eric was also happy to see that Eileen liked the new staff.

The brother and sister were both very happy on their eighteenth birthdays.

"Eric."

Back on the ground, Eileen pointed to the dilapidated mage tower, "I want to go up there and take a look."

When Leslie emerged from underground, she saw Eileen stepping on Eric's shoulders as she climbed up the mage tower.

They lifted Eileen up layer by layer, helping her climb to the top. Eric jumped and climbed up after her.

"Eric, look—"

Standing on the crumbling tower, Eric looked in the direction his sister was pointing. Below, Leslie, supporting herself on the broken tower, raised her hand to her eyes and also looked towards the western sky.

The setting sun melts into gold, the earth shines, and the source of its magnificent brilliance is like a splendid period.

(End of this chapter)