Wizard Earl

Chapter 404 Second-Order Alchemy Furnace

"I know you have a prejudice against me, but the work I'm about to do isn't just my own business, it's the Secret Society's business. I hope you won't let your personal feelings about me affect this, okay?" Looking at Martina's attitude, Connor felt that he had been too optimistic. However, in order to get back to his apartment before the alchemical bomb exploded, Connor still wanted to try his best to get Martina's help.

After Connor finished speaking, Martina remained unmoved. Just as Connor was completely disappointed and preparing to kick Martina out of the alchemy lab, Martina, without any warning, took the fist-sized metal block from his hand under Connor's astonished gaze.

Without bothering with Connor, Martina took out a light pink alchemy furnace from her spatial ring. Upon seeing the pink alchemy furnace, Connor's face clearly showed surprise. He really didn't expect that Martina, who he remembered as so aloof and tall, would have such a girlish alchemy furnace.

Sensing the change in Connor's expression and the surprise in his eyes, Martina's pretty face also showed a clear hint of embarrassment and annoyance at having her little secret discovered.

However, Connor was somewhat shrewd. Before Martina could erupt in anger, he quickly put his shock and surprise out of his mind and resumed his normal tone, saying, "The metal I'm giving you is Dominican gold. The most distinctive feature of this metal is..."

"Enchanted items forged from this metal possess a unique magnetic force, which can counteract enchanted metal items like anti-magic bullets. Therefore, extreme caution must be exercised during the refining process; otherwise, the material structure of the Dominican gold will change, and its magnetic force will disappear." Before Connor could finish speaking, Martina tossed the piece of Dominican gold into her pink alchemy furnace, continuing from Connor's words:

"Very good!" Connor, far from being angry at being interrupted, praised Martina highly. Because of this characteristic of Dominican gold, Connor used this piece of Dominican gold to give Martina a test to see if she was capable of refining the remaining four metal bricks.

Dominican gold is abundant in the Fast Empire, located on the other side of the Byzantine continent, and is extremely rare within the Kaman Empire. Martina's ability to immediately recognize the origin of Dominican gold demonstrates her considerable knowledge of alchemy. In the world of alchemists, a sufficient knowledge base is the beginning of success.

As Martina's techniques changed, impurities were quickly stripped away from the Dominican gold within the pink alchemy furnace. Connor's attention gradually shifted from Martina to her pink alchemy furnace.

Although he himself had only used two alchemy furnaces, Connor, who had attended many gatherings at the Borussia Mönchengladbach Club and the Meazza Estate, had seen quite a few alchemy furnaces. These alchemy furnaces were mostly traditional black alchemy furnaces, and he had never seen one or two gray, dark blue, or pink alchemy furnaces before.

Because it was the first time Connor had seen a pink alchemy furnace, he was initially drawn to its color and somewhat overlooked its performance. However, as Martina began alchemy, Connor gradually discovered the furnace's extraordinary nature. To his surprise, this alchemy furnace was actually a second-tier alchemy furnace!

For an alchemist, the alchemical furnace is arguably the most important piece of equipment, bar none! The higher the grade and power of the enchanted item being crafted, the greater the demands placed on both the alchemist and the furnace. Like the enchanted items themselves, alchemical furnaces also have graded systems. Take Connor's own furnace, for example; the one he currently uses is a top-tier Tier 1 furnace, capable of crafting only top-tier Tier 2 enchanted items like the Castia Staff at best. It simply cannot withstand the wear and tear of crafting Tier 3 enchanted items!

That's how it is. When Connor first snatched the alchemy furnace from Mr. Emery, it was just a decent, ordinary Tier 1 alchemy furnace. It only reached its current top-tier Tier 1 enchanted item level after Connor broke through to become an intermediate wizard apprentice and modified it. However, the alchemy furnace that Connor currently possesses has reached its limit and cannot be modified and upgraded to a Tier 2 alchemy furnace to refine Tier 3 enchanted items!

The pink alchemy furnace that Martina is currently operating, although it can only be considered the bottom of the second-tier alchemy furnaces, is definitely a genuine surpassing of the first-tier alchemy furnaces and has crossed the threshold of the second-tier alchemy furnaces. It is fully capable of refining third-tier enchanted items!

A barely perceptible glint of envy flashed in Connor's eyes. Although he had read many descriptions of how powerful second-tier alchemy furnaces were in ancient texts, this was the first time he had actually seen one in person. Judging from the performance of this furnace, it truly lived up to its reputation. However, it was a waste that an alchemist of Martina's caliber was using such a powerful furnace. How wonderful it would be if this furnace were his! Connor thought to himself silently.

If Martina knew that she had only reluctantly agreed to help Connor complete the alchemy task out of respect for the Secret Society and old Victor, and that Connor had actually become greedy for her alchemy furnace, she probably wouldn't hesitate to turn on Connor and fight him to the death!

"Thump!"

After casting the final spell to complete the tempering of the Dominican gold, Martina patted the alchemy furnace with her jade hand, and the Dominican gold, still emitting wisps of white steam, flew directly out of the furnace and landed in Martina's hand.

"How is it?" Martina confidently showed Connor the refined Dominican gold in her fair hands, her tone brimming with self-assurance.

At this moment, the Dominican gold, which was just the size of a fist, has been visibly shrunk by more than a full size after Martina's tempering. Although the size has shrunk, the Dominican gold is noticeably more lustrous and its purity has been significantly improved!

(End of this chapter)