Players’ NPC daddy

Gems containing elemental power are not uncommon. The most famous of these are gems containing transcendental properties, and the sun gem is one of them.

It is important to know that the fire element, characterized by burning, vitality, and riot, and the gemstones, characterized by calmness, stability, and eternity, are completely opposite in nature.

Even fire element gems are extremely rare, let alone sun gems.

But it does exist, and it is quite famous.

"If it is a gem that contains the power of the sun, can it drive the solar chariot?"

"……able."

Chapter 1813 The Legend of Rejuvenation

"Sunstone~ This one is very famous."

Lupin XIII raised his brows, threw himself into the mountain of goods, and began to search for things by twisting his hips.

"If the Sun Gem is the target, then there's a lot more information: an infinite energy generator, an everlasting fire, immense power, and..."

"The Philosopher's Stone."

"Philosopher's Stone?"

"It should be described as one of them." Lupin XIII took out an emerald-colored book with a classic alchemy circle on the cover and shook it.

"I don't know who started the rumor that the Philosopher's Stone could grant eternal life, but those who wanted immortality started thinking about it and were madly pursuing it."

"So, cause and effect were reversed, and people called the gem that could grant eternal life the Philosopher's Stone. This caused a lot of confusion for us latecomers, and a lot of information was mixed up."

"That's true..." Blaze had learned about alchemy from Cyrene, the three-fold great god who summarized the secrets of alchemy in the Emerald Records, including the part about the Philosopher's Stone.

The core of alchemy is equivalent exchange, but there is no true equivalence in this world. Just like the high temperature generated by burning wood, not all the wood actually becomes fuel, and dust is left. This dust is the error caused by equivalent exchange.

It's like trying to make a fair trade with Hebi, where Hebi always earns a small fee for his services. The Philosopher's Stone, however, is a gift of face, allowing Hebi to avoid earning a fee for his services and exchange 100 gold coins for 100 gold coins.

As for whether the Philosopher's Stone has the ability to grant people immortality, the answer is definitely no. From the beginning to the end, the role of the Philosopher's Stone is to make exchanges as equivalent as possible.

For example, if a magic spell that can take away someone's life is placed with the Philosopher's Stone, its efficiency can be increased to almost 100%.

Blaze had heard of a legendary quest for the Fountain of Youth found by strangers in the city of Crete, which involved two holy grails inlaid with the Philosopher's Stone.

The two holy grails are the props of the Fountain of Youth ritual - the sacrificial cup and the sacrificed cup.

The life span of the person who drinks the sacrificed cup will be given to the person who drinks the cup of the sacrificer. It is harmless to both parties and is witnessed by the Philosopher's Stone. It is an absolutely fair and equal exchange.

This is also a special item that can increase the upper limit of lifespan. Theoretically, these two holy grails can absorb the lifespan of others and make themselves immortal. It is even better for the blessed ones, as they can increase the upper limit of health indefinitely.

The only condition for use is that they must be of the same race, which means that humans can only use these two holy grails to absorb the lifespan of other humans.

This is undoubtedly an [evil] prop, because it can force others to drink the water in the cup of the sacrificed person, and the person who gains longevity will not have any abnormalities. It is an extremely convenient power.

Other magic or sacrifices that can absorb the vitality of others will more or less cause terrible erosion to both parties. For example, the soul may be mixed with the soul of another life, causing oneself to go crazy.

Fortunately, the stranger who obtained these two holy grails was quite practical. He directly took off the core of the holy grail - the philosopher's stone, and embedded it in his equipment.

In the magic profession, the Philosopher's Stone is a must-have accessory that can significantly reduce the MP consumed when using magic.

Back to the topic, because the Philosopher's Stone is extremely difficult to make, many people throughout history have arbitrarily mistaken some gems for the Philosopher's Stone.

The most famous of these is the Sunstone. Both are red gems, but the Philosopher's Stone is closer to the red of blood, while the Sunstone is golden red.

The emerald green alchemy notebook thrown by Lupin XIII also tells about the power of the Philosopher's Stone. This Philosopher's Stone is used as a weapon and can emit flames that burn the earth.

This "Philosopher's Stone" is the Sun Gem. The Philosopher's Stone does not have the ability to become the core of a weapon. At most, it serves as an intermediary to maximize the utilization rate of weapon energy.

But the Sunstone is different. It has another name, called the Corona Stone. It is a super energy mineral that contains a huge amount of solar power. Even without processing, it is a very scary weapon when thrown directly with a catapult.

Lupin XIII dug out a bunch of ancient relics, picked them out and placed them on the large table provided by Blaze. He pieced together the valuable information and combined Lupin XIII's rich understanding of history to form a vague image of a treasure.

Originally, there was a great kingdom. All the kings in the kingdom were wise and virtuous, and were loved by the people. However, this royal family was cursed with short life, and they could not live beyond the age of 50. Moreover, there was only one heir in the royal family.

To prevent the crown prince from being persecuted, people could only see him when the new king ascended the throne after the death of the old king. As the old king and the new king looked very similar, no one ever suspected him.

Although the royal family had a short lifespan and only one heir, the crown prince was well protected, so the inheritance was never broken and the greatness of the kingdom continued.

While other kingdoms were plagued by internal and external troubles due to the struggle for perfection, this great kingdom grew stronger and stronger, as if it had always been ruled by a wise king.

Did the kingdom become greater as a result?

Of course not. Human nature is to doubt all good things. Even if one benefits from them, one will still wonder if the virtuous king is really a virtuous king. Why is the virtuous king a virtuous king?

The true identity of the wise king was finally revealed by curious people. It turned out that there was only one wise king from beginning to end, but this wise king used a magical gem to rejuvenate to the age of 20 when he was over 50 years old.

Did the virtuous king do anything bad? No, he kept rejuvenating himself in order to govern a kingdom where the people lived and worked in peace and prosperity.

But because of this incident, all the good things done by the wise king were offset in an instant, and he became a tyrant that everyone hated.

In desperation, the wise king swallowed the gem and turned into a real monster. The great kingdom was instantly reduced to a sea of ​​fire.

There is nothing strange about this ending. Sometimes, living a good life, being excellent, and having no selfish motives is considered a sin in the eyes of most people.

The wise king may have used the gem to regain his youth in order to achieve immortality and eternal rule, but he also spent all his time governing the kingdom and making it prosperous.

Perhaps he will become internally distorted because of his immortality in the future, but at least before he is overthrown, he deserves this immortality.

Chapter 1814 The Immortal Tribe

"Good things don't happen to good people."

Lupin XIII curled his lips and tapped his fingers on a picture on the table.

This is a historical relic recorded among historical relics. Of the great kingdom that once possessed power no less than the Eternal Kingdom, nothing is left now. Not to mention its name, even the few remaining pictures and texts are pieced together from other stories.

The kings who searched for the fountain of youth on a daily basis played an unexpected role, which was to collect historical documents and ensure the integrity of history.

Although in this day and age, that great kingdom has long since disappeared without a trace, but hundreds of years ago, that great kingdom was still quite famous, especially the gem that could restore youth used by the wise king.

At the same time, the gem that can rejuvenate people became the last legacy of that great kingdom.

The Great Kingdom is the starting point of the next series of stories. After that, one king after another organized a hunt for the gem. Soon people discovered that the wise king might be the real "Chosen One" because only the wise king could rely on the gem to regain his youth, and others would be burned to ashes just by getting close.

In fact, this result is not surprising. The records left by the original great kingdom described such a scene. People who coveted the gem of rejuvenation were burned to ashes by the gem. However, later pursuers either did not believe it, thinking it was just a scare tactic, or thought they were fully prepared.

Looking back now, this was a genuine act of seeking death, because that gem was a sun gem, which contained the power of the sun. Even if the surrounding temperature was not as high as that of the sun, it would not be much different. If you get close to it, you will be burned to death.

However, there are some wise men in history who discovered the secret of the wise king's rejuvenation. That is, the wise man transformed the destructive power of the sun gem into vitality through some kind of ritual and instrument.

A certain ritual, a certain instrument is of course the Sun Chariot. It is better to say that the Sun Gem is not important. What can really make people rejuvenate is the Sun Chariot in reverse state.

In the absence of such intelligence, those wise men almost grasped the truth.

The first thing that Lupin XIII took out of his diary was a record of an ancient tribe established by wise men who discovered the truth. They worshipped the Sun Gem and used its power to keep the people in the tribe forever young.

It would have been fine if this tribe had been more honest and made a fortune quietly, but this tribe actually used the power of the Sun Gem and the Sun Chariot to start a war.

The result, of course, was that the secret of immortality was discovered by other kingdoms, and then they were attacked and destroyed without a doubt.

However, this tribe did one thing, that is, they would not let others get what they could not keep. They split the sun gem and the instrument that converted the power of the sun gem, that is, the sun chariot, into two.

The coalition of kingdoms that destroyed the tribe did not find the gem or the sun chariot, so the story of immortality came to no end and eventually became the so-called fountain of youth through word of mouth.

"After a series of investigations and countless risks, I discovered clues left by the Immortal Tribe that discovered the secret of the Sun Chariot."

Lupin XIII tapped the relic on the table and laughed mischievously.

"There was a huge intelligence gap between the Kingdom Alliance and the Immortal Tribe when they were encircling and suppressing them. The Kingdom Alliance believed that the Sun Gem could bring the power of rejuvenation, but the Immortal Tribe knew that the real thing was the Sun Chariot, and that the Sun Gem was a replaceable consumable item."

"So they used a Sun Gem as bait to lure away the Kingdom Alliance forces, while the remaining troops took the opportunity to hide the Sun Chariot."

"As for where the Sun Chariot is, there is naturally a map." Lupin XIII handed a parchment scroll to Blaze.

[Target: Destroy Fortress]

"The map is on the Sun Gem, the energy core of the Fortress of Destruction. As for how I came to this conclusion, it's quite complicated and is just some behind-the-scenes work I did to look cool. I'll just tell you the result directly."

"The Kingdom Alliance finally stole the Sun Gem that the Immortal Tribe had used as bait, but they didn't know how to use it to restore youth. Furthermore, the Sun Gem became a hot potato. Whichever faction got hold of it would be attacked by the entire group."

"Finally, this Sun Gem was used to create a large magical weapon, the Fortress of Destruction."

"This speculation is quite reasonable. The most dangerous place is also the safest place. Who would have thought that the secret of rejuvenation lies in the Sun Gem? It's just that the coalition of kingdoms that obtained the Sun Gem couldn't see it." Blaze touched his chin and looked at the reward in his hand.

It depicts a mobile fortress in the shape of a giant spider with eight legs.

This thing looks a bit familiar. It is of the same type as the Super Crossbow-class Mobile Fortress Vienna of [Hermes's Brigade Cap], and it seems that they even have the same place of production.

This is not surprising, as [Hermes's Travel Cap] was originally an abandoned mobile fortress transformed into Vienna.

"But how do you know for sure it's this one?"

Lupin XIII shook his finger and began to explain.

"Historically, these mobile fortresses all originated from the ancient great magical kingdom of Selvigs. There are nine of them in total. Legend has it that these nine mobile fortresses can destroy the world, and each one has a special number."

"Vienna, now transformed into the World Opera, is codenamed Venus. I've investigated the remaining eight, and only this Fortress of Destruction is still operational. The others have all been destroyed. Three were destroyed in history, and four were lost to the Fairy Kingdom, Azazel, the Freemasons, and the Botanical Garden."

"Of course, I've visited the warehouses of all these guilds and checked for confiscated Sun Gems, but found nothing."

"It's not that we have definitive proof that it's in the Fortress of Doom, but this is our only option. If the Sun Gem isn't in the Fortress of Doom, then we'll have to search like a needle in a haystack for the Sun Gem in the remaining three destroyed mobile fortresses."

"Well... then I will go and attack the Fortress of Destruction." Blaze thought for a moment and made a decision. The Fortress of Destruction is a real disaster that can destroy a country. Destroying the Fortress of Destruction itself is already a very good result.

As for why the Fortress of Doom became the only survivor in the mobile fortress, is it because it is particularly strong? Or is it because it moves very fast and is elusive?

It's not just because Blaze appeared when the Stranger was about to attack the Fortress of Doom, so the Stranger was so busy that he had no time to deal with the Fortress of Doom.

Chapter 1815 Destroying the Fortress

"According to reliable intelligence, the Fortress of Doom is currently moving around World R. Of all World R, only [R-22] has a human kingdom, and that's Asgard. Therefore, the Fortress of Doom hasn't caused much damage, but its whereabouts are difficult to determine."

Lupin XIII had made all the preparations, but she was helpless when it came to the current coordinates of the Fortress of Destruction. Her quirks destined her to be a lonely old woman.

She could collect and study some top-secret intelligence on her own, but she was somewhat helpless when it came to things like the whereabouts of monsters, which required a lot of connections.

Firstly, she is a villain in the strict sense, so she cannot rely on the intelligence network of the Kingdom and the Federation. Secondly, she has a lot of special missions and intelligence on hidden areas. Looking for player organizations is like walking into a tiger's mouth.

So she could do nothing to help and could only rely on Blaze himself.

Fortunately, Blaze has a lot of connections and can get along well with both sides.

"I'll leave the destruction of the fortress to you. As for me~" Lupin XIII picked up the emerald green alchemy notebook, "I'll continue to work on the Immortal Tribe."

"Even if the Sun Gem in the Fortress of Destruction is the one we're looking for, the people of the Immortal Tribe wouldn't be so foolish as to write in plain language where the Sun Chariot is hidden."

"I need to explore more of the kingdoms, city-states' museums, and family secret rooms to find a way to solve the riddle on the Sun Gem."

Blaze nodded. He knew his role clearly: a gun. Lupin XIII would find the target, and he would stab it.

"Maybe we will encounter competitors. There will always be enemies of one kind or another in treasure hunting stories." Lupin XIII reminded Blaze.

She wasn't worried that Blaze would overturn the car, but she still wanted to remind him to be careful so as not to be ambushed.

"I've got that in mind," Blaze replied seriously.

However, he couldn't set off immediately and had to wait for the [Hermes' Traveling Hat] to arrive.

Reliable defense measures must be established around the Evil God's Legacy. In the future, this will be a place with limited entry and limited access to Titan Evil God-related materials.

Lupin XIII left first because she had been to Hermes's Traveling Hat quite often, sometimes paying and sometimes not, and it was better not to be seen.

[Hermes's Traveling Cap] arrived quickly. After all, Snake could also use [Shuttle Z]. He grabbed one with each hand and soon arrived at the Evil God's Legacy with the construction team carrying [Hermes's Traveling Cap].

Of course there is also Hebi and the uninvited Cyrene.

"Why are you here?" Blaze asked without any concealment. Of course, he didn't really dislike Cyrene, but he wanted to avoid Cyrene and Helios meeting.

The relationship between them is very delicate.

Cyrene's father, Zeus, the third generation king of gods, caused Helios to lose his job, his parents to disappear, and be lost in history, among other consequences.

It can be said that there is no doubt that Cyrene and Helios are enemies, and they are very likely mortal enemies.

Just as Blaze was about to drive Cyrene away with a sour look, Helios had already staggered out of the Heart Cave and came face to face with Cyrene.

The result, of course, was... nothing happened. Cyrene was very familiar with Helios, and she boasted about how she had tricked Apollo, who had taken away Helios's position as the god of the sun, as soon as she was born. She also complained about how her biological father Zeus was messed around by Queen Hera, which resulted in Apollo being unable to fully inherit Helios' power.

The most important "harmony" was downgraded and disassembled into subsidiary powers including music, medicine, etc.

Blaze was stunned to find that Helios remained gentle and submissive even when facing the son of his enemy.

But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that if Helios wanted to hate every child of Zeus, there would be too many people to hate, and there was no guarantee that Zeus would have any feelings for that child.

For example, Cyrene was the kind of son that Zeus didn't even know he had, and of course, because of this, he escaped the malice of Queen Hera when he was born.