Age of Empires From Scratch

  Chapter 94 Alchemy

  After asking enough information, David signaled that he had nothing more to ask for the time being, and immediately saw Newton happily holding his hammer of judgment over and over again.

   Originally, he didn't want to ask anything, but after seeing Newton's behavior, David still couldn't hold back: "Just look at it like this?"

"This is the most basic observation." Newton looked up and down several times, and the more he looked, the more surprised he felt, and the surprise on his face did not hide anything: "The material used for this hammer head seems to have only been used for simple inspection. processed and not mixed with other minerals."

  The more Newton looked at it, the more surprised he became, and the more he looked at it, the more he wanted to figure out what kind of mineral it was: "It seems to contain a lot of energy. This energy exudes a sacred atmosphere. Is it natural?"

   After pondering for a while, Newton began to rub the handle of the hammer again: "Or is it the special metal in the handle that caused this phenomenon?"

  David knew the answer, but he didn't say a word, just looked at Newton, he was very curious about what magical methods alchemists have?

He didn't wait too long, and soon noticed a faint golden light in Newton's eyes, he lowered his head and kept looking at the hammer of judgment in his hand, and said from time to time: "Oh~ that's it! Huh? What kind of material is this?"

  The more you look at it, the more you feel superior. The excited Newton put away the light in his eyes, then raised his head and asked David: "I may have to use some special methods, don't you mind?"

   "What special means?"

"It's a kind of spell in alchemy. Don't worry, it's just for analysis and recording, and it won't cause any damage to your weapon." When Newton talked about things related to alchemy, his whole body became more confident. Even the back is straighter: "Even if it is really damaged, I can repair it immediately and return you a better quality one."

   "As long as it doesn't break it." David stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation. He was really curious about the alchemy in this world, what kind of ability is it? As for the hammer, the manufacturing process of this hammer is not very delicate. For people in this world, the real difficulty is that they cannot obtain the two key materials of crystal ore and light cast iron.

   Newton, who had obtained the permission, beamed with joy, and became particularly energetic. Although it is not as high as three feet in one jump, everyone can see the state of excitement.

Resting the Hammer of Judgment on the palm of his left hand, he opened his other hand to make a false grip. He didn't see the old alchemist chanting any spells, let alone any special pre-order steps. It was just a flash of gold. From then on, the Hammer of Judgment was wrapped in a golden ball of light.

   The golden ball of light was suspended between Newton's hands. After wrapping the Hammer of Judgment in it, there was an additional halo around the ball of light.

   This golden haloed sphere looks a bit like Saturn, but the halo surrounding the light sphere is densely covered with various mysterious runes.

  David looked at it several times, but didn't understand any of them. He just thought that these runes were very beautiful, and they reflected Newton's spell in a very high-end atmosphere.

   "These runes symbolize the alchemist's understanding and perception of various alchemy techniques. Each alchemist's alchemy array, alchemy frame, and alchemy runes are very different."

I don't know if it was because David readily agreed to let him study the Hammer of Judgment, or because the old alchemist was addicted to being a teacher. Seeing that both David and Sharon were paying attention to the alchemy circle in his hand, he directly opened his mouth to explain .

  This opening is terrible. The alchemy array in his hand is still analyzing and recording various details of the Hammer of Judgment. The old alchemist may feel that waiting is boring, so he talked endlessly.

   I don’t know if I noticed the bewildered expressions on the faces of the two people, so Newton turned around and started talking from the most basic things, as if he was going to teach the two people in front of him an authentic alchemist introductory class.

  David didn't say a word. He was really curious about this so-called alchemy. Anyway, he was idle, so he just listened to it.

  Sharon also remained silent. Although she didn't know what else this alchemist could do besides alchemy and researching various rare minerals, it didn't prevent her from learning more mysterious knowledge.

Substance transformation should be the core content of alchemy, but it is not so easy to achieve this. According to the words of the old alchemist Pierre Newton, only a few people who stand at the top of alchemy Only some people can truly transform any substance as they wish.

  That not only requires the alchemist to have huge energy, but also to have a sufficient understanding of various substances. And to reach this level, you can change anything arbitrarily and turn it into what you want.

   But this involves a restricted area, which is currently a minefield that all alchemists are not allowed to touch: living bodies!

   "Because this behavior is unethical?"

  Sharon couldn't hold back after all, and asked a question anyway.

   "No, simplicity is just too dangerous!"

   "..."

  The living body refers not only to humans, but even ordinary animals are also very dangerous, and even plants are not low in danger. This is also an important reason why most alchemists mainly study minerals.

   After talking about some taboos, Newton began to explain how alchemists use energy.

"What? I didn't say what kind of energy it is? Oh, sorry, I skipped a paragraph." Newton turned back and introduced to the two of them, the energy used by alchemists to perform alchemy: "Mainly arcane energy, but it is very difficult to absorb arcane energy, and there are many troubles when using it later, so alchemists will 'refine' the absorbed arcane energy and convert it into a more 'safe' energy Use it later."

   "Of course, theoretically, besides arcane energy, other energies are also possible, even without the 'refining' transformation, you can also use alchemy, as long as you have a strong enough control over this energy."

  Balabala continued to talk non-stop, and the addicted Newton soon talked about the real introductory part of alchemy.

   After obtaining the energy that can be used for consumption, knowing the dangers and taboos, and knowing what alchemy is, you can start to try the real introduction.

   "First, build a frame with your own energy." The alchemy array is composed of alchemy frames and alchemy runes, of which the frame is the most basic frame.

   "What kind of frame?"

   "It doesn't matter, as long as you can put things in it."

   Newton, who was talking happily, was a little upset that David interrupted him continuously, but when he turned his head, he saw a golden yellow energy cube appearing between David's hands.

"Huh? You are very talented in alchemy!" Newton had a look of surprise on his face, which was similar to when he suddenly saw the material he was interested in: "No, you must maintain the stability of the entire frame structure. It looks unstable, and it’s too easy to collapse.”

   "No, I'm not talking about the unstable shape of a square. It doesn't make any sense if you change it to a triangle. I'm referring to the uneven energy distribution in it... Yes, yes, that's it!"

   "Alchemy runes need to be arranged on the frame. If you want to arrange enough runes on the frame in the early stage, the easiest way is to increase the surface... well... this hexahedron is enough for the time being."

  He talked all night in one breath, and even the analysis and recording of spells in his hands had been completed, but the old alchemist could not stop.

  Putting the Hammer of Judgment aside, he continued to instruct David to build his own alchemy frame, and then taught him how to construct alchemy runes and how to complete his own alchemy formation.

  After teaching the theoretical knowledge, Newton let out a sigh of satisfaction: "It's been a long time since I've taught so much!"

  Looking around, I found that the sun had already risen in the sky.

   "..."

  Looking down at the Hammer of Judgment in front of him, he quietly glanced at the cup next to the fire. Newton sighed helplessly: "I wanted to analyze it after analyzing and recording it."

   "Don't worry, there's still a month left anyway!"

   "That's true." Newton regained his energy, stood up and moved his body: "Teaching you alchemy for one night is also a good way for me to breathe a sigh of relief."

   "Exhaust?"

   "That's right, I see who will question my teaching ability in the future!" The old alchemist seemed to think of something particularly angry, and the originally stable energy in his body suddenly exploded a little, blowing his beard up.

"So that's the case." David really wanted to agree with that evaluation. When he was listening to the class last night, he discovered that Newton often jumped around when he was talking, basically talking about what he thought of, and the old man was very upset that he was being rejected. People interrupt.

  If it wasn’t for David’s essence being the old alchemist’s ‘employer’, and after David asked a question, David would understand immediately after the old man taught him a lesson, and I’m afraid it wouldn’t give him a good look.

   "I have learned alchemy?"

  Newton immediately put on a disdainful expression when he heard this: "Where is this? At most, you have just opened the door of alchemy, and you haven't even stepped in!"

   "..."

"To really get started, you need to go to the blacksmith shop for a while to learn and understand how matter changes its shape and how it fuses with other matter." Newton also talked about how David will practice next. : "And draw your own alchemy runes."

According to Newton, with the talent shown by David, if he is willing to work hard for a year in the blacksmith's shop, draw the basic alchemy runes, and then combine them with the alchemy frame to complete his own alchemy array, then Only then can he be considered a real beginner.

   "At that time, you can use alchemy to change the appearance of metal objects as you like like me."

Newton knew that in order for people to study hard, they must have a goal they want to achieve, so he showed the effect of entry-level alchemy—take out a piece of metal from his waist, and with the appearance and disappearance of the alchemy circle, the metal piece has become It became a sharp dagger.

  (end of this chapter)