Kareth organized the guards to clean up the battle situation, but fortunately there were no casualties, most of them were just some abrasions left when fleeing for their lives in the woods, which was also thanks to Bai Xuan later luring the giant bear away, and then being frightened away by the Falling Spirit, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

And Paul's hunting group, to be precise, he is not a pure hunting group, not mainly hunting, but mainly exploring and searching for magical plants and herbs, which is of course because of Thomas's needs.

The group consisted of only twenty or thirty men, in addition to Paul's own guards, a few hired soldiers and rangers, and Thomas and a few horsemen and servants who led the heavy horses, and now there were less than twenty men, a few of them wounded.

It was impossible to continue the search, so the two teams joined together, rested and began to return to Ember City.

There is basically no way to ride a horse in the Black Curse Forest, the forest is dense, there is basically no decent road, and the more precious the plant herbs, the deeper in the dense forest, the same is true for foreign beasts, so horses are mainly used to carry weight, and donkeys and mules will be used instead.

The advantage of using a horse is that once you reach a sparsely wooded area on the way back, you can ride the horse for a while, saving physical strength, which is better than nothing.

The group hurried all the time, and when they walked out of the Black Curse Forest, it was just past noon, and the light outside the forest was much better, and the weather was sunny and sunny, which made people feel refreshed and tired.

At the exit of the forest there are several post stations dedicated to providing supplies or storage services to various groups entering the forest, as well as an outpost that has fallen into disrepair.

Kareth led everyone into the outpost to rest, the outpost belongs to the chalk kingdom, only a team of soldiers is stationed, the number of people is less than twenty, the main role is to warn and prevent the strange beasts from rushing out of the forest and threatening Ember City.

The edge of the Black Curse Forest, where the outpost is located, is actually only a dozen kilometers away from Ember City, and it is a plain with a few meadows, not even a large undulating grassy slope, which can be described as unobstructed.

In other words, Ember City is not in danger to defend, but fortunately, under normal circumstances, strange beasts rarely rush out of the forest, and with the increasing number of hunting groups, there are few traces of strange beasts on the edge of the forest.

"You just said that those fire powders are the powder mixed with fire cloud spores and magic crystal carbon?" After sitting down to rest, Bai Xuan continued to discuss the previous topic with Thomas.

He had just checked the situation of the Fallen God, and the elf had returned to his usual complexion, but he was sleeping as before, and it seemed that it would take some time to wake up.

"Yes, Your Highness, are you interested in this?" Thomas was in high spirits, the scruffy uncle was actually almost sixty years old, but he was physically strong and energetic.

Bai Xuan looked at Thomas's messy hair and fingers dyed in various colors by unknown things, and it was difficult to associate him with an alchemist.

Just on the way, Kareth quietly told him that Thomas was originally one of the three chief alchemists of the Royal Alchemy Society of the Kingdom of Rosa, but this person was extremely free and uninhibited, and often got involved with the wives and ladies of the nobles of the royal city, and was collectively attacked by the nobles, and finally the king had to exile him and let him stay in the small border town of Rosa.

But the small city borders the chalk, and is only a few dozen kilometers away from Ember City, and it is obvious that a place like Ember City is more suitable for the master's taste, so he ran here and did not leave.

Paul didn't know where to find out who he was, so he took him to his shop as a full-time worshipper and made alchemy for him.

Bai Xuan really couldn't figure out how the sloppy uncle could get together with the noble ladies and ladies, but he thought back to what the master said about the root of the dragon, and he understood.

As the name suggests, it's a very hard potion.

Since ancient times, those who have been able to refine this potion are talents.

"To be exact, I'm interested in explosions. Bai Xuan came back to his senses and said bluntly, "Why don't you use saltpeter?"

"What is saltpeter?" Thomas was stunned, this highness had a different temperament from all the nobles he met, which made him subconsciously dare not slack off, it was rare that the other party was interested in alchemy, and they talked about a lot of topics along the way, but they felt more and more speculative.

This time it was Bai Xuan's turn to be stunned, how could an alchemy master not have heard of saltpeter? Wait, is there something wrong? He tried his best to recall, and found that there was no information about saltpeter in his memory.

"A grayish-white crystal, similar to the fire powder you mentioned, I heard the warlocks of the palace mention it. Bai Xuan paused, "It may come from the ancient Eastern Continent." ”

"The Eastern Continent is real, I know that. Thomas glanced at Bai Xuan, slowly took out a small cloth bag from his arms, and took out a pipe from it, "But I have never heard of saltpeter, probably just a rumor, there are no alchemy materials in this world that I don't know." ”

The strength of the Rosa Kingdom is the strongest in the continent, and so is the Royal Alchemy Society.

As the former chief, Thomas's words are largely unquestionable.

The biggest possibility is that there is no such thing as saltpeter in this world. This is actually quite normal, originally two completely different worlds with a difference of 108,000 miles.

Bai Xuan thought about it and was relieved, it doesn't matter if there is no saltpeter, as long as there are ready-made substitutes.

"Carres, is there any papyrus?" he asked.

"Yes, Your Highness, you are going...... A big one?" Karres stood up, "The toilet is over there, I'll take you there." ”

"Fuck your uncle, I'm not going to tuba. ”

"Oh? Careth quickly pulled out a stack of papyrus and handed it to His Royal Highness.

His Royal Highness is getting more and more strange, what does Uncle mean, he doesn't understand very well, he can't figure out whether he is referring to his father or grandfather, but His Highness scolds him like this, he feels very kind, and he is very pleased.

Bai Xuan took Master Thomas's cigarette pouch, pinched out some golden tobacco filaments from it, sniffed it slightly under his nose, nodded, and put on fine tobacco shreds.

Then he spread the shredded tobacco on papyrus, rolled it into a cigarette roll very familiarly, and then stretched out his hand to the stunned master: "Master, come, borrow a fire." ”

The master took out a box of matches, and Bai Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, there are matches in this world, and the alchemist still has a role.

Lighting the cigarette and pipe, the two men began to swallow the clouds, and the atmosphere immediately became enthusiastic.

"I can't imagine that His Highness is also a fellow fan, and I have never heard of this method of smoking, is it also a way of smoking in your court?" Thomas said as he spat out a smoke ring.

"No, it's just a little hobby of mine. ”

"If there was a little more wine, it would have been perfect. Master Thomas shook his head, "smoking, drinking, ......"

Bai Xuan's hands trembled, thinking that he was going to say the three golden hobbies of smoking, drinking, and perming his head, but he knew that the master changed his words, "It's not a good hobby, it hurts the body, and finding a confidant is the right pursuit." ”

"Master, I have a cool word to describe this statement. ”

"What?"

"Pickled Girl ......"

Master Thomas paused for a moment, and then laughed: "Your Highness is clever, apt and rhyming!"

Kareth opened his mouth wide beside him, His Highness has always been weak and cautious, when did he become so arrogant, and even learned to smoke tobacco?

If Your Highness is often mixed up with this old and unscrupulous person, I really don't know what will become of it.

How did he know that in Bai Xuan's heart, Thomas had become the first person he had to dig up.