Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Alchemist Zenep
After the master and servant of the Agnemis family left, the 'Shield of Light of Lake' suddenly became a lot quieter, and some of the guests were also moved after listening to the explanation of the alchemy apprentice, and began to ask and bargain one after another, and finally traded several times.
After the other customers were almost gone, it was already close to noon, and the store was a little quiet at lunchtime, and Lorain Hill was not in a hurry, observing the construction of these new weapons, alchemy technology and design concepts with peace of mind, and only talked to the clerk when the people were less.
Silver-level weapons are of little use to her, and the weapons she condenses with pure scarlet magic are comparable to those of the gold level, although they can't last long, they are very convenient in battle, and they don't have to be carried around with them, and they can even throw them extravagantly.
However, war has never been completely decided by the strength of one person, and it is easy to defeat, but what is needed for the maintenance of law and order, suppression, and organization of production after the occupation is a group of excellent soldiers with good discipline.
At first, the apprentice was a little unimpressed, believing that the mysteriously dressed guest was just a curiosity that had never seen the world. But as the conversation deepened, his expression began to become solemn.
It is undeniable that Lorain Hill does not know much about contemporary new technologies, but a lot of alchemy knowledge is common, and the knowledge that is completely inherited from the Mercury Dynasty makes her vision very high, it is a kind of high-level overlook, and often asks some core points of alchemy, so that this apprentice is a little overwhelmed, he has only studied alchemy for five years, and many things are known but not why, so some questions are gradually unable to answer.
This is like learning all kinds of physical chemistry knowledge in middle age, the knowledge in the textbook is enough, but the students will not know why these textbooks are compiled in this way, why they are taught in such an order, why they are arranged to study these contents, which are important and which are not important, which ones do not need to be taught to students, why they use this method and do not use other methods, in addition to these successful cases, what other failure cases in history and so on.
These things are not something that students need to know because they have limited energy and time, but as they continue to grow, when they want to move towards the realm of masters, these things are indispensable, because then they can fully understand how technology has developed to what it is now, and why history has chosen this path over other directions.
"All right, Lavoisier, you go about your business first, and I'll answer this young lady's question."
At this time, a middle-aged man with black hair walked into the store, he was wearing a pure black robe, without any other decorations on his body, and his face was very clean. Upon entering, he overheard the conversation between Lorain Hill and the apprentice, then walked over with interest and patted the apprentice on the shoulder, and then faced the hooded guest lady.
"Mentor Zenep, you're back." The apprentice turned to greet his mentor, and then returned to the cash register, a little embarrassed.
"This young lady, although I don't know which genre you belong to, but I can also hear that you know a lot about alchemy, why don't we go and sit upstairs for a while, it just so happens that I am also very curious about the technology outside of Roulna."
Lorain Hill was too involved in the knowledge of alchemy just now, and only then did he notice that the owner of the shop had returned.
"yes, okay." She observed this alchemist a little, he should have the strength of Sequence 6, and he was not very dangerous.
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After the two sat down in the study on the second floor, the apprentice came up with two cups of black tea.
Zenep sat at the coffee table and looked at the mysterious guest, she was wearing a black robe with gray edges and lines, her face was hidden under the hood, which was not very real, and the gray legging boots on her feet, which roughly outlined the shape of her calf, and it could be seen that the girl should be relatively slender.
"This young lady, are you a native of Virga?" He asked.
"No, I only recently came to Vilga, and I used to live in seclusion in the forest with my teacher."
"Seclusion.... It seems that your teacher is also a very knowledgeable person. ”
"Well, the teacher has always been someone I respect." This sentence is indeed the girl's sincere words, she still admires Trinatha, the great witch, whether it is her calm and firm belief, or her serious attitude towards knowledge, it is very worthy of her respect.
Then the two exchanged some views on alchemy, and had a very happy conversation, although Zenep's strength was limited, and he was also squeezed out by the controversy of his colleagues, but he did reach the level of a master in alchemy, and this time he came to Verga, in fact, he was also a refuge, and he wanted to change to a free and fresh environment.
"It seems that Miss Lorain's teacher should be a master alchemist of the classical school."
"Classical.... pie? The girl tilted her head a little puzzled.
"Yes, it's the faction that was popular in the early days of Oz, or the Second Age. The Classical School is very good at using innate transcendent raw materials as alchemy materials, such as the trunks, fruits, and sap of transcendent plants, and the scales, cores, blood, and bones of transcendent magical beasts. These natural materials were very easy to process, and the things they made often came with some magical special effects, which was very popular in that era. ”
"And now?"
"Nowadays, the classical school is relatively rare. Because with the rise of human beings, many dangerous transcendent demonic beasts have been killed, and the growth of transcendent plants is too slow, and people do not have the lifespan of elves, so they can't wait, so most of today's alchemy creations are dominated by metals, gems and artificial creations. ”
"Although the effect may not be as good as that of the classical, it is better to find the material." Zenep explained.
"If you are interested in alchemy today, you can come to the academy in Roulna, although it is not as good as Emenus, but fortunately, as long as you are willing to pay for it, someone will teach you." Speaking of this, Zenep smiled a little self-deprecatingly.
"Even in the realm of alchemy and mages, isn't the knowledge imparted in this area as good as that of Amenus?" The girl asked curiously.
"Yes, the other magicians of Roulna may not admit it, but I know it, for I was once a student of Emenas. Unfortunately, this is not a glorious thing, because of my own reasons, I dropped out of school halfway and did not graduate completely. ”
"If I could graduate from there, I guess you wouldn't see me sitting here, because I'm already one of the leaders of the country of Rounar." Zenep picked up his teacup and took a sip.
"But there is no if, because I dropped out of school in disgrace, and now I can only be a marginal character for Rouwerner." He slowly put down the teacup with nostalgia and regret in his eyes.