Somewhere in the city of Omster, in an abandoned factory.

A purple-red circle of glow was agitated, spreading ripples from it, trying to engulf everything around it.

But the circle had barely been activated, and a foot was in its center.

Buzz –

The light stopped abruptly, and the main part of the circle immediately disintegrated, collapsed, and turned into particles, and after a few moments, there was no trace of any magic here.

"This is the third one, it should be enough to stop the alchemy circle, right?"

Eagles who destroyed the circle. Lord Field muttered to himself, and he looked around.

In order to make a large-scale Philosopher's Stone, it is necessary to place several nodes throughout the city according to strict conditions to direct the flow of mana, and its leader must be within the circle to adjust in time for the whole process to run smoothly.

From this, two things can be deduced, one is that as long as some of these nodes can be destroyed, the refining of the Philosopher's Stone can be prevented, and the other is that Macon must still stay in Olmster.

With these two points in mind, the rest of the work is simple.

Reiner was tasked with finding Macon's traces, while Lord Field was tasked with destroying the hidden circles.

No matter how deep the concealment is, as long as Macon has arranged it, then there will inevitably be traces of magic, although it may be difficult for a mid-level mage like Reiner to find it, but for a high-level mage like Lord Field, or everyone in the alchemy department of the mercury balance, it is not much effort to find such a circle.

After getting Reiner's signal, Lord Field began to look for the alchemy circle hidden in the city, because at this time, the circle should have been in a pre-activated state and easier to expose, and sure enough, in less than ten minutes, Lord Field had already destroyed three magic circles.

Basically, unless the caster is talented, in the case of destroying the three nodes, basically this time the crafting of the Philosopher's Stone is a failure.

Of course, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Lord Field will continue to look for nodes.

"I don't know if Reiner can handle it properly."

He glanced into the distance, then took off and left the abandoned factory.

......

The circle under Macon's feet gradually dimmed, and the pulsations he had felt from all corners of the city gradually subsided, and there was no doubt that the alchemy circle was losing its effect.

If there is no interference, he can also make corrections immediately, you know, Macon is not the kind of reckless guy, in order to ensure success, he has arranged many additional node circles, so that even if a few nodes are accidentally damaged, the entire alchemy circle can be maintained.

But since just now, Macon has been in a state of high tension, and he has no time to carefully examine whether his alchemy circle is abnormal, until now, when he wants to make up for it, he is already powerless.

Macon always thought that he had the initiative, so he was unhurried to deal with Reiner, but he didn't expect that this was in the hands of the other party, and it was Macon himself who was delayed!

“...... You're ......"

Macon chuckled inwardly, to be able to destroy so many magic circles in a short period of time, its leader must be extraordinarily powerful, it is very likely to be a high-level mage, if the other party rushes to the scene at this time, then it will definitely be difficult for him to fly.

"I'm curious, what exactly are you making the Philosopher's Stone for?"

Reiner asked, clearly in a state of great vacillation right now, and Reiner wanted to figure out Macon's motives and rule out the others' interference.

"You won't understand."

Macon took two steps back, and two test tubes appeared in his hands.

Splash it, and the swarm of ants and insects burning with dark green flames quickly burrowed out, and a large swarm of insects surrounded Reiner.

Lady Freya screamed, and a barrier of fire appeared in front of a man and a cat, and the green bugs would immediately burn as soon as they came into contact with the flames, and there was no way to cross this barrier.

Seeing this, Macon had several more test tubes in his hand.

He seems to have gone a little crazy and poured out his hole cards.

"You won't understand that everything I did was to resurrect Selia."

Macon roared under his breath, and around him, smoke of various colors condensed, and these smoke quickly solidified on Macon's limbs, forming a hard armor.

Soon, Macon became a small three-meter-tall giant, his entire face completely covered by angular armor, and he could feel that this armor was not just a simple physical defense, but an all-round protection with a powerful magical barrier.

"Resurrecting the dead, this is the biggest taboo in alchemy."

Madame Freya was a little surprised, but she didn't expect that the reason Macon made the Philosopher's Stone was to resurrect the dead.

Throughout history, countless people have tried to resurrect the dead, and even in their heyday, there were mages who performed resurrection rituals by slaughtering the living.

Such a ridiculous behavior was explicitly forbidden as early as the late period of the Ancient Magic Empire, but I didn't expect Macon to want to try it.

He may have thought that the Philosopher's Stone contained great magical power, so it was able to overcome barriers that no one had been able to cross before.

However, what Reiner didn't expect was that Macon didn't take advantage of Aunt Selia's relationship.

"After Celia's death, my only home is gone, I have nothing left to lose, and you will never know what I have been through all these years."

Macon whispered, no one knew what was really going on in his heart.

They wouldn't know that Macon had been seriously injured years ago, and that it was Celia who saved him from his dying and took care of him.

Nor do they know that Macon's experiments over the years have been aimed at finding a way to make the sick Celestia live longer.

Of course, they would not know that Macon had made the Philosopher's Stone solely to resurrect the woman he loved.

Hearing Macon's words, Reiner was silent for a moment, and then spoke.

"Of course I don't know what you think."

In Reiner's hands, the flames of the eternal blazing sun burned.

"I only know one thing, everything you think you do for others is actually just self-satisfaction, and the salvation you want to give is your greatest sin."

The flames roared, and Macon's iron fist swung out.

"It's called arrogance!"

At the moment when the fireball and fist were about to make contact, the mutation occurred.

Countless pillars of light pierced Macon's body, and his eyes widened in disbelief as he looked in one direction.

Reiner was also a little confused, and he looked to the side, where two men stood with their backs to the afterglow of the setting sun.

One of them was a blonde ponytail girl in a simple dress, her expression was indifferent, like a delicate doll, and in the space behind her, as if there were countless water waves, a huge cannon muzzle appeared, covering most of the sky.

The other is a beautiful woman, her long gray hair flowing in the wind, she is wearing a burgundy bandeau dress, revealing her fair skin, the woman is wearing a pair of same burgundy gloves, stepping on high heels, and a faint smile is hanging on her face.

"Looks like I missed the feast, Reiner, my sweet brother."

Woman, Phyllis. Ian Gray whispered.