Although a mysterious guest came, since Anne and Veronica were present, Rosen had nothing to worry about.

He strode towards the second floor, carrying a package full of materials.

The alchemy room is on the edge of the second floor of the Prancing Horse Mansion, the most partial, and was originally used by Vincent as an entertainment room, so the room area is very large, more than 80 square meters.

Although it was now supposed to be used as an alchemy room, because it had just been created, the room was still empty, and there was nothing except a few large tables.

When he arrived at the door of the alchemy room, Lawson was about to knock on the door when the door opened by itself, and behind the door stood Anne.

She looked a little strange, and there was a hint of caution, and she wanted to speak and stopped.

"What's wrong?" Rosen asked.

"You'll find out when you come in." Anne stepped out of the way, and when Rosen entered the room, she closed the door.

Rosen looked over, and by the dim light of the candles, he saw two people sitting next to the large long table in the center of the room, one was Veronica, who was sitting at the left end of the long table, with her back to the door. The other sat at the far right end of the long table, next to the window, wearing a wide black cloak that completely covered his head, making it impossible to distinguish between men and women, or even race.

I don't know what kind of material this black cloak is made of, but when the light of the jumping candle shines on it, you can vaguely see a faint black mist around it, which makes the other party's whole person hide in a black mist.

"Veronica, your friend?" Rosen asked.

"It's just acquaintances, not friends. In fact, he is the largest ore merchant in Nilogaard City. Veronica shook her head slightly, and then beckoned to Lawson: "You come here, sit on my side." ”

Rosen nodded, and walked over with Anne to Veronica and sat down.

After sitting down, he asked, "What is the purpose of this gentleman or lady?" ”

Veronica smiled slightly: "His name is Morbius, and I don't know if he is Mr. or Ms." Well, he's here because he's got wolframite in all of Nilogaard, but he won't sell it unless I can tell you what to do with it. Of course, I can't make decisions about this, so I brought him here. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the cloaked man on the opposite side moved slightly, and a hand with a deerskin glove reached up from under the table, placing a fist-sized, grayish-black, metallic stone on the table.

A hoarse and deep voice came from the cloak: "This stone was obtained by accident, it is unique, but I don't know what it is used for. All along, I've only been collectible. Veronica told me that you are a very thoughtful alchemist, and I, am obsessed with collecting ores. In my eyes, every mineral is full of spirituality, and if anyone can help me understand this spirituality, then I am willing to pay for it. ”

His voice was so peculiar that he couldn't tell his gender at all, and he couldn't tell his age.

Rosen looked at Veronica and whispered, "Winnie, do you think he's reliable?" ”

Veronica nodded slightly: "As far as I know, Morbius is only interested in ores, and he is very trustworthy, I have never heard of his bad deeds. ”

"Okay then." Rosen nodded and said, "Your Excellency Morbius, since this thing is called wolframite ore, as long as it is smelted in a suitable way, it can be refined into tungsten metal." ”

Morbius spread his hands: "Of course I know this, I have business dealings with Nilogard College all year round. The magicians thought that tungsten metal was a basic element, and they showed me samples of tungsten metal. I even know that this metal called tungsten is very difficult to refine, and the pure tungsten that is extracted is very hard and very difficult to melt, and no one has successfully melted tungsten into tungsten water so far. My question is, what is tungsten used for? ”

"If my answer satisfies you, what will I be paid?" Rosen asked.

"Then it's yours." Morbius nudged the ore on the table in the direction of Rosen.

In this world, wolframite ore is very rare, several times more difficult to find than gold, and if you miss this village, you won't have this shop, Lawson thought about it for a while, and said: "At present, I only know one purpose for the things around. ”

"Tell me about it." Morbius's voice was still hoarse and deep, but he could hear a hint of curiosity in it.

"You see, tungsten is a metal that is extremely difficult to melt and can also be used to direct lightning," Lawson explains. ”

"Well, that's true." Morbius nodded.

Rosen continued: "It is well known that when lightning is strong enough, it emits light and heat in large quantities. Whether it's the thunder and lightning in the sky, or the sorcerer's flashwork, it proves it, right? ”

"You're not wrong at all." Morbius nodded repeatedly.

On the side, Veronica and Anne were both attracted to the topic and listened seriously.

Rosen smiled: "Then I thought, if the lightning passes through the metal tungsten and controls the flow speed of the lightning, will it create a lamp that does not smoke and is very bright at the same time?" ”

"Make a lamp?" Mobius was stunned for a long time before he said, "It is indeed a very novel idea. But wouldn't it be too wasteful for such a rare ore, such a precious metal, to be used as a lamp? ”

"What if the light of this lamp was very bright, very stable, and could be lit with the touch of a hand, and it could illuminate the room as bright as it was during the day?" Rosen asked.

As soon as he said this, Mobius shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no, it's impossible." Using thunder and lightning to make lamps may be very bright, but the thunder and lightning are so violent that the light emitted must be jumpy, and may even blind people's eyes, and it is absolutely impossible to achieve stability. ”

Veronica and Anne both nodded in agreement with Morbius.

In the common sense of the two women, whether it is the thunder and lightning in nature or the flash magic of the magician, they are very violent, and they often want people's lives, and it is better to count on the thunder and lightning to serve people meekly, so it is better to count on the gods to give good luck.

Lawson smiled: "No matter how violent the thunder and lightning are, as long as you find the right way, you can tame it as docile as a rabbit." ”

On Earth, electricity is the most controllable energy, almost the blood flowing in the veins of the modern world. Human beings' understanding and use of electricity has reached an incredible level. From simple lighting circuits, to complex integrated circuits, to the integrated circuit of the integrated circuit, the CPU, all are the magic of electricity!

But when his words were heard in the ears of the three people, the shock was no less than that of thunder on the ground.

The black-robed man Mobius couldn't calm down, he half stood up, leaned forward, and retorted loudly: "This is impossible!" Thunder and lightning are the weapons of the gods, furious, arrogant, and powerful, how can they be tamed by mortals? ”

"What do you say about flashing?" Rosen asked rhetorically.

Morbius sneered: "The flash technique is just borrowing the power of thunder and lightning, and those magicians who use the flash technique can kill others as well as themselves." There are not a few magicians who are killed and injured by their own flash magic. ”

Veronica also said, "Rosen, I don't doubt your ability, but your words are indeed too arrogant. Thunder and lightning cannot be tamed. ”

Anne's lips moved slightly, trying to say something, but in the end she didn't speak.

It's not that she agrees with Rosen's opinion, but she sees that Rosen is mercilessly ridiculed by Morbius, and she can't bear to continue to hit him.

Rosen was not angry, he smiled and said, "Your Excellency Morbius, if you don't believe me, why don't we make a bet?" ”

"How to gamble?"

"I bet I can tame thunder and lightning in three days and make a bright and stable lamp."

Morbius was silent, and after half a minute, he spoke: "You seem to be sure, but your curiosity has indeed been piqued....... Let's talk about the bets. ”

"If I win, then from now on, you will provide me with ore at a price 10% below the market price. If I lose......"

Morbius continued: "If you lose, you can extract one Nilo pound of tungsten for free." Of course, I'll find a way to provide you with enough wolframite. ”

Rosen laughed: "Sounds like I'm making a lot of money." ”

Morbius smiled: "Not necessarily. You don't know, the magicians of the Nilogaard Academy have been buying tungsten metal at a high price, and the price of one millilo (one thousandth of a nilo pound) of tungsten metal is 10 gold dragon coins, hehe. ”

This guy must be a big businessman, and he really makes money. Rosen thought to himself, but it didn't do him much harm, and he nodded: "One word is a deal!" ”

"It's a deal!"

Morbius stretched out his hand and pushed the wolframite on the table in the direction of Rosen: "It can be seen that although you are young, you are very knowledgeable and have many novel ideas. I believe that we will have a lot of cooperation in the future. This piece of ore is my greeting gift. ”

"Thank you very much."

Lawson reached out and put away the ore.

As a result, as soon as he put away the ore, he saw that Mobius's body slowly blurred, and finally turned into a very faint wisp of light smoke, quickly departing

The window of the alchemy room floated out.

He was speechless for a while: "Winnie, this Morbius is really a maverick strange person." Do you really not know his true identity? ”

"I really don't know. The only thing I know for sure is that there is a lot of ore trading between Morbius and Nilogaard College. I thought, since he could

With the trust of the Academy, we should be able to trust him as well. ”

"Well, I really opened my eyes today."

Rosen now believes that although this world follows the same physical rules as the earth, it is different from the earth, and there are many strange people in this world, and they are very likely to have power far beyond the times.

Anne on the side didn't care about Mobius, she had seen a lot more strange things than Rosen, she was worried about gambling.

"Rosen, are you really sure to tame the thunderbolt?"

Rosen lazily leaned back in his chair and smiled, "In fact, my knowledge of thunder and lightning is far beyond the limits of what ordinary people can understand!" ”

Veronica couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard this, she admitted that Rosen was a high achievement in mathematics and that Rosen had extraordinary intelligence, but she just hated to see this guy pretentious.

Seeing Rosen's appearance, she couldn't help but mock: "Bragging and not making drafts, why don't you just say that you yourself are gods?" ”

"The gods may not know as much about thunder and lightning as I do."

“.......”