Chapter 15: Tasim, the Master Alchemist
Su Yun took a closer look at this mage tower, judging from the scale of the mage tower and the markings hanging on it, this mage tower seems to be the kind of neutral mage tower, not a research institution under the command of Noxus, because the mage tower under the command of Noxus is the kind that would like to use the military emblem of Noxus as a gate, and it can be recognized at a glance. Baidu search literature network, more good free reading.
And this mage tower is built to be relatively modest, it should belong to the local forces of Zu'an, although Zu'an and Noxus have always been allies, and Noxus's influence in Zu'an is also very large, but Zu'an belongs to Zu'an after all, and Noxus is just an ally with convergent interests.
This tallest mage tower should symbolize the power of the top alchemists of Zu'an.
Although Su Yun didn't have a good impression of this group of crazy alchemists, at least they didn't offend him like Noxus, and if there was a task handover with the local forces of Zu'an in the future, he was still willing to face the Zu'an alchemists with a neutral attitude.
There was a dead silence below the third floor of this mage tower, but above the third floor, it was brightly lit, and from time to time there was laughter and laughter, it was like a tower leading to heaven.
It is impossible to place people as guards in an area below the third floor of this kind of mage tower, and none of the guards with a little strength are willing to stay in such a poisonous mist, so most of the alchemists use puppets as a means of security on the ground, of course, this kind of security is only used to maintain their rule, not really want to reduce the crime rate of Zu'an.
"Let's go, don't look around"
Su Yun suddenly heard a shout from behind him, and he saw a group of fierce slave owners driving a dozen or so thin slaves towards the mage tower.
Most of the materials used by the Zaun alchemists were criminals or slaves provided by Noxus. In exchange, the alchemists of Zaun would share a portion of their alchemy results with Noxus.
These test subjects who were escorted to Zu'an were marked with special alchemy marks, and once they left the alchemy magnetic field set up in Zu'an's underground, these marks would attack, causing them to explode and die.
These so-called criminals are not entirely evil, but more refugees and prisoners of war looted from Noxus. It's like a natural prison in Noxus, digesting the victims of Noxus' iron-blooded politics, and using human flesh and blood to advance the alchemy of the chaotic camp by leaps and bounds.
Su Yun has no intention of meddling, there are too many tragedies in Zu'an City, this is a city that is rotten to the point of pus, and no one is even willing to maintain the magnificence on the surface, he can save a group of people, how can he save everyone. Baidu search literature network, more good free reading.
What's more, he still has legendary tasks hanging on him, and he doesn't want to make any extraneous branches.
Su Yun walked up the steps of the Mage Tower.
A few puppets came up to intercept him, Su Yun just pushed the power of thought, and the puppets were pushed away, these puppets are very weak in combat power, they are only used to block some poor people who are plotting against him, for Su Yun's strength, they can't stop it.
Soon, Su Yun touched the vermilion gold-inlaid gate under the mage tower, and the magic defense array on it lit up suddenly.
A man dressed as a soldier poked his head out from the third floor of the Mage Tower and shouted at Su Yun, "Who are you?"
This soldier is also guarding under the mage tower all the year round, and he has some eyesight, he can see that Su Yun does not have an alchemy brand on his body, which means that Su Yun is not a slave of Zu An, seeing that Su Yun easily pushes away the puppet's skills, it is estimated that he should not be the bottom coolie here, otherwise he will not be able to break through the rune puppet.
"I'm here to find the owner of this mage tower, and I have a letter to give him." After speaking, Su Yun stretched out his hand, holding a snow-white envelope in his hand.
The soldier knew that he could not call the shots, so he shouted: "You give the letter to the puppet below and let the puppet deliver it"
Su Yun placed the envelope in the hand of a rune golem.
He didn't worry at all about the loss of this letter or something went wrong, after all, it was Hex's letter, a rare fourth-order alchemist on this continent, the planner of the World Line Plan, he couldn't let things go wrong in such details.
Su Yun waited in front of the magic gate for more than twenty minutes, and the soldier finally came to the gate out of breath and helped Su Yun open the door.
"Master Tasm Please"
Su Yun secretly memorized the name of this master, and then walked towards the mage tower, walking up the spiral staircase step by step.
There were nine floors in the Tower, and they walked up a spiraling staircase towards the upper floors of the Tower.
As he walked through the lower three floors, Su Yun could hear the shouts coming from inside the tower, or the coquettish gasps in the compartment, it seemed that this was the place where those soldiers lived.
In a place like Zu'an, half of the guards of the mage tower are private soldiers recruited by alchemists, and some are test subjects.
Among the test subjects who were sent to Zu'an, the alchemists would spend a certain amount of money to select some strong, basic soldiers from them to serve as guards, and after brainwashing, they were placed in the mage tower as guards, although they were spared the pain of being tortured by alchemy toxins, but they could not remember who they were for the rest of their lives.
The recruited private soldiers have a higher status than those test subjects and the untouchables outside, at least they can bully and bully the poor in their spare time, and can enjoy prostitutes, wine and meat that the poor cannot afford, without worrying about starving to death on the streets, and they don't have to work in the poisonous fog for a long time.
However, they still survive in the poisonous fog of the lower three layers, and can only be private soldiers for the rest of their lives, and under the constraints of the agreement, they can only die of old age in Zu'an, and they have the same alchemical imprint on their bodies as the test subjects, which is to prevent them from stealing important experimental results and then escaping.
Walking further up, Su Yun heard the sound of liquid flowing, the sound of metal smashing, the sound of glass breaking, and the sound of shouting, whipping, and even blasting.
Su Yun unfolded his spiritual sense and took a look at the situation.
These three floors should be the middle layer of the mage tower, these three floors are located outside the poisonous fog shrouded in Zu'an, the environment is relatively good, here is the gathering place of alchemists and alchemy apprentices in the mage tower, those young people who want to learn alchemy, admire the developed alchemy technology of Zu'an, and take the initiative to enter the city of Zu'an.
They will find a mage tower or underground research institute as an apprentice, while doing chores for the alchemists, while learning alchemy knowledge, in order to one day get ahead, become an alchemist, build their own underground research institute, and even build their own mage tower.
However, most of these apprentices were used as coolies by alchemists, and only those with both perseverance and talent could learn from the heavy work of the Mage Tower.
Not only that, the apprentice also needs to be able to please his master, and when the master is comfortable, the master will teach a little more, for example, under Su Yun's spiritual sense, he can see that many old and obscene alchemists are in his alchemy room, doing things with the beautiful apprentices he received.
This kind of thing is commonplace in a place like Zu'an, where there are almost no laws, and people only maintain a superficial spirit of contract, and the mainland can give up all bottom lines for the sake of profit.
Since the alchemy apprentices were not sent to Zu'an, they had a certain right to personal freedom, belonged to the middle class, and were considered citizens, but because they had the help of alchemists, wanted to learn skills, and opened their own research institutes, most of them lived under the exploitation and oppression of alchemists.
In addition to the scholars who came from afar, there were also some coolies with good talents, who would be favored by alchemists, and after signing the contract, they would be promoted to the status of apprentices.
In short, there are thousands of alchemy apprentices in Zu'an, but there are very few who eventually become alchemists, and alchemy apprentices are not absolutely safe here, after all, Zu'an is a city without a legal system, even if an alchemist uses his alchemy apprentice as a material for experiments, there will be no other alchemist to accuse him.
This is not Piltover, the city of peace and the rule of law on the other side of the river, this is a chaotic place, and it is impossible to expect this place to be the same as the super-theological school in Ionia, where the teachers and students are harmonious and orderly, and there is only an exchange of interests.
Su Yun followed the soldiers to the seventh floor with an expressionless face.
I saw an alchemy apprentice waiting for him on the seventh floor.
"It's the place of the alchemy master in front, so it's inconvenient for us to go." The soldier bowed to Su Yun.
Su Yun nodded, and the follower alchemy apprentice continued to walk up.
The seventh to ninth floors are the private territory of the alchemist Tasim, there are very few people here, most of them are some highly talented alchemy apprentices, these alchemy apprentices are the most promising alchemists, and even a few have reached the level of alchemists, but they are still here to help Master Tasm do things.
The alchemy master is an existence one level higher than the alchemist, and the people who can become the alchemy master can be regarded as a country's strategic resources, if the alchemist is considered the upper class here, then the alchemy master is the ruler here.
In the entire Zu'an City, there are only eight alchemy masters in total
And Zaun City is already the city with the most alchemists in the Runeterra, the second is Piltover, seventh, followed by Presidium, the capital of Ionia, and Bandel City, the capital of the yodelers, tied for third, both six.
Su Yun took advantage of the time he was ascending the building to simply use the spatial database to query the profile of this Tasm master, since he was promoted to the second order, his access to the spatial database has been improved, and he can already search for plot information in the plot world.
Soon, information about Tasm was brought up.
This is a plot character who doesn't have much value to the contractor.。。
Master Tasm is a well-known figure in the whole of Zaun, and even in the entire Land of Runeterra, Master Tasm has a certain prestige, most of course, notoriety.
The contractor often loses money and is betrayed by him instead of cooperating with him, so the contractor rarely comes into contact with a plot character like him.