Verse 239: Tempering
Vinorman followed Delvick's gaze to Abel's neck, and saw a dusty chain with a round piece of gray wood hanging from the bottom.
"I don't know what this gentleman is called?"
Delvik moved his gaze from the inconspicuous necklace to Abel's face, and asked, his eyes fixed on Abel's face, unblinking, as if he had seen some rare animal, and his expression was quite excited.
Abel was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Tom? "It's a pseudonym he uses.
When Delvik heard the name, he was stunned for a moment, as if Abel's name was unexpected, and then he thought of something, and said thoughtfully: "It turned out to be Mr. Tom...... He lengthened the epilogue, and suddenly turned around, and said to the big man: "Jason, you go out and tell the people outside, I don't see you today." ”
The big man Jason was stunned when he heard this, and immediately said: "But the city hall ......" Before he finished speaking, he was cut off by Delvik.
"I know, you go. ”
Seeing that Delvik's expression was very resolute, Jason had no choice but to say helplessly: "Okay." Then he walked past Norman and the two of them outside, and after a while, Norman heard Jason's loud voice outside through the door, and then there was a sudden wave of noisy sounds, which was obviously the strong dissatisfaction of the people who had been waiting outside for a long time to visit the master, but it could not shake the heart of the master in front of him.
"This Mr. Allen ......"
Delvik got up from his seat, first glanced at Norman, and gave him a polite smile, quite a gentleman - although this guy is short, fat, stout, and looks very vulgar, and he doesn't look like a prince in a dragon robe, but now he looks serious, and he really has a gentleman's temperament.
Probably the relationship that has been in this art capital for a long time?
Norman didn't know, Delvik continued to speak, his eyes moved from Norman to Abel, and stared at him: "What Mr. Allen just said, is that what Mr. Tom you want to say?"
The situation changed a little quickly, and both Norman and Abel were a little confused, but Abel still nodded subconsciously, and then saw the Humpty Dumpty Delvik on the opposite side and continued: "I thought about it again, and I am willing to help in this matter. ”
Suddenly willing to help again?
Obviously, the turning point of events happened to Abel, and the most likely thing was because of the necklace around Abel's neck.
That necklace Norman didn't see it for the first day, because of the inconspicuous relationship, so he never paid attention to it, let alone asked Abel about the name of the necklace, the story behind it, etc., and now it seems that it can be worn around the neck by the only heir of this ancient family that has been passed down from the time of the Magic Kingdom, and it is obviously not really an inconspicuous thing.
"But the types of things that Mr. Allen just mentioned are too complex, even I can only determine a general range, and the specific suitable materials can only be found after many experiments, so if you don't mind, you can stay with me for a few days during the experimental materials, what do you think?"
Delvik was not only willing to help, but even offered to let them live here so they could find the right materials.
If Norman was happy just now, then now he is happy with vigilance, and although Delvik seems to be rough, his mind is delicate, and he seems to see Norman's worries, and takes the initiative to put forward his own conditions: "I will provide materials for the two of you for free, but in return, I hope that the material processing process of the two of them will be open to me, which will facilitate me to better find suitable materials, which is my only request." ”
Under the long-term education of the Templar Order, Norman had developed a certain ability of logical reasoning, so as soon as he heard Delvik's final request, all the information on the cause and effect was connected, and he immediately came to an inference: Delvik knew that Able was the descendant of alchemy!
The Templars' reasoning was a little more rigorous.
He should know a little about the Richardson family, knowing that this family has a magical skill, and he is very interested in this skill, eager to explore, as for whether he knows about the existence of magic alchemy, judging from the available information, the probability is less than 38%. ”
After hearing Delvik's words, Abel looked at Norman and wanted to hear his opinion, after all, his life was tied to Norman, and now Norman was the first to take the lead.
And Norman, after weighing the pros and cons, nodded decisively.
"Yes. ”
Delvik's gaze wandered over the faces of the two of them, and his eyes were a little suspicious, as if he couldn't figure out the true relationship between the two men. But that didn't matter, and after seeing Able nodding his head, Humpty Dumpty grinned brightly.
For the sake of safety, the two chose a room, to which Delvik did not say anything, but the gaze of the two became a little ambiguous. Of course, this was just a small episode, and after sending Jason to the camp of the Little Chrysanthemum Art Troupe outside the city to convey that the two would live here in the next few days, and that Chen Qinghe would come here to find the two of them when he returned, Norman immediately couldn't wait to devote himself to the selection of materials.
Norman has a lot to do now, the most important thing is two, one is to do a good job of background music, the other is to make a magic pool, of which background music is a long-term solution for the improvement of strength, and once the magic pool succeeds, it is immediate, powerful, so Norman temporarily put the little chrysanthemum art troupe aside, and concentrated on the research and development of the magic pool. In the course of the experiment, Norman realized that he had not found the wrong person this time.
Delvik is like a living encyclopedia of raw materials, whether it is metal ores, wood, or even biological materials, he knows exactly what materials have and what kind of properties. This is a perfect complement to the Knights Templar, with such an encyclopedia of materials, the Knights Templar can describe the properties of materials two levels more accurately, narrowing down the scope even more, improving the efficiency of experiments, and by the next day, the first set of materials has been found.
These materials were Delvik's first material proposal after considering his family's inventory, and all of them could be found directly in his house - and it was then that Norman realized how rich the material deposits in Humpty Dumpty's home really were.
And after everything was ready, Norman finally began his first attempt at refining.
"This first version of the Magic Pool envisions the construction diagram, which we call the Magic Pool One Point Zero. The structure of the magic pool is mainly divided into three parts, namely the magic positive electrode, the magic negative electrode and the pool body, and the first thing that needs to be made is the magic positive electrode......"
Norman recalled Lancelot's words, precisely controlling every part of his body, keeping his breathing as steady as possible to achieve the stability of his body.
Now he was standing in a room that was relatively small compared to the living room of Delvij's house.
There was not much furnishings in this room, and there was no full pile of ore everywhere, but on the whole it was relatively empty, except for the neatly placed on the middle side some of the raw materials that had been preliminarily roughed, including ore, wood, and some strange things that seemed to be the entrails of wild beasts, all of which were rough-worked into very small blocks or strips.
In the middle of the room, there was an L-shaped table, on which there were various types of large and small crucibles, delicate small stoves, various test tube beakers, etc., all kinds of test tube beakers, etc., which looked very professional, Norman stood in the middle of this L-shaped table, Abel stood to his left to help with his hand, and Delvick, the owner of this room, stood on the side of the table, quietly watching.
Because of his height, Delvik also deliberately moved a small stool to stand on the stool and watch, so that it was convenient for him to see all the specific operations, so he didn't like how tired it was to stand in this position.
In the center of the room, Norman calmly took his last breath and calmly instructed Abel on the side, "One of the white beds." Then Abel immediately took something out of the piles of materials and handed it over.
The large crucible in front of Norman's right hand contained a large cauldron of green liquid, so thick that it could not be dissolved. After taking the white bed, Norman placed it along the wall of the pot and increased the intensity of the flames under the crucible - a set of flame-controlled gadgets made by Delvik.
As a well-known craftsman, Delvik is not only well-read and knowledgeable, but also a master of material science, but also has his own unique set of skills in crafting, this set of fire-controlling gadgets, is one of his unique skills, this time he did not hesitate to contribute, just to hope that Norman and they can do their best, so that he can clearly observe the mystery of the Richardson family's magical skills.
Norman was right, and the well-informed Delvik did recognize Abel's family heritage through the necklace around Abel's neck.
However, as the Templars speculated, it was not easy for Delvik to know about this family that existed in the era of the Magic Kingdom, and also to know the secrets of this family, but he did not know about some of the larger secrets of the Richardson family, such as alchemy, and the only thing he knew was that the family in the era of the Magic Kingdom was rich in sub-artifacts and had unique crafting skills.
Delvik coveted the Richardson family's building skills, so he immediately changed his mind after recognizing Abel's identity, agreed to help them, and also offered to provide materials for free, the only request was just to watch from the sidelines, in order to be able to get a glimpse of the building skills of this legendary mysterious family through onlookers.
Delvik is still quite confident in this.
In terms of crafting skills, Delvik may only be in the top ten in the entire kingdom, but when it comes to theoretical knowledge, Delvik dares to consider himself in the top three - well, yes, this seemingly stout Humpty Dumpty is actually a craftsman with a stronger mind than hands.
It is precisely because of such extensive theoretical knowledge and insight that Delvik is confident that he can see a thing or two by watching from the sidelines, and as for their current alchemy, not building......
In the era of the Magic Kingdom, alchemy and crafting were inseparable, and the two were originally one and the same, until the time of the United Kingdom of Augustus.
It can be said that the superb craftsman will definitely involve the field of alchemy in the later stage, and alchemy will definitely be inseparable from the creation in the later stage, and the two are complementary to each other, so as the top five craftsmen in the entire kingdom in terms of comprehensive building strength, Delvik's alchemy attainments are also very superb.
However, he still couldn't see what Norman was trying to refine for the time being.
Judging from the materials that Norman needs and the requirements for rough processing of materials, what Norman is preparing to refine now is not a weapon, and if it is a magic item, Delvik still can't see what Norman intends to refine from the characteristics of the material and the type of material, which is not comparable to any kind of magic item in his huge knowledge base.
But this made Delvik even more excited: yes, this is the heir of the legendary mysterious family, and he does things that people can't guess for a while. I just don't know what the relationship between this big man and the heir of the Richardson family is, how can this big man be refining, and the heir of the Richardson family is doing it on the side?
Of course, this is not the focus of Delvijk's attention now, he needs to pay more attention to not letting go of any operation by Norman and Abel in front of him.
So Delvik was secretly excited, and he kept a close eye on Norman and Abel's movements, taking note of their every bit of operation, trying to analyze what was going on with the family's mysterious skills.
Norman didn't have time to care about him at all, and all his attention was focused on the crucible that came in front of him, and from time to time he ordered Abel beside him, "Two silverleaf grasses", "a handful of redstone powder" and so on.
He kept adding these things to the crucible in front of him that contained the white bed, and gradually, he saw the crucible in front of him, the original green liquid gradually changed to white, and the original thick state gradually diluted, and the white bed rock, which was originally buried under the liquid and could not see the shape, could gradually see its face.
I saw that the white bed rock with the length of the palm of the hand, under such boiling, the eye color of the surface body was also changing, from the original gray and white to black, and now it is black and white.
This is the first step to change the physical properties of the positive electrode of the mana.