Chapter 171: Alchemy
For most mages in the wizarding world, there is simply no need to repair staffs. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
If the staff is damaged, the first choice is to throw it away and buy another one.
And those high-grade goods that are worth a lot of money are difficult to damage in themselves, and even if there are some problems, they are all in the hands of high-level mages. Those mages themselves are mobile libraries, and they don't look for ways to find a way through books.
Therefore, the method of repairing the staff is not recorded much in the books that can be turned into by closing the mouth, and the occasional mention is only a few scattered passages, and it is only used as a comparison for repairing other items.
However, it took Luca nearly a month to summarize the general direction from these clues.
First of all, a mana source is a must. Any alteration to the staff requires a powerful magical force. In the Sunset Islands, a sea where magic is scarce, the only remaining source of magic power is in a warehouse not far away, and it is only a matter of time before you get your hands on it.
Then, there are the circles that are used for repairs. Lukka was relatively unfamiliar with these magic circles, but after all, he still had some basics, and after practicing a few times according to the guidance in the book, he became proficient.
With the energy and the method, the rest was out of his grasp.
"Molten gold, what is this?" he saw the word in an inconspicuous corner of the magic book, and it took him a long time to pronounce it correctly.
The pages shook a few times, and he seemed to have something to say when he shut up, but he couldn't make a sound because the whole book was pressed down by Luca's right hand.
Lukka removed his hand, and it turned into a parrot again and said, "That's the product of alchemy." ”
"Alchemy, you hurry up and read a book of alchemy!" Lukka said vaguely, biting the end of his quill.
"I ...... No. Shut up and whispered with your head down.
"And you won't?" Lukka asked in surprise, after more than a year of getting along, he had long decided that this parrot was the entire library of the wizarding world.
It took a lot of words to shut up, and finally Lukka understood that alchemy and magic are not the same system at all.
In the wizarding world, there are occasionally people among the mages who also practice alchemy, but it only involves some superficial aspects. The truly clever alchemists all have their own academies and libraries.
The power of a mage comes from channeling the flow of mana, which requires talent.
Alchemists, on the other hand, derive more from sound theories and rigorous experiments. Of course, if you have some magical talents, it will be of great benefit to the results of alchemy, but in general, alchemists are closer to scientific researchers. And those books on alchemy, the library before Shut Up didn't have any collections, so it couldn't be changed.
"So, if I want to learn alchemy, I can only find a parrot pet that can only be turned into a book?" Luca's summary was crooked.
"Idiot! You and I are mass-printed? This is the only book, and there is no piracy! I am out of print! Do you understand that it is out of print?"
Even if a book that doesn't refine alchemy will turn into something that can bite people, even if there is such a book, it will definitely not follow Luca to this sea world, so this road will definitely not work.
"What then? The Repair Staff is almost like that!" Lukka was a little disappointed.
"It's not completely out of the question, there are some alchemical products, and there are occasional similar things in nature. I've seen a few trees in the Zhenlin Garden on Silver Fir Island, and their sap can be used as a catalyst for water. Maybe there will be a similar replacement for this molten agent?" the path pointed out by Shut Up seems to be feasible, but in fact there is no clear direction at all.
Although the restoration work is stuck here, time is still passing day by day, and the number of pirates returning to Tata Island is gradually increasing.
Finally, when the day of the trial deadline came, Lukka put down these problems that could not be solved for a while, and went to the square in front of the trial hall with everyone.
The trophies brought back by the pirates this time, both in terms of quantity and size, were more exaggerated than during the previous endurance trials. Based on the Imperial insignia on these trophies, it is entirely conceivable how much the Brohn Empire's navy has suffered in this month.
There was even a captain who asked his men to carry a whole mast, and on the way to sweep down a lot of onlookers.
"Strange, why hasn't that Haken come yet?" Not only did Gray find it strange, but many pirates around him whispered inquiring.
Until Captain Marlowe appeared at the door of the Hall of Trials, the butcher Haken was still nowhere to be seen, not even his ship.
The pirates had been waiting with hope for Marlowe to inspect their loot, but when the old pirate lifted the nugget in his hand, the square was filled with sighs of disappointment.
"Captain Sparrow has won the trial again!" Marlowe announced.
In fact, this result is not unexpected, after the endurance test, no pirate would dare to underestimate Luca for a long time, even if his Peregrine Falcon seems to have no firepower at all.
Marlowe continued, "I now announce that Captain Jack Sparrow is officially the new Pirate Lord!"
"Even if this is announced?" Luca was a little surprised, he thought that the new lord would have to have a grand ceremony, at least on par with Kate's wedding, but he didn't expect it to be so perfunctory.
"What else do you want? Twenty-one gun salutes?" said Gray with a helpless face, "We are not the Navy, what are we doing with those useless things, and a good drink at night is better than anything else." ”
Captain Marlowe obviously thought the same thing, and he continued: "The spoils of the other captains will not be wasted, the Senate will verify your results this afternoon, and the top fifty captains will be given the right to enter the banquet hall tonight. I think the new lord will definitely have a reasonable assessment of you!"
The pirates in the square were once again enthusiastic, and although the trial had failed, if they were valued by the lord, they would have a big advantage in the price of the stolen goods. Not to mention, if you can enter the lord's fleet, even if you don't go out to grab the ship, the island's commission will continue to come in.
"Lord Sparrow, please come to the front!" Marlowe saw Luka who was being squeezed in the middle, and relieved him.
After receiving a burst of cheers, Marlowe reminded, "Lord Sparrow, the banquet begins at six o'clock in the evening, please don't be late." ”
With that, he turned around and was about to return to the Hall of Trials.
Lukka stepped forward and squeezed through the door with him.
"There's something else I'd like to ask you, Captain Marlowe, if that's okay?"
"Of course, you are now a lord. Having said that, there was no respect in Marlowe's voice.