Volume 1, Chapter 7: The First Alchemical Creation
Since completing the personality fusion, Mick is no longer a soft persimmon to be kneaded. The reason why he hasn't slapped the self-righteous guy in front of him is because he hasn't figured out the situation yet;
On the other hand, it is also because his new personality has calmed down a lot. Especially after experiencing the destruction of the manor, he has a deeper understanding and awe of money and power.
Master Rag pushed his gold-rimmed glasses and spoke slowly, "Mr. Beckman, I am obliged to explain it to you. This alchemist assessment has a very special significance.
Because three days ago, the most prestigious master of the province of Federland, Thomas, suddenly announced that in the next three days, all those who participated in the evaluation of magical alchemists would compete, and the winner would get the opportunity to learn from him for a month, and such an opportunity was once in a decade.
Young Master Pecki, as the most outstanding first-level mage of Snow Blue Castle this year, has already defeated all of his previous opponents, so if you want to participate in the Magic Alchemist Assessment, you need to have a match with him.
Of course, if you don't want to play, you can come back tomorrow. ”
"A month of study?" Mick was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought that what he lacked the most was the foundation, and being able to learn from Federland's most prestigious magic alchemist was definitely an excellent time to make up for his shortcomings.
It's just that the guy named Peppy in front of him seems to be a little tricky, but...... Whatever, let's kill him first.
Mick gently patted off the finger poked on his chest, and said lightly: "You get out now, I'll treat it as if I didn't see it, otherwise it will be more embarrassing to lose to a hillbilly in a while?"
Peggy didn't expect Mick to dare to speak to him like this, and a raging anger immediately ignited in his heart. A hint of murder flashed in his delicate eyes, and he sneered: "Since you are in a hurry to find death, let's see if you can get out of the Wizard Council for a while!"
Master Rag shook his head helplessly, and said to Mick regretfully: "Mr. Beckman, I am afraid that your decision is not very wise, Peggy is very powerful......"
Master Rag's eyes were sincere, and Mick could tell that he wasn't lying, but he was more confident in himself.
Before the evaluation began, the legendary Master Thomas appeared in a hurry, and the appearance of an unkempt little old man was really difficult to match his resounding reputation.
Thomas, who is not good-looking, seems to be very busy, and even the exam questions are very simple and rude: "Within an hour, the refining of the Ice Sea Demon Crystal by sixty percent will be considered as passing." After saying that, he ignored everyone's surprise and immediately returned to his alchemy laboratory.
"What?"
"Is this the assessment of a junior magic alchemist?"
There was a gasp from the surrounding crowd.
Mick frowned as he held the Ice Sea Demon Crystal.
The Ice Sea Demon Crystal is a high-grade magic material, this kind of thing is very fragile, as long as one is not careful, it will completely collapse and turn into a pile of slag, which is very troublesome to deal with.
Not to mention that Mick knew almost nothing about magic, even ordinary magicians of level three or four would find it very tricky. A veteran magician like Rag doesn't dare to guarantee a success rate higher than fifty percent.
Although Pecki's face was not good-looking, his strong self-confidence still made him look very calm, he stared at Mick and sneered, and said playfully: "Hillbilly, you will know in a moment that noble magic alchemy is not something that you can touch. ”
After speaking, he held his Ice Sea Demon Crystal and walked into the simple laboratory dedicated to evaluation.
"We'll see!" Mick snorted inwardly as he slipped into another improvised lab.
As soon as the two left, the onlookers immediately began to talk, and everyone was not optimistic about Mick, including Carl. The only difference is how ugly he will lose, and how badly he will die if he offends Young Master Pecki.
Someone even opened a bet on this. Carl bets that Mick will lose the game and get beaten up, but he will still see the sun tomorrow and bet a silver coin.
Mick walked into the alchemy laboratory and gently closed the door, he didn't know any of the dazzling test equipment inside, but he knew something about the glittering magic crystals and rows of primary magic potions.
Rag had told him that those were mana supplements that could be used at will, so that they could experiment for a long time without suffering from running out of mana.
To Mick, who was penniless, these crystals and potions were golden coins. "Greed is a virtue...... Mick silently recited his motto, thrusting the gold into his trouser pocket until his entire lower body was bulging.
If he was seen by the hungry aristocratic ladies, maybe he would be missing for a day or two because they coveted his good capital......
Calmly doing his job as a thief and a scoundrel, Mick finally sat down in front of the test bench, nearly half of an hour had passed.
He took out the aqua blue magic crystal and looked at it carefully for a moment, and then a faint layer of milky white divine power slowly appeared on his hand, like a lover's tongue, gently licking the ice sea magic crystal.
Fearing that the structure of the Ice Sea Crystal would be destroyed and the entire experiment failed, Mick didn't dare to unleash much power at first.
He planned to use his divine power to slowly dissolve it like he had eaten sugar when he was a child, and then decompose and purify it step by step.
However, the ideal is always plump, but the reality is very skinny. Five minutes passed, ten minutes passed, and ten and five minutes passed, and despite Mick's best efforts, the Ice Sea Demon Crystal in his hand still didn't move.
"What the is this, how can you hold on for so long in front of divine power? Andrea, you irresponsible fellow, don't stay and teach me for two days......"
Fine beads of sweat gradually oozed from Mick's forehead, and he felt as if he had overestimated the decomposition ability of divine power, but he did not dare to rashly increase his strength, because even if a large amount of divine power could forcibly decompose the Ice Sea Demon Crystal, he might not get the result he wanted, after all, Dirk's heart was broken down into useless blood water, and that scene was still vivid.
After another ten minutes, Mick began to become a little agitated after seeing that the Ice Sea Demon Crystal, which had been licked by the divine power for a long time, was still intact. Especially when he remembered Pecki's lofty gaze, the contemptuous ridicule of the onlookers, and Andrea's back as she left, Mick felt as if a fire was burning in his chest.
It had been less than ten minutes since the allotted time, and the Ice Sea Demon Crystal still showed no signs of being disintegrated...... Cold sweat slipped down Mick's forehead, and his close-fitting clothes were soaked with cold sweat.
"His grandmother's, how many times can he fight in life?, fight with him!" The predicament aroused Mick's ferocity, and the gambler's personality once again overpowered his reason, and he desperately increased his divine power, intending to have a heroic duel with the deep sea magic crystal.
The Ice Sea Demon Crystal lost its previous leisure, and trembled uneasily, faster and faster, more and more ruthlessly.
Only ten seconds later, the Ice Sea Demon Crystal, which had been holding on for a long time, finally "snapped" and shattered into countless small pieces.
Trial...... Failed?
"Father is above, is it too late to pray?" Mick groaned wordlessly in his heart.
After a full hour, Mick finally walked out of the alchemy lab.
Compared with the confidence he was when he went, he was very shy when he came out. He lowered his head, blushed, and moved forward step by step, like a teenager on a blind date for the first time, waiting for the girl to appear anxiously.
When everyone looked at him, they all showed gloating smiles.
The guys who participated in the gambling game were very glad that they were not hot-headed, and pressed the blockage on this hillbilly for the sake of high odds. Now it seems that he has a short-lived portrait, where can he compare with the handsome and dashing Young Master Pecki?
Pecki, who had been waiting for a while, just glanced at Mick coldly, and sneered more and more in his heart. He was already thinking about how to humiliate this incompetent hillbilly for a while, and he must make him unforgettable for life.
"Is the result out? I have very little time!" cried out to the diminutive Master Thomas, walking in a manner that was unexpectedly vigorous.
"I'm done, please take a look. Before Mick could speak, Pecki took the lead and presented his results with both hands. As he spoke, he glanced at Mick, consciously or unconsciously, with naked provocation in his eyes.
Master Thomas opened Peggy's wooden box and looked at it, nodded slightly, and praised: "The degree of completion is very high, and you can purify about 67% of the Ice Sea Demon Crystal within an hour, which is very talented! As long as your mana reaches the standard, you can immediately jump to a second-level magic alchemist." ”
Master Thomas's comments immediately attracted a voice of admiration, and everyone cast envious glances at him.
"It's really amazing, Young Master Peggy is not yet twenty years old, right? He already has the level of a second-level alchemist, which is absolutely unprecedented in Federland. ”
"I'm still far away, and I need to ask the master for more advice. "Peggy showed a rare humility in front of Master Thomas.
Master Thomas admired his attitude and even more so his talent. He closed the box in his hand and announced directly: "Now that the results are obvious, I announce that the winner this time is Mr. Pecki, who will be guided by me for a month." ”
"In the end, he really won, Young Master Pei is really powerful. ”
"But isn't it? Young Master Pei is simply a genius born for alchemy!"
There was warm applause all around, and the compliments were even higher and higher, as if they were afraid that Pegi's back would not be heard. Mick on the other side was like melted ice cream, and no one wanted to look at him.
"Wait a minute!" a discordant voice rang out as the crowd began to celebrate.
Master Thomas was already about to go back and continue the experiment, but when he heard this voice, he turned back, and when he saw that it was Peggy, he thought he had some other request, so he asked, "Mr. Peggy, is there anything else you don't understand, or what else is required?"
Peggy smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Thomas, there is one thing you may have forgotten, there is another person who competed with me today...... Shouldn't we also look at his work?"
Hearing Peggy's words, the people around him immediately showed a look of watching a good show. It seems that Young Master Pecki, who is bound to take revenge, will not let go of that hillbilly after all, this is to make him make a fool of himself in public......
Thomas didn't have any hope for Mick, a hillbilly, but he couldn't even give him a result because he thought that he had worked hard for an hour, so he said lightly: "Then ask Mr. Beckman to bring your results." ”
Mick gritted his teeth and walked towards Master Thomas as if he were about to be guillotined.
The people around me wanted to laugh, but they didn't dare to laugh, and they were so uncomfortable.
As Mick walked in front of Pecki, Pecy whispered sarcastically, "Hillbilly, let me see what you've done, can't it be a piece of?"
Ignoring the vicious Pecki, Mick walked straight up to Master Thomas, drew circles on his toes, and embarrassedly took out a wooden box from his back and handed it to Master Thomas.
Master Thomas took the box and opened it excitedly. He frowned, then his pupils narrowed, and he quickly covered his nose.
A foul smell gushed out of the wooden box, quickly spreading to every corner of the neighborhood.
Everyone, including Master Thomas, retreated from the stench. Only Pecky, who was desperate to know the result, did not retreat, but advanced, and looked into the wooden box with his head up.
After just one glance, he couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha, you really made a piece of!hahahaha...... God the Father is above...... This is true......"
Hearing Pecki's words, everyone couldn't help but approach the box curiously, only to see a black paste lying quietly inside, coupled with its disgusting smell, it was really difficult to think of anything other than.
All of a sudden, the entire office was filled with unbridled laughter. Many people even maliciously speculated that it was not Mick, a hillbilly, who refined and scrapped Master Thomas's materials and replaced them with another creation of his own?
There has never been such news in the field of divine magic alchemy, and Master Thomas actually harvested a piece of when he was evaluating alchemists?!
This matter is likely to become a stain on him for life, how could the always strict Master Thomas let that hillbilly go?
Just as Peggy was thinking about whether he should provoke Master Thomas so that he could use his hand to punish Mick fiercely, everyone heard Master Thomas's trembling voice: "Wait a minute!
The noisy scene suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Master Thomas in bewilderment.
Seeing Master Thomas standing alone in the corner with the in both hands, everyone remembered that today's examiner had not yet given a comment.
And he was staring at Mick with excitement in his eyes at the moment, his eyes full of heat, as if he were looking at a rare material.
After a long time, he asked in disbelief, "Tell me, kid." How did you do that?"
"What and how?"
"Does need a tutorial, or a recipe?"
As soon as Master Thomas's words came out, everyone immediately began to talk about it.