Victor has always been suspicious of Bertina's true identity, fearing that in his absence, the snack will suddenly awaken, take on a vision of witchcraft, and be captured and burned to death by the church priest. So he made relevant arrangements in advance and vaguely greeted Nelson and others.

After explaining the matter clearly, Victor led the guards to the hill camp, which is now the hill secret fortress.

The Guards stopped at the checkpoint below the Secret Fortress, and Victor, accompanied by Renault and Shak, crossed the heavy suspension bridge 7 meters long and 4 meters wide.

The First Spirit Monkey Militia Jack had been waiting at the door for a long time, but he greeted him, bowed and said, "My lord, 100 Spirit Monkey Militia, 20 Barberry Militia, and 30 Alchemy Mastiffs are ready to leave at any time and head to Warhammer Camp 4." ”

"Take me to see it. ”

Jack led Victor through a labyrinth of alleys to the wooden door of a courtyard, raised his hand and knocked on it. Immediately, from behind the blue brick fence, the arrogant barking of the guard dogs was heard. These smelly creatures smelled the scent of a stranger, but when they saw their master open the wooden door and bow to a stranger, they immediately leaned their ears and shook their heads and tails at the stranger, as much as they could. In the courtyard, more than a dozen stout and sturdy guard dogs were tethered to wooden stakes, but they did not react when they saw strangers, but only lazily lay on their stomachs.

Imerson has bred guard dogs with a strong sense of hierarchy and the ability to work in groups, and his guard dogs have the quality of loyalty and the courage to fight against death. The difference between the two stems from the high level of intelligence. The alchemy mastiff has both high intelligence and brave and fearless traits.

Thirty mastiffs as big as calves and with blue and black coats wagged their tails and ran to Victor's side, causing the warning dogs to flee in all directions. Victor gestured to sit the mastiff in place, his gaze turned to the center of the courtyard, and the 120 alchemy militia bowed to Victor almost at the same time.

"Good day, sir. ”

Qi Brush's voice was very powerful, but Victor frowned.

A farmer who has never seen the world can be foolish, but he must not offend vassals and nobles. Discerning the superior and bowing to the superior are the social life skills that Victor requires alchemists to master. But their movements are neat and consistent, as if the products coming down the same assembly line are particularly conspicuous when they are placed together, and it is easy for people to see the problem.

This only shows that they are a group of rookie alchemy militias.

"How old are these guys?" asked Victor.

Jack replied, "Thirty one-year-olds, 59 two-year-olds, 22 three-year-olds, six four-year-olds, and three five-year-olds." ”

Victor shook his head and asked, "There are only 9 Elite Guards...... Can't you make a little more adjustment?"

"My lord, a small part of Randall's elite guards are in your personal guard, and the rest are scattered in various positions...... You gave me too little time to prepare, and I could only mobilize the alchemy militia from the mountain fortresses. Jack said.

Victor has nothing to say, the Randall family's stall is too big now, and the elite guards over the age of four are a little insufficient. He stepped forward and looked at the equipment on the alchemy militia.

Uniformly chainmail with rattan leather armor, iron helmets, hard leather leg armor, leather combat boots inlaid with iron plates, and hard leather gloves, carrying a recurved bow, crossbow, and a slung iron scimitar and a short dagger from his waist. Under the reflection of the sun, each alchemy militia had a faint blue flash, and their bodies were sturdy, their expressions were wooden, and their eyes were indifferent, leaving a deep impression of fierceness, slaughter, and elite.

"No, it's too eye-catching. Victor frowned and said, "The key is to disguise your identity...... None of the best equipment can be used, and they still need to be trained in the common sense of life in the Mercury Manor!"

"I'm afraid it's too late. Jack said.

"It's in time. It is difficult to travel in the rain and snow, so I will definitely spend the winter in the royal capital and wait until next year's season to go to Neville, and according to the speed of the lord's travel, it will take me almost 8 months to reach the royal capital of Neville. You take them to Mercury Manor for a two-month training in common sense, and they just need to get to Warhammer Camp 4 by next fall. ”

"And what about their weapons and equipment?"

"Armament? A confident smile appeared on Victor's face, and he said, "I have developed smuggling caravans for such a long time, and there are seven camps in self-built cottages alone. If I can't even solve the problem of equipment supply for 120 people, I might as well take a piece of tofu and kill me!"

"Lightly equipped, the equipment supply of the alchemy militia will be handed over to the iron hammer!"

"Yes!" Jack paused, and then asked, "My lord, what kind of weapon is tofu?"

Able to knock the owner to death...... Tofu must be a very powerful weapon.

“...... I don't know, don't mention any 'tofu' in the future!"

The corners of Victor's mouth twitched, his face turned flat, and he changed the subject and asked, "Is the new war bow I asked for before ready?"

"It was done two months ago. Jack nodded, beckoned to an alchemy auxiliary not far away, and shouted, "Bring your lord's war bow." ”

The alchemy auxiliary turned and walked into a blue-brick storeroom, and it wasn't long before he walked back with a metal recurve bow and two bundles of adamantite arrows.

This recurve bow is pitch-black in color, and the metal is made of soft steel keel, which is unique to the Kingdom of Dord, and the shape is similar to the eagle wing bow given to Victor by Princess Seuss, but the bowstring is not Mithril, but a more flexible spider silk bowstring.

Victor put on his hand armor, took the metal bow and tried to pull it, and the pull force was 380 pounds, which is equivalent to the strength of 2 people to pull the bow to the fullest. Although the pull of this metal warbow is far from reaching the limit of the surging talent, it can maintain a high rate of fire and stability to the maximum, meet the needs of the Wind Archer to move and shoot and save energy, and can perform three extraordinary archery skills, constituting a variety of tactics.

Wind arrows, the breeze surrounds the arrows, does not consume energy at all, the initial velocity of the feather arrows is 246 meters per second, the effective killing radius is 470 meters, the power is comparable to the standard crossbow of 800 pounds, and the use of pure gold arrows can penetrate the fine iron armor. Victor can move at high speed while shooting 5 Windwalking Arrows in a row in 4 seconds, killing 5 escaped wolves.

Wind arrows, the surface of the arrow surrounds the strong blue and black wind, consuming a small amount of energy, the initial velocity of the feather arrow is 307 meters per second, the effective killing radius is 712 meters, the power is comparable to the 1100-pound military heavy crossbow, can penetrate the iron oak target behind the adamantite armor 14 cm, and the air turbulence attached to the arrow can tear the wound, cause secondary damage to the target inside, and can also destroy the target's balance and movement state, there is a short pause, imbalance, slowing down and knockback. When Victor casts the Wind Arrow, his movement speed is significantly reduced, and the rate of fire is 1.3 seconds per shot.

Gathering momentum, Victor's killer weapon, can only use the shooting method of standing still, and after accumulating for 11 seconds, the power of the Void Wind Element reaches its peak. The arrows are indestructible with elemental damage, and have the burning and paralyzing effects of armor piercing, void wind elemental turbulence, and electric rays, and the initial velocity of the feather arrows reaches a terrifying 624 meters per second, and the effective killing radius is 1287 meters.

Within 400 meters, if the enemy could not accurately predict the timing of Victor's attack, even the Golden Knight would have to hate his momentum.

Of course, if the enemy is a Golden Knight, this distance is also dangerous for Victor, he only has one chance to shoot, and if he misses a single blow, he must quickly pull away or else he will have to engage the enemy in close combat.

Charged Strikes are very energy-intensive, and at Victor's current level, 8 consecutive uses is the limit. The whole person was exhausted, fell into a semi-comatose state, and even had no strength to escape.

According to X-3's calculations, the most reasonable combat plan is to use a charged attack with a power of 6 percent every 30 minutes.

Victor took out a pure gold feather arrow, and pulled the spider silk bowstring again, the keel steel bow blade was tight, like an eagle with wings fluttering, the blue and black air around the arrow turned into a deep blue, the void wind element rubbed and vibrate, and the fine lightning wrapped around the arrow, making a dense clattering sound, and an extremely dangerous aura spread.

"Buzz"

The bowstring vibrated and the arrow shot out into an indigo streamer, which instantly swept a distance of a kilometer, penetrating a wooden fence in the upper camp and disappearing without a trace. The furious Void Wind Elemental exploded along the void into a dozen turbulent streams, like a razor churning the nearby iron oak into irregular pieces.

Sixty percent of the power of the charged attack is enough to pose a deadly threat to the powerhouses of the Golden Rank.

The Windswept Archer doesn't rely on Mithril gear, and this keel steel shortbow is capable of bringing out all three of Victor's extraordinary archery skills. As for the alchemy auxiliaries, it was made in the form of an eagle wing bow, just to satisfy Victor's aesthetic desires.

Victor was very pleased with the Eaglewing Warbow, and rubbed it in his hand, but the upper camp suddenly blew a rapid horn. Immediately afterward, the footsteps of a group of soldiers and the barking of guard dogs could be heard outside the camp.

"My lord, the upper camp has been warned. Jack spoke.

Victor looked at the Eagle Wing Warbow in his hand, then looked up at the miserable iron oak fence in the upper camp, stuffed the warbow to Renault, put his hands behind his back, and said lightly: "I know, I just want to test the defense mechanism of the Hill Secret Fortress." ”

Jack thought for a moment and said, "My lord, if the guards of the Secret Fortress can't find the attacker, according to the regulations, they will release the summons crow to ask you for help. If you don't respond, the Guardians of the Secret Keep ask for help from Lord Nelson and finally from Lady Nicole...... None of the three adults responded, and the Secret Fortress guards had to destroy the Snow Sugar and Coffee Workshop as soon as possible. ”

"Uh...... Then disarm the alarm. Victor touched his nose, turned and walked to the door, and said as he went, "Jack, hurry up and do what I have to do...... Renault, Shak, let's go to the Alchemy Tower. ”

As the whistle sounded as the alarm sounded, and as Victor walked into the caverns of the Alchemy Tower, the hill fortress returned to its former calm.

Randall's population is becoming more and more dense, and there are no more spies from the major forces. It's an open secret that the Hill Castle contains the Randall family's secret recipe for making snow sugar coffee, but no one knows that the coffee snow sugar is just a front for the purpose of using this as an excuse to make the Hill Castle a forbidden place for Randall's territory. The secret that Victor really wants to hide is actually the Alchemy Tower Cave in the upper camp.

The cave is filled with debris and looks like a natural storage room that is not taken seriously. Victor took Renault and Shak through a cramped passage made of wooden boxes and entered the inner cavern where the Alchemy Tower was located.

The spring water was murmuring, and the four rays of red, yellow, blue, and green reflected each other, and directly above the altar, countless mysterious runes revolved around a naked man with an illusory form. This is an alchemical auxiliary who is about to step into the real world.

Victor looked at it for a while, his consciousness connected to Taling, and ordered: "King, stop the production task immediately." ”

"My lord, stop the production task now, and you will lose 500 gold soles. The king warned.

Victor was unmoved, "Execute the order." ”

"As you wish. ”

The mysterious runes quickly collapsed, and the phantom shadows of the alchemy auxiliaries gradually blurred, and finally disappeared completely, and the colorful cavern became bleak again.

Victor knocked on the alchemy altar that had restored its quaint appearance, and said in his consciousness: "King, report the current basic information of the alchemy pagoda. ”

"No. 7 Alchemy Tower, the total soul fire unit is 12,380 points, the soul fire has been used 11,210 points, the remaining soul fire is 1,170 points, the reserve fund is 127,060 gold soles, and there are 162 barberry militia, 578 spirit monkey militia, 667 alchemy auxiliaries, 104 alchemy mastiffs, 477 alchemy crows, and 6 alchemy dragon lizards. ”

"The number of alchemical creatures is abundant, and the capital reserves are healthy, which is good. ”

Victor nodded and said with a smile: "King, my alchemy auxiliaries have discovered a suspected alchemy pagoda. What are your thoughts?"

"I can't wait to fuse its rune crystals. The king replied without hesitation, his tone as flat as ever.

"Why can't I hear any joy from you?" said Victor, touching his chin.

"My lord, I will never be able to express my emotions. The King's voice projected in Victor's head did not rise or fall in the slightest, "but I could feel the excitement and pleasure of the adults." ”

"Well, we're one. Victor laughed and said, "I've been looking forward to the memory upload function of repairing the No. 7 Alchemy Pagoda for a long time!"

"In addition to repairing the memory function, it can also increase the basic level of the Alchemy Tower. The king reminded.

"We'll talk about that later. Victor habitually waved his hand and said with trepidation, "Last time, the process of collecting the broken rune crystals in the Dark Forest was not wonderful at all...... That rune crystal nearly drained the water elemental from me. I don't want to joke with my life anymore...... This time, I decided to take Rune Crystals differently. I'm going to bring you over and let you take the initiative to fuse the rune crystals. ”

"Do you think it's possible?" asked Victor

"You can try. My lord, our soul binding, the worst result is that I will not be able to fuse and absorb the creation law of that rune crystal, but our own connection will not change, and I will not be damaged by it. The king replied in the affirmative, adding, "However, I must warn your lord that once I leave the place where the four elements converge, my autonomous consciousness will freeze, we will not be able to communicate in any way, and you will not be able to give me orders and instructions. Unless, the void elements at the location of the suspected alchemy tower are still in a state of equilibrium and convergence. Then I will be able to rebuild Alchemy Tower 7 in its place and get in touch with you again. If it is suspected that the Alchemy Pagoda does not have such conditions, you can only bring me back here and reactivate the No. 7 Alchemy Tower. ”

Victor asked thoughtfully, "So what?"

"You have to set up the restoration project for Alchemy Tower 7 in advance. The king replied.

"What are the specific features that need to be fixed?"

The king said, "First, raise the basic level of the No. 7 Alchemy Tower. You can gain higher permissions in the Alchemy Empire, while the soul fire capacity of Alchemy Tower 7 increases exponentially, and more functional modules can be loaded. ”

"Second, fix the memory upload function. The alchemy humans produced by Alchemy Pagoda No. 7 die, and their memories before death, as well as the skills they have mastered, will be passed back to the Alchemy Pagoda. You pay a certain amount of gold, and Alchemy Tower 7 can generate new skills. ”

"Three, fix the rapid production function. Alchemy Tower 7 activates rapid production, increasing the efficiency of manufacturing alchemy creatures by 30% and the manufacturing cost by 30%. ”

"Fourth, repair the communication transmission function. Alchemy Tower 7 connects with other activated alchemy towers to transmit information, obtain the opponent's reserve alchemy creature skills, or copy function modules. The initiative between each other is determined by each other's authority, and the party with the lower authority applies to the alchemy pagoda with the higher authority and obtains the consent of the other party's owner before transmitting information. The Alchemy Tower with high authority can directly extract the skills and function modules reserved by the Alchemy Tower with low permission, but it does not have the right to manipulate the production activities and alchemy units of the other party. ”

"5. Fix the function of saving information. In the process of fusing other rune crystals, the No. 7 Alchemy Tower can save the function modules of the other party. ”

Victor's heart moved, and he asked, "If I fix the function of saving information, does it mean that No. 7 Alchemy Tower can obtain the functional modules of other alchemy towers and form new functions, such as producing new alchemy units?"

"That's right. But the prerequisite is to raise my basic level so that I can load new production function modules. After the king explained, he added, "My lord, I strongly recommend that you make raising the base level of No. 7 alchemy your primary goal. ”

The Alchemy Tower is up to level 10, with a soul fire capacity of 50,000 points, and can also be loaded with all the functions of the Alchemy Tower to produce different types of alchemy units, such as Dragon Warriors, Savi Warriors, etc.

Increasing the base level of the Alchemy Tower is of course important, and the last time the Crystal Tower 7 was built, the king suggested raising its base level, but Victor vetoed it.

Because increasing the soul fire capacity is not the same as increasing the number of soul fires, the rune crystals in the dark forest do not have soul fire units at all, and the soul fire of the No. 7 alchemy absorbing the leader of the Ant-Man has mutated, and its current soul fire capacity and soul fire units have reached 12380 points.

Victor's level of the No. 7 Alchemy Tower could not directly form combat power, so he chose to repair the production function of the alchemy dragon lizard.

The problem now is that it's uncertain whether the remains of the Carkinathan Grand Canyon are alchemy towers. Assuming that it is indeed an ownerless alchemy tower, then its intact condition determines the degree of restoration of Alchemy Tower No. 7.

If it was an intact level 10 alchemy tower, the king absorbed it, and the number 7 alchemy tower immediately reached the top. Of course, this possibility is almost zero. The No. 7 Alchemy Tower itself was not fully functional, and the rune crystals in the Dark Forest were even more dilapidated, only repairing the alchemy dragon lizard's production function.

The Kakinathan Alchemy Tower is also mostly broken, and it is up to luck for the king to fix how much of it works. Therefore, Victor must set the order of the restoration project of Alchemy Tower No. 7.

The biggest advantage of alchemy humans is their ability to learn, and the biggest disadvantage is that their lifespan is too short. The memory upload function can extract the skills mastered by the alchemist and load them into the will side of the alchemist human. In fact, the memory upload function represents the Alchemy Tower's ability to learn and evolve. Victor has already tasted the sweetness of the Barberry Militia and the Spirit Monkey Militia, and he is very much looking forward to the appearance of the Gripen Militia and the Blue Wolf Militia, as well as the War Ape Militia. Perhaps, in the future, he will have a better Soul Blood Secret Method for alchemy humans to load.

Fixing the memory upload feature is definitely the number one priority.

The alchemist's inheritance has been severed, and the rune crystals are all mutilated and damaged, resulting in the inability to recover the relevant functional modules of the alchemy tower, and one is missing.

Victor used the Dark Forest Rune Crystal to repair the function of Alchemy Tower 7 to produce alchemy dragon lizards, and the dragon warrior and Savi warrior production functions in that rune crystal disappeared.

Without functional modules, the Alchemy Tower would not have the ability to produce new alchemy units.

Alchemy Tower 7 should first restore the information saving function, collect various valuable production function modules, and then upgrade the base level to load and activate new production functions.

Victor weighed the pros and cons, and finally said to the king: "The first priority is to fix the memory upload function, the second priority is to fix the information saving function, and the third priority is to use the information saving function to extract the function module of other rune crystals. The fourth priority is to increase the base level of Alchemy Tower 7, and the repair of the Quick Production function can be ranked fifth...... As for fixing the communication transmission function...... Hehe, waste function, dispensable, last!"

"Mission set. The king replied, "Your Excellency, you can now collect the rune crystals of the No. 7 Alchemy Tower." ”

Victor took a step forward, his palm pressed against the altar of the Alchemy Tower, only to see that the surface of the altar showed cracks, and the light seeped out from inside, becoming more and more dazzling. The altar split into several stone blocks and suspended in mid-air, revealing rune crystals hidden in the middle of the altar. Victor stretched out his finger and lightly clicked, the light mist was thick, and the beautiful runes crystallized into yellow, red, blue, and green four mysterious runes that could not be remembered and copied, and slowly rotated around his fingers, and the stones that formed the altar fell to the ground with a loud sound that shook the cave.

The runes representing the four elements resurfaced as Victor's mind melted into his palm, turning into rune crystals that others could not reach.

Victor tried and tested several times, and after confirming that it was correct, he put the rune into the skin of his left hand. He looked at his left hand, which was unusual, shook his head and said to himself, "No. 7 Alchemy Pagoda divides me by 1 point of soul fire...... Am I done?"

After disposing of the rune crystals of the No. 7 Alchemy Pagoda, Victor rushed to Pinghu Town non-stop, and he wanted to add another insurance to himself.

On the west side of the cathedral site, there is a simple wooden shed where artisans eat and drink. Father Miller stood behind the long table and smiled as he poured hot ground root soup for every hired employee who came to drink and rest. The workers formed a long line in front of the old priest, and suddenly, there was a slight commotion at the end of the procession, and the people looked back to see the chief worker Morin leading a handsome nobleman with black hair and black eyes to walk forward.

The workers took off their hats and bowed to the young and handsome nobleman.

"Good day, host. ”

"Dear host, I salute you. ”

"Gracious and generous master, may the Supreme Lord of Light bless you and protect the Randall family. ”

Victor did not squint, walked briskly forward, picked up the old priest and walked to his temporary quarters.

With so many people, how did you respond...... Just nodding your head turns into a funny chick pecking rice.

Walking into the house, Miller shook off Victor's arm and shouted, "You little fellow will not go to accompany your ladies, and it will be all right to come to me." ”

Victor bolted the door, rolled up his sleeves, stretched out his slender and fair left hand, shook it in front of Miller, and whispered: "Old man, look at me, there is anything different about me. ”

Miller looked at it carefully, reached out and pinched it again, and said with a heavy expression: "Abnormal ......"

Victor's heart suddenly sank to the bottom, this time he went to Neville, and it was indispensable to deal with Clement, if Miller could see that he was hiding a rune crystal in his left hand, the Pope might also see the clue.

The difference is that most of the old gods know about the existence of the Alchemy Pagoda, but for some reason, he can't talk to Victor in detail. And Clement, who represents the upper echelons of the church, may know some of the history of the alchemy empire, and the knowledge accumulated by the church is inherited from the Chosen One after all. It's really hard to predict what Clement will do against Victor's rune crystal.

"Your hand...... More like a woman's hand than a woman's hand. Miller shook his head and smacked.

"Old man...... You!"

Victor was relieved to be teased by Father Miller, and he made a look of anger and asked, "I don't have time to joke with you!

Father Miller put away his sly smile and his expression became extremely serious: "Victor, you are a resourceful viscount lord, I am just a shallow old priest, you should not ask me for any advice, but I should humbly ask you for advice...... In the end, the person who makes the decision can only be yourself, and you must be responsible for your own decision and bear the corresponding consequences. If you want to be in control of your own destiny, you are not superstitious about others!"

"You have to remember that this is the principle by which we get along. ”