Chapter 30: Prices
At noon the next day, when Victor opened his eyes, he was greeted by Nicole's pale and haggard jade face and red and swollen eyes, and he suddenly asked in surprise, "Nicole?!What happened?"
"Victor, are you awake?! Wait, I'm going to ask the master to come and show you. Nicole said happily when she saw Victor awake, and with that she hurried out of the carriage, seemingly not hearing his question at all.
After a while, Master Edwin boarded the carriage and said to Victor with a smile, "Little Victor, how are you feeling now? Do you have any special feelings, such as tired, weak, or energetic, or nothing?"
The old scholar said as he looked Victor up and down in a sly manner, his eyes like that of a fanatical scientist looking at his own experimental material.
"Master, what happened to Nicole just now?" Victor didn't care that he had inadvertently become the object of the White Tower's research again, but was concerned about the female apprentice knight who had just left.
"Nicole, that girl, half worried about you, half blamed herself for not protecting you, so it's a little awkward now. Seeing that Victor cared first about Nicole, not his own body, a trace of warmth appeared in the old scholar's eyes.
"I don't really understand what's going on. Victor looked blankly at the old scholar.
"It seems that you don't remember what happened. Yesterday you suddenly passed out in the cave, and when I checked it, I found that it looked like a coma caused by physical exhaustion. These days, you don't have much intense exercise other than that fight with the Gnolls. So I judge that this is the sequelae of your use of bloodline power. Nicole, on the other hand, blames herself for this, believing that it was her failure to stop the ferocious gnoll that caused you to overuse the power of the bloodline. This night, she has been watching over you. Edwin explained the ins and outs of the matter to Victor in a few words.
"Well, when I heard you say that, I remembered that I was so tired that I couldn't help but want to get some sleep. Victor nodded to Edwin.
Victor was naturally happy with such a misunderstanding, and he would not tell Ed that he had actually entered a space of will when he was in a coma yesterday, and that he had somehow become the inheritor of an ancient civilization.
"When did you start feeling tired?"
"Does it feel different now?"
Faced with the endless problems of the old scholars, Victor reluctantly coped with a few words, and reluctantly said that he had to deal with the problem of the territory first, and repeatedly promised Edwin that he would cooperate with him in recording the special situation of the Moon Elf bloodline in the future.
After realizing that Victor was really fine now, and getting his assurance, Edwin was satisfied to let Victor out of the carriage.
"It's great that you're awake, sir!" Seeing Victor come out of the carriage, Captain Nelson, who had been wandering outside the carriage, immediately greeted him.
Victor's sudden coma scared Nelson enough, the castle is gone, and now if even the lord has a problem, Nelson himself doesn't know what to do in the future?
"Nelson, how are the people doing?" Victor walked towards the cave at the top of the hill and motioned for Nelson to follow.
"My lord, the terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now that there is a stable water source, the mood of the people is quite stable. But what should you do later? Nelson said as he walked after Victor.
"I've got the six elected leaders to be chosen, have they been chosen?" asked Victor.
"It's already chosen. β
"Go and gather them and call them to me in the cave, for I have an assignment for them. After receiving an affirmative reply, Victor commanded.
While Nelson went to gather his men, Victor walked into the cave alone, and he was now desperate to verify something to make sure he wasn't in a dream.
"Are you there, King?" After walking into the cave, Victor really connected to an existence in his consciousness, held back the excitement in his heart, and asked this existence through his consciousness.
"My lord, the king is here for you. A familiar voice rang in Victor's head.
"I was pleasantly surprised by a king at my service. After receiving the king's response, Victor breathed a sigh of relief with joy and couldn't help but tease.
"Honorable Lord, I can change my name to the Emperor and let you reap even greater surprises. The king's answer made Victor laugh dumbly.
"Well, King, now only those alchemical creatures can surprise me even more, and I can't wait to see them. Victor said earnestly to the king.
"Your will is my mission, please go to the stone platform in the inner room, I have more information to pass on to you. β
At the request of the "King" of Taling, Victor entered the cave in the inner room.
Lit by the glow of a flaming torch on the cave wall, Victor carefully examined the mysterious stone platform, and the intricate patterns that emerged on the stone platform gave him a sense of dΓ©jΓ vu.
"My lord, last time in the will space, I have already explained to you that the will side of alchemy creatures needs soul fire to drive, the more complex the will side, the more soul fire is needed, according to the standard of the alchemy tower, the soul fire required by alchemy creatures coincides with their spiritual values, that is to say, the production spirit is 7 auxiliaries, and the soul fire units consumed are also 7. β
"Go on. Victor's eyes flickered, and he already had some guesses in his mind.
"Now, I want to tell you that there is a limit to the total amount of soul fire that this alchemy tower can mobilize, and the specific value is 5,000 units. The king said in Victor's consciousness.
"Sure enough, if the Alchemy Tower can produce alchemy creatures infinitely, it would be hell, but, you told me that elemental alchemy is the creation of alchemy creatures by absorbing infinite elements in the void, so why does the fire element have such a limitation?" Victor asked the king in confusion.
"There are no relevant memories on my will side, but I have observed an interesting phenomenon, the soul fire stored in the alchemy tower has the same fluctuation characteristics, and according to the memory in my will side, after the alchemy creature dies, the total value of the soul fire stored in the alchemy tower will automatically return to the previous value, that is, the soul fire itself returns to this alchemy tower. β
"I have a bold guess about this, the soul fire of this alchemy tower is of the same origin and immortal! they are by no means soul fire processed simply from the fire element. β
The king expressed his judgment to Victor: "Therefore, the soul fire of the alchemy tower comes from the same immortal soul, and these soul fires are bound by the alchemy tower!"
Immortality, that is the realm of the gods.
Victor felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet, chilling his whole body. He remembered why the patterns on the stone platform felt familiar.
During the purification ceremony in the Black Castle Square, the runes that appeared on the bodies of Bishop Perro and Wizard Will were very similar to these patterns.
"This question aside, what else do you have to tell me?" Victor shook his head, as if trying to shake the troubles out of his mind.
"Yes, sir. Let me tell you about the properties of the alchemy creatures we are able to produce. The first is an auxiliary soldier, its data is, physical 10, spirit 7, perception 7, life 3, can load three skills, has the ability to learn, and has a lifespan of 15 years. β
"The second is the militia, with 17 physique, 10 spirit, 10 perception, 3 life, can be loaded with four skills, has the ability to learn, and has a lifespan of 15 years. β
"The third is a war mastiff, with a physique of 18, a spirit of 4, a perception of 14, a life of 5, cannot load skills, comes with beast intuition and bloodthirstiness, has no ability to learn, and has a lifespan of 4 years. β
"The fourth is a black crow, 1 physique, 3 spirit, 16 perception, 2 life, unable to load skills, self-tracking, tongue learning, recognition, no learning ability, 2 years of life. β
After Taling introduced himself to the attributes of these alchemy creatures, a smile appeared on Victor's face again.
"Alchemy humans don't mention what abilities these alchemy animals have. Victor asked the king curiously.
"Alchemy war mastiffs are basically the same as ordinary mastiffs, they have a keen intuition of danger, they belong to the alert unit, but they have more bloodthirsty abilities, the speed of the war mastiff that enters the bloodthirsty state, the strength is greatly improved, and they ignore the pain, just like the fierce gnoll leader last time. β
"Black crows are reconnaissance units, they can also be used to transmit messages, they have excellent eyesight, they can also see targets 600 meters away when flying, their sense of smell is as sharp as that of war mastiffs, and they are relatively intelligent alchemists, they can identify targets, and they can also imitate the sound of targets. β
Victor was pleasantly surprised by the king's answer.
"Well, the other alchemy creatures are too conspicuous, so let's give me a crow first, its detection ability will be very useful to me. Victor happily ordered the king.
"Okay, adults need to consume 3 units of soul fire to produce a black crow, and it takes 1 hour, please ask the master to place 50 gold soles on the stone platform. The king replied in Victor's consciousness.
"What do you want money for?" asked Victor in surprise.
"This, my lord, another message I want to pass on to you is that the production of alchemy creatures requires the supply of alchemy towers, that, this is it... Money!" the king weakly sounded in Victor's head.
Victor suddenly felt that 10,000 divine beasts had stepped through his heart.
"You, sure, certainly, this, no, yes, one, one, one, one, "one, one
"You can also start the construction task without money, and with the equivalent value of circulating goods. "The king's arraignment smells of broken jars.
"Are you kidding me?!" Victor asked coldly in his heart.
"My lord, in the side of my will, there is engraved a sentence from the alchemist Beredin: All creation does not come out of thin air. β
The king was silent for a moment, then sent a message to Victor: "In fact, the Alchemy Tower needs to extract a law from the currency or commodities in circulation. And one of my instincts, no, should say function, is to calculate the value of money corresponding to this law. You should have some ideas about that, right?"
"Luck. Victor pondered for a moment, and a concept in Chinese culture on Earth popped up in his mind.
Yes, everything points to a possibility, the alchemy tower is related to the supernatural creatures of this world, or the gods!
The silent demise of the mighty Nairel Empire seems to have been explained in the long course of history, perhaps because the alchemists of the empire abused elemental alchemy to cause the empire to collapse, or perhaps the empire violated the will of the gods and was directly destroyed by some powerful being.
Tens of thousands of years are insurmountable for mortals, but nothing for immortal gods. And this world does have gods, for example, the Lord of Lightγγγγγ
Victor finally jumped out of the whirlpool of the kingdom's succession, thinking that the sky would be high and the sea would be wide from now on, but he did not expect that he might be caught in an even more terrible storm.
At this moment, Victor had the urge to flee this cave immediately, but his fate had been linked to the Alchemy Tower, could he really escape?
The King waited quietly for Victor's final decision. It didn't want Victor to give up, because if Victor gave up the Alchemy Tower, then its existence would be meaningless. However, as a tower spirit, its will side dictates that it will be completely subordinate to the will of its master, and it is powerless to change anything.
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
After a period of deliberation, Victor decided to continue using the Alchemy Tower. The power of the Alchemy Tower is simply too tempting.
And.... After all, the Nairel Empire has long been submerged in the long river of history, even if there is any obstacle, it is estimated that it will not implicate itself.
However, Victor secretly decided that the secret of the Alchemy Tower must not be known to anyone, especially the Church.
Originally, he wanted to hug the thighs of the Glorious Church, but now he can only stay away from the most powerful force in this human world.
"King, tell me the price of all the alchemical creatures. Victor tugged at his collar and let out a heavy breath.
"My lord, the cost of making auxiliaries is 500 gold soles, the price of militia is 1200 gold soles, the price of war mastiffs is 800 gold soles, and the price of black crows is 50 gold soles. β
Taling passes on to Victor the price of the alchemy creatures. These prices made Victor cover his face in pain.
Can a 15-year-old auxiliary soldier create a value of 500 gold soles?
Victor felt very suspenseful, because a farmer could not earn 20 gold soles a year just by growing crops.
As for the 1,200 gold soles of the militia?well, Baron Esric needs to pay 50 gold soles for a fallen soldier, which will make him feel painful.
As for the alchemy mastiff, that loser would pay 800 gold soles to buy a dog?
The alchemy crow is the cheapest, but it also costs a full 50 gold soles, which is equivalent to the military salary of an elite soldier for 2 years.
"It's no wonder that the Nairel Empire will fall, it's all at a loss. Victor said coldly in his heart.
Victor then took out two purple gold coins from his purse and asked Taling, "King, do you accept the pre-deposit service?"
"Of course, I will provide all the convenient services for adults. β
"I'm going to forbid anyone from coming near here, find a time when no one is paying attention, and give me a crow first. With that, Victor threw the two purple gold coins onto the stone platform.
"Yes, sir. β
At the same time as the king assured Victor, four runes of different colors and shapes gradually appeared in the void above the purple gold coin, and they continued to rotate around the purple gold coin, and the purple gold coin was pulled out of a purple streamer and gradually disappeared.
"King, where did you say the money went?" Victor asked curiously.
"I don't have any information here, my lord. β
Just then, Nelson's voice came from outside the cave.
"My lord, are you inside? The leader of the consular group has arrived. β
"You take them outside and wait a while, and I'll come out. Victor straightened his loose collar and walked out.