Chapter 23: Changes in the Mysterious Ruins (Part II)
Merlin Avery never imagined that his childhood hope of owning his own potion shop would come true in such a strange and uncanny way. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The flaming face that emerges from the fireplace calls himself a "Realm Assistant", and tells Avery about the origins of the Apothecary's Cottage and other changes that have taken place in the City of Wisdom since he became a full-fledged resident.
In other words, the City of Wisdom already has such an ability, but the authority is not open to temporary residents.
Although it was in ruins thousands of years ago, as a city that embodies the highest level of alchemy of the entire ancient civilization, the City of Wisdom still has many incredible abilities, and the soul building to which the Apothecary Hut belongs is one of them.
The soul of intelligent life is very powerful, which has been studied and touched upon in the lost ancient civilizations and the modern alchemical texts, and there is no shortage of amazing results. The City of Wisdom was built at the end of the ancient civilization, and in order to ensure the safety of the city, in addition to the strength or potential of the official inhabitants, it must also have the ability to produce cannon fodder, servants, and strategic materials in a steady stream.
After countless researches, comparisons, successes and failures, the builders of the City of Wisdom finally settled on an optimal solution called soul architecture. This kind of building is based on intelligent life souls with strong beliefs, and is controlled by the official residents of the wisdom city, which can produce strategic materials, provide servants and cannon fodder, and can also be strengthened according to the strength of the host souls.
In other words, if Satum's Apothecary succeeds in being promoted or replaced with a more powerful Alchemist Soul, the Apothecary's Hut will strengthen itself into a Mentor Shop, a Grandmaster's Club, a Grand Grandmaster's Hall, and even a Melting Gold Sanctuary in its final form.
On the other hand, if the host soul of the soul building is changed from the Satum Apothecary to the Victor Leader, the Apothecary's Hut will be changed to a wanderer's lair, losing the ability to produce alchemy ingredients and alchemical potions, in exchange for the ability to create five low-level molten warriors per day.
The self-proclaimed "Realm Assistant" Flame Face concludes by saying that soul buildings can be roughly divided into five types, each of which has four forms, from the lowest Bronze level to the highest Adamantite level. As for the final form of the soul building, it will not be possible to strengthen it until the person in control, that is, Merlin Avery, can harness the ability of the grandmaster.
And because the City of Wisdom is currently seriously damaged, all soul buildings can only reach the steel level of the ancient civilization, which is the current mentor level. In other words, even if Avery was able to get his hands on the soul of an alchemy master, he wouldn't be able to get the soul building to reach the corresponding level.
Of course, Avery couldn't get his hands on the Grandmaster-level souls, and in fact, he was confused as to how these two souls had entered the City of Wisdom. He could only speculate and analyze, believing that he had touched the corpse of the leader of Victor and defeated Satum Apothecary, causing him to fall from his high position, so there was a connection in some sense.
Fortunately, after becoming the lodger of the soul building, the memories and abilities of Satum Apothecary and the leader of Victor are still retained, but the way of thinking about problems has changed dramatically, and there is no hostility towards Avery as the master, but instead expresses a certain degree of obedience.
"It's my dream to be able to experiment with alchemy, mix potions, and study recipes. Satum's pharmacy spoke in a frank tone, with a heartfelt smile on his always arrogant and mean face, "I used to do some stupid things, pride and jealousy blocked my eyes, and now in retrospect, I was so stupid at that time. I apologize to you, Mr. Avery, and I ask you to forgive me for my stupidity. ”
Despite his strange feelings, Avery readily forgave Satum and promised not to convert the Apothecary's Cottage into another type of soul building. The young apprentice was not a harsh man in the first place, and the potions and raw materials produced by the Apothecary's hut were far more useful than the junior molten warriors produced in the wanderer's lair.
This conversation frustrated Victor's leader, who knew little about alchemy and didn't like his ability to "fiddle with bottles and cans of soup", and as a result, he was not even qualified to work as an assistant to Satum's apothecary.
The leader of Victor was not a stupid man, and he knew that if he chose between the Apothecary's Cottage and the Wanderer's Lair, the former would definitely bring the most benefits, but he couldn't help but lament when he heard Avery make the same decision.
What the former rebel leader didn't expect was that Avery valued him more than Satum Apothecary.
After calming the fanatical Satum, the young apprentice returned to the fireplace and asked a question to the flaming face that was still floating in the air.
"I don't understand, Realm Assistant, what is the value of a wanderer's lair compared to the Apothecary's Hut?
"Of course, citizen Merlin Avery, you have that permission. Flameface replied in a surprise to Avery, "Of course, this requires the Bootstrapper Golem to open the privileges for you, and you pay 20 citizen points for each molten warrior below the level of steel you take away. ”
Avery was secretly speechless, maybe he didn't know the value of citizen points before trading with Mr. Sancho, but he realized it after the transaction. With just 150 points and a little favor, you can exchange it for a grandmaster-level alchemy item, and it is unimaginable to put it outside the City of Wisdom.
In comparison, it would cost 100 points to take away a mentor-level molten gold warrior, which is quite expensive.
Fortunately, Victor Leader was still one line away from reaching the Mentor level, and after receiving an affirmative answer from Flameface, Avery breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Victor Leader, who was so nervous that his face turned slightly pale, and said a request that made him ecstatic.
"Mr. Victor, I hope to have your help, not only for your strength as a high-level molten metal warrior, but also for your mind and your experience. "I want to go to Coventry, where the power of the Empire is extremely weak, but the situation is also a mess. I need your help me to disguise my identity, gain a foothold there, and ...... At the right time, I will establish my own glory and prestige. ”