Chapter 41: The Alchemy Frenzy in History (Part II)
Kanongamen's hand stroked the beakers, test tubes, glass rods, alcohol lamps and other tools on the table, nodded faintly, and said, "These tools are not too good, but they are just enough for you, a kid who has not yet been promoted to a full-fledged mage." ”
Ivan, who was standing in front of Kanomamun, smiled.
"Without further delay, let's start the lesson, but before we get into class, I want to ask you a question, what is alchemy for you, what does alchemy mean?" Kanongamon asked.
Ivan pondered for a moment and said: "Alchemy has two meanings for us, one is in a narrow sense, turning what is not gold into gold and making endless wealth from it, and the other is in a broad sense, transforming one substance into another substance, and getting anything you want from it." ”
Kanongamen said, "It seems that you have finished reading the basic manual of alchemy that I gave you. ”
Ivan nodded, after he meditated yesterday, he was bored, thinking that Kanon Gamen was going to give him a lesson today, so he finished reading Karon Gamen's alchemy foundation.
After reading it, he learned that alchemy had also overwhelmed the elemental department in history, and it was as brilliant as China and Japan, becoming the most popular mage department at that time.
In the vast history of mages, there are three eras, the first era is the Elemental Age, where the King of Magic, Med Haiweiyin, pioneered mages and created thousands of spells of the four elements of fire, water, air, and earth, opening the most glorious years of elemental mages.
In the Second Age of Astrology, the magical prophet Vioch Arislede pioneered the calendar and constellations, divining the future with the irregular arrangement of the stars in the underworld, and opened the way for human beings to guess and explore the starry sky.
In the Third Age of Alchemy, the Lord of Everything, Yeo Drucci, the founder of alchemy, the creator of the Philosopher's Stone, and the most forbidden legendary archmage. His life was full of subversion and rebellion, the Church of Light called him a blasphemer, the imperial family's attitude towards him was difficult to understand, and the merchants of the empire worshipped him as the god of wealth......
"You are quite right, in fact, alchemy is not as complicated as the outside world says, to put it simply, alchemy is through the understanding, decomposition, and reinvention of matter, and then let things have the value of use for others again, this is alchemy. "After reading the basic manual of alchemy, you should also know that we have a glorious era of alchemy, so do you know why the alchemy department has become so declining and deserted now?"
"Isn't it because of the forbidden data of the alchemy department?" Ivan doubted.
"Hehe, of course not, the passion for power in the human heart is unimaginable, and how can one be afraid of death. Kanon Gamen smiled sarcastically.
"At the height of the glorious Alchemy Age, the decline of the Alchemy Department was a terrifying frenzy, at that time, the empire suddenly spread a magical method, this magical method is that even ordinary people can use it, this method that can turn stones into gold quietly spread slowly in the empire, and the alchemy mages at that time didn't know how terrible it was for them...... Kanongamen's tone was mixed with a kind of tragedy.
Ivan had already vaguely guessed the ending in his heart, but he did not say anything, and continued to listen to Kanomgamen.
"Soon, the whole empire was in chaos, and people were holding a piece of gold and entering some places of consumption that they would not normally dare to enter, only to find that there were already crowds of people, and everyone had a piece of gold in their hands.
Although people knew that gold had become the cheapest thing at this time, people's greed was terrible, and they probably just wanted to take advantage of it, so they pretended not to know the truth, and clamored to buy things, but the merchants refused, resulting in conflicts from small to large, and finally swept the entire empire.
At that time, the empire's economy was completely chaotic, and pieces of gold seemed to have become a devil in the hearts of the people, seducing out the deepest dark greed hidden in the hearts of the people, and there were quarrels, conflicts, violence, and cries everywhere.
In the end, a huge army forcibly suppressed the riots in various places, but the number of casualties was still staggering, and tens of thousands of people died in the violent beating of merchants. The Emperor was furious, and went after the cause, and in the end, everything made it clear that the only way to turn stone into gold was to be done by an alchemist.
Therefore, the crime was put on our alchemy department, and hundreds of alchemy mages from all over the empire were arrested and imprisoned in prison, where their black hair turned white and turned into dust, and the alchemy era that belonged to us came to an end. Kanom became very emotional, as if he was grieving and reminiscing about the era that had perished.
Ivan sighed in his heart, this alchemy frenzy was obviously aimed at the alchemy department from beginning to end, and he didn't know what kind of character it was, taking the greed of the human heart as the original sin, planning the shocking overall situation of the destruction of the alchemy department, firmly grasping the changes in the hearts of the people in the whole empire, and finally ending the alchemy era.
"It's too much useless, let's get down to business, and we'll get on with the lesson. Kanon Gamen calmed down and said, "The earliest ancient alchemy was trapped by that frenzy disaster, and the inheritance has been broken, so the current alchemy is basically empty, however, I can't teach you alchemy, but other aspects are still okay." ”
As he spoke, Kanongamen removed three things from a shelf, a book, a pen, and a metal stone.
"These three things represent what I'm good at, the pen represents the knowledge of mathematics and physics, the book represents the wood spells I'm good at, and the metal represents the knowledge of making magic tools, you see, which one do you want to choose. ”
"What is a magic device?" asked Ivan.
"You should know the bloodline witchcraft of the wizard of the Great Wilderness Beast Clan, the witchcraft of the Beast Clan is powerful and weird, and the Terran suffered a big loss on the battlefield, so in order to deal with the Beast Clan's wizard, the mage specially researched the magic tool.
Magic tools, also known as demonized items, can be equipped on Terran knights or warriors to enhance combat effectiveness, as well as mage apprentices, before being promoted to a formal mage, they will wear magic tools on their bodies, which is very effective for self-protection and against the enemy. Kanongamon replied.
"In other words, there are many people who want magic equipment. ”
"That's right, making potions and magic implements among mages is the most lucrative job, have you decided?" asked Kanongamun.
"I'm going to make magic tools. Ivan replied.
"Okay, if you want to make magic tools, you need to master two aspects of knowledge, one is the knowledge of chrome engraving magic array, and the other is the knowledge of energy transformation. Kanongamon had a look on his face.
Author's words: "Because there is something temporary, I can't change it in the evening today as usual, and I am a few hours late, I hope you will forgive me."