That thing really is," Quis stood at the top of the stern, watching the monsters scurrying across the frozen sea, his keen eyes catching every detail of the monsters, "That emperor has definitely been to the world of ashes. ”

Palu and Snead had been studying the modified monsters that had been restored by the Selim Desert Elves tribe for some time, so Quest was no stranger to them, and he was interested in this kind of monster with another way of supplying energy.

"The Blazing Shadow Beast needs to ingest black oil in order to have enough power to burst out strong," Quest had checked the situation in this world before coming to Ramsay, but he had not seen a large amount of black oil used in this material. So after seeing the Blazing Shadow Beasts appear, he had some doubts, "Why did the Emperor choose to use a spell to draw heat from the air to power it?"

While it was still thinking, the guns on the Leviathan began to roar. Days of dormancy had made the inhabitants of Soft Maple City forget the shock they were shocked at the sight of the giant ship that day, and now it reminded them in its own way.

"What a powerful technological creation!"

Standing on the top of the paper tower, watching the sudden outbreak of war on the coastline, the mayor of the city couldn't help but sigh. He rarely comes to the tower, but after the top of the tower becomes a terrace, he always likes to stop here. In particular, he would come here every night after he had to learn from the spy that the city's current thief, Wither, had disappeared for two days.

The current mayor is old and pedantic, physically and mentally exhausted, and his high spirits are long gone. The raging flames of the past, the inexhaustible motivation of the past, and the lofty ambitions of the past, are now gone.

But just as the same people can't deny history, the mayor of Soft Maple did have those things. It's just that after years of tossing and turning, staying on the throne of power for a long time, anyone's passion will be covered with thick dust by the years. It was like the ancient documents that were now piled up around him and found out of the paper tower, weighing more than eighty pounds.

"The past of the old men may hide the key to the secret door," muttered the mayor, stroking the thick bearskin cover of a copy of "Diary of the Past Mayors of Soft Maple," "rather than continue to be superstitious about the power of others, it is better to look for a panacea in history." At least when I'm the mayor of Soft Maple, I still have these history books to read. ”

In fact, in addition to learning that Wither had disappeared for two days, he also knew the final fate of the thieves through some other channels. He learned that there had been two tragic incidents near the village of Juniper Nuts.

One of them was the country women who had their throats cut, and the other was Wither, who had all been transformed into monsters. The mayor even saw the human skin shed from Wither's gang after being transformed.

"I would never let this happen to me, my family," the mayor shivered at the thought of that terrible human skin. However, he didn't ask the servant to bring him a brazier, but wanted to use this coldness to make his thoughts clearer, "The emperor was sealed near Soft Maple City, and it was definitely not for nothing. ”

Before he became mayor, he was the apprentice of a master alchemist in Soft Maple, and he was the best of his peers. If he hadn't gone into politics later, he might have even inherited the mantle of his mentor. And it was during that study time that he discovered a very interesting thing.

Each alchemy apprentice is taught a variety of knowledge at the beginning of their studies, and they have to memorize more than 130 of the most basic alchemy recipes. Most of the basic formulas are mostly the basis of later intermediate and advanced formulas, but two of them seem to have no connection with those intermediate and advanced formulas at all.

Those two formulas are neither able to refine chemicals, nor are they synthesized special materials, but can only purify and separate a substance called "black oil", and then refine it into two other substances called "light oil" and "heavy oil". The effect of light oil and heavy oil is only able to burn, and there is not much difference from black oil.

The mayor at that time also had a smart and studious brain, so he once asked his teacher, "What is the use of these two recipes, and why are they the knowledge that all alchemy apprentices must memorize?" ”

Although the teacher's explanation did not relieve him of the doubts in his heart, he still remembered that conversation at that time, and also firmly remembered the two basic formulas in his mind, and he has not forgotten them to this day.

As he grew older, he began to chase power, and the doubts of his youth have long been thrown into the corner of his memory. But now that the emperor has awakened, all kinds of monsters have cornered Soft Maple City. Under tremendous pressure, the mayor suddenly had some speculation about the "tradition" of Soft Maple City, so he would indulge in the pile of old papers in the paper tower for several days, seeking answers.

"Gnomes are not very reliable in their weapons, and there will always be all sorts of problems...... So they used the treasures of Ramsay's underground as currency to buy brand new war machines, gnomes and human pilots from the outside world...... The war was won, and the emperor was sealed...... In order not to allow the war machines to shape the next 'emperor', they are buried as a possible response...... The last guarantee, the soft maple...... Tower...... There is a ...... underground. The mayor's ring seal is the initiation...... Alchemy Apprentice...... Traditional"

After four days of searching day and night, the mayor finally found a text that could confirm his guess in a thousand-year-old "Diary of the Mayors of the Soft Maple Generations".

Even though some of the words were missing, he could still decipher their general meaning, "Beneath the towers of Soft Maple City, there are reliable weapons for dealing with crises. They need light and heavy oil as their driving force, and the mayor's seal is the key to activating those weapons. With red eyes, the mayor immediately summoned his servants, "Find the mercenary leader to come to the hall of the paper tower, let him lead people to dig down, and tell him that Soft Maple City is saved, we are saved, go quickly!"

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