Chapter 42: The Black World
Kane struggled to withdraw his hand, but Kakireć's strength was surprisingly strong, he pulled Kane tightly up the steps in front, feeling Kane's struggle, he turned around and said, "Hey! Mr. Kane, don't struggle, okay? We're going to inject new strength into you, just like we did last time. Haven't you already tried, you see that you have nothing to do now, and even gained extraordinary power from it, you don't need to be afraid at all! Be brave Kane. ”
"I feel different this time, completely different! I'd like to see Welgin. Kane replied.
Kakirech raised his forehead and said, "No, no, no! These experiments don't need the Honorary Knight who can only fight! This is an advanced alchemy technique, and having me, a great alchemist, is enough to solve all problems, and you don't need to be so uneasy. You're not a three-year-old, so why do you need an adult's company like a child? Come on, come on, don't waste our time, Mr. Kane, everybody is waiting for you. Kakireć's tone grew impatient.
Kane's mind was confused, but Kakirech was probably right, and he was probably a little nervous. This is the alchemy laboratory established by Hammer, serving the Hammer family, and there is no reason for Kakirech to harm him.
"Okay." Kane felt that he shouldn't waste everyone's time on such a thing, and he stepped onto the platform, where he looked so small in front of the huge precision machine, and a coercion came from the top of his head, and only then did he notice that the test chamber of the machine was so different from the last time. Last time, it was a glass cabin, but this time it was replaced by a translucent sheep's head test chamber.
Touching this test chamber with his hand, Kane was sure that this was a test chamber made by a sheep's head, and the transparency should be due to the careful polishing, perhaps some kind of alchemy material was added to it, which was not difficult for this group of alchemy maniacs, and it could be completed with a gesture.
"You see, we've been preparing for this test for a long time! It's going to be a great moment! Mr. Kane, you and I will leave a great mark in history! Kakirech excitedly said to Kane, "Go in, lie inside, we've got everything ready for you." ”
"Is there anything else I need to do? Just lie in there? Kane asked, uncertain.
"Of course, just go in, hurry up, everyone is waiting."
Kane nodded, and then lay into the open mouth of the giant lamb's head as he had done last time. The sheep's mouth was closed, tightly sealed, there was no gap, and it seemed that the airtightness was very good, because Kane already felt that it was completely cut off from the outside, and no air could enter.
He raised his hand and tapped the translucent lid, but somewhere a puff of gas spewed into the entire cabin. Then he began to feel groggy and his eyelids drooped. In his last moments of lucidity, he saw Kakireć holding a bottle of black, cloudy liquid in his hand, which flashed an eerie scarlet color, like a demonic grin.
Then Kane was completely unconscious. Cakyre connected the catheter, and fluid flowed down the catheter to the end of Kane's heart. Until the last drop of the potion was absorbed by his heart, Kakireć couldn't hide the excitement on his face.
Kane felt his soul detach from his body, and he continued to float up like a wisp of green smoke, and the figure outside the cabin was longing, only an old man stood outside the test chamber, watching him inside. Kane's soul looked down, and he saw his physical self lying there quietly. He was like a fish swimming in the water like he was in his flesh before he went back.
But a strong suction force drained his entire soul upwards, and Kane tried to get the attention of those outside by shouting, but he couldn't make a sound, and just like that, he was sucked into another dimension.
Here he saw skeletons burning with blue and red flames, and every now and then a ghost with a hideous head flew past him, with a mournful tone.
He floated in the air and saw the incredible scene in front of him. The world of red and black hell unfolded before his eyes, and he could hardly believe it all, he had come to a terrifying hell! Molten lava flowed beneath his feet, bursting in strings of flames, tongues of fire licking the black, patterned rocks. A venomous snake with a triangular head and glowing green eyes swims in the lava as if it were taking a comfortable warm bath.
What is the situation! Am I dead? Kane's panicked mind was questioned, and he hovered in the air, not knowing where to go.
As he hesitated, a loud roar caught his attention, and the magma ocean surged, and the poisonous snakes inside swam to the shore, as if they wanted to flee, for fear that they would die if they fell behind. A large, friendless head poked out of the lava. The Hellfire Dragon's head has black spikes, its two horns are shining with an obsidian-like color, and its huge yellow eyes are staring at Kane, who has long been stunned, if it weren't for the fact that his soul state has no physical reaction, I'm afraid Kane's legs would have been paralyzed by now.
Drops of lava slipped from the dragon's hard scale armor, and two fiery breaths erupted from its nostrils, and he looked at Kane for a moment, then lost interest before slamming back into the sea of magma.
After the fire dragon left, Kane roared in his heart, what kind of potion did the group of guys outside inject him, why is this hellish place so strange! How do you get out of here?
He looked for a way out like a lonely ghost, but apart from the magma ocean, he only saw a black dense forest, and this time he was finally able to come down to the ground, although he was still in a soul state, but he still stood firmly on the ground.
At Kane's feet was a pitch-black, uneven black volcanic rock, and at a glance, he saw no other plant in the entire forest except for the black towering, cross-branched, leafy unknown trees, and he saw no other color in the forest except black.
It's such a weird place, it's weird. There is no sunshine, no rain, and the temperature is not normal, sometimes cold and sometimes hot, but this kind of tree can still grow. Kane was jealous, he hesitated to go any further, the gray hazy mist had an inexplicable attraction.
Should I go in and have a look again? Kane thought to himself. After a battle of thoughts, he decided to go inside and find out, the fire dragon had done him no harm just now, which also gave him a little confidence that the creatures here might not attack him.
Kane walked forward, the tall black canopy revealing the oppressive surroundings. He continued his way, like an explorer searching for the truth behind the fog. Suddenly, the roar of the beast was heard again in the forest, this time unlike the fire dragon he had just encountered, the sound of the monster felt familiar to him, as if he had heard it somewhere. The forest began to shake, and the thick branches that were sheltered overhead were removed.
A head was exposed, and Kane quickly recognized the monster as a salamander, but unlike the type of salamander duel that Kane and his father saw in the Colosseum when he was a child, this salamander was obviously much larger than what they had seen in the Colosseum, it was simply a comparison of the rank of the ancestor and the grandson. The salamander spits out its long, forked tongue, and lava-like saliva drips from the tip of its tongue. It turned its head and focused its eyes on Kane, a low groan coming out of its throat.
Kane looked like an intruder in the eyes of the monster, an intruder who didn't pose a threat, not even a hot flesh state that an intruder posed no threat to it at all, and after watching it for a while, after curiosity, the salamander walked away boredly.
His stout forelimbs moved slowly, his tail dragging behind, but not a single tree was broken in his way, as if they would actively avoid it. The salamander lost interest in Kane, but Kane became more interested in it, and Kane, who was idle and bored, couldn't find his way back anyway, so he simply followed the salamander to see where it was going.
After he had followed the red-striped tail for dozens of steps, the salamander suddenly stopped, and it looked up at the sky, and the dense forest obscured its vision, and he used his front paws to push it away. Kane followed its direction and looked into the air, and a black hole appeared in the sky. A suction force came, and Kane's body began to float upwards, higher and higher.
The salamander slammed its claws at his flying soul state, black claws slicing across his body, and this claw slapping into the air. The salamander tilted its head and let out a hoarse cry, as if wondering why it hadn't touched Kane, and it watched blankly as Kane drifted towards the hole it couldn't reach.
Flying high, Kane looked into the distance of the forest, and in the endless black forest sea, a huge tower stood in the middle of the forest sea, standing out from the crowd. The tower was an ordinary spire-like building, and the exposed part could be seen to be divided into about ten floors, each of which was surrounded by something glowing red, and Kane couldn't make out what it was.
Occasionally, some flying creatures will fly into the tower, and the whole tower will have an eerie feel. What the hell is this? Kane's doubts grew, but there was no chance for him to explore again, he had flown to the mouth of the cave, and his whole soul was sucked into it again. His soul returned to the sheep's head cabin, his body changed slightly, his face turned pale, probably because he had been suffocated for too long, Kane burrowed back into his body, and then he lost all sense.
Kakirech opened the sheep's head test chamber, he opened Kane's eyelids, looked at it, and found nothing abnormal, and then examined Kane's body again and found nothing abnormal. Curiously, Ruan craned his neck, poked his head out of Kakirech's ear, and said, "Teacher! The experiment was successful, right? Has this kid activated the potion again, and does he have a chance to surpass the blessed ones of the Holy See? ”
Kakirech slapped Ruan in the face and said angrily: "Don't ask so much! Hurry up and get ready for the recovery potion. Every day you have the most questions, how happened to the rock lizard that asked you to transform with alchemy last time? There is no realization of the scales of steel. ”
"I'm going to prepare the recovery potion!" Like a schoolboy who had been raided on his homework, Ruan quickly slipped away from the subject, for fear that if he ran slower, Kakireć's spit would spray him in the face again.
Kakirech shook his head and looked at Lu An's fleeing figure, and scolded angrily "stupid", among his group of students, the alchemy talent is the highest in Lu An, but this guy always makes all kinds of mistakes when he starts experimenting, last time he asked him to use alchemy to transform the steel rock lizard, this kid quickly found a way, but at a critical time, a certain alchemy medicine was put too much, causing the steel rock lizard to become a piece of scrap iron that was not there, and he steeled the internal organs of the rock lizard, so Kakirech pointed at him and scolded him after he knew it.