The décor in Freya's room was completely different from what Ivas had expected.

He originally thought that Freya, as an alchemist, should be a very strict person. Not to mention that this villa is not only used for residential life, but also for research and research...... Perhaps the windows should be bright and clean, and all kinds of things should be placed in an orderly manner.

But when you go inside, you do have a researcher's atmosphere. However, it has nothing to do with being organized.

There is a single bed in the corner of the room, and in front of the bed is a desk with a lot of books, documents, and reports. The quilt on the bed was not folded at all, but just lifted to the side.

There was no stool in front of the desk, and there were even traces of the butt sitting on the bed.

In contrast to the living space, which occupies a very small space, there is a huge five-story shelf with an entire wall in the room. On the left are some book files; And on the right side are some bottles and cans. There are also some wooden boxes on the bottom floor that are either opened or closed, which look like storerooms.

And in the middle of the room, there are two large metal devices.

One is copper-colored, and it looks like it's liquid-related, as it carries a large transparent spherical liquid vessel behind it, which is now empty, and has a somewhat steampunk-style technological impression; On the other hand, there is a long silver-white metal table that resembles a cooking table, and on top of it is a variety of fully automatic devices, which looks very modern.

Ivas even saw three round-mouthed crucibles in the corner of the long table that looked like a modern test bench. Its outer shell is an impure black, made of smooth stone and dull metal. There was a mouthful of overflowing, ominous green liquid bubbling inside.

And on the floor below each instrument, a circular ritual array is depicted.

Underneath the smoking vessels, the ritual arrays were running. They shone with colorful streamers and could be faintly seen in the distorted air forming hemispherical shields, completely isolating the inside and outside environment.

In the corner of the wall on the other side, there is a low metal stove horizontally. It looks very ugly. The black iron shell is about six or seven meters long, only half a meter high, and less than one meter wide. There was a warm fire inside, and I don't know what was burning.

“…… Is this the Great Alchemist's Workshop? ”

Ivus muttered.

The style in this is to highlight a patchwork. The pure wooden villa looks beautiful from the outside, and even from the entrance to the lobby, it is very artistic. But as soon as I entered the largest master bedroom, I found that it was messed up like this.

But Freya is proud of it: "It's all good, and all my work and collection over the years is here." I have been designing this system for several years, and now it is finally working stably. ”

As she spoke, she introduced the laboratory she was proud of in turn: "This magic furnace is the core component of the second-hand light-forged furnace I found when I went to the Eternal Frost Empire to do business with the dwarves before. I've changed the fuel system so that it can now be connected to the giant tree and fueled by the blood of the sacred tree. ”

“…… Yes? ”

Freya's first sentence directly stunned Ivus: "Isn't this illegal?" ”

That's kind of ...... Stealing electricity, right?

The energy consumption of the bare-cast furnace is very high. Freya then used the blood of the sacred tree as fuel......

"No problem."

Freya said confidently: "I specifically asked, the fifth ring is the research area. There is a quota on my side...... I've scaled down the power consumption of the furnace and it's definitely running stably below the maximum permissive line. ”

At this point, she became very happy. It was a feeling that even reminded Ivas of Yulia, who was now studying alchemy.

Could it be that alchemists are all in this style?

"With this light-casting furnace, I can drive these ritual circles completely automatically and evenly without materials. You can't see the wire, because I hid the power supply line below the floor, and when I want to change the line, I pry the floor up and change it. Anyway, the house here is alive, and when the floor is put down, it will heal itself. ”

Freya said, leading Ivas to the great brass instrument.

It was about two and a half meters tall, and the console was about in Ivace's face. In order to control it, Freya also made a special box to use as a foot pedal.

She stroked the instrument and boasted, "This is what I found from the ruins of the sixth layer." This is an ancient technology of the Elves that was used to extract the blood of sacred trees to provide a portable source of energy. I feel that it can also be used to refine some other liquids efficiently, and it took a lot of favors to get it.

"Once this thing is running, it can separate 50 liters of liquid as needed, which is amazing! A lot of plant essences that are hard to buy outside - those essential oils that require a second-level or even third-level botanist to make, can be done with it, and you can save a lot of money. It also doesn't have to be refined to separate and purify layer by layer, and it can save a lot of time......"

"Then how many times did you ask me to take it down?"

Master Janis on the side complained faintly.

"There have been quite a few times," Freya argued, "mainly because there are no small ones for this thing." It extracts 50 litres of liquid at a time, but usually I only use a few milliliters.

"This machine, the efficiency of extraction and purification, is better than the combined efforts of three third-level botanists and three second-level alchemists working day and night. It's definitely a good thing, but I can't quite play out the full effect of it. ”

"If you want me to say it's useless, you might as well get it away."

Yannisrui commented: "The space is too big and the energy consumption is too high - why do you have to warm it up when you haven't had to?" ”

"You don't understand, once this ancient technology is completely shut down and turned on again, it may not be able to be turned on. It took me about half a month to open it when I got it. The technology that was eliminated more than 2,000 years ago, I estimate that there may not be many people who can repair it now, and it is to prolong its service life by turning it on all the time. ”

Freya didn't even pull Ivus to talk hard, but turned her head to discuss seriously with Janis: "If nothing else, if such a good thing is broken by me...... So even if you don't use it well, you should at least maintain it. Anyway, two thousand years ago, it used the blood of the sacred tree, and now the fuel is about the same, and the operating environment is very stable. ”

"Elven ruins?"

Sherlock was a little puzzled, "Why would there be such a thing in the Church?" ”

"Oh."

Freya looked back at Sherlock, and her tone and attitude cooled for a moment.

The temperament of that moment even thought of the smirk on Professor Moriarty's face.

She pushed her glasses and explained, "Because the church is not 'teaching the country' from the beginning. Elves are not like humans, possessing all the adaptability of the Nine Great Paths, but they are also not pure devotive creatures.

"In addition to the path of consecration, the elves also have a strong adaptability to balance and dusk. There is also a small amount of beauty, love, and wisdom. This also means that in the primitive form, the elven society must have developed in a balanced manner - that means that the ancient elves must be good at alchemy and necromancy. It was only later that they themselves abruptly abandoned a large part of the lineage and embarked on the path of a religious state based on consecration.

"But the Dusk Path means inscriptions, and the elves can't destroy history, they can only store them aside. And these are the ruins of the sixth and seventh floors. There are many abandoned inheritances and technologies inside, and you can enter and visit them, but you are usually not allowed to take the contents with you. ”

…… Necromancy?

Ivas listened and suddenly reacted.

He did forget about it.

With the elves' adaptability to the path of equilibrium and dusk, under normal development, a very brilliant alchemy civilization should be developed, and necromancy and preservation should also be very good.

But in fact, almost two thousand years ago, the elves abandoned almost all technology, and completely abandoned the inheritance of necromancy and preservation......

In the thirteenth ring, there are many cultural specimens. There was a lot of elven technology in it that Ivus had never heard of.

…… If you think about it, all kinds of high-quality underwear that are popular in the world now come from elf craftsmanship.

That's why the pure, soft and tough silk cotton is called "fairy silk".

In addition to stockings, there were sleeves, undergarments, hats, and sacrificial shawls, all of which were regarded as the clothing of the high priests. And according to the alchemical technology of this era, it is difficult to mass-produce clothing of this quality...... Not to mention that this has been popular since at least the time of the Empire.

From this point of view, could it be that the alchemy, necromancy, and preservation techniques of human beings actually come from the inheritance of elves?

Considering that the ancient races of the same period, whether dwarves, giants, dragons, or lizardmen and snake people, seemed to be very good at these things. Even if those technologies were reinvented, the elves who lived longer and were more adaptable should have invented the same thing.

While Ivas pondered, Sherlock asked, "And how did you get it?" ”

"Me?"

Freya chuckled, but there was no hint of joy on her face.

It was a smirk similar to Professor Moriarty, but in a sense completely opposite - Professor Moriarty's smirk, absolutely invisible. Only a person with a keen instinct could detect the slightest danger, but Freya's smile would let anyone know that she didn't want to laugh at all.

"Because I gave the elves a price they couldn't refuse."

She replied with a smile: "I promise to use this device to develop drugs that can slow down or even cure coagulopathy." ”

“…… Treating coagulosis? ”

Lily couldn't help but ask, "Can you really do it?" ”

"Of course. Who do you think I am? ”

Freya looked at Lily, and the smile on her face became a little more sincere.

She stroked her long unusually smooth blonde hair, and raised her voice in an undeniable tone, "I am Freya Moru, the one who reversed life and death!" I'm James Moriarty's daughter!

"Because I'm a genius! I'm a genius! ”

(End of chapter)