Chapter 204: Refining the Magic Potion
Hovey City, Firefox Castle.
Montreal looked at the paperwork on the table, his expression constantly changing.
On it is written the entire life of Raven.
If he hadn't seen Raven with his own eyes, it would be difficult for Montreal to connect a "little bee" active at the bottom of Munn City with a nobleman who is now the county commissioner and may be promoted to viscount at any time.
Montreal recognized Raven's Machiavellian approach.
The pull that Raven had between him and Earl Tyrone was wonderful.
Unexpectedly, Lei Wen also made considerable achievements in the economy. Not only did he manage the territory in a sound and impressive manner, which was praised by the spies he sent, he also created a business alliance.
After Viscount Hyde, the youngest son of Earl Tyrone, showed off, it has become a popular trend to trade with merchant alliances and obtain more points in exchange for high-quality products and equipment.
This can be seen from the increasingly violent temper of his eldest son Gul'dan and the increasing number of curses on Raven and Hyde.
Montreal had to admit that Raven was indeed a model among the younger generation of nobles in the Nord province.
At this moment, the melodious bell rang, Montreal looked up, the door of the study room was opened, and a fiery red figure flowed into the room.
She has two flaming ribbon-like ponytails on her head. She jumps and jumps with her movements, lively and cute; her apple-like face is not covered with powder, and her eyebrows have an indistinguishable childishness and warmth. Arrogant, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and the pear dimples were exposed on his cheeks.
Facing Montreal, her hands wrapped in white silk gloves held up her bright red pleated skirt, revealing two pink legs in white stockings. Her right foot was behind her left foot, and the toes of her round-toe boots were exposed. He nodded gently and saluted: "Father, did you call me?"
Montreal looked at his daughter with a trace of trance in his eyes.
The older she grows, the more she resembles her mother, no matter her smile or voice.
This also makes Montreal think of his deceased wife every time he meets Nancy, and once again realizes the fact that she has left him forever.
Averting his gaze slightly, Montreal asked softly: "How are you practicing recently?"
"I am already a third-level magician! Look, father!" Nancy stretched out her hand With one move, a bird covered with fire feathers landed on her shoulder: "This is my magic pet, Feine!"
Montreal nodded with a smile: "Very good, we Fox The family finally has a genius.”
Then seemingly inadvertently, Montreal said: "However, I heard that there is another genius in our Nord province."
Nancy was aroused to be competitive: "Who is it?"
"Raven, Raven Otta Griffith." Montreal said: "He has only been a magician for more than a year, and I heard that he is already at the second level."
I thought The daughter would get furious, or at least show some confrontational emotions. Unexpectedly, after hearing this name, Nancy actually smiled: "Father, you also know, let me tell you, his talent in magic practice Maybe not as good as me, but he is compatible with the four elements!"
"And he is also very good at leading troops in battles. I used to..."
Speaking of this, Nancy quickly changed her mind: "I heard that he only brought more than a hundred people with him before he dared to rush to the bloody high ground and kill all the third-level sand king Heleti!"
< br>Montreal didn't care about Nancy's little thoughts. He had actually known for a long time that Nancy followed Raven to the bloody heights.
But in the end, he didn't really care about Nancy's life or death, otherwise he wouldn't have pretended not to know, but would have given her a harsh lecture so that she could learn to cherish her own life.
"It seems that you have high regard for Raven." Montreal smiled kindly: "Then I have a question for you."
A few minutes later, Nancy walked out He walked into the study room with bouncing steps and looked quite happy.
Montreal tapped his fingers on the table and whispered to the butler: "Prepare the car and tell Gul'dan to take charge of the territory for the time being. I have to go on a long journey."
The butler was a little surprised: "Your Majesty, where are you going? "
"Eagle Leader"
At this moment, Raven didn't know that Montreal was coming. Even if he knew, he wouldn't have any extra thoughts.
If you have too many lice, you won’t be itchy. If you have too many debts, you won’t have to worry.
It has to be said that if you want to disenchant something, the best way is to keep in contact with it for a long time.
In fact, after spending several days playing chess with Crouch, Raven's sense of mystery about the rumored strong man was quickly peeling away. At least Crouch's emotions were not much different from those of ordinary old people. .
On this day, Raven was playing chess with Crouch again.
Since he wanted to please this magician, Raven naturally could not maintain his posture of killing all directions. Instead, he started to let off steam bit by bit, and intentionally or unintentionally informed Crouch of some formulas. This also allowed Crouch to gradually see a little hope amid repeated failures.
There were four more games played today. Raven won three and lost one.
Crouch, who won, was as happy as a child, so happy that his gums came out, and he "magnanimously" let Raven go.
After Raven returned to Eagle Castle, he began to deal with some daily affairs, such as correspondence with Denise.
There was no trace of ambiguity in the communication between the two. Except for some of the latest news from Meng En City, they were basically talking about official business.
This time Denise collected the last three ingredients of the magic casting potion, the mage’s awakening potion, and sent it to Raven along with the letter.
The letter also mentioned that a batch of slaves ordered from Slaver's Bay has been shipped and will be able to dock at Meng City in about one month.
Slaver's Bay is a well-known neutral zone, located in the west of the Middles continent, across the sea from the mainland across the Stormfjord. As its name suggests, various slaves are often sold to the outside world.
Leaven ordered one hundred war slaves and five hundred craftsman slaves with various skills.
War slaves will be sent to the arena to perform, and craftsman slaves will be enriched into all walks of life in the territory.
Putting the letter away, Raven put the raw materials into the secret room, and then ordered the alchemist Bucky to be summoned.
The first thing Bucky saw was Cong Yun Kumquat showing off.
Extending from the pot are six branches, as thick as chopsticks, with bamboo-like knots growing every two centimeters or so. The orange-yellow skin has light red root-like lines.
The six branches have no leaves, only three flower buds growing on each top. The silver petals are as thin as cicada wings, and each petal holds a fruit the size of a peach stone. The peel is as bumpy as an orange. , pure gold color, with three thin purple threads wrapped around it, dividing it evenly into four parts.
The third-level magic plant Congyun Kumquat produces fruits with different qualities depending on the growing environment.
Three purple lines, that is a proper third-level fruit. One fruit costs nearly 4,000 gold coins!
There are eighteen golden oranges growing on this Congyun kumquat, which is more than 70,000 gold coins!
Enough to drown Bucky in it!
"Lord Baron, are you...wanting to refine 'golden suspension'?"
Golden suspension, a second-level magic potion, can increase a second-level magician by 40% About half the meditation efficiency lasts for one month.
"That would be such a waste." Raven shook his head: "What I want to refine is a third-level magic potion..."
Bucky's throat quivered, a least Possible, but under the current situation, the only possible answer appeared in his mind, and flowed out of his mouth: "...You mean, magic potion?!"
Raven did not answer, but said: "I will tell you only after you make a soul oath."
The soul oath is the heaviest oath a magician can make. Once it is breached, whether it is active or If it is passive, its soul will disintegrate from the inside and completely lose all traces of its existence. This is also the most confidential oath.
Although he cannot release even the most basic magic, alchemists still have magic power and are qualified to make soul oaths.
Bucky had almost no hesitation. For him, if he could get access to the magic potion formula, it would be completely worth it even if he died immediately!
He took a deep breath and knelt down on one knee, and the magic power in his body began to rise and fall: "I, Bucky, hereby swear that what I see next will not be passed on to any other existence in any way."
"Whether I am active or passive, whether I am awake or confused, when any news comes out of me, I The words spoken, the words written, and the graphics drawn will all become incomprehensible, and my soul will disintegrate and dissipate!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the magic power in Bucky's body boiled and passed through him. His skin flowed upstream, forming an indescribable shadow behind him, and then disappeared again.
Bucky's body was dripping with sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the river. He stood up and said with a tremor in his eager tone: "Lord Baron..."
Raven took out an ancient scroll from his belt. It was the scroll obtained from Annuo that recorded the formula for the magic potion!
Taking the scroll with both hands, Bucky unfolded it carefully, as if holding a newborn baby, and then the contents came into view.
Bucky looked at the contents with good eyes, his expression was like a devout believer facing the gods.
"He is simply obsessed." Black Cat Xikret whispered.
"If you don't go crazy, you won't survive." Raven shook his head with emotion.
For a long time, Bucky, who was immersed in the scroll, finally looked up: "So this is the magic potion...it's really...wonderful!"
"I asked you here not only to watch." Raven said: "Next, I am going to prepare a third-level magic potion. You can help me."
"What?" Bucky was stunned for a moment: "But the third-level potion must be prepared by a third-level magician. You..."
"Who do you think I am?" Black Cat blinked.
A talking black cat?
Magic pet! !
Bucky couldn't believe what he saw. This shock was even more intense than the formula of the magic potion!
Leaven actually became a third-level magician?
He is only twenty-two years old this year!
There are no twenty-two-year-old magicians in history, but Raven has only been a magician for two years!
Crossing the first level in one year, maybe the speed will slow down later, but where is his end point?
A seventh-level great magician, an eighth-level great mage, and even a legendary ninth-level legendary magician! ?
At this moment, Bucky permanently lost his desire to compare with Raven, and truly began to treat the lord with admiration.
"I understand, Lord Baron, I will try my best to assist you in completing this task!"
The formula of the third-level magic potion is complicated, except for the cloud kumquat, and the locust-headed wasp. In addition to the liquid golden fire slurry produced, there are also nine kinds of magic raw materials, which involve hundreds of steps, and every step must not be careless.
In the next eight days, apart from playing chess with Crouch at fixed times every day, Raven spent almost all of his time in the secret room.
After decades of working in the industry, Bucky has accumulated quite mature operating experience, and Raven has the Eye of Truth and his own mental strength is more stable, so he has gradually improved.
Finally, on the afternoon of the ninth day, after consuming the eleventh Congyun kumquat, the first magic potion was successfully refined.
It has a sticky and thick texture, with little silvery debris floating in it, just like the deep night sky in a bottle!
“It’s done, it’s finally done!” Holding the bottle, Bucky’s tears kept rolling down the corners of his eyes: “Third-level magic potion, third-level!!!”
"If I had had this potion, why, what would have happened..."
At this point he was crying.
When he awakened that year, Bucky took the first-level magic potion, which allowed him to successfully awaken the qualifications of a magician, but also cut off his path as a magician, leaving him to only be an alchemist for the rest of his life. Magician!
Now he finally holds the third-level potion in his hands, but it is too late. The blocked road cannot be opened no matter what!
“Bucky.”
“Baron Raven!” Bucky came to his senses and wiped away his tears with his sleeve.
Although he was also happy, Lei Wen still frowned: "I think the potion we made is still flawed."
"The medicinal properties of Congyun Kumquat were not fully utilized, but were lost during the refining process. A lot of it was consumed.”
Bucky didn’t expect that Raven could remain calm when he achieved such an achievement. He recalled all the details of the refining process and praised it. Comrade: "I think this may be because the quality of the Congyun kumquats you planted is too high."
Lei Wen raised his eyebrows: "How do you say this?"
"You are in alchemy. There is still a lack of accumulation, and many things are not in the books. "In fact, over the past few days, I have gradually discovered that the essence of the magic potion still lies in Congyun Kumquat."
"All other auxiliary materials are to stimulate the medicinal properties of Congyun Kumquat as much as possible and reduce its side effects."
"The Congyun Kumquat you planted is of excellent quality and has almost no side effects. In this case, Some auxiliary materials may not play a supporting role, but may be an interference."
"Just like you cultivated. "Beacon Green Peach", when I use it to refine the primary recovery potion, I will also reduce the addition of auxiliary materials as appropriate. "
For these, Raven already has them during the refining process. Some ideas, but the primary purpose before was to refine the magic potion. Now that it has been successful, we can consider improvements.
Even with the third-level magic-casting potion, the success rate of awakening is only about 80%. What Raven needs is to increase this probability as much as possible.
"Then I'll leave it to you." Lei Wen said calmly: "I allow you to experiment with Congyun Kumquats and help me list the possible methods."
Then, Lei Wen turned his attention to The black cat said: "If he needs to use three "Magic, then you come to help."
"Me?" Xikrete shook his tail: "No!"
"Three brown dace fish every day."
“Five items!”
"Deal!"
The black cat opened its mouth and spit out a black magic vortex, which turned into a silver bell and flew to Bucky's hand: "No, I will ring the bell if you need me in the future. Remember, you can only ring it once. !”
Bucky took the bell and said, “Lord Baron, I will definitely live up to your expectations!”
In the blink of an eye, the time came to May 15th.
Summer has arrived inadvertently, and pedestrians on the street have already put on light summer clothes. Cicadas crawl out of the soil and climb onto the branches and begin to chirp.
Two full years have passed since Raven became a baron.
Eagle Castle is bustling again.
Because today is the day when Raven was adopted by the orphanage, which is also Raven's birthday.
This is the first time he celebrates his birthday.
In addition to celebrating birthdays, there is another big event today.
That is, Raven wants to canonize the first batch of knights.
……
(End of this chapter)