Chapter 384 Meeting with Purficott
The group of people at the Witch Workshop did not wait long. Soon after they read the basic chemical theory presented by Purficott, officials from the North came. Inform them of the summons from the Northern Lords.
The alchemists who called themselves witches quickly changed into formal clothes, and the group arrived at the Lord's Mansion, waiting for Purficott's summons.
Among the group, even Heine, who behaved as the most mature and steady, looked nervous at this time. He clenched and let go of his hands restlessly, not knowing where to put them.
Though they were born as common people, they had already gained a reputation in the empire because of the sunshade glass incident. They had also received invitations from some nobles and attended relatively high-class banquets. They were considered to have seen the world, but those nobles The gap between him and the northern lords cannot be calculated at all.
Among other things, the Lord's Mansion of Purficott was guarded by steam knights.
Each of these heavy steam knight armors that have been specialized by Purficott are thicker than before, and their weapons are more powerful. You can feel their power and chill just by looking at them.
Especially because these steam knights stood there motionless except for changing the guard, Heine and the other witches almost thought that these were statues.
However, Weier saw that these steam knights were not living people at all. They were all Perficott's alchemy dolls wearing steam armor.
But this only intensifies the sense of oppression they bring.
Because if they are living people, they can still beg for mercy or other things, but these alchemy dolls? They are just machines, machines that only follow orders to kill.
Recognizing this, Wei Er sincerely felt the technical strength displayed by Purficott, as well as the significance of the identity of genius alchemist + northern lord.
This made Weier have to revise her initial impression of Perfecticot, and at the same time, it also made her start to face up to the rumors about Perfecticot.
The Scarlet Earl's name for killing is known to almost everyone in the empire, but most people have no real sense of it.
After all, Purficott has hardly carried out any massacres of civilians, and she has never exploited civilians. Almost all of her deeds are related to those capitalists who eat people without spitting out their bones.
The rest are deeds such as suppressing separatist rebels and destroying enemy capitals. This has led to many people not having much real sense of the vicious reputation of the Northern Lords.
She is indeed cruel, but this is too far away from the lives of ordinary people.
Even if Purficott killed millions of people indirectly or directly, would this have any impact on ordinary people? To say there is a positive impact, at least they don't have to go to the battlefield to fill trenches.
So even people like Weier, who have access to more information, have no real feelings about Purfict's evil reputation. At most, they think this person has a bad personality and is a willful person. of nobility.
Because of this, when she saw the basic theories of chemistry published by Purficott, her first reaction was to revise her impression of Purficott, thinking that she was a very special person. Selfless people are willing to share valuable knowledge with more people.
But when she saw the alchemy dolls wearing steam armor inside and outside the lord's palace of Purficott, she gradually realized that such a talented alchemist with a notorious reputation held in his hands enough to destroy a country. strength.
This made Weier a little worried whether the young earl was really as perverse as the rumors.
Weier's personality has been somewhat affected by the fact that her body has regressed to the state of childhood. Coupled with many years of life experience, she has a profound understanding of how far the imperial nobles can be willful. Cognitive.
Ordinary people are fine. Even if they are really messing around, it is difficult to cause enough damage.
But for a high-ranking imperial minister like Purficott, especially a powerful fiefdom noble with powerful military power, if she really acts recklessly, she can really do it literally. Destroy a country.
This made Weier suddenly worried, wondering if it was a bit reckless for her to come to see Purficott like this.
However, in the end, the good impression of Purficott’s selfless sharing of knowledge prevailed, and Weier decided to meet with Purficott.
And she’s already here, so she can’t really leave her lovely disciples and just run away. What if Purficott really has a bad temper, or Heine and the others offend her? , at least I can use my knowledge and identity to save the day.
With this thought in mind, Weier and other witches entered the reception room of the Lord's Mansion under the guidance of a maid, waiting for the arrival of Perfectcott.
"There are actually human maids in the Lord's Mansion. I thought the Earl was surrounded by alchemy dolls!" Pitlet sighed to the others after the maid left the reception room. .
Others are actually a little surprised by this. After all, one of Perficott's most famous works is the alchemy doll. According to their assumptions, Perficott should be surrounded by alchemy dolls.
But now it seems that is not the case.
Weier doesn't think anything of this. There is no inevitable connection between having alchemy doll technology and being surrounded by alchemy dolls.
Just as her title back then was the Great Sage of Crystallization and she had extraordinary achievements in glass skills, she did not turn everything in her life into glass, let alone display it in her residence. Full of glass golem.
The glass golem was Weier's proud work at the time. She even used this technology to create a golem modeled after the goddess of magic and left it in the Magic Association.
But in life, Weier prefers to live alone, and does not leave glass golems everywhere, nor does she use them as maids.
On the one hand, the intelligence of the glass golem is too low and cannot be compared with the mechanical logic of the alchemy doll. On the other hand, the glass golem is a bit too anthropomorphic, which Weier really cannot accept.
She didn’t know that in Purficott’s original world, this phenomenon was called the uncanny valley effect, which is the psychology that the more human-like it is, the more fearful it will be, but she knew that she didn’t Love this.
So she took it for granted that Purficott was unwilling to use the alchemy doll due to the same mentality.
Although this may be far from the truth, at least the witches stopped discussing the matter after Wei Er explained it, and instead looked forward to the meeting with Purficott with great interest. .
After all, Purficott is the most famous alchemist in the world, and he is an idol to ordinary alchemists like them. So amidst everyone's expectations, Purficott finally came to the reception room and met this group of alchemists who called themselves witches.
However, the first time she saw everyone, her eyes rested on Wei'er.
"Cursed Alchemical Life"
"Crafting Material: Legend"
"Production process: Legend"
"Effect: The alchemical life that originally pursued perfection suffered a curse from the gods and was permanently kept in a juvenile form."
"Evaluation: The once powerful The alchemist broke the taboo and tried to gain access to the power of the gods. It was lucky that he did not die after suffering the backlash. It can only be said that he was really bold."
Looking at the information displayed on the Omniscient Eye, this made Po. Ficott became extremely curious. This was the first time she had seen information related to gods in this world.
In this world where supernatural beings and giant dragons exist, Purficott has doubted whether there are gods in this world from the beginning.
However, all the information she has received has disappointed her. Whether it is the church or the old worship, there is no trace of the existence of real gods. Everything is just religious belief.
Even one or two artifacts with real divine blessings were not offered by these churches, which made Purficott gradually give up the idea of looking for gods in this world.
However, now, there is a person who has access to the power of the gods and is cursed to remain in a child form forever. How can this not make Purficott curious?
So she blurted out directly and asked Weier: "Have you ever had access to the power of gods?"
"How did you know?" Weier was extremely surprised. What happened back then was... Only the four of them who experienced it knew that after one of them was completely wiped out and the other two disappeared like her, it stands to reason that no one should know about it.
"You have a curse from the gods." Purficott simply gave a simple explanation, and then she continued to ask Weier: "Do gods really exist in this world?"
This This is what Purficott is most concerned about and most curious about.
She could never find the answer to this question in the past, but now she finally has someone who can answer it. She will never let go of this opportunity to find the answer.
Faced with Purficott's questioning, Weier shook her head and said with regret: "There used to be gods in this world, but now the gods have long disappeared. Even those who want to break through the legend and become a higher level The existence of levels has become a forbidden matter."
"So, then the curse you suffered was caused by your attempt to break through the legend?" Purficott was slightly disappointed, but Wei said. The information revealed in the childish words made her have a new interest.
Purficott has always known that extraordinary beings in this world exist at levels above the Knights of the Order. After all, the Empire has long informed that the Knights of the Order can break through to the legendary level after putting on the specially customized Steam Knight armor. About Perficott.
There are higher-level existences above the legend. With Purficott’s current identity and status, it is not difficult to know relevant information.
It’s just that she didn’t care much about these things before, so she didn’t know much about them.
In the final analysis, this is just a low-demon world. Even the legendary level of extraordinary beings do not have the destructive power that destroys the world like other worlds, and there is no magical power. Some are just more powerful than ordinary people. Not-so-fantastic abilities such as a powerful physique are somewhat disappointing.
And these are only differences in combat effectiveness at most, and for Purficott, there is no motivation for her to continue her research.
Her loyal old butler is now a knight of the Order, and his Steam Knight Armor was made by Purficott himself. After wearing it, he can of course break through to the legendary level and explode with comparable combat power.
So for Purficott, the old housekeeper's force value was enough, and she lost the motivation to continue research.
Now that Weier said that there is a level of gods above legend, this has aroused Purficott's desire for research, making her also want to explore the realm above legend.
“Back then, a few of us old guys tried to break through the legend, find a higher level of realm and power, and change the declining situation of magic and extraordinary power in this world. The result exceeded our expectations and also led to "The consequences will be irreparable." Weier looked like she couldn't bear to look back on the past, and seemed unwilling to say anything more about this matter.
However, Purficott raised his eyebrows. While writing down the incident, he also roughly guessed the truth of some things.
However, she didn't say much. She just took out her Midas touch and asked Weier tentatively: "Your curse comes from the gods. Can you let me study it? Maybe I can remove the curse from you." Curse, let you return to normal."
"The Philosopher's Stone is still cracked, your skills are a bit cool, can you really help me lift the curse?" Wei'er just looked at it. One glance at the Philosopher's Stone embedded in the Midas Philosopher's Rod by Purficott revealed the fact that this Philosopher's Stone was not complete.
This made Purficott couldn't help but look at her with admiration. After all, from the time she completed the refining of the Philosopher's Stone, to all the alchemists and other extraordinary beings she had encountered until now, none of them One can see that this Philosopher's Stone is incomplete.
Weier was the first, which undoubtedly gave Purficott a preliminary understanding of her strength.
But even so, Purficott just took out his cane and placed the two Philosopher's Stones together.
"This is..." Weier looked at the two Philosopher's Stones and tried to make contact. Then she showed a stunned expression, nodded and said: "I see, you will split the two Philosopher's Stones." The stones are embedded in different props, so that you can use the power of both at the same time. Even if they are incomplete, they will not prevent you from using the basic functions of the Philosopher's Stone."
said. Then, Weier looked at Purficott solemnly and apologized to her: "I take back my previous evaluation. Your strength is indeed qualified to study the curse on me. Maybe you are also the only one in this world who has hope to replace me." I am the one who lifted the curse."
"You are also the first alchemist I have met who can see that this Philosopher's Stone is incomplete. It seems that we should have a lot to talk about. "Perfect also solemnly extended an invitation to Weier. This was the joy of finally meeting someone with whom he could discuss academic issues.
(End of this chapter)