Chapter 373 Silver Vase Sixteen
Flamel told his teacher, Macala Melasquez, the news brought by the housekeeper.
After hearing this, the lady’s reaction seemed particularly calm.
He just smiled and nodded at Lemay, expressing his understanding, and then ordered in a gentle tone:
"Miss Lemay, please go downstairs and call Mr. Gillan. I have something to do." Account to him.”
"Well...well, good teacher."
Although the aristocratic girl was a little dazed, she quickly reacted, raised her skirt and saluted the teacher, then turned and went downstairs.
She went straight to the door of the wooden house on the left.
But before he could raise his hand and knock, the wooden door creaked and opened from the inside.
The blond young man stood behind the door and looked at her quietly.
"Mr. Gillan, the teacher called you..."
"Yes, I understand." Gillan nodded, passed the noble girl and walked towards the main house. "Thank you for letting me know."
Le May looked at his back and curled his lips.
Gilan went up to the attic of the main house.
He walked to Mrs. McCullagh's table and bowed his head.
"Madam, are you looking for me?"
"Yes." Mrs. McCullagh nodded and said directly without mincing words: "You also know the news about Flamel, right?"
" Yes, ma’am,” Gillan affirmed. "The housekeeper of Count Nicholas's family came just now, and I heard their conversation."
Mrs. McCarra was silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly sighed.
“I foresee the danger approaching.”
"Danger?" Jilan raised his head and narrowed his eyes.
Mrs. McCarrah hummed and explained:
"The path I am taking is the Holy Grail Spiral of the Furnace, the Godless Path of January... I alone have the sixth level of essence. After groping for it, it was called 'Prophet'."
"With the power of this essence, I can foresee danger."
Jilan was startled.
Explore the path of godlessness on your own, and successfully light up the lamp of level 6 essence... With such a talent, it is no wonder that "Ms. Snow" of Jiuyue Sichen will pay attention and value, and he will brand her early and give her the title of "apostle" Candidacy”.
Mrs. McCalla is worthy of being an apostle for future generations.
"The danger may come from the royal family."
The lady said softly.
Gilan was a little confused and asked:
"Why?"
As far as he knew, the Sakya royal family and the Queen herself respected Mrs. McCullagh, and it was logically impossible to take action against her.
Mrs. McCullar shook her head and did not answer directly.
She suddenly raised her hand.
哐.
At this time, the wooden wall clock on the wall opened the small door by itself, and a mechanical sparrow made of brass, iron sheets, glass and gears popped out.
Then, the mechanical sparrow flapped its wings, flew out of the wall clock, and landed directly in the lady's palm.
Click, click...
The lady reached out and pinched the spring behind the sparrow, twisted it a few times, and then threw it away.
“Go.”
The mechanical sparrow seemed to have gained more power. It flapped its wings, made a clicking sound, and flew out of the attic window, straight into the sky.
Gilan looked at this scene in surprise.
Then, Mrs. McCalla's eyes shone bright silver. She turned her head and glanced at Gilan.
The moment both sides looked at each other.
Buzz——
Jilan's consciousness flashed, and his vision suddenly changed.
At this moment, he seemed to be the mechanical sparrow flying out of the window, soaring high in the sky.
The bird's-eye view quickly went northeast, over the countryside, wheat fields and woods, and arrived above the town of Andea.
The royal capital from the bird's eye view looks quite small, with stone and wood buildings scattered throughout and streets crisscrossing the area.
Jilan couldn't help but be stunned.
Because he saw that the originally inconspicuous patterns on the street pavement now formed a huge and complex regular triangle!
‘That’s...the alchemy array? ! ’
Gilan was quite surprised.
At this moment, the details and clues he had noticed in the past all came together to form a chilling truth——
Andea, the capital city, It will serve as a "vessel" for an alchemical ceremony. The scale of the ceremony must reach an unprecedented level!
‘Such a huge alchemy formation is carved in the center of the royal capital, covering almost one-third of the town. ’
Jilan was shocked.
With his solid knowledge of alchemy, he quickly recognized that this alchemy array was very complex and high-level, and it was not a single structure, but consisted of seven or eight structures that were interlocked, influencing each other, and coordinating each other. .
And he only recognized the functions of a few of the structures.
‘Extracting the soul...compressing the soul...there are also reflow structures and annealing reactions. There are five hub nodes, which happen to be the tall spiers distributed in the five directions of Andea. ’
Wow——
The bird's-eye view quickly withdrew.
As soon as Gilan was distracted, his sight returned to the attic of the wooden house, and the silvery white light in Mrs. McCalla's eyes faded.
He took a deep breath to calm down the shock in his heart.
Soon, he said to the lady in silver robe in a deep voice:
"Madam, is the huge alchemy formation engraved on Andrea the work of the 'Red Duke' Borol Dupu?"
Gilan paused for a moment and then said:
< br>"To refine the legendary 'Philosopher's Stone'?"
"Yes." Mrs. McCarra nodded.
Gillen thought back to the time when DePlace Blood Harbor and his team were in the process of eradicating the "Nightmare Monument" of the famous spiritualist Master Aldin Higgins in the crater of the unknown island. of a book.
It contains Master Aldin's description of the "Philosopher's Stone", and it seems that there is a key material, which is the spirit body.
"...The weight of the human soul is 0.46 ounces. To refine a Philosopher's Stone (Philosopher's Stone) requires 309.5 ounces of soul, which is the total soul of 673 people."
Of course. , this data may not be accurate, it is just a rough range. But in this era, there has never been a philosopher's stone.
The "Red Duke" was just a pioneer, an explorer, and his knowledge of the Philosopher's Stone was limited to the manuscripts of the original unknown alchemist.
So to be on the safe side, he will only do his best to collect spirits on a large scale in order to increase the success rate.
"Do you still remember what I taught you?"
Mrs. McCarra said softly.
"About the 'Theory of Form and Spirit' in 'Metal Alchemy'."
"Of course I remember." Jilan nodded and said solemnly: "This theory comes from the 'Forge King' He Master Hermes Mish."
"He pointed out that the body is an entity and cannot be volatile, and the spirit is not an entity, but it can be volatile, just like the two properties of 'mercury and sulfur'."
"If the spirit of a metal is extracted and put into another metal, the metal substance can be changed. The soul symbolizes salt crystals. If the human soul is finally imprinted into the metal, it can be stabilized and permanently changed. Properties..."
"Yes, this is the key principle of making the 'Philosopher's Stone'."
Ms. McCarra's expression was solemn.
“Mr. Hermes, the ‘King of the Furnace’, and I were both members of the ‘Midnight Rose’, and were good friends with the ‘Red Duke’…”
“ It's a pity that after the 'Forge King' proposed this theory, Boral seemed to think that he had found the truth, and became addicted to the Philosopher's Stone, and eventually turned against us."
"Bolor has extraordinary talents in the fields of occultism and alchemy. However, he was a slave when he was a child and was molested and tortured by the female nobles of Saxia. Therefore, he has a deep hatred for this country. "
"The reason for setting up the alchemy array in Andea this time is probably because of revenge..."
"He wants to target all the residents of Andea. Raw materials to make a philosopher’s stone?”
Jilan frowned and asked.
Mrs. McCullar did not answer and chose the default. "A few months ago, I got the news...'Red Duke' Boral met in secret with Her Majesty the Queen, and used the elixir as a vision, which aroused the interest of the royal family and even the Sakian nobles."
“Because he had already refined the semi-finished Philosopher’s Stone ‘Black Jade’, he easily won the Queen’s trust and convinced her of the existence of the Philosopher’s Stone.”
“As Sack As the ruler of Asia, how could she not long for immortality?"
Mrs. McCarra told.
“Therefore, there was a series of subsequent actions... including the recruitment of folk alchemists as royal servants for the palace, in order to cooperate with the actions and plans of the ‘Red Duke’ Bolor.”
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"Of course, we also mobilized a large number of craftsmen to construct and transform Andrea. Whether it is the spiers or the carvings on the streets, they are all preparations for making the Philosopher's Stone."
"That's it. "Jilan raised his eyebrows. "Behind all this, it turns out that the Queen, the royal family and the nobles are doing it... the 'Red Duke' is just adding fuel to the flames to achieve his own goals."
"And the residents of Andea are all Will become a victim of their ambition and desire!"
"It's so sad..." Mrs. McCullar sighed. "Perhaps for Her Majesty the Queen, if the sacrifice of some of her people can be exchanged for her long-term rule, it will be an extremely cost-effective deal."
"This is why the royal family obviously entrusted me with it. , but no one has been sent to urge them for so long...because their minds have long been no longer on these jewelry and alchemical medicines for beauty and health."
Gilan nodded, indicating that he understood.
To put it bluntly, in the eyes of the royal family and nobles, the so-called jewelry and alchemical elixirs are not as good as the philosopher's stone that can make people immortal.
Just as she was speaking, Mrs. McCullar was suddenly startled.
Jilan noticed the change in her expression and asked. The lady looked at the scenery outside the window and said quietly:
"My mechanical sparrow was shot down..."
"It seems that the danger I foresaw has arrived... It was probably something that 'Red Duke' Boral said to Her Majesty the Queen, which made the royal family regard me as a threat."
"Of course, I Indeed, I will not stand idly by and watch thousands of residents of Andea sacrifice themselves and be turned into philosopher's stones alive."
Rumble...
Suddenly, there was a sound from the distance of the wooden house. Huge movement.
Jilan turned around and looked hard.
With his extraordinary eyesight, he noticed that there were many figures in the forest in the distance. At least hundreds of female soldiers wearing armor and holding swords were approaching the wooden house in a menacing manner!
"Mr. Gillan, please take Flamel and Garken and leave first...the further away from Andrea, the better."
Ms. McCarrah said in a gentle tone.
"The two of them lack combat effectiveness. If they are encountered by the royal army, they may not survive."
"I understand, madam."
Ji Lan nodded solemnly and said.
He did not ask Mrs. McCullar why she didn't go together, because he knew that the lady wanted to stay to stop the "Red Duke".
This will be the struggle between the great alchemists who are closest to the truth in this era...
Gilan saluted his wife, said nothing more, turned around and went downstairs. Not staying either.
The aristocratic girl Flamel was waiting in the courtyard. When she saw the blond young man walking out of the main room, she hurriedly greeted him. But before she could ask, the young man grabbed her hand and pulled her out.
"Eh? Mr. Gillan, what are you doing...?!"
Lemay was surprised and puzzled, and raised his head and asked.
Gilan did not explain. After taking her outside the courtyard, he turned to look at her and said with a serious face:
"Madam, please let me take you and Galken away. The wooden house and even Andrea..."
"Huh?" Le May's eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly. "Why?!"
"I don't have time to explain to you."
Gilan said lightly.
After saying that, he returned to the courtyard and went straight to the wooden house on the left. Galken was writing at his desk inside, carefully studying the knowledge on a piece of parchment.
Gilan walked over and without saying a word, picked up Galken by the back of his collar and walked out.
"Brother Ji...Brother Jilan?!"
Galken was out of his learning state and had a confused look on his face.
Jilan held a person in his hand and said without squinting:
"When danger comes, I will take you to a safe place according to my wife's wishes."
< br>"Danger?!" Galken's face changed. He seemed to know something. After inexplicable emotions flashed in his eyes, he fell into silence.
Not long after.
Gillan took Flamel and Galken out of the cabin and walked quickly along another forest path away from Andrea.
But before the three of them had gone far, they discovered that there were moving figures in front of them.
It was a team of thirty or forty people. The female soldiers wore armor and held swords, and were accompanied by two or three alchemists in robes.
“It’s the royal family’s army.”
Gilan said lightly.
"It seems that they have already sent people to surround the retreat."
"Why do the royal army want to arrest us?"
Lemay was horrified.
Galken remained silent.
“The royal family was bewitched by the ‘Red Duke’ and wanted to use Andea’s residents as materials to make the Philosopher’s Stone... They saw Mrs. McCalla as an obstacle, so they sent troops and alchemists to hunt her down. Us.”
Gillan said calmly.
Hearing this, Le Mei's little face suddenly turned pale.
"Then...what should we do?" she asked.
"Don't worry, I promised my wife that I will protect your safety."
After Ji Lan said that, he stepped forward.
"Mr. Gillan?!" Flamel was shocked. "That's an army! There are at least forty people!"
Gilan waved his hand, indicating not to worry.
Soon, the royal army and the alchemists discovered the traces of the three of Gilan, and quickened their pace to surround them.
But just when Jilan was about to take action.
Boom! !
There was a loud noise.
The ground then shook violently.
Jilan noticed an astonishing fluctuation in power and couldn't help but glance back.
A dazzling silver light bloomed in the direction of the wooden house. Even though it was daytime, the light was still bright.
The silver light formed a huge alchemical formation in mid-air, rising into the sky.
Immediately, a gust of wind and rain poured down.
Wow!
Crash! !
In the rain curtain, it is difficult to see the figures clearly.
The royal army and the alchemists were all confused by the sudden heavy rain.
Immediately afterwards, the rainwater gathered on the ground to form a stream of water, which seemed to be alive, wrapped in the soil, and merged into a three-meter-high human-shaped clay statue.
There are four or five of these clay statues, with silver alchemy array patterns appearing on their foreheads. They stepped on heavy steps and rushed towards the army.
"This is... Mrs. McCarra's handiwork."
Gilan has a realization.
He turned to Flamel and Galken and shouted:
"The enemy has been held back, come with me!"
"Ah...ok!"
Lemay responded quickly as if he had just woken up from a dream.
(End of this chapter)