Quenched long order

Chapter 128 Improving the Alchemy Formation

Sauer's reminder also made Kraut notice the abnormality in the crack.

Seeing the strange scene in front of him, Kraut quickly stepped back, and the pale puppet stood in front of him.

In an instant, the air in the living room became dull.

No one spoke at this time.

Both Sauer and Kraut were all focused on the square eyes in the crack.

It is said to be the eyes, but the shape is only close to the eyes. It is impossible to know whether this is a part of the creature in the crack.

In the next second, the cracks near the chair Mance began to bend at the same time, as if a force was distorting these cracks. Gradually, the tips of several small cracks touched together, and in an instant, the small cracks began to fuse and transform into a larger one. Large crescent-shaped crack.

At the same time, Mance's screams became clearer. In the screams, there was a bit of biting sound mixed in. Listen carefully, and you can even hear the weird tone of whispering, as if there is a layer of The unique membrane stands in the middle, stripping away all the semantics, and yet, even so, it's still creepy.

"Could it be that this is..."

Saul couldn't help but speak.

"...the Hound of Calchas?"

"Has it set its sights on us?"

His words just ended.

The chair Mance split from the middle. The strange thing is that the split chair Mance did not fall to the ground, but slowly floated in the air, and bent like a curved crack, turning into an even weirder shape, as if , behind the crack, is a crazy artist, who is using the poor man in front of him as a canvas, letting his inspiration wave freely on the canvas.

The screams also began to "bend".

Saul looked at everything in front of him in shock. Suddenly, he realized something, and almost felt cold all over his body.

He was able to imitate other people's voices, but he couldn't figure out why his own voice could "bend", neither becoming sharper nor lowered, let alone louder or smaller, but "bent".

Could it be... that the time and space of the entire living room have changed?

The idea came to his mind.

Saul looked at his right hand. Now, his soul energy is still maintaining the operation of the alchemy circle. If he stops sending soul energy, the alchemy circle will stop immediately. At the same time, relying on the alchemy circle to stabilize the space-time cracks will soon Might be closed too.

"do not move!"

Kraut seems to have noticed Saul's intentions.

"We're fine."

His voice was calm.

"I don't know if it's Calcasian hounds. I haven't seen them. Maybe it's possible."

"But that's not important. What's important is that it... the thing in the crack is not interested in us. It's coming for Mance, and Mance is its prey."

"Even if we forcibly shut down the alchemy circle, we can no longer save Mance. He is just an ordinary person, and he has no resistance at all in the face of such a unique existence."

"Forcibly closing the alchemy circle will cause damage to the broken heart. There are still three people to save. Closing it now is not worth the loss."

After speaking, he stepped back a little and looked at Mance, the chair that was still twisted.

Saul also withdrew his idea of ​​stopping the delivery of soul energy. Since he was not the prey and Mance could not be rescued, he naturally chose the method with the least loss. After all, there are still three people waiting to be rescued.

He carefully looked at the chair Mance floating in mid-air.

In a short period of time, this unfortunate man was continuously divided and distorted, as if the prey was "processed" into the way the hunter liked, and then, after an inaudible "boo", Mance's scream and The whispers in the crack all disappeared together.

The double-shaped eyes reappeared on the edge of the crack, as if they were gazes from the unknown. In the eyes, the crystals exuding hazy colored light seemed to have a magical power that attracted all eyes.

In an instant, the cracks were completely closed, leaving only a few tiny cracks flickering continuously.

The chair Mance has disappeared, and the only trace that can prove his existence before is the severed palm on the ground.

This big rough hand proved that what happened just now was not an illusion, but something that actually happened.

Knot... Is it over?Was that thing really a creature?It's not like it at all, it's more appropriate to describe it as a monster, and it's the kind of monster that only appears in nightmares, so it can't be described in detail in words.

Saul couldn't calm down for a long time.

"Slowly reduce... the soul energy." Kraut ordered.

Sauer obeyed Kraut's order and reduced the supply of soul energy. Soon, the auxiliary alchemy array began to dim and fade until it stopped rotating, followed by the main alchemy array on the ceiling and floor...

He didn't take back his right hand until the alchemy array used to activate it gradually stopped spinning.

"There are still many." Saul rubbed his wrist.

Kraut turned his head to look at Saul with a little surprise in his eyes.

"What should I do next?" Saul looked at Kraut. Now, the person leading the recovery of the Mance family is still Kraut.

The pale puppet beside Kraut took a few steps forward, bent down and picked up the broken heart on the ground.

At the same time, Kraut turned to Saul and said carefully:
"First of all, the first step is not to be discouraged. Failure is the mother of success. It is normal to fail in an experiment. Rather, it is an accident to succeed once."

"I don't know what you think, sad or shocked? Other alchemists did not accept this commission. This is the reason. Many ordinary people think that alchemy can do everything by drawing a few circles."

Sauer shook his head, and the moment Kraut said the plan, he lost the idea.

Although the memory of his identity before time travel was very vague, his memory in other aspects was not affected.

He also did experiments at the university.

Even if the experiment has been verified countless times, the probability of failure is not low if you try it again, let alone the restoration experiment related to the human body and time and space.

"I feel... of course, you may not believe it, but that's what experiments are like."

"I think it's just a matter of doing the best you can, and I'm sure Mrs. Mariela will understand."

he replied.

Kraut smiled and replied, "Whether she understands is not in my consideration."

After finishing speaking, he paused and continued the previous topic:
"The second step is to analyze the reason for the failure of the experiment. Think carefully, is there a problem with the design of the experiment? Or is there a problem with the execution steps? Why did the unexpected situation occur? Was it not considered in advance, or was it caused by the experiment itself? ?”

"Saul... tell me first, let me hear what you think."

After speaking, he stretched out his left hand.

The Pale Golem places the Broken Heart in Clout's hand.

Kraut held the Broken Heart and looked down. The hazy blue light in the crack of the Broken Heart seemed to have dimmed a bit, obviously consuming a lot of energy.

A white translucent thread emerges from Kraut's fingertips and penetrates into the broken heart.

He was probing the specifics of the broken heart.

When Kraut was preparing for the next experiment, Sauer took a closer look at the place before the chair Mance. On the ground, the palm cut by the space-time rift lay quietly on the ground, and the blood flowing from the severed wrist exuded Slight bloody smell.

He fell into deep thought, and after two seconds, he replied in a deep voice:
"When we came back here, Mance was still alive, when preparing the materials, Mance was still alive, and even when the restoration experiment was carried out, Mance was still alive, although it may be due to the time limit, but I think it may be Very little sex."

"That strange thing, let's call it 'Hound Dog' for now. The reason why it appeared is mostly because of our experiment. That is to say, when Mance is in an independent time and space, although he will gradually die, it is mainly because of his own When we weakened the time barrier and connected the two time and space, and Mance returned to our time and space, this process attracted the attention of the hound, because Mance traveled through time and space."

Speaking of this, his eyes moved between the alchemy formations in the living room. Although he couldn't understand the specific effects of the alchemy formations, he believed that there was still room for improvement in the alchemy formations.

When Kraut heard this, he nodded in relief, and then, with doubts in his eyes, he asked aloud:
"Saul, have you really never learned alchemy?"

"No." Sauer's answer was very straightforward, but he did not explain, but continued:

"I don't think there is a problem with the idea of ​​the experiment. I just overlooked some details. The appearance of the Calcasian Hound can actually be regarded as a time limit. What we have to do is very simple. We need to let the Mance family quickly return from independent time and space. When it comes to our time and space, there is not much time in between for us to slowly stabilize the time rift."

He raised his right hand, pointed to the alchemy formation on the ceiling, and pointed to the alchemy formation on the floor.

"I think there is still room for improvement here, and it should be possible to increase the speed."

"If we can bring the Mance family back before the hound finds out, maybe we can avoid it. As I said just now, the hound is a time limit for us."

Having said that, he spread his hands out with helplessness on his face, "Of course, I don't know exactly how to change it."

At the beginning, Kraut was still listening carefully, but when he heard the latter, the confusion in his brows and eyes became deeper and deeper. At the end, he didn't seem to be listening to what Sauer was saying at all, but just looked at Saul up and down.

"What's the matter?" Saul asked when Kraut didn't answer for a long time.

"Saul, tell me the truth, have you learned alchemy before?" Kraut took a few steps forward, as if he wanted to see through Saul.

"How is it possible... where did I go to learn alchemy... didn't you ask me, and I said it?" Sauer was more confused than Kraut.

"But your thinking is very similar to that of an alchemist." Kraut withdrew his gaze, "Forget it, we'll talk about it later."

"Isn't this a normal thought?" Saul put his right hand on his chin.

Could it be because of the knowledge before time travel?How to analyze and solve problems?There are indeed many commonalities, and this is probably the reason.

he thought.

Kraut turned his head to look at the alchemy circle, as if thinking about how to improve it.

Seeing this, Sauer had an idea in his mind, so he said it out of the blue:

"Kraut, I think it is possible to consider bending the alchemy array, such as the alchemy array drawn on a sphere. Of course, some changes need to be made to the alchemy array."

"I feel that after I activate the alchemy array with soul energy, the dissipation of soul energy between the ceiling and the alchemy array on the ground is very serious. It may be because the gap between the two alchemy arrays is too large. If a sphere can be used, it may not necessarily It’s a sphere, but a cylinder would do, and maybe improve that aspect, increase stability and strength.”

As Sauer's voice fell, Kraut turned his head to look at Sauer's expression, as if he was looking at a monster.

Kraut's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief:

"I really want to cut open your little brain and see what's inside."

Perhaps to prove his idea, the pale puppet approached Sauer in a dancing gesture.

"Wait, I'm talking nonsense." Saul stepped back quickly, raised his right hand, and wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead.

"I knew it." Kraut nodded in satisfaction, then he glanced at Sauer, "I'm not good at topological alchemy yet, the success rate is too low, maybe when I become a sage one day, I can use it proficiently... ..."

Speaking of the latter, his voice became smaller and smaller, as if he lost his confidence.

"By the way, how are the levels of alchemists divided?" Sauer suddenly remembered this question.

"Level?" Kraut thought for a while, and then pointed to Saul with his right hand, "Alchemy apprentices, such as you, of course, the premise is that you have never learned it, but your talent is very good, I believe you don't need to learn it." It’s a long period of time.”

"Usually at this stage, it takes several years of accumulation, and you need to learn from an alchemist. It costs a lot of money and returns very little, so it is difficult for ordinary people without money to take this path."

"Of course, there are some special circumstances, such as being an apprentice, being a test subject, or marrying an alchemist... Also, obtaining the alchemist's research notes, etc., in short, it is difficult to speed up, let alone Existence skips this stage, does not have enough proficiency, and only hurts itself in the end."

"Look at these alchemy formations, I can draw them anytime."

Kraut pointed to the alchemy array in the living room.

Saul looked at the complicated alchemy formation and had to admit that it really couldn't be done quickly in a short time.

"But you don't have to worry, you are a quencher, and alchemy is just an auxiliary tool for you. Instead of paying attention to the ability of the quencher, you focus on this kind of 'external force', instead of sacrificing the basics."

external force……

Saul thought of what he saw in the library.

"According to the length of study, it is customary in the industry to divide alchemy apprentices into first-level, second-level, and third-level. The third level is your type. For alchemy...forget it, I won't use you as an example..."

The more he said, the more uncomfortable Kraut felt.

"...I thought of a plan for improvement. I said as I walked, I hope it will be successful this time, and I will bring all the materials."

The two left the living room and went to the next target.

"Anyway, if you are able to conduct research independently, you can leave your apprenticeship and become an alchemist, but becoming an alchemist is considered a real introduction, and you can embark on a more difficult and dangerous path. However, at this time, you can already rely on alchemy to make a living, so it is not too much Poor, and even ordinary people, in this world full of disasters, have a little resistance."

Perhaps thinking of Navin, Kraut fell into a brief thought.

However, decadence comes and goes quickly.

"When the alchemist has enough research in a certain aspect, such as proposing a new theory, developing representative alchemy props, etc., he can become an alchemist and be able to lead apprentices."

Hearing this, Sauer was a little puzzled, and he asked: "There seems to be no subdivision between alchemists and alchemists?"

"Subdivision?" Kraut smiled, and turned to look at Saul, "Divided into low-level, intermediate, and high-level? You can divide it if you want, but think about it carefully, when you ask Linda to borrow a broken heart , Is it useful to report the title of alchemist, or is it useful to report my name?"

Saul was dumbfounded.

"The more subdivided titles are meaningless, Sauer." Kraut's tone became serious, "If you didn't know that you don't understand alchemy, I would think you are an alchemist. , is good at the connection and maintenance of the alchemy array, and has already begun to get involved in topological alchemy."

(End of this chapter)