my armed maid

Chapter 83 80: Flamel’s Messenger

The next morning, Arlande came to Flamel's City Lord's Mansion and opened the door to the City Lord's office.

The room where the Lord City Lord works is extremely spacious, with neat rows of bookshelves on both sides. When outsiders first enter the room, they think they have entered a library by mistake.

A middle-aged man with gray hair is sitting at a round table at the end of the room working. The round table is also filled with stacks of books and materials, and several assistants are busy writing beside him.

He is Bach Flamel, the lord of Flamel City, the head of the Flamel family, and the president of the Alchemy Society Headquarters. He is a man who stands at the top of the entire alchemical world of the empire.

"Mr. President." Arlande came to the round table and saluted respectfully.

Bach had many identities. When discussing matters related to the Alchemical Society, he preferred to be called president.

"You have ten minutes to tell me what you want to report."

Bach stopped what he was doing and looked at Arland with his deep light blue eyes.

This morning, Arland paid an abrupt visit on the pretext of "reporting special research results," which disrupted his work schedule this morning.

Holding a high position, he has countless things to do every day. He plans his time accurately down to the minute. Normally, if his subordinates want to make an appointment with him, they have to wait until at least a week later.

However, even in Flamel, the appearance of a "special research result" was rare, and it was worth taking ten minutes of his time to listen to the general report of this result.

"Yes, my lord."

Even as a member of Flamel's tribe and a director of the society's headquarters, he rarely had the opportunity to meet the head of the family alone. He took a deep breath and quickly organized his words,

"Just yesterday, a special research results report was sent from the Linfeng City branch. The second-order magic circle attached to the report uses a new rune system, and its size has been reduced to less than thirty centimeters...

"Based on the review, I believe that this research result has a subversive impact on the science of magic. I agree with and maintain the branch's special judgment, and hand over this report to you for review."

As he spoke, he presented the magic circle prepared in his hand along with the report.

The assistant on the side forwarded it to Bach. He did not rush to reply to Arlande, but directly opened the sealed magic circle and glanced at it casually.

But at this glance, his movements stopped.

Although the serious face that remained unchanged for thousands of years, like an antique, did not show much fluctuation, his eyes were taken away by the mysterious formation of this pocket magic circle, and he looked at it for a long time.

Sensing Bach's unusual silence, even the sounds of the assistants turning pages unconsciously subsided. The wall-mounted clock made a clearly visible "click-click" sound in the empty room, and the atmosphere in the office quietly solidified. .

Seeing the president's focused expression, Arland breathed a sigh of relief.

He is interested in this magic circle, which means there is something interesting.

This is natural. Who wouldn’t be confused after seeing a brand new rune system that completely surpasses the existing era?

The more powerful alchemists are, the more shocked they will be by this achievement, because they understand better than anyone else how difficult it is to create a self-consistent and complete theoretical system from scratch.

No one present dared to interrupt the president's contemplation, and the time quickly exceeded ten minutes.

Finally, Bach raised his head and said to Arlande:

"That's it?"

"Huh?" Arland was startled.

"Is this the only one? Are there any other magic circles?" Bach added, still wanting to know more, "Has he sent the rune table of the new system along with it?"

Yalande knew that he would be wrong, and he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied: "No, that master's research project is to streamline the "acceleration" magic circle, and this is all the research results sent by the branch. "

"Too……"

Bach took a deep breath, leaned back in his chair and nodded, "It would be strange for the other party to reveal all their trump cards so easily.

“However, since he showed off his research results in front of us, it means that he has plans to cooperate with us or defect to us.

"Hmm...Noren Vishes, a name I've never heard of. Arland, have you investigated him?"

"After investigation, he was born in Linfeng City and only became an official alchemist two months ago. According to the data... he is only seventeen years old this year."

"Can you make such alchemical results at the age of seventeen?" Bach frowned deeply, "Who is his teacher?"

If this is not my own grade, it will naturally be suspected that it is the research result submitted by him on behalf of the teacher.

"Rusty Vishers."

"It's also a name I've never heard of... Is he famous?"

"No..." Arland was sweating a little. He thought he still had some say in Rusty.

Rusty specializes in pharmacies and is not even a senior alchemist. He has never shown interest in magic formations before. How could he suddenly become the originator of alchemy that created a new system of magic formations?

Being unknown and then suddenly surprising everyone... This is not like his character. With the perfection of this new rune system, it cannot be completed overnight.

If it were Rusty, when there was initial progress in his research, he would rush back to Flamel, where he would be promoted to senior alchemist, impressing everyone and fulfilling his lifelong wish.

Even if the new system is not yet mature, its achievements are enough for him to enjoy all the glory and wealth in Flamel.

Even as his old friend, Arland had to admit that rather than believing that this was the result of Rusty's research, it was better to believe that this was the invention of a seventeen-year-old genius.

However, there was neither a strong academic atmosphere in his native environment nor a sufficiently qualified alchemist to serve as his mentor. From this point of view, Nolen's resume was too clean, too abrupt and strange.

He was just like...a genius who jumped out of the cracks in the rocks.

Without any warning, it was like the brightest meteor piercing the night sky and breaking into everyone's field of vision.

Perhaps this is the true meaning of the word "genius".

"In any case, the new rune system on this magic circle is of immeasurable value and has great significance."

Bach looked at the pocket magic circle in front of him again, "It would be extremely convenient for a grassroots alchemist with no roots.

"Flamel will not bury any talented person. Invite him as a guest. I will personally entertain him. As for whether he has real talent, we will know when the time comes."

"As long as we confirm that he has the knowledge and level of recognition we want, we will grant him all the wealth and honors he wants. Flamel does not mind having another young legendary alchemist in its land."

Bach's tone was still calm and soothing, as if what he was commanding now was just the same trivial matters as before.

But people who know him well know that he has a love for talents, and this is the most generous compliment he can give to his fellow alchemists.

"I am willing to go to Linfeng City as Flamel's envoy, and invite him to be a guest on behalf of Flamel City and the headquarters of the Alchemy Society."

Arland bowed and then said, "However, I investigated his information last night and found that he already holds a high position in Linfeng City. It may be difficult to persuade him to defect to Flamel."

Bach turned the information to the next page, his eyes slightly focused. The war between Linfeng City and the grassland people, Nolen's creation of a new type of city defense magic weapon during the war, and his award of the Bauhinia Medal after the war, and his becoming the general staff officer of the main palace of Linfeng City...

This information is not secret and can be dug out with a little inquiry from the branch.

Linfeng City awarded him a medal and the position of general staff immediately after the war. It is not difficult to see the city lord's intention to win over him, and it also proved from the side that his talents are genuine.

So that’s it, is he working for Linfeng City now…

Speaking of which, Flamel received a strange order from Linfeng City some time ago.

The order requested the purchase of 4 mel of magic crystals, which completely exceeded the amount of magic crystals that an ordinary city should purchase, so it was specially submitted to him for review by his subordinates.

Because Linfeng City did not give a sufficient reason in advance, this strange order was naturally rejected by him.

Now it seems that this is likely to be a signal sent by Nolen, who is the general staff of Linfeng City, to Flamel City.

This is a deal. In order to gain knowledge of the new rune system, this rejected order seems to be taken seriously by Flamel again.

"It doesn't matter what position he approaches us from."

Bach thought for a while and said slowly, "Go and talk to him first. As long as he is willing to share the new rune technology with us, we are also willing to provide sufficient support including magic crystals to Linfeng City.

"Before cooperation is reached, information on the new rune system will not be publicized for the time being. I will hold a secret meeting within the society to discuss the results of this research later."

"Yes." Arland ordered and left the office.

Bach looked down at the information in his hand and narrowed his eyes slightly.

If Nolen now becomes the representative of Linfeng City, the nature will change.

This will be a transaction and game between cities, rather than the recognition and recruitment of individual members by the society.

This change in identity is actually very critical, because the special-grade research results are very important, and Bach was determined to get it the first time he saw it.

As long as Nolen can be coaxed to Flamel City, whether it is through coercion or inducement, there will always be something suitable for him.

But now that he has become the general staff of Linfeng City, Nolen will be on an equal footing with Flamel City.

Even if he comes, it will probably be a high-profile return visit as the envoy of Linfeng City.

With the backing of Linfeng City, it will be difficult to use "coercion" to force them to submit when necessary.

Even though the overall strength of Linfeng City is at the bottom of the empire, it is still nominally on the same level as Flamel City. Coercing the opponent's general staff by force is a serious "diplomatic" issue.

If this is messed up, it will cause a sensation in the empire and destroy the reputation accumulated by the Alchemy Society for countless years. There is no room for any mistakes.

It seems that the young man named Nolen has already found a way out for himself...

……

That night, a secret meeting was held within the Alchemy Society around this pocket magic circle.

Then two days later, the city lord's palace in Linfeng City received an official document from Flamel City.

The main message of the official document is: "Flamel has received Linfeng City's order application, but because the purchase volume is very large, in order to confirm whether you have the intention to reach a long-term cooperation with Flammel, we have specially sent an envoy to come and talk to you." Negotiate face to face and seek a path for joint cooperation.”

The document was quickly handed over to Nolen. He glanced at it and showed a meaningful smile.

There was no news from the Alchemy Society, and there was no mention of the new rune system or magic circle in the official document, but he knew that Flamel's envoy came to discuss cooperation with him for this purpose.

Otherwise, why had the order been rejected just a few days ago, but now the attitude has completely changed, and why must one personally send an envoy to Fengcheng to discuss cooperation?

Linfeng City is the demander when it comes to purchasing magic crystals, so it stands to reason that they should send envoys to Flamel.

However, Flamel wanted to hide the new runes, and he had no intention of doing so.

During this period, the Alchemy Society branch in Linfeng City had been conducting propaganda under his supervision.

It not only gave preferential treatment to the alchemists who came to recruit, but also released the special alchemy technology mastered by the city lord's palace military department to greatly simplify the magic circle and miniaturize the magic weapon.

This is equivalent to publicly announcing to the world that Linfeng City's research in the field of magic weapons has ranked at the forefront of all forces in the empire.

And this will also put considerable pressure on Flamel City, because it is the city of alchemy, and almost all the major alchemical research results of the Roland Empire in the past were related to Flamel.

In order to acquire this advanced technology and to ensure his dominance in the field of alchemy, Flamel must spend a lot of money to conduct technical exchanges with Linfeng City.

At least they have to get a name for their cooperation, so they can write like this in the history of alchemy:

"Flamell was the first force to cooperate with Linfeng City in researching the new rune system. It also made an indelible contribution to the development of magic formations in the new era."

Nolen doesn't care about this. Anyway, as the founder of this new system, no matter what Flamel does, his historical status will be unshakable.

——As long as Flamel can pay a real enough price, he doesn't mind sharing this false reputation with it.

After all, Flamel is also a leading force in the alchemy world, well-known throughout the Roland Empire. It is not a bad thing to release some good intentions in exchange for friendship between the two parties.

"But... isn't this a bit too high-profile?"

Putting a stack of factory resumes in front of Nolen's desk, consultant Richard asked with some concern.

Rather than a generous salary, what alchemists have asked him about the most these days is this magical array technology.

Everyone is extremely curious about this mysterious technology, which has even alarmed the headquarters of the Alchemy Society. I believe it will attract the attention of more forces in the future.

When did Linfeng City, located in the remote western border, receive so much attention? This made him feel shocked and uneasy.

Linfeng City's current strength is not strong. Can we hold on to this technology?

"When the White Raven appeared and the new magic cannon was put into use for the first time in the war, this technology is no longer a secret. We must use it to strive for the greatest benefit, instead of fearing him and sealing it away."

Nolen stood up and looked in the direction of Flamel.

“When the new era comes, the old forces will be reshuffled.

"This is a turnaround. As long as we can seize this opportunity, I believe that Linfeng City will be ahead of everyone this time."

(End of this chapter)