Witch Alchemist

"Lord Erland, and this is, uh, Lord Roy!"

Several apprentices stopped, looked at Roy, and quickly saluted.

Roy nodded in response and then stepped forward to salute Flosfrov.

"Teacher, I'm here to report."

"Yes, good!"

Flosfrov came back to his senses from his thoughts and pointed to a chair on the side.

"Sit wherever you like."

Roy looked around and was surprised to find that there were only seven chairs left...

But there were more than a dozen small stools without backrests placed on the side.

He found a chair near his teacher and sat down, asking, "Teacher, is the situation not very good recently?"

"You've been away before, and I haven't had time to tell you, Kundis and the others have died in battle!

I had to call you back, also with the intention of using your strength to help guard one side.

Of course, you can choose to stay in or near the royal city and help me refine intermediate and advanced golems and various alchemical products.

Leave the fighting to the Centaur Legion and the Follower Legion."

Unlike the past when Roy's potential and value were unclear, this time, Flosfrov clearly showed much more care for him.

Roy savored this difference and asked about what had happened before.

Erland answered for him: "Before, the mages attacked the royal city several times, gradually testing our defensive strength, and then a powerful adventurer team launched a surprise attack, killing several of us!

When the teacher came to rescue, he encountered an ambush and almost got caught in one fell swoop!"

"Adventurers...

I heard they are all money-grubbing guys, and they don't have any loyalty to speak of.

Can we win them over?"

Roy pondered slightly and asked.

Flosfrov replied, "It's not that we haven't considered doing this, but the results are not good!

What we can offer, the mages can also offer.

They can also be generous with other people's property and reward all kinds of benefits in this world indiscriminately.

Moreover, I don't trust them and won't let them enter the royal city, just like Germ won't let them enter the mage tower...

This does not help with airstrikes and other attack methods."

"I see."

"By the way, there's a bunch of guys in there who are here for you...

I told you before, the Renes family has put a bounty on you.

They don't necessarily want to avenge Edwin, but they certainly won't let it go."

...

After a brief discussion, Roy confirmed several pieces of information.

First of all, we are at a disadvantage.

The bitter fruit of being passively beaten for many years has finally gradually emerged.

In addition, the adventurers are smuggled in through mage connections, so they naturally favor them.

Flosfrov's accumulation in this area is not as good as that of Grand Mage Germ, so he can only grit his teeth and accept it.

So far, the vast territory cannot be defended, and we can only let those people 'hunt for treasure' everywhere, which is actually肆意 killing, excavating, logging, and plundering the interests that should be controlled by the wizards.

He often gets angry about this, but there's nothing he can do.

After all, a strong enemy is watching from the sky, like a sword hanging over our heads for many years!

Secondly, Valentina has not given up and is even deliberately intensifying her offensive through various methods.

The mage classmates and adventurers around her have also formed a considerable force, and they are tirelessly searching for his whereabouts.

I believe they will soon find out that he is back this time.

Then there are the Orcs and Devils...

For the overall situation of Netherland, this is actually the biggest threat.

The teacher has persisted for many years, and it is not difficult to continue to maintain it.

But once the devils and orcs also join, the balance of victory will immediately tilt.

Regardless of how these families fight among themselves, the wizards may be the first to be eliminated!

"Rest here for a few days, and then go to the alchemy workshop I set up in the city to take a look.

I have also trained a group of craftsmen who know other carving and alchemy techniques besides performing witchcraft.

If you see any semi-finished products that meet the requirements, you can help me activate them and put them into the battlefield immediately."

Flosfrov arranged.

This time, as expected, it was no longer about fighting, but about letting Roy preside over production and refining.

"Lord Flosfrov!"

Suddenly, a messenger hurried in through a side door, bringing the latest bad news.

"The bridge in the south of the city has been blown up again!

The latest batch of 50 square cloud stones... has been robbed by adventurers!"

Flosfrov raised his eyebrows and responded with three words: "I know."

...

Soon after, Roy returned to his mansion in the city.

Atedia and the others had already settled down here, but they did not set up the alchemy room, nor did they install the intelligent brain Celine.

Because these were actually Roy's "little secrets", and he was not too willing to reveal too many cards under his teacher's nose.

Of course, this was not to guard against the teacher, but to preserve personal privacy.

As far as he could see now, these things related to the soul and life consciousness were quite high-end.

If developed well, it will form a real reliance.

No one would want to expose these bottom-of-the-box things.

...

The next day.

After a short rest, Roy went to an alchemy workshop in the south of the city to inspect it, as arranged by Flosfrov.

This place mainly processes high-quality stone materials transported from various places, including a stone washing workshop, a carving workshop, an enchanting workshop, and an alchemy workshop.

These are not suitable for industrialized production line, but they already have a preliminary form of process.

Even from Roy's point of view, it is quite efficient.

"Lord Roy, we usually process the stone materials transported from various places here...

You see, in order to prevent the mages' air strikes, we have dug many underground caves...

There is a large underground city below here, which is directly connected to the inside of the castle.

The craftsmen here have been selected through layers of assessment from various parties, and each of them has carving skills above proficiency..."

The person in charge of the workshop warmly received him.

"You...you are..."

Suddenly, a slightly hesitant voice came over.

"Hmm?"

Roy turned his head and saw a young man in his late 20s close to 30s.

His face vaguely carried a few familiar shadows, and after hesitating for a while, he tentatively asked.

"Lord Roy?"

"You are..."

"I'm Norwich!"

After the man confirmed Roy's identity, he quickly jogged over, and the hesitation on his face had turned into surprise and accident.

"I really didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, you've grown so big!"

Roy remembered and said to him with a smile.

"Yes, it's been 15 years!"

Norwich said with a bit of emotion, sincerely grateful.

"Thanks to your arrangement, I was able to enter here..."