The alien space pollution invasion caused by the Blood Sun Seal ended within 12 hours.
However, the turmoil and aftermath caused by this incident lasted for several days.
Just as Li Nuo speculated, the crack corridor suffered a serious collapse. From the 30th underground floor to the underground floor where Black City is located, wall bricks were broken and corridors collapsed.
Fortunately, the Alchemy Temple took this extreme situation into consideration when building the rift corridor. They used hard alchemical rock layers in advance to separate the foundation of the lower city from the crack corridor.
The foundation of the entire lower city is built on this alchemical rock formation, and is not directly connected to the rift corridor.
Because of this, the buildings in Lower Town survived.
The contaminated field was closed, and the combat alchemist moved the alchemy container that sealed the "Winging Giant" to the lower city branch of the Alchemy Temple. Residents of each sector returned to their homes in the city. Various alchemical forces took on the task of repairing the corridor.
All post-war restoration work was carried out in an orderly manner without incident.
Although the Alchemy Temple had differences with the Elemental Trial, the Elemental Trial after all contributed its own strength to closing the pollution field. Out of the courage that the Alchemy Temple should have, a generous reward was sent to the Elemental Trial Manor.
The Elemental Trial is responsible for distributing this reward to the wandering wizards who assist the Alchemy Temple in closing the contaminated field.
Three days have passed since the contaminated area was closed.
On the morning of the fourth day, Li Nuo was invited to the Cat Club Manor.
It was Philia who received him.
This second-ring witch who had never entered the pollution realm had not heard about Li Nuo's specific deeds from her mentor.
When she received Li Nuo, she still maintained her usual friendly attitude.
However, there was a hint of sadness in her eyebrows, and she was no longer as lively as before.
"Hey, Li Lei. We are moving from Gathering City."
In the sun-filled corridor of the manor, Filia walked slowly forward and whispered:
"The teacher said that she had a conflict with the Alchemy Temple in the pollution field. An irreconcilable conflict. The first-level magic research institution set up by the Elemental Trial here will be dismantled within a month. All of us will leave with the teacher and go Ring of Unas.”
Li Nuo asked as he walked:
"I remember there are quite a few wizard students here, right? And they should all be locals from Gathering City. Are you willing to leave here and go to Unas Ring?"
Filia raised her shoulders and sighed softly:
"There's no other way. Even if you can't let go of your relatives and friends here, you still have to leave Gathering City. According to the contract signed between the Elemental Trial and the Alchemy Temple, once a local becomes a wizard student of the Elemental Trial, he is automatically deemed to have left the Gold Federation. Unless we voluntarily give up our identity as wizards and join the alchemy force, we cannot stay here in Gathering City."
Filia stopped by the bright painted window, looked at the colorful patterns on the glass and said:
"I asked the teacher. After leaving the Gathering City, we must be promoted to a third-level wizard in the Unas Circle before we can leave. So this step may be difficult for a wizard student like me who is not talented enough to be smart. I haven’t seen my parents for several years.”
Li Nuo responded in silence, nodded, and said nothing more.
Regarding the fact that Filia and other wizard students were about to be separated from their loved ones for a long time, Li Nuo really couldn't find any good way to comfort them.
Let Filia and Betty adjust themselves.
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Filia came back to her senses and smiled at Li Nuo:
"Follow me, let's go to the teacher's study. She will pay you your reward and discuss some things by the way."
Filia led the way, and Li Nuo followed her half a step behind.
The two walked along the spiral staircase to the second floor of the castle and entered the spacious and comfortable study.
After bringing Li Nuo into the house, Filia left on her own.
In the study, Li Nuo sat down at Mev Le's invitation.
There are many documents piled up on Mevle's desktop. It seems that she is busy with relocation matters.
While talking with Li Nuo, Mevle's magic pens kept working, writing manuscripts, correcting reports, or writing letters.
"When the Alchemy Temple discussed the remuneration with me, I asked them to exchange the aggregate coins for gold. Gold is one of the raw materials for making Unas gold coins. Although it is not as valuable as the Unas gold coins, it is better than the aggregate coins. . I hope you won’t mind that I took the initiative and changed the reward into gold.”
Mevle snapped her fingers and asked the magic servant in the room to bring a metal box and place it in front of Li Nuo.
The lid of the box was opened, and five gold bars the size of fingers appeared in front of Li Nuo.
Li Nuo threw out the deconstruction technique and looked at it. The total weight of these five gold bars was 1,000 grams. No more, no less, just 200 grams each. The gold bars are of excellent quality, 99.999%.
Unas gold coins are magical creations. The main material is gold, supplemented by top-secret magic materials.
The ratio of gold to Unas gold coins is basically fixed. Every 100 grams of gold can be exchanged for 50 gold coins. Depending on the quality of the gold bars and the amount exchanged, the exchange ratio will fluctuate slightly.
The 1,000-gram gold bar in front of you is 500 Unas gold coins.
Compared to the 150,000 gold coins required for the island plan, these 500 gold coins are insignificant, but if they were placed here in the Polymer City, the Polymer Coins they would exchange for would be absolutely sky-high.
Li Nuo closed the metal box, put it into his pocket, nodded with a smile and said:
"Thank you, Mevle. For me, gold bars are indeed much more convenient than aggregate coins."
Maeve smiled in response. She temporarily interrupted the work of the magic pen and let the little things that had been busy for a long time fly back to the pen holder.
The sound of writing in the study stopped.
Maeve looked out the window. The sunshine outside the house cast a golden glow on her cheeks, and her earrings and pendants sparkled in the sunlight.
The smile on her lips gradually faded, and her expression looked a little melancholy, like a beautiful but sad sculpture.
Mafule looked at Li Nuo, smiled bitterly and said:
"I have lived here for ten years. When I came, I was full of confidence and determined to go back with rich research results. Now, I almost returned empty-handed. This Golden Island is really evil. I have to tell you first The ten years of research results of the Death Society were destroyed, and later our Elemental Trial was forced to terminate the research. I wonder if the next magic research institution in the Tatis Empire and the Golden Federation will have a rough life like ours."
"It is not your responsibility that the Elemental Trial was forced to terminate research, Mevle." Li Nuo said:
"The Alchemy Temple cooperated with the alien space pollution first. You discovered the activities between the two parties in time. You applied to the Wizards Advancement Association to terminate the research, not for your own reasons, but to draw a clear line with the Alchemy Temple, which was contaminated by the alien space pollution. Boundaries. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.”
The bitter smile on Mevle's face grew thicker:
"I know, Li Lei, it's not my fault. If I had known about the secret cooperation between the Alchemy Temple and the alien pollution, I wouldn't have wasted ten years here. When I think of this, I feel regretful .”
Mevle leaned back in the chair, closed her eyes, and gently pressed her eye sockets with her fingers:
"I am a person who abides by contracts very much. Whatever is written in the contract between me and the Alchemy Temple, I will abide by it 100%. They do not allow me to explore the depths of the crack corridor, check the situation in the Black City, and I left the manor and Sector 8 without permission. I did everything I did. I was eager to use my own integrity to gain the trust of the Alchemy Temple. Facts have proved that this was wishful thinking. If I had arranged for spies to enter the Black City earlier and explore the secrets there situation and find out the traces of alien space pollution, then maybe I won’t spend ten years here.”
Li Nuo maintained a calm expression on his face, but he was shaking his head secretly in his heart.
There was no use arranging intelligence agents to explore the Black City and the Spire. Because the pollution from the Blood Sun Seal is concentrated on the angel seeds, and the angel seeds are in Nicole's body, and Nicole's appearance is nothing more than a stunted aberration.
Not only are the spies unable to find out the specific whereabouts of the alien space pollution, but they may also be cursed by Nicole for offending her and become a deformed body.
In short, under the strict defense and precise planning of the Alchemy Temple, only by mastering the tricks of deconstructing the core system can we have a chance to spy on the truth of the matter.
Whether it's Maeve Le or the battle wizards Gardner and Kevin, they can only see one side of the matter.
When Li Nuo faced the beautiful lady who was confiding her thoughts to him, he chose to change the topic from the other person's failure experience.
There is a saying that goes well, it is better to blame others than to blame yourself.
Li Nuo felt that this was a suitable way to enlighten the other party.
"Mevle, since the Alchemy Temple has chosen to collude with the pollution of the alien space, will there be a new first-level magic research institution? I doubt that when other wizarding forces hear this news, whether they will still be willing to station in the Convergence city."
"I've thought about this too." Maeve Le opened her eyes, tilted her chin and said in thought:
"The established wizarding forces will definitely stay away from the Alchemy Temple and are unwilling to set up a magic research institution here. But this is not necessarily the case for the emerging wizarding forces. In fact, after I told the professor about the situation here, there have been many Several emerging wizarding forces have come to ask me about the details of Gathering City. These forces should be interested in setting up magic research institutions here."
"For example," Li Nuo continued to guide the topic.
Mevle thought for a moment and didn't hide anything from Li Nuo:
"For example, "Soul Shaper" Jimat. The lecturer's interest was the highest. He asked me about many things. It can be seen that he really wants to send wizards to Gathering City to establish the next magic research institution. "
Li Nuo's heart moved slightly.
He had previously judged that "Soul Shaper" Jimat might have acquired part of the inheritance of "Soul Reaver Master". Both of them have mastered the two spells of "Soul Drawing Technique" and "Soul Shaping Technique", which is the most powerful evidence.
Does Jimat care so much about Convergence City just to study the souls of aberrations? Is it possible that he can reach a secret cooperation with the descendants of the Blood Sun Seal and help them reopen the field of pollution?
Li Nuo smelled a hint of conspiracy.
However, this has nothing to do with him.
He and Dinas decided that when the Elemental Trial left, they would also leave.
The first-level magic research institution established here by the Elemental Trial is equivalent to the backer of wandering wizards.
When the sky fell, the research institute of Elemental Trial was the first to hold up.
After the Elemental Trial is gone, it will take at least half a year for the next magic research institution to be officially established.
During this half-year gap, there was no magic institution in Gathering City. The local wandering wizard has no backer. If something really happened, the Alchemy Temple would be the first to attack the wandering wizard.
Based on these considerations, Li Nuo decided to take Dinas away from Midas Island.
"Mevle, I have more than 1,200 pieces of alchemy weapons that need to be disposed of. Are you interested in seeing their condition?"
Li Nuo picked up the suitcase at his feet and put it in front of Mevle.
Maeve Le was stunned for a moment and then asked:
"How many alchemy weapons did you mention just now?"
"More than 1,200 pieces." Li Nuo repeated.
"That's so much." Mevle was slightly startled.
When she opened the suitcase handed over by Li Nuo and took a look, Maeve Le was a little dumbfounded.
Everywhere you look, there are alchemical weapons compressed into tofu-sized pieces by the folding space of the suitcase.
After a rough inspection, the color of most alchemy weapons is relatively old, and most of them are from the first to the third level.
"The quality of the more than 1,200 alchemical weapons I have here is similar to what you see now."
Li Nuo reached into his coat pocket and took out a list written by Dinas and put it on the table:
"Look at it, there are statistics on the alchemy weapons of each class, a total of 1,227. I originally planned to sell these alchemy weapons to the Gold Chamber of Commerce. But you and I already have initial trust, and we both have For the wizard. Therefore, I prioritize making this deal with you."
"This is my honor, Li Lei. To tell you the truth, the Elemental Trial has a huge demand for alchemy weapons. I have bought most of the alchemy weapons collected by the Cat Club in the past."
The sudden transaction seemed to make Mevle a little excited.
A smile broke out on her face, she picked up the list and read it carefully.
After putting down the list, she reached into her suitcase and took out a "tofu cube" that was rapidly growing in size.
In about three seconds, the alchemy weapon that broke away from the folded space changed from the size of a "piece of tofu" back to its original shape.
This is a seventh-level alchemical weapon. The damage is so severe that the original appearance is almost invisible.
The feedback information from the deconstruction technique showed that it was an alchemical weapon named "Volcanic Stone Turtle".
Just like its name, the wearer of this alchemical weapon usually needs to be on all fours to move normally. Overall, it looks like a stone turtle carrying a heavy shell.
When intact, the "Volcano Stone Turtle" will have an ultra-small volcano about five meters high and more than two meters wide on its back. With just a thought, the wearer of the alchemical weapon can control the volcano on his back to emit lava pillars tens of meters high.
This is one of the effects of this alchemical weapon.
After activating the transformation effect, the "Volcanic Stone Turtle" will transform into a human form, and the wearer will become a humanoid creature covered with hot lava. The liquid magma with a temperature of up to 1200 degrees will tightly wrap his body and melt everything around him that can be melted.
More alchemical effects of "Volcanic Stone Turtle" need to be activated with the wearer's alchemy stone. For example, create a magma zone that lasts for half an hour, create a micro-volcano that spits out magma, emit black smoke from the crater on its back to obscure the view, etc.
The "Volcanic Stone Turtle" Li Nuo took out for trading was seriously damaged, and the "Completeness" column on the panel was only 32%.
But this does not hinder the transaction.
The battle destroyed the fragile parts of Alchemy's armament. The hardest and most valuable part will not be easily destroyed in battle.
The remaining alchemical materials of the "Volcanic Stone Turtle" are the essence of the entire set of alchemical weapons.
These alchemical materials can be extracted through magic or alchemy and can be reused to make new alchemical weapons or "magic equipment".
For elemental judgment, alchemical weapons have another use.
Mevle put the "Volcanic Stone Turtle" back into the suitcase and said with a smile:
"I want all of your twelve hundred alchemical weapons, Li Lei. In order to maintain the "Great Forge" of the Fire Elemental Realm, our Elemental Trial needs to continuously provide it with extraordinary props that serve as fuel. If you have any other extraordinary props waiting to be sold, please sell them to me. I want as much as I want. Of course, it has to be made of metal and rock. "
Li Nuo knew about the existence of the "Great Forge". He heard about it from Dinas.
This thing is the core of the fire elemental world. It releases surging fire element energy by burning extraordinary props made of metal and rock. In this way, wizards who master fire element spells can extract fire element energy from the fire element world.
Once the "Great Forge" is extinguished, all wizards who rely on the elemental realm of fire to cast spells will suffer. For this type of wizard, continuing to provide fuel for the "Great Forge" is an innate mission.
In order to encourage wizards to proactively provide fuel, Elemental Trial has established a system with generous rewards.
The specific details of the reward system were unknown to Dinasi and other non-element trial members, and Li Nuo had no way of knowing.
But looking at Maeve Le's smiling face, the reward for handing in the fuel definitely made her excited.
"In the next month, I will travel back and forth in the rift corridor to collect more alchemical weapons. I will bring them to you then."
Li Nuo paused and said:
"Then let's discuss the price, Mevle. I will leave Aggregation City with you. Aggregation coins are of no use to me. You'd better use gold or Unas gold coins to buy alchemy weapons."
Maeve Le nodded slowly:
"Gold or Unas gold coins, no problem, I can meet your request. Please give me some time, I want to calculate the specific amount."
"Okay, madam. Let me first ask Dinasi to bring all the alchemy weapons. She will teleport over and put down the suitcase. I hope you don't mind her using teleportation here." Li Nuo said.
"Please, I won't care."
Firelight flickered in the study.
Dinah responded and placed seven more suitcases on Maeve Le's desk.
She briefly greeted Maeve Le and then left via teleportation without staying too long.
Through soul induction, Li Nuo greatly appreciated Dinasi's crispness, which made the other party burst into laughter.
Li Nuo regards Dinas as a close companion, so he will never be stingy with his praise. Whenever he gets a chance, he will praise the other person vigorously.
(End of chapter)
