Dan had never met Jabir ibn Hayan. Hestein had "fleeed in fear of crime" before he arrived in Antilia. He wasn't there when Mellie summoned the snake from the crowbar in Zealand. But he had seen the wild Baslik. As an alchemist, he also knew the story of the Alchemy Staff.
Ella wasn't surprised that Dan pronounced Jabir's name. She had already discovered it when she was in the Island Republic. For alchemists, Jabir Ibn Hayan was a great figure who could not be ignored in history.
"Yes. It's the alchemy staff made by Jabir Ibn Hayan." Ella replied, "I got it in Antilia. Can you summon the poisonous snake Basilik inside?"
"It requires some knowledge of alchemy, but now I...should be able to do it."
Dan held the crowbar in both hands, raised it tremblingly above his head, and uttered a spell in his mouth that Ella had never heard before.
"What are you reading?" Ella asked.
"The incantation to summon this snake."
Ella felt a little surprised - neither Jabir nor Mellie nor the girl who called herself Paracelsus ever recited any incantation when summoning this snake.
"Where did this spell come from?"
"There are records in ancient alchemical documents - in secret words. Only the most knowledgeable alchemists can unlock the secrets. Of course, King of Sweden, you must already know it."
"I didn't..."
The second half of Ella's sentence came to an abrupt end. She found that the snake wrapped around the crowbar twisted slightly amidst the sound of the spell. She turned and said meaningfully:
"Ah - I forgot, this is magic."
"It's just magic, right?"
"Yes." Ella stared at the snake that was about to come to life and suddenly added, "However, the thing inside does not seem to be Basilik. Basilik has no wings, but this snake has long With a pair of wings."
"The legendary Basiliq originally had wings." Dan replied casually, "The Basiliqs you saw in the North Sea are just incomplete, while Jabir's alchemy works are close to perfect."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowbar suddenly made the sound of a snake spitting messages. It first became soft and fleshy, and then expanded rapidly. Dan's hands soon couldn't hold the weight, and it fell to the ground. His body grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the scales on his body rubbed against the ground violently, making a clicking sound. The small room soon outgrew its length, and when it raised its head, half of the ceiling was lifted!
"Success! I successfully called out Baslik!"
The disaster of the roof being lifted off could not suppress Dan's excitement at all. He danced under Basilik:
"Baslik is out! I am already a powerful alchemist!"
Ella ran out of the room and saw two huge, white, and plump wings extending from the back of the giant snake.
She lowered her head, thoughtfully:
"I really grew wings..."
"Has it grown wings?" Dan, who ran out after him, asked doubtfully, "Didn't you say it always had wings?"
"Ah, that's not what I mean. Wings always have wings," Ella explained, "I just thought that your skills couldn't call Basilik with wings."
"It turns out that if you don't have the right skills, you won't have wings?" Dan was ecstatic, "So my alchemy skills are already so powerful?"
——Of course, Ella’s words are all lies.
The snake Mellie called out had no wings at all. The snakes that the girl called out only had a small pair of inconspicuous ones, but the snakes that Dan called out had wings that covered the entire roof.
Dan's magic power cannot be stronger than that of Mellie, and his knowledge of alchemy cannot be stronger than that of Paracelsus.
Looking at the Baslik with white wings in front of her, Ella became more confident in her plan.
"Dan, you can permanently change my hair from blond to brown, but is there any way you can turn this snake all green?"
"Green? Why do you want it to be green?"
"I wanted it to look like Quetzalcoatl from the Aztlan legend. It was a snake covered in green feathers..."
"He's covered in green bird feathers? Isn't Baslik's whole body covered in scales? And isn't the most striking feature of the so-called Baslik the cockscomb on his head? Your Quetzalcoatl also has a cockscomb on his head. ...?"
"Ignore all that, think about the wings first." Ella interrupted Dan's question, "With these white wings, can you turn them into green ones?"
"It's not impossible...why don't you use dye?"
"I want to minimize the damage. Your medicine will last longer. If you can't help it, I'll consider using dye."
Dan pointed to the green bunch in his colorful messy hair: "While researching drugs to turn hair blonde, I did come up with drugs of other colors, including green ones. But no one wants those things. If you use it, I will keep it hidden. If you need it, King of Sweden, I should be able to dig it out in the warehouse - but there are many kinds of green, what kind do you need?"
"The green of a quechar bird's feathers."
“What is a kechar bird feather?”
Before Ella could answer, Dust ran over from a distance holding a handful of feathers:
"King of Sweden, I'm...scared! What kind of monster is this?"
Daxter jumped back, drew his sword and carefully looked at the giant snake that poked its head out of the room.
Ella didn't bother to explain, so she said casually: "It's Amy's pet."
"Pet?" Dast stared at Baslik with a complicated expression for a while, then put away the sword hesitantly, "I can't tell, Amy is playing quite a big role."
"Stop talking about this, Dust, have you got the Kechar bird feather?"
So Dast raised a pile of feathers in his hand and said, "What the hell is going on with Tesosomok? He barked like a dog when he saw me. He couldn't even figure out what a Kechar bird feather was, so I put it on him." I brought over all the feathers that adorned his body! Which one do you think it is?"
That handful of bird feathers has various colors. Ella selected the green one from them - as Bjorn said, the color of this feather was so bright that even emerald would be eclipsed by it.
"This kind of green?" Dan was dumbfounded, "I have never seen this kind... It's too bright, my medicine can't make such a bright color!"
"It doesn't need to be exactly the same, just try to be as close as possible. If it doesn't work, just use ordinary green, and I'll find another craftsman to add a little more luster."
Dan was still hesitant. But Ella's stern eyes clearly didn't allow him to refuse. He had no choice but to agree tentatively: "I'll give it a try, try it... When will you need it?"
"The sooner the better. Preferably within three days."
"Three days?" Dan exclaimed again, "This is too tight! Why is it so urgent?"
"Correction, it's only three days at most - haven't you noticed yet? The operation to capture Izcoatl has already begun."
(End of chapter)
