A strange world

Chapter 772 Section 3. Mushroom Twin House

"Are you just going to train five people?"

Annan and the centurion walked out of the dark base.

"I train them first, then let them train five each, and then let the five they train train five each, so that we have... 125 scavengers."

Annan corrected: "156, you missed the first batch, the second batch and yourself."

"Do you think I don't know? I'm just saying this to test you!" the centurion said loudly.

Annan would be eighteen in a few days and would not be childish in arguing with the centurion. He walked up the steps and prepared to stop by a nearby laboratory to check out.

"Annan, I plan to grant you the title of Centurion." The Centurion said suddenly.

Nowadays, Annan no longer needs this false position, so he casually asked: "Is it Olmedo too?"

"She's not qualified enough."

"I accepted!"

After coming out of the street sweeper and passing through several neat alleys with no peculiar smell, Annan came to the "Mushroom Twin House".

Michael hadn't come up with a new product for almost half a year, and Annan was ready to ask him why he was so slow.

"Michael, you have been silent for too long. The three major legions are waiting to get new weapons. I hope you - who are you?"

As Annan opened the door, a homeless-like "character" appeared in front of him.

The mage apprentice next to him said carefully: "Lord City Lord, he is Michael..."

Michael's current appearance can only be described as embarrassed. His brown curly hair had lost its original luster and was like a pile of dry tangled grass on his head. The face and the same Annan Potter scar were completely covered by long hair and beard, leaving only a pair of tired and confused eyes exposed.

Annan could not say anything too extreme.

"Well... don't work too hard. I don't want a hero to fall in Liberty City..."

Michael raised his head and turned to Annan with his eyes numbly, as if wondering who he was...

Annan waved his hand and asked the mage apprentice to take him to the public bathroom to wash up and then have a good sleep.

"Ah...ah..."

Michael, who couldn't even utter a complete sentence, was helped down. Looking at his haggard back, Annan couldn't help but feel guilty about whether he had exploited his original partner too deeply... But he did nothing, not even adding a time limit to Michael...

Looking away, Annan's eyes fell on the test bench where Michael was busy just now. A regular polygonal rhombus is lying on it, emitting fluorescence.

Is that a new product?

Annan's guess was confirmed by the magic apprentice on the side.

"But didn't I ask you to study magic gunpowder?"

Could it be a by-product of magic gunpowder?

The magic apprentice explained: "We were originally studying magic gunpowder, but it seems to have reached a bottleneck. No matter how we change the proportion, the power will increase by up to 16%..."

"It's not low anymore."

The previous improved magic gunpowder can already punch a hole in plate armor. If the power is increased by 16%, it should be able to penetrate some plate armor that has cut corners.

"We thought so too, but Mr. Michael felt it was not enough. As a result, one day, a mage apprentice clumsily placed a magic lamp among some raw alchemy objects, which produced unexpected changes..."

"What changes?"

"The magic lamp actually aggregated with some alchemy materials and turned into crystal clear irregular crystals, as beautiful as the products of the gods..."

"Wait a minute..." Annan always felt that the way he spoke seemed familiar, "What did you do before you came to the alchemy room?"

"Lord City Lord, I used to be a bard for a while."

"No wonder, you continue...well, stop procrastinating like a minstrel."

"Okay, sir." The mage apprentice said honestly, "This kind of magic crystal is very strange. It is full of unstable energy, but it is unexpectedly stable. Magic, fire, and impact cannot release it, but the explosion of magic gunpowder can Inspire it, and then explode beyond imagination——"

"Nuclear bomb!?" Annan exclaimed, "How powerful is it?"

The mage apprentice said excitedly: "An unstable magic crystal the size of a fist can blow up the alchemy room!"

Annan was a little disappointed, he thought it was so powerful...

The mage apprentice who noticed Annan's expression added: "I'm talking about the mushroom house."

"That's not bad..."

But it was only good, after all, Annan originally thought it was the kind of power that could destroy Liberty City.

"What about the cost?"

"Uh... the cost of this unstable magic crystal is 75 gold coins, sir." The mage apprentice's excitement completely disappeared.

Spending 75 gold coins to blow up a house is too extravagant, and having Ilimoyas roll around can achieve the same effect.

"Who is Michael's assistant?" Annan asked.

"Mr. Michael has not chosen an assistant," the mage's apprentice said.

"From now on, you are." Annan said, "Continue research, but don't research unstable magic crystals in the mushroom house... You go to the city lord's palace to find Itilia, and ask the elder sister to grant you a piece of land in the suburbs for independent research. Unstable magic crystal."

This place is surrounded by residential areas. It was fine when we were researching magic gunpowder, but such dangerous things are no longer suitable to continue in the city.

"Yes, sir!" The mage apprentice almost imitated the guard outside and raised his chest, "Sir Annan, do you want to give it a name?"

"Then let's call it a mushroom bomb first."

Annan named it because he had high hopes for it, but the magic apprentice didn't know and his face fell in disappointment.

Then Annan went to the mushroom house next door.

Dumbledore learned of Annan's arrival in advance, waited in the hall with a goblin golem, and then showed the activated goblin golem.

He introduced various numerical values, but Annan couldn't understand and asked directly: "How does it compare to large earth elements?"

"Although goblin golems cannot cast spells, their defensive capabilities are much stronger than those of large earth elements. They will become our strongest front!"

This is quite satisfactory. Annan doesn't think it is difficult to make the goblin golem move again. After all, the goblins in the swamp have made the giant goblin golem move before.

"You must have other surprises hidden, right?"

Dumbledore smiled and took Annan to the second floor, where Annan saw a giant knight golem wearing heavy armor - Annan vaguely found a trace of Klein in it.

"This is the knight golem we made in imitation of the goblin golem."

"Very good, Liberty City needs this kind of divergent thinking." Annan said with satisfaction, "Do you need anything else? Funds?"

"I can't even spend the ten thousand gold coins you gave me..."

Dumbledore was an honest wizard.

"If it's not enough, just say it. Although I'm just a warlock, I attach the same importance to alchemy as you do." Annan praised without hesitation, "Alchemy changes the world."

"Alchemy changes the world..."

Master Dumbledore chewed on these words, looking at Annan with admiration like the little goblin next to Annan Potter - oh, the "Annan Potter" series hasn't gotten there yet.