Pastor's Tantra

The decoration in Freya's room was completely different from what Aiwass expected.

He originally thought that Freya, as an alchemist, should be a very rigorous person. Not to mention that this villa is not only used for living, but also as a research institute... Maybe the windows inside should be bright and clean, and all kinds of things should be placed in an orderly manner.

But when you go in, you will definitely feel like a researcher. However, it has nothing to do with being organized.

There is a single bed in the corner of the room, and in front of the bed is a desk with many books, documents, and reports. The quilt on the bed was not folded at all, but was just casually lifted to the side.

There was no stool in front of the desk, and you could even see traces of your butt sitting on the bed.

In contrast to the living space, which occupies a very small space, the room also has a huge five-story shelf that covers an entire wall. On the left are some books and documents; on the right are some bottles and cans. There are some open or closed wooden boxes on the bottom floor, which look like warehouses.

In the middle of the room, there were two huge metal devices.

One is copper-colored, and it seems to be related to liquids, because it carries a huge transparent spherical liquid container on its back, which is currently empty, but it has some steampunk-style technological impression; while the other one is It is a long silver-white metal table like a cooking table. There are various fully automatic devices placed on it. It looks very modern.

Aiwass even saw three round-mouthed crucibles that looked like they were dug out of ruins on the corner of the long table that looked like a modern test bench. Its shell is an impure black color, and its material is like smooth stone or dull metal. There was a mouthful of green liquid overflowing with an unknown feeling, which was bubbling and bubbling.

And on the floor below each instrument, a circular ritual array is carved.

Under any container that is smoking, those ritual arrays are running. They shine with colorful streams of light, and you can vaguely see hemispherical protective shields formed in the twisted air, completely isolating the internal and external environment.

In the corner on the other side, there is a low metal stove. It looks very ugly. The black iron shell is about six or seven meters long, only half a meter high, and less than one meter wide. There was a warm firelight inside, and I didn't know what was burning.

"...So this is the great alchemist's workshop?"

Aiwass murmured.

The style here is all about patchwork. The pure wooden villa looks quite beautiful from the outside, and even from the entrance to the lobby is artistic style. But as soon as he entered the largest master bedroom, he found that it was in such a mess.

But Freya is quite proud of this: "These are all good things. All my efforts and collections over the years are here. I have carefully designed this system for several years, and now it can finally run stably."

As she spoke, she introduced the laboratory she was proud of in turn: "This magic furnace is the core component of a second-hand light-casting furnace that I bought when I went to the Eternal Frost Empire to do business with the dwarves. I The fuel system inside has been modified so that it can now be connected to the giant tree and use the blood of the sacred tree as fuel."

"……ah?"

Freya's first words immediately confused Aiwass: "Isn't this illegal?"

This is... stealing electricity, right?

The lightcast furnace consumes a lot of energy just by listening to it. Then Freya directly used the blood of the holy tree as fuel...

"no problem."

Freya said confidently: "I asked specifically that the fifth ring is the research area. I have a quota here... I have reduced the operating power consumption of the furnace, and it will definitely operate stably below the maximum allowable line. of."

Speaking of this, she became very happy. That feeling even reminded Aiwass of Yulia - she is also learning alchemy now.

Could it be said that all alchemists have this style?

"With this light-forged furnace, I can fully automatically drive these ritual formations without using materials, and evenly supply energy to these equipment. You can't see the line because I hid the energy supply line under the floor. I need to change the line. When the house is installed, the floor will be pried up and changed. Anyway, the house here is alive and it will heal on its own once the floor is put down."

Freya said as she enthusiastically led Aiwass to the huge brass instrument.

It was about two and a half meters high, and the console was about Aiwass's face. In order to control it, Freya even bought a box as a pedal.

She stroked the instrument and boasted: "I found this from the ruins on the sixth floor. This is the ancient technology of the elves, used to extract the blood of the sacred tree to provide a portable energy source. I feel that it is completely It can be used to refine some other liquids efficiently, and it took a lot of effort to get it.

"Once this thing is running, it can separate fifty liters of liquid on demand. It's amazing! There are many plant essences that are difficult to buy outside-those extremely powerful things that require second-level or even third-level botanists to create. Extracting essential oils and using it can be done, which can save a lot of money. There is no need to use refining to separate and purify layer by layer, which can also save a lot of time..."

"Then how many times did you use it after you asked me to take it off?"

Master Yanis on the side complained faintly.

"There have been many times," Freya argued, "The main reason is that this thing is not small. It can extract fifty liters of liquid at a time, but I usually only use a few milliliters.

"The efficiency of extraction and purification of this machine is better than the combined efforts of three third-level botanists and three second-level alchemists working in three shifts day and night. This is definitely a good thing. , but I couldn’t fully exploit its effect.”

"I'd say it's useless, so why not get rid of it quickly."

Yanis Rui commented: "It takes up too much space and consumes too much energy - why do you have to warm it up if you don't use it all the time?"

"You don't understand. This ancient technology may not be able to be turned on once it is completely shut down and turned on again. When I got it, it took me about half a month to turn it on. For a technology that was eliminated more than two thousand years ago, I It is estimated that not many of the current elf craftsmen know how to repair it, so keeping it turned on will extend its service life."

Freya no longer even asked Aiwass to talk, but turned to discuss with Yanis seriously: "If nothing else, if such a good thing breaks down here... So even if it is not used, , and it needs at least some maintenance. Anyway, it used the blood of the holy tree two thousand years ago, and now the fuel is about the same, and the operating environment is very stable."

"Elven ruins?"

Sherlock was a little confused: "Why does the Theocracy still have such a thing?"

"oh."

Freya looked back at Sherlock and his tone and attitude became cold for a moment.

The temperament at that moment even reminded Aiwass of the fake smile on Professor Moriarty's face.

She pushed up her glasses and explained: "Because the Theocracy was not the 'Theocracy' from the beginning. Elves are not like humans and have all the adaptability of the nine paths, but they are not purely dedicated creatures.

"In addition to the path of devotion, elves also have strong balance and adaptability to dusk. There is also a small amount of beauty, love and wisdom. This also means that in its original form, elven society must have a balanced development of the three paths. ——That means that the ancient elves must be good at alchemy and necromancy. But later they suddenly gave up a large part of their inheritance and embarked on the path of a religious country based on devotion.

"But the twilight path means inscription. The elves cannot destroy history and can only store it aside. And these are the ruins of the sixth and seventh floors. There are many abandoned inheritance and technologies inside, which can be visited , but usually the contents are not allowed to be taken away.”

...Necromancy?

Aiwass listened on the sidelines and suddenly reacted.

He indeed forgot about it.

With the elves' adaptability to equilibrium and the path of dusk, under normal development, they should develop a very brilliant alchemical civilization, and they should also be very good at necromancy and preservation.

But in fact, the elves abandoned almost all their technology almost two thousand years ago, and completely gave up on the inheritance of necromancy and preservation...

In the Thirteenth Circle, many cultural specimens are preserved. There was a lot of elven technology in there that Aiwass had never heard of.

...If you think about it carefully, all kinds of high-quality underwear popular in the world now come from elf craftsmanship.

That's why the pure, soft and tough consecrated mercerized cotton is called "elf silk".

In addition to silk stockings, there are also sleeves, underwear, hats and sacrificial capes, all of which are regarded as the clothing of high-level clergy and remain. According to the alchemy technology of this era, it would be difficult to mass-produce clothing of this quality... not to mention that this has been popular since at least the Empire era.

Thinking from this perspective, could it be that human alchemy, necromancy and preservation actually come from the inheritance of elves?

Think about the ancient races of the same period, whether they are dwarves, giants, dragons, lizards and snake people, they don't seem to be very good at these things. Even if those technologies were re-invented, elves who lived longer and were more adaptable should have invented the same thing.

While Aiwass was thinking, Sherlock asked: "Then how did you take it away?"

"I?"

Freya chuckled, but the fake smile on her face showed no trace of joy.

It was a fake smile similar to Professor Moriarty's, but in a sense completely opposite - Professor Moriarty's fake smile was absolutely invisible. Only people with keen intuition can detect some danger, but Freya's smile can let anyone know that she doesn't want to smile at all.

"Because I made the elves a price they couldn't refuse."

She smiled and replied: "I promise to use this device to develop drugs that slow down or even cure coagulopathy."

"...Treat coagulopathy?"

Lily couldn't help but ask: "Can it really be done?"

"Of course. Who do you think I am?"

Freya looked at Lily, and the smile on her face became a little more sincere.

She stroked her unusually smooth golden hair, and said in a tone that could not be criticized: "I am Freya Moru, the person who reverses life and death! I am the daughter of James Moriarty !

"Because I am a genius! I am a genius!"