Dragons had a long lifespan, and the dragon crystal would grow with the dragon's age. The core of such a large dragon crystal was a perfect 24-sided. Nelis cut it out, and Salin carefully put it into the Blessing Ring.
Nelis didn't process the outer dragon crystal fragments perfectly. She could only cut about a dozen pieces for Salin to put away, and then she cut the material for Salin to embed the bracelet.
Without the help of alchemy equipment, this kind of cutting would waste some dragon crystals. Every time a small 24-sided was cut, it would produce some useless fragments. These fragments were too small to make rings, but Salin still collected them bit by bit.
If he couldn't make rings, he could make earrings, or even teeth.
The demon bracelet had nine gem sockets. There were no magic arrays carved on them, and they were only used to replenish magic. After Salin embed the dragon crystal, he said to Nelis, "Your bracelet is ready, right? I remember there's a magic array on it. It's Crystal Guard, right?"
"I can't use it yet." Nelis shook her head. She could activate the magic array, scrolls, and even the staff, but her use of these equipment was restricted by Salin. She wouldn't be able to use the magic on the bracelet unless Salin advanced to level-seven.
"Don't worry about it. Embed it first." Salin forced Nelis to embed the sockets on the bracelet before he started to replenish the magic in the bronze magic book.
Magic books, scrolls, staffs, or other equipment that could store magic were very different.
Magic books were the most practical and the rarest. The magic stored in a magic book was the same as the magic that a Magician could use. For example, Salin was a level-four Magician, and could store at most level-five magic. The disadvantage of magic books was that only the magic stored in them could be activated.
Rex couldn't store any magic for Salin, so Salin could only do it himself.
Magic scrolls didn't have this limitation. The magic stored in a scroll could be activated by another Magician. But magic scrolls were one-time items. They had no value after being used. There were two disadvantages of scrolls. One was that if a Magician was unfamiliar with the magic they activated, they couldn't control it further. The other disadvantage was that the success rate of creation was low.
A Level-4 Magician would have no problem creating a Level-3 Magic Scroll. However, if they wanted to create a Level-4 Magic Scroll, they would be lucky if they could have a 50% success rate. If they tried to create a Level-5 Magic Scroll, their success rate would be less than 10%.
The flaws of other equipment that stored magic, such as the magic staff and Neris' bracelet, were mostly singular. Most of them required a high-level Magic Core to be embedded, and the number of times it could be activated was also strictly limited.
Salin himself had a large number of blank scrolls, all of which he had obtained from Rafael's Magic Tower. However, he only dared to make low-level scrolls below level three. Salin only had a 20% success rate in making level-four blank scrolls. In other words, out of ten blank scrolls, he might only succeed in making two. The other eight would definitely be scrapped.
Alchemy City specialized in making scrolls. As long as one provided blank scrolls, Alchemy City would charge 30% of the cost. Because Alchemy City had no shortage of Level One to Level Nine Magicians, the success rate of the scroll could be guaranteed.
"Sarin, Sarin!" Shika rushed over with her weapon in hand.
The appearance of Shika's staff had completely changed. From a crude Caucasian weapon, it had become a delicate magic weapon. The thick staff became slender, and the two ends had six edges. The metal part at the top of the staff became thicker. Shika turned the end of the staff that she held with both hands. The metal part at the top of the staff rotated as well. With a click, dozens of sharp dragon horns popped out.
"Come, try!" Shika waved the staff. Salin and Neris hurriedly retreated. The sharp dragon horns on the staff were not easy to take. Just a graze could cause serious injury.
"Shika, be gentle!" Neris cried. She wasn't afraid of Shika before because it was difficult for Shika to hurt her. Now it was different. She didn't dare to take Shika's staff head-on anymore.
"I know what I'm doing. Salin, come!" Shika couldn't hide her excitement. She waved the staff even more quickly. The dragon horns brought with them a chill, making Salin's alchemy lab abnormally cold.
Salin had no choice but to create a Water Shield. A huge water bubble stood between him and Shika. Salin said, "Try it. Don't break the floor."
Shika grinned and raised her club, smashing it down from above. The dragon horn protruding from the club pierced through Salin's Water Pattern Shield and froze it. One of the most important defensive abilities of the Water Ripple Shield was its flexibility. The cold air from the dragon horn made the Water Pattern Shield brittle. Cracking sounds could be heard, and the huge Water Pattern Shield was smashed into pieces by Shika.
With a swoosh, Shika did not stop his attack. His staff smashed into the floor, and the sharp dragon horn pierced through it, creating a few holes in the floor.
"Ah! It's a bit heavy … I need to get used to it. "Shika blushed when she saw Salin's floor. She turned and ran out of Salin's lab.
"Master …" Neris pointed at the holes in the floor. Salin also shook his head helplessly. Luckily, Shika's weapon wasn't too ridiculous. If it broke through the floor, who knew who lived there and whether it would cause a conflict?
They'd been here for more than a month. Daniel's puppets should be finished soon. They were getting used to Alchemy City and didn't attract attention anymore.
"Neris, go find Sumano."
"Master, there are people watching us. You want to find your teacher? Isn't that too much of a rush? "
"I want to take on some missions. It'll be weird if I stay in the room and don't go out. After I do two missions, they won't keep watching. "
"You don't want to discuss it with Rex?"
"I'll make the decision."
Sumano was just like he said. He waited for Salin's summons on the first floor every day. He didn't take on any other missions. He took Salin's money and was scared. He was afraid that Salin would give him trouble because he had nothing to do. If that happened, he'd have to return all the money. But he'd already paid the debt. What could he return to Salin?
Salin met Sumano in the hall outside. Sumano wouldn't enter Salin's house no matter what. That was Salin's personal space. Even if Salin killed him, Alchemy City wouldn't care. This was the power of the buyer. In your house, you were the king.
"Sir Salin, what do you need me to do?" Sumano was much more spirited and was more respectful to Salin than before. This was his big client. If Salin stayed long enough in Alchemy City, he wouldn't find someone else to replace Sumano.
"Well, I plan to take on some hunting missions. It doesn't matter what I'm hunting. I just want to find some high-level magic cores."
"Sir Salin, if you want to get high-level magic cores, you might as well buy them in Alchemy City. There aren't any high-level magic beasts on the islands nearby. If you want to hunt them, you'll have to go out to sea for at least a thousand miles. "
"So what?"
"Sir Salin, hiring a boat is a huge expense. Other than that, you'll have to find some companions. You can't just go hunt high-level magic beasts with just the five of you, right? You'll have to split the spoils evenly. Excluding the cost of hiring a boat, you might as well buy them directly in Alchemy City. "
"Sumano, I came to Alchemy City hoping to gain some experience. I heard that there would be sorcerers from Alchemy City accompanying the hunting team. It's very safe. There won't be such benefits in other places. It's worth it to spend some money."
Sumano believed Salin's words. Many sorcerers didn't lack money or equipment. They came to Alchemy City because of that. A safe battle environment could improve a sorcerer's abilities very quickly.
Sorcerers were different from swordsmen. Many swordsmen needed to be on the brink of death to achieve a breakthrough in their sword aura. Sorcerers basically didn't need to take such risks.
"Sir Salin, I thought you came to Alchemy City for the auction in October," Sumano said casually.
"The auction in October? What's that? "
"Every October, Alchemy City will organize an auction for the things they've bought in the past year. There will be some gains, even if they're things that can't be valued."
"Oh? What good things will there be? "
Sumano was happy to see that Salin was interested. He was afraid that Salin wouldn't use him. "They have everything. Alchemy City's sorcerers are active all over the continent and will often collect rare items. Mages from other countries will also provide a lot of equipment. Last year, a mage from Scottinya auctioned off a real magic cannon. That guy was really lucky. A cannon was exchanged for five hundred high-grade magic cores. "
"So expensive!" Salin was also surprised. He'd obtained many high-level magic cores from Rafael's Magic Tower, but he didn't have 200 in total. Alchemy City could take out more high-level magic cores at once and was even richer than Rafael?
"It's not that expensive. Alchemy City has a boat that can hunt magic beasts in the deep sea. The number of magic beasts in the sea is impossible to count. It's different from the continent. There are more high-level magic beasts there than there are hair on a cow. "
"What boat? It can hunt magic beasts in the deep sea! "Salin couldn't believe it. Even a magic-driven boat was fragile in the sea. There were indeed many magic beasts in the sea, but it was also more dangerous than on land.
"I've never seen it. That boat belongs to the Devil's Horn. It won't appear in Alchemy Port at all."
"Is the Devil's Horn one of the three islands?" Salin already knew that Alchemy City's sphere of influence extended deep into the sea and controlled all the nearby islands. There were three nine-story Magic Towers on three of the larger islands, which also belonged to Alchemy City. These three islands guarded the sea routes. The Cloud Flow Empire couldn't do anything to Alchemy City. They could only do business honestly and not rely on their fleet to plunder.
With Alchemy City, Qin Yin's entire coastline was stable. Otherwise, it would be like the Tanggulas Empire, where they had to deploy a large number of troops to prevent the Cloud Flow Empire from plundering.
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