After all the assistants were gathered, Regina impatiently opened the door to the alchemical workshop.
The door to the alchemy workshop was slightly ajar, and the smell of dirt wafted out from within. Regina didn't feel any discomfort at all. She opened the door and stepped in first, followed by the eight assistants.
The spacious lab quickly became empty.
Angor turned around to leave, but before he could leave, he heard someone calling his name.
He looked back and saw Regina, who was the first one to enter the workshop. She was now leaning against the door frame and looking at him.
"Miss Regina, is there anything I can help you with?" Angor asked.
Regina waved a hand. "Nothing. There's something I forgot to tell you. I don't know how long the experiment will last, so I'll tell you about it before it starts. "
Regina paused for a moment before continuing, "Last time when you contacted me, Portia had a private chat with you. She should be talking about enchantments, right?"
Angor nodded. "Yes. Miss Portia asked me about some special runes."
"What did you tell her?" Regina stared at Angor quietly. The tiredness on her face suddenly disappeared.
"The runes she asked about are all very rare. I haven't found anything useful yet." Angor was telling the truth. He didn't find anything useful.
Regina considered for a moment. "Good. I hope you won't find anything in the future."
Regina noticed Angor's calm expression and realized something. "You already know what she's trying to do?"
"I think so," said Angor.
Regina said, "Since you've guessed it, you should know that what she's doing is very dangerous. I'm here to tell you that you'd better not help her. "
Regina sighed. "Portia is a much better alchemist than I am. She's also the one I trust the most in the research department. That's why I know a lot about her. The better you are, the more pressure you'll feel. She's desperate to break through her shackles, so she chose the wrong path. "
Regina said, "Life Alchemy is extremely dangerous. It's best if you don't help her and don't get involved. Otherwise, you might fall into a bottomless abyss."
Regina was sincerely advising him not to help Portia. As Portia's best friend, Regina was willing to do something for Portia.
Angor considered for a moment and nodded. "I understand. But if Ms. Portia can't find a breakthrough here, she will look elsewhere. When she has the heart to look, she will definitely find clues. "
Regina rubbed her temples and said in annoyance, "That's why I'm having a headache."
"Have you thought about telling Mister Muse?" Angor asked.
Regina sighed. "Not yet. But needless to say, they probably already know what Portia is thinking."
Granny Fingernail told him about Portia's involvement in the field of life alchemy because of what Granny Fingernail told him. If even Granny Fingernail could guess it, there was no way Dean Muse wouldn't know.
"Life alchemy is a forbidden area, but it's not completely forbidden. If someone from the research department gets involved, it might even aggravate Portia's idea. I agree with that. "
"There's no other way. We have to make sure she can't find anything about life alchemy for now. Let's hope she can learn something during this time." Regina looked at Angor. "No matter what, I hope you won't follow Portia's whims."
"Of course."
It was only a verbal promise, but Regina still believed him. Angor was still too young. He had a lot of time to find the right path. There was no need for him to follow Portia's deviant path.
"As long as you understand. I won't say anything else. I'm going to study Mystifying Pearl now. I hope you can find something soon." Regina nodded at Angor and returned to her alchemy workshop with a heavy heart.
Angor hesitated for a moment before leaving the workshop.
…
The next few days were unusually peaceful. Rein and Tree Spirit didn't come to him yet. It seemed they were still trying to digest the shock brought by the Dream Whelk.
Iron Granny and Leona, on the other hand, were still immersed in the wonder of the dream wasteland.
Wallace was the only one who came to him. He wanted to ask Angor for more monocles.
It seemed Wallace was interested in studying virtual mana, so he planned to take several apprentices to the wasteland to see if they could break through the barrier of learning real cantrips.
Angor didn't plan to open the wasteland to the public yet, but he didn't mind giving out a few monocles.
After Wallace left satisfied, another person came to find him. It was "Revenant's Redemption" Ness.
Old Ness noticed that everyone in the Astral Ruin was immersed in the monocle. He didn't know the exact effect of the monocle, but he really wanted to try it when he saw how many people were addicted to it. Unfortunately, no one was willing to lend him one. After several days of frustration, Ness came to Angor's place, hoping to solve the problem from the source.
Without hesitation, Angor took out a monocle and handed it to the old man.
Ness was one of the five monocles Angor asked Tree Spirit to bring to the Astral Ruin. However, he didn't expect Leona to come to the ruin as well, and Ness was replaced by Leona.
Since he already planned to let Ness enter the dream wasteland, he wouldn't refuse. Besides, Angor still remembered that Ness lent him Insecott's notes.
Nessie happily ran back to the Astral Pool Ruins with his monocle. After showing off for a while, he also entered the dream wasteland.
And so, there was one more person immersed in the Astral Ruin.
Angor spent most of his time deciphering the runes. After learning that the runes were encrypted using Winlens Sequencing and White Crystal Card, he worked even faster.
He thought it would take him a week, but in fact, it only took him five days.
At this moment, he finally completed the rune on the parchment.
Now, there was only one thing left to do: carve the completed runes on the knight's armor.
The most important part of completing the runes wasn't the runes themselves. Instead, it was the blood ink needed to complete the runes. If the blood ink didn't match with the runes, the repair process wouldn't work.
Angor carefully sniffed the blood on the knight's armor and muttered, "Is this blood ink made from the blood of Limbo Whale?"
To make sure, Angor scraped off some blood powder from the runes.
Next, he placed the powder into an hourglass that had a detection rune on it and activated it. As the Blood Ink Powder was activated by the probing mageweath, the Blood Drop immediately flashed with a yellowish green light, and circles of circular ripples appeared.
"It's the blood of Limbo Whale."
When Angor was about to memorize the pattern, he noticed that the yellowish green light suddenly turned white at the last moment.
It only lasted for a second, but Angor still managed to catch it.
"Is it a mixture of blood ink?" Angor wondered. "The white light … should be … number 1108."
Angor quickly took out The Illustrated Handbook of Blood Ink and read the pattern corresponding to number 1108. A line of words was written on the glossy page: "Blood from the underfin of Offshore Beluga Whale."
"So it's a mixture of blood ink." Angor felt lucky that he did an experiment on the blood ink. If he used his experience, he would have thought it was the blood of Limbo Whale.
Judging from the pattern, the blood of Limbo Whale should be the main blood, while the blood from the whale's underfin should be the supplementary blood. However, if the supplementary blood was missing, the blood ink wouldn't meet the requirements of the runes on the knight's armor. Even if Angor succeeded in fixing the runes, he wouldn't be able to open the hidden room.
With that thought, Angor began to prepare the new blood ink.
Unlike the nearly extinct Limbic Whale's cranial blood, there were a large number of Beluga Whales living near the sea, so it was easy to find their blood.
If he remembered correctly, Prome's Alchemy Shop should have some in stock.
After asking Balba, Angor confirmed that some of the blood was in stock. Angor quickly sent Balba back to Brute Cavern and asked him to bring him some well-preserved blood from the whale's underfin.
With all the materials ready, Angor began to prepare the new blood ink.
About two hours later, a brand new bottle of blood ink appeared in Angor's hand. Based on the feedback, Angor confirmed that this bottle of blood ink had the effect of increasing the upper limit of carrying ocean-type energy.
It didn't mean that the damaged runes were related to water. It meant that the one who drew the runes was a sea wizard.
A sea wizard would be able to draw runes much more efficiently with this kind of blood ink.
Of course, it was also possible that the one who drew the runes wasn't a sea wizard. He simply didn't have any other blood ink and simply took out a bottle of blood ink.
After all, blood ink was generally used to draw runes, unless it was used to repair runes or some special runes.
Angor didn't think about whether the creator of the ruin was a sea wizard or not. It didn't really matter since the ruin came from the outer realms and had nothing to do with the sea wizards in the southern wizarding region.
With the blood ink ready, Angor carefully began to repair the runes.
To make sure that nothing went wrong, Angor took every step very slowly. Still, it only took him half a day to fix the runes.
With a flash of light, the runes on the knight's armor began to glow.
The special rune was already on standby mode. He only needed to inject a little bit of energy into it to send him to the hidden room he didn't know about.
However, Angor didn't activate the runes right away.
He didn't know what was inside the hidden room. Maybe the alchemist didn't leave at all. He didn't want to risk it just in case.
Angor went to the entrance of the ruin and summoned Tree Spirit's clone to him.
Soon, Tree Spirit walked out of the tree trunk while glowing in white light. "I was watching the match. Why did you summon me?"
"Match?" Angor was surprised.
"Two Demon Hunters are having a duel in the colosseum. I have to say, the power system of the Demon Hunters is quite interesting. Currently, it's even more powerful than virtual magic. Judging from the battle between the Demon Hunters, it seems that they haven't reached the upper limit yet." Tree Spirit sighed.
Tree Spirit then looked at Angor. He was doing fine in the dream wasteland. Why did Angor summon him back to reality? The monocle also had a limit on the number of times it could be used. Most people only used single digits at most, but Tree Spirit had already used over a hundred times.
"Is Mister Rein …?"
Tree Spirit waved a hand and gave Angor a meaningful look. "He's in seclusion. I don't think he'll come out until he understands something. You should know what he's thinking. "
Rein must be thinking about the Dream Whelk, the dream wasteland, and the future of Brute Cavern.
"You can tell me if you have something to say. I haven't gotten over it yet, but I'm doing much better than Rein. "Tree Spirit lifted his chin proudly. However, he suddenly realized something and gave Angor a nervous look. "Don't tell me you're going to drop another bomb? The dream wasteland and the Dream Whelk are more than enough. I can't digest anything else. "
Tree Spirit suddenly realized that Angor was the one in front of him. If Angor really did drop another important piece of news, Tree Spirit would probably shut himself up just like Rein.
Tree Spirit was really scared now. Angor's news was always good, but he still needed time to digest it.
Looking at Tree Spirit's expression, Angor considered for a moment. In a way, the hidden room was a big piece of news.
However, Tree Spirit should not be too surprised since he had been preparing for this for a long time.
"It's about the hidden room. I've fixed the runes on the knight's armor."
Tree Spirit heaved a sigh of relief.
The hidden room was a big piece of news, but it was nothing compared to the dream wasteland and the Dream Whelk.
Still, the hidden room had a lot of meaning.
There might be other secrets hidden in the hidden room, including information about the Astral Pool ruin.
"I'll go with you!" Tree Spirit said without hesitation.
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