351. Golden Mage Tower, Southwest Building 3
“Keep it…”
The alchemist clutched his neck with a painful face.
In the first place, I was in a position where I couldn’t speak even if I wanted to because I hurt my neck, but if I showed the will to speak, of course I thought I’d treat it.
with a splash!
However, instead of answering, he waved his hand and created a cold spray, which created a silvery liquid.
Chow!
The silver liquid that was created then turned into a grip and rushed towards Kang Seung-hyeon and his party.
“Ah, this bastard has matured again!”
“I don’t think it’s a slime.”
Unlike the immediately recognizable slime, it was a silvery liquid that could not be identified at first glance.
“What is this time? silver?”
Kim Ho-jeong, who was at the forefront, thought it was silver simply because it was silver.
“Silver is silver…”
However, Kang Seung-hyeon had dealt with the alchemist before, so he knew the identity of the silver substance.
“Because it’s mercury.”
“Oops!”
[Eyes of Observation]
His eyes glowed blue, displaying an informational message from the Silver Hand.
[Melted Hand of Mercury]
[A skill that uses the liquid metal mercury as a material.]
[It is highly toxic due to the nature of the material.] [Causes
abnormal status poisoning upon contact.] When
mercury comes in contact with or is absorbed by a creature, it causes abnormal status poisoning. It is a special metal that exists in liquid form at room temperature that causes
Since it is liquid, it can easily change its shape, but its essence is metal, making it a great weapon with powerful destructive power and additional effects of addiction.
Above all, it is easy to fake with silver, so it is one of the compounds that alchemists often use in battle.
Enemies with low poison resistance will fall out of mercury poisoning, and enemies with high or meaningless poison resistance will be physically defeated.
‘Because it’s a liquid more than anything, there are some that are easy to combine with water as a base.’
Chow!
Kang Seung-hyun read the movement of [Melting Mercury’s hand] with [Observation Eye].
‘Originally, it’s the standard to hit with an iron weapon or shield, but…’
Then he smiled and activated one skill.
‘Now that I’ve got a good skill.’
shaaaa.
At the same time, Seunghyun Kang’s hands began to glow transparently as if wrapped in moonlight.
Fuck!
Kang Seung-hyeon put his fist into [Melting Suseong’s hand].
puck! Pak! Pak!
It was a heavy attack that was fast and the power of each shot was formidable.
Of course, it would be normal for poisoning symptoms to occur if you hit a lump of mercury with your bare fist.
Smack!
Kwaaang!
Somehow, Kang Seung-hyeon’s hand didn’t take any damage, but instead [Melting Suseong’s hand] was distorted and crashed into the wall.
‘As expected, it works well.’
Kang Seung-hyun looked at his softly shining hands.
shaaaa.
The skill Kang Seunghyun activated was the [Glove of the Silver Screen], which is usually used for treatment and hygiene.
[Automatically purifies contaminants that come into contact with gloves.]
[Poison resistance +300%]
[Gloves of silver screen] is a skill that can give great resistance and damage to poison properties thanks to this option. Because it was treated as an attribute, it could be punched.
‘It’s funny to dig mercury with silver, but what can I do with the laws of Azul Continent?’
Seunghyun Kang smiled and looked down at the alchemist.
“Is there anything else besides this?”
“… uhm.”
“If there was anything, I would have written it earlier.”
The boy was at a loss for words, his mouth wide open.
The mercury fusion must have been a surprise attack prepared as a secret weapon, but it would have been natural since it didn’t work at all.
“Looks like he has no intention of answering meekly.”
Seunghyun Kang muttered as he stepped on the alchemist’s head.
“Should we stop wasting time and just go down?”
“Looking at it, it looks like something is there, but it’s a bit too much to just go…”
Lee Ji-ah held her nose with arrogance.
It was because the smell of water and rotten protein continued to waft from the stairs.
“At least you need to know what is on the first floor and what the situation is so you can deal with the situation or prepare your mind.”
“Then let’s just ask a few simple questions.”
To be honest, since it’s a party of 3.5 dimension movers, it won’t be a problem if you just go down, but there’s nothing wrong with knowing the situation.
“But, Mr. Kang, in order to hear anything from him, don’t you have to treat his throat?”
“Even if your throat hurts, you can still nod your head.”
“Then let this Mr. Alec ask the first question.”
“Eww…”
Alec opened his mouth with a relaxed smile.
“Question How old am I really?”
“…”
“If you think it’s an even number, nod. If it’s an odd number, answer with dori-dori.”
“…”
When the alchemist didn’t respond, Alec lightly clicked his tongue and turned his head away.
“Tsk! Brother, I don’t think this kid has the heart to answer. Let’s just kill them.”
“No, how does he answer that? Do you just want to kill him?”
“Don’t ask me about that in the first place!”
“Lee Ji-ah, please put that away.”
“uh!”
Soon, the four clones of Ejia rushed and pushed Alec into the corner.
“Now it’s a bit cleaner.”
After Alec was removed, Kang Seung-hyun asked a question as if nothing had happened.
“Did you really say this earlier? You must be blocking outsiders from entering on Doradel-sama’s orders.”
First of all, it was clear that there was some serious problem on the lower floor of the Southwest Building.
You can tell just by looking at the disgusting fishy smell wafting from the stairs.
“I was wondering why alchemists who aren’t members of the Mage Tower are doing that.”
Doradel must have deliberately set fire to cover the Southwest Building to hide the situation, but I didn’t understand that he brought in outsiders there.
“Well, we also heard that there is a secret passage leading to the magic center in the closed laboratory on the first floor of the Southwest Building, right?”
“…!”
“That’s why it’s understandable that we didn’t deploy normal wizards, but if that’s the case, we’ll just have to deploy people from the Lofiarmus family.”
However, Doradel thoroughly hid this incident from not only ordinary wizards but also the people of the Rophemus family.
That meant that there was something on the first floor of the Southwest Building that had to be hidden not only from ordinary wizards but also from the people of the Lophemus family.
“Perhaps those who were making or researching it were the ones under Doradel’s orders, right? But something went wrong that caused this uproar.”
Then it makes sense that the alchemists are behind the scenes of the Southwest Building.
In the first place, only the wizards did not know, because these alchemists were not outsiders, but secret members directly under Doradel.
“It looks like they’ve been conducting secret research on the first floor of the Southwest Building for quite some time, but something went wrong a month ago and they’re fixing it.”
Earlier, Kang Seung-hyun said he would ask a simple question, but in reality, he just wanted to check whether his guess was correct or not.
“Am I right?”
“…”
The alchemist did not show any reaction.
However, as can be seen by looking at the cold sweat running down his forehead or the stiffened facial muscles caused by the tension in his trembling eyes, he seems to have hit the right mark.
“Looks right.”
Check this out.
Kang Seung-hyun opened his mouth with a refreshing face.
“It seems that Doradel was conducting secret research in the Southwest Building in cooperation with alchemists in secret from the members of the Mage Tower.”
“Then, that secret research is likely to be about lifting the family curse.”
“I guess.”
“Ugh… Sensei is amazing!”
Kim Ho-jung, who was listening to the story, admired it with a surprised face.
“How do you just glance and guess?”
“I was just guessing based on the circumstances. The certainty was found out from that friend.”
“It’s amazing to guess that far with just that information!”
“Originally, the ideas of suspicious people are all there.”
“What the hell is on the first floor, they say that?”
Lee Ji-ah muttered with a face that she did not understand.
“If it’s a study to lift the family curse, of course, wouldn’t it be better to inform the family? Who would object to lifting the curse?”
“I know.”
“If you keep everything a secret from others, you have a good reason.”
It is a fact that I learned through this mess, but Doradel is a human who does not mind sacrificing not only the Mage Tower but also the family members for his own purposes.
Even if the purpose was for the glory of the Mage Tower and the prosperity of the family.
‘If you think about it, you might have a rough idea of what he was doing on the first floor…’
In fact, the alchemist’s complexion turned pale because he couldn’t get tired of it.
“Judging by the look on his face, it must have been a study that would make a fuss if it became known to the outside world.”
“….”
“You know there’s no point in trying to get away with it now, right?”
“Ugh…”
The alchemist’s pupils shook greatly.
A month had passed and there was no progress in handling the incident, so I expected that the submaster would feel strange and send someone.
‘But if it’s another sub-master, that son of a bitch… he must have been crazy about the next master and was absolutely loyal to Doradel-
sama !“
The alchemist trembled and glared at Kang Seung-hyeon.
‘I shouldn’t have talked to these bastards in the first place, but I should have jumped out!’
It was because he was wearing a gown when he first met Kang Seung-hyun, so he mistook him for an alchemist like himself.
“I’ll fix your neck, so tell me everything you know.”
shaaaa.
[No: Ruth’s hand]
Kang Seung-hyun called out the translucent shape of the hand bone.
“Then I will admit the whistleblower and save your life.”
“…”
“If you don’t like it, don’t. I will not force you.”
The alchemist who heard that said,
‘If you don’t tell me, I’ll kill you, what is it if it’s not forced!’
I wanted to say, but my voice didn’t come out, so I cried and nodded to eat mustard.
“Then, start with the treatment…”
The moment Kang Seung-hyun tried to stretch out [Ho: Ruth’s hand],
groan!
Wow!
Suddenly, the floor softened like clay, then rose and turned into a mass of meat.
gurgling!
Arms and legs grew out of the meat mass, and a lump monster was born.
“What is this?”
“excuse me! Look over there!”
Looking at the place Jiah Lee pointed out, I saw alchemists in gowns hidden by the wall, using the flooring as a base to activate their conversion skills.
“As expected, there wasn’t just one.”
In the blink of an eye, Kang Seung-hyeon and his party were surrounded by hundreds of monsters created by alchemists.
