Chapter 88: Chapter 88

Pierre fell into a dilemma. He certainly knew the dangers of serving as a test subject for Senior Anglon, but one hundred magic stones per month was a huge sum for him.

In the end, Pierre still made his decision, saying to Locke and Lorne, "Forget it, staying alive is more important. I've heard that those wizard prospects on Dwarf Street who took Senior Anglon's potions all had bad endings."

"If I die, having more magic stones would be meaningless."

"I'd rather wait for a reliable first-class wizard apprentice to need me before becoming a test subject."

Locke coughed a few times, then went inside to chat with the two of them for a while. After that, he bid farewell to them and walked into his own laboratory.

During this period, besides learning Mayfly Flower Cannon, Locke had also learned All Plants Are Soldiers. Unfortunately, even in the Chimera Trading Market of Lilith's Cottage, there was currently no second Gentleman Orchid for sale, so Locke could only give up on synthesis for now and temporarily transplant this Gentleman Orchid into his own mana.

As forty Ogham runes sank into the plant surface of the Gentleman Orchid, Locke poured the modification liquid onto this Gentleman Orchid, completing the final transformation.

Then, this Gentleman Orchid, under the effect of the [All Plants Are Soldiers] cantrip model, shrank in size and shed some useless root and stem parts, retaining only its core body as it coiled around his left arm. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel★fire.net

Just like the three Level 7 Omen Mandrake Vines wrapped around his right hand.

Locke looked at the Gentleman Orchid, which had transformed into a crescent-shaped moon blade on his left hand. The entire Gentleman Orchid's roots tightly coiled around his left arm, while its stems and leaves adhered to his skin like tattoos. The multiple leaf swords of the Gentleman Orchid overlapped together, forming a flexible leaf blade.

Like a curved moon grass blade.

The Gentleman Orchid's multiple flexible stems controlled this curved moon grass blade, making this extremely sharp curved moon grass blade rotate on his arm.

A cold light flashed, and an iron cage containing mice on the operating table in front of Locke was instantly cut in half.

[All Plants Are Soldiers] was a 0.7-circle magic spell that could be attempted as long as it was paired with the Gentleman Orchid.

This magic could create a close-combat weapon for himself. Once enemies got close, he could use the curved moon grass blade to inflict fatal damage on them.

Moreover, the Gentleman Orchid's ability to sense airflow to respond to enemy attacks or defense was enhanced by All Plants Are Soldiers.

Additionally, All Plants Are Soldiers had also modified the structure of the Gentleman Orchid, making it even more formidable. It used magical power to strengthen the Gentleman Orchid's durability, allowing it to cut through materials that wild Gentleman Orchids couldn't cut.

These rare magical plants controlled by wizards using specific spells would only have their combat power increase further.

However, this magic wasn't completely finished yet.

The All Plants Are Soldiers cantrip model itself had left space for using alchemical works to enhance it.

Locke set out for Chimera Trading Market. He took a centaur's carriage into Chimera Trading Market with a clear destination in mind: the alchemy workshop in Chimera Trading Market, the Kentri Furnace Workshop.

The shop sign above this workshop's door was shaped like a furnace, continuously spewing hot steam from within. Hammering sounds constantly came from inside, along with a smell of sweat.

As a breeder, Locke helplessly raised his eyebrows. 'Alchemists work too hard, don't they? Is there really a need to be so desperate?'

'Thank goodness I started by studying potioncraft and breeding...'

A dwarf apprentice walked out from inside the workshop. The interior of the workshop was filled with deep red scorching steam, and there seemed to be a huge furnace inside, constantly smelting something.

This dwarf apprentice was also a first-class wizard apprentice. He was wiping sweat from his forehead, with a towel soaked in his sweat hanging around his neck.

He glanced at Locke and was slightly surprised. "A new face. Seeing that you're a first-class wizard apprentice from Lilith's Cottage, you must have just advanced."

"I'm a first-class wizard apprentice from Ouroboros Ring. You can call me Tyne Kentri."

"Young first-class wizard apprentice, what are you planning to purchase at Kentri Furnace Workshop?"

Tyne occasionally looked back toward the furnace deep in the alchemy workshop. He seemed to be observing something, so he explained to Locke, "I've been very busy lately. The flame furnace synthesis array hasn't stopped for who knows how many days."

"Recently I have a big business deal, an order from your Lilith's Cottage. They need quite a few mid-to-high-level defensive magical items."

Locke raised his eyebrows. "Are all alchemists... this hardworking?"

Tyne patted his chest and laughed, "Not necessarily. I just love creating magical items too much. The items produced in my shop are mainly magical items."

"Mass-producing magical items requires using flame furnace synthesis arrays."

"If it were those immature alchemy apprentices at those stalls, heh, they at most use some crude synthesis arrays to create some mediocre strange magical items."

"They even use methods from the Enchantment School to make magical items. It's really not serious at all, complete nonsense, muddying the waters, just deceiving people who don't understand."

Locke vaguely knew that wizards from the Alchemy School and wizards from the Enchantment School easily came into conflict.

The reason was that both sides easily viewed the other's school as a subordinate magical category of their own school.

The Alchemy School believed that the Enchantment School was just a small branch of theirs, albeit a branch that had grown somewhat large.

While the Enchantment School believed that the Alchemy School was just an auxiliary discipline responsible for transforming matter and energy before they performed enchantment.

But at the low-level apprentice stage, that stage where apprentices hadn't even obtained their alchemist assistant certificates, these two fields weren't so clearly distinguished.

Most apprentices would even use enchantment methods to assist their immature alchemical craftsmanship in creating magical items.

The Berserk Rhino magic-resistant leather armor that Locke had previously lost in battle was manufactured at a small stall by an alchemy apprentice using methods that mixed enchantment techniques and alchemy, barely managing to create it.

But most magical items of medium quality and below were basically manufactured at this level.