"Compared with that, I'm more curious about why you, a swordsman, spend so much time in the laboratory."
Scanning the decorations and statues around the corridor, Joshua asked casually: "I wanted to ask when I contacted you through letters before, but now I see that you seem to be a regular visitor here. It really doesn't match my impression."
"I'm a swordsman, that's right."
Faced with the warrior's question, Brandon answered as it should be: "But I am also a scholar, so there is no conflict, right? I am from the Kaos family, so it is impossible for me to know nothing about magic."
Joshua thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.
The Kaos family is a long-established and powerful aristocracy. They are representatives of the royal family and the central faction with a clear-cut banner. One of the three founders of the Imperial Royal Mage Association is an ancestor of the Kaos family. Due to their family background, With blood inheritance, there are many powerful mages among the children of the Kaos family in each generation, and they have great say in the circle of imperial mages.
As the Kaos family once had a legendary archmage, even if the heir of the family became a swordsman because of the double blades of order and Brandon's potential, it would be impossible for him to have no magic at all. From what I've heard, the profession of scholar is a life-long job similar to that of a blacksmith or tailor. It does not conflict with the main job of a swordsman. It is indeed normal.
While the two were talking, they walked towards the inside of the Mage Association. Since it was late at night, the internal light was relatively dim. The adjusted magic lights were not even as bright as the moonlight outside the association. Fortunately, several people present, including Both Ying and Lin had night vision capabilities, so there would be no mistakes in hitting the wall. After a while, everyone came to a silver-white laboratory door.
Brandon stood slightly forward, then raised his right hand and pressed it on the right side of the silver door. Suddenly, a burst of fluorescence flashed, as if to verify. Later, a gentle female voice came from the inside of the door: "Brandon ·Kaos, welcome to Magical Creatures Research Laboratory No. 3. The current time is 834, April 5, 10:22 pm. Do you want to open the laboratory door?"
"Open the door."
"OK."
The swordsman gave the order simply, and the silver-white door opened silently. Brandon noticed the curious eyes of Joshua and others, so he turned around and explained with a smile: "It was the association's 'Taling' just now, Fu. We were spoken to by Miss Lola, who has jurisdiction over security clearance issues within the association."
"Artificial intelligence, or artificial soul..."
Joshua squinted at the two little guys beside him, then recalled No. 3 in Moldavia, and suddenly reacted: "Yes, although the Empire's Mage Association is not as good as in terms of technical capabilities, There are several mage organizations in the Eastern Plains, but there should be no problem with the simplest artificial body. After all, they created the first-generation divine machine based on information from another world four hundred years ago, so why should I sacrifice the near and far?"
Thinking of this, the soldier decided to ask Brandon about this issue later, which could be regarded as fulfilling a wish for No. 3.
Behind the door of the laboratory was a small cubicle. The blond swordsman entered first. Immediately, countless mage rays of light swept across his body. No need to explain, Joshua could tell that it was sweeping away. There is no harm in cleaning all kinds of dust and germs on the human body. It is a standard procedure for entering and exiting major precious magic laboratories, so he also took Ying and Lin into it and underwent an anti-virus scan.
After the partitions, there is the main body of the laboratory, which is a wide rectangular room with four walls made of silver-white steel. Various utensils and bottles are placed around the room. There are also sets of labeled magic material cabinets and magic energy furnace cores. The dome of the laboratory is densely packed with crystal pipes used to supply magic energy. As Brandon enters, these crystal pipes begin to charge various equipment in the laboratory. , exuding a cold blue light.
"It's really good...more professional than expected."
Even Joshua couldn't help but praise. He could see that this laboratory, not to mention other things, even if the set of energy supply equipment and the magic furnace core require nearly 100,000 gold coins, this is still the basic cost price, plus With piles of professional equipment and magic materials, each laboratory probably requires hundreds of thousands of gold coins, which is enough to arm an army of three thousand people to the teeth. Don't think about the aristocratic kingship of an earl, and the slightly poorer big ones. The nobles did not have enough money to maintain such a facility.
Master Fa is really wealthy.
"Really? So I said, if it were not a taboo experiment, most mages from the imperial capital would choose to come to the association to conduct research. Even Teacher Nostradamus was full of praise for the professionalism here, let alone others. "
Brandon seemed to be very satisfied with this place. He was currently bending down to open a steel cabinet in the corner. While entering the password, he said: "On weekdays, I am here with several archmages to study the mad dragon virus. And Abyss derivatives, and recently we did have some results... you see."
After he finished speaking, he had already opened the steel cabinet that was very tight and seemed to be used to isolate some unusually dangerous items. There were white holy lines floating slowly on it, as if it was purifying the existence inside it all the time.
The moment the cabinet was opened, Joshua felt that the azure orb on his chest beat suddenly, and an alarm bell rang in his heart - it had been a long time since the warrior had obtained this thing inherited from the sage, so to him He also had a certain understanding of his reaction. The beating of the Azure Orb just now meant that there was an extremely powerful chaotic creature in front of him.
But where
In fact, it wasn't just the Azure Orb that had a strange reaction. Ying, who was standing aside and looking at the laboratory curiously, also turned her head suddenly. The silver-haired girl's sharp eyes swept over, but she couldn't find where her instincts were. Indicates the presence of enemies.
Rin was also alert, but his reaction was not as excessive as Ying's. The black-haired boy just moved a little closer to Joshua's position, ready to transform into a divine machine and fight.
On Brandon's waist, there were two ordinary double swords, and the double blades of order were also flowing with inexplicable holy light. They reacted like the Azure Orb, but looking at its owner's face, it seemed that they had long been accustomed to it. The blond swordsman took something out of the cabinet, then straightened up and turned around to show everyone what he had in his hands.
This is a black crystal sealed in a cylindrical crystal column. It is only the size of a thumb. It has countless complex geometric polished surfaces that reflect external light. There is a dark red light group in the center of the crystal, which looks like a heart. , is slowly squirming and changing its shape.
The appearance of this crystal is unremarkable. It can only be regarded as a pretty good black gem. The red light cluster beating inside may add a little value to it, but Joshua knows that if its value is calculated in terms of gems, It's just incredibly stupid.
"Heart of Chaos... the crystallization of divine power."
He whispered to himself: "I didn't expect that I would see this thing at this time."
(End of chapter)