The alchemy Empire has been dead for more than 20000 years, and its history can be traced back to at least 40000 years ago. In her more than 10000 years of life, ancient alchemists created a brilliant human civilization and left many rich heritages to future generations.


    Why is it a heritage, not a relic?


    According to the historical data collected by Victor, he believed that the ancient chosen city states were the cities left over from the alchemy empire. These cities have continued to play a role in human history and have not been forgotten by mankind.


    This is certainly a heritage, not a lost relic of civilization.


    Since the chosen gods and ancient city-state Knights inherited the legacy of the alchemy Empire, and the glorious church and secular lords overthrew the chosen gods and ascended the throne of rulers, why is there a huge gap in the understanding of the ancient alchemy empire in human countries?


    Victor used x-3 to deduce repeatedly to piece together a possible answer.


    The alchemical Empire occupies a vast land north of the Jinshui River, and its sphere of influence may be larger than the current human kingdom and the Northern Wilderness combined. The larger the territory, the weaker the central imperial dynasty''s control over the local areas, and it is inevitable to form large and small separatist forces. Just like the sun never sets empire in the earth world, even if the telegraph, train and ocean ship had been invented at that time, the colonies all over the world were independent one after another.


    Therefore, the early alchemy Empire must be a loose alliance of human city states, and each city state has the conditions of self-sufficiency and strong military strength. They do not need to accept a strong regime.


    However, there are differences between the Talon world and the earth world. There are extraordinary forces here, which determine the very different superstructure of civilization. The extraordinary people of human city states have unshakable ruling power. Therefore, they are not afraid of being overthrown by the people like the ancient emperors of the earth.


    In short, the wizards and Knights of the city-state are endowed with power by heaven. They are lazy in government affairs and don''t care about power. They are addicted to the study of mysterious forces.


    With the same hobbies and research contents, wizards and knights in various city states were connected, and the prototype of MAGE association gradually appeared.


    The mage association is composed of talented wizards in various city states. Their greatest achievement is to turn the Golden Knight into an alchemist.


    Victor has confirmed that ancient alchemists were high-level knights. He defined alchemists as high-level knights who can embody void elements as material laws through the alchemy system model.


    This has unimaginable attraction for the high-level Knights of various city states.


    Take Sylvia as an example. Although she is a divine knight, her use of the void element is not separated from the void element itself, and she is still in a primitive and rough state. If she knew that there was a way to create an alchemical creature with the elements of nothingness, she would be ecstatic. Because this represents the transformation from the source law to the reality law, which belongs to the power of the creator.


    The high-ranking Knights of all city states wanted to become alchemists. They flocked to the mage Association. When the number of alchemists reached a considerable scale, a new organization was born - the alchemy Council.


    The mage Association and the alchemy Council are one and two sides. In essence, they are the joint organization of top great wizards and great alchemists. They not only master huge resources, but also monopolize the promotion channels of wizards and high-level knights.


    Any organization needs fresh blood, must have organizational rules, and finally form political power. The alchemical empire was established, but the dominant alchemical Parliament and mage association are still an organization that prefers to study mystics. They have no emperor and don''t care much about secular power.


    This determined the political structure and operation mode of the early alchemical empire. Each city-state provides resources to the alchemy Council and the mage Association in exchange for the city-state wizards and high-level knights to join the organization and seek the qualification of new forces, so as to form a city-state alliance led by alchemists and mages.


    The mage Association and the alchemist Council regularly select wizards and knights as their apprentices in the city states within the alliance. The knight families and wizard towers of the alliance city states are proud to join the organization, and even fight for places.


    Because the alliance city states are scattered and far away from each other, the archmages and alchemists living in the ruling layer of the alchemy Empire have only influence on the alliance members, lack administrative power, and do not build a top-down administrative system. In order to obtain more resources from the alliance city states, the alchemy Council and the mage association must hang the appetite of the alliance city states by limiting the number of apprentices and conservative research results, and make the organization tradition closed rather than open.


    This will inevitably lead to the separation of the upper and lower levels of the alchemical Empire, and there will be two sets of administrative systems - the system of Parliament and association and the system of each city-state itself.


    The two non-interference administrative systems of the alchemical empire are the fundamental reason for the loss of alchemical civilization.


    In the middle and later stages of the alchemy Empire, the human city states were invaded by unknown alien races, and the city states retreated one after another. The crisis of collapse greatly strengthened the centripetal force of the association and Parliament. When the great alchemists and mages invented the alchemy of empty creation, mobilized resources to build countless Alchemy towers, defeated the invaders with a steady stream of alchemy creatures and drove them back to their old nest.


    In order to completely eliminate the threat of invaders, the great alchemists and mages of the Empire secretly carried out taboo research and created the final weapon of war - the Lord of glory.


    However, please don''t forget that the mystical knowledge of the alchemical empire is likely to come from whisperers, or ancient gods who won the battle of eternity. The alchemy Council and the mage association created the Lord of glory, which angered the whisperers. Victor doesn''t know the specific reason, but various signs show that the whisperers are behind the sudden failure of the alchemy tower and the sudden demise of the alchemy empire.


    If the whisperers catch all the great mages and alchemists and leave none, the research on the Lord of glory by the alchemist empire will stagnate.


    The alchemy tower has a network of information transmission. When the alchemy tower suddenly fails, the city states can''t contact the members of Parliament. Then, the inheritance of alchemists was cut off, and the city-state alliance collapsed. The disappearance of alchemists and mages has become a mystery in the city states. Thousands of years later, even this puzzle was forgotten, and the city-state returned to its original state of autonomy.


    This is why today''s human kingdom only knows the ancient god elect, but does not know the existence of the alchemical empire.


    There are very few relics left in the alchemy empire. Even if they are excavated, they will be classified as the civilized relics of the ancient god elect.


    Testier said that the building is a relic of the early civilization of the ancient god elect. Generally speaking, his view is not wrong. Only Victor knows the special value of this civilization relic, and it has extremely important practical significance for himself.


    Unfortunately, this is not a good time to explore the ruins and obtain the heritage of the alchemical empire.


    Victor restrained his inner palpitation, turned back without revealing anything strange, and greeted each other with the members of the scouting team of the referee''s office.


    "Master Ron?!"


    When the scouting team of the referee saw the Ron Paladin behind Caligula, they all looked in awe, Paladin conral Trigova went to the priest''s ceremony and said in surprise, "master, we didn''t expect you to come."


    Ron nodded calmly, turned to the level three Paladin next to him with white gold eyes, and asked, "where''s the sky Ranger?"


    The paladin wriggled his lips, lowered his head and said, "the Sky Patrol... Is missing and may be dead."


    Referee trigowal secretly complained that his highness Randall is extremely intelligent and knows everything. No one is sure what he can see from Ron''s mindless dialogue with the trainer?


    Trigoval then explained to the Pope, "the sky Ranger is the big Owl... The big owl has a long life. Its last owner was a friend of master Ron, so Ron knows the sky Ranger."


    Victor didn''t seem to care about the referee''s explanation. He turned his head and looked at the magnificent ruins with interest.


    Clement nodded and asked, "brother conlars, what''s happened to you these days? Where''s strange?"


    "The deputy commander is out hunting. He should be back soon." Conrad said with a false lead, "let''s go to the camp first, and I''ll explain the situation to you adults."


    The scouting team led the people to the 35th floor of the ruins. Their camp was located at the corner of the shelter. Several sheepskins were paved on the open-air slate, with weapons, some sundries and some dried animal meat stacked next to them. In addition, there was nothing else, not even a campfire.


    I''m afraid they''ve been living a life of drinking blood from their hair for some time.


    Victor turned his eyes and said, "aka, light the stove, heat a bag of purple cane wine, and then burn some hot water."


    Aka is very happy to do some chores, which makes him feel very useful to everyone. The shelf on his back can hold more than 300 pounds of supplies, everything necessary for a long trip, of course, drinks.


    While akar was busy making a fire to heat the wine, Victor asked, "Lord Conrad trigova, how did you find this relic?"


    Paladin conlars is simple and untidy. He looks older than his uncle Lester. He smiled and said: "Your Highness, this relic was first discovered by the sky Ranger... Oh, that big owl first. We didn''t take it seriously at first. We were ready to complete the task first and then explore the relic here. Deputy commander strange tried to fight the chief goblin Lord for the first time, but failed. He was chased by the scorpion tailed lion. He took the scorpion tailed lion around the mountain to buy us time to move He broke into the ruins and accidentally found that the scorpion lion seemed unwilling to step on it. He wandered under the cliff for a moment and wanted to leave. "


    "The deputy commander chased down, shot several arrows at the scorpion tailed lion, deliberately angered it, and then ran back to the ruins. As a result, the scorpion tailed lion stopped at the bottom of the cliff. The deputy commander tried several times to confirm that the scorpion tailed lion could not step on this ancient ruins. The specific reason is unknown. Lord strange thinks this place can be used as our refuge."


    The thin iron cans on the stove gave off bursts of wine fragrance. Several Paladins in the scouting team couldn''t help swallowing their saliva. When Caligula saw that the wine was hot, he politely poured a cup for everyone. The paladins saluted and thanked silly big, and he showed a simple smile.


    Conrad took a sip of purple cane wine and said contentedly, "it''s really comfortable to eat raw meat and wild fruits for half a month and drink a cup of hot wine."


    "Deputy commander testier originally asked us to collect some supplies and move to camp here. Without any worries, he could try to behead the double headed goblin. Eight days ago, the Sky Patrol didn''t fly back on time, and I immediately realized that the scorpion tailed lion poisoned it. There were no eyes in the sky, and our situation became more dangerous. Therefore, we immediately moved to the shelter, and the supplies may be accurate Be well prepared. "


    "Later, the deputy commander came, and the scorpion tailed lion followed him to the bottom of the cliff, called for a while, and then withdrew. The priest used his cleansing technique to remove the toxin for Lord testier. After that, Lord testier acted alone, waiting for the opportunity to shoot the goblin Lord. He used his semi elemental ability and paladin''s recovery technique to bear the scorpion tailed lion''s poison, and then returned here for treatment."


    Paladin conlar''s narration was basically consistent with Victor''s speculation. Commander TESL shook his head and sighed, "strange is too reckless..."


    Strange tried several times to behead the goblin Lord, but failed. The target had mastered his ability and was sure to make an effective response, which virtually increased the action difficulty of Victor and others.


    Victor smiled gracefully and said, "and we can''t make a detailed decapitation plan until Lord strange comes back. This historic site is magnificent. Lord conlar, did you go in and have a look?"


    Connor put down his oak glass, shook his head and said, "we can''t get in... We searched all around and couldn''t find a door to get in and out."


    "It... Is a whole. But we confirm that the mountainside is empty... You also hear the sound of water inside." He paused, pointed to the top of the snow peak and continued: "the deputy head climbed to the top of the mountain alone and saw a deep crack. The melted snow flowed in and merged into a waterfall. After surveying the terrain, the deputy head thought that if you want to go down and come up again, you must use a soft ladder hundreds of meters long. Otherwise, you will be in danger of being washed away by the underground river."


    Victor blinked and said with a smile, "cousin strange can''t go down, so I can''t go down... What''s special about this relic except the hillside waterfall?"


    The combat priest of the scouting team said: "the building has many seriously weathered ancient characters and patterns, which are difficult to identify, and the possibility of repair is very small. However, there are 14 well preserved giant stone balls on the top platform of the relic. Their surface is rough, but the degree of weathering is not too serious."


    Victor first thought of the core of the earth, but the battle priest talked about the particularity of the ruins and showed great energy. Obviously, he was a scholar priest. He could not distinguish the difference between the core of the earth and the stone ball.


    Clement asked with interest, "what do you think of this?"


    The battle priest of the referee said excitedly: "Under the crown, I judge from the weathering degree of the relic buildings and the stone carving techniques. This relic belongs to the early architecture of the wizard city-state era. Its function is unknown. It is more than 15000 years ago, but the age of the stone balls on the top floor will not exceed 400 years. In other words, these stone balls were moved by some creatures from elsewhere 400 years ago and placed on the top of the relic."


    Paladin conral added: "I have different views on this. Those stone balls should be ''long''. Because I can''t push any stone ball with all my strength. Its bottom seems to be connected with the architectural relics, and this relic is obviously connected with the mountain. I don''t think there is any wisdom to put these stone balls on the top of the relics."


    "Ha, I heard for the first time that buildings can grow stones." Karu, a battle priest from the Benedict family, was close to the paladin of conral and laughed impolitely.


    Conrad retorted, "didn''t the core of the earth grow?"


    "Those are not the cores of the earth... As you said, they are not the condensation of empty earth elements." Pastor Kalu spread out his hands and continued, "moreover, the core of the earth will disintegrate and lose the characteristics of the element of void earth in a few years after long-term exposure to the air."


    Victor stood up and said with a smile, "anyway, we''ll take this time to have a look when cousin strange comes back."


    Before everyone could answer, he took the lead in jumping to the top floor. On the platform of about 2 square kilometers, there were three meter high round stone balls scattered irregularly. The surface was uneven and dark brown, which seemed to be an ordinary gray rock ball. Victor quickly leaned forward and put his palm on the surface of a stone ball. The cold touch was no different from that of a stone.


    The bottom of the stone ball fell into the platform and looked like it was growing on it. Victor tried to push it. The stone ball didn''t move.


    This is what he expected. The earth Knight of the silver level is no less powerful than the gold knight. Conlar is not only a earth knight, but also a fourth level Paladin. The sacred field protects his soul from the invasion of the element sea, enabling him to mobilize the peak power beyond the silver level. The most important thing is that the high-level Knight friendly to the earth element is in a semi elemental state The earth is connected, immune to repulsion and lower limit, and can exert 100% power on the target.


    Conral could not push the stone ball with all his strength. Victor was equally powerless, but he must try.


    The eyes completely turned dark gold, and part of the water element in the body was transformed into the earth element. The power contained in the rock body exceeded the level of the earth gold knight, which was equivalent to the joint force of the silver level Nu Tao knight and the earth knight.


    Victor''s slender white palm extended to the stone ball again.


    "Wait! It''s not dead."


    Lifting the state of the rock body, Victor looked back and saw the naked and barefoot Ron Paladin cross the crowd, step up to him, put his palmless hand on the surface of the stone ball and said in a deep voice:


    "I can feel that it hides the seeds of life. When you touch it, they become active."


    "Sun elves, don''t wake them up... They are so powerful that Scorpions dare not set foot in this ruins." Ron gave Victor a deep look and retreated to Pope Clement.


    Turnans, facing Victor''s suspicious eyes, nodded slightly and said seriously, "I just felt it, but... No malice, no danger."


    Everyone looked at Victor and his eyes suddenly became strange, with envy, surprise, doubt and imperceptible sadness.


    "Is it... The relic of the temple left by the ancient elf family? These stone balls are the guardians of the temple? I remember that there are records on the ancient stone plates collected in the ivory holy castle... The elf family has a rare dwarf vassal. They are tall and strong, with an average height of 3 meters and strong strength. They are called the giant dwarf."


    The battle priest Kalu said more and more excited, and the volume gradually increased. "If the legend is true, the giant dwarf is fully capable of digging the mountain into a temple of this scale..."


    Clement coughed and reverend Kalu woke up and shut up.


    "Victor, let''s leave here first, go to the bottom and wait for strange." Said Pope Wen Yan.


    Testier also said: "yes, cousin Victor, the ruins will not disappear. When it''s appropriate, we''ll explore the secrets. It''s best to invite his highness Sylvia York to come with us."


    There is a lesson from the sword Saint delavin. The Pope and the grand Colonel are worried that this relic makes Victor leave the human country for the elves. One day, Victor really wanted to go, but no one could stop him, but at least he had to give birth to a noble descendant with Sylvia before he could leave.


    Victor pulled back his palm, his heart undulating.


    Where is the temple of the elves? It is clearly an alchemy tower. These stone balls are some special alchemy creatures.


    Living alchemist... Is this alchemy tower alive?


    If this is a living alchemy tower, who is its owner?