"The Hermetic School?"

Hearing Annan's inquiry, Bishop Daryl touched his bald head with some distress: "Annan, you may not know, I left the royal capital quite early. I haven't actually heard of what you're talking about.

Or ...... The 'Hermetic School' that I know is not necessarily the one you asked. Maybe it's just a duplicate name. ”

"And what about Nicholas Flammel?"

Annan asked.

Hearing the name, Daryl frowned slightly.

His expression gradually became serious, and he struggled to sit up from the sofa with his belly propped up, no longer maintaining the leisurely posture of lying happily in the fat house.

"Where did you hear that?"

"It's the Hermetic school. Their leader and initiator was a man who called himself 'Nicolas Flamel'. ”

"You said it too......

Daryl repeated: "'Self-proclaimed'. ”

"It's just self-proclaimed. But that Nicholas had long curly white hair, dark green eyes, and was a Golden Wizard of the Transformation School. ”

Annan said slowly.

He looked into Darryl's eyes.

So Annan soon saw that after hearing his words, Daryl's face quickly became a little ugly.

"Hiss......"

Darylton's brow furrowed.

He rubbed his smooth, reflective skull vigorously and sighed.

The fat bishop got up from the couch, touched his belly, and paced around the room.

He thought about it for a long time, frowned, and whispered to Annan:

“…… If it's him, you'd better be prepared. ”

"I can't help but go," Annan shrugged and poured himself a cup of tea, "Sir Silver personally designated me to go...... You're a good tea. ”

"So I just told you to get ready, and I didn't let you go."

Daryl glanced at it and said casually: "I still have two cans over there, just take them when you leave, I rarely drink them myself......

"No, the point is Nicholas - how well do you know him?"

"Senior Sal and I suspect that he may be the lord of the Jade Tower of the Kingdom of Denisoa more than a hundred years ago."

Annan rubbed his eyebrows and said with some distress: "I speculate that he may have developed the Sage Stone of the Hermetic School. He then used the Philosopher's Stone to offset the consumption of his soul, and thus gained eternal life. ”

"Impossible."

Without hesitation, Daryl replied, "Absolutely impossible." ”

“…… Why? ”

"He is indeed the discoverer and improver of the ancient Philosopher's Stone technology, and he is indeed able to refine the Philosopher's Stone alone. But that's not the final version of the Philosopher's Stone...... It's a condensed version. ”

The fat bishop shook his head: "Do you know the panacea? It's the same principle as the transformation product. The full version of the elixir requires the rare golden mistletoe fruit, which is simply too costly. Therefore, the transformation wizards will devote themselves to reducing costs and creating a low-level version of the elixir.

"The Philosopher's Stone that he 'improved' is actually the same way of thinking."

…… In other words, is it a beggar's version of the sage's stone?

Annan suddenly realized.

It's no wonder that Salvatore, a bronze-level transformation wizard, can also produce usable semi-finished products......

It turned out that it was because Nicholas Strepti reduced the cost and difficulty of production.

Annan couldn't help but ask, "The Philosopher's Stone he improved is called the Sage Stone of the Hermetic School?" ”

Daryl nodded, "Yes." Because he has always regarded himself as the 'second Hermes', he claims to have developed the Philosopher's Stone, called the Hermetic School Sage's Stone.

"He hasn't given the Philosopher's Stone to anyone, so no one knows exactly what aspect of his Philosopher's Stone is flawed.

"But what he made is definitely not the real Philosopher's Stone."

"Why are you so sure?"

"—because even a god can't artificially create a philosopher's stone."

Daryl replied with great confidence in a tone that could not be questioned.

“…… Even if it's a Silver Sir? ”

"Not even the Mysterious Lady. It's not a matter of difficulty, it's simply impossible. ”

"Why?"

Hearing Daryl's tone of affirmation, Annan was a little confused.

Daryl hesitated for a moment and stopped: "Can I talk to you...... But you can't say it. ”

"Something to do with the Silver Lord?"

"It's all about God. It may even be related to this world. ”

Daryl replied solemnly, "Do you want to listen?" ”

“…… Want. ”

Annan hesitated for a moment, but still obeyed his curiosity and spoke.

Even for security reasons, it's better to know at least more than to know less.

After all, Senior Salvatore is still studying the Philosopher's Stone, and Annan can't help here, so he can only help him collect some information that he can't get as much as possible.

Secrets directly related to the Righteous Gods, this is something that the Wizard Tower cannot collect.

But then again......

Grandpa Daryl, what the hell is this......

"You have a special identity, so I won't let you swear to keep it a secret...... While this secret is very important, it's very brief. ”

Daryl took a deep breath and said slowly, "The Philosopher's Stone is not a product of this world. ”。

“…… What the? ”

"Not from the beginning. The Philosopher's Stone can be used as a substitute for any element of perfect form...... Do you think such a thing could really exist in nature? The reason why the Philosopher's Stone cannot be replicated is simple...... Because its main raw material does not exist in this world. ”

Daryl replied solemnly, "Do you know the Father of Sui, His Highness Annan? ”

“…… Fire and the god of creation? ”

"That's right. The reason why the flint father is called the flint is because he burned the flint before he became a god. But do you think that such merit alone is enough to become a righteous God? ”

As soon as Daryl said this, Annan sensed something.

"You mean ......"

"You guessed right. The flint was not the first flint in the world...... It is the world's first 'Philosopher's Stone'. ”

Daryl said slowly, "From now on, this world has the 'power of the elements'.

"You understand, right? In other words, the purpose of trying to replicate the Philosopher's Stone is not as simple as 'gaining eternal life' or 'resurrecting the dead'...... What he wanted was to create a world. A world of its own.

"In fact, Nicholas did not die of natural causes due to 'excessive use of elemental powers', but was murdered. At that time, the big names in the world more or less knew about it. But it was a righteous murder...... Because Nicholas has done something forbidden that is absolutely not tolerated. ”

“…… Android? ”

Annan blurted out.

He felt more familiar with the story......

Daryl looked at him in amazement, staring at him for a long time before slowly nodding.

“…… Yes.

"Strictly speaking, it is 'an artificial human that is independently created without relying on any samples of the parents and mothers', or to be more precise, 'not a copy of anyone, nor is it the offspring of anyone'. That is...... Man is made out of thin air. ”

…… Not using any human genetic samples at all?

Annan was suddenly a little stunned.

How did he do it?

"So he ended up failing? Created monsters? ”

"—no, he succeeded."

Darryl paused and replied in a deep voice.