Test Results

In the Alchemy School's ' Aether Palace,' in a small underground room, the space was divided into several areas, each with mages busily examining something.

The female mage Fran encountered when Fran went to see Roderick was sitting in the center of the room, observing the actions of the mages around her.

She is the person in charge of this project because she is Fourth Order Mage who exhausted her lifespan thousands of years ago, and now she can only wake up in her Eternal Shell every once in a while.

Therefore, the Alchemy School was quite confident in having her lead the project, since she couldn't escape no matter what.

At the designated time, her Eternal Shell will be forced into a deep sleep. If she does not enter this sleep, the body is likely to shatter in a short period of time.

The specific experimental procedure regarding her Eternal Shell was simple: wait. If the body remained intact after ten thousand years, the experiment would be considered a success.

She lowered her head and twisted her crooked neck. In her sleep, she couldn't control her neck at all, so even now, she couldn't control it very well.

She was holding a thick document in her hand, left to her by her colleague.

Originally, this project was to be handled by the male mage, but the timing of the project coincided with the body transfer period, so she had to review all the documents after taking over.

Her reading speed was beyond description; she never stopped turning the pages.

This is because her powerful Mental Power allows her to memorize the contents instantly, even without understanding them, and store them in her mind.

Moreover, she had no choice but to do so, since this document, roughly speaking, only represents one-three-hundredth of the current documentation for the entire project. If she didn't hurry, she might not even know how to proceed with the project.

After finishing another thick document, the female mage looked at the various books piled up at her feet and could only gently place the document in her hand on the stack she had finished reading.

Just as she was about to continue reading, a voice called out to her.

"Master Lexi, I have some new developments to report."

Lexi got up and walked over slowly. She could see that on the mage's table, which was called hers, there were several round magical devices, about the size of basketballs.

She recalled the records she had seen; it was a sensor that probed the existence of Deity, seemingly developed by these mages after she entered the Eternal Shell.

This thing should still be a controlled device of the Alliance; it cannot be sold on the outside market, nor can it be revealed to other mages at will.

This is because this thing is still in the knowledge blind spot for those Deity. Few Deity know that the Alliance has this thing, and the mages can take advantage of this information gap to launch a surprise attack.

Of course, this is also why such gadgets haven't been widely used. As for why they haven't been widely used, it's simply because, even now, it's still a work in progress.

The substance created to detect the existence of Deity is hardly a good one; it's just the only thing that works for now.

This means that such devices must be tested by specialized personnel before they can be put into operation, and only those that meet the specified sensitivity requirements can be put into use.

"Master Lexi, it seems my mission is complete. Three of the devices we commissioned to be built now meet the standards."

"Is that all?" Lexi asked, somewhat surprised.

She had studied the sensor carefully and knew that its production was almost entirely based on luck; once you made a good one, the conditions were met, and then they could use it.

"Yes, we still have an old one in our warehouse, which has been tested and is still usable."

"Two of the tasks we assigned have already passed inspection... and the other one was quite lucky; the mage passed the test on his first attempt."

The monk specifically mentioned that a monk succeeded in making it on his first try, not because he suspected anything fishy or that he had tampered with the successful device.

Rather, this is a rule within the Alchemy School: for any alchemical creation that has yet to find the designated path, every successful attempt should be meticulously recorded in order to identify the true factors behind the success.

If you succeed on your first try, the reference value will be much higher. After all, many mages may not have understood the contents of the blueprint when making it for the first time, and may make some extra steps.

This is a fundamental principle of the Alchemy School's project management, which is why the mage specifically highlighted it to remind Lexi.

"Okay, give me that mage's number. I'll go back and check which mage that number refers to... I'll contact her."

This is the downside of top-secret work: all the mages in this project are identified by a number, which is a five-digit random number.

To maintain secrecy, even the mages themselves didn't know their own identification numbers; only a small number of insiders knew a portion of them.

Lexi noted down the numbers, then went to the pile of books she had gathered and slowly searched through them.

A minute later, she finally found a portion of the roster containing all the mages' names. That's right, just a small part. To maintain secrecy and prevent leaks, the entire roster had been separated and placed in different locations.

Fortunately, Lexi found the mage's name corresponding to the number in the first book.

"Iris, the hope of the Alchemy School he spoke of..."

Upon seeing the name, Lexi raised an eyebrow; she had met this Iris before taking on this job.

However, she didn't know much about the other person, only that this Iris was a mage of the Miracle Alchemy lineage, and her mentor was Roderick.

As for Iris's Northern Lands Society and its entanglement with the Alchemy School, she knew little about it.

During the time she had been awakened before, Iris had not yet founded the Northern Lands Society, nor even reached the Fourth Order, and she was responsible for various key projects, so she did not know much about Iris.

"That's strange. According to the School's rules, a mage of Iris's age should at least be in the top five seats, or at least the third seat if she's really strong."

Lexi noticed that she didn't see the name in the Alchemy School's register of seated mages, but rather in an ordinary booklet, which was somewhat unusual.

She still believes that the mage Iris should now have a place within the Alchemy School.

Lexi spent a small portion of her time satisfying her curiosity by finding the roster of members of the School and comparing it with those who had participated in the project. However, she discovered that Iris's name was not among them.

"Absolutely not. And why was Iris assigned such a trivial task? Shouldn't she be in charge of the outer wall's defenses?"

Lexi bit her thumb, not understanding why, but now that she knew, she didn't intend to change it.

These tasks were not assigned by her; she had delegated most of the task to other mages, otherwise she would have had no chance of processing so much information.

Of course, she arranged the most important tasks herself, because as the project leader, she needed to keep a close eye on these things.

"I still need to contact Iris... Or, I should go there myself. She still has some work to be assigned, and a Fourth Order Mage should be able to handle it."

Lexi muttered to herself.

Fran has no Magic Duel today. She doesn't need to handle the matters within the Mana Communication System project right now, as they are all miscellaneous tasks.

So Fran went back to the house to do something she had just planned to do: advance her Profession as Alchemist.

To be honest, after she acquired the Profession of Alchemist, she herself didn't conduct many alchemical experiments.

But there were still some instances, otherwise her Alchemy wouldn't have reached the proficiency level at this point.

"Esoteric Lore Alchemist? That's too niche. If I didn't think I'd find another way to advance, I wouldn't even choose this."

Only now does Fran realize that her initial choice to Alchemist was somewhat ill-considered, because she had no Promotion Method in this field.

Like the Alchemist, alchemists valued the knowledge they possessed highly, especially the crucial knowledge for advancement.

If she hadn't happened to meet Alwen, a poor Alchemist, she might have had to infiltrate the Alchemist ' organization to find Promotion Method.

One reason for choosing this type of promotion was that Fran planned to put alchemy on hold for a while.

She doesn't need to delve into alchemy to gain superpowers; her other Profession offer more convenient ways to enhance her combat abilities.

She needs Order that can provide attributes, and she also needs to raise the Order of the Alchemist herself to meet the Order requirements of some subsequent alchemical creations.

Fran spent some time meticulously following the format for concealed information in the manual, writing down all the information she knew that needed to be concealed.

To be on the safe side, Fran didn't write down the knowledge from her previous life. It wasn't just that it might not be suitable for this world; if she wrote it down and it had some special effects, then everything would be over.

She carefully selected the information available at the moment. As for matters related to the gods, she was generally not worried about anything else except those concerning the Lord of Radiance, and wrote them all down.

As for anything related to the Alliance, she didn't write about it, since the Gods were too far away from her, while the Alliance was far too close.

She didn't include any information related to herself.

"Then it's about verifying that this information is sufficiently concealed."

When Fran applied a smear of black liquid as instructed on the silver paper, a multicolored black appeared on it.

This indicates that the secrets recorded inside are numerous, even far exceeding the standard.

The condition is met as long as two different colors are visible on the black background.

Her directly displaying color is more than enough.