Chapter 35 Alchemy (1/2)

Chapter 35 Alchemy

Translator: Tchu

Editor: Amaranth

Across the swamp there was a forest that gradually expanded from the foot of the mountain to top of the hillside was the dragon’s lair.

Just before they wanted to go on their way, Ada suddenly stopped on his track and looked around before quickly bypassing a big tree. Then, he suddenly stared at the ground while being lost in thought.

Wondering what was going on, Shaar walked next to Ada and looked at where he was staring to, surprisingly find a corpse lying on the ground!!

The corpse actually looked similar to the torched Shaar. The whole body was burned black and it was charred beyond all recognition. No one would be able to recognise its original appearance anymore.

Judging from this fellow’s appearance, he had also crossed this swamp and suffered from the flames. Afterwards, he died from the grave injuries.

When Ada made a somewhat strange expression, Shaar looked at him and asked: “Do you know him?”

“He was one of the magicians I meet.” Ada unexpectedly sighed and his eyes showed a hint of sadness in them: “He was the one who proposed to bury me in the ground.”

Shaar suddenly exclaimed: “You can still recognize him after he was burned to this degree?!”

Ada snorted and looked at Shaar with a disdain look and pointed at the charred corpse: “First, although the clothes were mostly burnt, one can still identify the quality of the material. Only magicians would wear this type of fur lined robe. Secondly, beside the corpse there is a charred wooden stick made of walnut wood. This kind of wood is specifically used to make magic wands for magicians. Third, his right hand has only four fingers and these kinds of characteristics are easy to remember.”

When Ada suddenly smiled, his eyes seemed to radiate an outwardly passive but inwardly evil-hearted aura as he said with an indifferent tone: “Fourth, anyone who did some bad things to me, I would recognize them even when they turned to ashes.”

The look that Ada made while saying those words gave Shaar a small fright in his heart. He unexpectedly shuddered and felt that this Ada was giving him a strange stare. Not backing down, he quickly returned a fierce and firm stare back towards Ada.

Ada did not continue this staring contest, but smiled and walked next to the corpse. He squatted down and put his hand into the charred body while searching for something.

When Shaar saw what Ada was doing, his eyes immediately lit up!

That’s right! Magicians were mostly rich people. Perhaps this dead guy had some valuable things on him. Just when he thought about this, he suddenly saw Ada fishing out a sheepskin bag from this corpse’s bosom.

This sheepskin bag was placed close to his body. Although this guy was scorched, the position covering his chest and belly had not been completely burned. Some of the sheepskin bag’s outer layers had some burn marks, but when they opened it, the things inside were still intact.

Just when Ada opened two layers of the bag, Shaar immediately snatched the bag from him and gave Ada a fierce stare while shouting: “Hey! You are my soso now and everything that you discover belong to me!”

Not fighting back, Ada smiled a little and loosened his hand then stood at the side.

After opening all the sheepskins, Shaar found a yellowing booklet inside. It probably had dozens pages and was bind together by a leather cover. In addition, there was a thumb-sized transparent ball inside, which could be either made of glass or crystal.

Shaar decided to open that booklet first and immediately discovered that those yellowing pages were filled with dense texts. Some of the writings even had a charts labelled next to them – Not being able to recognize any of this writing, Shaar stared at it dumbstruck.

Ada who was standing nearby saw the distress in Shaar’s eyes and swept a look over the booklet in Shaar’s hand while smiling with disdain: “This is ‘Magic language’ and it is specially used by magicians of the Byzantine Empire. This language can only be taught by the church and therefore it is also called the language of god. Generally speaking, this language records notes of magicians, magic incantations and many classical religious doctrines of the church. An average person would not be able to learn this language.”