When Roland arrived at the laboratory beside the Redwater River, he found that the damage was not as severe as he had imagined. At least the main room used for acid refining was unscathed, while two pieces of window glass in the side room were shattered.
"Lord, please save our mentor! He is seriously injured and about to die."
Seeing Roland appear, a group of disciples immediately surrounded him, but were quickly stopped by the guards. Roland waved his hand, signaling everyone not to be anxious. "Where is he? Let me see first." Then he turned his head and asked Carter in a low voice, "Where is Nana WA?"
"I have already sent someone to invite her, she should be here soon."
"Mm."
Roland nodded and entered the laboratory under the protection of the guards.
Kaimo Strier was lying on the ground. There were traces of blood on the ground, extending to the side room, presumably dragged from the accident site to the main room. His face was a blur, with blood and pus mixed together, probably caused by the strong acid splashed during the explosion. Several fingers were missing from his hand, and white finger bones could be seen through the flesh.
The apprentices had already done emergency treatment, and it was obvious that they had encountered similar situations in Redwater City. Measures such as taking people away from danger, bandaging to stop bleeding, and seeking help were all in place. However, in normal times, this kind of injury would only be treated with herbs and self-healing methods, and there was a high probability that he would not survive.
Roland ordered the guards to guard the door and wait for Nana WA's arrival, while he and Carter walked into the side room, wanting to find the chief alchemist's fingers. Otherwise, even if the little girl healed his injuries, he would not be able to conduct chemical experiments again. This would be a major loss for Border Town.
"It's like being swept by a hurricane," Carter said, pinching his nose, "and there's a strange smell."
"That's the smell of nitrogen dioxide." Roland scanned the small room. The windows were all open, and the possibility of poisoning was unlikely, at most just some residue. The glass bottles on the test bench were shattered all over the table, and the acid flowed down the table, gathering into water stains on the ground.
"Remember to use tools when searching, don't touch them directly with your hands," the prince instructed, "there are gloves in the cabinet."
Since Soroya's ability evolved, he had also sent more than a dozen pairs of corrosion-resistant ultra-thin gloves to the laboratory, but seeing the alchemist's current miserable state, it was obvious that he was conducting the experiment without wearing gloves. If he had worn gloves, even if the explosion blew off his fingers, at least the severed fingers could be left inside.
In the storage cabinet above the test bench, something caught Roland's attention. After taking down the strangely shaped bottle, he realized that it was actually Baijiu sold in the convenient market, and a lot of the wine inside had been drunk, leaving only a small half bottle.
Kaimo actually brought Baijiu into the laboratory? It was hard to imagine that an experienced chief alchemist would drink alcohol during experiments!
"Your Highness, Nana WA xiaojie is here," the guard reported.
"Well, continue to guard the door and don't let the apprentices enter," leaving Carter to continue searching for the severed fingers in a pile of broken glass, Roland returned to the main laboratory room first.
"Is that him?" For Nana WA, this level of treatment was commonplace. Compared to the little girl who was afraid to see blood and would faint when encountering horrible wounds, she had grown a lot, both in ability and courage.
"Heal the corrosive wounds on his face first," Roland nodded, "Carter is looking for his severed fingers, you can reattach them later."
"No need," Nana WA smiled proudly, "I can directly heal this kind of minor injury now."
Roland was stunned. He saw her place her hands above the alchemist's chest, close her eyes, and Kaimo's injuries immediately changed. His face healed in a short while, and the severed fingers actually began to grow outward, but the speed was much slower. First the bones, then the flesh, and finally the nails and hairs. It took about a quarter of an hour for his fingers to fully recover.
At this moment, Carter also came out from the side room, "Your Highness, only three fingers were found, and one finger may have been blown to pieces eh?"
"When were you able to do this?" Roland asked in surprise.
"About a week ago, I found when training with chickens that it can grow back slowly without severed limbs as long as I pour enough magic power." She stuck out her tongue, "I probably remembered what you said that every part of people is made up of cells, and there must be cell loss in the severed part. Since magic power can make up for these losses, why can't the entire limb be completely replenished? Then I tried to do it."
"Can any part grow?"
Nana WA shook her head, "This method is too laborious. It's okay to grow a finger, but I can't do anything about arms or calves, after all, the magic power I can hold is far less than that of Anna jiejie."
That's because you're still underage, Roland thought. Also, is this a manifestation of ability evolution, or is it because of training, resulting in the current magic power being enough to achieve effects that were previously impossible? Nightingale was not there to determine whether Nana WA's magic power had changed in form. If it was only due to the increase in magic power, then the little girl's performance after adulthood would be absolutely exciting.
"Your Highness, he's awake," Carter said.
"What happened to me?" Kaimo frowned, first looked at his intact hands, and then touched his face, "Shouldn't I"
"Should have died in a chemical accident, but a witch saved your life. This person beside me is the one who rescued you, Nana WA Pine xiaojie." Roland decided to tell the chief alchemist Nana WA's identity directly. A person who could go to Border Town for a chemical reaction formula should not be a stubborn person. Even if he resented witches in his heart, he would not drop his work and run to the church to report. In addition, now that the town has Lucia, it is a matter of time before the alchemist and the witch cooperate.
"Oh my god, are you saying that this witch can heal alchemical no, injuries caused by chemical experiments?" Unexpectedly, Kaimo's reaction was very different from what he thought, "Hahaha, that's great, Your Highness, in this way I don't have to worry about danger and can test the reaction as much as I want!"
"So what exactly happened?" Roland breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Why did you bring Baijiu into the laboratory?"
"No, Your Highness, that's just experimental supplies," the chief alchemist said excitedly, "The thing you asked me to make, I made it!"
"Are you talking about mercury fulminate?"
"Yes, Your Highness! The missing reactant was alcohol!" He said in one breath, "Before that, I experimented with dozens of raw materials without any progress. When I was bored, I bought some wine from the market to drink, and suddenly remembered that it was mentioned in elementary chemistry that alcohol is an organic solvent, and it is also a necessary raw material for some reactions. So I distilled and purified Baijiu and tested it as a new reagent, and the result was successful for the sixth time. Gray crystals precipitated in several test tubes. At that time, I also recorded the heating time and reaction temperature, and took out some of them for testing. The characteristics were also the same as what you said gray-white needle-like crystals or powder, extremely sensitive and irritable. Just when I wanted to filter out the precipitates in the remaining test tubes, the test tube suddenly exploded."
So that was it, Roland also recalled at this moment that mercury fulminate is generated by mixing mercury and ethanol in excess nitric acid, or by reacting mercuric nitrate directly with ethanol.
"Well done," he patted Kaimo Strier on the shoulder, "This achievement is enough for you to receive the highest honor and generous reward in Border Town."
In this way, the percussion primer of fixed-loading bullets finally had a clue. 。、，Your support is my greatest motivation. (Just Love Net)