On the letter, Evelyn Parker had written many things.
There were concerns for the Evelyn-model golems she left behind, hopes for the future, and also her own sense of lostness.
In that era, even someone as brilliantly talented as Evelyn Parker, capable of creating the Evelyn-model golems, could not help but harbor doubts about her own alchemical concepts.
This instantly reminded Leon of a man from his previous life named Giordano Bruno...
“Scott, I am giving you a task.”
Leon turned his gaze to Scott and handed him the letter left by Evelyn Parker, saying:
“Fulfill the hopes that Evelyn Parker left behind. Along the way, if you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me, and I will give you the corresponding help.”
The alchemical creations left by Evelyn Parker, whether it was the Deep Diver that was about to be put to use or those Gramophone Golems, could provide Leon with immense help.
Therefore, Leon did not mind fulfilling the hopes and ideas Evelyn Parker had left behind.
If today's alchemical academic community still could not accept her advanced ideas... that was fine too.
Spreading Evelyn Parker's alchemical ideas was Leon's business.
Whether they accepted them or not was their business.
If anyone dared to step forward and challenge Leon...
“Hmph.”
As the second son of the Prime Minister, the Governor of the Southern Province, and a candidate for the Sage King, Leon would make those alchemists who attacked each other over alchemical concepts understand exactly what the official iron fist of the Empire felt like!
“Pack up. Prepare to withdraw from the ruins.”
After instructing Ratahn, Leon went to find Evelyn No. 1 and the other alchemical golems.
He told them everything he had learned from Evelyn Parker's letter and asked,
“Your Creator has made these arrangements. Do you want to leave with me?”
Hearing this, No. 1 looked back at No. 4, who was corrupted by mana, and then at No. 5.
No. 5 turned her head, looked at Alicia, and asked, “If I go out to work with you, can I eat lollipops too?”
Leon raised an eyebrow, his gaze shifting to Alicia, who was currently stuffing a lollipop into her mouth, her head swaying and her hair fluttering from the sweetness.
“Can you, an alchemical golem, actually taste a lollipop...”
He muttered silently in his heart, then nodded in agreement.
“Sure. You'll get a wage just like Alicia...”
Halfway through his sentence, Leon noticed the glare Alicia was throwing his way, and changed his tune without missing a beat:
“—Alicia's current wage is the reward she earned after being my guard for a long time. As for you... you can only get two-thirds of her wage. You can use that money to buy lollipops outside.”
“Then I'll go out with you!” No. 5 said immediately.
Although she couldn't taste sweetness, she had heard from Alicia that the merchant associations outside allowed customers to choose different flavors of lollipops themselves, and could even specially manufacture certain flavors for them.
Once she went out and worked for Leon, she could use her wages to ask a merchant association to make engine oil-flavored lollipops for her to suck on...
Leon nodded, then looked at No. 1.
Seeing that No. 5 had already made up her mind, No. 1 could only say helplessly,
“Traitors, traitors...”
As she spoke, she pointed at No. 4, whom she was holding in her arms.
Leon nodded in agreement. “After we go out, I will find someone to help you treat No. 4.”
Not only did No. 4 need treatment, but he also had to hire a mage to handle the corrupted mana focus in these ruins.
Well... Aurora, who had been frustrated by Jiaxin, should have the ability to handle this...
Hearing Leon's promise, No. 1 nodded to him, picked up No. 4, and followed behind him.
Leon took out the alchemical core and, using the method left by Evelyn Parker in her letter, lifted the restrictions on the Evelyn-model golems.
Once the restrictions were lifted, they could freely enter and exit the ruins.
Furthermore, they possessed mana storage modules inside their bodies, allowing them to remain active for several days even after leaving the mana focus area.
However, Leon did not plan on taking them far away from the ruins.
Instead, after bringing them to Zachary Manor above the ruins, he had them settle down within the manor.
“This manor suffered from the onslaught of magical beasts and those Gramophone Golems, so it's a bit damaged, but it's still habitable.”
Leon turned around and said to No. 1 and No. 5, who were squinting and looking at the sun with curiosity, “Later, I will send people to repair this manor. You can live here in the future.”
“In addition,” Leon said,
“Scott, you stay here as well, and thoroughly digest the alchemical manuscripts left by Evelyn Parker. In the future, I will still need your alchemical talent to work for me.”
“Yes, Young Master Leon!”
Highly encouraged, Scott held Evelyn No. 2's head and performed an extremely non-standard Heron salute to Leon.
Leon nodded. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something.
“By the way, keep the Gramophone Golems outside. Do not modify their alchemical frameworks; keep them in a hostile state. At most, lock them in a room inside the ruins so they can't disturb the outside world.”
Hearing this, Scott was puzzled, but since it was Leon's command, he still chose to obey. “Yes, Young Master Leon.”
“Hmm... Did I miss something?”
Leon turned back around, murmuring to himself.
He couldn't shake the feeling that he had left something out.
This was not a good omen. After all, the last guy who always missed things had been nearly wiped out along with his Nighthawk teammates by a certain pregnant woman who came to his door...
“Well, I shouldn't have missed anything.”
Leon thought for a moment and confirmed he hadn't missed anything.
Ratahn, Titus, and the others had all come up, and Alicia hadn't been left behind either.
And the objectives of this trip to explore the ruins—the alchemical core, the Deep Diver, and the alchemical manuscripts left by Evelyn Parker—had all been gathered.
It could truly be described as a bountiful harvest, with nothing missed.
“Let's go, back to Eldenborg!”
With that thought, Leon stopped dallying and led his group on the journey back to Eldenborg.
Shortly after Leon and his group departed, Zachary, accompanied by two guards, rushed back from the outskirts of Jellyfish Town.
He had received word that Young Master Leon had left in a hurry with his men, without even saying goodbye.
He figured that after settling the matter of the ruins, Young Master Leon must have had urgent business elsewhere and had to rush back before he could bid them farewell.
Still, Zachary had quite a lot of faith in Leon.
Since Leon had entered the ruins fully prepared and had now left with his people, he must have completed the cleanup of the ruins. His family could finally move back into Zachary Manor, and they wouldn't have to sleep outside anymore...
“Wait, no! What the hell is this?!”
Suddenly, Zachary came to an abrupt halt.
He stared at his manor.
There, he saw two humanoid alchemical golems wildly demolishing his manor's buildings with their arms transformed into saws!
As they demolished, one of the alchemical golems said,
“Sister, the buildings here are all made of wood and stone. It's so ugly! Should we remodel it into the metal style of our home below, or some other style?”
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