Chapter 1261
Leon sealed away eight Sky Rank Alchemical Golems and stowed them all. These eight golems were the perfect research subjects. Including the one he found earlier, deciphering Bilbo's method for transferring Innate Runes would become far easier.
When the time comes to dismantle these golems and transfer their Innate Runes, if all goes well, several Sky Rank Alchemical Golems could be remade. As for whether they would awaken intelligence, that would be a matter of luck.
With all these parts collected, the Patchwork Alchemical Golem could also be restored to Sky Rank strength. However, whether its intelligence could recover remained uncertain. The Patchwork Golem surely knew some terrifying secrets—Leon still remembered that chilling statement it made when he first acquired it.
With the battle over, Leon didn't enter the Wizard's Tower. Instead, he walked over to Raymond and handed him three vials of life potion he had personally concocted.
Raymond's life force was severely depleted. Even with the life potion, he could only recover a portion—and that was just the part he'd recently lost, like water vanishing from a bottle and then being refilled, with the hope it might someday be full again.
But every person's life is like a shrinking bottle. Life force continually drains away, and the bottle itself shrinks until it can no longer hold enough to sustain life. That's when death arrives.
Even so, Raymond would need a long period of rest to return to normal, even if he could recover some strength.
After taking three doses of life potion, most of Raymond's hair turned white, but a portion returned to normal. His weakened life force recovered somewhat—at least he wasn't completely powerless now. He could handle a mild fight for a while.
Once Raymond was settled, Leon immediately headed for the Wizard's Tower. The tower's entrance was still guarded by a strange alchemical array. Without a passphrase, brute force was the only way in.