After telling prince his story, bandit had a sight of relief.
"So that's how it is...so I can call you a alchemist...hmm hmm"
According to bandit leader, he was a actually a alchemist, not a big one, just a noob.
In this world alchemy is not that popular so there is no knowledge on it.
One day he found some documents and got to know the world of alchemy.
He can do some basic alchemy.
But it's too expensive to practice.
So he used to work in a salt manufacturing factory, one day a storm came and a huge lightning struck the pile of salt kept outside.He was standing nearby and saw with his own eyes that the salt had changed into something different after being struck by lightning.
He wanted to go closer but could not muster the courage, then the rain came and as the water drops fell on the thing, there was a explosion and fire.
Bandit was stunned From then on he decided to make this thing again.And started experimenting.
Since there is no electricity, he could do nothing but wait for a lightning.
After some failed attempts, he came to know that a metal could attract lightning. Not all the time ofcourse, but chances are high.
Then he tried to make sodium from salt because it's actually sodium chloride, you just need to separate it by energy.
This work was going to cost a lot of money, so he had no choice and he became a bandit.
After 10 years, he finally prepared some amount of sodium, in fact he had prepared it earlier too but it got destroyed within a short time.After some experiments he discovered that it would last longer if kept in oil.
Then he made a bomb using it.
Since sodium react with water and makes hydrogen, which is very reactive and could burn with a boom...
He also added some oil to make it leathel.
But he came accross prince.
Lol...
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The sun dipped below the horizon, casting a warm glow over Prince and his companions as they stood at the foothills of the imposing mountain range that guarded the entrance to the unexplored Kingdom to the south.
"We've come a long way, my friends," Prince exclaimed, his eyes fixed on the distant peaks shrouded in mist.
"Beyond those mountains lies a kingdom, it's not like those towns we previously visited."
The gang, of previous pirates and previous bandits was following him. Among them was commander jack in high spirits, James was giving points to the new bandit slaves, and kann was playing with Chloe, old man's grandaughter.
The ascent was arduous, the rocky terrain testing the endurance. As they climbed higher, the air grew thinner, and their breaths turned into misty plumes.
"Captain, the tales of this Kingdom speak of wonders and mysteries," Bandit captain named benni remarked, his gaze scanning the vast landscape below.
"Ohh...let's see how good this kingdom is," replied the prince, his eyes gleaming with anticipation.
As they reached the mountain's summit, a breathtaking panorama unfolded before them. Valleys dotted with vibrant wildflowers stretched beneath the azure sky, and distant waterfalls cascaded down sheer cliffs. The sight inspired a sense of awe among the travelers.
"We have reached the mid part, we just need to cross one mountain more and we will be in the raggs kingdom." Benni told them...
He was a local and now was guiding them.
"Let's set a camp here, let's rest" prince ordered, he was now ...umm tired? What ever....
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief and kept the luggage they were carrying aside and started setting up the tent, some went out to find fruits from nearby trees and some went out to collect wood.
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As soon as the evening came, the fire started burning and everyone sat comfortably and started enjoying the food and talking among themselves, the Prince was sitting at a distance and watching them. But then he heard the thunder of clouds.
"Huh? It's bad..."
Since the rest of the people were making noise, they did not hear anything but the Prince was sitting far away, he saw and heard everything.
It was a Strom, a big one...
These mountains were very close to the sea shore, hence storms keep coming here almost everyday.
But this one was different, Rest of the day there is light rain or sometimes it rains with some lightning but today there was fierce lightning and loud noise.
Then suddenly a strong wind started blowing, due to which other people also came to know about the storm and started looking at the sky.
"Ohh my god...look, what a lightning"
Soon light drops started falling, then the Prince shouted in a hurry and said
"What are you waiting for, work fast and pick everything up, we have to find a shelter."
He was in such a hurry because they were at the lowest part of the mountain and if it rained, this area would be filled with water.
Within a few minutes all the stuff was packed and taken away, but by this time the rain had also increased a bit, coupled with the strong wind, it was stinging like thorns.
"Captain, i saw a big cave there.." a crewmate shouted...
"When I was picking fruits, i went to that mountain and saw a big cave there"
Hearing this, the Prince looked in the direction where the cave was...
Good enough, it was somewhat higher.
"Let's go...we must hurry" prince shouted once again.
And started moving towards the cave, everyone else also followed him.
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