The book ends with the conclusion that the Witch has survived and Dee is still searching. Josh almost agrees, but at the last moment he realizes he will lose Sophie if he agrees, and distracts the necromancer long enough to escape with Scathach, Sophie and Nicholas using a leygate (where lines of energy, or ley lines on the globe cross) to escape to Paris, where the book ends. He tempts Josh to join him, while practising necromancy and raising thousands of corpses to assault the Elders and Sophie with. While they are there, Dee has found out that the prophecy in the Codex speaks of Sophie and Josh. At this point, they travel to Scathach's grandmother, the Witch of Endor (also called 'The Mistress of Air'), who teaches Sophie her magical secrets. In his rage, he shatters the Yggdrasill, which crushes Hekate into dust, killing her. As this occurs, Dee is informed that Flamel and Scathach have escaped with the twins. As they escape, Dee uses Excalibur to freeze the Yggdrasill, and Hekate, whose life and power is linked to the tree, transforms to ice as it does.

The twins, Scathach, and Flamel escape the shadowrealm rapidly after, shortly before the destruction of Hekate, the Yggdrasill, and the entire shadowrealm. Flamel remarks that he thought that Excalibur had been lost when Artorius (King Arthur) died.

They see him transform a wereboar into pure ice, then shatter the statue. While escaping, they encounter Dee, and witness the power of the ancient sword known as Excalibur, which he draws. After a long, gruelling battle, Scathach clears a path for the twins and Flamel. While the Yggdrasill is attacked, Hekate Awakens Sophie she does not Awaken Josh, as the Yggdrasill is then lit on fire and she rushes to defend her home. The trio mount a massive assault on Hekate's shadowrealm, attempting to destroy the Yggdrasill that is the heart of Hekate's power. Dee discovers this, and enlists the aid of Bastet, and the Morrigan. Flamel then leads the twins and Scathach to attempt to secure the aid of Hekate, who can awaken the twins' magical potential. Dee assaults the dojo, but is thwarted by Flamel and Scathach. Also, if Nicholas does not retrieve the Codex, Dee will summon the Dark Elders to destroy the world and return to an age in which humans are but slaves and food.ДЇlamel quickly takes them to a dojo to enlist the aid of Scathach, an extremely powerful ally. He needs the Codex back to make the elixir of life again, or he and Perenelle will die before the month's end. Here, they witness Nicholas and Perenelle using magic, and discover that Nicholas is not a bookseller, but is indeed an ancient alchemyst being kept alive by making the elixir of life (a secret from the Codex) for him and Perenelle. Sophie and Josh are working at a bookstore and a cafe when Dee comes for the Codex. This Elder is known as Hekate and has remarkable magical power. Flamel takes the twins to a magical warrior Next Generation Elder (who is 2,517 years old) named Scathach, who travels with them to another Elder's shadowrealm. Dee also captures Nicholas Flamel's wife, Perenelle. John Dee steals the ancient book the Codex from its keeper, Nicholas Flamel, two teenagers named Sophie and Josh Newman are caught up in the danger and magic. When the necromancer and immortal magician Dr. The book's title, The Alchemyst, refers to Nicholas Flamel, as stated by Michael Scott in his Fan Forum.

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