Almighty Alchemist

After coming out of the palace, Chakle walked around the street a few times, and after making sure that no one was following him, he shrugged slightly.

When Buckler told him that he had been exposed, Chakle was shocked, but quickly stabilized his emotions. He knew that Raschel, an old fox, was not easy to deceive. This old hound had a pair of keen eyes, and could always find all possible suspicious points from clues. Ever since he decided to join Xiu Yi, he knew that his good days in the empire were coming to an end.

Fortunately, he has accumulated a lot of money over the years, and during the time he came back, he has been making preparations for running away.

One must be prepared for failure. This is the biggest lesson Chuckley has learned since the incident on Purgatory Island.

Chakle hurried to the suburbs, where he had a house in which he had owned all his recent possessions.

After walking not far, when they came to a crossroad called Lemon Street, Chakle suddenly felt something was wrong.

This is an important traffic thoroughfare in Winnington. Even at night, there should be no shortage of carriages and pedestrians passing by.

But now, he didn't see a single figure here.

It was so quiet, it was suffocating.

Winnington's night should not be so quiet.

Chakle looked around nervously.

As an earth warrior, Chakle has enough alertness.

He was sensitively aware that he seemed to have stepped into a trap, a trap full of death and danger.

With his hand on the hilt of his sword, Chakle shouted to the empty surroundings, "Who? Come out?"

Who, come out... These words spread in all directions.

Then, there was a heavy sigh.

This sigh seemed to ring in Chakle's ears, beating heavily in Chakle's heart.

Not far away, a hazy figure gradually appeared, as if it appeared out of thin air in the open space.

Under the moonlight, a suit of Silver Moon Armor is as gentle as water.

Moonlight God of War, Alexander Hampton.

"Han...Lord Hampton..." Chakle's teeth chattered.

No one can beat Alexander Hampton in the night, unless it is Sanctuary.

This is a fact recognized by all.

Someone once said that Alexander Hampton has the blood of a werewolf, and that his strength would skyrocket on a full moon night. Chuckley didn't know if that was true, but he knew that when Alexander Hampton was fighting, he was never as wild as a werewolf.

He always looks so soothing and gentle, even his sword is full of gentle power.

But his softness is the softness of death, and his cotton is as fine as a spider's web.

Running into him is like flying insects running into a spider web, and no one can escape.

Looking at Chakle from a distance, Alexander Hampton's eyes were full of sympathy: "Chakle, you originally had a great future, but unfortunately, you ruined yourself."

"Lord Hampton, I don't understand what you mean by that."

"Oh? If you don't understand, then why did you leave the Royal Garden in such a hurry? The ball is not over yet."

"I'm not interested in prom, I just want to go home early and rest."

"Really? Maybe Hugh Iglesle told you to run away quickly?"

"Master Hampton!" Chakle yelled sharply: "You are slandering! Even if you are a star warrior, you can't slander me like this."

"Chakle, there's no need to deny it anymore, we already know everything." Behind Chakle, Raschel came out leisurely.

Padgett, Gale Arilon and others followed behind him.

Some warriors dispatched by the General Administration of Justice appeared in the surrounding area one after another. The entire Lemon Street has been completely blocked and arranged into a net.

Chakle's heart sank in despair.

But he still sneered to himself: "Raschel, I don't understand what nonsense you are talking about."

"Then... you will understand, after I catch Hugh Igles." Raschel shrugged and said, "Before that, you'd better not go anywhere."

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The black warrior's epee was on Keith's neck, as long as he advanced one point, the opponent would be decapitated.

Keith's eyes were shining red, but he was not afraid of the threat of his life at all.

He stared at Xiu Yi: "Tell your black warrior to put down the sword, I want to talk to you."

"I prefer negotiations in this situation." Xiuyi said coldly.

"I can swear in the name of the ancient demon god, maybe I am not your opponent of the black warrior, but if I want to leave, you can't keep me. I don't have any malice towards you now, I just want to have a good talk with you. As for Earl Weston, since I have failed, there is no need to ask any more. I am no longer a threat to you."

"For the Soul Devouring Ring?"

"Yes." Keith replied firmly.

Xiuyi thought for a while, then nodded to the black warrior.

The black warrior put away his sword, but Keith did not take the opportunity to attack.

"Tell me your reason for coming." Xiu Yi said.

"You don't have to be so direct, even if you don't ask, I will tell you."

Keith put the doomsday gun in his hand on the nightmare horse, only to see a cloud of black mist rising, and the nightmare horse and the doomsday gun disappeared at the same time. The Scourge Church spread across the Southern Continent, and indeed they had some special methods. No wonder he didn't ride a horse just now, but he was able to summon the Nightmare Horse suddenly. He had mastered a special ability to summon monsters. Xiuyi suspected that most of the Holy Knights and Destruction Knights had such abilities, allowing them to launch cavalry battles at any time.

To Huey's surprise, Keith also took off his own helmet.

It was a rather handsome young man.

"Come with me," he said.

Be the first to walk into Weston's alchemy laboratory.

In the laboratory, Keith opened a bottle of red wine for Huey: "You are an alchemist, you can see if there is any poison in the wine."

"There's no need for that." Xiuyi took the wine glass: "I didn't come here to drink, and I don't think there is anything to talk about between us."

"Already, you have the Soul Devouring Ring. That means we will no longer be enemies."

"What kind of logic is this?" Xiu Yi felt a little funny.

"Of course it does, but before I tell you, I have to explain our doctrine to you."

The sound of killing outside was gradually getting quieter, and it seemed that Blazing Bird and Lan had already dealt with all the guards.

Xu also came back, re-transformed from the second form into a little boy, and threw himself into Xiuyi's arms.

Now that he had returned, it was obvious that Earl Weston had ceased to exist.

Surprise flashed in Keith's eyes: "If I'm not mistaken, it looks like a magic dragon? It's really surprising, Hugh Iglesle, your strength is far beyond my imagination."

"It's rare that you can recognize it."

"The Church of Scourge's understanding of the abyss is far beyond your imagination. There are only a few who have multi-form abilities in childhood, and your magic pet, the only one that fits in the image is the magic dragon."

"He is not my magic pet, but my child."

"It doesn't matter, then let me explain our doctrine to you first. This can help us understand more and reduce unnecessary misunderstandings. First of all, I have to tell you that the Church of Scourge is not as evil as it is said in the legend."

"No need to explain, I know more about the Scourge Church than you can imagine. I know what kind of existence you are, so let's get straight to the point. Are you planning to use the Soul Devouring Ring? I guess you hope to get the Soul Devouring Ring from me to fight against the Church of the Holy Spirit, right?"

This made Keith startled.

In the northern continent, the Church of the Holy Spirit has always spared no effort to attack any other church, preaching that they are heresy, and distorting the teachings of the other party.

In the propaganda of the Church of the Holy Spirit, the Church of the Scourge is an existence that only understands killing and destruction. They spread the plague, kill civilians, and create panic...

But even before meeting Tina, Hugh Igles always wondered, if the Scourge Church really existed, wouldn't it be true that the members of the Southern Continent were all fools and lunatics? Worship of killing and death? Let the church they join create a terrifying atmosphere and turn the entire continent into a hell?

This is ridiculous.

So Xiu Yi himself had a very skeptical attitude towards the accusation in this regard. But on the other hand, the names of natural disasters, doomsday, darkness, and destruction do sound creepy. The Church of Natural Disasters may not be the existence that the Church of the Holy Spirit accuses of, but I'm afraid it is not a friendly existence either.

It wasn't until she met Tina that Xiu Yi learned some inside information about the Scourge Church.

First of all, the Scourge Church is indeed not spreading the plague everywhere and worshiping the existence of killing everywhere as the Church of the Holy Spirit preaches. In fact, the Scourge Church is a very responsible church. Like the Church of the Holy Spirit, they have churches, pray, and even preach fraternity, equality, and kindness.

The biggest difference between the Church of the Scourge and the Church of the Holy Spirit is that they believe in the end of the world.

They believe that one day in the future, this world will encounter another world, which is the invasion of the legendary demon world.

The entry of demonic creatures brought by the two space-time rifts in the past is the best proof.

The Church of Natural Disasters takes saving the last days as its mission, so it was established. They worship power, abide by religious rules, develop believers, and actively prepare for the war against the end of the world.

Among all the magic systems, dark destruction spells are the most powerful in terms of offensive ability. According to the teachings of the Scourge Church, the creatures from the devil world are extremely powerful, and it is difficult for ordinary spells to harm them. So the Scourge Church chose to study the most powerful spells to prepare for the confrontation.

This is completely against the purpose of the Church of the Holy Spirit.

Religion is non-exclusive.

Not to mention that they preach that the end of the world is approaching and practice dark spells. Just their existence is already difficult for the Church of the Holy Spirit to accept, not to mention that they are always against the Church of the Holy Spirit.

The Church of the Holy Spirit believes that God blesses the world, and the Church of Natural Disasters preaches that the end is approaching, and the world should save itself. In other words, the God of the Church of the Holy Spirit is a scum, meaningless to human beings. How can the Church of the Holy Spirit endure?

Therefore, in their propaganda, the Scourge Church is the embodiment of complete evil.

Of course, the Scourge Church itself is indeed a radical sect. After practicing dark spells, many people will change their minds and become bloodthirsty and cruel, which has attracted countless criticisms. However, these are only a minority after all. The real natural disaster churches were established precisely for the purpose of fighting against natural disasters and saving the last days.

Otherwise, if the purpose is to create natural disasters, then who will join? How can it grow?

Therefore, every member of the Church of Natural Disasters is also used to explaining clearly the teachings of their own church when developing believers.

But for Xiu Yi, this step can be saved.

Facing Keith's astonishment at this moment, Xiu Yi said: "I have a subordinate who used to be the dark mage of the Scourge Church. I saved her, and she is now serving me. So I have no prejudice against the Scourge Church at all. I just want to know why you appear here and why you are interested in the Spiritual Ring. Could this be your mission to come to the Northern Continent?"

"So that's the case." Keith nodded: "But you misunderstood, my task is to find the picture of the sunset saint, and the ring of devouring spirits is an additional discovery."

It's the picture of the sunset saint again. What's the secret in this picture? Xiu Yi was a little strange.

"Then did you find it?"

"That's not going to be easy." Keith sighed.

Xiuyi glanced at Earl Weston on the ground: "What about him? He's also a member of the Scourge Church?"

"Semi-cooperative relationship, he has good alchemy and can help me a lot. He can conceal my identity, and has enough money and manpower to help me find the whereabouts of the painting of the sunset saint. Of course, in exchange, I will give him the Book of Darkness to protect his safety."

"The Book of Darkness?" Xiu Yi froze, "One of the four chaotic weapons?"

He somewhat understood why Keith was so interested in the Devouring Ring.

Keith nodded: "The Book of Darkness is a sacred object of the Scourge Church. Of course, what I gave him is a counterfeit, which does not have any power itself, but only records some special dark spells."

The Four Magic Weapons of Chaos, the Blade of Darkness, the Book of Darkness, the Ring of Devouring Souls, and the Dragon Spear of Doom, just like the four artifacts of Law, have a pivotal position in the Scourge Church.

However, the Church of Scourge does not have as long a history as the Church of the Holy Spirit. They only have a Book of Darkness and a Doomsday Dragon Spear as holy objects of the church. Among them, the Book of Darkness was only obtained after the hard work of countless congregants decades ago.

The Book of Darkness records some powerful dark spells. The greatest ability of this magic weapon is that the person who holds it can borrow the power of the Book of Darkness to automatically release powerful high-level spells without the need for the caster's own power. This book itself is equivalent to the existence of a seventh-level dark mage.

Corresponding to it is the holy book in the Church of the Holy Spirit, which is also used in the same way.

For the church, having more sacred objects means greater strength. The Church of the Holy Spirit is the most powerful of the three major churches, possessing three of the four artifacts of light, while the Church of the Scourge only possesses two, and the Temple of Odin only possesses two.

Of course, no one knew that the Church of the Holy Spirit had long since lost the glorious sword among the three artifacts.

In fact, the so-called divine weapon or magic weapon, no matter how powerful it is, is nothing more than a useful weapon or prop. The power of one person cannot shake the sky in this world after all. Whether it is the Sword of Brilliance or the Book of Darkness, even if it all falls into the hands of one person, it is only the pinnacle of personal strength. But the world has billions of people, how many people can you kill?

It's just that the symbolic significance of these artifacts and magic weapons is extraordinary. It demonstrates the strength of the church and attracts countless people to worship and admire them, willing to become believers. The huge appeal it has is actually far stronger than their own combat effectiveness.

That's why Keith was so excited when he saw the Devouring Ring.

And Xiuyi also immediately guessed the other party's intentions. Without the picture of the saint in the setting sun, it would be a good thing to be able to hand in the Ring of Devourer back. That's why he asked for negotiations.

At this moment when Xiuyi said this, Keith could only chuckle lightly and said, "Speaking of which, the Scourge Church has always regarded the four chaotic weapons as sacred objects. Even if you give us the Sword of Brilliance, it is not as important to us as the Ring of Devouring Souls."

He was just saying this casually, but he didn't expect that Xiu Yi really had it.

"Then you should start snatching it."

"I really think so." Keith didn't hide his thoughts: "But one, I can't beat your black warrior. Two, the Scourge Church takes saving the doomsday as its mission, and doesn't believe in looting. Destroyer Knights respect the creed, we are fearless of death, we are brave to kill, but we don't bother to loot."

Huey thinks that only the first statement can be believed, and the second statement is probably Keith's self-important statement. But people are different, and he couldn't be sure whether Keith was really following the teachings as he said, especially when the teachings were open to interpretation. For example, if you and I have a grudge, if I kill you and get your inheritance, then it is not called robbery, but an incidental act of obtaining spoils. Although the Church of Natural Disasters takes saving the last days as its own mission, its methods are radical, and it also advocates sacrificing the ego to fulfill the ego. Therefore, you must believe what your opponent says, and you must not believe it all.

So he said lightly: "I will not give you the Ring of Devouring Souls, there is no need to discuss this matter."

Keith hurriedly said: "Hugh Iglesel, if you are willing to hand over the Ring of Devouring to the Scourge Church, then you will have our friendship!"

With a "thud", Xiu Yi laughed: "Friendship of the Church of Natural Disasters? What a pity, you seem to have forgotten that this is the Northern Continent. Having the friendship of the Church of Natural Disasters here will only mean endless troubles."

Keith froze, and Xiu Yi said again: "Don't say this is the Northern Continent, so what if it's the Southern Continent? Do you think that I, Xiu Yiglaer, seem to be afraid of trouble? In fact... you can't make the idea of ​​the Soul Devouring Ring, but you should think about how to ensure that I won't kill people. Although I am not afraid of trouble, I will not take the initiative to cause trouble for myself. Speaking of which, I still want your nightmare horse and doomsday gun."

It was only then that Keith realized that his troubles had not yet been resolved, so why did he come up with the idea of ​​attacking the Ring of Devouring Souls.

It's just that the Ring of Devouring Souls is too meaningful to the Scourge Church. A soul labyrinth can only kill a person, but it is placed in the Scourge Church, but it can attract countless believers and followers. He is deeply saddened by Xiu Yiglaer's practice of hiding gold in gravel, and he really can't bear to just ignore it like this.

"We can have a good talk, Hugh Iglell. The Scourge Church is the most powerful church in the entire Southern Continent, possessing innumerable manpower and material resources. As long as you are willing to give me the Soul Devouring Ring, I can ask the Scourge Church to send the Knights of Destruction to help you destroy the Lance Empire."

"Are you stupid or am I stupid? The Scourge Church came to help me destroy Lance? Is it a display for you to be the Church of the Holy Spirit? Besides, is it worth it to fight a war with heavy losses for the Ring of Devouring Souls?" Xiuyi sneered.

Keith was speechless again. The mighty Scourge Church wanted the Soul Devouring Ring, but couldn't come up with a bargaining chip to exchange for. This really gave him a headache.

Seeing Keith's headache and speechless appearance, Xiuyi laughed softly: "Actually, it may not mean that there is no possibility of cooperation."

Hearing what Xiuyi said, Keith's eyes lit up immediately: "What did you say you want?"

Xiu Yi said slowly: "First of all, the influence and appeal of the four chaotic weapons that the Scourge Church needs, I am not too interested in the killing power of the Devouring Ring, but what I need is the power of this magic weapon itself. You see, as far as this magic weapon is concerned, its two values ​​are what we need respectively, so why can't we separate the values?"

Keith immediately understood: "You mean..."

"That's right. You can announce that you have found the Soul Devouring Ring, and I will not object or deny it. Don't you have the ability to make imitations? I happen to have the originals here, so I can imitate some of them back. As a price, I need your alchemy that can imitate artifacts."

An imitation artifact is definitely not enough to be exactly the same in appearance, it also needs to be able to exert a certain power of the real artifact.

For example, Keith's Doomsday Dragon Spear is a replica of the genuine Doomsday Dragon Spear. Although it does not have the ability to transform into a Doomsday Demon Dragon, it at least possesses part of the destructive power of a Doomsday Dragon Spear.

Xiuyi didn't know how the Scourge Church managed to imitate the Doomsday Dragon Spear with destructive power, but he was almost sure that at least two basic conditions were required to produce a replica with a certain power of the divine weapon: 1. The divine weapon itself. Two, alchemy.

What Xiu Yi likes is alchemy, and what the Scourge Church needs is artifacts.

Combining the two, Xiu Yi quickly came up with a solution. It was the catastrophe church who taught him the alchemy technique of imitating the effects of certain artifacts, and he could help the catastrophe church to produce a certain counterfeit of the ring of devouring spirits. According to Xiu Yi's estimate, the imitation ring of devouring souls can at most have the effect of increasing the power of soul spells, forget about the soul maze and guardian nightmare. But it is this kind of counterfeit that can bring great prestige to the Church of Scourge, making people believe that the Church of Scourge possesses the third magic weapon. After all, there is no original product, and there is no way to make a fake. Xiuyi can use reverse deduction to guide people's thinking and make people believe that the Scourge Church has the Soul Devouring Ring.

In addition, the biggest advantage of doing this is that the Scourge Church has unintentionally, in fact, already had a handle in Xiuyi's hands.

Since then, the Scourge Church has only treated Xiu Yi with warmth and courtesy, and has no intention of malicious infringement.

Keith's mind was far less fast than Xiu Yi's. What he hesitated was the matter of exchanging alchemy for artifact replicas. Xiuyi was right. What the church needs is not the use value of the artifact itself, but the meaning behind it. Once the world knows that the Church of the Scourge possesses three of the four magic weapons of chaos, it will never be weaker than the Church of the Holy Spirit in terms of momentum.

This is obviously very important.

However, this kind of alchemy to imitate artifacts was also researched by the church for hundreds of years, and even the Church of the Holy Spirit did not have such ability.

Is it worth it to use this kind of alchemy to exchange with the other party? Even Keith wasn't sure.

Perhaps seeing Keith's hesitation, Huey said lightly: "This is an exchange of equal value. If you are willing to copy all the dark spells in the Book of Darkness to me, I can give you another thing that is no less than the Ring of Devouring for you to imitate."

"What did you say?" Keith looked at Xiu Yi in shock.

"That's right, something that's no less valuable than the Ring of Devouring Souls. And my condition is all the high-level spells in the Book of Darkness. I know this condition, and it's not too difficult for you. Didn't you return the Book of Darkness to that Lord Earl?"

"He only learned low-level spells."

"What he can give you is far inferior to what I can give."

"What...what else do you have?" Keith looked at Xiuyi and paused word by word.

"The Blade of Darkness." Xiu Yi replied with a smile.

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