Almighty Alchemist

"What did you say?" The deep voice was like thunder, making Jieer tremble with fright.

The old man in front of him seemed peaceful, but he could destroy himself with just a few gestures.

He boldly replied: "Hugh Igles went to see Clarice, and he said that on His Majesty's birthday, he would go to the Royal Theater to watch the performance of the song and dance troupe."

"How did you hear the news?"

"Clarice told Lanti the news. The little girl couldn't keep her mouth shut and revealed it inadvertently. She said that she would give the most exciting performance at the Royal Coliseum, because there was a man she was willing to guard for the rest of her life. I know who she was talking about."

"...Is that so?" The old man waved his hand, and Jieer retreated knowingly.

A man was meditating in the room for a while, before he said, "What do you think about this, Kabuno."

The ghostly figure behind the old man stood up again: "Hugh Igles is not that stupid, he must have discovered our actions. After all, we didn't intend to hide it from him."

"Then you mean..."

"He's challenging us."

"Challenge? Huh!" The old man said in a disdainful tone: "Just because he wants to challenge us?"

"An upright enemy is never scary, and an enemy hidden in the dark is the most dangerous. Hugh Igles only said that he would go to the Royal Coliseum, but we don't know how to go, how many people will go, what identities will be used, and what methods will be brought. We can eliminate hundreds of Hugh Igles, but it is very difficult to find a Hugh Igles."

"That's right, Cabno. So you think-"

"Go and talk to Raschel, this person is still very capable."

The old man nodded: "Let Erdoris go, they are old friends, I hope to persuade him."

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There is a small lake on the outskirts of Winnington.

The scenery here is beautiful and the environment is quiet. If it is placed in modern society, it will definitely be considered a paradise for the residents. However, for people whose cities are far from crowded enough to yearn for a primitive life, this kind of living environment far away from the crowd is precisely the biggest failure in life.

In different eras, the environments of winners and losers may be different, but they have the same definition.

Raschel is now living by this small lake—he failed completely, and he didn't even get the chance to return to Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

Despite the repeated intercession of the Marquis Lentino Jacobs on his behalf, Raschel's report was suppressed.

He is like a lonely old man who has nothing to do but fish by the lake.

The only advantage here is that you don't have to worry about harassment from tax officials.

Today Raschel came to the small lake to fish again, wearing a bamboo hat, a coir raincoat, and carrying a fishing rod.

He looks very much like a retired old man.

But today, the big rock he used to sit on was already occupied.

Erdoris, the black-robed archmage.

Raschel half-closed his eyes and looked at Edoris, without saying a word. After throwing out a handful of bait, he sat on the open space next to Edoris, catching fish by himself.

"Aren't you going to ask me why I came here?" Erdoris asked.

"When I saw you, I knew who Jere was working for." Raschel replied in a flat tone: "Is the Magicians Association also interested in joining in the fun? It's really interesting. His Majesty the Emperor has already bowed to Xiu Yiglaer, but you want to stand up?"

"We have our reasons. Even His Majesty the Emperor cannot ignore the opinions of magicians. An outstanding alchemist may have the power to strengthen a country, but a group of magicians also have the power to subvert a country. What's more, on this matter, all magicians have the same attitude."

"That's it, I think I can guess the reason, so are you going to kill him? Or imprison him?"

"If you can imprison, imprison. If you can't, kill. Of course, that is the last option."

"What does that have to do with me?"

"Hugh Igles can't hide, and none of us can find him. You are the only one who can force him out."

Raschel sneered disdainfully: "That's a pity, I'm an agent of the Empire, not an agent of the Association of Magicians."

"It's really a pity, because you are not even an agent of the Empire now."

Raschel's movements froze slightly.

The fishing rod shakes slightly, which is a sign of a fish taking the bait.

"Do you know where the most interesting place for fishing is?" Raschel asked suddenly.

Erdoris froze for a moment, looking at him blankly.

"You cast the bait and you wait. You know the fish will take the bait, but you don't know which one it's going to be. Maybe it's a big fish, maybe it's a small fish. Even if it's hooked, it doesn't mean it's yours, because it might come off the hook."

Erdoris felt that there was something in Raschel's words, but he didn't know what it meant.

Sighing, Raschel continued: "Over the past year, I have tried my best to catch the fish Hugh Igles. At the little princess's banquet, I baited one after another. I caught the small fish and even let the big fish bite. But at the last moment, he got off the hook, bit my bait with it, and even dragged me into the water. From then on, I realized that this is not an ordinary big fish that can be easily caught."

Raschel stared at Edoris and said: "He is a shark, a demon shark in the sea, with great strength, a terrifying appetite and wisdom beyond ordinary people's imagination. It is very powerful. To deal with such a shark, only a fishing rod is not enough."

"You cast the bait for us, and we will be responsible for catching him."

Raschel shook his head: "Do you know what the habits of demon sharks are? They swim in the sea and are the overlords of the sea. Their noses are very sharp, and they can smell your scent from a long distance and confirm your existence. Any human who has attacked them before, once they don't die, will be smelled by them from a long distance away when they appear again next time. They will confirm the target and attack the opponent first."

"you mean……"

"Hugh Igles is a demon shark. As soon as I make a move, he will immediately know my existence. He will give priority to killing me. Although I am not a person who is greedy for life and fears death, I also don't want to die meaninglessly. I can die for the glory of the empire and my responsibility. But for the personal benefit of the Magician Association, I am sorry, I have no interest in going all out. What's more, this time I don't have enough good bait to lure this demon shark."

"We can help you prepare, just say what you need."

"But I'm not interested, Edoris, you should know my temper, don't try to persuade me anymore, do you think I'm the kind of person who can be easily persuaded?"

Erdoris sighed and left without saying anything.

Winnington Palace.

The little princess Avril sat in her bedroom with a serious face.

The red-robed archmage Cross stood behind her.

"Can you ascertain the facts, Cross."

"Yes, Your Royal Highness. It is precisely because Padgett has the evidence that Chakle and the others collaborated with the enemy in the past, so Chakle was forced to serve Raschel. It is also for this reason that Chakle Bailey and the others betrayed."

"He has such evidence in his hand, but he doesn't report it to the empire?"

"Yes, he was dereliction of duty."

Avril bowed her head in thought. In fact, Avril's dissatisfaction with Padgett is not a day or two.

Padgett knew that Avril Lavigne didn't want Xiu Yi to be arrested, but he still helped Raschel hunt down Xiu Yi again and again, and even blatantly violated her orders, which made her quite annoyed. It's a pity that although the princess has a high position, she doesn't have much power. She has no power to appoint and remove personnel, so she cannot directly dismiss Padgett.

Of course, she could also make a request to her father, but if Emperor Strick knew that the reason why the little princess asked Pajit to take up the special post was because he participated in the arrest of Xiu Yi, then he would definitely not agree.

In the eyes of the emperor, this is definitely an act of loyalty.

But in Avril's view, if one's own people can't obey their own orders, then he is not his own, there is no doubt about it.

But now, Cross' news gave her a chance, a chance to punish Padgett.

"What do you think I should do?" After getting the news at this moment, Avril asked Cross.

Cross replied respectfully: "It is best to act in accordance with the laws of the country. However, Your Royal Highness, considering the special relationship between you and Xiu Yiglaer, I think it is better to proceed in private."

"you mean?"

"Send someone to kill directly."

Avril was slightly taken aback.

Kill your own guard commander? Avril Lavigne also had this idea when she was angry. But she was just a little girl after all. There are some things that can be said on the lips, but when it is really time to do it, you will hesitate, hesitate, and hesitate.

Xiuyi once told her many stories, most of which preached the existence of goodness and beauty, and had a subtle influence on the little princess's thinking to a certain extent.

So after thinking for a while, she finally shook her head: "Forget it, such a matter should not be decided by a princess. I will tell my father about it, and he will make a decision."

"If that's the case, Your Royal Highness, I have a proposal."

"explain."

"It might be better to imprison Padgett and warn Raschel."

"Do you think it's better for Hugh?"

"Yes."

Avril thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, I will do as you said, arrest Padgett immediately, and imprison him in the secret prison in the Royal Garden."

"yes."

Cross promised to leave.

"Wait." Avril stood up, took a few steps back and forth, with a hesitant look on her small face: "Kloss, do you really think it's right not to tell Father about this?"

"Even if you are an emperor, it is impossible to see everything."

Avril nodded: "You are right, then do it. Bring me Padgett."

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Foggy Castle.

The return of Xiu Yi brought the castle back to life.

Lilith was the first to rush over and throw herself into Xiuyi's arms, just like a wife who is eagerly waiting for her husband who is traveling far away.

This made Xiu Yi a little embarrassed, and he stroked Lilith's back: "Hey, you are my sister now. I don't want people to hear that there is a forbidden love here."

Lilith replied fiercely: "So what? Who cares?"

She looked around, all the servants, servants, and guards lowered their heads consciously at the same time.

It can be seen that during Xiuyi's absence, Lilith is rapidly establishing her status in this family. In the past, she had always been covered by Xiu Yi's light, but this time, both Lilith and Xiu Yi herself were making efforts for Lilith to "usurp" Siserda Daniel's position.

Looks like she's doing a good job.

"Where is Xu?" Lilith found that Xu was not by Xiu Yi's side.

"I'll tell you about this later."

Lilith noticed that Xiu Yi's complexion was not very good-looking.

She was a little nervous: "is there anything wrong with him?"

"Don't worry." Xiuyi patted Lilith's hand to comfort her: "He's fine, and he's just going to leave me for a while. We'll explain the details when we see Brian and the others. Now let's talk about the situation on your side during my absence."

"That's good." Lilith breathed a sigh of relief: "During your absence, our alchemy base has already started formal production. On the surface, we used the originals sent by two big trading houses to process and make some more delicate alchemy supplies. According to the method you said, we carried out assembly line production, and the effect is quite good. Although it is not as perfect as handmade, but fortunately, the production efficiency is very high and the cost is low. Coupled with our technical support, our products are very popular. The two big trading houses are very satisfied with this, and now they are willing to cooperate with us. There are more and more big families working together.”

"I'm more concerned about the business in the dark." Huey and Lilith walked side by side in the castle garden.

"In the dark, Prince Richard sent a large amount of materials, and we have produced 200 golems for use. According to the agreement between the two parties, we should also have 200 golems, but I am short of manpower here, and Richard is in a hurry, so the valley laboratory has a lot of materials, but it is too late to complete. As for us and the business, our profits are also withheld from materials, and we have also accumulated a lot of materials, plus those rare materials you cultivated in the valley, and you once again through Christine The bulk of the materials on credit and those obtained in the contract laboratories... My God, ah, if this continues, the materials will fill the entire valley sooner or later. I guess the empire's stockpile is not as large as ours."

"So we only have materials but not finished products?" Xiuyi was a little surprised.

Lilith spread her hands helplessly: "All the manpower on the surface is serving the firm, and the saved manpower is serving the Frank Empire. Only Nancy and I have a benzene-branched puppet assistant and a mischievous child serving us. We have worked hard to earn a large amount of materials, but we have no chance to turn them into usable combat power. But considering that the relationship between you and the Lance Empire is changing, Brian and I don't think it's urgent for the time being. Besides, hundreds of puppet can't change us The fact that you can’t fight against a country, even if you build hundreds of troll gods, you still can’t beat any country. So we think that these materials will be stored for the time being, and they will be used at a critical moment.”

Xiu Yi is glad that he did not say that he discovered the Western Continent. The land may be barren, but the soil itself is a material, and Bai Yaoshi is also a material, and the content of these materials is so high that it covers the entire Western Continent.

If Lilith knew this fact, she would go crazy.

Well, maybe the entire Lance Empire will go crazy.

Electra's stone golems will never have to worry about materials. Well, considering that it is very likely that this guy took the knowledge of the alchemy gate from the Western Continent, maybe this is why he invented the stone golems.

Excellent people are always good at using all the resources at hand as much as possible.

"Some materials are not suitable for hoarding." He reminded Lilith.

"I have processed these materials into semi-finished products as much as possible, and some of them are simply replaced with other materials. Anyway, I can change them back later. I still have this time. In fact, all my energy is used to make this."

"Nice job." Huey praised.

"Don't rush to praise me. You're not here these days. I'm going to be annoyed by people looking for you. You'd better get rid of these troubles quickly. I'm falling in love with alchemy. I don't want to go anywhere except the laboratory."

"Don't worry, my dear sister, it won't be long before Sisther Darnell will disappear from the world, and your troubles will also be completely eliminated."

Lilith's expression darkened for a moment: "Does that also mean that you are leaving?"

"I'll go to the Southern Continent to complete the deal. As for after that...I haven't planned yet." Xiu Yi replied honestly: "Maybe I will go to Xiduo. The Spirit of Vengeance has done a good job there, but it can't do without a leader."

"And then? You once planned to use this army to fight against the Lance Empire, but now there is no need for them to exist."

"No, Lilith, on the contrary, they have the meaning of existence. I still need the army, and I still need them to go through life and death for me." Xiuyi said seriously.

Lilith was shocked: "Do you want to start a war?"

Xiu Yi was silent for a while, and slowly replied: "Things are not what you imagined, I just prepared for any danger."

"Prepared?" Lilith was confused.

Huey said nothing. Everything about the Demon World, after all, has not yet become a fact. No one knows what the future will be like. But it is absolutely necessary to build up a large army early to prevent what may happen.

But before that, Xiu Yi had to teach those who dared to use their brains on him a lesson.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, Lilith, you go to inform and gather all the guys we brought from Black Locust Town. I have something to say to them."

"say what?"

"Give them strength." Xiu Yi smiled mysteriously.

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A group of ex-bandits from Locust Town, since they followed Xiuyi and others to Royo City and Winnington successively, their temperament has changed a lot during their long-term contact with the nobles—at least when they lined up, they were in a straight shape instead of an S shape.

They can say "Hello, Sir" and "I'm sorry" and "Thank you", know that they should bow when facing their masters, and know many basic etiquettes. Although the arrogance on their bodies has not been completely removed, it is undeniable that they are gradually integrating into the life of the nobility.

Relejesa, this former villain mountain bandit, rough and brutal guy, now wears a tuxedo made of good fabrics, white gloves, and a straight waist, looking like a foreman.

He was indeed a foreman.

Standing at the forefront of the line, Xiu Yi looked at him and patted him on the shoulder: "You look fatter than before, Lei Lei."

"I eat well here, sleep soundly, and there are few sports opportunities. Except that I can't go to the brothel at will, I am mostly satisfied with life here." Lei Lei replied.

"You can't expect to get everything. In life, you can only get rewards if you give."

"You still owe me a noble chick." Lei Lei muttered dissatisfied.

"Until you get rid of wanting to go to brothels, you won't get what you want."

"I can't get rid of this problem until I get it."

Xiu Yi laughed: "Well, after you have heard what I said below, if you still insist on your own needs, I will consider which girl I should go to for you to harm."

Lele Yesa laughed with his mouth wide open.

"Okay, the gossip has been said, so let's talk about some serious business." Xiu Yi stood at the forefront of the crowd and glanced at everyone in the field.

His eyes were stern and full of majesty.

"From Locust Town to Royue City, and then from Royue City to Winnington, along the way, everyone has experienced a lot of ups and downs with us. You used to be bandits in the mountainous area. Although you are low-key, you are free, powerful, and intimidating. Now you are servants. Although you are doing the work of serving people, you don't have to worry about the master's beating and scolding. You live a relaxed and comfortable life. You used to be robbers because you had no choice, but now you are servants because of my orders. Life is like this, not everyone has it. The power to choose your destiny. But today, I intend to give you a chance to choose..."

Everyone looked at each other, unable to figure out what Huey was talking about.

"Don't you understand?" Huey looked around the crowd: "The Dardanelles have already taken root in Winnington and are expanding their influence every day. We need a group of servants who are loyal, reliable, and easy to use and won't cause trouble for us. During this time, Buckler disciplined you, forbidding you to go out, forbidding you to cause trouble, but I know you have resentment in your heart. You yearn for freedom, yearn for freedom, but at the same time don't want to lose the good life you have now. So, I will give you a chance. You can choose to continue living the present. Life, as before, is honest, responsible and obedient work in exchange for food and money."

"What about the other way?" Leile Yesa asked coldly.

"Return to your original identities."

"robber?"

"No, it's a warrior!" Xiu Yi said sharply, "Don't think of yourself as a robber. There is no difference between a robber and a warrior in essence. They both sell their strength and lives in exchange for glory and wealth. I will not force you to choose whether to be a servant or a warrior, but this is the most rare opportunity in your life to decide your own destiny. If you choose to become servants, then you will continue to stay in the Dardanelle family and serve the family, and you will never have to live a life of licking blood. Then the life here will no longer belong to you, and I will bring you a new way of life, a way of life that is not as comfortable as it is now, but more dangerous and exciting. Of course, compared to the former, the biggest advantage of becoming a warrior is that you can freely swear, drink, fight, and visit brothels... but you have to pay. "

Everyone laughed, since they received Xiu Yi's training in the Villas mountain area, this kind of life is just a luxury for too many people.

And now, Huey is going to give them back the life they once had.

"If we choose to be warriors, who do we follow?" someone asked.

"I."

"Are you going to Xiduo?" Someone asked again.

"That's right."

Most of the people looked at each other, they already understood what Xiu Yi meant.

The Dardanelle family has already taken root in Winnington, and the old servants who followed them are actually the biggest hidden danger. They are the ones most likely to expose it all.

Just like the heroes of the founding of the country, they may also become powerful officials who harm the country in the end. For the current Dardanelle family, the last thing they need is this group of former bandits who know their details but may show their feet at any time because of their nonsense.

What Xiu Yi is doing now is actually cleaning, cleaning all traces that may expose the family.

Of course, this cleansing does not necessarily need to be achieved through killing, nor is every cleansing bloody.

To put it another way, giving everyone freedom and the way of life they long for is also a very good way, and it will not attract any resentment or backlash, and it will also preserve their own combat power.

Lele Yesa raised his hand: "Although I really want to marry a noble chick, it seems that this dream can't be realized. But most importantly, it's not a day or two that I want to go to a brothel and drink strong wine. This servant's costume makes me sick when I see it. I used to want to tear it up in my dreams. Those sons of bitch bastards dangle in front of our eyes every day, just like my dick. I really want to fuck them. So I choose to be free Free, wild and debauched life. Even if the life here is easy, I don’t care about it.”

"I'd rather die on the battlefield than play with these flowers and plants here."

"You're better than me. I'm tired of cleaning up horse manure."

"I'd rather clean up horse manure than serve cups to those nobles."

"Me too……"

"Me too……"

The former robbers and the current servants raised their hands one after another, and Xiu Yi couldn't see a single one who was willing to stay.

He nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good." Huey said, "I have entrusted Miss Christine to recruit new servants for us. You still have the last two days to do your work well and hand over all the tasks to the newcomers. As for you, you have to complete another matter before going to Xiduo."

"What's the matter?" Lele Yesha asked.

"Accept the power and strengthen yourself." Xiu Yi replied, "Do you want to feel the taste of using magic?"

"What? Use magic?" Everyone was boiling.

A mysterious smile appeared on Xiu Yi's face: "I think you've heard of such things as magic patterns, right? Who is interested in engraving a few for themselves? It just so happens that I have some time recently, and I'm free."

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