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At night, in a dilapidated house in the north of Olmsted.

It rained heavily last night and there was a puddle outside the house. This was once a villa built by a businessman in the wild. However, due to the decline of the businessman's family and no time for him to take care of it, this house in the wild gradually became deserted. At first, there were some homeless people. Han took shelter here from the rain, but after being washed away by several flash floods and mudslides, only wild beasts would live here in this originally exquisite villa.

Outside the villa, a simple carriage was parked on the overgrown grassland. The horse was chewing fresh weeds with its head lowered, and its tail was flicking to drive away the insects.

In the villa, a gray-haired man was sitting on a stone with slight disgust. He was afraid that the surrounding mud and water would contaminate his clothes. Even the stone was covered with several layers of handkerchiefs.

"Ambex, I said, why are we in such a hurry to leave Olmsted, when Macon just gives up?"

The gray-haired man, Raven Ingle, said with a frown. Because they were walking too fast, and in order to hide their whereabouts, Ambedex chose to take a carriage instead of taking a regular ship.

Raven was born into a privileged family, so naturally he couldn't stand such trouble. He had only been away from Olmsted for just one day, and he was already complaining so much that he finally found a place to rest for a while.

The bonfire reflected Raven's face, and he looked to the side at the black-haired man squatting on an old wooden sofa without caring, hoping to get a more detailed explanation.

All this time, Ampelcos didn't speak, which made Raven feel that the matter was serious, but Raven, who thought he was the leader, still wanted to get a reply.

"There is more than one high-level mage appearing in Olmsted."

Ambekos finally spoke. He stared at the flames and said calmly.

"...They discovered Macon?"

Raven did not answer immediately, but thought for a while before speaking.

At the same time, Raven also felt a little scared.

If the high-level mages have known Macon's traces for a long time and have never pursued it, does it mean that they want to use Macon as bait to attract other people who covet the Philosopher's Stone?

I thought I was a hunter looking for treasure, but I didn't expect that I had already become someone else's prey?

"Not necessarily. If the Magic Association has already known Macon's location,

Then we will be caught the moment we step into Olmsted, let alone being able to leave in a carriage so leisurely. "

Ambekos said, holding his chin with both hands as if he was thinking.

"And that mage, well, is not ordinary."

He recalled the old man who almost seriously injured him with just one punch. He was not any high-level mage that Ambekos knew, at least not from the Tower of Rainbow.

Not all high-level mages are members of the High-level Council. Some mages do not want to be bound, so they stay outside the High-level Council and the Rainbow Tower. Of course, most of these mages have long since stopped caring about the world and live in seclusion in the mountains to study magic. The tower pays close attention to the whereabouts of these people to prevent unexpected disasters.

Ampelkos guessed that the old man might be such a mage. He accidentally met himself in Olmsted who tried to kill Reiner, so he helped Reiner.

The aura of the high-level mage who arrived later was the Lord of the Mercury Scale that Reiner found through some means.

After things have reached this stage, the Macon incident should be known to everyone.

"Macon has been living in seclusion these years. Even the Serpent of Chaos couldn't find a trace of him. I didn't expect him to be hiding in Olmsted. If I hadn't come with you, I probably wouldn't have found his whereabouts so easily."

After learning about Macon's existence, Ambekos' goal became to find Macon and eliminate other people who were trying to find Macon. Unfortunately, they encountered trouble at the beginning. Reiner and the senior The existence of the mage made Ambekos very uneasy. After thinking about it, he decided to immediately give up the information about Macon and the Philosopher's Stone.

It's important to save your life.

Although Ampelkos is young and talented, he also knows how to advance and retreat. He himself is not very interested in the Philosopher's Stone. He is preparing to recycle it purely for the Serpent of Chaos. Now facing possible threats to his life, he naturally still Choose your own life.

However, the members of the Chaos Serpent have been involved in accidents one after another recently, and they are all more or less related to Reiner Inglet, which makes Ampedkos feel an inexplicable worry. Although he does not believe in fate, a series of coincidences do indeed It also indicates something.

Ambekos stared at the flickering flames and felt tired for the first time.

...

In a secluded hotel room in Olmsted City.

As the sun set, the empty house was silent. Suddenly, as if a painting was torn apart, a crack appeared in the space, and two figures emerged from it.

One of them is a beautiful gray-haired woman wearing a long burgundy dress, and the other is a blond girl with an indifferent expression. These are Phyllis Inglet and Hellason.

With two clicks, Phyllis walked into the room from the void, and Helleson followed closely behind. The torn space quickly returned to normal, and there was no trace of any damage.

"How's it going, Helleson?"

Phyllis came to the table, took out an iron box from her pocket, took out a cigarette and lit it, took a deep breath, and sighed with relief.

"Affirmative. The analysis has been completed and the method of making the Philosopher's Stone is mastered."

The expressionless girl Helleson said calmly, then reached out and took out several pieces of parchment from the void and handed them to Phyllis.

Phyllis raised her eyebrows, took the parchment, and read it carefully from beginning to end before putting it down.

"My nosy brother probably never dreamed that Helleson attached his own alchemy creature to Macon's attack, copied Macon's brain during the conversation, and read the information about the Sage. Stone’s memory.”

Phyllis did not expect that Reiner found Macon first and even stopped Macon's alchemy circle. Originally, Phyllis planned to wait until Macon was about to activate the alchemy circle and then rely on the flow of magic power to search for Macon. However, because Macon was found by Reiner and exposed his aura in advance, Phyllis was able to rush to the scene.

According to the original plan, after Hellaison eliminated Macon, they had enough time to slowly obtain the intelligence and details of the Philosopher's Stone. However, due to Reiner's intervention, Hellaison could only use this special but... It was not a very safe method, but fortunately it was successful once and saved Phyllis from the trouble of sneaking into the Magic Association to steal corpses in the future.

"With the formula of the Philosopher's Stone, I can exchange for what I need."

Phyllis took out a silver box from her storage bag, put the Philosopher's Stone in it, and locked it carefully, her eyes full of anticipation.