The Last Alchemist

A shrill scream spread in the garden.

More than a dozen people nearby were attracted by the noise. They looked into the house and were immediately shocked.

"Someone's dead!"

"Miss Adair was killed!"

"Oh God, the Moon Wand is gone!"

The sound spread out, and the whole garden became chaotic. Some people ran to the small house to check the situation, while others realized that something was wrong and left the scene as soon as possible.

Hill sat on the ground by the door, her mind was in a mess. In a trance, she saw many figures swaying around her, and she heard screams and shouts in her ears.

I don't know how long it took, she suddenly heard a familiar voice in her ears: "Don't be in a daze, follow me!"

Hill felt someone grab her wrist, and a force came, pulling her up from the ground, and then dragging her towards the gate of the Earl's Mansion.

After a while, Hill came back to her senses. She looked intently and found that it was not someone else who was pulling her, but Vincent.

"Where are you taking me?" Hill said in surprise.

Vincent spoke quickly: "The guards of the City Hall will be here soon. Things will be very troublesome at that time. Let's leave here first!"

Hill's mind was in a mess. He couldn't think of anything or do anything. He could only passively follow Vincent and run towards the gate of the Earl's Mansion.

They were not the only ones who did this. In fact, most of the guests at the banquet fled desperately from the Earl's Mansion after they came to their senses.

In the chaos, Hill passed through the gate of the Earl's Mansion and went to the street outside. In a trance, Vincent pulled her into the carriage.

"Go to the Prancing Horse Mansion! Hurry!" She heard Vincent say this.

The carriage started, and the sound of hurried hooves came into her ears. The carriage galloped all the way on the street. After about twenty minutes, the carriage stopped.

Vincent opened the carriage door, jumped out first, and then turned around and urged: "Hurry, hurry down!"

Hill got off the carriage in a daze. She looked up and saw a gorgeously decorated iron gate in front of her. There were two columns on the left and right of the gate, and on the columns were stone carvings of two galloping horses.

"Leaping Horse Mansion? Vincent, didn't you sell it?" Hill's mind recovered a lot from the chaos, but she was even more confused.

Vincent walked to the iron gate, picked up a small hammer and began to knock on the doorbell, while knocking he explained: "It was sold. The buyer is the alchemist you always wanted to meet. That's how we met."

"Alchemist?" Hill was stunned, and became more puzzled: "But now this has happened, Adele was killed, why did you bring me here?"

Vincent whispered: "I have seen Adele's body, her chest and abdomen were completely cut open, and the wounds were very horrible. This is not something an ordinary person can do. It is most likely done by a monster. Among the people I know, the only one who can help in this matter is this alchemist."

As he was talking, a servant appeared at the gate. Because it was night, the servant held an oil lamp in his hand and shone it on the faces of the two people, and then recognized Vincent: "Sir, it's so late, do you have anything to do?"

Vincent nodded: "I came to visit Mr. Rosen, is he asleep now?"

"Of course not. Please wait a moment, I will report it now." The servant turned and left.

Hill whispered, "Is this Mr. Rosen the master alchemist?"

Vincent shook his head, "No, he is the master alchemist's disciple. In fact, I have never seen the master alchemist himself. The master stays in the alchemy room all day and never shows up."

"Oh." Hill was a little disappointed.

After a while, the servant came back and opened the door: "Mr. Vincent, and this lady, please come in. Mr. Rosen is waiting for you in the study."

The two followed the servant, crossed the garden, entered the mansion, and went up the stairs to the second floor. Finally, they stopped in front of a door.

The servant knocked on the door: "Mr. Rosen, they are here."

"Come in." A response came from the study.

The servant pushed open the door and made an invitation gesture to Vincent.

Vincent walked into the room first. Hill took a deep breath and followed in nervously.

The study was very warm and the light was very bright.

Hill clearly saw that there was a large square table in the middle of the room. Behind the table sat an overly young man. On the table in front of him were ink bottles, quill pens, and a messy pile of parchment.

Hill heard Vincent's voice: "Mr. Rosen, I'm sorry to bother you so late."

Hill was startled and disappointed: 'How can the proud disciple of the alchemist master be so young? '

Being young is not a problem, but being too young means that the learning time is very short and you can't learn any powerful skills.

At this time, Hill smiled slightly when she saw the man and extended her hand to invite him: "Sit down, my friend."

Then, Hill looked at her and asked: "So, is this Miss Hill, the apprentice magician of the academy?"

Hill quickly stepped forward: "Yes, Mr. Rosen."

"Well, you have a pair of beautiful eyes. Sit down too." Rosen said.

"Thank you very much for your compliment." Hill was a little happy. Her appearance was not outstanding, but her eyes were very bright. She was praised by many people. This young man saw her advantages at a glance. He had a good eye.

She found a chair and sat down.

After the three of them sat down, Rosen asked, "Mr. Vincent, you came here so late at night. Did you bring big business to my mentor?"

Vincent shook his head and turned to look at Hill: "You were the first to discover the scene, you tell the story."

At this time, Hill had basically regained his composure: "Mr. Rosen, we are here to ask for help."

"Oh?" Rosen raised his eyebrows.

"Just now, Miss Adele was killed in her own home. Her death was very tragic. Her stomach was cut open, her intestines were all over the floor, and her new wand was missing."

Rosen was a little confused: "Miss Adele is dead?"

Wasn't she fine a few days ago? How could she be killed suddenly? Adele is not an ordinary person. She is a countess and has guards in her mansion. Who is so bold as to dare to torture and kill the master in the count's mansion?

Vincent added, "Tonight, Miss Adele celebrated her wand and held a banquet for 400 guests. When Miss Adele was killed, the situation in the Earl's Mansion was very complicated. I also saw the scene. Judging from the injuries, it is unlikely that an ordinary person would do it."

Rosen heard the implication: "You mean, it was a monster?"

Vincent nodded: "That's my guess, but there is no evidence."

Rosen fell silent.

In the game, he experienced many well-known monster murders in Nilogard City. At that time, as a famous monster hunting master, he was commissioned by the city hall to hunt down the murderer.

But these cases have one thing in common, that is, the victims in the cases are usually ordinary people, small vendors, craftsmen and the like, none of them are rich and powerful.

The reason is not because the rich and powerful are lucky, but because they are specially protected by Nilogard College.

Thinking of this, Rosen asked in confusion: "Is this monster crazy? It dared to attack the countess. Isn't it afraid that the magicians of the academy will come to cause trouble?"

The biggest reason why the city of Nirogarde is loved by those nobles and wealthy people is safety. Once a powerful person is killed, the magicians of the academy will do their best to punish the murderer, even if the murderer is a monster, he will not escape punishment.

Now what this monster does really makes people suspect that he has a problem with his brain.

After saying this, he found that Hill's expression moved and he was about to say something but stopped.

He immediately asked: "Miss Hill, do you have anything to say?"

Hill was silent for a while, and finally said: "The magicians in the academy have been busy recently, and I'm afraid they can't spare time to deal with monsters."

"Busy?"

"Yes. For example, my mentor Cantor has been investigating a truck robbery outside the city recently. In addition to this, I also heard that the free city of Berkeley has seized the academy's cargo ship. A large number of ghouls appeared on the business road outside the city. There are vampire demons in the city sewers. Everything needs to be solved urgently. In addition to this, for The power of thunder in the god of flames, many magicians work day and night just to find a weapon that can cope with the power of Thor. Well. Furthermore, the city hall could not find the murderer, but they could publish a reward. "He heard this, and Rosen praised him. I died unknownly, I regret it and angry, I want to do something that I can do. , also said: "Adele is also my friend. As long as the murderer can be found, I am willing to do my best to repay her."

Rosen was silent for a few minutes, and then he suddenly clapped his hands a few times. After a while, a servant came in: "Sir, what do you want?"

"Go find Miss Anne and tell her that I have something to discuss with her."

"Yes, sir."

The servant left, and after a few minutes, Anne came in: "Rosen, what's wrong?"

Rosen pointed at Vincent: "He has something to do."

Vincent immediately stood up and told Adele's story in detail. At last, he added: "If it is as Miss Hill said, the City Hall should issue a bounty for the murderer tomorrow. Miss Adele has a rich family, but she has no heirs. According to the decree of Nirogard, her family property will be recovered by the City Hall. In return, the bounty given by the City Hall will definitely be very generous."

Annie was very tempted. These days, she has been training in the training hall to use the musket better, and her ability has improved greatly, but the training time is really boring, and she has long wanted to go out and relax.

"Rosen, what do you think?"

Rosen smiled slightly: "I have no opinion. In fact, we can investigate together."

Although he accidentally has a body similar to the undead, this ability can only be used as an auxiliary. Alchemy is his foundation, and the fastest way to improve alchemy is to hunt monsters.

Now, he can hunt monsters and get a bounty. How could he miss such a good thing?

Annie said: "Okay, I'll take this commission."