The Last Alchemist

After solving the problem of the magician, Rosen walked out of the Blackthorn Villa without stopping for a moment.

When he arrived at the gate of the villa, he first walked quickly to the corner, then began to run wildly, running through a street, and rushed into a secluded alley. After running a few dozen meters in the alley, he arrived behind the clock tower in the north of the city.

There was a thick rope hanging next to the clock tower. Rosen grabbed the rope and climbed up all the way. Soon he reached the window on the top of the clock tower. He stretched out his hand and jumped into the room where the bell was placed.

As soon as his feet landed, Annie's voice came to his ears: "How are you, are you not injured?"

Rosen smiled and said, "I'm fine. What about you, did you see which direction the shadow demon ran to?"

Annie was standing by another window in the room, holding a high-power telescope and looking into the distance: "It went to the west of the city. There are few people in the west of the city, and there are many big trees. Many of them are still leafless. The light changes a lot, which is very suitable for the shadow demon to hide. The last time I saw the shadow demon was near the Bishui River."

"By the river? Why did it run so far?"

Rosen walked to Annie's side, took out a small monocular telescope from his waist bag, and looked towards the riverside area in the west of the city.

The straight-line distance from the city to the clock tower is about more than a thousand meters. Through the telescope, you can clearly see the situation in the city.

It's winter now. Although it's only a little after five in the afternoon, the sky has begun to darken. Maybe it's because the air is cold in the place near the river. There are very few people on the street, not as many as the carriages on the road.

After looking for a while, Rosen's eyes shifted from the streets to the houses, especially those mansions with large courtyards.

"Are there any big shots in the city who live in the west of the city near the river?" Rosen asked.

These days, he was busy preparing to sneak into the Blackthorn Villa, and Annie was not idle either. She made secret visits in the city to learn all kinds of information about the city.

Now, in terms of the degree of understanding of Nilogard City, Rosen can't compare with Annie, and he dares to guarantee that most of the locals in Nilogard can't compare with her.

Anne knew, and she said, "The Bishui River floods several times every year. In addition, the temperature in the north is cold in winter, and the area of ​​Nilogard is on a plain with strong winds. So although the riverside scenery is beautiful, it is not a good place to live. As far as I know, there are only three luxury houses along the river where people live permanently, namely Linjiang Pavilion, Yueshui Villa, and Shuangyueju."

"Shuangyueju?" Rosen sounded familiar: "Where is it?"

Annie pointed to a location: "The one at the edge, there is an exquisite wooden water pavilion inside, half of which is built on the river. Do you see it?"

Rosen adjusted the telescope to search, and soon, he clicked "I saw it, it's a nice place."

Annie shrugged: "It's nice to live in in the summer, but it's freezing in the winter. By the way, when we rented the Yuema Mansion at the exchange that day, the second place we saw was Shuangyueju."

Rosen also remembered that he was quite yearning for the beautiful scenery described in the house introduction at that time. He looked at Shuangyueju through the telescope and said, "In other words, the residents of Shuangyueju have just moved in recently, right?"

From the telescope, he could see clearly that there were not many people in the yard of Shuangyueju. There were three servants busy, one was watering the flowers, one was mowing the lawn, and the other was just passing by. In addition to the servants, there were actually two girls wearing tight leather armor in the garden.

The two girls had the same body shape, the same clothes, and almost the same movements. They looked like a pair of twins. They each held a wooden sword in their hands, and placed a training wooden man that was out of tune with the environment in front of them. They were seriously training sword skills on the wooden man.

"Interesting."

After looking for a while, Rosen turned his eyes and continued to look at other places, but he didn't find anything special: "I can't see anything from the telescope, so I can only go to investigate on the spot."

Annie nodded: "That's true. But from the actions of the shadow demon, I am sure it is seriously injured. If we chase it now, we can easily find it with the blood in the air. The only thing to consider is to prevent it from getting angry and hurting innocent people."

"I understand. While the shadow demon is seriously injured, we set off now to avoid any accidents."

"I think so too." Anne nodded.

The two walked to the window one after the other, slid down the bell tower along the thick hemp rope, and then rushed all the way to the west of the city.

Annie jogged all the way. If it was before, even if Rosen could barely catch up with her, he would definitely be exhausted when he ran to the end of the field and couldn't continue fighting, but now, he can easily keep up.

About a quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at the streets along the river.

"I last saw the Shadow Fiend in this area. I can already smell the Shadow Fiend. Follow me closely." Annie whispered.

"Okay."

Annie strode forward, her nostrils twitching from time to time. She walked about fifty or sixty meters along the street, turned right into an alley, and after walking more than 30 meters in the alley, she pointed to the mud beside the wall and said, "Look here, it's the Shadow Fiend's hoof prints. And this, the soil is moist and has a strong sulfur smell, it's the blood left by the Shadow Fiend."

Rosen squatted down and took a closer look. These hoof prints were one finger deep, and the distance between the two sets of hoof prints was more than 30 meters, showing that the Shadow Fiend had explosive power far beyond that of ordinary people.

You know, this is the physical strength when it is seriously injured. If it was at its peak, the Shadow Fiend would be a human tank.

After checking for a while, Annie stood up and looked at the dark alley with a serious expression: "Follow me. I have a feeling that we are not far from the shadow demon."

Rosen took a deep breath: "I am fully prepared. As long as it dares to show up, I can kill it!"

On the way, Annie was responsible for tracking, and Rosen stood beside Annie with a meat grinder and a musket on guard. The two cooperated tacitly and tracked all the way in the alley.

When the sky became dark, the two chased into a narrow dead end. At the end of the alley was a 4-meter-high wall. There were high walls on both sides of the alley. In the alley, the light was very dark, almost to the point where you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

Annie sniffed lightly and whispered: "I'm sure that the shadow demon entered this alley. Look, there are hoof prints left by it in front."

Rosen also smelled a unique smell of sulfur and blood, and his judgment was consistent with Annie's.

Now the problem is, the alley ahead is less than 1 meter wide, with almost no light, and three sides are surrounded by high smooth stone walls. If the shadow demon has companions, it would be really dangerous for the two of them to go in rashly and be blocked by others.

"Annie, what is this place nearby?" Rosen looked around the surrounding environment.

"The high wall in front should be the north wall of Shuangyueju."

"Shuangyueju?" Rosen frowned slightly, and the twin girls practicing sword skills in the yard appeared in his mind: "Do you think that the shadow demon will hide in Shuangyueju?"

"Then we have to go into the alley and check carefully to know."

Rosen nodded: "This is the only way."

He reached into his waist bag and took out a small "wooden stick". His finger pressed a button on the "wooden stick". The lens in front of the wooden stick immediately emitted a bright white-yellow light, illuminating the dark alley.

This "wooden stick" is the flashlight that Rosen made for himself, and Annie also has one in her hand.

"You investigate, I'll be on guard!"

The two entered the alley and walked forward carefully for about ten meters. Annie squatted down and pointed at a hoof print on the ground and said, "Look at this hoof print, it's twice as deep as what we saw before, and there's a lot more blood next to the hoof print than before."

As she spoke, she stood up and continued to walk forward until she reached the stone wall at the end of the alley. She looked up at the wall carefully. After more than ten seconds, she suddenly pointed at a small brown stain on the wall and said, "Look, a blood spot. Judging from the shape of the blood spot, it must have hit it at a certain speed. . "Hearing this, Rosen already knew what Annie meant: "You mean, the shadow demon jumped from there, jumped over the 4-meter-high stone wall, and entered Shuangyueju?" Anne nodded: "From the traces left at the scene, this is the only possibility! However, the person who can buy Shuangyueju must be a rich and powerful guy. This shadow demon hides in Shuangyueju, it is really inconvenient for us to do it!" The shadow demon can hide in it, and of course they can chase it in, but they are afraid that doing so will force the shadow demon to jump over the wall and threaten the life of the owner of Shuangyueju, which will be troublesome. Rosen also felt that the matter was very tricky, and he frowned and thought about countermeasures. While thinking, he faintly heard a strange scream in his ears, and the sound came from Shuangyueju. "Annie, did you hear it?"

Annie nodded slightly: "It was the cry of the shadow demon, it should be a scream, I can feel the pain in the sound."

Rosen suddenly couldn't figure it out: "The sound just now was not small. The shadow demon should have sneaked into Shuangyueju to take refuge. How dare it scream so loudly? Could it be that someone discovered it and attacked it?"

Just when he was wondering, another scream came from Shuangyueju, the sound was louder than before, it contained pain, but also a sense of relief.

Annie was slightly startled when she heard it, as if she thought of something, but she didn't figure it out, and she seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"What did you find?" Rosen asked hurriedly.

"Why do I feel like someone is treating the shadow demon's injuries?" Anne's tone was very uncertain.

When she said this, Rosen also came to his senses.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Suddenly, he thought of a terrifying possibility.

"Annie, do you think there is something wrong with the owner of Shuangyueju? Is he in the same group with the shadow demon?" Rosen said softly.

Annie obviously had similar suspicions. She bit her lips, pondered for a few seconds, and finally made up her mind: "Let's go, sneak in and find out!"

I couldn't sleep last night, and my mind seems to be foggy today. I can't update four times, so I'll update three times first. I'll update tomorrow.