The Last Alchemist

Blue Moon Mansion.

Count Derek was alone in the middle of the dance floor of the first-floor ballroom.

Around the ballroom, hundreds of candlesticks formed a large circle, and each candlestick had five candles, all lit up, and the burning candlelight emitted a dim and jumping flame, illuminating the huge ballroom.

This was not enough.

Above the ballroom, there were five soft light balls hanging, and at the feet of Count Derek, there were several Mobius boxes. Count Derek held the switch of the soft light ball in his hand, staring at the candlelight around him without blinking.

‘Remember, the chameleon cannot be truly invisible, it just deceives your vision through the changes in light and shadow. You stare at the candlelight, and once the flame shakes abnormally, it means that the monster has stepped over the candlelight. At this time, you immediately light up the soft light ball, change the brightness of the ambient light, and the chameleon will definitely appear! Once you find the chameleon, you immediately call the guards to delay the time, I will rush back as soon as possible! '

This was the instruction of the magician Green before he left.

The plan was very dangerous, and Earl Derek knew very well that he would be doomed this time. He wanted to refuse, but the damn magician told him that this was the only way to survive, otherwise, he would definitely die!

He had to give in.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the candles around the ballroom burned quietly, and from time to time there would be candle flames exploding, making a "crackling" sound. Every time this happened, Earl Derek's body would shake violently, he would subconsciously turn his head to look over, and his hand could not help but press the switch of the soft light ball.

Unfortunately, every time it was a false alarm.

After staying like this for more than 2 hours, the side effects of long-term mental concentration appeared. Earl Derek felt that his brain was a little drowsy and his attention was getting more and more scattered.

The ventilation in the ballroom was very poor, and the warm gas produced by the burning candles made him drowsy. He blinked his eyes and felt his eyelids getting heavier. Gradually, he began to doze off involuntarily.

Just when he was about to fall asleep, suddenly, a voice sounded in Earl Derek's ear: "Mr. Earl, you are really amazing. You can still doze off at this time?"

The strange voice made Earl Derek's heart tremble violently, and his hand subconsciously pressed the switch of the soft light ball.

With a light sound of "click~", all the soft light balls lit up, scattering white light, and the ballroom suddenly became very bright.

Earl Derek clearly saw that a very faint figure appeared in front of the wall in front of his body.

"Monster! Die!"

Earl Derek roared, picked up the steel crossbow beside him, aimed at the figure and pulled the trigger.

"Bang~"

The bowstring shook, and the crossbow arrow drew a black line above the ballroom and flew quickly towards the figure.

"Bang~"

The crossbow arrow hit the stone wall of the mansion, not because it was not aimed, but because the figure took a step to the side very quickly.

The strange voice sounded again, with a frivolous smile: "Count, your crossbow is too slow. You can't hit me with this simple weapon."

With this voice, the faint figure was like a drifting cloud. In a blink of an eye, he crossed the circle of candles, and in a blink of an eye, he was next to Count Derek.

Count Derek felt a cold wind blowing towards him. Before he could react, he felt a knife-like chill on his neck.

The touch on his neck told him that his neck was pinched by a cold hand. He could feel that the power in this hand was very strong and could easily break his neck.

"Uh~~" Count Derek subconsciously exclaimed, no, only half of it, the other half was forcibly pinched in his throat by this cold hand.

"Bang, bang, bang~"

The heavy footsteps outside the ballroom sounded. A few seconds later, the door of the ballroom was violently opened. One by one, the guards of the mansion wearing fine steel armor and holding sharp steel swords rushed into the ballroom, led by the captain of the guard, Drew.

He saw Earl Derek being held hostage by the faint black shadow, and subconsciously shouted: "Lord Earl!"

"Clang~"

Some guards drew out their steel swords, some held their crossbows, and some held heavy steel shields. They were on high alert, as if they would take action as long as the black shadow made a slight move.

Facing more than 30 elite guards, Chameleon was still calm.

He pulled Earl Derek up from the chair, and then sat down on the chair himself. As for the Earl, he was like a deer bitten in the throat by a beast, his whole body was soft, as if he was dead.

"Tsk tsk tsk~ Lord Earl, you are really willing to spend money. These warriors are all wearing top-grade steel armor. A set of them must cost several hundred gold dragon coins, right?"

"Ho~ho~" Earl Derek was speechless, and could only make a weak exhalation sound from his throat.

"Monster, let go of Lord Earl, or we will do it!" Guard Captain Drew roared.

"Go ahead! Just do it!" Chameleon laughed loudly, and the strength of his hand increased slightly. Earl Derek suddenly had difficulty breathing, his face began to turn blue and purple, and his body began to struggle involuntarily, like a dying prey.

The guards were all at a loss, looking at each other, all at a loss.

Chameleon laughed coldly: "Loyal guards, if you don't want to see your earl become a corpse, step back, and leave the room."

The guards were hesitant and looked at Captain Drew one by one.

Drew gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Everyone exit the ballroom!"

‘Wow~’

There was a burst of chaotic footsteps, and the guards had just rushed into the ballroom, and then retreated out the same way.

"Close the door." Chameleon said again.

A few seconds later, the door to the ballroom was closed.

The chameleon loosened his grip and let go of Earl Derek's neck.

"Cough~cough~"

Earl Derek lay half on the ground, holding his throat and coughing violently, his face turned red.

Chameleon sat on a chair, looked down at the embarrassed Earl, and smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, how does it feel to have your destiny controlled by others?"

Earl Derek's body was trembling uncontrollably. After a while, he finally said: "Let me go! I'll give you money! Lots and lots of money!"

"How many are there?"

"No, ten thousand gold dragon coins, twenty thousand!"

"Oh~~~Hahahaha~"

Chameleon suddenly laughed and smiled. He lowered his head suddenly and looked at Earl Derek coldly: "My lord, your life is worth 20,000 gold dragon coins? At this time, you are still thinking about saving money." where?"

"Then one hundred thousand! One hundred thousand is enough?" Earl Derek immediately increased the number five times.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he spoke, Chameleon suddenly raised his foot and kicked him hard in the chest, knocking him to the ground. Then, Chameleon stepped on Count Derek's chest, and with a little force, he knocked him down. He stepped on the ground and was completely unable to move.

Chameleon lowered his head, stretched out his hand to lift Earl Derek's chin, and looked into his eyes: "My lord, I have some sad news for you. I'm not interested in gold dragon coins. So, no matter how many gold dragon coins you have, you can't save me." your life."

"Then what do you want? What do you want? As long as I have it, I will definitely give it to you!"

"I want your life, and you are willing to give it to me?" Chameleon smiled evilly.

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Without thinking, Chameleon suddenly changed his tone and his tone suddenly became very gentle: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. It's not impossible for me to let you go, but you have to do something."

Great hope suddenly arose in Earl Derek's heart: "What is it? Tell me, I will try my best to help you complete it!"

The chameleon took it away and pressed the count's leg, then reached out and took out a bottle from his pocket. He handed the bottle to Derek and said with a smile: "It's not that difficult. Have you seen this bottle?"

Earl Derek nodded repeatedly.

"There are some things in this bottle, some not very clean things. If you eat them all, I will let you go." The Chameleon's smile became more and more evil. After finishing speaking, he handed the bottle to Earl Derek.

Earl Derek took the bottle and opened it. He saw a brownish-yellow mushy substance hitting his nose, and there was also an astounding stench. He took a closer look at the contents of the bottle and subconsciously covered his mouth and began to retching.

"This and this."

How could he eat such filthy food?

Chameleon took a step back and sat back on the chair: "Okay, I have made my conditions. What happens after that depends on your own choice, Lord Earl."

He looked at Earl Derek who was in a dilemma, with an evil smile on his face, but with burning anger in his heart: "Hmph~ Alchemist hiding in the glass flower room, just wait for me. Wait until I finish the things here. , I will come to you, tit for tat!"

He had not forgotten the unfortunate incident in the glass house.

On the other side, Earl Derek hesitated for a while and suddenly asked: "If I eat it, will you really let me go?"

Chameleon nodded 'seriously': "It's absolutely true. In fact, that's what my employer asked me to do. Don't blame me. If you want to blame, blame the employer behind me. Who gave him such a bad taste?"

"Okay! I'll eat it!"

Earl Derek gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and suffocated the disgusting stuff in the bottle in one gulp. When he finished eating, he knelt on the ground limply and began to vomit crazily.

Seeing his tragic appearance, where he almost vomited out his internal organs, Chameleon laughed crazily. While laughing, he patted his thigh and pointed at Earl Derek with one hand. Tears of laughter almost came down his face.

"Earl, Earl, you are really good. Tsk, tsk, tsk, I really didn't expect that at your age, you have done a lot of bad things in the past, but you are still so naive and simple, that you would believe the words of a killer. ? Uh-huh-huh~~uh-hahahaha~"

Earl Derek was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Chameleon stood up, and a shining dagger appeared in his hand. He took a step forward, grabbed Earl Derek's collar, and lifted his body directly into the air. The dagger in his hand was pointed at his heart: "Your Majesty, Earl, I'm very sorry, I lied just now. Oh, your expression looks very hurt now, how is it, how do you feel about being lied to, Lord Count? "

Earl Derek looked ashen. He didn't expect that this monster would humiliate him so much before killing him. He felt that his whole life was defeated.

Seeing him like this, Chameleon no longer wanted to tease him: "Goodbye then, my innocent earl."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chameleon exerted his strength and thrust the dagger forward.

"Buzz~"

There was a soft sound, followed by a strange white light. In the white light, Earl Derek disappeared out of thin air, and the chameleon's dagger stabbed straight into a ball of air.

Chameleon was shocked: "Teleportation magic!"

Linnaeus' poison did not kill the female magician.

Almost at the same time, the door of the ballroom was pushed open with a bang, and a young man in a gray robe appeared at the door. It was the magician Green. He held a staff in his hand, and the tip of the staff flashed with blue arcs.

"Chameleon, your death is coming!"