The Last Alchemist

Rosen was really unhappy.

Although he knew that this female magician named Lilith was very scheming, when the other party plotted against him, he still felt a little angry.

Facing the entrance of the basement, he suppressed his anger and said coldly: "Miss Linde, I hope you can understand that the reason I saved you was just because I happened to meet you. I have never thought more about you, and I hope you can do the same. Also, I have witnessed and heard about many evil deeds of Earl Derek in the Blue Moon Mansion these days. I think he deserves to die! Even if the monster fails to kill him, I will kill him when I leave!"

There was no response in the basement, as if Lilith was unwilling to answer Rosen's question.

Rosen became more and more angry: "I doubt that Earl Derek is hiding in this basement. I will come in to search. If he is really there, then I can only say sorry!"

As he said, he took out a flashlight, turned it on with a "click", and took out a spiral spray gun, and walked into the basement carefully.

Walking down the steps to the bottom of the basement, Rosen turned on the flashlight to observe the situation in the basement.

In the basement, Lilith lay motionless on the small wooden bed. The food and water he had brought before were still placed in front of the bed, and they had not been moved at all.

He looked around the entire basement again. The furnishings in the basement were exactly the same as when he left just now. There were some alchemical equipment in the middle of the room, and a small desk was placed next to the small bed. The candle on the table was still lit and had not been extinguished.

Rosen stood with his back against the stone wall, and the muzzle of the spiral spray gun was pointed at Lilith on the bed: "Tell me, where is Earl Derek?!"

He just saw a white light, and then Earl Derek disappeared. This was obviously a teleportation spell, and in the entire mansion, only Lilith had this ability.

Lilith still did not respond. She lay motionless on the small bed.

Rosen was a little confused: "Ms. Linde, speak!"

After shouting several times, Lilith's body finally shook, as if she suddenly woke up.

Rosen found that her face was white and bloodless, just like a corpse. He remembered clearly that when he left the basement, Lilith's face had recovered a lot of color.

This discovery made Rosen frown slightly.

On the small bed, Lilith turned her head slightly to look at Rosen. She glanced at the musket in Rosen's hand and asked, "If I don't tell you, will you kill me?"

Her voice was very soft, her vocal cords hardly vibrated, and it was completely the sound of air flow. If Rosen's ears were not good, he would not be able to hear it clearly.

Rosen was still angry and didn't pay much attention to this. He narrowed his eyes: "I have many choices, including taking action."

Lilith retracted her gaze, staring blankly at the ceiling of the basement, and whispered: "He is on the roof of the mansion and should be in a coma now."

"Very good. I hope you are not lying." Rosen put down the spiral spray and turned to walk towards the exit of the basement.

"Wait!" Lilith suddenly shouted, her voice was a little heavier than before, but still very weak, just like a whisper.

"Speak." Rosen paused.

"Don't you want to know why I insisted on saving him? Why can I save him?" Lilith struggled with all her strength. After a while, she finally propped up half of her body. When she leaned against the wall of the basement, she was already panting.

"I think you have made it very clear just now. As for how you did it, probably, you used the teleportation necklace on the earl's neck."

"You observed very carefully. I did use the power of the teleportation necklace, but I never deliberately concealed my physical condition. Just now, I tried my best to search for the existence of the necklace. After searching for a long time, I barely sensed the existence of the necklace. And before that, I didn't know this." Lilith finished her words in one breath, her breathing became more rapid, her face was pale, and sweat dripped down her forehead.

Her current state was like a candle that was about to go out, fragile and terribly fragile.

Rosen was certainly not stupid. His initial anger had basically calmed down. He carefully recalled what he had seen and heard before, and he knew in his heart that what Lilith said should be the truth.

His tone softened: "Okay, I misunderstood you. However, the Earl must die, I'm sorry."

After that, Rosen took a step and walked up the steps to the basement.

"Wait a minute!"

Lilith shouted anxiously. She struggled to get up from the cot, but she obviously overestimated her physical condition. With such a fierce struggle, she lost her balance and rolled off the cot with a "thump".

Rosen heard the movement behind him and turned his head to see Lilith lying on the floor. She was breathing rapidly, her face was pale, and half of her body was exposed outside the quilt, but she completely ignored her poor physical condition and looked at him anxiously with a pair of eyes.

The temperature in the basement was higher than outside, but it was only about four or five degrees. In Lilith's current state, if Rosen left it alone, she would probably be frozen to death.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Rosen couldn't bear it anymore, so he went back, wrapped Lilith tightly with the quilt, put her back in the crib, and tucked the corners of the quilt in tightly: "Miss Linde, since this matter is beyond your ability, and Earl Derek is in this state today entirely because of his stupidity, and it has nothing to do with you. Why are you trying so hard to stop me?"

Lilith's eyes were anxious: "Alchemist, Count Derek won't be able to leave for a while. Can you give me a few minutes and listen patiently to what I have to say?"

Rosen pondered for a few seconds, his eyes turned around on Lilith's bloodless face, he sighed in his heart, turned around and walked to a chair aside to sit down: "Just tell me."

He wanted to see how this Lilith could convince him.

Lilith took a deep breath and said quickly: "Alchemist, I can assure you that although Earl Derek will live, the rest of his life will be very, very miserable, more miserable than most people in this world. Even worse than a beggar begging on the street.”

"Everything is unpredictable, and I never believe in verbal guarantees." Rosen was noncommittal.

Lilith continued: "Alchemist, I must tell you that the monster assassination is not as simple as it seems. In fact, this is a conspiracy, a conspiracy against Nerogard Academy. And judging from the current clues, The leader of the conspiracy is the Flame God Cult that occupies the Free City."

These words made Rosen's heart move: "Then what?"

Lilith was gasping for air, with more and more sweat on her forehead. She was almost exhausted. She still persisted and said: "You know, the Flame God Cult hates all unnatural forces, including magicians. The Cult has cultivated a A large number of wizard hunters, hunting monsters and lone people everywhere Magician. After the Civil War, the Flame God Sect gained power in the kingdom with the power of Thunder God, and its power has been greatly enhanced. The monster assassination is the first step of the Flame God Sect. It’s just to weaken the power in the kingdom that supports the academy.”

Rosen was aware of these circumstances, but he always thought that the fall of the academy was due to a sneak attack by the Flame God Cult.

But now, what Lilith said told Rosen that Nirogard Academy had already understood the situation early on and was thinking of counterattack. However, according to the game process in the previous life, Nirogard Academy ultimately failed.

This incident shows that the methods of the Flame God Cult are much more powerful than Rosen imagined.

Seeing Rosen's thoughtful face, Lilith thought she had persuaded him. She took a short rest and accumulated some new strength in her body: "In the kingdom, although Count Derek is an upstart and a murderer, he is He always supports the academy and is an important member of the academic aristocracy. As far as the current situation is concerned, nothing can happen to him, otherwise everyone in the academic aristocracy will be in danger and the city of Nilogard will be isolated and helpless. "

Rosen pondered and said: "There is a family behind Earl Derek. If he dies, his son will naturally succeed to the title."

Lilith nodded slightly: "You are right. But who can guarantee that Derek's son will still support the academy? Just imagine, if his father was killed

In Nerogard, the Academy did nothing. As the son of an earl, why should he continue to support the academy? "

Rosen remained silent.

He suddenly felt that he really didn't understand politics. He couldn't see through all kinds of complicated interest relationships and only liked gratification and grudges.

Everyone has shortcomings, and Rosen is naturally the same. He was a top student in his previous life, and his IQ is certainly online, but his emotional intelligence in dealing with people is a bit embarrassing.

Lilith added: "Alchemist, Nerogard City is a refuge for all magicians. If the academy fails, those wizard hunters will hunt magicians unscrupulously. You, me, and all magicians will become homeless dogs. Running around. You don’t want that to happen, do you?”

Of course Rosen understands this. He has thought through these principles long ago, but when it comes to specific actions, he is always too extreme.

After being silent for a while, he spread his hands and said, "Okay, you convinced me, I'll spare his life."

"Huh~~~"

Lilith breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed, and collapsed softly on the small bed: "Alchemist, I know that you are a frank and straightforward person, and you don't like these dark methods. I don't like it either, but in this world , many times I can’t help myself.”

Rosen acknowledged this statement: "I understand."

Lilith paused for a while and suddenly asked: "Alchemist, when you came in just now, your eyebrows were wrinkled more tightly than usual, and you still had a smell of blood on your body. Have you already killed the monster?"

What a keen observation.

Rosen has become accustomed to this. This Lilith's brain is terrible. In terms of the ability to observe words and emotions, he is far inferior to Lilith, and he is completely abused by the other party.

When he thought this, he couldn't help but show a trace of fear on his face. As a result, this slight expression was noticed by Lilith again.

She rolled her eyes, stared into Rosen's eyes, and said solemnly: "Alchemist, I, Lilith Linde, swear to God that I will never use any dark means of intrigue against you. If I violate my oath, I will Live your whole life alone and be spurned by everyone until you die!"

These words are very important. In this world, the supreme existence of God is basically synonymous with the Creator. I swear by God that no one dares to disobey.

Rosen was stunned after hearing this. For a while, he looked complicated: "I will leave soon, and we may not meet again in the future. Why do you swear such a heavy oath to a stranger?"

Lilith smiled weakly: "Everything in the world is unpredictable. Who knows what will happen in the future?"

Her face was pale, and her hair on her temples was still sticky with sweat. When she smiled, she was like a white epiphyllum that would wither at any time, fragile yet beautiful.

Rosen was stunned, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, "Miss Linde, you are not fully recovered yet. I will stay here for a while."

After that, he stood up, walked to the basement entrance, closed the floor again, and then sat down at the desk again, poured a glass of water and handed it to Lilith: "Are you thirsty?"

"No." Lilith smiled.

"Are you hungry?"

"No."

"Then you should have a good rest."

Rosen took out the papyrus and feather pen from the package, dipped some ink, pondered for a while, and continued the previously interrupted train of thought and continued to write the manuscript of "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy".

Just as he was concentrating on writing, the magician Green and a dozen mansion guards arrived at the glass greenhouse.

"Search carefully, the monster is very likely hiding here. Wait, what is that?"

The magician Green saw the bloody corpse lying on the sand.