The Last Alchemist

On the first day after the God Festival, the morning sun was pale, and the cold wind blowing from the river carried a strong smell of death. The once bustling and noisy city of Nerogard fell into a deathly silence.

In the outer courtyard of Nerogard, most of the buildings within the thousands of acres of land were destroyed, leaving only a pile of ruins and broken walls that were smoking. Among the swaying scorched trees, there was only an ordinary stone house at the edge of the structure. Can be considered complete.

‘Squeakyah~’

The door of the stone house suddenly opened, and after a while, a group of people walked out of it. The one walking in the front was the magician Tarot, and beside him was Lilith. Behind them were four young magicians.

The group of people walked cautiously among the ruins of the college until they arrived at a ruined building. Lilith and Tarot stood on the outside, responsible for guarding against monsters that might jump out of the darkness to attack.

The four young magicians walked to the ruins, waved the shovels in their hands, and carefully rummaged through the ruins, looking for any valuable materials.

This ruins has a very wide field of vision, and there are basically no hiding places as far as the eye can see. Tarot used magic power to carefully search the area. After confirming that there was no danger, his tense spirit relaxed slightly.

After waiting for a while, he felt a little bored, so he walked to Lilith and whispered: "Lilith, who is that Rosen?"

Lilith's eyes kept scanning the surroundings. After hearing Tarot's words, she responded casually: "I don't know very well, he is a mysterious person."

Tarot was surprised: "Not sure? But you seem to trust him."

Lilith glanced at him sideways and corrected: "It's not just what it seems, I just trust him."

Tarot became more and more puzzled. He shrugged: "I admit that his power is very powerful, but judging from his accent, he should be from the South. Also, the treatment methods he used before were very bloody, very similar to those taboo black people. Magic. And don’t you think the timing of his appearance is a bit too coincidental? He arrived right after we were attacked by monsters.”

Lilith frowned slightly: "Tarot, that is a surgical operation, not a black magic. Although the academy does not like this kind of bloody treatment method, among the people, this simple treatment method is very popular, and it is used for treating In case of trauma, the treatment effect is very good. Also, the reason why he arrived in time is because he has been staying in Nerogard. "

Tarot shook his head disapprovingly: "Of course I know about surgery, but when it comes to therapeutic effects, that's just a joke. If two out of ten people survive, it's God's blessing. Lilith, I don't know why you believe in him so much, but I have always held a conservative opinion. I think his purpose is very suspicious and he has a shady plot against the college!”

Hearing these words, Lilith almost laughed out of anger. She turned to look at her junior brother carefully and asked seriously: "Tarot, do you think that with his power, it is necessary to play tricks with you? Why doesn't he Directly ordering you? Or do you dare to resist his order? "

Tarot was choked and speechless. He snorted coldly: "Anyway, I just think there is something wrong with him. Maybe he is just a shady black magician! Also, the two women around him are also, A half-human, half-monster freak, and the other girl in red exudes an inhuman sense of coquettishness. I bet that girl must be a monster, maybe a vampire!"

The most important purpose of the academy is that magicians and monsters are incompatible. The mission of magicians is to eliminate all inhuman monsters in the world.

Although the binding force of this tenet has been weakening in recent decades, it has never been forgotten. An orthodox academy magician never disdains to associate with monsters, and those magicians who deal with monsters are in the academy. In the eyes of the magicians, he is a typical example of self-destruction.

Lilith was also deeply affected by this school motto. After hearing Tarot's words, a trace of doubt appeared on her face.

Of course she was not doubting Rosen, but she was worried that Rosen's closeness to mutant stalkers would affect his reputation. She knew very well how arrogant the magicians in the academy were, and Tarot was just one of them. There would definitely be others in the future. More people are taking advantage of this to make a big fuss.

Seeing that Lilith was silent, Tarot thought that he had persuaded her and whispered: "Lilith, I insist that we should be cautious in dealing with this Mr. Rosen."

Lilith nodded slowly: "Well~ I will consider it carefully."

She felt that it was necessary for her to talk to Rosen in private about the mutant stalker. At least, she had to ask him to pay attention to his behavior in public.

At this time, the four young magicians had almost dug through the ruins. They found a lot of good things, including a bag of flour, a large basket of potatoes, a small bag of spices, two large pots, glass mirrors, bottles, and pots. There are more than a dozen kinds of bowls, etc., large and small, and the harvest is quite fruitful.

Tarot was very satisfied with the result of this recovery. He waved his hand and said, "This trip is almost over. Let's go back first."

The group of people carried the excavated supplies and walked towards the stone house not far away. Just halfway, a young magician suddenly said: "Strange, there seems to be crying outside the courtyard wall."

"Crying? What crying?" Tarot's hair stood on end. Although it was broad daylight, the pale and pale sun in the sky did not give him much sense of security.

After a while, the crying outside the courtyard wall became obvious, and now everyone could hear it clearly.

"Someone is crying, and there are quite a few people." Lilith said.

Tarot became more and more nervous, and he immediately waved his hand towards the stone house: "This may be a conspiracy of the monster! Quick! Speed ​​up and return to the stone house!"

After he said this, the other magicians were also scared. After experiencing a nightmare night, they all had a deep fear of monsters in their hearts.

The magicians all started to trot towards the stone house.

Lilith had to run with the crowd. She looked towards the wall while running, but the wall was too high. Apart from crying, she could not see anything. The only thing that was certain was that the crying was getting more and more, and it was getting closer and closer to the wall of the academy.

They were not far from the stone house. Soon, the group ran back to the house. After the last person entered the house, several young people immediately closed the wooden door of the stone house and blocked it with a boulder.

In the hall of the stone house, Rosen was holding a syringe in his hand and was concentrating on injecting nutrient solution into the veins of the magician Xuma's arm. These nutrient solutions were carefully prepared by him. They contain most of the nutrients that the human body urgently needs, and the concentration is moderate. It can help the magician Xuma recover faster.

After hearing the movement at the door, he remained motionless and patiently injected the nutrient solution. While injecting, he asked Xuma in a gentle voice: "How does the wound feel?"

Xuma's spirit seemed much better than before. He frowned and said: "It hurts a lot, especially my stomach, which hurts more and more."

This was expected by Rosen. This was not necessarily due to the worsening of the injury, because as the body continued to recover, the body that had become numb due to the serious injury would slowly regain its perception ability, and the pain would naturally increase.

Just in case, Rosen used alchemical magic to carefully check the wound. After confirming that the wound was not infected and Xuma's blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature were basically normal, he smiled and said, "Your body is recovering, which is a good thing. Don't worry, just bear with it."

As a magician, Xuma also has a keen sense of his body. He also feels that his strength is slowly recovering, but the pain disturbs his perception and makes him unable to confirm this situation. At this time, he heard Rosen's firm words, and he was greatly encouraged: "Master, can such a serious injury like mine really get better?"

"Yes! I have treated patients, some of whose injuries were more serious than yours, but they all recovered."

Rosen's tone was firm, and in order to give Xuma confidence, he also told a white lie.

Xuma's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard it, and his eyes were full of hope.

Only after experiencing the despair of being on the verge of death can one know the beauty of life. As for Rosen, who pulled him back from the hands of the god of death, he had an indescribable sense of closeness and security in his heart. It seemed that as long as this person was by his side, he would not be afraid of death.

At this time, the movement at the gate was getting louder and louder. Rosen gently patted Xuma's hand: "Pay attention to rest, I'll go see what happened."

He got up and walked towards the door.

Lilith had been waiting for him for a long time. When she saw him coming, she immediately went to meet him: "Rosen, the situation is not good."

"What do you mean?" Rosen actually heard the crying a long time ago, earlier than Lilith and the others.

He could hear that the sound came from outside the academy wall. There were at least hundreds of people crying, and there were men, women, young and old, and they were getting closer and closer to the stone house.

"There are many people outside the academy, all unarmed civilians. They were driven here by monsters and are getting closer and closer to us. I'm afraid." Lilith's eyes were filled with deep fear.

Rosen's face was still very calm. He said calmly: "Are you worried that the monsters will use civilians as hostages to force us out of the stone house to fight them?"

"It's very possible. Rosen, what should we do?"

A woman with a tough temperament and intelligence like Lilith was also at a loss when faced with such a shameless trick.

"Let's go to the balcony to see the situation."

Rosen strode to the second floor of the stone house. All the healthy magicians in the stone house, Annie, Veronica, Mobius and others, followed him.

After reaching the second-floor balcony, Rosen saw that the ruins of the academy outside the stone house were full of civilians, and more civilians walked in from the gap, the number was at least 300.

These civilians were men and women, old and young, couples, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters. Everyone was lost and looked miserable. Driven by the monsters, they approached the stone house helplessly.

Rosen also saw that there were many monsters mixed in with this group of innocent civilians. These monsters were very cunning. They used the bodies of civilians as cover. If Rosen attacked them, the civilians in front of him would surely die.

At this time, the nearest civilians to the stone house were less than 50 meters away.

Seeing this scene, Rosen remained silent.

Magician Tarot almost collapsed. He held his head with both hands and shouted: "This is over. Unless we don't care about the lives of these civilians, we can't stop these monsters at all!"

Anne also went to the balcony. She looked at the monsters downstairs with anger on her face: "Too despicable! These monsters are too despicable!"

Mobius looked at Rosen: "Rosen, we must stop them quickly! Otherwise, we will all die!"

"No! Never kill innocent people!" Lilith yelled: "If we do this, what is the difference between us and monsters?"

"In my eyes, it doesn't matter whether he is a monster or not, I just want to live!" Mobius also roared. He was extremely emotional, his eyes were red, and the muscles on his face were tense. He had already slightly revealed the form of an undead monster.

Magician Tarot suddenly spoke: "I agree with Mobius. It only makes sense to talk about this if we survive first! At this critical moment, we don't have the ability to protect more people."

Lilith was taken aback, with a look of disbelief on her face: "Tarot, what are you talking about?!"

"Lilith!" Tarot roared angrily, pointing at the approaching civilians with a ferocious expression: "Look at those people, they have become the monster's accomplices! Don't you understand that mercy is meaningless!"

Lilith was furious: "I would rather die in battle than massacre unarmed innocent people! If someone wants to do this, I will do my best to stop it!"

"Innocent!" Tarot grabbed his collar irritably.

"idiot!"

Mobius's forehead was throbbing with veins. After hesitating for half a second, he suddenly stretched out his hand like lightning and hit Lilith on the back of the head. Obviously, he wanted to subdue the opponent by surprise.

Just as his hand was about to hit the back of Lilith's head, a white jade-like hand suddenly came from the side and squeezed Mobius's palm.

It's Veronica.

"Veronica?" Mobius was puzzled.

Veronica glanced at Mobius with contempt and said, "Old man, after knowing you for so many years, I realized that you are actually a coward."

"you"

Rosen spoke: "Shut up, everyone."

The people on the balcony immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at Rosen, waiting for his explanation.

Rosen smiled faintly: "Don't worry, these civilians won't rush up."

"Why?" Mobius was puzzled.

As if in response to his words, the civilians stopped one after another when they were still 40 meters away from the stone house.

About ten seconds later, a mellow voice came from the gap in the courtyard wall: "What a pity, I didn't scare you."

Hearing this voice, Rosen was slightly shocked: "Amran, you are not dead?!"

The next second, Amran walked out of the gap: "Yes, I disappoint you, and there are others that will disappoint you even more. Have you seen these innocent people?"

"What do you want to do?" Rosen asked. After a while, he had calmed down. Although Amran's resurrection was incredible, after experiencing so much, he was no longer surprised.

"In one hour, I will execute them collectively in the west city square! If you want to save them, come to the square alone! Remember, it is you alone, not one more person, otherwise, they will die very, very tragically !”