The Last Alchemist

Tom stood up and walked over to take a closer look.

The stone was about the size of a fist, and its surface was covered with mud and grass clippings, but it was very round, as if it could be carved.

Lakwen turned his head and took a look and then withdrew his gaze: "It's just a round stone. There's nothing strange about it. Get some rest. We have to go into the city to hunt for treasure tomorrow."

"Hmm~Okay."

Tang Pu took the round stone, walked back to the haystack, sat down, and then wiped the surface of the round stone vigorously with the corner of his clothes. After wiping it, he couldn't help but let out an 'eh' sound.

"What's the matter?" Lakwen closed his eyes, a little impatient.

Tang Pu reached out and patted his companion's arm: "Look, this is no ordinary stone. It's transparent inside and very smooth. Maybe it's a piece of jewelry."

Lakwen was stunned, opened his eyes and looked over.

The stone in Tang Pu's hand was very round, and one of its parts had been wiped clean, revealing a small piece of crystal clear and shiny surface. Although it was quite unique, in terms of color, it was no different from ordinary glass.

After a few glances, Lakwen lost interest: "Good luck to you, you picked up a glass ball. This thing should be worth some money. Keep it well."

"Glass ball? Is it a crystal made by an alchemist?" Thomas asked.

"Yes, that's the thing." Lakwen nodded, and couldn't help but mutter in his heart: 'What a simple country bumpkin. ’

Of course, he would not say that last sentence, because it would hurt the fragile self-esteem of his temporary companion, which would affect their subsequent cooperation. These days, it's not easy to find an adventurer with magical talent.

Tang Pu didn't know what his companion was thinking. He was very happy and began to wipe hard with the corner of his clothes.

While wiping, he suddenly felt a slight pain in his hand. He raised his hand and saw that there was a cut on the belly of his finger. Blood seeped out and dripped on the surface of the 'glass ball'.

"Oh~ what a bad luck." Tom muttered, put the break on his fingertips into his mouth and started sucking on it.

As he sucked in, Tom felt his head getting more and more dizzy. The ground seemed to be undulating and shaking like water waves, and the things he saw were distorted and deformed, like a kaleidoscope.

"What happened?"

Before he finished speaking, Tang Pu rolled to the ground with a thud. When he fell to the ground, his hand was still holding the round 'glass ball' tightly.

When Lakwen heard the unusual movement around him, he couldn't help but open his eyes and saw his companion lying on the ground, his body still twisted strangely.

He was wondering: "Hey~ what did you do?"

No response.

"I said, it's getting dark soon. Don't you make such a joke with me?" Lakwen stretched out his hand and pulled Tom's body over.

The moment he saw Tom Pu's cheek, his hand trembled violently, and his body jumped up from the haystack in a whoosh. He retreated for several meters like lightning, and did not stop until he retreated to the wall of the mill. .

"What the hell are you doing?"

He saw that the skin of Tang Pu's thin cheek turned iron-black, and the blood vessels under the skin were still squirming, as if there were countless earthworms underneath.

Although he may look young, he has actually lived for almost 60 years, but he has never seen such a strange situation.

"It's really unlucky. I definitely can't stay in this place." A deep uneasiness surged in Lakwen's heart.

He did not dare to linger, nor did he dare to pass in front of the strange-looking Tom. He turned around and climbed out of the narrow window of the mill. When he arrived outside the mill, he turned his head and glanced at Thompson again.

As a result, he saw that Tang Pu actually opened his eyes, but they were completely different from the black eyes before. In front of him were a pair of bloody eyes with a blood-red light!

"God!"

Lakwen was so frightened that he trembled violently. He didn't dare to stop anywhere, and ran away from the mill as if he was risking his life.

When he ran out for about a few hundred meters, he turned around and took another look, just in time to see a thin and small black figure walking out of the main entrance of the mill. After hesitating for a few seconds, the black figure walked out from another Direction left the mill.

He was also running, and his speed was not slower than him. Within half a minute, the thin figure disappeared at the end of the road.

Lakwen felt his heart beating wildly. He and Tompu had been walking together for five days. He knew very well that Tompu was just an ordinary person with a little magic power. His physical fitness was very poor. I'm out of breath, there's no way I can run so fast!

‘Tom is finished! There must be an evil spirit controlling his body! ’

‘Evil, this place is too evil, Nerogard is too evil. ’

The more he thought about it, the more terrifying he felt. He felt that a monster with red eyes and a black face might jump out of the grass in all directions at any time.

‘My life is at stake. I'm afraid I won't be able to take advantage of Nerogard anymore. No matter how much gold there is in the city, it has nothing to do with me. I'll withdraw first. ’

Lakwen chose a direction opposite to the monster and started running. He didn't know how long he ran. He ran through swamps and woods, and suddenly saw a glimmer of light in front of him.

"Hey~ there is actually a family in this mountain forest? It should be a hunter in the mountain, right?" Lakwen felt slightly relieved. He was feeling cold in his heart now, and he desperately needed popularity to help him drive away the cold. Even if there was only one person in front of him, it could give him great comfort.

He ran towards the light.

He soon saw clearly that there was a mine in front of him. There was a very strange and bright glass lamp on the entrance of the mine. There were two tall and strong men standing under the glass lamp. The two men were wearing strange cotton robes and holding a strange iron rod in their hands.

"What's going on?" Lakewen felt that everything he encountered tonight was indescribably weird.

At this moment, the two strong men at the entrance of the mine seemed to have heard something. They both looked alert and raised the iron rods in their hands towards him.

"What is he going to do?" Lakewen was stunned.

The next moment, he heard two "bang~bang~" sounds, and a bright ball of fire lit up on the top of the iron rods in the hands of the two strong men. At the same time, Lakewen felt a shock in his chest. He looked down and saw a big blood hole on his chest.

"What the hell is going on? Is it magic?!" Lakewen's eyes went dark and he fell to the ground with a "thump".

Before he fainted, he vaguely heard a happy shout from the mine: "Hit it, haha! With such a big commotion, it must be a big wild boar!"

"Now I can eat meat! I eat potatoes every day, and my mouth is dry!"

The last thought in Lakewen's mind was: 'What the hell is a big wild boar! '