The Last Alchemist

In its heyday, Nerogard City was the economic center of the southeastern part of the Kingdom of Kovel. The city had a population of more than 100,000, and its suburbs were surrounded by a large number of villages and towns.

When the Tenjin Festival disaster occurred, farmers fled their villages for refuge, and the suburbs became desolate. But after all, it is hard to leave the homeland. Less than two months after the catastrophe, some brave farmers moved back. Now, more than four months have passed since the catastrophe. The monsters in the area around Nerogard have been wiped out, and the surrounding villages have basically recovered their vitality.

To the west of Nerogard City, there is Red Creek Town.

In the past month or two, many adventurers have suddenly flooded into the town, filling up the three hotels in the town, and even many people living in the houses.

In the center of the town, there is a hotel called ‘Guest from afar’. The third floor of the hotel is an oversized guest room. At noon, all the guest room windows were closed and the door was locked. In the dim light in the room, only some vague figures could be seen.

There was a faint sound of conversation.

"The news has been confirmed. Tonight, the magician will give a public lecture, and the location will be at the West Square!"

"Is this guy tired of living? After occupying the entire wealth of Nerogard, he still dares to show up in public? Shouldn't he be hiding in a mouse hole?"

"That's not necessarily true. It is said that he is very powerful and can use a lot of magic. His combat power is not inferior to that of high-level monsters."

"Even so, he is still a flesh and blood body, and he can still block muskets! You have to know, even a high-level werewolf can't block muskets!"

"Don't be careless. Nerogard also has musketeers, and their muskets are better and more powerful than ours. During public speeches, there must be martial law around the square. If you want to kill the magician, ordinary methods will not work. , you have to find a way to sneak into the square."

"That makes sense. We have to plan carefully."

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At the same time, news that Nerogard's magic master was going to give a public lecture had spread to various villages and towns around the city. Many people found it strange, especially the topic of the speech "Creating Thunder and Lightning", which was very bluffing. However, most people just sighed and used this matter as a topic of conversation after dinner. Only a few people, especially young people with dreams in their hearts, began to pack their bags and rush to Nerogard City.

Although there are only a few such people in a village, when people from more than a dozen villages and towns gather together, it is still a large number. The city of Nerogard, which fell into silence after the catastrophe, began to gain popularity again.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, more than twenty people dressed as adventurers left the Faraway Guest Inn in Hongxi Town. These people hurriedly left Hongxi Town. After arriving outside the town, they gathered together and took off their clothes for convenience. They took action, but the expensive leather armor was replaced by short linen robes worn by ordinary farmers, and then they split up and rushed towards Nerogard City.

Almost at the same time, martial law also began in Nerogard City.

Nearly two hundred musketeers were dispatched together and took the lead in occupying various favorable ambush locations around the west city square. Sniper Daliou lurked early on the guard tower of the college. This guard tower is the highest point in this area. From here, he can overlook the entire west square of the city, and no one can escape his gaze.

By the Bishui River, Lakwen also concluded a day-and-a-half-long assault training.

For him, this musket is much easier to learn than a sword. Although it only took him a day and a half, he was already able to use these two powerful weapons very skillfully.

He stuffed the large musket into the holster on his left waist, and the small musket into the sleeve of his clothes. As long as his arms move slightly, these two amazingly powerful muskets will slide into his left and right palms at the same time.

At this moment, he felt more confident than ever. He felt that as long as he had enough bullets, he would be qualified to fight even if he met the legendary eternal undefeated dragon warrior Olamson.

"Are you ready?" Annie asked him.

‘Kacha~’

Lakwen moved his arms quickly, and inadvertently, he held the small musket in his left hand and the large musket in his right hand. He smiled and said: "Captain, my steel eagle and little sparrow are on standby at any time!"

Iron Eagle and Little Sparrow, these are the names given to the big and small muskets by Lakevin.

Anne nodded with satisfaction: "Very good. Remember, you are an assassin. When acting, the first principle is not to cause panic among the people, so the action must be secretive, the action must be fast, and the hidden dangers must be solved quickly, do you understand?"

"Understood!" Lakwen nodded.

Suddenly, a breeze blew over from the north of the city. Lekwen took a breath and smiled: "Captain, I seem to have smelled the stench of the wizard hunter. To be precise, it's the low-level thunder potion." smell!"

"Go hunt those hyenas." Annie pointed towards the north of the city.

"yes!"

Lakwen stomped his feet and ran towards the north of the city like the wind.

After Anne watched him go away, she also rushed towards the west square of the city.

The current Nirogard City seems calm on the surface, but in fact there is an undercurrent. As the highest military commander of Nirogard, she naturally has to go to the scene to calm the situation.

In this atmosphere, time passed slowly. In the west city square, more and more people gathered, and a high platform had been set up in the center of the square, and many people were moving some strange things onto the platform one by one.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, a young red-haired woman entered the square with the flow of people.

The red-haired woman is a great beauty with an unusually outstanding appearance, her complexion is frosty and snow-like, and she is wearing a gorgeous fiery red dress. When she walked among the crowd, she was as dazzling as a phoenix in the dark night.

As soon as she appeared, she attracted everyone's attention.

Grodd, the captain of the Musketeers, was the main force in the defense of the square. He spotted this beautiful and dazzling red-haired woman at the first moment. He was shocked and immediately said to the soldiers around him: "Go and ask the brothers outside. Where did this woman come from?"

The soldier trotted to ask. After a while, he quickly ran back: "Captain, the brothers outside said they didn't see any red-haired woman."

"Hiss~~This is fucking weird!" Grodd was shocked. He felt that he could no longer control the situation, and he immediately ran towards Annie who was not far away.

Anne also kept her eyes on the red-haired woman. Seeing Grodd running over, she asked, "Have you heard about the origin?"

Grodd told the situation truthfully, and Annie frowned.

"What to do now?" Grod asked hurriedly.

Anne thought for a while and said, "She is not an ordinary person. Since she appeared in such a high-profile manner and did not cause any trouble, let's just leave her alone for now."

After saying that, Anne made a few gestures to a tower in the distance. This was a specialized sign language. It was meant to sniper Daliou, which meant to keep an eye on the red-haired woman.

After a while, a ray of mirror reflection came from the direction of the tower. After flashing three times, it disappeared. This is Daliu's response, which means clearly.

After the red-haired woman appeared, she found a corner to stay quietly. She even took out a notebook and held it in her hand, as if she had no intention of causing trouble.

Anne was relieved by this discovery.

However, the god seemed not to let her relax. About half an hour later, another man with brown hair more than 2 meters tall appeared in the square.

This brown-haired man is not only tall, but also strong. Ordinary people next to him are like dwarfs. This man was wearing thick black leather armor that looked very well made. When he walked among the crowd, he looked like a tiger pacing among the sheep.

After a while, Grodd came over to report again, his head covered with sweat: "Captain, the peripheral brothers said that they didn't see any 2-meter-tall brown-haired man."

Another one sneaked in.

Anne felt that the situation was out of control.

At this time, she suddenly saw the brown-haired man looking towards her, with a smile on his face and his mouth opening and closing as if he was talking.

Anne calmed down and judged for a while, and found that the other party was saying: "Don't worry, I'm just curious and came to join in the fun."

Even so, Annie was still worried. She was about to tell Rosen the situation, but as soon as she took two steps, she saw another young man with silver hair and silver eyes walking in at the entrance of the square.

This guy was also wearing shiny silver scale armor, and was carrying a giant sword at least 1.8 meters long on his back, which was larger than the giant sword used by the steel-armored warrior Fellman.

This looks like he is no ordinary person.

After a while, Grodd ran over with a sad face and reported: "Captain, this guy also appeared suddenly."

Annie was a little numb. She had a vague feeling that the influence of Rosen's speech far exceeded expectations. Not only were a large number of ordinary people around him attracted, but even many powerful strangers came to join in the fun.

"Captain, what should we do now?"

"I'll report it to the master." This was Annie's only choice.

She was about to go find Rosen when she saw Veronica walking towards her. Judging from her expression, she seemed to have something to say.

"What's wrong?" Annie asked.

"Rosen asked me to give you a message. Just strengthen your vigilance to prevent wizard hunters from causing trouble. As for those strangers, ignore them. If they cause trouble, Rosen will deal with it personally," Veronica said.

After saying that, she turned her head and nodded slightly to the red-haired woman in the distance. To Anne's surprise, the red-haired woman nodded in response. Judging from each other's expressions, the two seemed to know each other.

"You seem to know her?" Annie asked.

Veronica looked complicated: "Of course I know her. She is my half-sister."

"Sister?" Annie was shocked and speechless.

"Let's not talk about it. Anyway, tonight will be very lively, very, very lively, and there may be some unexpected changes."

"I don't quite understand?" Annie was a little confused.

Veronica lowered her voice and whispered: "There are many alien forces in the world, including the neutral Dragon Valley, the violent Wolf Valley, or the Blood Rose who extremely despises mortals. The aliens also have different ideas. , some advocate living in peace with mortals, some advocate treating mortals as slaves, and some advocate distant From mortals. But the aliens all have one thing in common, that is, extreme arrogance. Now, when a Rosen appears, he has been extremely eye-catching when he repelled the alien attack. Now, he even said that he wanted to "create". "Thunderbolt," and also gave public speeches, naturally attracted the attention of many strangers. "

"Did you just say something bad would happen?" This was what Anne was most worried about.

Veronica rubbed her brows and said with a worried look: "Only a few aliens have appeared so far, and there are still many hiding in the dark. Rosen has killed many aliens, so it is normal for someone to take this opportunity to cause trouble for him."

"What can we do? Don't repeat the catastrophe of the God Festival!" Anne tightly grasped the musket, and felt her palms full of cold sweat.

Seeing her like this, Veronica patted Anne's shoulder gently: "Don't worry too much, Rosen is not easy to mess with, do you think he is unprepared?"

"Hmm~~"

Annie looked up at the high platform at the edge of the square. There were still people coming and going on the high platform, and people were busy arranging the equipment on the high platform. She also saw Rosen, who was standing on the side and watching, and occasionally giving instructions. He looked calm and composed, and there was no worry at all.

As she watched, Anne's heart slowly calmed down: "You are right, Rosen is much more terrifying than aliens!"