Almighty Alchemist

Silent Island Hotel, the ball held by the Dardanelle family has come to an end.

As the patriarch of the family, Brian Buckler sent off every guest with a smile on his face.

"The Dardanelles thank you for coming and look forward to meeting you again."

"I hope you have a good time!"

"farewell!"

The Lord of Royo City, Count Derby Anfleet, came over and said to Buckler: "It's almost time, I should go too, Mr. Dardanelle, before I leave, I have to say, congratulations, the Dardanelle family has an outstanding heir."

"Thank you very much for your praise. I'm sorry that Siser is dealing with some problems about alchemy at the moment, so I can't come to see you off in person."

"It's okay, I can totally understand that."

Oconman Dodge of the Dodge Firm, Viscount Radur of the Bavarian family also bid farewell to Brian Buckler.

"Please send my regards to your heir, Dodge Firm is very happy to cooperate with him."

"On behalf of the Bavarian family, I would like to extend my most sincere greetings to the Dardanelles, and wish Master Sisser a happy life."

Everyone bid farewell to Brian Buckler one after another. Tonight, at least at this ball, the Dardanelles have achieved great success.

But so far, no news has been received about the operation being carried out in secret.

When the people had almost left, Huo Ding whispered in Buckler's ear: "Our people sent a message, Huey has taken Lieu Bogle away, and almost half an hour has passed."

"Didn't he say that he is absolutely sure that he can kill any strong man below the sanctuary in a short period of time in a one-on-one situation?" Brian Buckler frowned.

"Yes, he said so, but the fact is obviously not so smooth. The aura of the strong is not painted with oil paint, but with the blood and corpses of the enemy. It seems that Xiuyi did not go so smoothly."

"I hope he can come back alive, otherwise all the success is just illusory and meaningless. In fact, if he doesn't come back within half an hour, maybe I'm going to run away."

"I believe in him."

"oh?"

Huo Ding said lightly: "If a person is going to fight against a country, but he can't even handle a sixth-level mage, then he is a delusional lunatic. Obviously, Xiu Yi is not."

Not far away, a carriage stopped at the entrance of the Silent Island Hotel.

When Raschel stepped out of the carriage, Buckler frowned: "Why is he back?"

"It seems to be here to see if our Master Sisser is here." Huo Ding replied.

"Damn it!" Bakler stomped his feet, turned his head and whispered to Lele Yesa: "Go to Xiuyi's room immediately and tell them to get ready. Our Lord Raschel is really a troublesome person."

Stepping out of the carriage, Raschel's face was filled with a warm smile.

He came to Buckler's side: "I'm sorry, Mr. Dardanelle, it's very rude to leave without saying hello at the ball, but unfortunately I have to do so. Out of respect for the Dardanelle family, I came back immediately after I settled the matter at hand. I hope to express my apology with practical actions rather than empty words."

"I've heard something about what happened in the city tonight. It's really scary. Did that demon Hugh Igles appear in Royo City?"

"Yes."

"Hope you've caught him."

"Actually we didn't, but don't worry, we will catch him soon. No one can escape the pursuit of the empire." Raschel said with a smile. Buckler shrugged indifferently: "I hope so."

"Then..." Raschel dragged his tone, then looked around and said, "Can I say goodbye to Master Sisser? Speaking of which, one of my guards is still playing cards with him. I hope he won't lose too much to me."

"Really? I'm not very clear about this matter. Barnett, take Mr. Ruschel to see the young master."

"Okay, Patriarch." Huo Ding said to Raschel with a smile on his face: "Please follow me, Mr. Raschel."

Walking through the spacious ballroom and heading towards Xiuyi's place, Raschel and Huo Ding chatted casually without saying a word.

"Mr. Barnett, may I ask, how long have you been with the Dardanelles?" Raschel asked seemingly casually.

"Oh, that's been a while."

"Listening to your words and other people's evaluations of you, it is obvious that you are a person who has read a lot of poetry and books. It is hard to imagine that a sea adventure family like the Dardanelles can have someone as knowledgeable as you as a housekeeper."

"It is true that the Dardanelles do not have the tradition of studying, but it is because of this that they respect scholars. I think this may be the reason why I chose the Dardanelles in the first place, because here, I can get what I don't have in other places. You know that sometimes money is not the only choice that people can rely on."

"That's right, most of the time we are more motivated to do things from interest. Just like me, for me, being able to catch those cunning criminals who are difficult to catch will bring me an unparalleled sense of accomplishment."

"Then what if you don't catch him?"

"Then I will continue to work hard. The sense of accomplishment that comes with easy success is limited after all, isn't it?"

"Mr. Raschel, I must admit that you are a very wise person."

"Compared to the young master of your family, I think I am still far behind. He is a real genius."

"Yes, he is indeed very talented, but he is still young and still lacks experience, and some experience cannot be replaced by talent."

"So he needs the help of an outstanding person like you."

"Just do my best."

"It can be seen that he respects you very much, even more than your patriarch."

"Don't say that, Mr. Raschel, the patriarch just suffered a lot of heart damage because of his brother's death, and he doesn't want to take care of things anymore."

"Maybe he should hand over the family to Master Dardanelle now."

"Oh, there should always be a transitional period. Don't rush for success in everything."

"That's right." Raschel muttered softly, "Don't rush for success in everything."

Of these two people, one is an old fox who is proficient in calculations, and every word he speaks hides murderous intentions, with words in his words, and every word is a trap. The other is the world's number one fraudster who is seasoned in deceit. He is equally proficient in tricks of the human heart, as slippery as a fish, and does not give anyone any excuses.

Between the detection and anti-detection of lies, the former has always been more difficult than the latter. Therefore, when two similar strengths collide, the liar usually wins the final victory.

Therefore, in this trial, Raschel did not get any chance. Houlding easily made invisible all the information Raschel was trying to get, which made Raschel very dissatisfied.

Through the hall, they came to a long corridor, and then there was the living room and bedroom.

"Let's go to the living room first." Huo Ding said.

"I have no objection." Raschel said.

At that moment, a girl suddenly appeared at the entrance of the corridor.

When the girl saw Raschel, her eyes shone brightly: "Oh, Mr. Raschel, so you are here. I have been looking for you for a long time!"

The girl walked towards Raschel.

It was the girl who asked Raschel to dance, Sandy.

This made Raschel a little embarrassed.

"Oh, Sandy, I didn't expect you to be here, I thought you had left."

"I didn't see you. You disappeared after a few dances with you. Oh, Mr. Raschel, how can you leave a girl like that? It's very rude."

There was a deep smile in Huo Ding's eyes.

"I'm sorry, Sandy." Raschel said helplessly.

"I don't care, I want you to compensate me."

"Compensation? How do you want to compensate?"

"I want you to dance with me a few more times."

"Now?"

"Yes, it's now."

"That's not right, the dance is over."

"Then stay alone with me for a while, don't you want to? Or Mr. Raschel, do you hate me?" The little girl's voice was full of tenderness and obsession, as if a daughter met her father, with a feeling of reluctance.

"Oh, of course not, but I have work to do."

"What else do you want?" the girl asked.

Huo Ding immediately said: "Mr. Raschel wants to say goodbye to the young master, but I don't think it's a big deal. You can find a place to play for a while, and I can go and inform the young master to come out."

Raschel took a long breath. He looked at the girl's "innocence" eyes and "innocence" expression, then looked at Huo Ding's smiling face, and finally nodded helplessly: "Okay, Mr. Huo Ding, if you win, I will do as you said."

The phrase "you won" was like a needle piercing Huo Ding's heart. His smile remained unchanged, but he politely saluted Raschel and said, "That's it."

Saying this, he walked towards the end of the passage.

Looking at Huo Ding's back, a cold light flashed in Raschel's eyes, and a deep smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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Raschel never believed that pies would fall in this world.

If there is, then it must be poisonous.

If Sandy's invitation to dance before was just an expression of the little girl's avoidance of young men's harassment, then the little girl's waiting and obsession with him at this moment made him feel a kind of conspiracy.

He had a feeling that although Sisther Darnell invited him to his ball, in fact, he didn't really want to have too much contact with himself.

In fact, he will never forget the look in his eyes at the moment before Xiu Yiglaer activated the teleportation array.

Full of self-confidence, mystery, and an incomprehensible look.

He has a special temperament that ordinary teenagers don't have at all, and he doesn't have the immaturity and innocence that a teenager should have.

It's as if the soul of an adult is installed on a teenager.

He had only seen and felt that kind of temperament in a teenager, and that was Sissard Daniel.

"Mr. Raschel, you're distracted again." Sandy whispered softly in his ear, with a hint of thin reproach.

On the small balcony outside the ballroom, Sandy held Raschel's hand with tenderness in his eyes.

Raschel said in an apologetic tone: "I'm sorry, Sandy, you see, I'm getting older, and I often don't know how to care for the girls around me. I have been alone for decades, I mean, I am used to loneliness."

"Maybe you should find yourself a mate."

"No, people like me are not suitable to have a partner." Raschel shook his head.

"Why?"

Raschel smiled and gently hugged Sandy's shoulders, hugged her into his arms, and said softly: "Because a man like me will be naturally vigilant against any woman who shows good feelings and kindness to me, and I will even... hurt them."

Sandy's face changed drastically.

Raschel's fingers pressed lightly on the back of Sandy's neck, and she passed out with a groan.

Gently put the little girl on the ground, pulled off his coat to cover her, Raschel murmured: "I'm sorry, little girl, I hope you can have a good dream."

Lifting the curtain of the balcony, Raschel noticed that there was no one around.

He quickly groped along the passage.

The living room was so quiet that no one could be seen, perhaps because the guests had almost left, and even the servants could not be seen.

Raschel noticed that there seemed to be a person lying on the sofa not far away.

He walked over to take a look and found that it was Bailey.

His mouth was full of alcohol.

"Damn fool."

This bastard was actually drunk, what did he think he was here for?

Raschel turned back and walked towards the bedroom.

Raschel crept closer to the bedroom.

Putting his head close to the door, Raschel listened carefully.

A man and a woman spoke from inside.

"How's the situation?"

"He wasn't fooled."

"That's too bad. It will be troublesome if he finds out."

"Maybe we should increase the intensity of temptation. Anyway, we must give the young master enough time."

"I'll think about it again."

The voice is full of anxiety.

There was a gleam in Raschel's eyes.

He took out the communication crystal from his arms, and said softly: "Chakle, prepare to mobilize people to surround this place, I think I have found Xiu Yigleer's lair."

After finishing speaking, he put away the communication crystal, opened the door and rushed in, shouting, "I don't think you need to waste your time!"

The next moment, he was completely stunned.

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Huo Ding and Lilith lay on the ground.

There was also a large piece of meat and bone in front of them.

They stared at the large closet not far away, and from below they could vaguely see a furry shadow moving in the gap under the closet.

A pair of big black eyes stared cautiously outside, while Huo Ding was talking with Lilith, and shouted to Xu: "Hey, baby, come out, come out quickly."

Raschel's rush in made Huo Ding and Lilith raise their heads at the same time, and they both looked at him in surprise.

Huo Ding asked in surprise: "Mr. Raschel? How did you come in?"

Lilith yelled directly angrily: "Who is this person? This is simply too rude, how could you rush in without saying hello! What did you just say?"

Raschel was also stunned.

"Ah! I'm sorry, I mean... I think I've come into the wrong room. I wanted to see and say good-bye to Master Sisther Darnell. It seems... I'm terribly sorry."

"Are you looking for me?" The bathroom door next to the bedroom suddenly opened, revealing half of Sissadaniel's body—his upper body was naked, and a towel was still wrapped in his hair.

"Master Dardanelle?" Raschel had a surprised smile on his face, "So you are here, you know I've been looking for you."

"I just took a bath, and I'm planning to give my sister's dog a bath, but the little guy has always hated bathing, and he doesn't cooperate at all. Every time he takes a bath, he has to hide, and he likes to hide in places we can't reach, making himself dirty, as if he will lose money if he doesn't wash it like this."

Xiuyi replied with a smile, and adjusted the glasses on his face: "Hey, Barnett, haven't you coaxed him out yet? I've already prepared all the hot water."

Lilith replied angrily: "He had already come out, but this impolite guy suddenly pushed the door open and frightened him again! Sisser, where did you get these savage, rude friends?"

Huey looked at Raschel with a questioning look in his eyes.

Raschel spread his hands: "Ah, I'm sorry. Really, I'm very sorry for my rudeness. In fact, I was just going to make a joke. Well, I'm leaving now."

As Raschel hurriedly exited the bedroom, Lilith roared angrily from behind: "Siser, you'd better remember that the Dardanelles are striving to become high-class nobles, and they must pay attention to etiquette. As the heir of the family, you can't associate with such uncultivated people at will. It will ruin the reputation of the family and ruin all our efforts. As your sister, I will not allow you to associate with this kind of person again!"

Damn it! Raschel stamped his foot angrily.

He hurriedly took out the communication crystal and said, "Chakle, cancel the operation, wait for me to come down."

Back in the living room, Raschel grabbed the drunk Bailey and shouted angrily, "You idiot, you've made me lose face!"

He grabbed his collar and walked outside.

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The picture in the crystal ball did not end until Raschel got into the carriage.

"He's gone." Xiu Yi said coldly. He put away the crystal ball and tore off the bath towel wrapped around his head, revealing his golden hair.

Walking out of the bathroom, Xiu Yi only wore a pair of shorts. The wound on her thigh hadn't fully healed, and there were scars left by the fierce battle everywhere.

From under the closet, Xu rushed out with a cough, and threw himself into Xiu Yi's arms.

Its body is half black and half white, which is the result of not having enough time to apply the potion.

Huo Ding said: "I'm going to see how Sandy is doing, Lilith, take care of Xiu Yi, he has just gone through a series of tough battles and needs someone to take care of him."

"Okay." Lily replied.

Huo Ding went out, and only Lilith and Xiu Yi were left in the room.

Looking at the wound on Xiu Yi's body, she was silent for a while, and finally said: "Very difficult?"

"There are always unexpected things. For a perfect operation, 50% depends on planning, and another 50% depends on adaptability and luck. We must be glad that we have finally passed the first hurdle." Xiu Yi replied lightly.

"Then will Raschel believe us?" Lilith began to re-apply medicine to Xiu Yi's wound, a top-notch ointment that could help Xiu Yi remove all the scars.

"No." Contrary to Lilith's expectations, Xiuyi shook her head and said, "Raschel will still doubt me and us. In this matter, we have nothing to do."

"Why? I thought it was a really good show."

"Yes, it is indeed very good. But Raschel is also an excellent hunter. Do you know what a good hunter relies on to catch his prey?" Huey asked Lilith.

Lilith thought for a while and replied: "A wealth of experience."

"There are also keen intuition." Huey added: "There are two necessary abilities for an excellent hunter. We can deceive the hunter's eyes and ears, and use various means to invalidate his experience, but we cannot deceive the hunter's intuition. It is an instinct for danger, a natural ability to smell prey, no matter what we do, we can't cover up the opponent's intuition. So no matter how good I do, Raschel will still doubt me."

"Doesn't that mean that everything we do now is useless?"

"No, how could it be useless? We must know that although an experienced hunter has a keen intuition, they rely more on experience. They are not people who act on instinct. Intuition can only provide them with a sense of direction, but not a policy and plan for doing things. A hunter's intuition for prey is like the relationship between eyes and feet. Intuition is the eye, helping him see what he wants to see, and experience is the foot, helping him meet what he is looking for."

Speaking of this, Xiuyi smiled: "Now Raschel's eyes are still valid, and he can still catch what he is trying to catch, but his feet are moving in another direction without listening. He keeps walking forward, but his eyes always stay behind him. The result is... he will hit the wall sooner or later."

Lilith burst out laughing: "This analogy is very interesting, Xiuyi."

"It's fine if you like it." Xiuyi said lightly, "Anyway, Raschel has been fooled. From now on, I have every reason not to approach him any more to avoid more exposure. Thank you, Lilith, for your excellent performance."

This was the first time Lilith received affirmative praise from Xiuyi, which made her feel flattered.

"Unruly, self-righteous eldest lady?" Lilith asked.

After thinking about it, Xiu Yi nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, that's right, the unruly and willful eldest lady...you are indeed very suitable for this role."

Lilith smiled sheepishly.

The eyes of the two people looked at each other. At that moment, all the grudges and unhappiness finally disappeared at this moment.

The next moment, Huey dragged Bogle out from under the bed. This great mage who used to be incomparable in the past is now wearing a magic ring, his hands and feet are tied, and a large piece of rag is stuffed in his mouth. He has completely become Xiu Yi's captive.

Looking at the terrified Master Bogle, Xiuyi pursed his lips into a smug smile.

"Sleep sweet dreams, Master Bogle. This may be your last night."

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