With Lightning Speed, Elemental, and Defense, three ability runes, as well as the melee and casting dual weapon systems, as well as Pabiete's battle awareness after awakening his wisdom, this was a one-sided suppression.
That huge puppet holding the dual swords simply couldn't catch Pabiete's shadow.
Pabiete's body was like a mirage as he held a laser sword and kept revolving around the dual-wielding puppet. Every time he revolved, the laser sword would slash seven or eight times on the dual-wielding puppet's body. The laser sword had terrifying cutting power and would leave a deep wound on the puppet's body every time. Moreover, every wound was located at the most crucial part of the dual-wielding puppet's energy transmission.
After a few minutes, the dual-wielding puppet lost the ability to move. The crucial energy transmission between its legs had been completely cut off by Pabiete.
Pabiete once again charged forward. The huge swords in the dual-wielding puppet's hands crisscrossed as they slashed towards Pabiete, but Pabiete instantly stopped moving and stopped right in front of the two swords. Pabiete's silhouette rushed forward once again as the two swords crisscrossed.
His slender body nimbly stepped on the dual-wielding puppet's body a few times before appearing in front of its huge head.
The laser sword in his hands instantly dissipated and was replaced by the casting weapon systems on his arms. Firebolts, Frost Bolts, and Light Bolts burst out at the same time. The elemental buffs also shone at the same time.
In less than a blink of an eye, the casting weapon system on Pabiete's arms burst out with terrifying power under the effect of the elemental buff runes.
It was like a mana crystal cannon firing right next to the dual-wielding puppet's head.
A loud explosion echoed as a glaring light blossomed. Pabiete stepped on his opponent's chest and instantly disappeared.
After a second, the light dissipated, and more than half of the dual-wielding puppet's head had disappeared. The instantaneous transformation of ice and fire, as well as the fatal ray of light, had been completed in that short period of time. It could be considered a perfect battle art.
After the battle was over, Lin Yun personally dissected the puppet and dismantled all the intact components. He also sealed the ability rune and stored it. Moreover, he also found a fist-sized black substance in the puppet's torso.
As Lin Yun finished dismantling the puppet, Xiuban also finished his battle on the other side. But that eight-armed ape puppet's original appearance could no longer be seen. Its body looked like a pile of scrapped components from a puppet cemetery, all the components had been smashed into a pile of scrap iron by Xiuban's strange power.
The only thing remaining was the Low Tier Ability Rune on the eight-arms ape puppet's body.
There was no need to dissect it, because it had been forcefully smashed open. There was no need to dissect it …
After putting away the small piece of black substance, Lin Yun unhappily glared at Xiuban.
Xiuban proudly pointed at the pile of scrap iron on the ground.
"Sir Merlin, how is it? Isn't the great Sir Xiuban very powerful now? I feel like I can't even kill myself. Look at this guy, not a single usable component can be found, everything has been smashed into scrap iron."
After saying that, Xiuban glanced at Pabiete with a radiant expression. Pabiete's head was tilted to the side, and everyone could see the light in his crystal eyes. It was the light of an idiot.
Reina's spell was bound to shatter everything, and Pabiete only wanted to obtain more intact components. If he didn't care about this, he would have already dismantled that dual-wielding puppet. How could he have spent so much time on it?
But Xiuban was clearly a destructive guy. With his intelligence, smashing the puppet into scrap iron was a way to display his power.
Lin Yun despaired of Xiuban's intelligence and didn't feel like scolding him. He spat out a rune and hung Xiuban up. A dozen Mind Whips appeared and fiercely whipped Xiuban.
To this guy, any language was useless. The only language that he could understand was the whip …
Once again, they overthrew a steel city. Everything went very smoothly.
On the other side, the Gilded Rose's influence in the Odin Kingdom was growing. After the opening of the exhibition, most of the people there were Low Tier Mages, but now, even Heaven Mages would personally go to the Gilded Rose to purchase goods.
In addition to the eighteen shops in Neverwinter City, they spread to the surrounding cities with Neverwinter City as the center. It took less than a week for Faleau to establish 38 branches within a few hundred kilometers of Neverwinter City.
They recruited 300 ordinary Alchemists from the Starry Sky College, and this was a strictly controlled number. Within a week, over a thousand ordinary Alchemists came to the Gilded Rose to apply for a job.
And over thirty Great Alchemists, three Master Alchemists, and one Artisan were recruited. The only condition for recruiting an Artisan was for Lin Yun to spend an hour a week teaching him alchemy theory.
That Artisan was one of the wandering Artisans that had been researching truth runes in the Starry Sky College. After learning that Lin Yun had researched 1,800 truth runes, he went crazy.
There was only one price for signing a millennium contract with Gilded Nobility, and that was to teach him an hour a week for ten years, or to teach him the mysteries of three hundred truth runes.
He didn't even need the Gilded Rose to prepare the materials he needed for his own alchemy research. This was equivalent to selling himself to the Gilded Rose.
If he knew that there were 108,000 truth runes carved in Lin Yun's Demiplane, he might have cried and asked to sign a 10,000-year contract.
In fact, that 1,000-year contract was something that that guy really wanted to sign. Faleau had no choice but to sign it.
In addition to preparing for the opening of the new branch, some Families of the Odin Kingdom also came to look for cooperation. There were even some Families that supplied materials to the Gilded Rose to sell their materials.
After all, 95% of the Gilded Rose's raw materials were produced by the Gilded Rose itself, and the transportation of raw materials was the biggest cost in the Odin Kingdom. If the Odin Kingdom supplied the materials, they would save a lot of money and would be safer.
After all, the long-distance transportation from the Andalusia Kingdom to the Odin Kingdom was very risky in itself. Apart from bandits, there were all kinds of dangerous environments and lifeforms. Who knew what they would encounter?
When they were planning to open a branch in the Odin Kingdom, they couldn't find any material suppliers. Regardless of their size, no one was willing to provide raw materials to the Gilded Rose. Even when Faleau raised the price, no one was willing to provide raw materials.
But now, raw materials suppliers of all sizes started coming to the Gilded Rose's door on their own initiative with very low prices. Whether they could sell to the Gilded Rose or not depended on Faleau's mood.
Based on this expansion speed, it wouldn't take more than a few years for the Gilded Rose's branch to cover the entire northern region of the Odin Kingdom before slowly expanding towards the capital. With the Gilded Rose's technology and strength, it might become the largest chain store of alchemy items in the Odin Kingdom in a dozen years.
The Gilded Rose was rapidly expanding in all aspects, and every Gilded Rose's employees and even their partners were very happy. This represented a large amount of purple golds.
But one Family wasn't very happy.
The mood of the Jackson Patriarch was somewhat complicated. As the Gilded Rose grew, the Jackson Family, as a partner, would purchase most of the things from the Gilded Rose, and the prices were a lot lower than the market price.
Because of the Gilded Rose's potions, Magic Tools, alchemy puppets, and arrays, the Jackson Family had recently been conquering a plane that had fallen into a stalemate. But now, they had started conquering it once again. Their losses were a lot smaller, and their gains were a lot bigger.
Moreover, the surplus alchemy items were secretly sold to families they had a good relationship with, bringing in a large amount of profit.
It hadn't even been a few days, and according to the Jackson Family's estimations, the profits from the cooperation with the Gilded Rose would account for over 60% of the Jackson Family's total profits in the next year. More importantly, this didn't include the hidden benefits and growth brought about by this cooperation.
It was reasonable to say that this was a good thing, but the Jackson Family wasn't happy, because they had recently wanted to sign a contract with the Gilded Rose to increase the duration of their cooperation, but unfortunately, the Gilded Rose refused.
At first, they only signed a one-year contract with a tentative attitude, but who would have thought that it would bring such a huge harvest? It was at least ten times bigger than they had expected.
According to their estimations, the Jackson Family might become dependent on the Gilded Rose, but based on this development, the Jackson Family might grow five times stronger in five years!
This was an amount that was hard to refuse. Let alone relying on the Gilded Rose, even if they directly submitted, the Family wouldn't have much of an opinion.
Unfortunately, the other side didn't want to sign a contract for a year, and this was because the Gilded Rose didn't want this to affect their reputation.
If not for the fact that they had just taken root in the Odin Kingdom and that breaking the contract would have a bad influence on the Gilded Rose, Faleau would have really broken the contract, even if Lin Yun didn't say anything.
The Gilded Rose's development had been getting faster and faster recently, it was like a gold-devouring machine that kept devouring a large amount of wealth. The Jackson Patriarch couldn't sit still.
The Jackson Patriarch and all the Heaven Rank powerhouses of the Jackson Family were present in the conference hall.
Once Fortmore and Layford arrived, before they could sit down, a white-haired old man next to the Jackson Patriarch opened his mouth.
"Who allowed you two to sit down?"
Hearing the old man's words, Layford and Fortmore were a bit stunned, but they didn't dare to resist and obediently stood there.
After everyone arrived, the Jackson Patriarch threw a stack of documents on the table.
"Take a look."
This was the benefits of the Jackson Family's cooperation with the Gilded Rose, as well as the long-term evaluation. Everyone was startled when they saw this information. Although they already knew that there would be many benefits, no one expected them to be so great. A long-term cooperation might make the Jackson Family's strength increase a few times within five years.
Similarly, there was also an evaluation. If the Jackson Family stopped working after a year, it would be a huge blow to the Jackson Family. At the very least, their strength would fall one level, and their development speed would plummet a dozen times.
In other words, the Jackson Family could only act according to the Gilded Rose's mood.
"Patriarch, why did you only sign a one-year contract? Why didn't you sign a new contract? It should have been signed for at least thirty years, no, fifty years!"
The Jackson Patriarch fiercely slammed the table and gnashed his teeth as he pointed at Layford and Fortmore.
"Why? Ask these two idiots! Ask them what they have done! "
"That idiot Layford dared to make a move inside the Starry Sky College and snatch the research results of a guest invited by the Starry Sky College. Not only did he fail, he even caused the outside family to lose five Heaven Rank powerhouses! Five!
"The most important thing is that idiot's target is the true controller of the Gilded Rose!
"Moreover, that idiot wantonly ridiculed the true controller of the Gilded Rose in the Gilded Rose's shop and even tried to snatch the materials collected by the other side.
"Look at what these two idiots did. Sh * t, the Gilded Rose isn't breaking the contract, it's already very benevolent. Layford, Fortmore, why didn't you two get directly killed?!
"Especially Layford, if you were directly killed, our Family wouldn't have offended H.e. Mafa Merlin, we wouldn't have offended the Starry Sky College, our Family wouldn't have been implicated.
"Idiot! Idiot! Incorrigible idiot! "
The Jackson Patriarch's roar made Layford and Fortmore pale. They couldn't help feeling fear in their eyes, they already knew how serious the problem was.
This wasn't just affecting the Jackson Family's business, it was affecting the Jackson Family's foundation. The difference between cooperating with the Gilded Rose and not cooperating with the Gilded Rose was a few dozen times greater.
If this continued for a few years, their enemies might be a dozen times stronger than them. The territories, planes, and wealth controlled by the Jackson Family might all be snatched away, adding fuel to fire. The Jackson Family might be reduced to a 3rd rate Family in less than ten years.
At that time, no one from the younger generation would rise up and some Heaven Rank powerhouses would die in battle. The Jackson Family would thoroughly decline.
Hearing the Jackson Patriarch's roar, the expressions of the Heaven Rank powerhouses participating in the meeting changed. They looked at Layford and Fortmore with unkind expressions, especially the old man sitting in the center, his eyes were almost spurting flames.
The Jackson Patriarch didn't say anything, but the calm old man spoke.
"Layford, Fortmore, you are expelled from the Jackson Family from now on."
The old man's words made Layford and Fortmore thoroughly despair. That old man was the strongest person in the Jackson Family. He had lived for close to two millennia and had single-handedly developed the Jackson Family to its current state. No one would object to his words.
And this time, it wasn't for show, they were truly expelled from the Jackson Family.
After the old man finished his words, the group of Heaven Rank powerhouses with unsightly expressions immediately spoke up.
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
…
Everyone seconded the decision, this outcome couldn't be changed. The Jackson Patriarch continued to speak, coldly looking at Layford and Fortmore.
"You two fools, listen up, I'll immediately report this matter and you two will no longer have any relationship with the Jackson Family.
"But if you can't obtain the Gilded Rose and obtain H.e. Mafa Merlin's forgiveness, if our Jackson Family declines because of your stupidity, then you should know the price you have to pay.
"Every Heaven Rank powerhouse is very important to the family, but that doesn't mean that all of us and the family will be buried because of your stupidity.
"F * ck off! F * ck off! F * ck off! "
Layford and Fortmore raised their heads, despair visible on their faces. Especially when they saw that old man's dark expression, their hearts turned cold.
If they couldn't be forgiven and couldn't continue their cooperation with the Jackson Family, they would truly be screwed. The Jackson Family would definitely cut off their heads to beg for forgiveness.
In the fiercely competitive Odin Kingdom, face and dignity couldn't allow a Family to develop or even survive.
After leaving the Jackson Family, Layford and Fortmore thoroughly despaired. Especially Fortmore, he wished he could strangle Layford and was glaring at him with flames burning in his eyes.
'That foolish Layford is hopelessly stupid, why didn't he die? He wouldn't have harmed me if he had died, but now, he harmed me!'
"Layford, what should we do now?"
Layford had a dejected and despairing expression. He didn't have the imposing aura of a Heaven Mage and didn't know what to do. He could only stiffly walk to the Gilded Rose's street.
The two stood on the street for over an hour, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, they saw an Archmage being driven out of the shop by a group of puppets. Hearing the people in the surroundings saying that they had come to cause trouble, Layford's expression suddenly brightened.
Half an hour later, Layford and Fortmore were sitting in the conference room. They couldn't help feeling nervous as they looked at Faleau.
"You want to come to our Gilded Rose to apply … for the position of a Guardian?"
Faleau looked at the two Heaven Rank powerhouses in front of him with a strange expression. Guardians were actually security guards …
Layford and Fortmore promptly nodded. Layford was afraid that Faleau wouldn't accept and promptly explained.
"We have already been expelled from the Family because of our mistakes, but I feel that what we did to Lord Merlin was really wrong. If an apology was useful, there wouldn't have been so many problems. Thus, I feel that we should apologize with action."
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