"Where is the Alchemist that survived by a fluke?"
Faleau froze, his expression changing as he thought of something.
"In that count's mansion …"
"Check the collaborators that came to return goods, as well as the ones with decent strength, as well as these few nobles. Find a common connection between them."
After saying that, Lin Yun's eyes flashed with pleasant surprise. He threw a few words at Faleau before turning and entering the Demiplane.
"The Gilded Rose will continue as usual. Regardless of who came to return goods, return them all, but record the name list and find the mastermind behind the scenes."
After entering the Demiplane, Lin Yun saw the slumbering Shawn floating in the air, strands of serene light revolving around Shawn's body.
Shawn's eyes were closed, but the eye between his eyebrows was open. The serene light kept flickering in that eye, and even the light surrounding his body kept pouring into that eye.
Suddenly, Lin Yun's expression changed. He took out the ring that Shawn was possessing and found that the surface of the ring was also shining. As the light flickered, the connection between the ring and Shawn became weaker and weaker before thoroughly disappearing.
'Shawn broke away from the Magic Tool? Broke away from the identity of a Magic Tool Incarnation? '
Pleasant surprise flashed in Lin Yun's eyes. He immediately mobilized a large amount of mana and poured it into Shawn's body.
In an instant, Shawn's transformation crazily accelerated. In a dozen seconds, he had devoured over a hundred bottles of Mana Water, and the light around his body instantly dissipated.
A five-meter-long, two-meter-tall wolf appeared in the sky.
"Hahaha, Lord Shawn is finally free, he no longer needs to be some bullshit Magic Tool Incarnation …"
Lord Xiao En floated in the air, raising his head to the sky and laughing. The eye on his forehead flickered with light. It looked like an eye that was looking directly at fate, and anyone who looked at it would feel uncomfortable.
"Lord Shawn, you forgot that the contract we signed was with you, not the Magic Tool …"
Lin Yun's faint voice rang in Lord Sean's ears. In an instant, Lord Sean's grin froze, and he floated down from the sky dejectedly.
"Damn it, I really regret it. I should have scared you away. Otherwise, I wouldn't have dug a hole to bury myself …"
Back then, that contract was personally made by Lord Xiao En with the highest standards. Unfortunately, Lin Yun found something fishy, and in the end, he dug a hole for himself, and couldn't change it even if he wanted to …
Lin Yun smiled as he looked at Shawn. Getting rid of his identity as a Magic Tool Incarnation was definitely a good thing for Shawn.
Because without the restrictions of a Magic Tool, Shaun's identity as a Soul Walker would be able to keep progressing without being restricted by a Magic Tool.
After fusing the Eye of Calamity and the Eye of Misfortune, the eye between his brows had also evolved into the Eye of Calamity. Combined with Lord Sean's own power, it was definitely a disaster.
A large amount of mana was replenished, and after separating from the Magic Tool and fusing with the Eye of Calamity, Shawn's accumulations finally burst out and he smoothly advanced to the Heaven Rank.
But with Shawn's ability and the Eye of Calamity, even if he had just advanced to the Heaven Rank, playing with a 2nd Rank Heaven Mage would be as easy as playing with a toy. As long as Shawn grabbed an opportunity, he would be screwed.
Lin Yun originally had other plans, but Shawn's breakthrough and separation from the Magic Tool made Lin Yun have other ideas. He brought Shawn out of the Demiplane and quietly flew over a kilometer before arriving at the Count's Manor in a small town.
Shawn was in a bad mood, but when he followed Lin Yun there, he understood that it was time to cause a ruckus. A wisp of mana appeared before disappearing and being replaced by a wisp of soul power.
A layer of power enveloped Lin Yun and Shawn. After entering this heavily guarded Count's Manor, the defenses were like air to Lin Yun and Shawn, they had no effect.
They followed the path and entered the Count's Manor. The arrays they encountered on the way had no effect, and they met the Three-Headed Hound guarding the manor. It was said that any lifeform approaching would be discovered. This kind of magic beast with the bloodline of a Three-Headed Hellhound didn't seem to see Lin Yun and Shawn.
After circling a few times, they finally found the main character, the lucky alchemist who had survived the Gilded Rose's attack.
Astonishment flashed in Lin Yun's eyes when he saw that guy.
That guy said that his left chest had been pierced because his heart wasn't in that position. He originally thought that it was just some random excuse, but he hadn't expected it to be true. That guy had a wisp of Elven bloodline, and his heart was in the center of his chest, not in the left side.
Lin Yun stood outside the window and calmly watched. In the room, that alchemist had a ruddy complexion, as if he hadn't been seriously injured. There were over thirty delicacies on the table, and a smiling mage was sitting in front of him.
"Sir John, how is the preparation for tomorrow's speech? Whether or not we can get the other nobles to deal with the Gilded Rose depends on tomorrow's speech. It wasn't easy for Sir Count to get you to set up a podium in the center of Neverwinter City's commercial street … "
The alchemist had a ruddy complexion as he laughed heartily and waved his hand.
"Sir Butler, rest assured, I've already prepared everything. Tomorrow, I'll follow the agreement and thoroughly ruin the Gilded Rose's reputation.
"An outsider from Andalusia, with the Count personally paying attention, they are definitely screwed.
"We signed a contract, I'll definitely take care of this matter, rest assured …"
Lin Yun stood outside the window and listened for a while, his eyes slightly narrowing.
'Count? That Count doesn't seem to be from the Odin Kingdom's original noble family, he's only a noble. A noble family that doesn't have a noble title, it's just a noble title. How could he spend so much effort to discredit the Gilded Rose?
Would he do something so strenuous and unrewarding without enough benefits? '
Lin Yun calmly stood outside the window for half an hour, already having a clear idea of the situation. That alchemist seemed to be an alchemist under the Count, but in order to frame the Gilded Rose, he specifically found a small alchemy shop to work.
'An alchemist with the power of a Master Alchemist is actually working in a low-level alchemy shop?
He has a speech tomorrow? And he even signed a harsh contract? '
Once that butler left, Lin Yun glanced at Shawn, who was standing on his shoulder.
Shawn had a displeased expression.
"It's just the soul of an Archmage, and an idiot bound by a soul contract at that. So boring …"
After saying that, the Calamity Eye on Shawn's forehead opened and a light without any fluctuations hit that alchemist from behind.
"Let's go, that guy will be done for tomorrow, let's just wait for a good show …"
Lin Yun looked at that alchemist sympathetically. A 1st Rank Archmage was hit by Shawn's Calamity Light. It was as if he had been abandoned by fate, a calamity and misfortune would descend upon him. It would be even worse than death.
Lin Yun turned to leave and took a detour back, but when he reached the back door, he suddenly discovered a bearded man wearing a white robe and a black headband.
And the one following that bearded man was the butler from earlier.
Doubt flashed in Lin Yun's eyes.
'This person is definitely from the Sten Kingdom, and from the Sten Kingdom's desert area.
Coming to the count's mansion in the middle of the night, and coming through the back door … It would be strange if there wasn't something wrong. '
Just as Lin Yun was about to get closer, he noticed that the bearded man was looking in his direction with a suspicious expression.
"Sir Reynolds, what's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing …"
Shawn explained after the bearded man left.
"That bearded man has a rare Soul Magic Tool on him, and he almost discovered it. His soul is under the protection of the Magic Tool, so if I wanted to see his soul, he would have definitely discovered me."
After returning to Neverwinter City, Lin Yun added the Sten Kingdom's forces to the list of people he wanted to investigate.
The next day, in the center of Neverwinter City's commercial street, the place with the highest flow of people, the Gilded Rose was located there.
In the center of the business street, a high platform was set up. Many people began to watch around the high platform, because to be able to set up a high platform in this place, it must be a rich shop in the business street that was about to release something new. Setting up a high platform here was very expensive.
At noon, when the flow of people was at its peak, the Alchemist named John climbed up the high platform with a pale face.
"Many people are wondering who I am and why I am standing here. I'm John, an Alchemist of the Mage Hut …"
John stood on the high platform and narrated how the Mage Hut had bought the fake All-purpose Core, how it had been destroyed, and how he had survived. He even pulled open his clothes to reveal the fist-sized scar on his left chest.
Lin Yun was sitting by the window on the roof of the Gilded Rose, calmly looking at that Alchemist's speech.
"That guy is starting to run out of luck …"
Lord Shawn held a bottle of Mana Water and took a sip as if he was drinking a beverage.
On that high platform, John's speech had already reached its final stage. His pale face had turned red, and his voice sounded like a roar, as if he was very emotional.
"… I want to stand up and let everyone know the ugly face of the Gilded Rose.
"As long as I ruin the Gilded Rose, I'll have a new identity, ten million purple golds, and two shops to continue my life in the southern part of the Odin Kingdom.
"Fortunately, I have a bit of Elven bloodline, and my heart is in the center of my chest. This feature saved my life eighty years ago, and it'll bring me a lot of wealth now.
"Hahaha, I ruined a huge shop like the Gilded Rose by myself, what a sense of accomplishment. That stupid Boss of the Mage Hut actually thought that I was an ordinary Alchemist, only a Great Mage.
"Stupid guy, he died with an incredulous expression. He didn't expect that I was an Archmage, and a Master Alchemist at that …
"My speech is over, and the agreement with the Count will be completed …"
Originally, when they were listening to John's speech, many people revealed shocked and angry expressions. Their emotions were stirred up by John, but when the speech was about to end, they heard John's words. Suddenly, everyone was dumbfounded. A group of people stared blankly at John on the high platform.
As for John, his expression suddenly changed. He seemed to have realized that something was wrong, as if he had said something he shouldn't have.
"… No, no, you misunderstood, I didn't say that. Sh * t, I'm being controlled …"
Unfortunately, John didn't have time to finish his words before a consultant appeared within his body. All the runes rapidly formed a slightly curled sheet of light floating in the air.
"No … No, I didn't violate the contract, that was what I said …"
John screamed in alarm, his body continuously retreating, but that sheet of light turned into a stream of light and entered his body. In an instant, a terrifying amount of mana burst out of John's body and transformed into a smoke signal that soared into the sky. John's aura fell to the High Mage realm in two seconds, and it kept falling faster and faster.
After a dozen seconds, the mana surging out of John's body thoroughly dissipated and he turned into an ordinary person. His face seemed to have aged twenty to thirty years in an instant. He fell to the ground, his eyes lifeless as he mumbled to himself.
"How could this be … How could this be …"
Outside the high platform, the expressions of all the onlookers changed. As long as they had some knowledge, they could see that John had violated the contract and suffered the backlash of the contract. Thinking of what John had just said, everyone understood that this guy had come to discredit the Gilded Rose, but they hadn't expected that he would suffer the backlash of the contract because of a slip of the tongue.
The people following John were all stunned. Who would have thought that John would actually say such words at such a time? How could he be so stupid?
Apart from stupidity, no one could think of a second explanation.
Because even if he had been controlled and said those words, the contract wouldn't have immediately suffered a backlash. Only John himself had violated the contract and suffered a fierce backlash.
After the dust settled, Lin Yun didn't pay attention to the rest of the matter. At least with this matter, the opponent definitely wouldn't give up. But the Gilded Rose would have time to deal with this conspiracy. After all, the accusations against the Gilded Rose were all because of the destruction of that small alchemy shop.
Now that the truth had come to light, and in this way, the accusations against the Gilded Rose wouldn't disappear immediately, but it would ease up a lot. This was enough time for Lin Yun to deal with the rest of the matters.
Moreover, this was also an opportunity. Some of his collaborators had unexpectedly come to ask for a refund, so he could take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of those collaborators. If they could still cooperate with the Gilded Rose and support it, then they would be able to continue working together in the future and deepen their cooperation.
After all, the Gilded Rose hadn't come out to explain anything since the rumors appeared. Even if someone came to ask for a refund, they would still return the goods at the original price, which seemed to confirm the rumors.
Lin Yun simply didn't care about this matter. Some of the Gilded Rose's employees also resigned, and Lin Yun had Faleau approve all of them.
It looked like the Gilded Rose had tacitly approved of this matter.
Whether it was the outside or the inside, it was just the right time to get rid of the hidden danger. As for the other side wanting to get their hands on a Multi-purpose Core, or even raw materials, they couldn't even think about it.
The Gilded Rose's raw materials, or even all of Noscent's raw materials, were all in Lin Yun's Demiplane. If the other side thought that the Gilded Rose had found some special ore vein or some other alloy formula, then they could slowly look for it.
There was no possibility of the Black-Patterned Silver being leaked. No matter how imaginative the other side was, they definitely wouldn't be able to think that this was a completely new material.
The Gilded Rose remained silent even after such a huge reversal, which surprised everyone. Faleau also organized the clues he had gathered and came up with three targets.
One of them was the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance from the Sten Kingdom, and the person in charge of the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance in the northern part of the Odin Kingdom was called Reynolds.
At this time, an unexpected guest quietly arrived at the Gilded Rose.
Looking at the mage before him, Lin Yun had an indifferent expression.
He was wearing a light blue robe and was emitting an unconcealable cold aura. His eyebrows and hair were both white. For a 3rd Rank Heaven Mage to have this kind of aura and characteristics, it was clearly due to his physique, it wasn't because of magic.
Moreover, his blue pupils, especially his large nose, and his robust, warrior-like body clearly showed that he came from the Sten Kingdom.
The Sten Kingdom's terrain was special. It was mostly desert, and half of it was covered in ice and snow all year round. There were two races, and the conflict between these two races seemed to be very intense. These two races had been mortal enemies and had been fighting for generations. But after the end of the 3rd Dynasty, small kingdoms were established and the number of kingdoms kept dwindling.
These two races occupying the territory of the Sten Kingdom had no choice but to let go of their hatred and merge to form a kingdom. That was how they managed to survive until now. And although the conflict between the two races was still ongoing, it was no longer a life-and-death struggle, it had become a kind of competition.
"Sir Dick, why have you come to the Gilded Rose?"
Lin Yun had an indifferent expression. When he saw Dick, he more or less understood why the other side had come. He even instantly understood who the mastermind behind the Gilded Rose was.
Dick represented the Lincoln Merchant Alliance, and his base was in the snow-covered half of the Odin Kingdom. The Lincoln Merchant Alliance was a merchant alliance that dealt in Magic Tools, and their biggest competitor was the desert region's Roosevelt Merchant Alliance.
And according to the results of Faleau's investigation, the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance was one of the three suspects.
Dick had a confident smile on his face as he slowly opened his mouth, neither arrogant nor impatient.
"This time, I represent the Lincoln Merchant Alliance to discuss cooperation with the Gilded Rose. We can help the Gilded Rose get out of its current predicament and help you deal with the mastermind behind the scenes. Sir Mafa, don't tell me you don't want to know who is secretly dealing with the Gilded Rose?"
Lin Yun indifferently glanced at Dick.
"Could it be that there is someone else besides the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance?"
Dick swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and a trace of shock flashed across his face.
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