Neo slightly bowed, his calm expression fluctuating a bit.
"Lady Amy, Mafa Merlin is very powerful, far surpassing his rank. I couldn't kill him when he first came to the Odin Kingdom, and he also couldn't kill me.
"Even among rock mages, I'm relatively powerful. Very few Heaven Mages of the same rank are my match, but I can't kill Mafa Merlin.
"Moreover, he once dueled with the Rodney Family's Patriarch, Wilder. Although many people don't understand the process, the victor was Mafa Merlin. Mafa Merlin's progress is very fast and he now has the power of a 4th Rank Heaven powerhouse. If we want to get rid of him, Lady Amy and Lady Sunny would be the best choice.
"But drawing out Mafa Merlin isn't easy. He hasn't appeared in public for a few months. The last time he appeared was in the Gilded Rose and he has never left Neverwinter City."
Neo didn't have time to finish his words when Sunny's expression changed. She took out a magic beacon and sensed the information transmitted by the magic beacon before hurriedly leaving after saying a few words.
"There's a very important matter at headquarters, I have to leave Neverwinter City. Neo, ask your teacher to make an appearance. Lady Amy might not be able to get rid of that damned Mafa Merlin by herself!"
Amy frowned as she watched Sunny leave in a hurry, but didn't say anything.
"Neo, you must ask your teacher to make an appearance. I'll give you an opportunity to make Mafa Merlin leave Neverwinter City and give your teacher the time and opportunity to get rid of that damned Mafa Merlin.
"We'll make that damned Mafa Merlin pay the price for what he did. Anyone who provokes us must be punished with death!"
Neo nodded and didn't say anything else. He only looked in the direction Sunny left, feeling a bit puzzled.
Lord Sang Ni was the liaison officer of the headquarters. She was the key person in charge of external communications. Why did she suddenly leave? Could it be that something had happened to the headquarters?
Impossible. How could something happen to the headquarters? It must be something very important to the headquarters. Mafa Merlin is just a small matter. I should just focus on my own matters.
Last time, when Mafa Merlin just arrived in the Odin Kingdom, he failed to assassinate him, which alerted Mafa Merlin. Although the Rodney Family and the Roosevelt Merchant Alliance weren't able to kill Mafa Merlin, it was enough to distract him and we could personally take action.
It was a pity that he didn't get rid of Mafa Merlin last time. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been such a thing. He would have to ask his teacher for help …
Neo thought about these questions and left quietly. Meanwhile, Amy, whose body seemed to be shrouded in a thin layer of black and gray mist, also took out a magic beacon and quickly sent out a few messages that seemed to be inexplicable.
As time passed, Lin Yun thoroughly recovered from the backlash. Moreover, taking advantage of the backlash, Lin Yun personally sorted out the Laws within the Natural Demiplane and obtained even more benefits. His comprehension of the Laws had increased a lot.
Moreover, as he recovered from the backlash, his rank unknowingly rose to the 4th Rank of the Heaven realm. There was no phenomenon, there was nothing unnatural about it, it was as simple as eating and drinking, he naturally advanced to the 4th Rank of the Heaven realm.
By the time Lin Yun noticed it, he was already at the 4th Rank of the Heaven realm.
This was because his comprehension of the Laws had already surpassed the limits of the 3rd Rank of the Heaven realm. His accumulation in all aspects had already surpassed the 3rd Rank of the Heaven realm, but he still hadn't crossed that threshold. This time, he suffered a bit of backlash, but it turned out to be a good thing.
After recovering, the first thing Lin Yun did was go to the small mountain peak where Agalon was. After climbing the mountain peak, he didn't see any traces left behind by Agalon. Everything was the same as when he left. It looked like Agalon still hadn't returned.
Lin Yun wasn't worried that something had happened to Agalon. Although that Void Behemoth was quite powerful, it was a lot weaker than Agalon. There might be something else.
After leaving an imprint at the peak of the mountain to tell Agalon that he had safely returned, Lin Yun turned around and left.
He had just broken through, and although there weren't any repercussions, it was quite smooth. He still had to consolidate his strength.
After returning to the Gilded Rose, Lin Yun once again returned to the Natural Demiplane.
During the peaceful development, in the northwest corner of the Odin Kingdom, in a city not far from the border with the Sten Kingdom, a caravan of the Gilded Rose transporting materials suffered an attack. As they passed through a canyon, the mountain peaks on both sides suddenly collapsed and large chunks of rocks fell from the sky, covering the entire valley like a landslide.
In less than a minute, the valley was flattened and the caravan was almost completely annihilated. When the remaining members of the caravan rushed to the entrance of the valley, they discovered that two huge rock walls had appeared on both sides of the valley, blocking all paths.
Whether it was the escorting personnel or the escorting puppets, they were all buried in that narrow and long valley.
Within three days, five suppliers of raw materials to the Gilded Rose suffered assassinations. One of the Patriarchs fell, and many powerhouses of the remaining four were killed.
In the northwest of the Odin Kingdom, the Gilded Rose's caravan was attacked thirteen times in three days, losing a small part of their supply.
The Gilded Rose was expanding faster and faster, and it was growing bigger and bigger. The number of potions they sold every day was huge, and the alchemists couldn't stop working. This was because Lin Yun had deliberately set working hours. Purple golds could never be earned, and maintaining a supply that exceeded the demand was actually better.
As the store expanded, the demand for raw materials became even greater. The sales volume of potions in the Odin Kingdom had already surpassed that of the Andalusia Kingdom.
In the Andalusia Kingdom, the Merlin Family could be said to be the strongest mage force in name and in reality. Moreover, they had a good relationship with a few powerful forces in Andalusia, and no one dared to cause trouble, so the supply of raw materials had never been an issue.
As for the Odin Kingdom, the demand for raw materials was huge, so they had no choice but to look for the material suppliers of the Odin Kingdom. Recently, they had been discussing cooperation with a few major magic plant planting families in the Odin Kingdom.
But apart from that, the negotiations definitely wouldn't yield any results.
The supply of raw materials was blocked, and the Gilded Rose's inventory wouldn't be able to last for too long. Even if they used the raw materials of the Raging Flame Plane, they wouldn't be able to last for long.
Because of this matter, Faleau's hair was about to turn white from worry. The people he sent out had already clashed with the caravan's attackers several times, but each time, not a single person was left alive. Even the corpses couldn't be left behind. The corpses quickly corroded and dissipated …
Everyone could see that someone was targeting the Gilded Rose. But that person didn't follow the rules of the game and directly went to assassinate them. The Patriarch of a medicinal plant family was killed, and in less than three days, four of the Gilded Rose's material suppliers severed their cooperation with the Gilded Rose and took the initiative to pay a large sum of purple golds.
"Sir Hughes, I have a very important matter to report to Sir Merlin, please inform him first. After returning, I'll give you three pieces of the newest High Grade Noble Dessert from Old Hans' Dad's Hut!"
Faleau was burning with anxiety. The ones looking for trouble this time clearly didn't follow the rules of the game. What they did was harming others without benefiting themselves. Attacking the Gilded Rose's caravan was understandable if they wanted to cause trouble for the Gilded Rose.
But assassinating a material supplier and even killing a Patriarch was simply causing public indignation. No matter who did it, cutting off the Gilded Rose's material supply wouldn't benefit them at all. Moreover, they wouldn't be able to cooperate with these material suppliers in the future. It wasn't just these few forces, the forces that did this would have a hard time finding a partner.
Hughes slowly swallowed the last bite of dessert before glancing at Faleau.
"This is what you said, I didn't force you. Five of the newest Noble Desserts!"
Faleau froze. He opened his mouth, wanting to say that it wasn't three, but after thinking for a bit, he immediately changed his mind.
"Okay, five of the newest Noble Desserts, and they're definitely from Old Hans' Dad's Hut, and personally made by him!"
Hughes beamed with joy, his eyes narrowing into slits. He flapped his wings and flew to the core of the Gilded Rose before disappearing.
After entering the Natural Demiplane, Hughes flapped his wings and flew towards Lin Yun's alchemy laboratory. Without a physical body, Hughes was used to shuttling through space, but now that he had a body, he felt that flapping his wings and flying was pretty good. Only an ordinary Magic Pet Owl could taste the most delicious desserts.
After flying into Lin Yun 'laboratory, Hughes shouted at the top of his lungs, "Sir Merlin, Sir Merlin!
"Sir Merlin! Sir Merlin! That fool Faleau is looking for you! He said that someone is looking for trouble and wants to get rid of them!"
Hughes flew to the entrance of one of the alchemy labs and stuck his head out to sneak a peek, a bit of fear visible in his eyes. The daring Hughes didn't care about other lifeforms or dangers, but he was afraid of Lin Yun.
Lin Yun rapidly assembled a puppet with a frown, apparently dissatisfied.
Hearing Hughes' shout, Lin Yun casually put the newly crafted puppet to the side and looked at Hughes, who was standing on the shelf.
"What's going on?"
Hughes shrunk his neck, his body involuntarily shrinking. It looked as if he had become thinner by half. This was the instinctive reaction of a Black-feathered Owl when encountering an undefeatable opponent.
"Sir Merlin, that idiot Faleau didn't explain clearly to me. He told me to report to Sir Merlin. He definitely couldn't handle it and came looking for Sir Merlin for help …"
Hughes subconsciously followed Black Faro's example, but he stopped midway.
'Although that idiot Faleau is quite stupid, he recently gave me a lot of delicious desserts. If that idiot is killed by Sir Merlin, who will buy me delicious desserts in the future?
'Forget it, I'll help him. After all, Sir Hughes has eaten many of his desserts …'
"Sir Merlin, it is said that the person looking for trouble is very powerful. Moreover, he killed many people and destroyed many things. This isn't Faleau's fault …"
Lin Yun didn't pay attention to Hughes' baffling words and instantly disappeared, leaving the Natural Demiplane. Seeing Lin Yun leave, Hughes' eyes flashed with horror. He thought a few times before stealthily leaving the laboratory like a thief. Seeing Shawn sunbathing on a large rock in the distance, Hughes sighed in relief and hurriedly left the Natural Demiplane.
Lin Yun appeared in the Gilded Rose, and soon, Faleau reported everything to Lin Yun. Hearing Faleau's report, Lin Yun had an unsightly expression.
"Someone attacked the Gilded Rose's material source again? Did you find out who it was this time? "
Faleau had a vexed expression as he shook his head.
"Sir Merlin, this matter seems a bit different. The other side seemed to only want to kill people and didn't steal anything. The lost goods were also taken away by the people who came after the caravan's people were killed.
"I don't know who did this. After all, they didn't just attack the caravan transporting the materials, they also assassinated a few families that cooperated closely with us. They are all important material suppliers of the Gilded Rose.
The Patriarch of a material supplier family was assassinated. The impact of this matter was very bad. No matter who did it, there was no benefit at all. Those material suppliers had already jointly put out a high bounty in the past few days, just to get a little information.
"Everyone who came in contact with them will be suspected. There are even two families that think that this might have been done by our Gilded Rose. Even if the Gilded Rose didn't personally do it, it definitely has something to do with it.
"Thus, we have already severed our cooperation with the Gilded Rose …"
Lin Yun frowned. He also felt that something was wrong. This wasn't something a competitor could do. This was simply harming others without benefiting themselves. It affected the Gilded Rose's material supply, but no matter who it was, they wouldn't be able to get any benefits.
After all, whoever got the benefits would be the target of suspicion. Although they couldn't see who did this sneaky assassination, it didn't matter. They only needed to see who would get the benefits.
This kind of thing was too simple. Only a brainless person would do such a thing. Although the Rodney Family had threatened the Parkinson Family, it was only to threaten them not to supply the Gilded Rose with raw materials. They didn't use such a violent method to kill the Patriarch of a material supplier. No matter who it was, this was breaking the rules of the game and would definitely cause public anger.
One had to know that it was impossible for a material supplying clan to only have one or two collaborators. Especially for some clans that could provide relatively rare materials, there might be seven or eight big collaborators. Now that the patriarch of a clan had been assassinated, everyone's interests would be affected. This nature was really too vile.
Lin Yun closed his eyes and pondered for a while before he suddenly spoke.
"Whether it's the caravan or the material supplying family working with the Gilded Rose, they were all assassinated? Are you sure it wasn't bandits, but assassins?"
Faleau stared blankly for a moment, as if recalling something.
"Lord Merlin, are you saying that someone bribed an assassin to do these things? Someone from the Shadow Tower? "
Lin Yun shook his head.
"It doesn't seem like the people of the Shadow Tower. The assassins of the Shadow Tower never fight too much head-on. Their targets are all about using the smallest amount of power to achieve their goals. There doesn't seem to be anyone who can use shadow power among the attackers, right?"
Faleau shook his head.
"There really isn't. It is said that the Patriarch of the material supplying family died not far from the entrance of the clan. It seems that someone had set up a trap and an illusion barrier in advance.
"After the other party removed the illusion barrier, that Patriarch's corpse suddenly appeared, and there were traces of a battle within a few hundred meters. The opponent seems to be a rock mage, he should be at least at the 2nd Rank of the Heaven realm …"
Hearing 'rock mage', Lin Yun's eyes suddenly shone.
"Rock mage? And with an illusion barrier? "
Faleau was a bit doubtful, but he nodded.
"Indeed, after the illusion dissipated, that Patriarch's corpse was pierced by a thick Rock Spike and hung in the air. Moreover, the traces of a battle at the scene also show that the opponent was a rock mage."
Lin Yun's eyes shone as he recalled the assassination attempt outside Neverwinter City when he had just arrived in the Odin Kingdom.
An Illusion Barrier, a Rock Mage, and a habit of killing people at the entrance. If he wasn't mistaken, he was most likely the same Rock Mage that he had met last time. This incident was also the work of that Rock Mage.
'And to be able to do that, it shows that the rock mage wasn't a particularly important person. If he was a big shot with real power, he definitely wouldn't personally assassinate a material supplying family. After all, that material supplying family's Patriarch was only at the 1st Rank of the Heaven realm.
'In the Odin Kingdom, if it wasn't necessary for that kind of Family to cultivate a large number of medicinal ingredients, they wouldn't be able to provide a large amount of raw materials. With their wealth that didn't match their strength, they would have been exterminated countless times.
'If not for this matter, I might have already overlooked this matter. Because the Rodney Family is mainly made up of earth mages, at least 80% of the direct descendants of the Rodney Family are pure earth mages.
'After advancing to the Heaven Rank, they might walk towards a certain branch of the Earth Law and specialize in a certain path. The Rodney Family definitely has a lot of rock mages. This is the fighting power of the Rodney Family, second only to steel mages.
'I originally thought that the rock mage was a member of the Rodney Family, but after the Rodney Family admitted defeat, that rock mage never appeared again and I overlooked this matter. But now, it looks like there are other forces.
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