"There's no need to sit, Jonathan. I'm here for something else." After Molin entered the Twin Moons Splendor, he didn't pay attention to Jonathan's attentive greeting and instead adopted a business-like attitude.
"Haha, Alchemist Molin, you are still so fond of joking …" Jonathan's expression stiffened when he saw Molin's business-like attitude. Although he quickly squeezed out a smile, that smile looked as stiff as could be.
Jonathan wasn't an idiot …
Once Molin opened his mouth, he knew that something was wrong. After all, he was the butler of the Monchi Family. Others might not give him face, but they had to give Master Monchi some face. Let alone Molin, even Great Alchemist Bassoro, Molin's backer, would have to call him "Butler Jonathan" out of respect for Master Monchi, and not directly call him Jonathan like Molin did now.
Jonathan knew that when people didn't call him 'Butler Jonathan', there was only one reason, and that was when Master Monchi's reputation didn't matter anymore.
Like that time in the Black Horn Auction …
That Faleau only called him "Jonathan".
Then, he was ruthlessly slapped in the face.
"I'm really not joking, Jonathan. I came this time because someone reported that there was a quality problem with your Twin Moons Splendor's alchemy items. The higher-ups sent me to do a routine inspection."
"This … How could this be!" Molin's words made Jonathan's heart thump. 'This is bad!'
The reason why Jonathan was so panicked wasn't because there was a problem with the quality …
To be honest, although alchemy shops would do some shoddy work, the Twin Moons Splendor had only been open for a few days, so they urgently needed to raise their reputation. Even Monchi had personally instructed them to make sure that the Twin Moons Splendor's alchemy items were of sufficient quality at this time. Jonathan would be the first to refuse to believe that there could be a problem with the quality under such circumstances.
The problem was that Jonathan didn't have the final say in this matter.
Jonathan was very clear about the twists and turns in this matter.
Alchemists weren't machines. No matter how outstanding an alchemist was, they couldn't guarantee that there wouldn't be any flaws in the alchemy items they crafted.
As long as Merlin was willing to spend some time, he would be able to find out the quality problem sooner or later. This wasn't something that could be solved with a few words from Lord Monchi or a bit of money from Twin Moons Splendor.
"Alchemist Molin, Alchemist Molin, listen to me …" Jonathan was somewhat anxious as he thought of the possible outcome. He didn't care if he was being rude or not and reached out to grab Molin. "Listen to me, there is absolutely no problem with our Twin Moons Splendor's alchemy items …"
"Let go!" Merlin looked coldly at Jonathan.
Are you kidding me? Do you think there are no quality problems just because you say so? 'Let alone Jonathan, even if I say it, it would be useless. After all, this is something Great Alchemist Bassoro personally told me to do. Do you know that Great Alchemist Bassoro is one of the higher-ups of the Alchemist Guild? His status is only below Leader Lys!
Do you know what Great Alchemist Bassoro said?
'Now, immediately, immediately go look for trouble with Twin Moons Splendor and cause as much trouble as possible!'
'Under such circumstances, let alone being acquainted with Jonathan, even if you were my father, I wouldn't give you any face.'
"Alright, Jonathan, I'm just going through the motions. You'd better cooperate."
After saying this, Molin no longer paid attention to Jonathan and directed the black-robed alchemists to start inspecting the items one by one.
'This is bad …' Jonathan looked at Molin's posture and knew that it was going to be bad.
He looked at Molin's subordinates. They were all so focused that their eyes were glued to the alchemy items. Moreover, one person wasn't done inspecting the items. After each item was inspected, they would hand it over to Molin for him to personally inspect it.
'How could they be so serious about a routine inspection!'
As Jonathan looked on, he felt his heart sink …
'It's over, it's over …'
With Merlin's way of doing things, sooner or later, he would cause a problem. At that time, he would be targeted by others, and there would definitely be another hearing. The newly opened Twin Moons Splendor couldn't afford such a torment. If they angered Master Monchi, the first one to suffer would be them.
Jonathan had a complicated expression as he looked at Molin. He couldn't understand what was going on. Although he didn't have a deep friendship with Molin, he had always received benefits from him. Molin had even guaranteed that if the Twin Moons Splendor had any problems, he would do his best to help.
To be honest, Jonathan hadn't been hoping for any help, but he really couldn't accept that Molin would fall out with him so quickly.
'Could it be that someone is behind this?
That's right, someone is definitely behind this! '
Jonathan understood. Although Molin had a lot of authority in the Alchemist Guild, Molin shouldn't be able to make a decision on his own. The Twin Moons Splendor was the property of the Monchi Family. Molin's actions were tantamount to setting the Alchemist Guild against the Monchi Family. If things went badly, it might lead to a dispute between the two major forces.
Molin didn't have that much courage.
But if it wasn't Molin, then who was it?
Who had the power to influence the Alchemist Guild's decision and even order Molin to cause trouble for the Twin Moons Splendor?
The more Jonathan thought about it, the more apprehensive he felt.
"These, these, and these, bring them all back!" Just as Jonathan was feeling apprehensive, Molin's inspection came to an end. He then opened his mouth and pointed out a dozen alchemy items, almost making Jonathan cry on the spot.
And it wasn't over …
"Jonathan, I have no choice but to inform you that the Twin Moons Splendor's alchemy items have a very serious quality problem. As for how serious it is, we will need to conduct a further investigation. Before that, the Twin Moons Splendor will have to temporarily close down. As for when it will reopen, we will let you know."
"What? Close down?!" Jonathan jumped up on the spot.
For an alchemy shop, what was the difference between closing down and closing down?
Especially for a shop like the Twin Moons Splendor. It had just opened for business and was about to make a name for itself. If it suddenly closed down, it would mean that all their previous efforts would have been in vain. That was over a million golds! Molin's order to close down was the same as throwing those millions of golds into the water!
This was too disgusting!
At this time, Jonathan really wanted to ask who was targeting the Twin Moons Splendor!
Unfortunately, Molin didn't give him the chance to ask. After announcing the closure, he had his subordinate black-robed alchemist take the dozen alchemy items and leave the Twin Moons Splendor.
Jonathan stood there for a long time before gnashing his teeth and asking, "Which scoundrel is targeting the Twin Moons Splendor!"
…
Jonathan naturally didn't know that the scoundrel he was referring to didn't care about this matter.
Bassoro hadn't guessed wrong. Lin Yun's words were indeed a hint when he left.
Lin Yun was such a person to begin with.
Since someone wanted to disgust the Gilded Rose, Lin Yun didn't mind using the Alchemist Guild to fiercely disgust them back.
But that's all it was …
Lin Yun didn't feel like thinking about who was trying to disgust him. A mage's time was too precious, it wasn't worth wasting it on this kind of thing.
Lin Yun only needed to know that the Alchemist Guild urgently wanted that alchemy formula.
If they wanted to obtain that alchemy formula, they would have to satisfy him first.
The words he said before he left had already hinted very clearly.
'I'm very displeased that someone is trying to disgust me!'
'The Alchemist Guild will naturally think of a way to satisfy me.'
To Lin Yun, the matter was that simple.
As for what the Alchemist Guild would do next, Lin Yun simply didn't care. In any case, it wouldn't be long before someone came to inform him of the outcome.
Time was so precious. Just the Magic Array took him an entire afternoon, how could he have time to care about such a trivial matter?
In the past few days, Lin Yun stayed in the Sage Tower in order to complete the Magic Array. The entire process took Lin Yun three days, to the point that Molin was already sealing up the Gilded Rose by the time he returned.
In these three days, Lin Yun had more or less completed the Magic Array, but he was still far from perfecting it.
Nothing could be done about it, the Magic Array was too special. It could be said that among all Magic Conducting Runes, the Magic Array was the most special. It was a Magic Conducting Rune that had evolved to the pinnacle of complexity and tediousness. It was probably because of this that the – Magic Conducting Rune Creation Paradigm – called this Magic Conducting Rune a Discarded Rune or a Useless Rune.
It was because the Great Mages of this era still didn't have the ability to perfect the Magic Array. Even if some of them had the Magic Array, they would only use it as an ordinary Magic Conducting Rune. As a result, they wouldn't be able to display even a tenth of the Magic Array's power. Being called a Discarded or Useless Rune wasn't an injustice.
To truly display the power of the Magic Array, the only way was to continuously perfect it. The Magic Array had an almost limitless capacity. Any metamagic ability, any spell, could perfectly merge with the Magic Array.
There might not be much when it was just one or two.
But when enough metamagic abilities or spells were merged, the Magic Array would undergo a true qualitative change. That was a kind of qualitative change that would push metamagic abilities and spells to another level.
It was because of this characteristic that the Magic Array was known as one of the strongest Magic Conducting Runes during the peak of the magic civilization.
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