Some sharp-eyed Players noticed that a new shop named Golden Rose had appeared on the streets of the town, and from the signboard, it was an alchemy workshop.
The owner of the workshop was naturally Kinley Ainsworth, who had followed Angora all the way to town.
Angora was about to chase the uninvited guest away at once, but was stopped by Xi Wei's Divine Oracle in the end.
Xi Wei was curious about alchemy in the first place, and the little bit of alchemy authority he had as the God of Games basically didn't have much left after he made a few otaku cokes.
Kinley's appearance in town couldn't have been more timely.
As mentioned before, the blessings of the gods of this world were not distributed equally to all believers, but only to the higher-ups of their churches and selected believers.
While alchemists worshipped Alchemy, the God of Alchemy, they did not establish a religion in the general sense because Alchemy's thought was unfettered, and only those who saw the true essence of alchemy would have the chance to see it. Instead, they established a loose organization known as the Tower of Knowledge.
The organization basically had no restraints on its members, nor did it organize any grand events. In fact, it was essentially a platform for communication.
Kinley's mentor was a member of the Tower of Knowledge, and one of the three wise leaders of the Tower in modern times. Although he didn't wield actual authority like other churches, his position alone was on the same level as the pontiffs of other churches.
Moreover, Kinley was an apprentice of the pontiff, and Xi Wei would never believe that she was nothing special.
If his hunch was right, Kinley would be a Chosen One even if she wasn't a Saintess of other churches! Otherwise, there was no way to explain why the top alchemist on the continent would take her in as an apprentice.
And that was certainly the case. Xi Wei didn't notice it in Tunaya, but he clearly sensed the power of another god when she came to his domain.
It was only natural that normal believers basically couldn't sense the presence of a god or obtain useful information.
That being said, it was different for non-normal believers.
Just like how Rotten Bones intended to capture Princess Leah to reverse-divine the location of Xi Wei's Divine Kingdom, it was useless to capture the guards, and only Princess Leah would be useful.
After Kinley settled down in the small town, Xi Wei had the time to slowly analyze the power of Alchemy in her body.
Of course, Xi Wei had no intention of looking for trouble with Okame, the God of Alchemy. Though Okame was far weaker than the Ocean Goddess in combat and was only on the same level as Aslan the Great Lion, and would most likely be beaten up by Aslan in a direct confrontation, Xi Wei's little ball of tentacles was no match for him.
All he wanted to do was analyze the God of Games' divinity and divine power through his divinity, and see if he could get more Alchemy Authority.
On the other hand, Kinley was quite satisfied with her current state.
Angora had said that he had three rules with her, and there were indeed only three of them.
First, never betray the God of Games and his believers, and never leak information about the God of Games to others. As compensation for that oath, the believers of the God of Games couldn't harm Kinley in any way without their divine decree.
Second, Kinley could leave the town at any time, but she must produce some alchemy items as long as she was in the town to facilitate the believers of the God of Games. When necessary, she would also have to teach the believers who were willing to learn alchemy basic knowledge. As compensation for that oath, Kinley could issue quests for gathering alchemy materials, and have her believers work for her.
Third, it was fine to study any facilities in the God of Games' strongholds, but permission from the leader of the stronghold must be obtained. Alchemy skills learned through that method were forbidden from being taught to believers of other religions, but could be taught to the Players. As compensation for that oath, Kinley could teleport to another stronghold from the Lifestone without spending game coins.
The first oath could be considered as a foundation. After all, every church had their own secrets that they did not want others to know, and living in the stronghold of another church would make it easy for them to come into contact with the other church's secrets. If they did not sign such a confidentiality contract, no church would allow anyone from another church to live in their stronghold.
The second one was not hard to accept, since Kinley could tell that the believers of the God of Games were more inclined towards bartering, and since she had to live and eat in the town, it was normal for her to get some alchemy items to sell.
As a matter of fact, the Players used game coins to trade with each other, but since they had entered the era of digital payments through the System, Kinley was no different from an elderly person in modern society without a System. She simply couldn't imagine how advanced that technology was, let alone touch it.
Of course, Kinley herself did not realize that.
Moreover, as an alchemist, she needed a workshop to prepare for her experiments in the first place. Now that the God of Games had offered it to her, she could even order her believers to work for her, so why not?
Indeed, from her point of view, teaching the Players alchemy knowledge or entrusting them with materials was just asking them to work for her. After all, was alchemy that easy to learn in most people's minds? Would there be such a scarcity of alchemists on the continent if it was so easy to learn?
As for the third one, she naturally would not refuse since it was the reason she came to this town in pursuit of Angora.
Moreover, Kinley had guessed that Angora's party would have teleportation technology when they suddenly vanished back in Tunaya. She had assumed that it would be classified military-use technology, but it was actually placed so openly in the middle of the town that she could use as she pleased. That left her speechless! After all, only a few lost races in underground cities kept teleportation technology, and the only things left on the surface were naturally formed portals apart from some ancient ruins!
Although she could not teach the people of other religions what she learned, which limited her ability to exchange knowledge with other alchemists, it was worth it if she could learn the mystical alchemy technology in this town at such a small price!
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Chapter 157:
Kinley's New Life (Part 1)
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