Chapter 3 Alchemy Apprentice

Please collect and red tickets.

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Li Ou was swallowed up by a white light. When his vision began to recover, he was already in the ruins. Surrounded by collapsed walls and stone pillars, only incomplete and blurred murals on the walls, and broken statues still tell the history here. Leo is not in the mood to study them for the time being. He ran quickly to a broken wall before his eyesight fully recovered, which was a perfect shelter for him to hide in. It was not until he hid in the shadows that he breathed a sigh of relief. He carefully poked out half of his body, and with the help of the light of the immortal fire placed by the alchemists on the wall, he looked at his destination through the portal - an unknown passage.

There are no signs of others around, and the surroundings are so quiet that they only have their own breathing and heartbeat.

Random portal?

Li Ou quickly confirmed his idea and came out of his hiding place. While being careful and guarding, he carefully looked at the mottled murals on the wall with the enthusiasm of alchemists different from others. His father once told him that infinite knowledge is hidden in the vast history; the essence of alchemy is hidden in the endless sea of books. He is also convinced of this.

What he did was not useless. Soon, half of the text on a broken mural made him judge the age of the ruins - the Gezva dynasty, which is longer than the Heloi era. The history of Gezva is very short, however, the Gezva people have greatly simplified spells from head to toe in just a few hundred years.

No wonder Oliver said that there is a furious wind array here.

Don't forget the purpose of your coming here. Leo said to himself who was ready to move. The garnet ring that Vernanlak asked for was his primary goal. However, Leo didn't want to watch it slip away in front of him. He felt that he should still have a chance, and he seemed to have overlooked something.

Li Ou tried to think and distinguish his position. He is familiar with the architectural style and layout of the Lozva period - which are what alchemists do not want to read and learn - and the array representing the most outstanding achievements of the Kingdom of Lozva must be sealed in the deepest part of the ruins.

Wait, in the deepest part... Li Ou said it over and over again.

"Daw! Oleph!" He almost shouted.

That guy showed him where the garnet ring was hidden from the beginning!

When Li Ou figured out this layer, his thinking instantly became clear and fast. There seemed to be a torrent in his mind, and countless thoughts hit his head, which made him very excited.

He remembered what Vernanlak said and grasped the details that were inadvertently revealed in his words. It made him almost sure that the Lozva ruins was just a narrow labyrinth. Otherwise, he, Andrewson, and the alchemy apprentices would not be able to walk through every corner of the place before sunset and reach the treasures of the ruins.

The wisdom contained in history made Leo run quickly, and his boots stepped on the dusty ground, leaving clear footprints. The collapsed statue in the ruins, and the damaged pattern is his guiding light.

Liou didn't take many detours. He quickly passed through the passage with only him and entered a spacious hall. He clenched his sword, slowed down, bent down, hid in the shadow illuminated by the unquenchable fire, and walked against the wall of the hall. He doesn't know where his competitors are, and he must deal with them carefully.

He walked for a while and saw an open door not far away. The wooden door has decayed, revealing the steel bars nailed inside. Li Ou looked into the door for a while. Even with the help of the light of the unquenchable fire, he could only see the collapsed wooden shelf nine feet away. In addition, it is messy footprints. Leo knew that it must belong to the alchemy apprentices gathered together. They may be not far away, hiding in the shadow of the hall and peeping at him. Leo began to feel a little annoyed that he didn't make cat's eyes or vipers. In that case, he doesn't have to give his sight to the unquenchable fire to control. He can get a clear, cat-like dark vision, or the heat perception of a viper.

Regret doesn't help. Leo only has a bottle of meerkat in his hand.

The duration of the mongoth is very short, only half an hour. But Leo knew that once he left the hall and found the right route, it was not far from the deepest part of the ruins. He was not stingy. He found a hidden dark place, sat down cross-legged, pulled out the cork, drank the astringent medicine, and then closed his eyes.

A burning feeling spread down his throat like a toxin and continued to his stomach. His heart beat violently, and countless blood vessels rushed out, crawling all over his face, and you could almost see the rapid blood flowing inside. His pupils dilated quickly, his eyes protruded, and his breathing was disturbing. But in the end, breathing returned to normal. Li Ou opened his eyes and stood up on the cold ground. He still looked around carefully before continuing to move forward.

The hall is unexpectedly huge. Leo walked for five minutes and never saw the way to other places. However, he found the footprints of the alchemy apprentices - the footprints were clearly arranged in three rows. He increased his vigilance and tried to hide his figure. In such an assessment, all means can be used. Including killing each other.

Li Ou did not go far with his footprints, and his enhanced hearing captured the strange movements in the distance. Soon, Li Ou found the source of the voice - three alchemist apprentices fell into a bitter battle.

Two dark magic spiders surrounded them one after another. The huge body occupied most of the space of the passage, and the two were as sharp as sickles, and their tireless forelimbs cut off their hope of escape.

Alchemy apprentices are back to back. They were exhausted, full of wounds, and had no power to fight back under the front and back attack of the demon spider. Suddenly, accompanied by a scream, an alchemist apprentice was cut off an arm by the forelimb of the demon spider and fell to the ground. Although the black-haired alchemist stopped the magic spider at the first time, their defense line was precarious and would collapse at any time.

Liou ran into the passage - this is the nearest road to the deepest part of the ruins. The sound of boots stepping on the floor is like a running horse's hoof. His pace was so great that he quickly narrowed the distance.

"Someone is coming!" The injured alchemist shouted excitedly, "He came to save us!"

"Block the demon spider!" The brunette teenager poured cold water on him, "He may also come to kill us!"

Only Leo himself knows what he intends to do. He was like a fierce beast, showing his fangs to his prey. He jumped high, cut his sword in the air, and gave the hunting spider a heavy blow. A terrible wound appeared on the back of the magic spider, and dark green juice gushed out of the wound. The demon spider screamed in pain and shook its huge body like crazy. However, the narrow passage made it unable to turn around smoothly, and Leo easily knocked it to the ground. He shook off the mucus on his sword and was not in a hurry to attack another demon spider. Instead, he chose to stand aside and keep a distance from the alchemy apprentice to show that he was not malicious.

Without the threat behind him, the other magic spider wailed and fell to the ground with less than two minutes with the joint efforts of two alchemists. However, they were also not comfortable: their faces were pale, their whole body was stained with their own blood, and a companion left them forever.

"Selastin Leo?" The dark-haired alchemy apprentice quickly suppressed his depression and asked him vigilantly, "Why save us?"

"I'm not a cold-blooded reptile." Li Ou shrugged his shoulders and said, "I can't do it if I want to watch you die in vain."

"Do your own business!" The alchemist shouted angrily and didn't seem to welcome Leo's approach. He clenched his weapon and threatened, "Don't forget, this assessment can be done by any means... I can kill you now!"

Li Ou saw that he pretended to be tough.

"The head grows on your head. I can't decide what you think for you."

The alchemist apprentice stared at Leo, as if he wanted to see through him completely. After a while, he said, "Whether your purpose is not as you said, I won't be grateful to you."

"I just adhere to my principles, not to get your gratitude." Leo didn't care about the inexplicable hostility of the alchemist apprentice. He continued, "I believe that you, like me, will not give up the assessment anyway."

"Li Ou, no matter how much you say, no matter how beautiful you are, I won't keep my hand!" The alchemy apprentice shouted to Li Ou as if he had been humiliated, "The ring must be mine!"

"Brand, Brand..." Another alchemist beside him looked at his dead companion and sadly pulled the angry brunette teenager. "Stop arguing, Brand, calm down. Long is dead. Are you going to die here? We have been injured, how far can we go?"

Brande didn't say a word.

"Brand, let's quit." The alchemy apprentice pleaded, "There must be other ways."

"Dika..."

The alchemist interrupted Brand's words, "If you die, what's the point of what you are pursuing?"

"Are you going to quit?" Leo, who heard their argument, couldn't help but want to confirm.

Yes! Are you satisfied now?" Brand shouted angrily.

He is irrational and turns a blind eye to Leo's previous life-saving kindness.

"I don't have such an idea. I didn't save you in exchange. Li Ou spread out and said, "I'm not a businessman, and I'm not interested in the exchange of interests at all."

Alchemy apprentice Brand said coldly, "Stupid."

Li Ou shrugged his shoulders easily, "Maybe." He said, "If you want to quit, go to the periphery as soon as possible. There is no safety here." Because there is still one person who has never appeared.