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Chapter 25 Hines' Decision

Gong Hao rushed to the lake desperately.

Lancelot was still sleeping. Gong Hao took out a small bottle of sobering agent and sniffed it for him, and then immediately ran out of the wooden house.

The wooden stake outside had already been tampered with him in advance. He yelled and punched more than ten consecutive punches at the wooden stake, which made both fists blurred blood and then kicked the wooden stake off with one kick.

This series of big moves caused the wound he had just healed by the healing agent to burst again. He could no longer control his body and collapsed on the ground weakly.

A warm current suddenly overflowed in his body, quickly recovering his strength, and it seemed that it was the masterpiece of the new tenant.

Sensing the actions of the new tenant, Gong Hao had to wonder whether this new tenant would adopt a violent way of breaking away like a demon when leaving his body in the future, or would he take a gentle method without hurting him?

Yes, this is indeed a problem.

One thing is certain that new tenants do not avoid the inner vision of fighting spirit like spiritual seeds. They are more powerful than spiritual seeds, but they do not have the power to avoid fighting spirit. Gong Hao can easily find its location.

Do you want to dig it out with a knife on your stomach?

Gong Hao thought.

He immediately felt a sense of fear coming from his mind, which should be the new tenant from his body.

Can this guy sense my thoughts? It seems scared, and it is begging me for mercy?

Well, if you promise you won't make trouble and don't hurt me at birth, then I'll consider spareing your life.

Born? Damn, how could I use this word? I won’t have to be pregnant like a woman, right? Gong Hao felt a little sad.

Do you need to hatch? No, I am not a hen! I would rather have a baby!

Two emotions of excitement and kindness came from my mind.

It looks like the deal has been concluded.

Gong Hao breathed a sigh of relief, Alas, if possible, who would be willing to stab himself in the stomach?

"It seems that you are really hardworking and haven't been lazy when I sleep." Lancelot's voice suddenly sounded in my ears.

"Mr. Lancelot, you're awake."

Gong Hao struggled to get up, and the sweat on his head confirmed that he had indeed consumed a lot.

Lancelot used healing potion to restore him, but Gong Hao felt that his vitality had been restored to full again, and even the new tenants in his body felt like he was taking a breath. It seemed that it was really nervous.

After a while, an apprentice ran over from the castle: "Shuyglare, are you really here? Something happened in the castle didn't you see it? Lord Andrew is looking for you everywhere."

"I'm sorry, Master Hughes." Gong Hao stood up with panic: "I didn't notice that I was practicing Dou Qi just now, so I'll go there."

At this time, he turned back to the former Shuiglair.

He rushed to the castle, and all the servants had woken up.

Andrew and Pierre were all there, and even Hines came out of the tower.

The entire castle is now in chaos, with houses destroyed by monsters everywhere. Several demon plantations were trampled and eaten by monsters, and were seriously damaged. Some rare demon plants even died.

Looking at all this, Gong Hao felt a sense of revenge.

"Have the losses been counted out?" Hines asked in a low voice.

Andrew replied tremblingly: "It's being counted, but the confirmed losses are about seventy-three magic plants, twelve of which have been extinct. I think we can only use alternative materials. In addition, some finished materials have also been damaged to varying degrees."

"What a pity." Hines shook his head regretfully: "It was just because of the caretaker's negligence that several monsters ran out, and this happened. You should know that some things have no other materials to replace, and because of the lack of one or two materials, some products may never be able to be made again. If you want to deliver them normally this month, you may not be able to do it."

Andrew glared at Gong Hao who came: "Glair, see what you did? The magic crystal has lost its energy and caused the cage to lose its magic barrier. Several large monsters broke the cage and ran out, causing such a great loss! Why don't you report the crystal to me?"

Gong Hao didn't feel strange about Andrew's anger at all. This was what he had prepared for a long time. Now, he was ready to start the next plan.

He said calmly: "Mr. Andrew, I just heard about the jailbreak of the Warcraft. As for the Crystal, I have reported it to you."

"Nonsense!" Andrew shouted: "When did you report to me?"

"Mr. Andrew, I sent you a work report five days ago. You were doing an experiment, so I put the report on your table."

"I've read the report records, but there are no reports on insufficient crystal energy."

"Sir, I can guarantee my life. I did submit a report to you. Maybe you were busy for a while and didn't see it. You know, without your consent, I could not get the energy crystal. So I have been waiting for your reply, but you have never given me an answer."

Hines immediately said: "Pierre, go to Andrew's room to see if there is any report."

Pier left immediately.

After a while, Pier came out with the report: "Teacher, there is indeed this report. It is clear that the cage crystals in the cages have insufficient energy... If Andrew had replaced the crystals earlier, this would not have happened."

"Oh." Hines sighed: "Andrew, you have neglected your duty."

Andrew didn't expect the situation to be like this. He was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say, but Gong Hao hurriedly said: "Master Hines, Lord Andrew has been very busy these days. I think he may not have seen the report, instead of ignoring the above content. Actually, this is my fault. I should remind the Lord again. But you know, I have a lot of things to do, so... I'm sorry, Master."

"Forget it." Hines waved his hand: "I know you are a good boy. It seems that you have a good relationship with Andrew. But no matter what, Andrew, you have dereliction of duty. I will report to His Majesty for this matter, and he will make a punishment decision."

"Yes, mentor." Andrew answered helplessly.

"Master Hines, what kind of plants are those dead magic plants? I think maybe I have a way to solve the material problem." Gong Hao suddenly said.

Hines and Andrew were both surprised and looked at Gong Hao.

Hines narrowed his eyes slightly: "Are you sure you can do it?"

"I'm sorry I'm not sure about this, I can only say that I will do my best. But Master, if I can do it, I hope Master will forgive Lord Andrew."

Hines and Pier were both surprised by Gong Hao's request, while Andrew was moved.

Hines asked: "What are you going to do?"

"Master, you also know that I have been following Lord Lancelot to catch monsters in the Purgatory Island jungle for the past year. I think I have basically mastered the situation in the Purgatory Island jungle. I can't resurrect the dead magic plant, but I may be able to find plants that can replace them. The only problem is..."

“What’s the problem?”

Gong Hao plucked up his courage and said, "I don't know what their specific functions are. You know that they belong to the category of alchemy. Only by knowing their functions can I find the magic plants we need based on their functions. In addition, in botany, I once heard of a method called grafting. If I give me time, I can also cultivate some new varieties that meet the needs of alchemy through this method. If I can't find the plants needed by the master, I will strive to cultivate them myself. But no matter how I do it, it is inseparable from the need for alchemy knowledge. People always need to know what they need to pursue, just like they must first know what they want to eat and what they want to plant."

Hines fell into contemplation.

He knew exactly what Gong Hao’s request meant.

At this moment, an apprentice hurried over: "Master Hines, two sirs, something happened in the valley."

Looking at the bodies of Neil and Fink, Pier's face looked extremely ugly.

Andrew, who had just been "debt his duty" and was almost guilty, looked at Pier with a gloating feeling.

If the jailbreak of Warcraft was Andrew's dereliction of duty, then what happened in the valley was Pier's dereliction of duty.

It seems that Pierre's negligence leads to greater mistakes than Andrew.

One apprentice died, and the other young servant died, and the sword of a spirit-seeded puppet warrior stabbed Fink's chest, completely destroying the spirit-seeded.

Picking up the badge from the ground, the alchemist sighed helplessly: "It seems that Neil made a mistake. He obviously underestimated the energy that people can burst out when they encounter danger, which led to the escape of the servant and a fight occurred here. Neil's badge fell in the fight, so the puppet warrior killed both of them."

"It seems that way." Pier agreed: "But mentor, I always feel that things are a little strange. Why does something happen to the valley when something happens to the castle? Is this really a coincidence?"

Hines replied: "Maybe it can't be considered a coincidence, but it's more like a chain reaction. If there was no jailbreak in the castle, you wouldn't leave. If you don't leave, such a thing wouldn't happen. Isn't there a song? If you lose a horseshoe, you lose a king; if you lose a king, you lose a war; if you lose a war, you lose a country. Many things are interconnected, just like the alchemy we have studied. If we don't know how to study the laws of the existence of things, we can't use it. And things always have many mysterious connections with each other that we don't even understand. Now it seems that this kind of thing that happened tonight is this situation. We can only explain it by chance. Otherwise, do you have any better explanation?"

Pier thought for a while and said to himself, "I always feel that things are not that simple. These servants have been tested before, and their strength has been almost exhausted. Fink has no reason to run out of the valley, and there are puppet warriors in the valley. Why doesn't Neil use the warriors in the valley directly, but chase them out by himself and fight with him? Neil's potion shows signs of being drunk, which means he was injured before. What ability does Fink have to make him suffer such severe injuries and force him to use the potion? Since it was the damage caused in the fight, how could Neil have free time to drink medicine and put the medicine back?"

Andrew frowned: "As the instructor said, people sometimes burst out huge energy in times of difficulties. The extreme training method used by warriors when practicing fighting spirit is to stimulate that kind of energy by forcing themselves to desperate situations? Maybe Fink could burst out this energy at that time. As for the reason why Neil chased out without using the puppet warrior, he was always arrogant. Maybe he thought Fink could not run away, so he chased out directly. As for the potion, maybe it was because Fink pulled off his badge when he ran away, but also hurt him severely. As a result, he was killed by the puppet warrior when he escaped from the valley entrance. When Neil saw Fink dead, he wanted to see how the spirit seed was in and whether it could be recovered, and he drank the potion by the way. But he did not notice that his badge was pulled off, and he was also killed by the puppet warrior."

"If that's the case, the place where the badge dropped seemed to be too close to Neil's body."

"Who knows? Maybe it was the wind blowing?"

"It could also be that someone killed Neil and deliberately forged the scene."

"Oh?" Andrew laughed: "Who could that be?"

"Shuyglair has this ability. He has learned fighting spirit with Lancelot. You and I know this. He has the ability to make Neil severely injured. He also has the badge and can enter and exit the valley freely."

"But the problem is that Neil also knows this. He can't let Glair kill him without even using the puppet warrior. Only when Fink escapes can he not use the puppet warriors in the valley because of his arrogance. You wouldn't think that Glair has any way to make the puppet warriors disobey, right? And the facts prove that the two of them were indeed killed by the puppet warriors in Taniguchi, and the blood on the puppet warrior's sword has not been done yet. What's more, Lancelot also said that Glair is just a junior warrior, and he has no ability to do all this. He can't even beat a puppet warrior!"

"But he is still suspicious. Don't forget that he was the last one to come when something happened to the castle, and he had enough time to do all this."

"Maybe you think this conspiracy theory can hide the mistakes you made in this matter, but you'd better not spill dirty water on my subordinates whom I admire the most."

"Is it because he said good things to you just now? Andrew."

"Shut up, do you have to pull my guy into the water if you die?"

"Enough, don't argue with both of you!" Hines suddenly shouted. A crystal ball appeared in his hand: "I just contacted Lancelot, and Iglare has been by the lake tonight. It has been a long time since Glarere has been performing the ultimate training method of warriors for several days. According to Lancelot, it is difficult for people who have performed the ultimate training method to stand up, let alone run into the valley to kill people. And... this does not do him any benefit."

"That's true, mentor." Andrew replied respectfully: "If I were Shuiglair, even if I knew about the Spirit Seed, I would only choose to escape, and would not come to this valley just to kill an apprentice."

"Maybe he was trying to save his friend Fink." Pier was still a little dissatisfied.

"But the problem is that he didn't save him. Fink was dead, and he died under the sword of the puppet warrior. He had the badge and he could have taken Fink with him."

"Maybe he couldn't save it."

"If that's the case, Glair can't run away. Don't forget that Neil has a way to enable the spirit seed. He has too many ways to kill Glair instead of letting him leave Fink and running away by himself."

"Okay." Hines said: "Don't argue anymore. It has been confirmed that the matter in the valley cannot be related to Glair. We have no reason to suspect that Lancelot is lying. Moreover, we are alchemists, not the police dogs of the Department of Security and the Department of Justice. We do not have the good noses as good as theirs. We can smell the smell of the air and restore the murder scene. There is no problem that everyone has to doubt or trust anyone. So there is no need to argue about this matter again. This is a simple accident. Let's stop here. You know that this is Purgatory Island, I don't recognize it.

For anyone among the half-old children, who can play with conspiracy under our noses. And we are not conspiracy theorists or bards, it is impossible to infer countless possibilities based on a little clue. Alchemists should always only pay attention to data and facts, not reasoning! Shuiglare is a good child, and I have always admired him. So far, there is no sign that he has discovered our secrets, so we don’t need to frame him because of jealousy or other reasons. And sooner or later, if it is his fault, then the punishment will only be sooner or later."

"Yes, mentor." Andrew and Pierre nodded at the same time.

Hines used the words jealousy and frame-up, which showed that he was already very dissatisfied with Pierre's random speculation.

"Then we have a more important problem to solve now," said Hines. "After a student died, we lost another group of important magic plants. Tonight was the worst day in Purgatory Island's history. The problem now is how to solve the problem of manpower distribution and material replenishment."

Pier said: "The apprenticeship is already very heavy, so we can't arrange more work for them. Let the Liberty bring another apprentice here."

Andrew immediately said: "But the problem is that Liberty has just left today, and they will not be able to come until next month. Even if we inform them about this matter next month, they will have to wait another month before sending the apprentice. So that is, there are still sixty days left. What should we do during this period? This does not include the time it takes to choose a suitable apprentice. You must know that apprentices are not servants. Now you want to find an apprentice with comprehensive knowledge, excellent skills, willing to guard the desert island for the empire and able to accept our living research. There are also those magic plants."

Pier was silent.

Hines sighed long: "It seems that we can only let Soiglare take the lead first."

"He?" Andrew and Pier were shocked at the same time: "Can he do it?"

"Of course, he can do it. I believe he will be competent for this new job. This child has always learned things very quickly, and he has read many library records and has sufficient theoretical foundations. So this matter is decided. Pier, go and tell other apprentices that Shuiglair will temporarily join the Alchemy Tower. Seal all the experiments related to the valley and keep them confidential. They are not allowed to discuss this matter privately in the future to avoid letting Glair discover the inside story. Then let Glair officially take over Neil's work, except for the Demon Spirit and other parts. I think he will be a good assistant."
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