As expected, the guys from the Sabretooth Tiger Merchant Group did not dare to stop the lord's personal guards from hauling away the 11 carts of special products. The steward of the merchant group took the cargo list and ran to the government office, begging the male owner to write a handwritten letter and pass it to Marquis Sophia.

After all, this batch of goods is worth 160,000 gold soles including principal and interest, which is definitely a staggering amount of wealth. Moreover, they involve so many things that the business group stewards cannot bear the responsibility of losing the goods.

According to the steward, there are already buyers for these 11 carts of rare specialties. If they fail to get the predetermined share, it will definitely damage the credibility of the Clover Merchant Group. The trade agreement signed by the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Lords may have to be overthrown.

, Lady Sophia’s situation will become even more difficult.

After careful consideration, Victor gave up the idea of ​​occupying the specialties of Car 11, and said to the steward amiably: This was a test for him, and his loyalty was worthy of appreciation. The steward showed a frightened and flattered attitude, but as for him,

Somewhat sincerely, Victor didn't care.

The reason why Victor did this was not because he was afraid of angering Sophia. In fact, the high-level knight was almost undisturbed by negative emotions. If Sophia suffered losses, she would only use this as an excuse to ask Victor to make more compensation and

Give in. Victor can play rogue against Sophia, but he must consider the situation of the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce.

The Clover Merchant Group has lost its credibility. The Kingdom's Finance Minister, Marquis Leopold, will definitely unite with the deceived Southern Lords and Viscount Sauron to attack the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce, and finally let the Leopold family's caravan get a share of the Kingdom's trade.

, and even completely replaced the Clover Merchant Group.

Victor regards the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce as something in his pocket that cannot be interfered with by others, and before the Golden Group absorbs the talents of the Chamber of Commerce, Centaur Hills still needs Sophia to transport supplies. If the Leopold family controls the transportation of goods in Gumbis,

Quan, they are fully aware of any materials purchased by Renma Qiuling.

In particular, the medicinal materials in Mount Arreat are related to the alchemist's recovery potion. Compared to Sophia, who adheres to neutrality, the Leopold family, which is backed by the royal family, will obviously use the cargo list to collect information about Victor.

On the other hand, occupying 160,000 gold soles of goods is too ostentatious and can easily attract the attention of others. If the recovery potion of the Alchemy Empire is priceless, as long as Victor takes it out and uses it, with Sylvia's wisdom, she

The two things can be connected immediately, and then... God knows what kind of reaction she will have?

In the name of helping his wife keep the supplies, Victor only took away the special supplies of the barbarians, including the five key medicinal materials.

This batch of supplies arrived at the mountain camp. The alchemist militia in the camp followed Victor's order and sent five medicinal materials to the mountain fortress overnight, giving them to Buso to prepare the recovery potion for the alchemy empire.

Three days later, Jack, the monkey militiaman, handed a sample of the recovery potion to Victor.

The recovery potion in the crystal bottle was golden in color, with a thick texture like mercury, and was as dazzling as molten gold. Victor carefully looked at the potion in his hand, and asked suspiciously: "Are you sure it's okay to drink this thing? How do I feel?

Can it block people's stomach?"

"Ordinary people will definitely feel uncomfortable after drinking the recovery potion." Jack answered honestly.

"How uncomfortable is it?"

"The stomach and intestines are blocked."

"..." Victor carefully put down the crystal bottle, raised his head and asked: "Knight... er, I mean, what will happen if the alchemist drinks it?"

"This kind of recovery potion can continuously restore the alchemist's energy within three hours."

"It turns out that it is blocked in the intestines and stomach, and then it is continuously transformed into fighting spirit... Pharmacy is really magical." Victor laughed and shook his head, then suddenly opened his eyes and asked: "Wait a minute, you just said 'this kind of thing'

'Recovery potion? How many recovery potions are there?"

"There are two formulas for recovery potions recorded in my will. The one you have is a first-class recovery potion, and the other is a second-class potion. Its recovery effect is not as good as this one." Jack replied.

"Class II recovery potion?" Victor touched his chin and asked, "Are its materials cheaper?"

Jack thought for a while and said: "Sir, we don't have the concept of expensive or cheap. If we only consider the types of medicinal materials, the second formula is much more complicated than the first. We currently do not have the second type of recovery medicine together.

Materials. After all, the time span is too long. Some of the resources that were available everywhere in the Alchemy Empire era have become extinct, and some rare resources may be common now."

Victor stared blankly at the recovery potion on the table, slapped his forehead, and shouted angrily: "I almost made a big mistake!"

To verify the effect of the recovery potion, a knight must be found to take it. Victor thought about it and found that only Nicole could help him keep the secret. Although he was convinced that the knight was the descendant of the ancient alchemist, tens of thousands of years have passed, who can guarantee

Have the raw materials of the potion mutated? Who can guarantee whether the knight's bloodline has changed? If the recovery potion becomes the knight's poison, wouldn't that harm Nicole?

"I'm so damned! How could I let Nicole test the medicine?" Victor was regretful and ashamed. He stood up and paced back and forth in the room restlessly, shouting: "The knights around me are all my women...

Why don’t I have a secret knight?”

Victor turned around a few times and suddenly stopped, "I think I have a trainee knight prisoner... working as a coolie in Raven Town." He turned to Jack and ordered: "Use the red-eyed messenger crow to send the message to Raven Town.

Vindicator Old Ham sent two elite guards to send that Todd back."

"My lord, who is Todd?" Jack asked.

When Victor visited Raven Town for the first time, he ordered the destruction of a free folk camp and secretly clashed with Viscount Neguse. In that skirmish, Viscount Neguse lost three trainee knights, while Tao

De is the only surviving apprentice knight.

Although he came from a humble background and had impure blood. He relied on the refining potion provided by Duke Erikson to barely awaken the knight blood, and only resonated with 4 elemental positions. However, his swordsmanship was superb and he killed two monkeys by himself.

militia.

Victor suspected that Todd was a strong man close to igniting the fire of the soul, but his basic attributes were too poor, and his personal strength was far from being comparable to that of a formal knight.

Later, in order to survive, Todd was willing to give up his identity as a trainee knight, use an adamantine sword to destroy his appearance, and work as a coolie in Raven Town. His ruthlessness left a mark on Victor and Lilia

He was so impressed that he spared his life.

Jack, the monkey militiaman, was not present at the time, so he naturally did not know about Todd.

"He is... forget it. Go and call the one-eyed dragon Gru here." Victor was too lazy to explain anymore and decided to let his personal guard captain do this.

"As you wish, my lord." Jack saluted meticulously, just like an ordinary vassal soldier, and walked backwards out of the study.

Not long after, Gru, a tall man with a ferocious face, walked into the room, bowed and said, "Sir, are you looking for me?"

"Yeah." Victor nodded and asked, "Do you remember Todd from Raven Town?"

"Remember! That guy killed two of my elite guards and cut his own face. The blood flowed all over the floor without even frowning. He is a cruel man!" Gru was also deeply impressed by Todd and paused.

After a pause, he added: "However, Todd later behaved very honestly and did not fight back when he was beaten. Now anyone can bully him."

"At least he's alive... now I'm finally going to use him."

Victor returned to his seat and ordered: "Take a cavalry team to Raven Town and take Todd back to the hill camp." He knocked on the table and continued: "Raven Town

There are spies and secret stalkers from the Inquisition everywhere now. You have to move quickly and be careful, and you must not attract the attention of outsiders, including Madam Sophia and her men. If Todd tries to escape, he will be killed without mercy!"

"Please don't worry, sir!" One-eyed Dragon Gru said, patting his chest: "I brought Todd back in the name of a guard change in Raven Town, and I guarantee that no one will know."

Gru's force is not as good as that of the Alchemist Militia, but Alchemist humans will never learn from his cleverness and flexibility.

Victor smiled with satisfaction and said: "You set out immediately and try to come back within 30 days."

"As you command, my lord!"

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Thirty-four days later, in the barracks of the hill camp.

Todd slowly opened his eyes, stared at a flower-backed spider on the ceiling, and counted its eight thin legs over and over again, silently feeling the surging power in his body, with mixed feelings in his heart.

He came from a noble family in the Eastern Alliance. His father had a title but no territory, and blood but no power. He looked like a stallion in heat but not an elegant noble. He worked hard and gave birth to 17 children, but Todd was not included.

Todd was an illegitimate child who was trained as a slave and then sold as a commodity to outsiders.

There are many such illegitimate children in the Eastern Alliance. If it is a daughter, she will become a plaything and reproductive tool for others, while a boy can only accept a bad fate, first becoming a slave of the family, then becoming cannon fodder for the lord, or else dying in battle.

On the battlefield, you can either make military exploits and receive rewards from your master, or you can awaken your fighting spirit in a cruel life-and-death battle and become a knight.

Todd did not accept the fate of an illegitimate child in the East. He chose to escape from his father's control and wandered from the Eastern Alliance to the Kingdom of Dodo. A certificate of blood signed by the church allowed him to become Duke Ericson's family guard before he turned 18.

, refine the knight's bloodline and awaken the fighting spirit.

But the good times didn't last long. Duke Ericson was executed by King Dodo for secretly minting gold coins and resisting the royal tax collector. Todd wanted to join Viscount Neguse, but failed to complete the Viscount's mission and instead became Rand.

A prisoner of the Er family. He once again became a lost dog.

This series of events made Todd realize deeply: a trainee knight who loses his master is equal to losing everything.

Todd was of low blood, had no potential, and was burdened with the stain of losing his master. It was almost impossible for him to be accepted by the lord again. He had his face disfigured and volunteered to work as a coolie in Raven Town. In addition to being afraid of death, he was unwilling to give up the knight aristocracy.

The identity of knights and nobles comes from blood and depends on the master.

The noble-blooded Viscount Randall is his only hope.

Now, more than a year of enduring humiliation and survival finally paid off.

Eight days ago, Viscount Randall's personal guard captain took him to the secret castle of the Randall family, and the pharmacist under the viscount brought him a bottle of golden potion for him to take.

Now that you have entered the core area of ​​the Randall family, you will die if you disobey orders!

Todd had no choice and had already made his choice. He took the potion very happily and started to circulate his fighting energy under the guidance of the pharmacist.

Something magical happened.

The golden potion that sank into his belly continued to spit out fighting energy. The total amount and duration of the fighting energy were three times longer than usual! Todd couldn't help but use this fighting energy to stimulate the silent elemental position. Soon, the fifth element

The first one resonated and echoed, followed by the sixth, seventh...

In the next three days, Todd took three potions every day, which resonated with the 11 underlying elemental positions, transforming him from a junior trainee knight to a senior trainee knight. In the last five days, he continued to take the medicine, but the last wind elemental position remained motionless.

Todd stared at the patterns on the spider's back, lost in thought. After a long time, he finally let out a long sigh.

"Are you worried?"

A faint voice came from the door, and Todd turned around to see the handsome and tall Viscount Randall walking into the house with four guards wearing strange leather armor and holding long swords.

He quickly knelt down and said in panic: "Lord Randall, I have disappointed you. I still failed to break through the barrier and resonate with the last elemental position today."

Four leather-armored swordsmen stood at the four corners of the room, vaguely surrounding Todd in the middle. Victor sat down on the main seat in the barracks and said with a chuckle: "Are you afraid that I will kill you?"
To be continued...