Chapter 378: Gemini (2/2)
The teacup nearly escaped his grip. Another plot twist to his thumping heart - the apocalyptic alchemist was one of the members in Han Yue's group! To top that, one other member was known as Luo Shi, also a known figure, being one of the 10 participants in the last Congregation on Dankwood, the idol of every youngsters.
Such handful case. Ugh...
The lord was puzzled, the situation was far more complicated than he thought.
He could not be at ease to any of them, be it the alchemist, or Luo Shi the Great. He hoped that both of them would remain low-profiled at least, or it would be more puzzling.
Sadly, everything happened to be quite the contrary. The moment Luo Shi sat on the mattress in his accommodation, news flew throughout the city like the morning breeze. The mysterious alchemist's cover was blown as well.
Something began brewing in Emerald City...
The city could hardly be at calm when two figures had arrived, one was the resourceful alchemist who inherited the legendary Green Tempest, while the other was the idol, the top 10 of Dankwood.
The alchemist arrived with the news of conquering few hundreds of fighters effortlessly using his craft, which fell like a bomb in the city. People were ridiculed by it at first, since it really sounded fictional, till it was proven by the one great Luo Shi, then all the other alchemists around lost their heads.
The accommodation of Ye Chong and Luo Shi had been surrounded by people who begged for a moment of spotting the legends.
Ye Chong did not expect the fandom to be this maniac, well at least the outside of his residence was not as jammed as Luo Shi's. There was better peace at his place. Those people who swarmed upon Luo Shi's residence were mostly the passionate youngsters, which the guys were kicking alive and the girls were jumping in screams.
The ”fandom” at Ye Chong's place consisted of the alchemists, who came in peace as they left the place after giving a glance.
Ye Chong was of course uninterested in the people as he locked himself in his room, doing research day by day. The maidservant would provide meals, mostly in fear however, that Ye Chong would see her trying to control her breath while her hands shook the tray would nearly fall on occasions when he lifted his head.
Okay, into what had the rumors made out there? Ye Chong laughed bitterly.
Well, Luo Shi seemed more experienced at handling his spreading tales, as he would head out and exchange fists with the passionate youngsters out there, during which piercing hurrahs would be slamming Ye Chong's thinking mind at his place.
And thanks to these, the owner of the city had been sleeping ”well”.
He was displeased by the fiasco certainly, but there was nothing he could do. The only relief was how the days passed peacefully. He had already received the order from the head of Han family. The escort task had been reassigned to others, and the head had sent a team of 800 experts coming to the city. So the one task he had to do would be guarding the old lady before the team arrived.
And that was when he lost faith again.
The most feared plot twist had happened again.
It was during the day, contrary to what he had predicted, that someone outside the alchemist's residence suddenly collapsed as he began spilling blood from his purplish expression.
About 50 witnesses were there.
The alchemists were enraged as they knew what the scene would signify. Dankwood was a small planet, any established branch of alchemy would have fair connection with its counterparts and it would be a betrayal taken in the form of framing when an innocent was drugged.
The victim had lost his consciousness. The alchemists had tried everything they knew. Nothing had worked however.
They were feeling uneasy of the incident. Their eyes were filled with a frightened confusion as they looked at each other.
How... how did it even happen?