In this team from the imperial capital, there are majestic knights and well-equipped soldiers, and the most eye-catching one is the middle-aged man riding a black magic horse.
This is a thin and thin demon with an ordinary appearance, but even the two pharmacist masters beside him dare not neglect this man who is only a pharmacist, because he is Sandru, who has been in the Fallen Angel Empire for three hundred years. The most outstanding pharmacist genius!
At the gate of the city, the group was welcomed by the eldest princess Xia personally leading a team. Although everyone showed considerable courtesy and respect to the eldest princess, who was a descendant of the prince, they looked at the simple and desolate surroundings on the way to the palace. When building, many people still can't help showing contempt, and the so-called sense of superiority from big cities is beyond words.
After entering the palace, the host and guest were seated, and Xi Ya said, "Everyone has come from a long distance, it's been a lot of hard work, so let's take a rest for a day, and then discuss the challenge."
Sandru stood up and said, "Your Highness, I came here specially to challenge Master Ardas. I request that the challenge begin now. Please forgive me for eagerly wanting to become a master."
Master Zola and Master Kemp on the side showed smiles at the same time. Originally, they wanted to make a surprise attack. They had to notify them two days in advance and follow the rules of the Apothecary Alliance. Otherwise, they would not give more for a day. Chance of procrastination
"There is nothing to rest in such a poor place." A disdainful voice came from among the guests. It was the young knight escorting the team, wearing a silver full-body armor.
Shia recognized that this was the upstart Shelter of the military. His father was one of the first three generals of the empire to fall to Obsidian. He frowned slightly, as if he hadn't heard. Athena on the opposite side couldn't hold back anymore, stood up and shouted: "Shelter, you cowardly guy, how dare you despise the majesty of His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess! Pull out your sword and let me see if the defeated general has improved!"
Shelter had been defeated by Athena's sword in the juvenile fencing competition a few years ago, and when she revealed the old story in public, she was furious and was about to make a move when Master Kemp stopped him. At this time, if something goes wrong and falls into Xiya's scheme, it is still important to return to the topic.
Master Zola was also a dark elf, and said, "Why didn't you see Master Ardas? It is a rule of the Pharmacist Alliance that masters must accept the challenge. There is no need to discuss it. Why don't we go directly to his laboratory."
Xi Ya heard that Master Zola got straight to the point, and didn't panic, but said a little embarrassedly: "It's actually like this, Master Ardas had an accident when he was testing a powerful new drug three days ago, and now he is seriously injured and lost his life. Mobility, unable to come, so I said to discuss."
"Oh?" Master Zola sneered, "Why did Master Ardas have an accident when we arrived here? Isn't it because he was afraid of Sandro's reputation and pretended to be injured to avoid the challenge?"
Xi Ya's expression remained unchanged, and he asked back: "Master Ardas had an accident three days ago. At that time, he didn't know that Sandro would come to challenge. Based on everyone's itinerary, it took at least one day to get here from the imperial capital." Many months, why did we receive a magical message from the Apothecary Union two days before our arrival?"
This rhetorical question hits the nail on the head, not only clarifying Aldas' innocence, but also vaguely pointing out that this is a conspiracy. Master Zola was at a loss for words for a moment, and the master Kemp, who was a slave to the demon clan, said, "His Royal Highness Xi Ya misunderstood. Originally, we were invited by Lord Zhuoqie, the lord of Chiyou, to visit Chiyou City. Sandru made an impromptu decision to First come to the Dark Moon Territory to challenge Master Ardas, that’s why the magic communication is so hasty. If the eldest princess doesn’t believe it, you can ask Master Zhuoqie’s eldest son Joseph, I think he seems to be the financial officer of Dark Moon City.”
The territory of Chiyou is adjacent to the territory of Dark Moon. As the confidant of Prince Obsidian, Lord Zhuoqie of Chiyou is the "eye" of the imperial capital to monitor Dark Moon. Since most of the resources and funding of the Dark Moon Territory came from Chiyou, Shia had to reuse Joseph who came to "work". Joseph was obviously from Darkmoon City, and if he testified for this matter, it would be even more irrefutable.
To take a step back, Sandru's challenge was originally in line with the procedure, and there is no point in arguing about the notification time.
"No need, why don't I trust Master Kemp." Shea nodded calmly, "I just sent Kaguron to ask the injured Master Ardas to see if he has a request for a postponement of this challenge. "
Kemp and Zola looked at each other and exchanged views quickly. You can hide for a while, but you can't hide for a lifetime. If the opponent wants to postpone, then Sandru will stay in Dark Moon City until Ardas "recovers" to fight. Anyway, he will never stop until Ardas is driven away.
Soon, the report of the chief guard of the royal palace, Kaguron, surprised the guests from the imperial capital including Sandro—the seriously injured Master Ardas was unwilling to postpone the delay, and agreed to openly accept Sandro's challenge in the middle of the arena in Darkmoon City !
Sandro originally thought that the other party would delay the fight, but unexpectedly he would fight directly, but he said proudly because of his high skills: "It is rare for Master Ardas to fight with injuries. In order to show my respect to him, I will go to The arena, let's start the challenge."
No fluctuations could be seen on Xia's cold face, and she said indifferently: "Since this is the case, please wait a moment, I will immediately send someone to the arena to arrange everything."
The Darkmoon Arena is one of the largest buildings in the city. It was quite famous 400 years ago. At that time, the Beelzebub royal family who had disappeared appeared in Darkmoon City, took control of the Darkmoon territory, and attempted to invade the Chiyou territory and threaten the imperial capital. The Great Emperor Bai Ye came after hearing the news, and fought against the Beelzebub royal family in this arena, and finally severely injured his opponent, and that person has since disappeared.
Corresponding to the long history of the arena is the dilapidated furnishings. Under the busyness of Kaguron and other guards, the arena was quickly cleaned up, a high platform was erected, and rows of seats were placed as VIP seats. As for the rest of the people, they were naturally not treated so well, but it did not affect their enthusiasm at all. The originally deserted arena was overcrowded for a while.
Although everyone is quite afraid of the Aldas master who often makes screams, but from the bottom of their hearts, they still hope that he can defeat those outsiders and win glory for the dark moon.
In the eyes of everyone, Sandro's attendants skillfully arranged a series of utensils and materials. On the other side, Master Aldas was also carried into the arena on a stretcher, followed by the new apprentice Chen Rui, which caused a burst of noise from the audience.
Humanity? The appearance of Chen Rui made Sandru frown. After hearing Xi Ya's introduction of Chen Rui's background, he showed a look of disapproval. When Zola and Camp heard that Aldas had accepted a human captive as an apprentice, they were all very angry. Contemptuous.
It was the first time for Chen Rui to face such a big scene. Looking at the countless strange-looking demon faces around him, he calmed down, saluted the VIP seats, and said loudly: "I am Chen Rui, the new apprentice of Master Ardas. Since the master was accidentally injured during the experiment, he is temporarily unable to act, so he will instruct me to accept the challenge, I wonder if Lord Sandro agrees?"
Command apprentices to accept the challenge? And it's a newly recruited apprentice! This was the first time in the history of the master challenge. Although Ardas was seriously injured and unable to act, Sandru still clearly felt an insult: Could it be that Ardas tried to humiliate his opponent once before leaving knowing that he was going to fail?
"I agree." Sandro stared at Aldas in the distance, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes: "I demand a life-and-death battle. I wonder if Master Aldas has the guts to let that human apprentice take the place instead?"
Life and death battle! Zola and Camp showed surprise. The life-and-death battle is that the pharmacists directly use each other as targets to test each other's medicines, not substitutes. The first to be poisoned to death is judged to be a failure, and it is usually done by two parties with deep hatred. Under this rule, even if Ardas sends an apprentice on the field, as long as the apprentice is poisoned to death, he himself must accept the punishment of death.
The two masters, Zola and Kemp, had absolute confidence in Sandro's strength. Although they were surprised, they quickly recovered their composure.
Sure enough, Ardas on the opposite side fell into deep thought, as if thinking about something, while the human apprentice showed fear, came to Ardas and whispered, as if he did not dare to fight. The dark elf looked angry, and his fingers tremblingly wanted to point at the humans, but he could only lift up a little, and then fell down weakly. The serious injury did not seem to be fake.
The surrounding voices were too noisy, even those with keen hearing could not hear the whispers of the two of them clearly.
Joseph saw it, and couldn't help frowning: Judging from the information from the inside, Aldas was not injured three days ago, but stayed in the laboratory for the past two days. Could it be to deal with Sander? Lu, forced to configure some difficult potions and accidentally injured
In the end, Aldas made a decision to let his apprentice Chen Rui accept the life-and-death battle instead. It seemed that the dark elf master was going to put all his eggs in one basket to repay the eldest princess' kindness with death.
After the guards announced the rules of the life-and-death battle to the ignorant audience, the people of Darkmoon City were in an uproar, feeling more and more excited. They couldn't understand anything about potions, but life and death could always be understood!
Sandro showed a cruel smile. He didn't think there was any suspense in this fight. With the poison he newly developed, even if Aldas ended up in person, he would only end up poisoned and killed, let alone that weak human being. up.
Princess Xia announced the start of the competition, and the surrounding noises suddenly fell silent. Everyone's eyes fell on that poor human being. Some people were already betting, how long will it take for human beings to be poisoned to death? a second? Or two seconds
Sandro quickly started dispensing the medicine. His proficiency and precision made the two referees, Zola and Camp, feel inferior. The genius pharmacist really lived up to his reputation.
In just two minutes, a bottle of medicine was prepared. On the other side, apprentice Chen Rui was clumsily commanding by Ardas' gestures, and he didn't even complete the classification of raw materials.
According to the rules, if one party prepares the medicine first, the other party can only stop and prepare the antidote within the specified time to try the poison. The life-and-death battle not only compares the strength of the medicine, but also tests the skill and wisdom of the pharmacist himself. If you only want to be fast, then the medicinal properties may not be enough. If it is too slow, the opponent will take the initiative.
Sandru signaled the referee to let the other party try the medicine. Chen Rui looked very nervous. He closed his eyes and prayed for a while, then took the bottle of dark blue medicine tremblingly. No one knew, what he was praying for was progress! schedule!