Chapter 67: Not in line with his character
The people from Alchemy City arrived faster than expected.
Amber was still checking to see which piece of equipment could be washed and used again when the sixth seat of the parliament, Gustavo Flynn, arrived on the scene.
Looking at the street that had turned into ruins, the legendary alchemist's face looked very ugly.
Gustavo Flynn stared at Amber and said, "You sold the bar to me so that you wouldn't feel bad when it was demolished, right?"
Amber Xiu said nonchalantly: "As the sixth seat of the Alchemist Council, a bar is nothing to you."
"I can ignore the bar, but look at what you did? You took action in the city. Are you afraid that others will not know? How can we cooperate?!"
This was the real reason why Gustavo Flynn was angry. The Alchemy City had always stated that it was neutral, so it only provided the paladins with some basic information about Ambershu, which was information that the paladins could find out by spending some time even if they didn't give it to them.
The Alchemy City did not reveal to Ambersu any of the Holy Knights' activities in the city.
This put Amberxiu in a completely passive position, and he could only play passive defense at the beginning.
Later, it was the Withered Rose that sent him the information, and Amberxiu reluctantly spent a large sum of money to arrange this ambush.
Thanks to Gareth's good relationship with the rich female orc, and the female orc had many connections among the adventurers in the Alchemy City, the assassination was successfully carried out.
But now thinking about it, it's still a bit of a loss. After all, Gareth still had to do it in the end, and it could have been for free.
Therefore, facing Gustavo Flynn's questioning, Amberxiu smiled and said, "My dear Flynn, don't you understand yet? I am doing this just to give you an excuse to intervene. Think about it, if this group of holy warriors attacked my castle and were captured by me, and you suddenly gave up your neutrality and rescued them, what would the Ryan Empire think? "Even if the Ryan Empire has no doubts, what will others think? After all, I am the lord of the Alchemy City. Outsiders come to beat me, and you don't help, but you also take sides. Now people's hearts are unresting. Aren't you afraid that the small lords below will rebel together? "Now that I have taken the initiative to attack and destroyed this street, haven't you found a reason to intervene in this matter? You can declare to the outside world that I violated the laws of the Alchemy City and caused serious losses, so I made solemn representations or severe condemnations. Anyway, you can figure out the words yourself.
"Then I can hand the person over to the Alchemy City, and our deal will be complete. No one can find fault with it."
After hearing what Amberxiu said, Gustavo Flynn felt that it made some sense, but he also knew that what Amberxiu said was actually blocking his way to pursue responsibility and seek compensation. Once he agreed with his statement, the Alchemy City would have to pay for the damage out of its own pocket.
But because he guessed what Amber was thinking, Gustavo Flynn did not continue to pester him.
This damn lich will do anything for money.
If Gustavo Flynn continued to negotiate compensation with Amber, he might actually dare to kill a few of these paladins.
Gustavo Flynn asked bluntly: "When is the deal?"
Amber Xiu stretched out his finger and shook it, then said, "Don't be so anxious. You have to do the whole show. At least let me take the person back and lock him up for a few days, and then you can make a big scene, and then I will send the person over. This is the only way to make it realistic. The Ryan Empire is not without prophets, so you have to be cautious in this cooperation."
This sounded reasonable, but Gustavo Flynn vaguely felt that something was wrong. He was not in a hurry to get paid, which was a bit out of character for him.
Moreover, he mentioned prophecy.
Gustavo Fring rubbed the ring on his finger imperceptibly.
The enchantment spell was activated, and Gustavo Fring gained the ability to detect lies.
Gustavo Flynn asked Amber, "Do you have any other plans? Are you going to break the contract?"
Who would have thought that Amber would just smile and not answer the question directly, but instead sent out dozens of wizards to capture those holy warriors and take them away.
Gustavo Flynn frowned. Could he have discovered it? This was clearly a secret spell specifically designed to target the perception of the dead, but this skeleton was too sensitive.
Amberxiu did not give him the chance to continue testing. He stuffed all the holy knights into the portal and teleported them to his own castle.
Before leaving, Amber said to Gustavo Flynn, "By the way, Alchemy City has such a big mess. Isn't the president planning to step in?"
The president has always been a legendary figure. The only people in Alchemy City who have seen him are probably the members of the parliament. Amber Xiu had only exchanged letters with him and had never met him in person.
"Why are you asking that?" Gustavo Flynn asked back warily.
"I'm just curious. I've been thinking about a question these past few days. What kind of trouble is there in the sewers of the Alchemy City that forced you, a bunch of proud lunatics, to seek help from outside. Could it be that even the president can't solve it? He is the alchemist closest to the gods."
Gustavo Flynn said coldly: "You don't have to worry about that."
Amberxiu did not ask any more questions and left the ruins with Gareth.
As soon as he returned to the castle, Amber said to Gareth, "Those lunatics in Alchemy City must have some conspiracy. These bastards might want to trick me."
Gareth was still sighing over his helmet. This helmet, which he had hammered by hand, was damaged by the Holy Slash, which made him quite annoyed.
Hearing what Amber said, Gareth said strangely: "Didn't you guys have a good chat just now?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"Bullshit, Gustavo Flynn even played a lie detector test on me, did he think I didn't notice his little trick? Our cooperation was going smoothly, but now they are suddenly worried about me, which means they are hiding something and are afraid that I know something. This old guy is usually very reserved and steady. Even if the elves pointed a bow and arrow at his head, his hand holding the test tube would not shake at all. But he has been losing his composure frequently recently, which is totally inconsistent with his character. There must be something wrong."
Amber touched his chin, trying to connect Gustavo Flynn's behavior with the prophecy he had received before, but he couldn't think of any explanation for the time being.
After thinking about it, Amber took out the Codex of the Undead and sent a message to the Withered Rose.
[Ultraman Tiga: Ms. Rose, have you entered the Alchemy City now? ]
After waiting for a long time, Amberxiu finally received a reply from the Withered Rose.
[Dead Rose: I just came into the city and am wandering around the city under the pretext of an academic visit. Why are you asking this? ]
The Parliament had already discovered that the Withered Rose had appeared near the Alchemy City with an army. If the Alchemy City was attacked by the undead now, it would be in big trouble.
Withered Rose never thought that it would be possible to conquer the Alchemy City with just this "guard of honor". That would be too much of an underestimation of these alchemists. Neither side wanted to fight, so Withered Rose made up an excuse and the Alchemy City "enthusiastically" invited her into the city for surveillance and investigation.
[Ultraman Tiga: There is a big secret hidden in the sewer of the Alchemy City. I would like to ask you to help investigate it. ]
Amber told Withering Rose some useful information, such as the false prophecy about the sewer becoming a god, and the recent strange actions of the Alchemy City.
Withered Rose quickly replied: [Okay, I will pay attention. But I also remind you to be careful, Canggu sister can't help but go to find Gareth, she is very angry now. ]
Amber: ...
No way, it's jumping to the head-losing plot so quickly?!
(End of this chapter)