"Ainz, Profession: Alchemist, specializing in potions, Silver Fifth Order peak strength, has already qualified for the finals of the Apothecary Contest in the Royal Capital Scarlet, right?"

"Who are you?" Aintz, who had already shaved the beard off his face and showed a delicate young face, frowned and looked at the five people in front of him.

"Don't be nervous, you are still eligible to participate, according to the rules of the competition, you are now under the protection of Grand Duke Muria, and no one dares to do anything to you. ”

The palace attendant who stopped Anz smiled at Yaheng, who wanted to make a move, and pointed to the emblem of the hexagonal dragon head on the chest of his robe, "I'm from the royal capital Scarlet, this emblem, you should know it!"

"Are you the one of the ruling Grand Duke of Muria?" Anz, who has participated in more than ten games, is naturally very familiar with this six-pointed dragon head mark, which is the emblem of the ruling Grand Duke, and everyone who has this emblem on his body is a person who belongs to the ruling Grand Duke.

"Of course, are you the apothecary Aintz?" asked the palace attendant, who had already confirmed his identity through the three-dimensional image, and bowed slightly.

"I'm Ainz himself. The genius pharmacist boy and his own Fa Xiao Yaheng glanced at each other, and then looked at the white-faced beardless servant in front of him, and he knew where he came from at a glance.

"So, Lord Ainz, do you have time to talk to me now?" asked Ainz in a tone that could not be refused.

"Good. Ainz glanced at the majestic golden dragon head badge on the chest of the chamberlain, and then nodded cheerfully in agreement. This is not an existence that he now has the capital to refuse.

"This way, Master Ainz. Seeing that Ainz was willing to cooperate, the waiter's attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn, and he respectfully stretched out his hand to a restaurant with exquisite decoration next to him.

"What do you, or the Grand Duke Regent, want to do with me?" asked Ainz in a calm tone after sitting down in the dining room and watching the waitress who had a faint fragrance on his body and seemed to have been sprayed with perfume finish his meal.

The chamberlain, a special group that only exists in the royal family and the families of the great nobles, has always represented the will of those big people.

"Your Excellency Ainz is really direct, in that case, then I won't beat around the bush. The chamberlain smiled, and then his face turned pale, "Excuse me, are you interested in serving His Excellency Grand Duke Muria?"

"......" Ainz was slightly silent, and then spoke: "I am a resident of the Rockman Kingdom, and I am naturally obliged to serve the archduke of Muria. ”

"Sir Aintz, you are a smart man, so don't play fool with me. The chamberlain showed a hint of displeasure on his face, "You should understand what I mean, I'm asking you, would you like to follow Lord Muria? Even if His Majesty Muria leaves the Rockman Kingdom after stepping down as the archduke in the future, you are also willing to follow and leave with you, and serve Your Majesty for the rest of your life." ”

"......" Anzi was silent, but Yaheng on the side was a little indignant and wanted to say something, but was pulled by Anzi and didn't let this guy with a head full of muscles speak to offend people.

"Lord Ainz, please be patient, Your Majesty Muria's strength, you should know something. Among the dragon clan, His Majesty's status is also very high, and if you have seen His Majesty Muria's ruling ceremony, you should be able to see it. ”

"Ten Elder Dragons!" the young Ainz whispered, then he looked at the chamberlain, "Can you tell me what I am interested in by Grand Duke Muria?"

"Naturally, it's your pharmacist talent. Your Majesty admires your poise, calmness, and pioneering spirit. ”

"What will I get if I promise to follow His Majesty Muria?" asked Ainz very realistically.

The profession of pharmacist is an auxiliary money-burning profession, and it is very normal to serve a certain force, and a pharmacist who works alone will not go far.

The materials required for low-grade potions are good to say, they can be bought on the market, but high-grade potions, that are basically priceless, and you can't buy them if you want to.

Therefore, it is the normal operation of the pharmacist to take refuge in the big forces, and as for how not to let himself become a medicine refining machine under the control of the big forces, it depends on the operation of the pharmacist himself.

"You can develop and configure any low-level potion as you like, without material restrictions, and the materials for high-level potions are available in limited quantities according to your abilities.

In addition, all the alchemy potion recipes collected by His Majesty Muria can be watched and experimented with at will. ”

"Feel free to watch?" Ainz smiled, "I'm afraid it's going to take a place where I can't send any news to the outside world, like in a half-plane." And after reading it, I should never have the chance to see the world I am in again. ”

The chamberlain smiled and didn't speak, some things just need to be understood, and there is no need to say them too clearly. Then, the chamberlain took out a stack of papers from the spatial ring and put it in front of Anz, making a gesture of invitation for him to flip through it.

Anz saw the document with the "top secret" stamp in front of him, and out of curiosity, he opened it and looked at it, and Yaheng on the side also came over.

Human beings, as extremely curious creatures, from princes and nobles to ordinary people, like to listen to secrets that others do not want to make public.

"How is that possible?" After only turning a few pages, Ainzi's brows were only twisted together, and the young Yaheng on the side also showed a shocked look, the information recorded on it was too terrifying for them.

The above records all the demon invasion events in the Rockman Kingdom in the past two years, and each demon invasion event is clearly marked with the time, place, number of demons attacked, and strength of the attack.

At the same time, coupled with a few line charts, Yaheng, who has a rough personality, can also directly see that the frequency of demons is getting higher and higher, and the strength is getting stronger and stronger, and things are developing in a certain bad direction.

"Is this all true?" Yaheng asked the chamberlain with an ugly face, he couldn't believe what would happen in the future if the number of demons appeared more and more as time went by, and the strength became stronger and stronger.

"Is it necessary for us to fabricate a false information to deceive you, and do you think you have the right to deceive us?" asked the chamberlain unceremoniously with a smile on his face.

"Why is this happening?"

"That's not something that someone like me would know. The chamberlain shook his head, and he stretched out his hand and pointed to the document in front of Anz, "So, if you agree to follow His Majesty Muria, you now have ten places to bring people into the half-plane without being disturbed by the outside world." ”

"Ten places, that's too little. ”