The men of the saber-toothed tiger merchant group really did not dare to stop the lord's personal guards from dragging away 11 carts of special products, and the steward of the merchant group took the list of goods, ran to the government office, and begged the man to write a letter and pass it to the Marquis Sophia.

After all, this batch of goods with interest is worth 160,000 gold soles, which is definitely a staggering fortune, and they are so extensive that the steward of the merchant group cannot afford to lose the goods.

According to the steward, these 11 cars of rare specialties have already had buyers, and if they do not get the predetermined share, it will inevitably damage the credibility of the Clover merchants. The trade deal signed between the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Lords could be reversed, and Lady Sophia's situation will be even more difficult.

Victor weighed again and again, but still gave up the idea of occupying the 11 car specialty, and amiably said to the steward: this is a test for him, and his loyalty is worthy of appreciation. The steward put on a look of genuine fear and flattery, and as for how sincere he was, Victor didn't care.

Victor did not do this for fear of provoking Sophia, in fact, the high-ranking knight was almost undisturbed by negative emotions, and if Sophia suffered a loss, she would only use it as an excuse for Victor to make more compensations and concessions. Victor can be a scoundrel to Sophia, but he must consider the situation of the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce.

The Clover Merchant Group has lost its credibility, and the Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, Marquis Leopold, will definitely unite the deceived Southern Lord and Viscount Sauron to attack the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce, and finally let the Leopold family's caravan take a share of the kingdom's trade, and even completely replace the Clover Merchant Group.

Victor regards the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce as a bag that no one else can touch, and before the Golden Regiment absorbs the talents of the Chamber of Commerce, the Centaur Hills still needs Sophia to transfer supplies. If the Leopold family had the right to transship goods within the Gambis, they would know everything they could procure.

In particular, the medicinal materials of Arrett Mountain are related to the alchemist's recovery potion, and compared to Sophia, who is strictly neutral, the Leopold family, which is backed by the royal family, will obviously use the list of goods to collect information about Victor.

On the other hand, the goods that occupy 160,000 gold soles are too ostentatious and easy to attract the attention of others. In case the Alchemy Empire's recovery potion is priceless, as long as Victor takes it out and uses it, with Sylvia's wisdom, she will be able to link these two things together immediately, and then ...... God knows how she'll react?

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

This batch of materials arrived at the hill camp, and the alchemy militia in the camp followed Victor's order to send five kinds of medicinal herbs to the mountain fortress overnight, and handed them to Busso to configure the recovery potion of the alchemy empire.

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

The recovery potion in the crystal bottle was golden in color, with a heavy texture like mercury, as dazzling as melted gold. Victor carefully examined the potion in his hand and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure this thing is okay after drinking?"

"Ordinary people will definitely be very uncomfortable after drinking recovery potions. Jack replied honestly.

"How uncomfortable is it?"

"The stomach and intestines are blocked. ”

"......" Victor carefully put down the crystal bottle, looked up and asked, "Knight...... Uh, I mean, what happens to the alchemist when he drinks it?"

"This kind of recovery potion can restore the alchemist's energy without interruption for three hours. ”

"It was originally blocked in the stomach and intestines, and then it was continuously transformed into fighting energy...... Pharmacy is amazing. Victor shook his head with a smile, and suddenly his eyes widened again and asked, "Wait, you just said 'this' recovery potion?

"There are two recipes for recovery potions recorded in my will side, the one you have in your hand is one type of recovery potion, and the other is a class two potion, and its recovery effect is not as good as this one. Jack replied.

"Class 2 Recovery Elixir?" Victor touched his chin and asked, "Isn't it cheaper?"

Jack thought for a moment and said, "My lord, we didn't have the concept of expensive or cheap. If you consider the type of herb alone, the second recipe is much more complicated than the first. We don't have the materials for a Class II recovery potion at the moment. After all, the span of time is too long, and some of the resources that can be found everywhere in the era of the Alchemy Empire have become extinct, while some rare resources may be ordinary now. ”

Victor looked at the recovery potion on the table in a daze, slapped his forehead, and shouted in chagrin, "I almost made a big mistake!"

To verify the effect of the recovery potion, you must find a knight to take it. Victor thinks about it and realizes that only Nicole can help him keep it a secret. Although he was sure that the knight was the descendant of the ancient alchemist, after tens of thousands of years, who could guarantee that the raw materials of the potion had not mutated? Who could guarantee that the knight's bloodline had not changed?

"How can I let Nicole test the drug?" Victor stood up and paced up and down the room in a fidgety way, shouting, "The knights around me are all my women...... Why don't I have a Secret Knight?"

Victor spun around a few times and suddenly stopped, "I seem to have a midshipman captive...... Work as a coolie in Raventown. He turned to Jack and instructed, "Use the red-eyed letter crow to send the old Hamm, the garrison of Raven Town, to send two elite guards to send that Todd back." ”

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

When Victor first visited Raventown, he ordered the destruction of a free camp and secretly confronted Viscount Negus. In that skirmish, Viscount Negus lost 3 apprentice knights, and Todd was the only surviving apprentice knight.

Although he came from a humble background and had an impure bloodline, relying on the refining potion provided by Duke Erickson to barely awaken the knight's bloodline, and only resonated with 4 elemental positions, his swordsmanship was superb and he single-handedly killed two spirit monkey militiamen.

Victor suspects that Todd is close to igniting the fire of the heart, but his basic attributes are too poor, and his personal strength is far from being comparable to that of a full-fledged knight.

Later, in order to survive, Todd willingly gave up his status as a trainee knight, ruined his appearance with a pure gold sword, and worked as a coolie in Raven Town. His ruthlessness impressed Victor and Lilia, and spared his life.

Spirit Monkey Militia Jack was not present at the time, so he naturally didn't know about Todd.

"He's ...... Never mind. Go and call the one-eyed dragon Gru. Victor didn't bother to explain and decided to let the captain of his own guard do it.

"As you wish, my lord. Jack saluted scrupulously, like a normal vassal soldier, and left the study backwards.

It didn't take long for the tall, male-looking Gru to walk into the room, bow, and say, "My lord, are you looking for me?"

"Hmm. Victor nodded and asked, "Does Todd in Raven Town remember?"

"Remember, that guy killed two of my elite guards, and cut off his face, bleeding all over the ground, and didn't frown a brow, he is a ruthless man!" Gru was also impressed by Todd, paused, and added: "However, Todd was very honest later, and he didn't fight back when he was beaten, and now anyone can bully him." ”

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

Victor returned to his seat and commanded, "Take a squad of cavalry and make a trip to Raventown to take Todd back to the hill camp." He tapped on the table and continued, "Raventown is now full of agents and Inquisition undercrawlers. Be quick and careful, and never attract the attention of outsiders, including Lady Sophia and her men. If Todd tries to escape, shoot and kill!"

"Don't worry, my lord!" said the one-eyed dragon Gru, patting his chest, "I brought Todd back in the name of changing the guards of Raven Town, and made sure no one knew." ”

Gru's force is inferior to that of the Alchemy Militia, but the Alchemist Humans will never learn his wit and flexibility.

Victor smiled with satisfaction: "You leave immediately, and strive to come back within 30 days." ”

"Yes, my lord!"

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

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

He came from an aristocratic family in the Eastern Alliance, and his father had a title but no territory, blood but no power, like a stallion in heat and not like an elegant nobleman. He desperately gave birth to 17 children, but not including Todd.

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

There are many such illegitimate children in the Eastern Alliance, if it is a daughter, then she will become the plaything and fertility tool of others, and the boy can only accept the unfortunate fate, first become the slave of the family, and then be the cannon fodder of the lord, either die on the battlefield, or make war exploits and get the master's commendation, or awaken the fighting spirit in the cruel battle of life and death, and become a knight.

Todd did not accept the fate of the bastard in the East, and he chose to escape from his father's grasp and wander from the Eastern Alliance to the kingdom of Dodor. A bloodline certificate signed by the church made him Duke Erickson's family bodyguard, and before the age of 18, he refined the knight's bloodline and awakened his fighting spirit.

But the good times did not last long, and Duke Erickson was executed by order of King Dodor for privately minting gold coins against the royal tax collectors. Todd wanted to take refuge with Viscount Negus, but failed to complete the Viscount's mission and instead became a captive of the Randall family. He was once again reduced to a lost dog.

This series of events made Todd deeply realize that the loss of the apprentice knight of the master is equivalent to the loss of everything.

Todd has a low bloodline, has no potential, and bears the stain of the lost lord, and it is almost impossible to be accepted by the lord again. He cut his face and was disfigured, and volunteered to serve as a coolie in Raven Town, in addition to being afraid of death, he was unwilling to give up his status as a knight nobleman. And the identity of the knight nobleman comes from the bloodline and is attached to the master.

The noble-blooded Viscount Randall is his only hope.

Now, more than a year of enduring humiliation to survive has finally paid off.

Eight days ago, Viscount Randall's captain of the guard's guard had taken him to the Randall family's secret castle, where the viscount's apothecary brought him a 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 he had already made it. He took the potion very happily and worked under the guidance of the pharmacist.

Something magical happened.

The golden potion that sank into his stomach spit out a steady stream of Dou Qi, and the total amount and duration of Dou Qi was even more than three times that of usual! Todd couldn't help but use this Dou Qi to stimulate the silent elemental bit, and soon, the fifth elemental bit resonated, followed by the sixth, and then the seventh......

For the next three days, Todd took three potions a day, resonating with the 11 elemental positions at the bottom, and changed from a beginner trainee knight to an advanced trainee knight. For the last five days, he continued to take the medicine, but the last wind elemental position remained unmoved.

Todd stared at the pattern on the spider's back, stunned, and finally let out a long sigh after a long time.

"You're worried?"

A faint voice came from the doorway, and Todd turned his head to see the handsome and tall Viscount Randall walking into the house with four guards dressed in strange leather armor and holding long swords.

He quickly knelt down on his knees and said in fear, "Lord Randall, I have let you down. I still haven't been able to break through the barrier today and resonate with the last elemental bit. ”

Four leather-armored swordsmen stood in the four corners of the room, faintly surrounding Todd in the middle. Victor sat down on the main seat of the barracks and chuckled, "Are you afraid that I will kill you?"

Todd's forehead touched the floor, and he said respectfully, "My lord, the golden potion can make the apprentice knight who has refined his bloodline resonate with the silent elemental level, reaching the level of a senior apprentice knight. This should be your biggest secret, but I haven't gained your trust yet, and I haven't resonated with the bottom 12 elemental bits and stepped into the bronze level. If you give me a chance, I will prove to you that my loyalty is not lost to your Arcane warriors. ”

"It costs me thousands of gold soles to train an arcane warrior, and you have shared 24 golden potions from me, how much do you think one golden potion is worth?" asked Victor with interest.

"Immeasurable!" Todd's voice was hoarse, and cold sweat oozed from his head and back.

"A top-grade refining potion is worth 2,000 gold soles, and even if a golden potion costs 1,000 gold soles, 24 will cost 24,000 gold soles. Victor changed his words and said leisurely: "I threw more than 20,000 gold coins on you, but I didn't want to kill you. ”

Todd tried hard to contain his excitement, and said in a deep voice: "Todd is willing to go to the soup for the adult! As long as it is the order of the adult, I will never give up!"

"There's really something you need to do......"

Victor was silent for a long time, and then said, "You can first tell me about the experience of taking the potion this time. ”

Todd raised his head, and the three hideous scars on his face pulled out a wrying smile, "It's still the same as the previous two days, the Dou Qi inspired by the golden elixir is based on my own Dou Qi, and the strength and purity can't resonate with the 12 elemental bits at the same time. The effect of the golden potion is balanced and stable, and there is no flaw in itself, it is my own bloodline that limits my achievements. ”

"Do you think that the golden potion can help the apprentice knight who stimulates his own fighting spirit to be promoted to knight?" asked Victor.

"Surely!" Todd further explained, "The naturally awakened apprentice knight far surpasses me in terms of purity and total amount of fighting energy. And the golden potion can triple the fighting spirit of the user, it is entirely possible for them to resonate with the 24th elemental bit, as for whether they can resonate with the 25th elemental bit, I don't know. ”

Victor nodded and asked, "Have you heard of the Secret Knight?"

"Haven't heard of it. Todd shook his head blankly.

"The big family will adopt some low-blooded noble children, provide them with resources, help them stimulate their fighting spirit, let them take charge of the family secret spy, and do some shady things. Victor continued: "Since the cost of cultivating secret knights is higher than that of ordinary knights, large families generally do not let secret knights perform mortal missions. As long as the secret knight has done enough meritorious service for the family, he can receive the land, obtain the title of lord, and become a true nobleman. ”

Todd hurriedly said loudly: "Lord Randall, I am willing to be your secret knight. ”

Victor sneered, "Secret knights have been cultivated since childhood, and they are loyal to their families. You're too old......" and said slowly, "However, I have something that needs a fresh face to do, and if you are able to accomplish my task, I will allow you to bow to me." ”

"Your Excellency, you can do it!"

Victor mused, "I've read your autobiography. You were born in the Eastern League, do you know about the Kamen Brotherhood?"

Todd shook his head and said, "My lord, I ran away from my family before I was 11 years old, and I can't remember the life of the Eastern Alliance. ”

Victor stared into Todd's eyes for a long moment, then retracted his gaze and said, "The Kamen Brotherhood is fighting against my men in the Kingdom of Dord. I'm going to send a group of men to reinforce my men, and you'll go over and prove your loyalty to me with the blood of the Kamen Brotherhood. When this matter is settled, I will ask the priest to erase the scar from your face and give you the status of a secret knight. ”

"Your will, my lord, is my mission!" said Todd, half-kneeling, bowing his head.

"Get up. Victor bowed slightly, got up and said, "The reinforcements will leave tonight, you have a good rest in this room, and someone will come to look for you at that time." With that, he took Renault and Jack to open the wooden door and walk out of the barracks.

Outside, a weak wind swelled, blowing off the yellow leaves of the tree.

"The season of the winds is coming. Victor stretched out his hand, as if to hold the invisible wind, "In China, autumn is the season of harvest and the season of withering...... Lord Kill!"

Renault scratched his head and asked, "My lord, where are you going now?"

"Let's go!" Victor withdrew his hand and walked forward, "Let's go to the Alchemy Tower." ”