Seeing the incredulous expression on Victor's face, Merlin Avery smiled a little smugly, "Ah, let me guess, the reason those people want to find me is because the Apothecary's Guild has one more real grandmaster?"

Victor grinned, "Sure enough, you have made arrangements, my lord, but the result may not all be as you wish." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 He paused and said in an accentuated tone, "The Apothecary's Guild has two more Grandmasters, and in addition to President Herderland's successful promotion, Chief Mentor Deben Basten is now truly qualified to be called Your Excellency. ”

As the branch president or chief mentor of the Apothecary Guild, of course, you can afford to pay this honorific to Your Excellency. But generally speaking, only a grandmaster-level alchemist is qualified to be honored as Your Excellency under any circumstances.

"Two Grandmasters......" Avery believed that his expression was probably stupid, because he did feel his scalp explode, and he was at a loss, "how can it happen that two of them are promoted at the same time?" Deben Basten has the same accumulation, but he has not been exposed to the real grandmaster-level concentrated antidote, but he may have obtained my experimental work from President Heldland...... If it was so easy for him to successfully break through the bottleneck, then in the past forty years, has he not even seized such an opportunity?"

Both were promoted to Grandmaster at the same time, completely disrupting Avery 's plans. If only President Herderland had been promoted, he would undoubtedly have been greatly grateful to Avery - or the fictitious Grandmaster Apothecary, and the power structure of the Apothecary's Guild would have changed significantly.

But if a chief mentor of Deben Basten is added to the promotion list, the situation is different.

The Apothecary Guild with two grandmasters can already rank in the top five among more than fifty city-states, in fact, except for the branches of the Imperial Capital Association and the Massachusetts city-states, no branch can have more than three grandmasters.

With the Iron Master, or the fictional grandmaster-level pharmacist behind him, the Coventry Apothecary's Guild has the strength to wrestle with the Massachusetts city-states to determine who will rise to the top of the Empire's First Branch.

However, the city-state of Coventry is located in the western frontier, and resources are extremely scarce, and it is simply not able to provide the huge quantity and extremely high quality alchemy materials required by the three grandmaster-level pharmacists. In this way, one of the grandmasters must choose to withdraw.

Neither Deben Basten nor Herderland were pharmacists valued by the Imperial Capital, and they were sent to Coventry with a taste of the Frontier. Promoted to Grandmaster did not mean that they were willing to return to the Imperial Capital immediately and engage in a life-and-death struggle for power with the higher-ups there. Because neither side is a hot-blooded young man, the redistribution of power is better through negotiation and compromise rather than violent destruction.

It is really in line with a famous saying of the ancient kingdom of Yahan, lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot. Avery patted his head in frustration, and then reluctantly pulled himself up, "Get ready, Mentor Satum, Master Iron can't continue to play a one-man show, I need you to play a pharmacist who has also received the alchemical inheritance of ancient civilizations, older, less talented, but skilled." ”

Tutor Satum looked up from the side of the semi-automatic workbench, "This is a very accurate description. He smiled wryly and nodded, "I don't have anything to prepare, there are territorial assistants to take care of the tutor's shop, and some newly concocted potions are enough to last a few days of sales." ”

The three of them soon left the City of Wisdom and arrived at an abandoned warehouse that served as a transit point. Located beneath the Apothecary's Guild Tower, it used to be a collection of worthless auxiliary materials and residues from failed experiments, but over time, both the materials and the residues had completely deteriorated, and were covered in heavy dust, and the air was filled with a unique smell of old and damp.

Due to the haste with which the apprentices and guards who had been ordered to find the Iron Master left, the door to the abandoned warehouse was not relocked, saving Avery some trouble. After all, if you rely on the alchemization technique to open the door, there will always be some extremely subtle traces, and it is not difficult to deduce from the careful eye and careful thinking that there were people in and out of this place.

After leaving the abandoned warehouse, Avery and the three of them climbed over the wall, leaving the Apothecary's Guild, and then walked around the distance of two streets, pretending to have just returned. Before they could approach the gate of the Apothecary Guild, they were discovered by the long-awaited apprentice, and with a long horn sound, a group of molten gold warriors ran out of the guild gate, not holding a long sword shield in their hands, but holding colorful flags.

Four pharmacists dressed in formal dresses lined up to greet them, led by Roban Apothecary, who had a relationship with Avery. This tall, lanky, middle-aged pharmacist has a gentle and humble personality, and has always been the most popular diplomat in the Coventry Apothecary's Guild.

"It's a great honor to meet you, Iron Master. "Pharmacist Roban respectfully stroked his chest and saluted, using the etiquette of an ordinary pharmacist to his teacher, and the other three pharmacists did the same. "I don't know if you have heard of the good news, just last night, President Herderland and Chief Mentor Deben Basten successfully concocted a grandmaster-level alchemy potion, and after reporting to the Imperial Capital Association, two real grandmasters appeared in Coventry. ”

"That's great news, congratulations. Avery replied with a smile, but his face did not deliberately pretend to be surprised, "The two seniors have a strong accumulation, and it is not difficult to break through the bottleneck when they encounter an opportunity, and they are the objects of learning for those of us who have not yet touched the door of the Grandmaster Palace. ”

"That's thanks to you. Pharmacist Roban obviously knew something, and smiled more and more humbly, "Come with me, Iron Master, and these two lords, Lord Herderland and Lord Deben Basten, are waiting for you at the top of the tower." ”

After navigating through two curving corridors and climbing hundreds of spiral steps, Avery finally reached the top platform of the tower, where he met two newly promoted grandmaster apothecaries.

President Heldland's usual solemn countenance, and even more so at this time, could not conceal the joy in his eyes, but Deben Basten looked strange, and his excitement seemed to be mixed with an unusual nervousness. As Avery approached, the two sides made a slight eye contact, and Deben Basten subconsciously lowered his eyes, and then suddenly raised them.

"He's afraid? No, not afraid, but like he's sorry for me, or rather, the very mixed emotions of the thief when he meets the owner. Avery didn't move, but there was a wave in his heart, "Could it be that this old apothecary took something from me, or that he stole the opportunity to be promoted to Grandmaster from me?"