Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 875 The Hunter King's Plot (4-in-1)

Although the Hunter Association's reaction was misjudged, the general course of events still unfolded as expected.

Roy had already ordered his forces to prepare, with apprentices, wizards, and monsters from the Monster Association immediately launching an attack to strongly support the United Containment Organization.

The mirror disaster was immediately alleviated.

They even managed to hunt down many strange creatures and treasures, making a fortune in the process.

"Very good, let's press on and find and annihilate the avatar of Captoprone!"

According to historical records, this thing carries its power. If it can be successfully destroyed, it is very likely to significantly weaken the main body, and perhaps even provide an opportunity to attempt containment!

Roy personally directed the operation and was very satisfied with it.

"Seneca and Gadal are getting a bit out of control," Masettis cautioned.

Roy said, "From beginning to end, I never expected these natives to submit obediently."

Therefore, the current situation is still somewhat acceptable.

Massettis asked, "So, should we take this opportunity to subdue the United Containment Organization and bring it under our control?"

"No, I do not intend to take over this organization myself, but to continue to maintain the three-way balance of power."

The three organizations are independent of each other, yet they are all connected to us and cannot do without our assistance; this is the best possible situation.

Roy had already thought it through. Now, of course, he could let the Monster Association swallow up the United Containment Organization and integrate the resources of both sides to become the local hegemon that surpasses the Hunter Association.

Moreover, he was confident that he could control Palaria and make him obedient and not dare to cause any trouble.

But this would require incurring greater costs.

If times change and future generations take over, they will face a hegemonic power that rules the entire world.

If it's a puppet that can still be controlled, that's fine, but if it encounters a hero of the protagonist's destiny, it will become very troublesome.

Therefore, it would be better to let them maintain the status quo, with a balance of cooperation and competition.

Massettis was greatly surprised when he heard this.

Only then did I realize that the teacher's plans were far more profound than I had imagined.

……

At the same time, on the other side.

At the Hunter's Guild headquarters, Senex and several high-ranking members were preparing to depart.

"Teacher, are you really going to do that?"

Gadar looked at the old hunter king, who was dressed in his combat suit, with a slightly worried expression.

"Now that things have come to this, this will be our only chance."

Seneca said.

"If...if your judgment is wrong."

Gadar was still somewhat hesitant.

"Then just consider it a lost bet!"

Senex smiled wryly.

"After all these years, haven't you figured out the current situation yet?"
Our world will either be destroyed by the Captoprones or completely ruled by wizards!
Only by utilizing the power of Katopron can we have a slight chance of winning.

This couldn't even resist the wizards themselves; it only slowed down their colonization and control.

Therefore, ultimately, one must become a god, and wield supreme power surpassing even S-class!

He sighed deeply as he finished speaking, and patted his disciple on the shoulder.

"I'm old now, and this is all I can hope for. I'll give it my all."

If we don't return within a month, you should immediately sever ties with us as planned, reveal all the secrets, and exchange them for your own and the entire organization's chance to survive.

I'm certain the wizards will still need us to balance things out here, and they'll accept it.

If we don't accept it, then it means that you've been planning to destroy us from the very beginning, just sooner rather than later.

Gadar was speechless for a moment.

"let's go."

Senex's gaze grew even more resolute as he turned and led the others away from headquarters.

Soon after, they used the power of the Ghost Domain to enter a place that resembled the Town of Eternal Night, shrouded in a pitch-black sky.

One of the companions pulled out a floor-length mirror taller than a person from the ghostly realm, and a hazy light shone on the group. They then quickly hid to the side.

Only Seneca was an exception.

Instead of leaving, he went straight to the mirror.

In such a bizarre way, as if admiring its own reflection, it looked in the mirror under the sky of this desolate ruin.

After an unknown amount of time, a strange light began to emanate from the mirror. Suddenly, one of his trusted men drew his sword, stepped forward, and chopped off his head!

……

"Watch out, the avatar of Captoprone has appeared!"

"Squads 1, 3, 5, and 7, elemental sorcery strike!"

"Squads 2 and 4, launch your technological weapons attack!"

"Squad 6, use the Ghost Field to capture!"

Two days later.

Central part of the mainland.

The United Containment Organization, at its destroyed headquarters.

After overcoming numerous hardships and eliminating a large number of enemies scattered around the perimeter, the group finally arrived at the containment area inside the headquarters and found the avatar of Katopron lingering there.

This being, commonly known as the "Mirror Ghost," is a humanoid monster, but it does not have human skin or facial features; its entire body is a smooth, bright, reflective mirror.

When the group found it, it was like a ghost, wandering aimlessly in the same spot.

The surrounding void was shrouded in a thick fog that blocked out the light, but it could not stop the Mirror Demon from emitting a silvery-white light. Its entire body was like moonlight reflecting the sun, shining brightly.

All sorts of non-physical attacks landed on it and were deflected.

Physical attacks simply vanished into thin air, as if swallowed up by something.

"Just as the intelligence reports, only physical attacks can cause damage!"

However, it is surrounded by a mysterious domain, which acts as a protective spatial force field!

"Mirror spirits have no mental will and are unaffected by any illusion or control spells!"

For most people present, such a monster was practically unsolvable, and the natives could only fight it by relying on its laws and strength.

Moreover, as the crowd attacked it, the surrounding light and shadow flickered, and some human clones, like zombies, staggered out.

Those are the clones trapped in the strange realm, originating from beings who were killed in the past.

After everyone defeated them, several new monsters appeared in succession, and even some strange creatures began to appear.

However, the group remained calm.

As these monsters pounced, the thick hair rose up like smoke.

Some of the hair strands intertwined, forming sharp needles that quickly pierced through it!
Even an unconscious mirror image cannot withstand this law-based damage, quickly triggering its inherent fear characteristic and being forcibly driven to scatter and flee.

In the blink of an eye, more hair wrapped around it, and huge tentacles, several meters thick, fell from the sky, smashing the images into powder with a deafening roar.

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"Lord Roy!"

Everyone who witnessed this scene was deeply moved.

At the same time, they wisely retreated.

Because they knew that their mission was complete and they could retire gracefully.

The local natives, on the other hand, were still a bit confused: "Don't just stand there, everyone, let's go together..."

But soon, the surrounding sky suddenly turned dark, and the "mirror ghost" that was radiating a bright light was also covered by a lot of black hair.

The thick, ink-like black smoke obscured its eerie aura.

Even the originally pure sorcery "Apache Prohibition" has acquired the characteristic of sealing off space in the face of the upgraded "Tricks' Darkness" (Hairy Witch Body).

It tentatively took a few steps forward, backward, left, and right, but had no way to escape.

Roy moved forward, his powerful authority driving the dark sky to completely suppress the Mirror Demon's brilliance. Then, his divine domain sealed off the void, breaking even the property that made him immune to physical attacks.

The next moment, the hair condensed into a metallic substance and slammed down violently.

Wow!

After a crisp cracking sound, a large number of shards of glass shattered and fell to the ground.

Although the crowd couldn't understand it, they were greatly shocked.

They actually used the laws of nature to collide directly...

An extremely simple and effective attack method...

Instant kill!

In an instant, the fragments vanished, swept into Roy's own domain.

Before putting it away, he glanced at it briefly with the Eye of Hermes and found that it was indeed the raw material he had used to create the Demon-Sealing Mirror.

"Fragments of the Magic Mirror Kattoplon (Level 4)..."

It contains the power of the law of "mirror," possessing both "replication" and "spatial" properties...

At this moment, a pool of black liquid slowly flowed out from the broken mirror, like oil, or perhaps the blood of the mirror ghost, spreading across the ground.

Roy sensed a pure, profound darkness within it, but it was not a specific substance; rather, it was like the essence of the abyss, composed of countless tiny, source-level soul particles.

This is somewhat like the ethereal entity of the Fifth Element, and it is also related to the concepts of "copying" and "space" of the Kattoplon fragments.

The moment I saw this thing, a distinct stinging sensation came from between my eyebrows.

[Alchemy talent gain is in progress (20%→55%)]

"Ok?"

Roy was slightly taken aback, but then his spirits lifted.

Innate essence, that's a really good thing!

Meanwhile, everyone else was completely stunned.

The thing that I tried so hard to defeat but couldn't even scratch was just taken down like that?
The incarnation of Katopron has appeared in this world several times, each time bringing immense disaster to all living beings.

But in Roy's presence, it was as fragile as a real, ordinary mirror, shattering at the slightest touch.

That's truly unbelievable!
Ultimately, Roy led his team to successfully recapture the park, and then quickly expanded their gains to the entire headquarters and surrounding areas.

This saved the United Containment Organization from destruction.

Even Ferrero, who originally had many ulterior motives, was completely convinced.

Faced with absolute strength, one has no choice but to submit.

He specifically sought out Roy to express his sincere gratitude.

However, the conversation then subtly touched upon the idea of ​​containing strange creatures and various treasures.

Those were the core assets that the United Containment Organization lost during the war; without them, the headquarters would be greatly weakened.

"Your Excellency Ferrero, we also suffer losses when we take action."

Consider the spoils of war you've captured as your payment.

Upon hearing this, Ferrodler's face darkened.

Okay, I was overthinking it.

A wizard is a wizard.

Roy could tell from his expression that the other man was not happy.

However, he had not yet found a win-win solution, so he had no choice but to let the natives bear this loss.

Moreover, he intentionally took these things to maintain the balance of power.

After returning home, Roy was inspired and copied a fairy tale about "the fox dividing the cake" overnight.

Two bear brothers were arguing over a piece of cake when a passing fox pretended to help divide it, but deliberately broke it into pieces that were big and small.

In its pursuit of fairness, the fox kept nibbling at the larger piece, but "accidentally" overdid it, and the larger piece became smaller.

Then nibble on the original small piece and the now large piece, repeating the previous steps until both pieces of bread are only the size of a fingernail.

Finally, the two bear cubs stared at each other, holding the almost vanished biscuit bits, while the fox licked his lips and strode away.

When Massetti, as a disciple, read this story, his eyes lit up, as if he had figured out many things.

……

"Have the statistics come out yet? What's the situation with the Joint Containment Organization?"

In the blink of an eye, several days have passed.

Inside the shelter, Roy inquired about the aftermath.

"In this disaster, they lost 5 Class A personnel, 34 Class B personnel, and those below Class C have not yet been confirmed, but the number of missing and confirmed dead has exceeded 100..."

In addition, at least 300 of the contained monsters were captured or lost...

We are now trying to find it everywhere..."

The shelter director gave a brief explanation.

Roy nodded, neither sad nor happy.

To him, these were just numbers.

But it did effectively weaken this joint containment organization.

“We can discuss with them about sending our apprentices, knights, and wizards to stay here.”

We can also join the Joint Containment Organization, just like their other member factions.

"Huh?" The person in charge couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Roy's words.

Then, he realized, "Yes, I understand."

Roy said, "You handle this matter as you see fit, just maintain an overall balance."

By the way, how's the Hunter Association doing?

The person in charge said, "Gadal inquired about the situation, but said that manpower was tight and no reinforcements had been sent."

Roy said, "Never mind, this is fine too."

Actually, from our perspective, seeing them as close as brothers, fighting side by side, would be more of a headache.

Just then, Anjali suddenly walked in and secretly reported another situation: "Our spies have detected that Senex is making some unusual moves."

He went out with his men a few days ago and hasn't returned yet.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing her words, Roy immediately became alert.

What is he planning to do?

"It is not known at the moment."

"Never mind, I'll ask..."

Soon after, candlelight flickered in the dimly lit secret room.

Roy sat cross-legged in the center of the magic array, with a fist-sized crystal ball floating in front of him.

“~~…” (Otherworldly exploration)
As the ancient incantation was chanted, the crystal ball suddenly emitted a blinding white light, illuminating the entire secret chamber as if it were daytime.

Roy felt as if his entire soul had been ripped from his body. As his consciousness wandered, countless colorful streams of light flashed past his eyes, finally settling in a chaotic void.

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"Otherworld Exploration"...

This is a prophetic spell that projects mental consciousness to outer planes, directly communicating with demons and other higher-ranking mystical beings.

The various belief systems communicate with each other about the gods they worship.

What wizards usually communicate with is the plane will of Vizel, also known as the Vizel World Spirit (which spreads from the world to the plane and takes over the entire original star field).

However, this time, the matter to be inquired about is a local matter, and the most appropriate person to ask is, of course, the local world spirit.

Roy himself possesses the holy name of the savior "Saint Sotaire," and over the past few decades, he has gradually come to know the true name of this world, which is being eroded by the Captoprone, "Aifshani."

Therefore, it was quickly linked to the "Spirit of Aivshani".

This is the dimension of spirit and will, where there is no distinction between up, down, left, or right, nor the passage of time.

"O World Will of Evshani, tell me, is Senex still alive?"

Roy silently asked himself the question.

"Yes."

A synthesized, mechanically cold voice echoed from the depths of her consciousness.

Roy perked up and pressed on, "Did he go to the sealed land?"

"Yes."

Is he seeking rare treasure?

"no."

Is he seeking supernatural power?

"Yes."

……

A series of questions gradually helped Roy piece together the whole story in his mind.

The biggest obstacle to prophetic spells like this is the resistance of spiritual power, so it's impossible to directly probe into the inner world, such as asking, "Does he want to control the power of Captoprón?"

Experienced wizards only ask objective questions and do not involve any subjective questions.

Similarly, we only ask about things that happened in the past, not about the future.

After asking more than ten questions in a row, a severe headache struck.

He felt his thinking become sluggish, as if a layer of fog shrouded his consciousness.

This was due to a temporary dimensional ascension. When in contact with such a massive spiritual entity, an ordinary soul can only ask one or two questions. He asked more than ten in a row, which is a manifestation of the strength of his own soul.

But he still felt it wasn't enough, so he quickly asked, "Has the image conversion been completed?"

"no."

Does Senex still retain a sense of self?

This time, there was a moment of silence.

The voice replied, "Perhaps."

This ambiguous answer made Roy frown slightly.

But before he could ask any more questions, a dizzying sensation washed over him.

The soul connection established by the spell was severed.

Roy suddenly opened his eyes and returned to reality.

"Is that so?"

Unable to reconnect with the World Spirit for the time being, he could only sort everything out based on the information he had just received.

Senex, harboring rebellious intentions, attempted to transform the mirror image in order to control the Captoprone while his attention was focused on the Mirror Catastrophe.

Roy stood up, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

"To harness the power of Captoprone?"

That is impossible.

But if, conversely, one is corrupted by Kattopron's power and controlled by it...

The possibility is extremely high!

This could potentially create a true evil god, one that even I wouldn't easily deal with!

What Senex was completely unaware of was that this was the process by which the essence of the world's will and soul condensed and was born as a god.

However, the will of this world is being suppressed, and it is more likely that Captoprone will seize the opportunity to possess it and obtain what it lacks most and what is most precious to it: intelligence!
This may have been partly due to chance, but more so because of his own talent and his mastery of supernatural powers accumulated in this world.

It's like someone who has only learned elementary arithmetic actually manages to deduce the entire set of algebra, geometry, and then calculus and other advanced mathematics through their own efforts.

For a mortal to become a god is by no means easy in a high-magic world.

In such a low-magic, indigenous world, this is even more incredible!

Roy actually admired these strong natives and was impressed by everything they did.

Unfortunately, they took too big a step and went astray.

This could potentially be exploited by evil gods, becoming the means by which they descend.

This isn't saving the world, it's destroying it!

A moment later, Roy's figure flashed, and he used "Teleportation" to fly towards the Hunter's Guild.

"Lord Roy, what brings you here?"

Gadar quickly spotted him and hurried out to greet him.

Where exactly is Senex, and what has he been doing?

Roy stood in the air, looking down at Gadar with an unprecedented coldness in his eyes.

Sensing the chilling aura emanating from him, Gadar dared not conceal the truth: "He's trying to find a way to ascend to godhood."

Roy said, "Where did he go? You've discovered the passage connecting to Kattoprun's true form all these years, but you've kept it a secret?"

Gadar said, "No, it was only him who concealed the truth; we were unaware of it."

I implore Your Excellency to make the right judgment.

Roy sneered, "Do you think it's too late to sever ties now?"

Senex made excellent arrangements, taking into account all kinds of interpersonal relationships and the overall situation of the world, but she never expected that Roy, who had lived for more than 400 years and traveled to dozens of worlds, was already used to seeing and hearing all kinds of things.

He was able to read the shallow thoughts of intelligent beings and knew that what Gaddar said was true, and that he might genuinely not know the truth.

But that was only because Senex didn't tell him the specifics, but instead arranged many backup plans.

Gadar was a smart man and didn't get too involved.

However, Roy looked at them with increasingly cold eyes: "I have heard that some nobles, before rebelling and overthrowing the king, would send their descendants to the border or foreign countries to create the impression that they were not involved."

If successful, they can return to enjoy the fruits of victory.

If they fail, they will seek an opportunity to escape punishment.

Therefore, from both a moral and legal perspective, it is necessary to involve related parties and extend the punishment accordingly.

When faced with matters of principle, any clever tricks are meaningless.

"Seneca has committed a capital offense. You, along with all your trusted followers and the Hunter's Guild, will be purged."

Gadar's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.

But he finally straightened his back and faced Roy head-on: "You want to implicate us?"

Roy said calmly, "Just think of this as implicating others. In front of me, it's not that easy to sever ties so easily."

You and your teacher, and those who are willing to follow you to the death...

They will all be targets for elimination.

The others, if they can draw a clear line in time, may have a chance to survive.

As he spoke, his spiritual energy emanated, and his words resonated in everyone's minds.

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"what?"

“Seneca, Gadal…”

Inside the headquarters building, everyone's expressions changed drastically, and they were immediately caught in a dilemma.

Should they perish with Gadal, or immediately defect to the enemy and try to save their lives?
"The wizard's power is undeniable. Even if we successfully withstand this attack, or even kill Roy..."

It's completely meaningless!

"They will come back for revenge sooner or later, and that will be a catastrophe for the Hunter's Guild!"

"Are you bunch of cowards just going to let the wizard run rampant and ride roughshod over us?"
Even the Hunter King has betrayed you, are you even human?

"What nonsense are you talking about? We're just joining the Hunter Association, not selling our lives and those of our loved ones to them!"

"That's right! Senex and Gadal betrayed us first!"

"Besides, the wizard only traded with us; he didn't bully us."

He's going crazy, but we're not going to go crazy with him!

Just as Roy predicted, without national identity and ethnic consciousness, loyalty can change in an instant.

His consistent methods of rule have also greatly weakened the local resistance.

Of course, as the new King of the Hunts, Gadar couldn't be without any means; after all, there were still a few die-hard loyalists who stood firmly by his side.

They went up to the rooftop, warily watching the crowd that was gathering around them, and assumed a fighting stance.

However, the number of people was very small, far less than one might have imagined.

Because their cause, from beginning to end, was merely a personal rebellion of personal ambition to become gods, without any regard for universal justice.

“Very good, it seems the boundaries have been clearly defined.”

Roy watched this scene calmly.

Gadar broke out in a cold sweat, feeling that things were completely out of control.

How could it become like this?
It's not as simple as just drawing a line and it's not like what I thought before.

It's not about slaughtering everyone and then inciting rebellion...

"Come on!"

He suddenly shouted, and the eerie domain opened.

Now that things had come to this, he had no intention of putting up a fight and decided to escape first.

As one of the world's top experts, as long as one can escape, there will always be a place to hide.

He knew of many dangerous natural lairs.

You can hide inside first.

Several black light screens, resembling the mouths of giant beasts, appeared out of thin air, threatening to engulf them.

But Roy's "Apache Prohibition" appeared even faster, a mysterious restriction enveloping the opponent's ghostly domain and completely blocking the expansion of the black light curtain.

At the same time, a large amount of black hair poured out from inside, completely blocking it.

To everyone's astonishment, the phantom of a giant black python, more than ten meters in diameter and hundreds of meters long, appeared and roamed in the void.

Even a fleeting glimpse was enough to instill in everyone present the extreme terror of the arrival of a demigod.

This is Roy's latest artificial demon god, Trixie...

Roy can no longer trace the original form of the seventh-level demon god Trix.

But he had no intention of tracing back. Instead, he used the remnants of the demon god and combined them with his soul to create a new life form in the form of a phantom evil spirit that resided in his hair.

It exists somewhere between a digital monster and a phantom evil spirit, while also drawing inspiration from the soul recipes of otherworldly demons.

Essentially, it is a completely new kind of demon spirit, a strange demon spirit of the level of an evil god!
However, the core element that created it was nothing new, but rather the pet snake he had kept more than 400 years ago...

Rapeseed snake!
From an ordinary snake to a spirit, and then from a spirit to the spiritual essence of a snake's braid, it has undergone several reincarnations and transformations...

Roy retained that part of the snake's soul from beginning to end.

Therefore, this unfinished artificial demon god Trix took the form of a giant python.

It carries the source power of many strange puzzle pieces, and the source power of fear, hatred, and death that it has absorbed in the past is concentrated on its body.

While these were merely scraps for Roy to tidy up his own demonic body, they were terrifying things that had seeped into the very marrow of ordinary humans.

Some people experience multiple fears, such as thalassophobia and megalophobia, simply from seeing its silhouette.

They suddenly had the illusion that they were like ants, thrown onto a calm sea.

The sea was dark and still, without any turbulent waves, but it concealed a deeper terror.

Suddenly, an unimaginably huge python swam by underwater.

A sense of dread washed over me like an electric current.

Even Gadar and the others, who were among the strongest in the world, collapsed almost instantly.

When the giant black snake stopped and slowly raised its head, everyone was even more surprised to find that it was wearing a strange mask made of black iron, resembling the skull of a dragon beast.

This makes the black snake look like a giant steel dragon, adding to its sinister appearance.

This was actually an ornament created by Roy using his [Demon God Mask] talent, which carried a lot of unnecessary and chaotic powers.

They trembled uncontrollably, their thoughts inevitably becoming confused and disoriented.

"what!"

One of the weaker die-hards suddenly covered his eyes.

His mouth, nostrils, eyes, ears...

Black hair began to appear one after another!
Then, these strands of hair twisted and transformed, becoming the shape of snakes!

Large and small venomous snakes quickly crawled all over his body, coiling around him and flicking their tongues.

"Don't... don't come here!"

The others were also unable to resist, gagging in fear and screaming.

"hateful!"

Gadar was deeply shaken.

He had actually envisioned many scenarios of himself facing off against Roy, and devised many tactics.

But I never imagined that the gap would be so big.

Just one glance was enough to make me feel nauseous, have a headache, and go into a state of frenzy and confusion.

With his last bit of clarity, he forcefully activated another extraordinary treasure, a giant guillotine, which sliced ​​through the wandering black phantom as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

But after only a few swings, he was shocked to find that his hands and feet had gone limp uncontrollably, and his whole body collapsed like mud.

That was the radiation from Roy's innate sorcery, "Animation."

Although this world is protected by the barrier of Captoprón, the power of the Holy Name has mitigated this barrier to some extent, giving him a greater advantage than other wizards.

The contests between ghost tamers are mostly about comparing the characteristics of their laws, while the clashes in the ghost realm are even more about comparing the strength of their laws.

Roy himself possessed immense power, completely overwhelming his opponent. His unexpected sorcery attack was even more difficult to defend against.

He's not just skilled in trickery; from beginning to end, his foundation lies in alchemy and witchcraft.

The leader of the Hunter's Guild, Gadar, was simply refined into a lump of meat.

(End of this chapter)