From Alchemy Apprentice to All-Powerful God King

The next morning, the glaring sunlight shone on Matthew's tightly closed eyes, startling him awake.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw two towering snow-capped mountains blocking his face. He then kicked Rufu, who was lying on top of him, into the water.

After getting dressed again, Matthew prepared to leave, not expecting that he had fought all night again.

The key point is that I am clearly no longer under control, and there are no fine threads in my body.

After a moment of reflection, he realized that the influence of the past two days had been too profound and had been implanted in his subconscious.

"No, I need to restrain myself from now on."

Matthew shook his head and was about to walk out when, before he could even lift his foot, Ruth grabbed his ankle from behind and looked at him with a pitiful expression.

"Are you coming again tonight?"

Matthew didn't speak, but just looked down at her coldly.

Last night I was already indulgent enough, and you're still thinking about today?

"I can help you increase your magic power, and I promise I won't do anything underhanded."

Ruf's attitude was humble, like a docile kitten wagging its tail to keep its owner.

Seeing Rufu's dramatic reversal, Matthew didn't have many thoughts. Some things are better left unsaid.

"There is something she can help with," she said.

"No need. If you want to help me, go and gather information on other forces. This site is very important to me."

Hearing that she could help Matthew, Ruth didn't try to stop her and nodded in agreement.

......

After leaving the west side of the city, Matthew felt a great sense of relief.

Both in terms of magic and spirit, everything felt refreshingly clear like never before.

Moreover, this increase in magic power has no side effects; it's a pure transfer of magic power. However, this external force still needs time to be converted.

Matthew had just returned to the inn and hadn't even had a chance to rest when there was another knock on his door.

For some reason, he felt a little nervous when he heard the knocking.

"Could they have chased us all the way to the inn?"

Matthew instinctively assumed that Ruth had caught up with them; after all, that crazy woman was capable of anything.

Fortunately, when I opened the door, I found it was Grek.

He was standing at the door with a serious expression, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

"If you have something to say, say it; if not, leave."

Upon seeing it was him, Matthew didn't give him a friendly look. Besides, he was no longer afraid of Greck, and it was hard to say who would win if they fought again.

"Hey, don't close the door, I really need to talk to you about something."

Greck reached out to stop the door from closing, and at the same time took out a list, opened it, and showed its contents.

There were more than a dozen of these second-tier magical insects.

"With the opening of the ruins approaching, orders have increased recently. Our guild doesn't have enough second-tier mages, so we'd like to ask you to help us refine them. You can name your price."

Greck spoke quickly and explained why he had come to him.

Matthew looked at the list, most of which were quite difficult.

Although there's nothing wrong with refining it myself, how could a merchant guild possibly have a shortage of manpower?

Besides, they're not short of money; they could easily hire someone from the Alchemy Guild. There's no need for them to spend extra money to come to me.

There's only one possibility in this situation: they're deliberately trying to win me over, hoping to use these orders and the demonic insects to get closer to me.

"Name your price as you like?"

"Yes, as long as it's not too outrageous, I'll give you all these orders."

Hearing Greck's answer, Matthew was indeed tempted. He desperately needed magic crystals to refine third-tier magic insects.

Moreover, his "Alchemy Maniac" label only grants a 20% success rate bonus. Even with the +10 luck from "Doing a Good Deed Every Day," he still can't guarantee success within ten attempts.

Therefore, the number of magic crystals that need to be accumulated is absolutely terrifying.

Matthew was extremely unwilling to let others refine his magical insects; he insisted on refining everything he used himself.

"Ten thousand magic crystals for one second-tier magic insect."

"Can!"

When Matthew revealed the price, Greck readily agreed.

This surprised Matthew, who then regretted it: He had called too low!

After confirming the price and the number of demonic insects, Matthew took Luca and followed Greck to the merchant guild.

They have specialized places and materials for refining.

Before I even reached the door, I saw Grace already standing outside waiting.

"Matthew! I knew you'd come. I've prepared all the materials and the room for you."

Grace led the way with great enthusiasm, while Matthew and Luca, within Greck's sight, kept a low profile and didn't exchange many words.

Soon, the two were speechless with astonishment at the dazzling array of materials in the room.

Each demonic insect has a reserve of materials totaling ten portions.

This kind of treatment is not something that ordinary second-tier archmages can enjoy.

"You guys... don't believe my brother?"

Luca, however, spoke with a sense of novelty.

He personally witnessed Ma Xiu create two second-tier demonic insects, and both were completed in one go.

Grace shook her head repeatedly upon hearing this, and explained:

"No, it's mainly because the mages in our guild only have a 50% success rate with second-tier magic insects, so they usually prepare extra materials."

Unaware of Matthew's alchemical abilities, they prepared in the conventional manner.

However, upon hearing Luca's words, Greco couldn't help but look at Matthew, a thoughtful expression appearing in his eyes.

"Alright, you guys go do what you're supposed to do. Don't interfere with my brother's refining of the magic insects. Also, remember to prepare the magic crystals. My brother is incredibly fast."

Before Luca could finish speaking, Matthew kicked him away.

"You're the one who's fast! Go outside!"

The door closed, and Matthew took out the magic ring Greck had given him, which contained two hundred thousand magic crystals.

With such a large quantity, it's enough for him to refine two third-tier demonic insects, provided he's lucky enough to succeed.

However, Matthew quickly abandoned the idea. It was too early to refine a third-tier crystal, and besides, it wasn't his own magic crystal.

The Chamber of Commerce will only give him 200,000 again after he successfully refines twenty of them. Besides, he wouldn't do something like usurping someone else's place.

Aside from the unpleasantness of the first night, both Gleeson and Grace treated him quite well.

"Let's get to work first."

As the second-tier demonic insect was crafted, the Alchemy Demon's experience points also increased rapidly.

[Alchemy Maniac Lv.3: 5200/20000 experience points, success rate +20%]

[Experience points 5400/20000...]

As two days passed, each successful crafting of one item would increase the experience points by 200.

On the third day, Matthew led the three second-tier magical insects he had crafted out of the room, intending to rest and replenish his magical energy.

When he handed the three demonic insects to Greck, the latter's eyes widened in astonishment.

"You've trained three in three days?"

"Yeah, aren't they all in your hands? Is something wrong?"

Greck was somewhat shocked; this was not just wrong, it was absolutely wrong.

He had never seen a mage who could refine a second-tier magical insect in a single day!