Chapter 74: I Fear No One

“Rui Li wants you to Duel with the Little Princess again, and the bet she placed is actually the complete Alchemy Formula of a Goblin Mine handed down from the Goblin Kingdom more than ten thousand years ago.” The Old Mage said excitedly, “According to historical records, one Goblin Mine can kill hundreds of troops in a dense formation. In the war between the Elves and the Goblins back then, the Goblin Mine made great contributions, so after the Elves won, it was one of the first formulas to be banned from production and strictly destroyed! So I must get this secret Formula. You must defeat that little girl again no matter what!”

“Defeating that idiot is naturally no problem!” Old Xie laughed, “The key is what I can get. If my conditions are not satisfied, I don’t mind deliberately losing a round. After all, that little girl is also a top-notch character. Losing to a beauty is not shameful, right? On the contrary, it can prove my manly demeanor!”

“Damn demeanor, a man’s demeanor can only be built on the foundation of victory!” The Old Mage immediately roared dissatisfiedly.

“Come on, it’s useless to talk to me about these empty things!” Old Xie immediately waved his hand, then smiled and said, “I don’t have many conditions, only two. If you agree, I guarantee to win! If you don’t agree, then forget it!”

“Alright, tell me what the conditions are first!” The Old Mage said helplessly.

“First, we must share that Alchemy Formula!” Old Xie laughed, “I have quite a few Imps in my hand who know elementary Alchemy. Instead of letting them be idle, it’s better to let them all make this, don’t you think?”

“Hehe, that’s no problem!” The Old Mage immediately laughed, “You will be the heir of the Stephen Family, and you are my only disciple. Of course I won’t hide things from you? Not to mention this Alchemy Formula, even all my secrets will be given to you in the future! Hehe, you can’t refuse even if you want to!”

Old Xie shrugged and said, “Then that’s settled. The second condition is actually very simple. My Old Steward Krishchen is actually a person with a background, you should be able to see that, right?”

“Hmm!” The Old Mage nodded and said, “He might have known some things in the past, but now he is already a useless person. Why bring him up all of a sudden?”

“It’s like this, he saw the Blink Dagger in my hand today and actually recognized it!” Old Xie laughed.

“Oh, does he know this thing?” The Old Mage immediately asked curiously.

“That’s right!” Old Xie then smiled bitterly, “After my questioning, he finally told the whole story. This thing is actually his family’s heirloom, and also the cause of his misfortune! The story goes like this.” Next, Old Xie told the Old Mage everything about Krishchen.

Then Old Xie added, “This dagger was found from the shop of the Augustus Family. Do you think this matter has anything to do with their family?”

After listening, the Old Mage thought for a while and said, “It’s hard to say. At least I haven’t heard that the Augustus Family has any connection with the Elves. On the contrary, the Hercules Family has a deep relationship with the Elves. However, having said that, since the other party went to such lengths to kill Krishchen, the purpose was undoubtedly to get this Blink Dagger. Judging from the methods they used, this is clearly a very large force, at least they don’t lack money. So they shouldn’t easily sell the Blink Dagger they got, so where did the Augustus Family get this thing?”

“Hehe, I think so too. Although the Augustus Family also buys various magic items heavily, who would be willing to sell a treasure like the Blink Dagger? It can be seen that even if the Augustus Family did not plan this attack personally, they definitely have a deep relationship with the murderer, otherwise they wouldn’t have obtained this shady stolen goods.” Old Xie said coldly.

“However, the Augustus Family is powerful and has deep roots with the entire Kingdom’s upper class. Even if Krishchen finally knows it was them, he definitely won’t be able to take revenge!” The Old Mage shook his head helplessly.

“He might not have the ability, but with me, it’s not necessarily the case!” Old Xie sneered, “I don’t care about any damn Augustus. I only know that since they touched my people, they have to be prepared to pay the price. Hmph, if you come out to play, you will have to pay back sooner or later!”

“Hey, hey, the Augustus Family doesn’t have a deep hatred with us. Is it worth it for you to go to war with them for a steward?” The Old Mage immediately said dissatisfiedly.

“Hehe!” Old Xie said with a look of disdain, “First, you think too highly of the Augustus Family. Second, you also think too highly of the Stephen Family. To me, these two so-called damn Great Noble Families are simply like floating clouds, existences that can be easily wiped away. I simply don’t care~”

“Kid, you are a bit too arrogant, right?” The Old Mage immediately said with some dissatisfaction, “There are Experts like clouds in these big families. No matter how strong you are, how many can you fight alone?”

“I have a Spider army under my command, a Cyclops unit, and a Steel Golem unit. In addition, there are Savage Bull King, Wyvern King, and so on. Hehe, together they should match the so-called cloud of Experts of some Great Noble Family, right?” Old Xie sneered.

“Damn, is that how you count?” The Old Mage immediately said with a laugh, “Alright, even if that’s the case. But their big families all have Saint Level Experts, for example, me, hehe, can you take care of me too?”

“Ten years!” Old Xie suddenly said extremely seriously, “If you still don’t improve, within ten years, I can surpass you!”

Previously, when Old Xie just started, he estimated that it would take him at least 30 years to surpass the Old Mage. Now 13 years have passed, so there are still 17 years left. But since he obtained the Assassin secret manual given by the Old Mage, and cross-referenced it with his own knowledge, he gained many more insights. Plus, he could now use the Blink Dagger, so he dared to make such a bold statement.

The Old Mage was stunned at first, and then looked at Old Xie silently. Because he could deeply feel the powerful confidence radiating from Old Xie, and he could not help but feel endless shock in his heart. In fact, since he narrowly lost to Old Xie last time, he deeply felt that this nephew possessed extraordinary talent and confidence, which seemed to be innate.

“Alright, let’s not talk about this! Don’t worry, even if I look for the Augustus Family, it will definitely be in my own name. It has absolutely nothing to do with the Stephen Family, so as not to put you in a difficult position.” Old Xie then didn’t wait for the Old Mage to speak and said directly, “The problem now is that although I have smoothed Krishchen’s meridians, there is still a toxin in his body. According to him, it is a poison specifically used by the Elves to punish traitors. I haven’t researched this thing much. I wonder if you, an Alchemy Master, can help him cure it?”