Gagaran was clearly a bit angry, but she suppressed her inner emotions when facing her teammate: "Tia, why didn't you discuss this kind of thing with us?"
"Free Will is not an ordinary adventurer team; we could have contacted the other party directly. With your and Tina's calm personalities, you shouldn't have made such a reckless move."
Facing Gagaran's words...
Tia actually felt that their actions were a bit reckless, but because it concerned Ijaniya, she hadn't acted as she usually did.
In fact, they had their own little motive.
"That girl just wanted to gather some intelligence. The remaining set of magic items is in the hands of an ordinary young girl, who is also a member of Free Will."
"Tina wanted to get in touch with her and intended to buy them. Even if she didn't succeed, she wouldn't have done anything rash."
An emotionless, flat voice came from Tia's mouth.
The equipment worn by the Assassins of Ijaniya, though all part of a set, had excellent performance—such as cloaks that could grant invisibility and boots that silenced footsteps.
Tia had already recovered seven sets; the remaining set was with that young girl named Enri.
Gagaran felt somewhat helpless and was about to speak again.
Suddenly!
"Ah—"
From the distant street outside the window, sounds of chaos drifted in.
This startled the three people in the room. They couldn't help but look up and peer through the window toward the distant street, where they saw a blurred main road in the distance.
A large number of citizens were scattering in chaos, fleeing in all directions; it looked as if some kind of disturbance had occurred there.
"Interesting. Someone actually dares to cause a commotion in the Royal Capital?"
Gagaran frowned as she looked out the window, a cold smile appearing on her square face.
Evileye briefly closed her eyes to sense the surroundings, then suddenly snapped them open: "I feel Tina's presence."
Eh?
Eh?
The expressions of both Gagaran and Tia froze simultaneously.
...
Inside the inn.
Lyle sat cross-legged in the center of the room. A calf-high Magic Cauldron was placed in front of him, with various Magic Materials piled to one side.
"A Morning Glory that only blooms at midnight."
Lyle tossed a black Morning Glory into the Magic Cauldron, then continued to add Magic Materials one by one:
"Obsidian powder."
"Juice ground from Moon Leaf Grass."
"Pure water."
"..."
After putting several Materials into the Magic Cauldron in succession, the various mixed ingredients gradually turned into a grayish-black liquid.
A strange smell filled the air.
"Alchemy is something that seems unscientific no matter how you look at it," Lyle muttered while staring at the liquid in the cauldron.
The Regeneration Potion he had researched was nothing more than capturing the regenerative effects contained in Troll blood; at least in Lyle's understanding, it was somewhat scientific.
But the mixture of these bizarre Materials before him was an Alchemy recipe the Twin Witches had obtained from that Zurannon member.
Specifically, it was the prerequisite for refining the 'artificial monster: Frogmans Egg'.
In reality...
An alchemical potion like the Regeneration Potion was what looked unscientific in the eyes of Alchemists and Pharmacists of this other world.
Gurgle~
Gurgle~
The grayish-black liquid inside the Magic Cauldron began to bubble.
"Next, the blood of the White Mist Witch."
Lyle narrowed his eyes, took out a test tube from the side, and poured the dark red liquid inside.
In an instant!
The originally grayish-black liquid solution turned into a translucent, viscous liquid at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Lyle reached into the Void Realm and took a pearl-sized Frogmans Egg from his Inventory, tossing it into the Magic Cauldron.
Once this Frogmans Egg touched the viscous, translucent liquid, it seemed to come to life and began absorbing the liquid around it.
Time passed bit by bit, for about ten minutes.
The Frogmans Egg, which had been absorbing the liquid, suddenly cracked and dissolved into the translucent fluid.
Seeing this scene...
Lyle's movements paused. He stopped controlling the Magic Cauldron and reached out to rub his temples: "Failed again."
"It's not just a problem with the configuration of the alchemical solution; the quality of the Frogmans Egg also has a huge impact."
Lyle thought to himself, his face showing no sign of disappointment; this clearly wasn't the first time.
The task he had given Imina would take some time to complete, so he naturally wouldn't stay idle.
During these three days...
Besides researching 'artificial monster' technology, Lyle was also gradually making arrangements for his next moves.
Leinas had secretly sent him a message wanting to meet, but Lyle had refused.
While the Emerald Leaf Witch and Enri were buying Alchemy Materials and selling magic items obtained as loot, they were also gathering intelligence within the Royal Capital.
The Blue Rose team was currently in the Royal Capital.
However, Lyle had not yet decided how to approach them.
The easiest way to obtain the Ninja class was to see Tia and Tina use their ninja skills.
But to force them to use that series of techniques, there would have to be an intense battle capable of threatening them, which gave Lyle a bit of a headache.
While Blue Rose was in the Royal Capital, it was impossible for them to encounter an intense battle.
Unless Lyle himself made a move, which would involve potentially facing the entire Blue Rose. He didn't mind the others, but the presence of Evileye made Lyle hesitate.
First, his methods of disguise might be detected by Evileye.
Second, Lyle did not intend to put himself in a hostile position against Blue Rose.
There were actually other methods, but they all carried certain risks. So after thinking it over, Lyle found that the magic items left behind by the eight Assassins of Ijaniya he had killed...
...might be a good point of entry.
There were eight sets of Assassin magic items in total. After selling seven of them, the remaining set was given to Enri to use.
Lyle wasn't sure if Tia and Tina, who hailed from Ijaniya, would take notice of these magic items being sold.
Even if they didn't care...
Lyle could still use this as a point of entry to establish contact with Blue Rose.
"The blood of the White Mist Witch actually has an 'integration' effect. No wonder she was targeted by that Magic Caster from Zurannon."
"This blood could perhaps be used to make a unique magical potion."
Lyle held the potion bottle containing the residual blood of the White Mist Witch, lost in thought.
Eh?
Suddenly.
Fluctuations of elemental mana coming from the distance brought Lyle back to his senses. He looked up toward the window in surprise.
Though he couldn't see anything...
...in Lyle's perception, he could clearly distinguish that it was the magic fluctuations of the Emerald Leaf Witch.
"What's going on? Who is fighting the Emerald Leaf Witch?" Lyle stood up, his expression startled.
"Awoo."
Seeing Lyle stand up, the Ghost Hound also stood up with him.
"Momo, you stay in the room and guard our things." Lyle left these words behind, and with a flash, his figure vanished from the room.
On a street located to the east of the main road.
Thick vines emitting a faint green glow, under the command of the Emerald Leaf Witch, lashed out like long whips toward the figure in front.
Snap!
Snap!
Snap!
Wherever the thick vines passed, they struck the air with sharp, muffled cracks.
The solid ground was lashed with cracks, and the surrounding stalls and shops were destroyed by the whipping motion of the vines.
The surrounding crowd let out cries of alarm and fled in panic.
Tina dodged quickly with agile movements. Her usually composed and calm face rarely showed a look of shock and anger.
"Are you crazy? This is the Royal Capital!"
While dodging, Tina shouted at the Emerald Leaf Witch, who was using area-of-effect magic attacks.
Swoosh!
The sound of breaking air rang by her ear.
Tina's footsteps paused as she quickly retreated to open up some distance. Her startled expression turned icy as she stared intently at the Emerald Leaf Witch:
"You are not human!"
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