Chapter 360 Hungry and Thirsty
What happened in the Genosha alchemist guild, along with Genosha's reaction to Kingston mobilizing its troops, left many people astonished.
In particular, both Kingston and the Stellar Empire paid special attention to the affairs of Genosha.
Within the borders of Kingston,
in the palace forged from steel and cold black stone,
Emperor Ocean of Kingston sat on the black dragon throne with a furrowed brow.
He silently examined the latest intelligence reports brought to him by his subordinates.
After a long while, he finally raised his head and slowly spoke to the solemn ministers standing around him:
"What do you all know about this Charles?"
Immediately, a minister responsible for intelligence stepped forward and quickly recounted the information on Charles.
Soon, other ministers of Kingston expressed their skepticism, saying, "Is this information reliable? It feels like a deliberate exaggeration from Genosha. How could an eighteen-year-old boy achieve such feats?"
"The intelligence on Charles has been thoroughly investigated and analyzed, but we cannot rule out the possibility that Genosha fabricated the information from the start." the intelligence minister replied.
Emperor Ocean of Kingston fell into silence. It was quite normal for every nation to have geniuses, but this time, Genosha's genius seemed too monstrous!
An eighteen-year-old high-level blacksmith, a high-level alchemist, self-created combat techniques, a diamond-quality mystical beast, and a Level Four Beast Master...
"Is Genosha trying to create a false legend for itself?" Ocean voiced his thoughts.
Immediately, a minister stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, this is very likely. The Stellar Empire has never revealed the reasons for their failures, while all the intelligence from Genosha points to Charles as the sole contributor."
"Among the four Level Eight Beast Masters that appeared at that time, two were from Genosha, and one was familiar with Dean Jamie of the Genosha Cyber Academy. The only Beast Master from the Stellar Empire is Zorion."
"Therefore, we cannot rule out the possibility that Genosha's Level Eight Beast Master secretly manipulated things, providing an advantage to Genosha's Beast Master."
Hearing this, Ocean's conviction strengthened. Genosha had not seen any powerful legendary geniuses in recent years.
The most recent was a Beast Master named Hale, known as the Prodigy of the Wind, but fortunately, that unfortunate soul fell victim to a curse that remains unbroken to this day.
"There's no need to focus too much on this Charles. He is simply a hapless soul elevated to the status of a deity. We should seize this opportunity and try to win Quinn, this master-level alchemist, over to our side." Ocean said slowly.
It should be noted that Kingston had also produced a near-legendary genius in the past two years. Although similar to Genosha's Luna, she was a Level Five Beast Master nearing twenty, but she had created her own combat techniques.
Her combat ability would undoubtedly surpass Luna's. When the competition between the young geniuses of Kingston and Genosha arose, Kingston would surely achieve absolute victory!
Ocean had already arranged for a detailed plan. Once they won the competition of young geniuses, they would continually boost morale and lower Genosha's morale.
Then, they would find good reasons and excuses to launch a real war!
"Just in time, that guy Mason is also on the move. Let's see if this old rival will be as troublesome as he was back in the day." Ocean said slowly.
All the ministers of Kingston wore excited smiles on their faces.
The atmosphere here was different from that of Genosha, each minister was a staunch radical, always thinking about how to initiate war and profit from it.
Meanwhile,
in the royal confinement chamber of the Stellar Empire,
Silas excitedly leaned against the wall, looking at the latest intelligence on Charles in his hands, and shouted wildly,
"Damn Charles, you've caused me so much suffering, and now you finally face your comeuppance! The Haunted Marsh people are coming for you, it's simply delightful!"
His performance in the Eye of Ice and Fire had thoroughly angered the old emperor of the Stellar Empire.
Moreover, some ministers who had initially wanted to get close to him were now disappointed and chose to align with other princes.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
As a result, Silas was locked in the confinement chamber, the old emperor wanted him to reflect on his actions and think about how to regain everything.
"It seems that the only way for me to have a chance to reclaim everything is to completely eliminate the rebels in the Atacama Desert and bring it back under the Stellar Empire's control." Silas took a deep breath.
Now Zorion, the Level Eight Beast Master, had also begun to grow cold towards him, regarding him as a useless waste.
However, Mira's Level Eight Beast Master teacher was not greatly affected, he was also determined to subdue the Atacama Desert and was one of the key figures in that endeavor.
"To the rebel forces of the new nation, the so-called Queen of the Serpent People, Aria, just wait! Once I deal with you, I can return to the center of power, and then Charles won't escape either!" Silas clenched his fists, gritting his teeth as he spoke viciously.
However, before he could fully deal with the Serpent People's rebel forces, he had one more thing to do: find a way to compensate for his physical deficiencies.
Due to using a special miracle drug of golden quality, he had become a Level Five Beast Master, but he had not obtained the [Golden Devouring Enhancement Stone] to address his physical flaws.
Now, Silas could only seek other methods, which would temporarily delay his actions against the Serpent People's rebel forces.
"Damn Charles, it's all your fault! You should be suffering now, right? Hahaha! In seven days, I'll be waiting to see your miserable end as a temporary relief for my hatred!" Silas laughed maniacally.
Meanwhile, Charles was leisurely staying in the training room, watching Mia, Little Gold, Max, and the ever-projecting mystical beast Mousie as they engaged in continuous battles.
Recently, he hadn't had any free time to let Mia, Little Gold, Max, and Mousie properly level up.
Charles was now a Level Four Beast Master, while the levels of his mystical beasts were still below thirty, which was already a weak point for him.
Now that the Eye of Ice and Fire had concluded, Little Gold had also successfully leveled up and could continue to improve its rank. The remaining task was to elevate the levels of his four mystical beasts.
"When Max and the others all reach Level 29 and need to advance to Level 30, I can't even imagine how many advancement materials I'll need, I might even go bankrupt in one go." Charles thought with a headache.
The higher the level of a mystical beast, the better the quality, and the more precious the advancement materials required, their value increasing accordingly.
Having four mystical beasts advancing to Level 30—two Platinum quality, one Emerald quality, and one Diamond quality—was a significant pressure for Charles.
"Fortunately, in a couple of days, I can attempt to refine a miracle drug that only a master-level alchemist can create. By then, I should be able to earn quite a bit of gold." Charles thought slowly to himself.
After today's lessons with Teacher Colton, Charles clearly sensed that he was on the verge of becoming a master-level alchemist within the next few days.
However, Colton seemed to be in a rather chaotic state of mind and had not been seriously listening to him.
Even when Charles emphasized once again that he could become a master-level alchemist in seven days. Colton merely brushed it off, thinking Charles was just trying to comfort him and not taking it to heart.
Seeing this, Charles had no other options, he figured he would let his achievements speak for themselves when the time came.
This was what he had been doing all along—constantly proving that what he said was true through his actions.
"By the way, when the alchemist duel takes place, all alchemy materials will be borne by the challenger. I need to carefully look for any high-value miracle drug formulas."
"But I need to ensure a high success rate in advance to avoid any unexpected issues."
"Right, I could use the Ice Spirit Flower, this alchemy material is extremely rare, and even master-level alchemists from the Haunted Marsh might not have it. I can sell it to them at a high price, and then they can use it for me!"
As Charles thought about this, his previously calm demeanor began to shimmer with excitement and joy. He was no longer worried about the upcoming alchemist duel, instead, he felt a sense of anticipation.
To be honest, he wanted to see Quinn having to spend a fortune buying the Ice Spirit Flower from him, and then using it to create a miracle drug.
Moreover, once the miracle drug was successfully refined, Charles could sell it and turn it into even more gold coins!
This would be utterly humiliating for Quinn!
However, all of this depended on Charles becoming a master-level alchemist, and he was very confident about that!
"I have no choice, who told me I have four hungry mystical beasts that need to be nurtured?" Charles muttered to himself as he looked at the four mystical beasts before him.
Just then, Little Gold's voice appeared in Charles's mind:
"Master, I'm hungry. I want to eat something crunchy."
Noticing Little Gold's unusual behavior, Mia immediately unleashed all her power to eliminate the enemy in front of her and quickly turned back, looking at Charles with a pitiful gaze.
"Master, I'm thirsty. You promised me you'd buy me some delicious wine when you returned."
Charles glanced at Little Gold, who was wide-eyed and waiting for food, and at Mia, who had already flown onto his shoulder, gently nudging his face with her head.
He patted his forehead and took out a small piece of orange-quality metal from his storage space, tossing it to Little Gold.
Little Gold immediately jumped up with excitement, catching the orange-quality metal, and began to chew on it eagerly.
Five seconds later,
Little Gold lifted its head once more, eyes wide and pitifully staring at Charles, and slowly said:
"Master, that piece of food was too small, I couldn't even taste it."
Charles took a deep breath, what flavor could metal possibly have?