This Lich Requests More Remuneration
Chapter 519 - 476: Destiny Won’t Wait for You to Grow Up

Chapter 519: Chapter 476: Destiny Won’t Wait for You to Grow Up

Allen left the Royal Palace still in a daze.

The Laine Empire was going to trade with the Lich? This was the first time he had heard about it.

Why hadn’t his elder brother Ange told him in advance that the front lines were so difficult they had to collaborate with the Lich?

The Emperor’s words left Allen worried, and without a second thought, he returned home and quickly activated the Magic Mirror.

Allen waited for quite a while before Amberser’s skeletal face appeared on the Magic Mirror.

"Allen? What do you need from me?"

In his hands, Amberser was holding a pile of bottles and jars, overflowing with green light, and seemed to be conducting some malevolent experiment.

Nevertheless, Allen, carried away, said, "Your Majesty asked me to do business with you, has my brother already contacted you?"

Amberser nodded casually and said, "Right, you want to buy an Airship, why suddenly ask about this?"

Surprised by Amberser’s calmness, Allen quickly asked, "Don’t you find anything odd about Laine collaborating with you?"

"Aren’t you also always dealing with me? What’s there to be surprised about?"

"This... I..."

Allen faltered, somewhat unable to explain his own surprise.

Indeed, it had been a long time since he had started dealing with this Lich, starting with those five thousand Gold Coins.

Amberser, more aware of Allen’s character, slowly stated, "You’re shocked not because a Lich is collaborating with a Paladin, but because you’re surprised that Laine has weakened to the point where they need the Lich’s help to fight the Orcs. Ah, Allen, you should really start accepting the reality. Laine can no longer keep up with the times, otherwise one genius was able to pin your brother to the ground and grind his face in it."

After a long silence, Allen still couldn’t help but explain, "Actually, Laine is still stronger than the Orcs, but we have other borders to guard..."

"Creating enemies on all fronts is also something you Laine people brought upon yourselves. Enough talk, did you come to confirm this?"

Impatiently, Amberser mixed two potions together, but after shaking them, they started to emit dazzling flames.

With a flick of his finger, Amberser froze the soon-to-explode potion in mid-air.

Under the status of Time Freeze, even the explosion was suspended, and after Amberser carefully inspected the about-to-explode flask, he called out, "Naomi!"

Naomi, who was clad in a white assistant’s robe, appeared beside him, drawing an arc with her fingers. The potion before Amberser quickly separated and returned to two different test tubes, as if nothing had happened.

Amberser stopped blending the potions, took out a pile of draft papers, and started recalculating, mumbling, "Got the ratio wrong? This thing is really hard to replicate..."

Allen, witnessing the scene unfold, found the tumult in his heart gradually settling down.

Is this what the Lich looked like while conducting experiments?

Although Allen hadn’t studied Alchemy, ever since Amberser demonstrated power enough to annihilate a nation overseas, his various alchemic products naturally came into everyone’s view.

The brand Alchemy God’s Choice had already become the most famous product, and thus everyone knew about the jet engines, knew about the Fountain of Youth, while all alchemists were trying to replicate Amberser’s alchemic products.

Allen had also seen those alchemists at work.

But the comparison revealed a staggering difference.

Time Freeze, time reversal, are these standard equipment for daily experiments?

Allen finally understood what Amberser meant by "Laine cannot keep up with the times."

It wasn’t that Laine couldn’t keep up with the times, but that this Lich had surpassed the times, making his war weaponry the most crucial part of warfare, forcing the Laine people to deal with him.

Allen sincerely said, "Master Ultraman, I came today not just for confirmation. Could you please sell the Airships to Laine? We need these weapons to counter the Orc invasion."

Amberser paused his work and asked, "You came to discuss this with me? Where is your Emperor?"

"It was His Majesty who sent me to negotiate the deal," Allen explained.

Amberser waved his hand, instructing Naomi to tidy up the desk and organize the documents, then very seriously said to Allen, "Your Emperor sent you to find me? You’ve run off to the Imperial Capital?"

"Is there a problem? Master Ultraman, like you always say, Gold Coins know neither justice nor evil; it’s all the same whom you deal with."

"The problem is indeed big, Allen. Don’t you know what I proposed? I hoped to meet your Emperor face-to-face to discuss, but he sent you instead, which probably confirms one thing for me."

"Confirms what?" asked Allen, still unclear about what Amberser was suggesting, but hearing his tone, it seemed he implied something signifiant.

"It confirms that your Emperor has been replaced. Oh, Allen, your Emperor might now be under the control of the Dragon Blood Curse, having turned into a newly reborn Time Dragon."

Allen was initially stunned as if he hadn’t quite understood what Amberser was saying. After a few seconds, he then showed a look of shock.

"What joke is this?! Do you understand what you’re saying?"

"Never mind, too complicated; let me simplify. Your Saint King Arthur Laine was also killed by the Dragon Blood Curse, and the critical connection is the Magic Dragon Armament, something your father might know a bit about. Now, I suspect that the Dragon Blood Curse has completely erupted, and your Emperor has been possessed by the soul of the resurrected Magic Dragon, having entirely changed."