From Alchemy Apprentice to All-Powerful God King

With the final explosion, Leon shut his mouth completely.

Matthew kicked him away, and before he could even search him, a self-destructing bug flew out of Leon's hand. Luckily, he was quick-witted and caught it.

"I thought you were genuinely repentant, but it turns out you were just stalling for time to regain your magic."

[Demon insect detected - New recipe captured]

[Bear Beetle Lv.1: Increase your weight daily until you are fully adapted, which will increase your speed and strength.]

Only through extreme exertion can one forge absolute explosive power!

Matthew laboriously turned the body over, stripped Leon of his armor and greatsword, and stuffed them into the Ring.

Following the instructions in this alternate world record, Matthew skillfully made a mark on his heart, and then a bloated beetle slowly crawled out from it.

"So heavy!"

Matthew tried to pick up the beetle, but found it difficult even to lift his arm.

It can only be put into a jar, placed in the Lord of the Rings, and dealt with when there is time.

"If I remember correctly, there is a second-tier magical insect in the power path, which is made by fusing dung beetles and beetles together in alchemy."

After removing the demonic insect, Matthew easily disposed of the corpse, but the victim had nothing on him except a suit of armor.

"I guess they didn't bring it with them, what a pity."

During the process, Matthew also managed to uncover all of Leon's information by using the label of a ruthless businessman.

[Leon: 16 years old, Necrobeetle, Tier 1 Ability User.]

[The youngest son of the Rogers family in the Möbius Empire, a young knight, a loyal admirer of the goddess Elena, and a petty and narrow-minded person.]

Price: 2000 gold coins

"Sure enough, even when a rich person dies, they can fetch a good price."

However, he knew he wouldn't be able to earn the money. After Matthew disposed of the body properly and made sure no one else would find it, he hurriedly headed back to the camp.

Just as he crossed the dense forest and walked back to the vicinity of the camp, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Where did you go?!"

Startled, Matthew stumbled back two steps and nearly fell. Magic was instantly gathering in his hand, but he withdrew it in time after seeing that it was the goddess.

"Elena? You're still awake so late?"

"You weren't asleep either, and you still haven't answered my question!"

Under the moonlight, Elena's eyes were bright, and she asked Matthew with a curious expression, her body slowly moving closer.

"Nothing much, I just couldn't sleep and thought I'd try my luck in the woods and pick up a demonic insect," Matthew casually said, offering an excuse he'd already prepared, without batting an eye.

"Did you find it?"

"no."

Matthew distanced himself from Elena, not wanting to have too much interaction with her. For some reason, he always felt that this woman was strange and not as simple as she seemed on the surface.

Elena remained standing in the moonlight until he returned to the tent.

After waiting for a moment, the bushes behind me began to rustle.

Leon walked out lifelessly, his eyes vacant, his face covered in blood and wounds, and stood quietly behind her.

Elena turned around, her beautiful eyes sparkling with vibrant color, and reached out to touch the wound on Leon's face.

The next moment, a spider-like demonic insect crawled out of Leon's mouth and intimately rubbed against the back of Elena's hand.

"What a pathetic creature, even his death is so humiliating."

......

The next morning, Matthew and Luca were woken up by the other alchemists.

"Huh? What's wrong! What happened?"

Luca, still a little sleepy, rubbed his eyes. He swore it was the best sleep he'd ever had.

Matthew, listening to the hurried footsteps outside and the sounds of explosions coming from afar, guessed what was going on.

"The anomaly has erupted! The knights and the guild's ability users have all rushed out. Let's go back to town first."

The alchemist who woke them up left without lingering after giving the notification.

When Matthew and his companion stepped out of the tent, many of the more timid ones had already left.

Of course, there are also alchemists like Matthew who received a collection mission from their mentor and stayed behind instead of leaving.

There were about a dozen of them, and they all set off in different directions with great tacit understanding.

"Matthew, let's go too." Luca looked at the empty camp and also had the idea of ​​returning to town.

"How many gold coins did you owe at the jade gambling market last time?"

"There are still about thirty left, what's wrong?"

Luca was puzzled by Matthew's seemingly nonsensical question.

"Let's not go back to town yet. I'll take you to make money. Are you in?"

"make money?"

Luca was initially a little confused, but after seeing the alchemists around him who hadn't left yet, a possibility gradually emerged in his mind.

"You're going to collect the dead demon worms!"

"You're not entirely stupid, let's go!"

Matthew patted Luca on the shoulder, signaling him to follow, and then walked towards the sound of the explosion outside the border.

At the same time, his information appeared in the Record of Another World.

[Luca: 14 years old, Water Bug, Tier 1 Ability User.]

[One of the heirs to the Alchemy Guild of the Möbius Empire, the youngest ability user in Val Town, possessing exceptional alchemical talent.]

As the illegitimate son of the guild master of the Imperial Alchemy Guild, he went to Val Town with his uncle in his childhood, far away from the power struggles...

Price: 3000 gold coins

"Wow, that's valuable?" Matthew couldn't help but exclaim in surprise after reading Luca's resume.

"What's valuable? Did you find a demonic insect?" Luca, who was following behind, looked around in confusion after hearing this.

Looking at the silly-looking Luca, Matthew felt that the alchemist bishop bringing him to Val Town was indeed a very correct choice.

"It's nothing, we're almost there. Stay close and be careful."

Soon, beneath a dense forest, the ground was cratered by exploding insects, revealing two corpses that resembled wolves.

The person with the ability had long since disappeared, presumably following the majority of the group.

Although it was Matthew's first time, he was more cautious than the veterans.

The first thing to do upon approaching the corpses was to finish them off with a knife. Only after confirming that these strange beasts were completely dead did they use the knife to cut open their chests.

"Tsk, it's broken."

Looking at the demonic insects that had been blown to pieces, Matthew felt a little sorry; these weren't even worth a penny.

Luca followed suit, also for the first time, only to find that the demonic worm inside the heart had already been removed.

"Who's so shameless! Only picking the good ones?"

"Let's keep going, they should leave some for us."

Matthew said not to worry too much, as long as you keep going, you'll definitely encounter some that haven't been taken yet.

Because this is an unspoken rule of the extermination, alchemists create large quantities of self-destructing insects to provide protection for those with abilities and knights.

They would also leave behind the corpses of some strange beasts for alchemists to retrieve the demonic insects.

However, the situation is different for humans and alien beasts. The former refines and absorbs the demonic insects for their own use, while the latter has a symbiotic relationship and will die together.

In very rare cases, the demonic insects inside the beast will survive.

It all depends on the alchemist's luck, but the dead demonic insects are enough for them to make a fortune and accumulate funds to buy first-tier demonic insects from the guild.

Matthew and Luca walked for half a day, but only managed to collect two dead demonic insects.

"How long will it take to pay off this debt?" Luca said dejectedly.

Matthew also felt that this couldn't go on; it was too slow, and they wouldn't have collected much even by nightfall.

But the next moment, a nearby explosion interrupted his thoughts.