From Alchemy Apprentice to All-Powerful God King

Upon hearing Gareth's words, Matthew's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained unchanged.

"Sir Knight, he did come to see me that night, but he didn't say what he wanted and just left."

"As for where he went afterward, I don't know either."

Gareth stared at Matthew, somewhat dissatisfied with his answer, his imposing figure drawing ever closer, exuding an air of intimidation.

Matthew simply took two steps back, a hint of displeasure flashing across his face before quickly masking it with an expression of confusion.

"My lord... what's wrong?"

Gareth was somewhat disappointed, not noticing anything unusual, and shook his head as he backed away.

"It's nothing, you should go back now. The goddess and I are both looking forward to your new recipe."

"Keep it up..."

Elena also came closer, clenching her little fists to cheer him on.

Matthew nodded somewhat awkwardly, then quickly left the camp and headed towards Val Town.

Only after the camp was completely out of sight did cold sweat begin to bead on his forehead.

"Are they starting to suspect me?"

Clearly, after not seeing Leon for a whole day and night, coupled with the sudden appearance of the wild knight last night, Gareth had realized that something was wrong.

To his surprise, Elena clearly saw him come back from outside that night.

But Gareth didn't know when he was lying.

In other words, Elena never mentioned this to the other party at all.

"If she didn't tip me off, why would she suspect me? Just because I had a disagreement with Leon?"

Matthew thought the reason was too far-fetched; he probably just came to ask a question. After all, no one would believe that an apprentice without magic could kill a knight from the Empire.

"Forget it, what's meant to come can't be stopped, and what's not meant to come is useless to think about."

Unable to figure it out, Matthew decided to stop thinking about it and focus on selling the demonic insects he had.

Upon returning to Val Town, he didn't even go home; he went straight to the guild and found Luca.

"If you don't come back soon, I'm going to come looking for you!"

Upon seeing Matthew, Luca immediately pulled him toward a deserted corner of the guild.

"Matthew, we've collected so many Death Worms, but I asked around yesterday, and apart from the Alchemy Workshop, nobody buys them, and the prices are ridiculously low!"

"Don't rush, I've come to you about this too. We need to get rid of these dead demon worms as soon as possible."

Upon hearing that Matthew had come to him about this matter, Luca immediately perked up his ears to listen.

As a result, he was led all the way to the outside of the jade gambling market. He was a little confused and thought that he was going to fulfill the verbal promise he made the day before yesterday.

"What are you doing here? You want to gamble on stones? No way, brother, we haven't sold the demon worms yet."

Matthew pulled out a jar containing more than twenty demonic insects and shoved it into his hand.

"Later, take the magic insects to the back door of the stone gambling market. When you meet someone, just say that you are here to sell magic insects. Remember to keep the price at five gold coins each."

Under Matthew's guidance, Luca listened attentively with a serious expression, only realizing what was happening at the very end.

"You mean the jade gambling market specifically buys 'dead demon worms' to fake their work and then cheats us!"

Luca's voice rose instantly, and Matthew immediately covered his mouth with his hand, signaling him not to make a sound.

Fortunately, no one was around, otherwise they definitely wouldn't have been able to explain themselves after that shout.

"That's why I told you not to rush. Sell the demonic insects first, and you can settle accounts with them later after you get the money."

After learning the truth about the jade gambling site, Luca gritted his teeth and walked towards the back door, not even bothering to put on a disguise. His uncle was an alchemist bishop, so what was he afraid of!

Before leaving, he muttered to himself, "You dared to lie to me? If you don't return your losses, I'll expose your jade gambling den's secrets!"

Looking at that menacing figure, Matthew knew without a doubt that the jade gambling site was about to go bankrupt.

If he were to sell it himself, he would probably be targeted again, and the price would be driven down even further. But Luca is different. His status means that he can walk around the entire town of Val with impunity and no one dares to stop him.

Now that he had nothing to do, he wandered around the jade gambling market. With his reputation as a ruthless businessman, he figured he might as well take advantage of it.

He would touch any stone that looked like it could yield a magical insect, just in case he found another lucky find.

He searched through all the gray whetstones but couldn't find a single live demonic insect; there were quite a few dead ones and eggs, though.

"Don't touch it if you're not buying!"

Just as Matthew was about to pick up a starstone, the stone servant in front of him suddenly shouted and slapped his hand, knocking the magic stone away.

"How can I buy it if I don't look at it?"

Matthew, who was stopped, was also a little annoyed. How could he not even be allowed to look? He already had a bad impression of the stone servant. He had just looked up to retort when he found that Carter was standing opposite him.

"Huh? What are you doing here as a stone servant?"

Carter's expression froze; he hadn't expected that his casual rebuke would actually run into Matthew.

Before he could even speak, Matthew had already learned about his situation through the label of a ruthless businessman.

[Carter: Male, 16 years old, without the Demon Worm.]

[A former alchemy apprentice in Vale, he qualified for the exam by informing on others, but failed and was sent by Flynn to work at the jade mine to pay off his debts.]

[Price: -20 Gold Coins]

Looking at Carter's message, Matthew felt a little like laughing for some reason.

This is the first time I've seen a negative price. But looking at the "passed the snitch" information, I'm a little curious. What kind of secret could make Flynn give him the assessment spot?

"Alchemy has no future; you'd be better off making money at the jade gambling market. Besides, what I do is none of your business!"

Listening to Carter's explanation, Matthew knew he was just being stubborn, so he ignored him and picked up the Star Stone to examine it.

What he hates most in his life is people who snitch and report on others behind his back.

Seeing that the other party ignored him, Carter's face became even uglier. Just as he was about to use his status as a stone servant to cause trouble for the other party, he turned his head and saw Luca walking over from the side. His expression instantly changed to a fawning look.

"Young Master Luca, what kind of stones would you like to gamble on today...?"

"Huh? Who are you? Do I know you?"

As a result, his efforts were met with indifference; Luca ignored him as well and walked over to Matthew.

"Matthew, let's go, it's all taken care of!"

"Um."

After confirming that everything was in order, the two left the jade gambling market.

As for Carter behind them, his face was ashen, his fists clenched, his expression a mixture of humiliation and anger, staring intently at their departing figures.

......

Instead of returning to the guild, the two went directly to Matthew's small house, which was in a remote location, unlike the guild where there were many people and distractions.

As soon as he entered, Luca couldn't wait to take out the gold coins.

"Thirty-odd demonic insects sold for a total of one hundred and sixty gold coins. I'll keep fifty; the rest are yours!"

"You have no idea, after I went in, they immediately refunded all the money they had swindled from me, and they didn't even dare to lower the price, for fear that I would tell my uncle."

Luca tossed the money bag to Matthew, who caught it, opened it, and glanced at it. The golden color dazzled him.

With this huge sum of money, a brand upgrade is just around the corner!