From Alchemy Apprentice to All-Powerful God King

After his close encounter with Elena again, Matthew's alternate world record suddenly popped up with tags about her.

Before I could react, my mind was filled with a huge amount of information.

After a while, the tearing sensation gradually disappeared and I returned to normal.

Then, three tags appeared in succession.

[New tag detected - Two-faced]

[Activation Condition: Become the most loyal follower of the goddess Elena, and then betray her when she trusts you the most!]

If you have enough masks, no one can see the real you.

......

[New tag detected - Imperial Candidate]

[Activation Condition: Destroy the image of the goddess in the eyes of the imperial people, making her completely dependent on you.]

[Become the man who becomes an Imperial candidate!]

......

[New tag detected - Forbidden Magic]

[Activation Condition: Strip Goddess Elena of all her magical insects, rendering her completely powerless, and ruthlessly control her at her most vulnerable moment!]

[An unfathomable secret, a bottomless abyss of evil.]

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"It's okay, you have three days to think it over. After all, it would be hard for anyone to accept suddenly leaving the home they've lived in for so many years."

Elena patted Matthew's hand, comforting him, thinking he was having trouble processing the news.

But only Matthew himself knew that his stiffness was actually caused by being intimidated by Elena's label.

These three labels are all more terrifying than the last.

Moreover, aside from the first one, Matthew couldn't think of how to complete the activation conditions for the other two tags, so he could only put them aside for the time being and analyze the other party's intention in making him leave Val Town.

After a long silence, he slowly spoke, "Why?"

"Because you are different from others, I need your talent and ability."

Elena made no attempt to hide it; she did indeed need Matthew to assist her. A genius capable of creating new formulas would have been fought over by various powers long ago if he were in the Empire.

After several encounters, she realized that her abilities were not very effective against Matthew, so she used Leon to try and completely control him.

"Didn't you ever consider that I might not agree to your request?"

After a moment's thought, Matthew grabbed Elena's increasingly brazen hand from his face, his tone less than friendly.

He hates trouble and he hates being dependent on others.

The labels were tempting, but he'd rather not have them—they were deadly labels.

However, Elena was not angry at all. Instead, she let Matthew hold her hand, a blush appeared on her face, and her cherry lips opened and closed as she gave a reason that Matthew could not refuse.

"Then I can just release the news that you killed Leon."

Then, Elena used both hands to close the distance between them, bringing her head close to Matthew's ear in a somewhat ambiguous manner.

"Don't worry, I would never sell you."

Feeling the tingling sensation in his ears, Matthew felt as if he were being manipulated by the other party, and after thinking about it, he really couldn't find a way to counter it.

From the very beginning, from the moment Leon approached him, he had already fallen into the other party's trap.

It could even be said that Leon hated her because of her instigation.

"You have three days to consider. If you don't want to go to the Empire on your own, you can come directly to me and cooperate with me. Your future achievements will definitely go far beyond just a swarm of bugs recipe."

Elena effortlessly broke free from Matthew's grasp and left with Seth, once again dangling a carrot in front of him before departing.

After everyone left, Matthew realized that he seemed to have completely severed ties with Leon, but he knew that he had just fallen into a bigger vortex and had no choice but to plunge into it.

......

Inside the knight's camp, Elena and Seth returned to their tent.

The latter asked with some concern, "Goddess, aren't we being a bit too casual?"

Just from his interactions with Matthew today, he could already sense that the other man was no ordinary person.

An alchemist was able to arrange and alter the traces of the scene in advance, and the whole process seemed to be guided by Matthew. The most important thing was the pre-recorded audio at the end.

Without this, Flynn would never have become the scapegoat. Their initial purpose in stealing the armor was simply to clear Matthew of suspicion and divert attention, but they didn't expect the other side to use this point to completely shift the blame.

"He's a smart man; he knows who to partner with to go further."

"Besides... my Moon Spider is useless against him."

Elena shook her head, gently stroking the spider-like insect that had appeared on the back of her hand at some point.

"It didn't work?"

Seth was startled by Elena's words.

It should be known that the goddess's abilities have never failed within the empire; anyone who has come into contact with her will be affected by the Moonlight Spider to some extent.

Moreover, given the goddess's own charm, it's hard for any young man to resist her.

After a while, Gareth returned with the knights, but Lucia and Flynn were nowhere to be seen.

"Goddess, the matter has been settled. The person will not be back for a while, and the Rogers family will not be able to find out anything even if they want to."

Gareth entered the tent, reported the situation, and nodded to Seth.

The armor that appeared in Flynn Alchemy was taken from him. As for the ability user who stole the armor, they've dealt with him, and no one can find out.

Elena didn't turn around; she simply put the spider back on the ground and looked up at the moonlight outside the tent.

"It's almost time. Gareth, get ready. Seth, you go back to town and keep an eye on Lucia."

"yes!"

......

In the deserted streets of Val, Matthew walked alone toward his home.

He kept thinking about what to do next.

If it's just about survival, it doesn't really matter where you go. With my alternate world record, I can thrive anywhere.

But the key question is, why let him leave? What does the goddess want to do to Val Town?

As Matthew pondered, he walked on, and before anyone knew it, he found himself outside the Hunter's Guild.

Looking up, I saw two angry figures walk in; it was Lucia and Joel.

"It seems they didn't catch Flynn."

Matthew frowned immediately. If that was the case, then he didn't seem as safe as he had imagined.

If a second-tier ability user hiding in the shadows, who has lost everything, were to use every means to deal with him, he would indeed be unable to withstand it in his current state.

Thinking of this, a bold idea immediately popped into Matthew's mind.

"Instead of hiding in the shadows, let's go after the tiger and pull off a big heist!"

He then changed direction and sneaked towards the guild.