Chapter 10 Murder and Silence

  "Where are they!?", the leader of the thieves asked the archer who was also standing there, unsure which direction to chase, in the outer area of the forest. The black smoke just now really made it impossible to see your hand in front of you, and they had barely managed to run out of it.

  "They got away, that man had many mysterious top-grade potions on him...", the archer said in a low and serious tone.

  Upon hearing his words, the leader of the thieves' face also changed slightly. Although Lin Chen looked so young and couldn't possibly be a powerful pharmacist himself, the fact that he was carrying so many top-grade medicines meant that there must be a powerful pharmacist backing him up.

  In this world, there are two professions that surpass the magician and warrior professions, namely the blacksmith and pharmacist. Your strength is great, but if you have a powerful weapon, someone weaker than you can instantly possess strength beyond yours.

  If you can make friends with a powerful foundry master, congratulations, your life will be able to struggle for decades less, this sentence is the absolute truth in this world.

  Even if you're just an intermediate swordsman, if you can get your hands on a perfect-grade weapon, you'll instantly have the combat power of a high-level swordsman. And if you add a powerful defensive equipment to that, congratulations, you'll be able to easily challenge stronger opponents beyond your level.

  Another profession, of course, is pharmacist. Various and sundry magical potions are absolutely irresistible to people, especially those that can temporarily increase attack and defense capabilities, as well as some that can add attribute attacks. Potions that restore magic and chi are also coveted by all. Their effects go without saying, and their allure to humans is no less than that of equipment.

  In this world, even if the strength of blacksmiths and alchemists is not that great, it's undeniable how powerful these two professions are. As long as they put out a single word, there will definitely be many people willing to risk their lives for them. And once they take out powerful equipment and elixirs as rewards, even world-renowned strongmen will be tempted...

  There was once a talented but arrogant magician who reached the rank of Grand Mage at the age of 40, which is astonishing given his natural talent. However, it was this very arrogance that led him to offend a legendary pharmacist.

  The pharmacist indignantly threw out a bottle of legendary potion that could temporarily increase physical attack power as a reward, and the next day, a top assassin presented the head of that genius demon master in front of the pharmacist, took away that bottle of legendary potion that could temporarily increase physical attack power...

  "Hearing the words of the archer, he thought of Lin Chen's top-notch medicine that was as good as free, and his heart ached at the thought of throwing them away. Even the leader of the bandits, who was in a state of frenzy, came to his senses and felt a lingering fear in his heart. Those medicines were absolutely not just perfect-grade, but at least epic-grade or higher..."

  "Could it be that behind that young man, there is a pharmacist of at least epic proportions? Thinking about this, even the leader of the bandits felt a chill run down his spine. An epic-level pharmacist, ah, even some of the great families in the empire would have to show respect and deference to such an existence, it's absolutely not something that a mere wolf-like bandit gang like theirs could contend with."

  "It seems we've gotten ourselves into quite the predicament", on one side is the young lady of the Marquis' estate, backed by a man with at least epic-level pharmacist skills, while on the other hand...

  "Is everything settled?" Just as the leader of the bandits hesitated, a loud and thick voice suddenly rang out. A man with a large sword on his back appeared at the trunk of a large tree not far away, looking down at the bandit leader from above, asking in a deep voice.

  As this person appeared, no one in the scene noticed, the leader of the thieves' face showed a surprise, and a hint of reverence flashed across his face. "Originally we could have easily taken Miss Xia Lu down, but by her side appeared a young man, although the young man's strength was not great, but he had many potions on hand, at least epic-level potions..."

  "I understand...", the man said calmly, nodding his head slightly as he listened to the explanation of the Hungry Wolf Bandits. In fact, along the way, he had also seen the marks left behind by those medicinal pills, which were at least epic-grade or higher.

  Being able to throw out so many epic-level potions, there must be an epic-level pharmacist appearing, or someone holding many epic-level potions. No matter which one it is, the situation involves an epic-level pharmacist, and that's a very troublesome thing.

  The matter involved a marquis, which was not a big deal in itself, but when it involved an epic-level pharmacist, things got complicated. To cut off future troubles, the man calmly opened his mouth and said: "This matter, since it has failed, you can all leave with peace of mind..."

  "Don't worry, we won't leak this matter out..." The leader of the thieves patted his chest to guarantee, seemingly not hearing the deeper meaning in the man's words.

  "No, no, no. It's guaranteed to be useless. Only those who don't speak are truly reassuring..." The man slowly drew the large sword from behind his back, shaking his head as he spoke. Everyone was shocked by his actions.

  "Perfect Sword Style - Sword Energy Storm!!!", Without giving those people a chance to speak, the man pounced down from the big tree, and his terrifying aura burst out, causing the small grass within hundreds of meters to bend down.

  Ten thousand sword auras descended like a torrential rain, densely shooting down. A miserable cry sounded out, and except for the Lv46 bandit leader who was barely clinging to life, everyone else was directly shot and killed by the ten thousand sword auras.

  "You... you're so cruel...", although still breathing, the bandit leader was completely devoid of fighting spirit, his body covered in bloodstains from head to toe, as he glared venomously at the man holding the large sword.

  "It was originally a marquis's mansion! You wouldn't even need to be killed to keep your mouths shut! But this concerns a legendary pharmacist! So, to avoid trouble, I'll just have to get rid of you!" As he gazed at the bandit leader with venomous eyes, the man raised his large sword and brought it down fiercely, blood splashing everywhere...

  At this time, in the depths of the forest, Lin Chen was barely holding off the sword-toothed boar with difficulty, while Xia Lu seized the opportunity to throw out two consecutive fireballs in a row, and finally killed the sword-toothed boar, also sending 165 experience points to Lin Chen.

  "Originally, whether it's killing people or killing magical beasts, can experience be gained? With the death of the sword-toothed boar, Lin Chen silently understood that he had gained experience. Over a hundred points of experience, for his early stage, was still quite easy to level up."

  "Phew...", seeing the sword-toothed boar killed by its own magic, Xia Lu also let out a long sigh of relief. The danger in this forest was far greater than she had imagined.

  "Ding, mission 'Escape' completed, gained 4500 experience."

  "Ding, level up 1, current level 12."

  At this moment, the system prompt sound suddenly rang out, and Lin Chen felt a warm current sweeping over him, erasing all his injuries and fatigue.

  Suddenly completing the task made Lin Chen slightly stunned and somewhat bewildered. How did the task get completed so easily? Had those thieves given up or something?