Chapter 158 Running away
In the dark room, his words made the atmosphere, which had just eased a little, become heavy again.

The leading alchemist looked at him, a little at a loss. He pursed his lips and said.

"Just sit down first, we can talk more."

He ignored the alchemist's words and glanced calmly at the other people in the room.

"This is not a request, but a notice. As for you, take care of yourself."

After saying the last sentence, he turned around and left the room without any hesitation.

"boom!"

Hearing his words, the alchemist slammed the table, stood up and shouted loudly.

"How dare you! What do you think this place is? You can come and go as you please?!"

He completely ignored the alchemist's words.

As he left and closed the door, the alchemist who had stood up angrily and scolded him was suddenly embarrassed.

The alchemist stood there, furious for a moment, then could only sit back with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

After all, alchemists are just a small group bound together by interests. Apart from relying on sticking together to exclude alchemists outside their small group, they themselves do not have much restraint.

In the past, this kind of exclusion was quite effective. As long as you didn't join them, you wouldn't be able to enter the alchemical potion market.

However, as the new alchemical potions produced by the New East District quickly took away their alchemical market, they were all going to be squeezed out of the market by the New East District, let alone joining forces to exclude others.

In this situation, who would care about the rules of this small circle? If they quit, they quit. The small circle can hardly protect itself, so how can they be punished?
The fact that the leading alchemist's rebuke was ignored, without even a harsh word, also made the other alchemists in the room realize this.

Several alchemists looked at each other for a few seconds, and after confirming each other's ideas, they finally made a decision and stood up tacitly.

“We withdrew, too.”

After saying that, they also chose to leave immediately.

Before the leading alchemist could explode again, following someone's lead, the other alchemists in the room stood up one after another and chose to withdraw.

Within a few minutes, more than half of the alchemists chose to quit.

Looking at the room that suddenly became somewhat empty, the remaining alchemists in the room looked at each other in surprise and at a loss, and the leading alchemist had a gloomy face.

With so many people leaving, the meeting naturally couldn't continue. In the end, it just ended with a few quick chats.

Since the meeting did not produce good results, after several days of confusion, some alchemists who chose to stay were no longer so determined. Basically, every few days, scattered alchemists would quit and run away.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this small circle was beyond salvation. Even if they had not been responsible for the explosion, after half of the alchemists had escaped, they would not be far from disbanding.

You know, the alchemists who run away are basically capable people who can get things done in a small circle. Even if they leave the small circle, they can still survive. The majority of the alchemists who stay are not very loyal to the small circle. They just stay because most of them got in through connections and have no skills. If they run away, they will only get worse. But, if all the people who work have run away, what's the point of those who just eat and eat staying? In other words, the more people who eat and eat stay, the faster they will die.

In less than a dozen days, the entire alchemy circle fell apart.

For this reason, the alchemist who was the leader of the alchemy circle seemed to be hit hard by this situation. He hid in his own house, closed the door and refused all visits.

After several days, various forces in Ginza began to pay less and less attention to the alchemy circle.

After all, the alchemy circle would collapse on its own if left alone, so there was no need to waste energy on such a useless force.

Late one night when no one was paying attention, the side door of the house that had been closed for more than ten days quietly opened, and then two carriages quickly ran out of the side door.

They avoided almost all the main roads and mainly walked on the side roads and streets, carefully avoiding the crowds, focusing on secrecy and safety, and finally, escaped through an inconspicuous side door in Ginza.

After leaving Ginza, the two carriages initially moved forward at a normal speed on the road, but after going a certain distance, the speed of the two carriages increased rapidly, and they ran out of the road and plunged into the vast wilderness at the fastest speed.

Without sparing any mercy on the horsepower, the two carriages had completely left Ginza in less than two hours.

In a wilderness area where no one could find them, two carriages stopped where they were. The panting horses were resting on the side, and some people were sitting around a campfire in silence.

The alchemist sat in the carriage, holding a disc in his hand, silently observing the surrounding environment.

After confirming that no one was catching up with him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

As the nominal leader of the alchemist circle, he knew who was responsible for the explosion within a few days. As for why, it was naturally because the mastermind behind the explosion was so frightened that he came to him to confess and ask for help.

So who is this idiot? His only child, who inherited most of his alchemical knowledge.

After learning the news, he wanted to strangle the stupid kid to death on the spot.

But, he is his own child after all, and it would be useless even if he threw this stupid child to the Radiant Knights and the Inquisition.

Even if it was really his own stupid kid who caused the explosion, the Radiant Knights and the Inquisition would certainly take action against him, and he would probably have to pay a lot of money. This was not acceptable. He had paid so much money before, and he didn't have much money left. Moreover, the alchemy potion market in Ginza had been completely occupied by them, and his main source of money-making had been cut off. If he had to pay more, he would really be out of money.

Therefore, after thinking for a long time, he gritted his teeth and came up with an idea.

Rather than being cut by a blunt knife in Ginza, it is better to just run away.

According to the unspoken rules of Ginza, people who run away like this will generally not be pursued further unless they have committed something particularly serious.

Moreover, as the leader of the alchemy circle, he does have some skills.

Even if he couldn't make it in Ginza, the worst that could happen was that he would go to other human principalities or kingdoms within the Silver Empire.

Although it would certainly not be as comfortable as in Ginza, as a senior alchemist, he would still be treated as a guest of honor.

(End of this chapter)