191 Merlin Family’s Summons (1/2)

And that wasn't all…

Afterwards, groups of Alchemists would go to the Gilded Rose, and the old butler wasn't one to balk at having more Alchemists, so by the time Lin Yun returned, the Gilded Rose had over two hundred Alchemists...

Just based on the quantity, they were now comparable to the Alchemist Guild...

Naturally, the old butler knew that these Alchemists couldn't be given heavy responsibility. They weren't familiar with the setup of the Gilded Rose, and they had yet to prove themselves trustworthy, so the old butler made them work in an assembly line. They seemed to be busy every day, but they were kept doing repetitive work without being able to get close to the core skills of the Gilded Rose.

”The Alchemists of Thousand Sails City value themselves so little?” Lin Yun was dumbstruck when he heard all of this.

”Haha… No one forced them to work for the Gilded Rose…” William laughed while looking quite gleeful.

He wasn't being arrogant; the Gilded Rose's reputation had already overshadowed many old forces like the Viper Nest. Along with the old butler being known for giving generous salaries, all kinds of Alchemists trying their best to join the Gilded Rose.

Let alone working in assembly lines, even if they had to work as apprentices, they still wouldn't frown...

”And what about the chamber of commerce's mercenary group?”

William had been waiting for a long time for Lin Yun to ask that question...

And now that the question had been posed, a proud smile appeared on his face...

But after hearing his words, Lin Yun had no choice but to admit that William had all the rights to be proud. William had done a very good job with the mercenary group.

The Great Mages that Lin Yun had been waiting for appeared, and not in a small number.

That group of 5th Rank Mages had stayed in the Bone Plane for half a month before, and in the past month, several hundred thousand Soul Fires had been turned into mana by the Black Death Rune. The benefits for a mage were simply unimaginable...

From what William said, the mana had already congealed into a liquid state. When leaving his tent in the morning, he would feel the damp atmosphere, and just breathing in would rouse his mana. Meditating there for a day was like meditating for a month in Noscent.

Moreover, Lin Yun had tailored a set of Meditation Law for them.

The speed at which that group of 5th Rank Mages had advanced could only be described as incredible.

There were already about thirty Great Mages now.

Following Lin Yun's instructions, these Great Mages had already returned and started accompanying the Gilded Rose's caravans.

These were all Lin Yun's arrangements. The Black Death Rune and the Soul Fires were a shortcut targeted at Mages, and once they became Great Mages, the mana accumulation wouldn't be as important as before. At that time, carving Magic Conducting Runes was more important.

And the Black Death Rune and the Soul Fires didn't help much with carving Magic Conducting Runes.

Naturally, Lin Yun had also made arrangements for the Magic Conducting Runes of those Great Mages. He was just waiting for everyone to leave the Bone Plane before teaching them methods to carve Magic Conducting Runes. In the future, the Gilded Rose would have a mercenary group with peak Magic Conducting Runes.

After making sure everything was fine with the Gilded Rose, Lin Yun locked himself in the alchemy laboratory once again, controlling the Gilded Rose's development remotely while continuing his simulation with the Book of Death's characters.

Time passed, and the day of the expedition to Vaughn's Treasury drew nearer.

Lin Yun completed his work for the day but was stopped in the lobby by William just as he was about to return to check on the Obsidian Flower's growth.

”Cousin…” William started to say something, but he hesitated.

”What's up?” Lin Yun was surprised, as he knew that his cousin wasn't one to be modest. 'Did he eat something that went bad? Why did he come to find me and then just look at me as if he is constipated?'

”Well, Cousin... Grandfather, that is, your grandfather's brother… Uhm, oh right, he is the Head of the Merlin Family…”

”Get to the point!” Lin Yun felt a vein twitching on his forehead...

”Ah, to the point, to the point…” William's expression became a bit grim as he suddenly pushed on, ”In short, the Merlin Family sent someone to deliver me a message. The head of the family personally wrote the letter and he hopes that you can take a trip to Okland next month. The Head will arrange for you to enter the Merlin Family Ancestral Land and formally announce your return to the Merlin Family…”