Chapter 1376 - Justified Victory (1/2)

Agalon doesn’t seem to be doing this to insult me on purpose. He looks as surprised as I. Damn it, he’s eclipsed me his entire life, and his disciple is eclipsing mine too. Is Sven so stupid that he doesn’t realize that Agalon is trying to save my face?

Does he have to throw his own face to the ground and step on it?

Alonzo didn’t want to explain how Lin Yun won, but Sven and the other alchemists all asked. They wanted to know the truth.

Those alchemists wouldn’t mind if they were criticized about alchemy, but they represented the top forces of Noscent, and they wouldn’t admit an unreasonable failure.

The atmosphere became tenser and tenser. Many people looked at Lin Yun with nothing but fury, and yet Lin Yun was still squatting on the ground, as if something on the ground had attracted all of his attention.

The Lionheart Prince frowned, and finally asked, “Alonzo, what’s going on?”

The forest elves’ king was suddenly surprised, as if he had realized something. He glanced at Lin Yun with a smile of astonishment.

“We’re holding this contest because we’re short of a Saint Alchemist, but the contest is unnecessary now. What a remarkable young man.”

Lin Yun heaved a sigh and stood up in disappointment. He shook his head and stood behind Agalon.

Seeing Lin Yun back, Sven couldn’t hold any longer, and pointed at him excitedly.

“Mafa Merlin, do you really feel comfortable winning in such a way? Are you not ashamed as an alchemist? Sordid methods are not allowed on the path of pursuing the truth.

“Where’s your product? You don’t even have your product. Do you really think you deserve to win?”

After Sven stepped up, everybody else asked questions too.

“Four sirs, we cannot accept this. Why is he the winner even though he hasn’t made anything?”

“Exactly. Why does the last spot belong to him? He hasn’t done anything. It’s so unfair. It’s an insult to alchemy…”

Seeing that those people were not giving up, Agalon was still wearing a casual smile, but didn’t say anything. Alonzo, however, became ominous and furious.

“Idiots! You idiots! Are your brains as flawed as the products that you made?

“Damn it, when I say Mafa Merlin is the winner, he is the winner. Are you questioning my judgment? You idiots who know nothing but returns, you’re blessed by fate to have grown up to where you are, and you want to make further progress?

“Never mind. Even if you idiots don’t understand me, did you not hear what the elf king said? Jerks, if you would rather know the hard truth, I’ll let you know!”

Alonzo burst into a rage, and everybody fell silent.

The forest elves’ king shook his head, and extended his fingers. He snapped them. Instantly, all the grass within a radius of hundreds of meters withered and sprayed on the ground as ashes. The remaining materials where Lin Yun was standing were all incinerated.

The area within hundreds of meters turned into a desolate desert, and in the center of the desert, there was a shimmer of light.

In the center of all the ashes, a grass that was only three centimeters tall was still standing. The grass was not green, but had four colors. Its four hues were constantly replacing each other. Thanks to the feeble around it, the grass seemed to be wearing a tiny rainbow.

Upon seeing the grass, Sven became pale and shocked. He looked at the vulnerable colorful grass, astounded.

“That’s impossible… It’s impossible. How could he have done that in only a couple of hours?”

A few knowledgeable Artisans also looked at the vulnerable grass in shock. One of them was so shocked that he dropped his own magic tool, and exclaimed, “Making out of nothing! Oh my God, he… he is a Saint Alchemist!”

Immediately, everybody realized why Alonzo changed the winner in the end, even though he was angry, and why the forest elves’ king said that the contest was held because they were short of a Saint Alchemist…

Now that there was already a Saint Alchemist, the contest was meaningless. No competition was needed. Even if Lin Yun didn’t make anything, he would still have the last spot.

Then, all the Artisans became completely pale. It was not until this moment that they realized what they had done.

Agalon hadn’t said anything, because he had been saving Alonzo’s face in front of so many people. However, they had forced him to confess the truth.

Alonzo and Agalon had been competing for years. Their main field of competition was alchemy. Unfortunately, neither of them could prove themselves better.

Naturally, the competition was extended to their disciples. If Lin Yun had won by a slight edge, then it would’ve been nothing. After all, a disciple couldn’t fully represent his master.

However, one of the disciples turned out to be a Saint Alchemist, and the other wasn’t. Everybody was fully aware of the difference.

They were in completely two different levels, even though they seemed close. They were as different from each other as a Heaven Rank mage was from a Magic Apprentice.

How many Artisans were out there in Noscent? Nobody had ever counted, because their population was not small. There were more than 20 Artisan researchers in the Starry Sky College at this moment, and there were even more who weren’t researchers.

It was pointless to count the Artisans. However, everybody knew how many Saint Alchemists there were in Noscent. All of the Artisans here could even recite all of the Saint Alchemists’ names.

That was the gap!

Artisans could only create items that were tolerated by the laws of the world. The best an Artisan could create would be a Magic Tool Incarnation. All the things they created were dead.

Also, to create anything, an Artisan had to prepare the materials in advance. Getting to the bottom of it, they were just strong alchemists.

Artisans were as different from Saint Alchemists as mortals were from the extraordinary people, however. The gap could hardly cross.

Saint Alchemists were best known for their ability to create things that had never existed in this world as they were getting in touch with the truth of the world. Normally speaking, the things that they created could be new lives.

Only the alchemists who boasted such power could be called Saint Alchemists.

The grass, which carried the power of earth, fire, water, and water, and which was as vulnerable as any other grasses, might have been neglected elsewhere, but in this place, they all knew that it was a new life that Lin Yun had created, even though the grass was so weak and useless.

The grass, which only carried symbolic significance at best, was a sign that Lin Yun had become a Saint Alchemist.

Immediately, all the questions were gone. A Saint Alchemist didn’t need to show their product at all. His identity could already make all the Artisans admit that they weren’t as good as him. In the field of alchemy, luck didn’t play any role.

All the alchemists wore complicated expressions. They were angry to lose to Sven, but none found it unacceptable to lose to Lin Yun who was a Saint Alchemist, because they couldn’t win.

Alonzo gazed at Lin Yun for a couple of seconds. Then, he heaved a sigh.

“Mafa Merlin, you’re very good. I don’t think Agalon has taught you a lot. It’s just your own talent.

“Also, I noticed that you hesitated, and didn’t know what to do at the beginning. So, I believe that Agalon must’ve been too proud to tell you anything about the contest in advance.

“If my feeling is correct, you were not a Saint Alchemist yet before the contest. You didn’t carry any power of creation.