Even goblins are dangerous in this other world!

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Luo Xiu smiled slightly.

"Let's go! I'm leaving!"

Alger scrambled to his feet and ran toward the entrance to the street.

After running a few steps, he couldn't help but look back at Luo Xiu. Only after finding that Luo Xiu was really standing still did he finally feel relieved and his figure disappeared at the street corner.

Luo Xiu watched the direction Alger had left, his expression unchanged.

He did intend to let Alger leave.

Because he knew that Alger would definitely go back to that casino.

Luo Xiu guessed that the tall man in the gold clothes appeared not to take Alger back, but because Luo Xiu had wanted to cut off Alger's limbs and was worried that Alger's ability to repay his debts would be affected, so he appeared to stop him.

Judging from Alger's current mental and emotional state, it's only a matter of time before he goes back to the casino to make money.

Luo Xiu was interested in finding out where the casino was, so he suggested that Alger continue to scout ahead.

He pulled down his hat brim, put away Alger's magic pouch, and walked towards Mammon Street.

……

Unlike in the morning, Mammon Street was deserted at this time, even less so than on a normal day.

There were hardly any people on the streets, and even in many of the small shops, there were no alchemists, only a crucible boiling its own liquid.

Luo Xiu was puzzled. He quickly crossed the street and walked to Tata's door. Looking at Haha, who was dozing off with her eyes closed, he gently knocked on the door.

"Haha, Your Excellency?"

"Uh-huh?"

Haha answered groggily, but upon seeing that it was Luo Xiu, her eyes immediately widened:

"Lord Luo Xiu, you've arrived."

"Haha, sir, what's going on on the street? There were so many people this morning!"

Luo Xiu asked.

Hearing Luo Xiu mention those people from this morning, Haha's big mouth grinned, as if he had remembered something happy:

"They were all chased away by the adults. You didn't see it at noon today, when Lord Tata slapped half the people off Mammon Street with one big slap."

"Is the teacher angry?"

"Yes, Lord Tata was experimenting with a new alchemy technique this morning, and there were so many people outside that the noise could be heard inside the door."

Haha said, looking at Luo Xiu with a fawning gaze:

"I'd really appreciate it if you could ask Lord Tata to put in a good word for me, Lord Luo Xiu. It's not that I have a problem with soundproofing. A bunch of fourth-tier beings came looking for you, and I couldn't do anything about it."

"no problem."

Luo Xiu nodded:

"The teacher is home, right?"

"Yes."

Haha said:

"Lord Haha instructed that you can come anytime, even when he is doing alchemy. You are always welcome here."

As he spoke, a crack appeared simultaneously in Haha's eyes and mouth, and the door slowly opened.

Luo Xiu listened to Haha's words, nodded slightly, took a breath, and stepped into the doorway.

He now knows exactly where his teacher is; he just needs to follow the black mist at the entrance.

That was a mark that Tata deliberately left for those looking for him.

If it's someone he doesn't want to see, he won't let that person in. Letting them in means he agrees to you coming to see him.

Luo Xiu followed the mist and slowly walked forward.

The house has a dark purple color scheme, with many corridors and rooms, so you can easily go the wrong way if you're not careful.

As Luo Xiu passed by a room, he noticed that the door was not closed, and it seemed that Tata had just come out of it.

He glanced at it and realized he had been to this room before; it was filled with various alchemical materials, and Tata had given him his first lesson there.

When Luo Xiu first came here, he knew nothing about alchemy, so he had no idea about the materials scattered on the ground.

When he returned, he found that there were many more alchemical materials scattered on the ground than before.

"Lack flower powder, dried Surik lizard, large-mouthed ox horn, crystallized crystal..."

Luo Xiu's gaze swept over the materials, and the uses of each material appeared in his mind.

"Lack flower powder is mainly used for fertilizing and cultivating sun-loving plants, and can produce white fluorescence."

"The Surik lizard has a natural aversion to plants and contains a toxin that can inhibit the growth of plants in its surrounding environment."

"The 'big-eater cow' is a type of cow with an enormous appetite, consuming dozens to hundreds of times more food per day than other cows. Moreover, this cow is not picky about food and will eat any plant on the ground. Locals use 'big-eater cow' to describe a person as unlikable, because the area around a big-eater cow is always barren, and other creatures will not approach it."

"..."

Looking at these materials, Luo Xiu frowned.

These materials are almost all related to plants.

mushroom?

This is what Luo Xiu subconsciously thinks of now, but coming from another world, he knows that mushrooms are not plants.

Of course, if we disregard some scientific knowledge from previous lives, this boundary is not so clear-cut. For example, the gluttonous cow eats mushrooms.

Furthermore, mushrooms also dislike Lackflower powder.

The teacher...

Luo Xiu took a deep breath, stopped lingering, and continued to follow the black mist forward.

Walking into the dimly lit reception room, I saw Tata sitting on the sofa reading a book. Just like before, her figure was shrouded in black mist, and even when she was sitting, she was much taller than the sofa.

It's like an adult sitting in a child's chair.

"teacher."

Luo Xiu removed the hood of his cloak, revealing his true face and golden hair.

He glanced at the cover of the book in Tata's hand; it was titled "The Study of Epidemic Transmission."

"came back."

Tata nodded and put down the book in her hand:

"Judging from your appearance, you must have run into trouble outside again?"

At this moment, Luo Xiu did look rather disheveled. Although he had no wounds on his body, his cloak was tattered from the fight, and the coat under the cloak was full of wrinkles and dust.

Luo Xiu nodded and gave a general account of what had happened, from going to the auction to beating up Alger.

But he didn't say anything about the tall man who appeared later.

Tata nodded:

"Those guys from the Berserker Academy have always operated this way. Well done."

He paused, then looked at Luo Xiu:

"But that kid shouldn't be causing trouble at the merchant guild just to lower the price of a bottle of Silver Dragon Blood. Have you figured out the reason behind this?"

Tata was far too shrewd; she immediately realized that the story beyond the money-making casino couldn't be closed.

Upon hearing Tata's question, Luo Xiu didn't answer directly. Instead, he remained silent for a moment before slowly looking at Tata and asking:

"Teacher, are there really no monsters in Kanriel City?"

Tata was taken aback, wondering why Luo Xiu would suddenly ask this.

Taking advantage of this moment, Luo Xiu began his [examination].

Mental state: Slightly dazed, lost in memories.

Emotional state: Slightly surprised, slightly sad

“I remember telling you that there are no monsters in Kanriel City.”

Tata paused for only a moment before shaking his head.

Mental state: Stable

Emotional state: Stable, slightly sad

Looking at the results of the "examination," Luo Xiu finally felt a weight lifted from his heart.

The teacher genuinely didn't know; she wasn't lying to herself.

Although I've killed many people and witnessed many things since coming into this world, I can never accept that the beautiful things in my heart will suddenly change, nor can I accept that the people I'm close to have deceived me.

If Luo Xiu really discovers that Tata lied to him this time, perhaps his choice will also be to investigate the truth step by step and see if his teacher has other plans.

Fortunately, no, and therefore there is no such thing as "what if".

"Luo Xiu, Kanriel is a crazy city."

Tata slowly began to speak:

“I don’t know why you suddenly asked this question, but there are no monsters in Kanriel City because it paid a crazy price for it. In the laws of alchemy, this is called an equivalent exchange, which is what I often tell you. It’s the result of a transaction.”

"If you think of Kanriel as a balance scale, one side holds the tranquility of the monsters, and the other side holds the madness of all of Kanriel."

Chapter 123 Solve the doubts

Upon hearing Tata's words, Luo Xiu was taken aback and was about to say that he didn't seem to understand.

Tata, however, seemed to have figured something out and said:

"Did you run into someone from the inner city?"

Luo Xiu nodded:

"After fighting Alger, I met one."