"Who is this hillbilly? Where are you from? I never saw such clothes!" The alchemist said suddenly when he looked at Alex. He was surprised to see him so calm even after shouting at everyone for so long. Usually, the people would be scared and they would not dare to look at him in the eyes, but this young man did.
The village lord quickly replied: "I am sorry Master Alchemist! This man hillbilly said that he was you and therefor we could not welcome you as we should.!"
The fat man was cunning and he blamed everything on Alex, so that he could escape this situation and be on the side of the alchemist.
Alex looked at the fat man with surprise after hearing what he said and smiled a little bit. He found this situation very funny.
"You wanted to steal the identity of an alchemy? Do you know what this means? You have to accept the death penalty! Cut your neck by yourself and die!" The alchemist said arrogantly and even throw a knife to Alex.
Alex catch the knife and looked at it. It was a very normal knife, it was good to cut meat or vegetables, it was only a little sharper than normal knives. And then he began to play with.
"Alright, I will do it. But what if the knife cannot kill me?" Asked Alex with a smile in his face. He liked this interesting situation, which for others could be a nightmare, but for him it was only a funny moment.
The alchemist, the fat lord and the guards looked at Alex stupidly and then they began to laugh loudly.
"Do you know what knife you are holding in your hands boy? This is a 1st grade weapon and can kill any living person." Said the alchemist laughing and not believing Alex.
"He is only a deceiving boy from some near village, how can he know about 1st grade treasures? Lets finish him and let me welcome you as I should, Master Alchemist.
The Alchemist nodded with pleasure in his face and then he said to Alex: "Quickly, I do not have time!"
Alex took the knife in a good position and then with a fast move he attacked his own neck.
In the next moment a metal sound could be heard and the knife in his hand broke when it touched the skin of Alex and only the handle in Alex hands was left intact. The blade of the knife literally turned to little pieces and nothing was left.
"Do you see? I told you that this knife is useless." Alex said still smiling and then he handed the handle of the knife to the alchemist, which had a big O in his mouth.
The alchemist could not believe his eyes, he thought that this was a joke or something.
"How do you dare to use tricks to break my knife! This was the gift from my master, I will kill you!" The alchemist then took out a sword from his spatial ring and attacked Alex infuriated.
This sword was stronger than the knife, Alex could feel that this sword was at least fifteen times stronger than the knife. Indeed, he was right, this was a 2nd grade weapon and it was the most precious treasure of this alchemist. It could be said, that this sword was the peak of his live. He worked for years and then with all his savings, he bought this sword.
"Three Strikes!!" The alchemist shout while striking with his sword and then QI began to move around him and the sword.
Alex calmly waited until the alchemist was right in front of him and then with two fingers he stopped the sword and immobilized the whole person.
"You do not practice much with the sword, am I right? Of course, I am right. You are like a little kid with a sword, this does not fit you at all." Alex said when he stopped the alchemist and gave him an observation about how he used this technique. Alex was sure that this person practiced only a little bit in the past, because his moves were full of flaws and his movements very predictable.
"Let me go! Don't you know Master Stan? He will kill you when he find out!" The alchemist shout, when he realized that his body was paralyzed and that even speaking was very hard.
"I think you overthink the things a little bit. Calm down, I am not here for killing, if I wanted to kill nobody would be alive at this moment." Alex said suddenly. And as he wanted to continue saying something, the fat village lord began to tremble and shake from right to left and looked very terrified.
Then he began to bleed from all his holes and he was screaming from pain even louder. These all happened very fast and then he died.
Yes, he died. All this only took more than thirty seconds and then he past away.
Alex who was observing this situation did not do much, he only observed from the side and tried to find out what happened now in front of him.
The alchemist, who also saw this situation also screamed after seeing this horrifying situation. He heard from Master Stan that some plague was passing by the village of the concubine, so he was sent to cure it, but this was not a plague like expected.
"This is a curse, someone is using black arts to harvest souls! Why on all the heavens, did I end in this shitty hole! We are doomed, a dark cultivator is the most fatal killer and his methods are all painful and dark. I have to leave, right now!" The alchemist was terrified after seeing how the fat man died and he was pretty sure that the cause were black arts.
Alex listened carefully, like always, and then he understood why a string of black QI invaded the fat man before he died.