"Ka... Ka..."
The red rock gate slowly opened.
Wearing a black cloak, his breath murky and his face showing exhausted and gloomy features, the alchemist "Eden Glaston" emerged.
The two knights guarding the gate saw the figure approaching and their faces showed a trace of fear, causing them to shrink their necks and take two steps back.
Ignoring this scene, Eden Glaston headed straight for the nearest exit to the Underground Street.
This "Grey Night period."
Eden had prepared numerous potions and a small quantity of transcendent equipment.
Even as part of a gang organization, they needed a source of income.
At the same time.
During the last Gray Day, he had lured and captured several young female students from a certain academy in St. Land, who made for excellent materials in this round of blood sacrifice.
Of course, before the blood sacrifice.
Eden Glaston had not forgotten to thoroughly enjoy the bodies of those young and full-of-life girls.
In High Tower.
He was a cornered individual who garnered no attention.
But, in the Hunter's Guild.
He was the "Bloody Alchemist" Eden Glaston, an existence that struck fear into people's hearts.
Each time he performed the blood sacrifice.
The shrill screams of those young students reverberated deep within his soul.
He felt an indescribable pleasure from it.
What could be more joyous than succumbing to darkness and indulging in it without restraint?
The silent Cavern Passage seemed much dimmer than usual.
That didn't concern Eden Glaston too much.
Origin Energy surged into the magic ring staff on his wrist, and a fist-sized, agile fire elf sprung out.
Leading the way for Eden Glaston in front of him.
Whoosh—
Whoosh—
Suddenly, two blood-colored tendrils shot out from the top of the passage.
Hum! Hum!
The thick and powerful tendrils.
But they were deflected by the natural shield of Eden Glaston's "Alchemy robe."
As an alchemist, explosions were routine.
An "Alchemy robe" capable of gathering Origin Energy and forming a shield was an essential item.
The tendrils that were blocked quickly spread over their own body, transforming into pythons and coiling towards Eden Glaston.
Feeling the tough, oppressive binding force, Eden Glaston knew he had encountered a formidable opponent.
He suddenly clapped his hands together.
The crackling of a furnace.
Sparks burst from Eden Glaston's body, quickly becoming a burst of splendid fireworks, and then flames shot up towards the sky.
The tendrils lasted only two or three breaths before being rapidly ignited by the flames.
"Your witchcraft isn't strong enough, young man!"
In the depths of the Cavern Passage, the shadowy outline was faintly visible.
Eden Glaston spread his perception into his Transcendent Storage Bracelet.
Several specially prepared "Alchemy bombs" were within easy reach.
Explosions were not only routine but also his important method for dealing with enemies.
After all, alchemists did not have as many techniques as wizards.
If his techniques were insufficient, then he would make do with tools.
"Hum—"
As Eden Glaston remained on guard.
A strand of golden Holy Breath surged in the depths of the shadow.
"Not good..."
Eden Glaston's heart throbbed.
Through long periods of sacrifice, he had been in contact with the Power of the Dark Sun from a Different Domain.
The ecology of his Tree of Alchemy had already become like the Ashen Land, gradually descending into darkness.
Falling into darkness wasn't the issue.
But the problem was, his descent into darkness hadn't yet formed a dark ecosystem.
If that holy power were to fall upon him, it would undoubtedly cause him catastrophic damage.
Without any hesitation, alchemy bombs from the Storage Bracelet were thrown one after another by Eden Glaston.
However, just as the alchemy bombs had flown out and were still close to him.
An unimaginable scenario unfolded.
Boom... Boom... Boom...
One after another, the alchemy bombs explosively detonated.
The terrifying blast wave and fragments of the explosion forcefully flung Eden Glaston to the ground.
The shield of the alchemy robe shattered to pieces in the explosion.
Eden Glaston felt as if his bones were about to fall apart.
"How can this be?"
"How could those alchemy bombs explode so quickly?"
The ears of Eden Glaston, still ringing from the blast, seemed to faintly catch the sound of gunshots.
Using shooting spells to detonate the thrown bombs.
And in such pitch-black darkness?
That was impossible.
If the adversary were an intermediate-level Wizard above Level 40, Eden Glaston believed they could do it.
But that fellow was merely a low-level Wizard, and his level wouldn't even surpass 25.
"Escape!"
The seriously injured Eden Glaston struggled to stand.
But the next moment, he stumbled and fell.
He lifted his hand and saw that one hand was longer than the other.
And the shorter one had turned into a leg covered in dense, curly white wool—a sheep's leg!
"I... meh..."
Eden Glaston, when he tried to speak, only let out a "meh... meh..." sheep bleat.
As uncontrollable fear blossomed in his heart,
Eden Glaston had already been transformed into a white sheep from the Black Galan plateau mountain range.
"Meh... Meh..."
"Meh... Meh..."
The sound of bleating echoed continuously in the passage.
At this moment, Eden Glaston saw the instigator.
It was a Wizard, who looked very young with clean, pale skin.
"Although a Second Rank Alchemist, your methods are weaker than I had imagined."
"When I was interrogating Nelson, that guy was filled with fear of you."
"Because of this, I prepared quite a few methods."
"I didn't even exert much effort, and you've already turned into a sheep!"
The young Wizard's smile was as bright as Eden Glaston's heart was wretched.
"Meh... Meh..."
Eden Glaston struggled to gain control of this "sheep body."
After all, the speed of a sheep was much faster than that of a human.
If possible, he even wanted to give this young Wizard a fierce ram, knocking him to the ground, and then escape.
But the binding of the young Wizard's Sheep Transformation was more severe than he imagined.
No matter how much he struggled,
The sheep behaved more and more like a real sheep!
Even the sheep's body's craving for green grass distracted him frequently toward a clump of weeds in the corner.
"Damn bastard..."
"Meh..."
Although Tuck did not speak sheep language, he could guess the gist of it.
To deal with this Hunter Gang leader and the three core members under his command,
Tuck had not spared any planning and preparation.
Eden Glaston!
A Bloody Alchemist with exceedingly cruel methods.
He possessed a multitude of alchemy techniques, especially adept at explosive tactics.
Tuck's original plan was to first breach the opponent's alchemy robe's shield,
Then shoot to seriously injure him, and finally capture him with Sheep Transformation.
But...
The opponent's thrown alchemy bombs provided Tuck with a stroke of divine assistance.
Additionally, the effect of the Sheep Transformation was better than Tuck had anticipated.
SS Level "Precision."
Like a sharp blade, it followed the precision's trajectory perfectly and cut in.
Assisting Tuck's Sheep Transformation to complete the most important "infiltration" and "suppression."
The 19th Level Sheep Transformation on the 26th Level Eden Glaston.
Accomplished an unscientific transformation into a sheep.
And it was a rather perfect transformation at that.
"Adventurers will be coming soon to investigate."
"Best to leave this place first!"
Looking around, Tuck pulled out a rope he had prepared in advance.
Eden Glaston wanted to resist, but the sheep's instincts drove him to be led by Tuck.
Before adventurers could investigate the surroundings, Tuck had already disappeared into the depths of the dark passage with Eden Glaston.