<strong>1017 Compensation</strong>


    Ds had a dark expression, but he remained silent.


    ‘If I cause trouble without any evidence, Mafa Merlin would be able to use it against me and the other forces would be unable to back me up. Damnit, those b*stards from Sky City are actually siding with Mafa Merlin... Just wait and see, this isn’t over!’


    Ds didn’t say anything, but one of his subordinates sneered and walked to Lin Yun before directly flipping the table Lin Yun was using for his calctions.


    Lin Yun’s intense calctions were immediately interrupted and the runes roaming within his eyes slowly dissipated as he raised his head.


    After raising his head, Lin Yun looked at the man in front of him with a startled and angry expression.


    Before he could say anything, Ds’ subordinate raised his head and sneered at the startled Lin Yun.


    “Mafa Merlin, you dare to act as if you didn’t hear anything! Damn scoundrel, you’ll be done for if you don’t give us a satisfactory exnation today!”


    This sudden event roused all the alchemists immersed in calctions. The three alchemists from Sky City were appalled as they looked at Ds’ subordinate.


    Raphael’s calctions were also interrupted and he red at Ds’ subordinate with shock and anger.


    Ds’ subordinate didn’t feel anything, and while Ds felt something amiss, he still sneered at Lin Yun, “Mafa Merlin, you have to give us a satisfactory exnation today!”


    Lin Yun suddenly calmed down, and thought aloud, “A satisfactory exnation? Good!”


    Ds’ subordinate disdainfully sneered, “Andlusan country bumpkin, if you aren’t taught a lesson, you...”


    Ds’ subordinate didn’t have time to finish his words as a Hell Vine suddenly grew under his feet. The arm-thick Hell Vine rapidly extended and bound Ds’ subordinate in an instant.


    Sharp thorns were growing all over the dark red vine. It was like a snake as it took less than a second to wrap around Ds’ subordinate, the sharp thorns piercing his skin.


    The Hell Vine was like a snake constricting its meal, and the sharp thorns were like knives piercing that mage’s body and slowly cutting his flesh.


    Blood leaked out, but not a single drop fell to the ground, it was all absorbed by the Hell Vine.


    This sudden situation stunned Ds, and he promptly roused his Dark Night Cloak to protect himself.


    “Mafa Merlin, f*ck, what the hell are you doing!?”


    Bone cracking sounds echoed before he could finish his words. The Hell Vine was like a bloodthirsty snake. Under Lin Yun’s rousing, that subordinate’s blood waspletely drained and his bones were then turned into fragments.


    After a gorgeous meal, the Hell Vine dropped the crippled dried corpse and disappeared underground.


    That was the guy that had flipped Lin Yun’s table. He had died in an instant, his mana, blood, and even his soul had been cleanly sucked dry by the Hell Vine, under Lin Yun’s control, and treated as fertilizer. After digesting his soul, the Hell Vine could turn into a nt magic beast. It might even be able to form a restricted death area.


    Lin Yun expressionlessly raised his head and looked at Ds.


    “You want an exnation? I’ll give you an exnation.”


    Cold sweat trickled down Ds’ forehead and he involuntarily took a step back.


    ‘Damnit, damnit, that guy actually dared to make a move against us? He actually dared to kill someone from our Shadow Tower? Isn’t he afraid of our Shadow Tower’s retaliation?


    ‘There are so many people here, he absolutely can’t conceal it, the Shadow Tower will definitely retaliate against him. Does he really dare to attack me?’


    Ds wasn’t as confident as before when it came to facing Lin Yun’s attack. Cold sweat trickled down his back as he recalled Lin Yun’s previous burst of powerparable to the power of a Heaven Rank powerhouse.


    And how could the others not notice this sudden burst of mana fluctuations and that person’s death.


    Dedale rushed to the scene and frowned as he looked at the corpse.


    He hadn’t stopped Ds from going to ask with his subordinate, he was exhausted after the three battles.


    But he hadn’t expected the situation to reach this stage.


    “What’s going on?” Dedale asked.


    Ds promptly hid behind Dedale and pointed at Lin Yun with shock.


    “It’s that damned guy! I only wanted to ask what was going on, yet he killed a member of the Shadow Tower and wants to kill me now!”


    Ds’ acting like a thief shouting thief made Lin Yun’s eyes sh with killing intent and his body emit fierce mana fluctuations.


    At this time, Raphael seemed to have recovered and promptly rushed over, pulling Lin Yun to his side first.


    “Sir Merlin, don’t be impulsive, don’t be impulsive...”


    After appeasing Lin Yun, Raphael immediately turned and pointed at Ds, criticizing him, “Sir Ds, is your brain rotten? Do you not have the most basicmon sense? Do you not know how huge the calctions of an array are?


    “Damned scoundrel, we spent five days to finally obtain most of the data! We got the most important data and changes today! As long as the data’s one-time calctions were solved, we would have been able to crack the surroundings of the array today!


    “But it has all been wasted because of a damned b*stard rushing in theboratory, flipping Merlin’s table, and interrupting his calctions. Let me tell you, the work of the past five days has beenpletely trashed by that stupid subordinate of yours.


    “So what if he was killed? If Merlin hadn’t killed him, I would have gotten rid of that idiot myself.


    “You are a fool still trying to frame Merlin. Let me tell you, almost all of the calctions were made by Merlin himself, we are only helping him calcte secondary sets of data, the most important sets of data have to be calcted in one sitting.


    “Only Merlin is capable of doing that, and Merlin has been calcting without sleep or rest for an entire day. And this was all ruined by your foolish subordinate!”


    Ds was dumbfounded and finally remembered that something wasn’t right. As for Dedale, he turned around and looked at Ds with a really bad expression.


    Even if powerhouses like them weren’t proficient in the field of alchemy, they still had some basicmon sense and could crack simple arrays.


    How could they not understand why Lin Yun flew into a rage and killed that mage.


    Hearing Raphael’s angry words, mes started shouting out to Dedale’s nostrils.


    He opened his mouth and sent a Fireball towards the corpse and turned it into ashes.


    “He deserves death for interrupting the work of an Artisan!”


    Ds had a sullen expression as he could only hold himself back, he didn’t dare to get angry or say anything, he even absolved himself of that matter.


    “I didn’t incite that fool to do that. I only wanted to inquire about the progress, I really didn’t expect that fool to act of his own initiative, flip Sir Merlin’s table, and interrupt Sir Merlin’s calctions...”


    Lin Yun’s body was emitting extreme cold, he wanted to get rid of Ds.


    After cursing at Ds, Raphael pulled Lin Yun over.


    “Sir Merlin, I’ve seen this matter. Although Sir Ds made a mistake, he didn’t forcibly interrupt us aftering over. It’s understandable that everyone is in a very bad mood after three waves of Demons within the same day.


    “No one could have expected that idiot to act on his own. He can only me his own stupidity. If you hadn’t killed him, I would have done so myself.


    “Keeping that kind of b*stard alive would have been wasting more time and energy.


    “Since that fool is already dead, how about we forget about it. Speeding up the pace is more important, don’t you think?”


    Raphael was persuading Lin Yun, in fear that Lin Yun would fly into a rage and casually get rid of Ds.


    Dedale understood the situation, and although he was angry, he wasn’t willing to let Lin Yun get rid of Ds. But right now, he was relying on Lin Yun, and thus, Dedale could only put in a good word, “Sir Merlin, that fool is already dead. This matter has wasted too much time, we might not be able to hold on if we keep dying.


    “Sir Ds was in the wrong, but no one can me him. I’ll make him work hard when dealing with the Demons. Let’s stop wasting power here, what do you think?


    “As for the wasted energy, how about Sir Dspensate you?”


    With Dedale and Raphael persuading him, Lin Yun reined in his anger and expressionlessly looked at Ds.


    Ds didn’t dare to spear or get angry, he was holding his anger in, on the verge of blowing up. But he didn’t dare to retort, after all, it was his subordinate that wasted everyone’s five days of work. Everyone would look at him in an unpleasant way.


    Dedale frowned as he noticed Ds not reacting for a while.


    Ds’ face turned red, and after a dozen seconds, he slowly took out some things from his Spatial Ring.


    “Here are some Clear-Headed Potions, and Stamina Potions, allpounded from the best materials. I requested a peak potioneer alchemist topound these True Spirit Potions.


    “There are also some first-rate crystal pen materials and ink...”


    Ds took out these things with a pained expression. These were the most suitable things forpensation, they were all rted to alchemy and they weren’t first-rate tools, they were precisely tailored for potioneers.


    As for potions that could be used by alchemists, they were extremely valuable, they were far more expensive than the potions mages or swordsmen would use in battle, because the requirements of alchemy-supporting potions were extremely strict. It wouldn’t do if their effect was too small or had some side-effect.


    Only the few most perfected potions could be useful to an alchemist. They were a few dozen times more expensive than regr potions.


    With Raphael and Dedale urging Lin Yun, Lin Yun could only unwillingly ept Ds’pensation.


    The experiments kept proceeding, but the pace had been slowed. In the next several days, the frequency at which Raphael and Lin Yun came in contact with the array greatly increased, moreover, the number of Demons and their strength had increased.