Rise of the Alchemy God

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Although he had spoken calmly, the elf girl instinctively fell silent, as if that had been an absolute order.

He realized that he had involuntarily activated an ability of his demonic physique, so he immediately dispelled its effects, and the elf girl, now a little terrified, no longer spoke and tried not to look at him.

Ethan had to admit that there were still things about his demonic physique that he did not fully understand, and this involuntary suppression ability was one of them.

He had had the chance to test his demonic physique a bit in the past with Bai Yu, but certainly, that was very different from using it constantly in a demonic society, no less.

He was sure there were other things he still didn't know, but for now, he didn't have time for that.

He looked at the elf, who seemed to remain silent, and said:

"What's your name?" Ethan asked, deciding to start with introductions.

The elf girl, though still a bit scared, tried to gather her courage and said:

"M-my name is Lin Yu," the elf said.

Hearing the name, Ethan nodded and replied calmly:

"Nice to meet you, I'm Ethan. I found you injured on the path outside the city, near the forest.

You were hurt, so I decided to bring you here.

Can you tell me what happened to you?" he asked.

Honestly, if it had been up to him, he would have avoided getting too involved with the inhabitants of this small town, but he knew he couldn't avoid it forever, not if he wanted to blend in as one of them and safely search for a way out.

While it was true that he had picked up the elf just to help her, he had also done it for another reason.

Lin Yu, hearing the words of the handsome demon, lowered her head slightly as the memories of how her days had been in the past week surfaced in her mind.

Ethan could tell she didn't seem comfortable talking about it, so he said:

"If you don't want to, there's no need to say anything.

I was just asking in case you wanted to return to your family or someone you know," he said.

Hearing Ethan's words, the elf girl's body trembled slightly, and clutching her blanket a little tighter, she said:

"I... have no parents."

He knew she was a slave, and thanks to the demons' memories, he could get an idea of the kind of life she must have had before.

From what he had learned, the two demons had bought her from the owner of a mess hall for soldiers, a few alleys away from this inn, and that she had later escaped from them.

Beyond that, he didn't know anything else about her.

Silence fell in the room as neither of them spoke.

Eventually, Ethan nodded and moved to get up as he said:

"I see. Well, it's time for me to leave, but you can stay here if you want. This room is rented for a month, and meals are included, so you should be fine for now," he said as he approached the door, ready to leave.

The elf girl was now in good health, and the little he could do for her, he had already done.

As for the rest, that depended on her.

He intended to check out a few places in this city, especially one in particular he had discovered by probing the souls of the two demons.

'If that thing turns out to be what I think it is, then maybe there's a chance to get out of here,' he thought as he reached the door, ready to open it.

Seeing the demon who had saved her about to leave, the elf girl panicked, quickly getting out of bed, ready to stop him.

As she moved, she was momentarily surprised that her body didn't hurt at all.

At first, she thought he had only superficially treated her and that she wasn't fully recovered, but now seeing that even quick actions like these didn't cause her pain, she was momentarily stunned.

However, she didn't pay too much attention to it, as her mind was occupied with another thought.

"Sir Demon, wait," she said, quickly approaching Ethan, who had stopped upon seeing her rush toward him.

When she saw he had stopped, she approached and forced herself to speak.

"Can I ask to follow you?" she said with a determined expression.

'What?' Ethan wasn't sure what he had just heard, so he said:

"What do you mean you want to follow me?" he asked.

The elf girl hesitated a bit before saying:

"You're not from around here, are you?" she said cautiously.

Hearing the elf girl's words, Ethan, for a moment, thought he had been discovered, but then, remembering something, he asked,

"Oh? And what makes you say I'm not from here?"

The elf, hearing that Ethan didn't seem angry, continued:

"You don't have the same aura as the people from this place."

'Just as I thought.'

Ethan had initially wondered why she hadn't been corrupted by the demonic Qi.

After all, if one lived among so many individuals who were a product of it and also used it, it was difficult for the people here not to be affected by it, even if only slightly.

In fact, when he was approaching the inn, he had seen many others like her from other races and could tell that although they appeared normal on the surface, they had slight traces of demonic Qi within them that were harmful, some more, some less.

So, thinking that the elf girl wasn't yet infected, the matter intrigued him, and he couldn't help but use the Analysis function on her to see what was special about her.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

And indeed, she did have something special, but he didn't know what it was.

And this was because:

[Signs of a universal law detected within the individual]

[Law detected: Law of the Harmony of Primordial Light]

[State: Dormant]

[Price: 10,000,000,000 Sp]

When he first tried to analyze her, apart from her basic data such as her name, age, and some other personal information, there wasn't much else, except for this law.

He knew that laws could be learned, and he himself was starting to learn them more and more, but seeing someone who already had a law was something new for him, even more so since, although the law was sealed, just to know more about it, he would have had to pay an astronomical amount of Sp.

Ethan was certain he had never seen so many zeros in his life.

Even with centuries of effort, he had managed to save just over half a billion Sp, and yet just to learn more about this law, he would have to shell out an astronomical amount of Sp.

He had no idea what kind of law it was, but the cost alone was enough to tell him it was nothing simple.