Rise of the Alchemy God

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In the forest near the town of the Red Moon, a girl with a skinny and malnourished appearance was running desperately.

Her name was Lin Yu, and she was a slave originally from the town of the Red Moon.

Unlike most of the slaves who had been captured after their worlds had been attacked, she was born here, so she had never had the opportunity to see the world from where her parents came.

She had been raised and protected by her parents, and although in a military town like this, where the treatment of war slaves wasn't exactly the best, she had been fortunate enough to live in safety.

At least until she was 10 years old, after which hell began for her.

From the sudden disappearance of her parents to being captured by a slave trader, her life seemed marked.

But she had been fortunate to catch the attention of a female commander, who decided to buy her and have her work in a mess hall for soldiers so that she could grow up safely and earn a living.

She lived like this for three years, and although her living conditions were not the best, she was still able to endure and continue living, always trying to stay out of trouble.

She knew very well that just because she worked in a military mess hall didn't mean she was safe, even more so because, unlike her, some other slaves who worked here hadn't had anyone protect them, and had experienced the cruelty of this place.

The only reason she was safe was because the person who bought her was a commander, and no one dared to do anything bad to her, but that changed when the owner of the mess hall changed, and one of the first things this new person did was sell her to a group of soldiers who had set their eyes on her.

She thought she would be saved by the commander who had bought her, but the commander had never shown up, most likely on a mission.

She knew that nothing good would come her way if she resigned to her fate again, so at the first opportunity, she took off and managed to escape the town safely.

She was able to hide for a few days.

Just as she thought she might finally be safe and that no one was following her, she was targeted by an arrow that barely missed her heart.

She wasn't sure who the attacker was, but she knew it wasn't anyone good, so she kept running.

The blood loss, combined with the fact that for the past few days she had been hiding without having eaten anything or having the chance to rest properly, was a heavy blow for her, and in fact, the further she went, the more she felt her strength failing, just as the attacker kept getting closer.

"No, I don't want to die,"

At this point, she didn't even know where she was running, she only knew that if she stopped, it would be the end for her, so she kept moving forward with the little strength she had left in her body.

Swish

A rush of wind echoed, and the next second, she found herself on the ground with another arrow, this time in one of her legs.

The arrow appeared like a silent death sentence, taking away the last spark of hope within her, and unable to endure the pressure from the pain in her chest and the lack of strength due to the great amount of blood she had lost, she passed out right there.

Her consciousness was slowly dissolving into nothingness, while the regret of not having had the chance to thank the female commander who had saved her that time haunted her, and it accompanied her in what seemed to be her last breath.

***

Ethan, who had seen the elf girl emerge from the forest and keep running, couldn't help but notice her condition and feel a little concerned.

"As the first encounter with an inhabitant of this place, it's quite unusual," he thought to himself while watching the terrible condition of the elf girl, who hadn't noticed him and kept running forward.

He had already noticed the arrow sticking out of her back and also saw the other two incoming arrows.

He made a small gesture with his hand, and one of the two arrows that were coming was deflected a little, which made the girl fall to the ground due to the second arrow.

He had changed the trajectory of the first arrow because he could tell it was aimed at the girl's head, and before intervening too much, he wanted to assess the situation.

A few seconds later, the attackers finally emerged from the forest.

He didn't worry about hiding and simply looked in their direction, examining them.

"Demons."

He already had an idea of what kind of place this might be, after all, the portal that had brought him here, along with the fact that only demonic energy could be used here, were more than enough clues for him to form an idea of the type of place this could be.

The attackers were two demons, each wearing armor, with one of them holding a bow and the other wielding what seemed to be a crossbow.

Ethan could tell they were both cultivators, and judging by their strength, neither of them exceeded the second stage of the mortal realm.

' It seems like they've used this girl as prey for their hunt,' he thought.

The elven girl was clearly not a cultivator, and in fact, there were no traces of spiritual energy or even demonic Qi in her body.

Ethan wondered why she hadn't been infected by demonic Qi,

after all, she had been living in an environment surrounded by demons. It was hard to believe she was still immune to it.

That being said, he didn't dwell on it too much and looked over toward the demons who had just emerged, and who had now noticed him.

"Your hunting skills are getting worse. Look, you can't even aim at the slave's head properly," said the one with the bow.

His companion, who held the crossbow, spat on the ground while pointing it at Ethan.

"Are you blind or something? It was clearly that guy who deflected the shot," he said, directly addressing Ethan.

"You, how dare you interfere in my hunt? Do you have a death wish or something?" the demon said, clearly upset about missing the shot.

At the demon's accusation, Ethan said nothing and continued to stare at him with a curious look, as if observing a rare species.

The demon, seeing this, grew even angrier, and his companion, still laughing at him, couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and say:n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Come on, don't complain. At least now we have an extra prey," he said while turning his gaze toward the elven girl lying unconscious on the ground.

"It seems like she won't be able to entertain us anymore, let me finish her off and then I'll help you with the new prey," said the demon as he raised his bow and materialized an arrow on it.

Ethan could tell that the arrow had been taken from some kind of spatial object, so he wasn't surprised.

He observed these two while thinking to himself.

He had initially thought of using his demon form to wander around the city because, although he could conceal his presence, doing so in a city where other beings of the spiritual rank most likely resided was not exactly the best choice.

His only concern was how to blend in among them without being discovered.

He didn't know how demons lived with each other, and even though he could rely on his strength to handle most situations, he was sure that an aggressive approach would have only led to his discovery more quickly.

But looking at these two now, he thought of something.

'Well, I could use these two,' he thought, and as he did, he saw the arrow shoot from the demon's bow and fly directly toward the elven girl.

The demon who had shot, put his bow away with a smile on his face, confident in his aim, but just as he did, he heard a rustling sound, followed by a slight pain in his chest.

'What?'

He barely had time to lower his head and see what had struck him before falling to the ground lifeless.

The demon with the crossbow, who had witnessed his companion's shot traveling, saw the shot vanish and soon heard the sound of something falling next to him.

He immediately turned his gaze and saw his companion dead, with his own arrow embedded in his chest.

'This aura... what is this?' he asked himself, trembling in fear, as he sensed a strange aura emanating from the arrow.

He didn't know what it was, but if it was strong enough to kill his companion, it couldn't be anything good.

With his body trembling, he didn't even bother to look in the direction of the human and, without hesitation, ran in the opposite direction, knowing full well that the attack had most certainly been the work of the human.

'Where the hell did someone like him come from?' he thought as he used demonic Qi to accelerate his speed and race toward the city.

'I have to warn the guards,'

He knew that whoever it was, wasn't an opponent he could beat, so he immediately fled the scene, knowing that his only chance now was to reach the city and warn the guards.

Unfortunately for him, he didn't even have time for that, because shortly after, he found himself completely drained of strength, and before he could understand what had happened, his vision went dark.