Chapter 406: The Dog and the Chest
After a half-hour ride on Bubtney, a small town appeared ahead.
Su Xiao didn't immediately enter the city, but jumped down from the Bubba first and decided to pull the rod out of his chest.
It wasn't too long and only penetrated a couple of centimeters inside. He couldn't have pulled it out earlier, as the smell of blood would have attracted the attention of that chimera.
Pulling out the steel rod from his chest, Su Xiao quickly cleaned the wound and drank a bottle of low-level alchemy potion.
Killing this chimera would undoubtedly bring huge rewards, but for the current Su Xiao, killing this monster was simply impossible.
Although Su Xiao wasn't afraid of death, he didn't want to die.
As long as he didn't become a rank two hunter, he wasn't an opponent of this chimera.
Su Xiao's strength was certainly growing very fast, but apart from the Hunter Challenge world and the space battlefield, he had only passed through a total of four derived worlds.
The large amount of free stat points and other items that he received allowed him to gain impressive strength in the shortest possible time, but in order for the contractor to increase any of his stat points from 49 points to 50 points, he needed to increase his rank from 1 to 2.
But since Su Xiao was developing four stats at a steady pace, none of them came close to the 49-point limit because of this.
However, this didn't mean that Su Xiao was weaker than the other contractors.
All those contractors who pretended to be dead with him clearly had at least one stat above 40 points.
As for Kurumi, her intelligence score clearly exceeded the 40-point mark.
But there was a big difference between her and Su Xiao. It developed along the way of leveling up one characteristic. It did have some advantages in the early stage of development, but it would become very weak in the later stage.
Su Xiao, on the other hand, was on the path of leveling up all of his basic attributes. Although his highest stat was only 38 points at the moment, his comprehension of the sword was at a fairly high level that first-rank contractors usually didn't have.
Most of the really strong characters that Su Xiao met were also on the path of balanced cultivation. The crazy priest followed the path of developing at least two characteristics and mainly developed his stamina and intelligence, and the Cowboy went along about the same path, except that he pumped mainly dexterity and strength.
The path of development of four characteristics at once was chosen by someone very rarely, and either those who followed this path died at an early stage of development, or quickly flew up on their wings.
Su Xiao was currently at the very beginning of his formation, and if he could reach the point of growing his wings, no one would be able to knock him down.
After finishing the examination of his body and Bubtney's, Su Xiao took out his walkie-talkie and turned it on.
The signal was very poor, and Su Xiao could barely hear the other person's words.
— Outside of the city... at eight o'clock... old place... meeting...
Hearing the key words, Su Xiao nodded.
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At eight o'clock in the morning, Su Xiao was already waiting in the forest.
Soon, one hooded figure entered the depths of the forest.
— Come.
Hearing Su Xiao's shout, the figure took off its hood. It was Colonel Mustang, the Fire Alchemist.
They became allies because they had a common goal.
— You made too much noise last night. What kind of monkey was that? We had to deploy thousands of soldiers.
Mustang no longer showed hostility towards Su Xiao. Because of the conversation and exchange of information, he was able to learn some important secrets of the country.
He himself was a very ambitious man, so the information, along with the confirmation of the truth of this information from Riza, played a very important role.
— It was a chimera. I almost died at her hands and was forced to flee.
Subduing the chimera was good news. With her Father and without her, it will be very difficult to cope, and with her, defeating her Father will become almost impossible.
Mustang nodded and said — " We're almost ready, but we'll need some time to start a war. We discovered an undead army last night.
The so-called "undead army" are puppets created by Father. The human body was purified by the energy of the Philosopher's Stone and then the soul was shoved into the finished body.
This principle was somewhat similar to the Alphonse soul transfer incident, except that in this case, instead of armor, the soul carrier was a prepared human body.
But such an undead army wasn't immortal — this undead simply didn't have any vital points. Even if such an undead was beheaded, it would still be able to continue fighting, but it fortunately didn't possess homunculus regeneration.
— How many are there?
— At least tens of thousands, but there are only ready-made bodies-souls haven't been added to them yet, " Mustang said and sighed. Although he already knew who their enemy was, this enemy was too powerful.
— The undead Legion is just a small problem. When the battle begins, this legion can be led by strong generals.
— This is not a problem, we have a Hawk's Eye.
Su Xiao nodded. Risa's skills were unquestionable. — Very good, by the way, there is no more envy. And yes, Maes Hughes was killed by him.
— Mustang's pupils narrowed.
Maes Hughes was a loyal friend and companion, and there was no question that they were truly brothers.
— Why didn't you tell me before?" Mustang was very unhappy that he didn't get revenge for his good friend.
In terms of pure strength, Mustang could indeed kill Envy, and his fire abilities could be said to be the sworn enemy of homunculi.
— You wouldn't have been able to find it. If homunculi could be easily detected, do you think I would run away from Central?
Although Su Xiao and Mustang were allies, their relationship could be severed at any time, but as long as they had a common enemy, that wouldn't happen.
— I need to lay low, get me a ticket to the northwest.
Mustang nodded. "That's a great idea, but where do you want to go?
— Briggs.
— You want to unite?..
— Right.
— This woman will not interfere in this matter. Although she is only a major general, the northwest border is her territory. She and her people run this territory themselves and don't take orders from Central. It even collects its own taxes from its territory.
Mustang didn't have much expectations about this. Not because the other party was weak, but because it would be very difficult to convince them.
— She will definitely team up with us. Don't forget that northwest is the corner where part of the array is located. Given Father's plan, this territory will also end up being absorbed, so it will definitely rise up with us.
After listening to Su Xiao, Mustang shook his head. — I thought about it a long time ago. Given her personality... Such a move would be quite her style, huh~... This woman always thought that I became what I am now because of my connections.
Su Xiao lit a cigarette and thought about it.
In fact, this woman will really be quite difficult to convince.
— I'll find a way. In two days, you'll be able to start carefully removing the unstable factors in Central... No, not even tomorrow.
Mustang looked at Su Xiao with concern. "It's going to rain tomorrow," he said, shaking his head. It will be practically useless on a rainy day. Let alone a flame, it wouldn't even be able to create a spark.
— Su Xiao turned around and started to leave, while Mustang leaned against a tree.
— Explosive alchemist... What exactly does he want to achieve with his father's death?
Su Xiao's goal wasn't clear to Mustang. If it wasn't for the ironclad evidence, Mustang wouldn't have cooperated with Su Xiao.
— Is he trying to save the world? Risa's voice rang out.
— If it was anyone else, I might have believed it, but he's an Explosive alchemist and wants to save the world... Very funny.
Two days later, in a small town northwest of Central.
Su Xiao sat in front of the fireplace and rested. He couldn't stay in Central since he had killed too many homunculi, and there was no point in doing so anymore.
The remaining sins didn't show up, most likely because of that chimera, otherwise Anger and Pride would definitely try to kill Su Xiao.
While enjoying the warmth from the fireplace, Su Xiao took out some Philosopher's stones and a purple treasure chest.
Previously, he had obtained one normal Philosopher's Stone from the treasure chest, plus a couple more good stones from going to the lab.
He could now create even more alchemy potions. The coins of Paradise were now plentiful, and all he needed was experience.
Since Su Xiao wasn't going to fight any battles in the near future, he decided to start making alchemy potions.
But before that, Su Xiao looked at the purple treasure chest. This treasure chest looked extremely tempting.
He hesitated. His lighter skill was still on cooldown, and opening the chest without extra luck was a bit risky.
Other contractors opened their chests without using similar items, but Su Xiao's luck was too low.
Sighing, Su Xiao suddenly looked at Bubtni.
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