The Thorne of Destiny

Apparently, Adrian wasn't the only one who was thinking about robbing alchemist Melvin.

It seems someone was determined to obtain the silvereye grass by any means necessary.

Even sending assassins to deal with alchemist Melvin.

This was a risky adventure because of this operation wasn't conducted successfully, there was a high chance that Melvin was going to seek revenge.

After all, he was still a peak stage foundation establishment realm alchemist.

Even if his own strength wasn't enough, with his reputation as an alchemist, he could get some powerful experts to help him quite easily.

Adrian was now caught in a dilemma. With all the commotion outside, Melvin was bound to wake up soon.

If he decided to escape, he could be ganged up on by both the guards and the assassins.

While thinking about what to do, some of the assassins had already broke into the house.

The crew outside were just meant to delay the guards while the actual assassins went to deal with Melvin.

Melvin wasn't stupid. He knew that he might be attacked which was why even after reaching home, he instructed the guards to be at alert.

This was why they were able to respond quickly to the attack.

Three individuals were rushing towards Melvin's room.

From their auras, Adrian could tell that they had reached the late stages of the foundation establishment realm.

As they were about to burst through the room, Adrian decided to take a gamble.

He retreated towards the dark corner he was hiding in previously.

He tossed a small dagger towards the still asleep Melvin.

The dagger stabbed his arm and forced him awake just as the assassins burst into the room.

Melvin who has just woken up and was still groggy was surprised to find 3 individuals in his room.

The assasins were also a bit surprised. They had expected a fully armed and prepared Melvin not someone who was still drunk and had grains of rice falling from his face.

Their suprise soon turned to happiness as they were happy that they had caught their prey off guard.

Melvin seeing the three people being out their weapons immediately sobered up and realized that they were here for him.

He tried to bring out a saber from his storage ring but was shocked as he discovered that his finger was empty.

His eyes widened as he stared at all ten of his fingers as if trying to confi that his ring was truly gone.

He couldn't imagine how he could have lost it. He knew that he wasn't careless enough to lose it as he never took off his storage ring.

His shock turned into anger as he stared at the 3 individuals in front of him. His body started to exude killing intent as he was sure that his missing ring was definitely with one of these individuals.

He charged at them furiously while roaring

"Return my storage ring you bastards!"

The 3 were slightly taken aback as they were wondering what he was talking about.

It was true that they were here to kill him and take his storage ring. But they clearly hadn't even started yet and he was already accusing them of already stealing his storage ring.

They even felt slightly aggrieved for being called thieves when they hadn't even stolen anything.....yet.

They took out their daggers and dashed towards Melvin at full speed.

Since he wasn't armed, they believed that with the three of them, they could completely take care of him.

If it was a fully armed and prepared Melvin, they might have some misgivings aour facing him directly but since he clearly wasn't prepared, they were completely confident in their victory.