The Witcher: Elemental Lords

Just then, Molly suddenly stretched out her hands generously, smiling as she walked towards Dorre.

Dorre, sensing something, also opened his arms, and as they drew closer, they embraced.

Feeling the warmth of the other's body and the familiar scent, Dorre was filled with emotion.

Molly was also overwhelmed, her heart unable to contain itself, after all, it had been many years since they last met.

After a long while, the excitement subsided, Dorre released her, looked at Molly's face, sighed, and said, "I didn't expect that after so many years apart, we would meet again."

Molly looked at Dorre, teasingly asking, "What, don't you want to see me?"

Dorre smiled faintly.

Both of them had calmed down at this point, and Dorre looked at Molly, smiling lightly, "Are you on a contract basis with the Marcia family, or something else? Do you want to leave? I have many positions here, and your alchemy skills would be a great help to me."

Molly's expression faltered, looking somewhat unhappy, then she sighed and said, "Back then, for the sake of cultivation techniques and progress, I signed a very long contract. I probably won't be able to go to your place for the time being. I've essentially sold myself to the Marcia family. Everything I have now, you could say, was given to me by the Marcia family. It's not that simple to break away."

Molly's words were simple, but Dorre could understand the difficulties she had faced over the years. He thought for a moment and said, "If you forcibly break the contract, what kind of price would you have to pay?"

Molly looked troubled, "I'm afraid it's not something that one or two million gold coins could clear up. The Marcia family controls transportation and manufacturing, and I know most of their secrets now. If I want to leave, I'm afraid they simply won't let me go."

Dorre frowned as he looked at Molly, feeling somewhat displeased.

"Find a chance to leave, come here. It's better than staying there all the time. The way those guards look at you isn't right. Is there something else going on?"

Molly's face became a little strained as she said, "The Third Young Master of the Marcia family has taken a fancy to me."

Dorre raised an eyebrow, looked Molly up and down, and smiled slightly, "It seems he's taken a liking to your beauty."

Molly's face flushed red, and she said, "Get lost, you're never serious. That Third Young Master is a well-known playboy, and I don't want to debase myself by submitting to him."

Hearing this, Dorre paused slightly, "If that's the case, then find an opportunity to leave. When I reach level six, I should be able to protect you."

Molly curled her lip, looking at Dorre as if he were a joke, "Level six, that's easier said than done. In the entire Vassenburg, I don't know how many level four mages can't advance to level five, level five mages can't advance to level six, and level six mages undergoing tribulation to advance to level seven is another threshold. Among the major families, it's already amazing if they can produce one level six mage every fifty years."

In her opinion, Dorre was just bragging. She herself had only just reached level two, and the distance to level six was still incredibly far.

Dorre smiled faintly. He certainly couldn't reach level six, but his clone could.

However, he didn't plan to explain this, and instead began chatting casually with Molly.

Molly's situation was similar to his. After leaving Duomeng County, she had faced many hardships before finally reaching the Glory Empire.

Unlike Dorre, she didn't directly enter the empire but interned at the wizard tower in Campbell Fortress for half a year before becoming a citizen of the Glory Empire.

Molly became a formal wizard in Duomeng County, but she studied formal wizard knowledge at Campbell Fortress, which was vastly different from Dorre's experience.

Later, after coming to Vassenburg, she worked as a wandering alchemist for a while before being favored by the Marcia family and becoming a family-supported alchemist, and her life slowly improved.

However, her life wasn't that easy. Soon, due to her appearance, she was noticed by the higher-ups of the family, and she had no choice but to feign compliance with them.

Dorre sighed inwardly. According to the wizards in a normal world, they would probably have submitted to the power at this time. After all, meditation techniques and resources were under the control of others, and they had no choice but to submit for the sake of their future. But he knew Molly's character, she would never give in, her personality was very stubborn.

Molly told Dorre her story while sighing sadly.

Dorre couldn't help but hand her tissues while patting her on the shoulder, lamenting that life was not easy.

Meeting an old friend in a foreign land was originally a happy thing, but neither of them could be happy as they talked about their experiences.

Dorre's several life-and-death crises also made Molly sigh, both of them had difficult lives.

After chatting for a while, Molly wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "The real reason I asked you out this time is because the Marcia family wants to deal with you."

Dorre nodded, showing a confident look, and said, "They've already started dealing with me. Besides the Marcia family, the other three major families and some smaller families are also wary of me, but this situation will soon collapse, don't worry."

The emergence of a new wizard force is either met with wariness or attempts to win it over. This has already become the norm, a typical social phenomenon.

Dorre didn't want to become someone else's weapon, he just wanted to do his own business. Therefore, for the time being, he could only rely on others until the people below found a good ally, then he would break away from the control of the Owen family.

Molly shook her head and said, "Do you know someone named Andrew?"

Hearing this name, Dorre frowned instantly. Andrew had contacted the Marcia family?

This was not a good sign!

He thought for a moment and said, "Andrew is someone from the Third Prince of the Empire, the person in charge of a merchant guild called the Rose Merchant Guild. What is he doing with the Marcia family?"

Molly became nervous, "It seems you know him. We were discussing your matter. I don't know the specifics, but it may be detrimental to you."

Dorre nodded, solemnly saying, "This news is very important to me, I will be prepared."

…

Returning to the wizard tower, Dorre stood in the room, thought for a moment, formed a hand seal, and sent out a message.

Soon, the message was transmitted back.

After receiving the message, Dorre felt relieved. He immediately turned around and walked towards the room. A moment later, Dorre, dressed in ordinary clothes, walked out of the room.

The furnace had returned, a little later than expected, and a little more expensive than expected. Of course, after auctioning off three bottles of Super Vitality Potion, he was no longer worried about money. Now the auction house was about to settle the account with him, so Dorre was not in a hurry.

In addition, there had been some progress in the level six and level seven medicinal materials that the auction house had contacted. The higher the level of medicinal materials, the more expensive they were. Dorre's money from auctioning the Super Vitality Potion was now only half left.

Dorre was already famous now. Although he didn't participate in the year-end auction, he knew that the reputation of the Super Vitality Potion had long surpassed that of many other potions, approaching level eight and level nine potions. Besides wizards, other professionals were also flocking to it.

Moreover, the approximate formula of the Super Vitality Potion had also been announced, and those injured level six and level seven professionals had ignited flames in their hearts. For a time, the entire Vassenburg was boiling.

It was precisely because of this that the major families were determined to force Dorre to take sides.

PS: 400, so melancholy!