What's the Alchemist Doing?

Some soldiers, some fighters capture them. They're only two days away from the pyramids,. Finally, he gets the treasure, but so close. And then what happens? Some army captures them and they think they're spies. As you're spies. You're spying for the other group. So it's a test, ok? The alchemist is he' he's actually testing santiago. He also says, a younow, don't kill us. Don't kill us, because we brought you gold. We brought you some money. Remember that santiago has a lot of money. Now they have to use the money to save their lives. But after three days,