Chapter 500 157. Giving away people and money
The early morning sunlight shines into the castle hall, the golden light jumps on the cold stone walls, and the dim metal decoration becomes sparkling.
"Annan..." On the king's chair, a name escaped from the tense teeth of Mad Dog Archduke, "Do you think I will forgive you...?"
"Mad Dog Archduke, you seem to have One thing is wrong...I control your life now."
"You scared me...Lily, do you want to play with it?"
"Who is Lily!"
"A cat I raised, Lily, came to say hello to a mad dog...did you hear it?"
The anger of the Mad Dog Archduke is like anger, like blazing heat The lava burned his eyes red.
"Dar!" The Mad Dog Archduke's roar shook the entire hall, "Is what he said true?"
"I once told you that an ancient The curse is entangled in your blood... Do you want to bet?" The gray-robed mage stared at Mad Dog Archduke, "Bet he is lying to you."
"Damn it! Why does he have this!" Mad Dog Archduke's reason was almost swallowed up by anger, and his twisted face was full of resentment and violence. But then, a cool magical light pulled him back from the edge of losing control.
"...What do you want, for me to withdraw my troops? Food? Give you Gem Bay? Don't even think about it -"
"I want money."
"...What?"
All the anger of Mad Dog Archduke came to an abrupt end.
"Kinnar, gems, magic scrolls, everything valuable...do you want to use them to buy your life?"
"Are you humiliating me?"
"I want to If I want to humiliate you, I should make you kneel down and beg for mercy... This seems good."
Mad Dog Archduke asked hoarsely: "How much do you want?"
"I said. No matter...how much do you think your life is worth?"
"Thirty thousand gold coins."
The young and elegant voice suddenly became sarcastic: "It turns out that he killed all the heirs, suppressed the Principality of Montablrock, and won the support of the Mage Association and the Knights. The Mad Dog Archduke is only worth 30,000 gold coins?”
“…My mages and knights will take it back in person.”
“Then let’s see if your troops take the left leg first. , or will your curse break out first?"
"Grand Duke, let me tell you." The gray-robed mage said at this time, "Mr. Annan, how can you guarantee that you will fulfill your agreement and hand over the cursed crystal? ”
"How about a devil's contract?"
The devil and demons are old enemies. A devil signs a contract for the devil's advocate. Brudonna will definitely become a good person through this, and maybe she will become the best of the month in the area. devil!
"Mr. Annan, what I need to remind you is that it will be more beneficial to your territory if we retreat."
"I'm sorry, there is a blue dragon in my city lord's mansion, and she only has eyes for Money."
Annan moved out of Ilimoyas, and what surprised him was that the gray-robed mage was actually cooperating with him.
What did he spy from the river of time?
"The magic scrolls that my Mage Association can produce are about 130,000 gold coins..."
"Too little."
"Plus the Grand Duke promises you Thirty thousand gold coins..."
"Not enough"
"Some of the collections we brought should be worth about ten thousand gold coins..."
"With all due respect...why are you so poor?"
Annan's question came from the heart: he had already paid for Liberty City invested nearly one million gold coins, but the Mad Dog Archduke, who was already the de facto controller of the Principality of Montable Rock, could only get less than two hundred thousand gold coins...
In fact, this is the case for all rulers. The current situation: their money is not theirs, but the property of the nobles.
"I'm very disappointed in you, Mad Dog. You didn't even harvest those nobles..." Annan was too lazy to help Mad Dog calculate how much money he had. The lion said loudly: "Give me 400,000 gold coins, and I will give you the curse crystal." Stone." Exactly the price of an arcane energy core.
“Don’t even think about it——”
“Okay.” The gray-robed mage promised Annan, “We will trade on the battlefield in three days.”
“No problem.”< br>
The magic of the magic bubble disappears in the castle hall.
"Mr. Dar..., you gave him too much." Mad Dog Archduke looked at the president of his Mage Association coldly.
The gray-robed mage said calmly: "Because he can threaten your life..."
The Mad Dog Archduke walked back and forth on the spot, his steps heavy and low. At some point he stopped: "I want him to die in three days!"
The gray-robed mage said calmly: "We can sneak attack them during the transaction."
The words fell, Another magic bubble floated into the hall under the gloomy gaze and exploded with a bang: "I forgot to mention that if I encounter any threats during the transaction, the amount of compensation you have to pay will be doubled."
A spinning gem dagger passed through the sound and landed at the feet of Lord Lorraine who was watching everything.
Lord Luolan lowered his head tremblingly: "Grand Duke, I didn't hear anything..."
The Mad Dog Archduke stepped down the steps, slowly approached Lord Luolan, and met the man who was sweating coldly. Lord Lorraine passed by.
“Follow me.”
“Okay, Grand Duke...”
Lord Lorraine followed Mad Dog Archduke to the castle dungeon he was familiar with. Deep in the dungeon, he once again saw the Mad Dog Archduke's pet: a ferocious hybrid beast.
This hybrid beast that only exists in the southern green-skinned tribe has a terrifying appearance. Its snout is like a strange-shaped sickle, its lower jaw is lined with jagged teeth, and the upper jaw's teeth are slender. And sharp. The stubby limbs are connected with sharp claws that seem to be able to cut through plate armor easily.
The rough dark green skin covered with scars is soaked with an unknown pattern, which is reminiscent of destruction, chaos and disaster.
As the hybrid beast breathes, the rich blood is deep in the dungeon. diffuse.
"Loran, you are one of my most loyal men."
The Mad Dog Archduke admired his pet through the fine iron cage.
Lord Lorraine bowed his head humbly: "I have always been your most loyal servant...please forgive me..."
"Forgive what?"
" I accidentally fell asleep and couldn't hear what you were saying..."
The Mad Dog Archduke showed the same chilling smile as the hybrid beast: "Loran, I will hand over the assassination in three days. You...either feed Annan to my pet...or you."
...
A few hours after Annan blackmailed the Mad Dog Archduke, there was some movement on the battlefield that was about to turn into scorched earth——
A group of people and soldiers appeared near the battlefield. They brought tools, earth and stones and began to build a city wall.
“They want to surround us...”
When Annan and Ingrid stood in the wheat field and looked into the distance, Ingrid said, “It seems that the Mad Dog Archduke hates you. ”
"If someone defrauded me of four hundred thousand gold coins, I would hate him too."
"Should we drive them away?"
"Mad Dog Grand Duke is willing to spend money and manpower to build an outer wall for us. Why drive them away?" Annan thought thoughtfully, "But we should drive them further out. The two walls are too close."
(End of this chapter)