Chapter Eighty-Nine: Cleaning Up the Mess
The reason why this battle was able to end so quickly is also thanks to Raymond. The last time Lin Qian came with him, Lin Qian, just in case, asked Raymond to secretly arrange a small teleportation circle in a corner of the Calvin family, so that he could escape directly if the situation was not right at that time. Unexpectedly, this teleportation array played a huge role this time, allowing Lin Qian to directly raid here from Azure City.
Because the teleportation array was too small, only two people could enter at a time, so after Lin Qian and Raymond passed it over, they set up a plan to attract the magician masters in the family to gather. At this time, Lin Qian's subordinates had only teleported from Azure City to an inconspicuous corner of the city one after another. Lin Qian and Raymond bought enough time for these magicians to come, and at the same time, they also concentrated the main forces of the other party, which contributed to this direct firefight.
And the reason why Lin Qian dared to enter Caria's attack range in a big way was because of the sixth-level dark magic he had just learned, the Dark Concealment Technique. The other party had no way to discover Lin Qian at the first time without defense and spiritual perception, although it was a bit risky, but this attempt proved his success.
Maybe it's really talented, Lin Qian's magic ability is not growing slowly, and with the help of the two puppets that Elena gave him, his dark magic has reached the sixth-level level in just half a year, although it is not as good as Noel and Elena, but it is also much faster than most people.
After conquering the Caria family, Lin Qian, who was left to rest of the family, didn't want to embarrass them, and each gave them some money to fend for themselves.
"Wait, I remember Boris still has a fiancΓ©e in there, right?" Lin Qian glanced at the group of women and children and found that they were all glaring angrily at him.
Shaking his head helplessly, Lin Qian simply did the bad thing to the end, found the woman named Kelly, and called her to his room alone.
"How's your relationship with Boris?" Lin Qian tried to maintain a friendly smile as much as possible. But this smile was as terrifying as a demon in Kelly's eyes, making her clutch to the corner of her clothes ready to die at any time.
"Don't worry, I'...... Not that kind of person. Lin Qian said embarrassedly, and at the same time opened the doors and windows, indicating that he had no other intentions.
"And what do you want?" Kelly is still wary of Lin Qian, since it is not aimed at her, it is likely that Lin Qian is aimed at Boris.
"I want to help you," Lin Qian continued, "Boris escaped from your family, you should be secretly helping him, right?" I want to reunite the two of you lovers. β
"Reunion?" Kelly sneered, "And then kill him?" β
Lin Qian smiled: "You think too much, he doesn't threaten me in the slightest, I don't bother to trouble him, I just fancy the few things in his hand, you should know." β
"So you took me into custody to bring him to you?" Kelly is not stupid, on the contrary, she is very smart, otherwise she would not have been able to help Boris escape.
"Yes, I only need those few things, and I don't care where you go anywhere in the world after you get it, as long as you don't go against me."
"How can I trust you?" Kelly was a little moved, she didn't feel the slightest feeling about the destruction of this ruthless family, her father Morfa was not strong in magic and did not participate in the battle, so in general, she did not have a particularly deep hostility towards Lin Qian.
"You just have to believe me. I will not let you out, if Boris is found, you can only persuade him to hand over the things, and if you want, I will not object to even joining my forces. Lin Qian said a little domineeringly.
Kelly was silent, she didn't even have freedom now, and she didn't have the qualifications to talk about conditions at all. Lin Qian saw that she had figured it out, so he got up and left, leaving her alone to sleep in this large room.
"Wait," Kelly said, plucking up her courage, "I'm willing to join you, and I hope you won't let go of your own subordinates!" β
Lin Qian paused, a smile appeared on his face, and left satisfied.
Raiding in the middle of the night, not a single person was injured, and an entire family was wiped out, and such a feat made Lin Qian's reputation immediately spread throughout the continent. After all, it was one of the seven great families in the past, and it disappeared overnight. When the magicians who heard the news arrived here, they could only see that the staff sent by Lin Qian were preparing to establish a new magic guild branch here.
The family is gone, but the city is still there, and the life of the merchants in the city has not changed at all, except that the objects of paying taxes have become temporary branches, and the farmers who work outside the city have only changed owners. Of course, Lin Qian would not completely occupy this city like the Earth Emperor, and when Elena arranged for a new city lord to come over and take office, Lin Qian would naturally hand over the right to collect taxes to him, and he was just a temporary worker during this time.
In Crystal City, the branch president Madley was dealing with things, exchanging a few words with the magician next to him from time to time, and seemed to have encountered some problems.
"This matter involves the city lord's side, if you take it, it will be a little difficult to do!"
"But according to the rules of our guild, everything that is requested must be answered, and I am afraid it is not appropriate not to accept it."
"Why don't you notify the city lord first, and then we decide whether to accept it or not?"
"Okay, then I'll let you know."
Lin Qian walked in from the outside and happened to encounter this scene. When the magician went out, he saw Lin Qian, rubbed his eyes, and quickly saluted and said hello. Lin Qian strode in, motioning to Madeley not to get up and continue to do his business.
"Don't let me know, I'll see what kind of problem you're in?" Lin Qian called out to the magician.
It turned out that in addition to collecting taxes and maintaining law and order, the crystal city lord was also responsible for an extremely important matter, that is, responsible for the mining of magic crystals. A few days ago, a miner secretly brought a few crystals and wanted to take them out for money, but was discovered by the official in charge of the inspection and beat them all indiscriminately, but he was too heavy and beat people to death. Afterwards, the little official didn't dare to make a noise, only said that the earthwork collapsed and killed people when digging the crystal, and concealed it. When the miner's family saw the corpse, they knew that there was something wrong with the matter, and some miners told the truth, so they found the Magic Guild and offered a reward for the murderer with all their hopes.
Knowing this, Mai Deli originally felt that he should accept this task, but it involved the crystal mine in the city, and the matter was very important, so he didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he discussed with his subordinates to inform the city lord first.
"Why don't you take a task if you have a task? Is it just because it has something to do with the castle lord? Lin Qian didn't mean to criticize, he knew what these people thought.
Lin Qian sat down and analyzed: "Do you think that stealing the crystal itself is wrong, even if you are killed, it is only a heavy punishment, and the responsibility of the little official is not great?" If that's the case, it just means that you're not thinking. There are three kinds of responsibilities for the crimes of the petty officials: first, they use lynching indiscriminately to cause death; second, after killing someone, he did not report it and did not admit his mistake, but wanted to hide from the world and get by; Third, after the matter was exposed, we tried to block the door for the family to report, otherwise why would the family find us instead of going to the city lord? β
After a pause, Lin Qian said again: "Our Magic Guild has always responded to any request from the task publisher, but this request must be a reasonable request. You think the family's request is unreasonable, of course, it is indeed unreasonable to find a few magicians to kill the little official, but the motive of this matter itself is not wrong. We need to inform the family that her request needs to be changed a little, i.e., to receive reasonable compensation and an explanation for the incident. So how do we publish this task? As long as we seek the mercenaries to inform the city lord of this matter, and the city lord will personally deal with it, our purpose will be fully achieved. β
Madeli was stunned after hearing this, and then he was a little puzzled: "Isn't it possible for us to notify the city lord directly?" β
"This is different, we are only responsible for the release of the task, and the people who handle it are all mercenaries who only have a monetary relationship with us. In this way, no matter what forces we encounter in the future, we can act as intermediaries, rather than direct participants, and prevent making enemies everywhere. β
"President Lin's foresight is far beyond what we can compare!" The magician hurried to cheer.
"Haha......" Lin Qian smiled cooperatively, and then his face immediately turned cold, "Then it's up to you to communicate with that family member, write this mission, mark the level, and supervise the progress of this mission, let me see if you are doing as beautiful as you say." β
"Yes...... Be. "The magician felt bitter in his heart, this sycophant had slapped the horse's leg!
After the city lord learned of the incident, he learned through some means that Lin Qian had also intervened in this matter, and immediately removed the little official from his post for investigation, and then gave a large amount of consolation money to the family of the deceased, and at the same time came to apologize, feeling guilty for the mistakes of his subordinates. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.
"There's nothing wrong with this going your way, it seems that you're not so reckless." Lin Qian didn't forget to praise this newly promoted subordinate.
"Is there anything the president is looking for me this time?" Madeli has never eaten this set, and he doesn't talk about anything else.
"Uh...... Yes," Lin Qian choked on his words and was a little embarrassed, "I stumbled upon Calvin from Caria. He planted a spy on my side, and his plan to attack the Caria family was almost ruined by him, and I need you to investigate this matter secretly and find that spy, preferably Calvin. β
"Well, leave that to me." Madeley assured.
"Also," Lin Qian hesitated a little, "The people around me can't be trusted for the time being, you send someone to keep an eye on the Nanyang side, I'm always worried that they won't be so peaceful." We're going to conquer the north now, but don't let anything happen to the base camp of Azure City in the back. β
"Aren't they just hiding from the beasts?"
Lin Qian sighed: "It would be nice if this was the case, but Potlaim will never make a loss-making deal, he has always been careful in his calculations." β