"Your Excellency," the old man sitting cross-legged thanked Du Shen gratefully for walking in front of him, "Thank you, Your Excellency, for rescuing us from Thor's hands." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Du Shen smiled, looked at the old man, and glanced at more than a dozen injured passers-by: "You are all my captives now." If you want to regain your freedom, you must pay a ransom. ”

Du Shen ordered 9 wizards to take passers-by aside and search them. He demanded that the wizard confiscate half of the belongings of passers-by.

Du Shen faced the old man and the young man alone. He carefully looked at the disgruntled young man: "What's your name?

The boy raised his head and proudly introduced: "My name is Arthur Redding, the son of a baron, and a distant relative of the royal family. ”

"Actually surnamed Reading. Du Shen was slightly stunned. Du Shen was in the territory of the Divine Thunder Empire at this time. And the royal family of the empire is surnamed Reading.

"You shouldn't lie to me," Du Shen looked at the young man suspiciously, "Since it is a distant branch of the royal family, how can it be hunted down and killed by Thor and his gang?"

The young man's expression darkened, and he lowered his head and did not speak. The old man next to him sighed: "The royal family is scattered, and there are too many branches to take care of. The decline of the branch family is inevitable. ”

Du Shen nodded and looked at the old man: "You deliberately framed us just now." As compensation, the ransom is doubled for both of you. Think about it. What treasure are you going to buy yourself for?"

The young man glanced up at Du Shen and lowered his head more and more gloomily. The old man smiled bitterly: "All our belongings have been looted by your subordinates just now. The Viscount's property was encroached upon, and we were considered to have escaped. Your Excellency, we have no treasure to buy ourselves!"

"So miserable?" Du Shen shook his head, and two money bags appeared in his hands. The money bag was found from the arms of the old man and the young man before. Money bags are large and small, containing coins and jewelry, respectively. Du Shen estimated that it was worth a few thousand gold in total.

Du Shen weighed the money bag and shook his head: "This amount of money is not enough." Figure it out for yourselves. If you don't satisfy me, I'll kill you. ”

The young man and the old man looked at each other and were silent. Du Shen waited for a moment and asked, "How is it?"

The young man adjusted his sitting posture slightly: "Your Excellency, if you are willing to send us to Prince Derrick's territory. Maybe I can borrow money from Uncle Derick to compensate you. ”

Du Shen was stunned. Prince Derrick's name, Du Shen was deeply impressed. This guy is so powerful that he will raise his banner to rebel in the future, in a vain attempt to compete with the new emperor for the throne. One of the main purposes of Du Shen's trip was to obtain the thunder core, that is, the elemental fire of the thunder and lightning attributes, from the hands of the imperial family. One of Du Shen's proposed trading targets is Prince Derrick.

Because of his intention to usurp the throne, Derrick has always lived in seclusion and was heavily defended. If you want to connect with him and make a deal, it is more difficult.

Now, Du Shen heard that the young Arthur is more familiar with Deric. He couldn't help but feel a surprise. If Arthur is used as a medium of communication, Du Shen can save a lot of effort.

Du Shen couldn't help but ask in detail: "Are you sure that you can meet Prince Derrick in person?

Arthur just wanted to get rid of Du Shen as soon as possible at this time. He looked happy and gave a detailed account of his family background.

Du Shen listened for a while, and interrupted impatiently: "That's it." If only you are willing to bring my men down to Darik. I will forgive you for your previous offenses and let you go. ”

Arthur and the old man secretly rejoiced, and swore a serious gamble. Du Shen didn't care about the exaggerated performance of the two. He called the two wizards aside and whispered an explanation.

Originally, Du Shen planned to let Arthur and the others rest for one night and set off again in the morning. Arthur and the old man, however, insisted on leaving immediately. Du Shen saw that the two couldn't wait, so he let them go overnight.

After Arthur led the two wizards away. Du Shen and the others continued to rest. The following night was very calm and there were no surprises.

The next day, Du Shen led the wizards to raid the nearby city and two noble territories. After harvesting a lot of pseudo-divine power, Du Shen led people back to Asola Manor. When the full moon rose, Du Shen released the gate of the tides in time. All the wizards of Asola arrived in the new territory under the leadership of Du Shen.

Because of the chance bump into Arthur, Du Shen decided to seek the core of Thunder in advance. Some plans need to be modified, and Du Shen communicates slightly with Mario and the others, and returns to Asola Manor before the teleportation is over.

After that, Du Shen put away the portal and led twenty of his subordinates to set off towards Green City. Oz City is Prince Derrick's home base.

Before arriving at the prince's domain, Du Shen often attacked the city and the noble realm in order to collect pseudo-divine powers. After entering the prince's territory, in order not to expose themselves, Du Shen and the others just concentrated on hurrying.

After arriving in Green City, Du Shen quickly found the wizard's subordinates. Through them, Du Shen agreed on a deal with the prince.

That night, Du Shen led all his subordinates to an abandoned mine far away from the city. In the mine, three carriages and dozens of knights were already waiting. Du Shen led all the wizards and stepped forward to contact.

Derrick, of course, will not come out in person. Negotiating on his behalf was a young scholar named Chase. Chase was in his early thirties and well-dressed. He has a thin figure and looks weak.

Chase stepped out of the middle carriage. He didn't call the guards either, he stayed away from the carriage alone and walked to Du Shen. Chase glanced at Du Shen and the others, frowning slightly. Du Shen and others wore robes and hoods, which made it impossible for people to identify their faces and characteristics.

The breeze blows, setting up a little wind and sand. Chase took out a white handkerchief and gently covered his mouth: "Your Excellency, is that you want to trade gargoyles with Your Highness? I am Chase, Your Highness's confidant and staff, responsible for handling this transaction." Please let us see the goods first. ”

Du Shen nodded and whispered a few incantations. In his hand, a gray stone ball appeared. Du Shen pointed to the open space next to him. A giant stone statue 9 meters high suddenly appeared.

Chase's eyes widened, and he looked excitedly at the shiny stone statue. The stone statue walked slowly, making a soft "dong, dong" sound, stirring up a little smoke and dust. Chase became more and more excited, and stepped back in small steps.

It took a long time for Chase to retract his gaze. He smiled at Du Shen and said, "Your Excellency, we still need to verify the fighting ability of the stone statue. Later, please take control of the stone statue and attack the knight I designated. ”

Du Shen nodded.

Chase walked back into the convoy. He casually swiped his hand and ordered loudly. The five knights immediately followed him and walked up to Du Shen. Chase stopped, turned sideways to the five knights and ordered, "Go and attack the stone statue, do your best!"

The five knights formed a formation and rushed towards the stone statue. Du Shen drove the stone statue and trampled and attacked the enemy with all his might.

Du Shen was secretly a little worried.

The stone statue has been stored in the Ring of the Stars for more than 1,000 years and has been neglected for maintenance. After the battle outside the secret of knowledge, the stone statue was seriously damaged. Mario just made some simple repairs and treatments to make the stone statue look shiny. What Du Shen wanted to sell to the prince was actually just a broken product that would soon be scrapped. Du Shen couldn't help but worry that the stone statue would be exposed in the battle.

Fortunately, the five people brought by Chase were just ordinary knights. Their strength is limited, and their attack range is basically concentrated on the legs of the stone statue three meters below the ground. And because of the last battle of the secret realm, the legs of the stone statue were particularly badly damaged, and Du Shen reminded Mario to focus on reinforcement. Therefore, at this time, the stone statue and the five knights fought vigorously. Although the statue's legs were repeatedly attacked, no visible wounds were left.

The battle lasted about five minutes. Just when Du Shen couldn't help but want to speak, Chase took the lead in stopping.

The five knights walked back behind Chase. Du Shen also immediately put away the stone statue.

Chase nodded and said with satisfaction: "Your Excellency's gargoyle looks good, at least it is relatively strong. It can be used to siege cities, or it can be of great use. It's fair that you want to trade it for the top tinder. However, you should understand that a spark does not spawn at any time. We have to wait a few days for our transaction. ”

Du Shen had expected it and nodded: "If it's only a few days, I can wait." However, if it is more than ten days, I will have to leave the Prince's Territory and find another buyer. ”

"Hehehe......" Chase chuckled, secretly sensing Du Shen's threat. The one in the empire who can provide the top fire, get rid of His Royal Highness the Prince, I am afraid that there is only the new emperor who has not been on the throne for a long time.

"Your Excellency," Chase smiled, still polite, "six days later, this is still the place." I'll bring qualified elemental fire. When the time comes, please do not miss the appointment. ”

Du Shen nodded: "If there is nothing else, let's see you in six days?"

"Don't worry," Chase took two steps forward casually, "Your Excellency is a wizard, I don't know which organization you belong to? With your ability, if you serve Your Highness, you will definitely gain a lot!"

Du Shen groaned for a while: "After this transaction is completed, I will consider it according to the situation." ”

Chase was stunned for a moment, and laughed affectionately: "Your Excellency, don't worry." I will urge the transaction to be completed as soon as possible. Do you have a place to stay? I have a manor on the outskirts of the city......."

"Thank you for your concern," Du Shen said calmly, "In the past few days, we have other things to do, so it's inconvenient to disturb the house." We'll see you in the evening in six days. After speaking, Du Shen led his subordinates to turn around and leave.