Let's fight the blame

"What a fight!"

As soon as Gran attacked, the monsters melted away in an instant, and she complained to Malsham behind her, complaining about why she chose this place as a secret base in the first place, otherwise she wouldn't have been woken up properly.

The monster in front of him is like a giant jellyfish, when everyone is still taking a lunch break, this guy quietly landed on the shore, wantonly launched an attack to destroy everything on the island, because this monster's move is to launch lightning balls, the trees on the island can suffer, and they will burn up all of a sudden, and they will burn to the Zhiyong Palace. Li Wan'er volunteered to control the weather in this area, although she successfully made it rain in the sky, but she didn't fully master this technique, the rain has been intermittent, there is no way she can only go into battle to extinguish the fire in person, and the front only depends on everyone.

"Jirek, can you tie it down?" Malsham is struck back by the monster's lightning ball.

"It's too big, and I can't catch its movements right now, Wan'er is still behind, if she's hoping to freeze it, there's really no way to do it now." Gilric helps Malsham block the lightning bolts from the monsters.

"My sword didn't work against it, I stabbed it into its body and found that it was all a puddle of slime, and when I pulled out my sword, its wound closed instantly." Taslo retreated in front of everyone and watched the behemoth gasp for breath, it was too much physical strength.

"You guys cover me first, try to control its movements, so that I can see its weaknesses." With that, Malsham hid in the distance, observing the monster's every move.

Although everyone's tricks can't cause actual damage to the monsters, they all work very hard to deal with the monsters in front of them, and try their best to cooperate with each other.

"Try my newfound moves!" As soon as he put his hands together, vines sprang up on the island, and as soon as he opened his hands, the vines quickly dispersed, and followed the tentacles of the monster all the way to the top of its head, and Jiric crossed his hands, and the vines obediently tightened tighter and tighter.

"Gran now!" Jirek instantly retracted the vine, because the monster was huge, so it moved slowly, and Gran took advantage of the release of the few seconds to enter the monster's body with the move of 'fire burns everything', and the monster in front of him was instantly evaporated and shrunk by half.

"It's not enough, but there's no time." Gran is successfully caught by a vine from Gilwick.

"Taslo! His weakness is in the head, stab it with your sword! Then came the shouts of Malsham.

Every time Malsham uses this move, it will be very physical and magical, and he was hit in the back by the monster's lightning ball before, and he fainted after saying that.

"Malsham wake up! Damn it. ”

Taslo saw Marsham faint and burst into flames.

He looked at Giric, who understood in seconds, and he summoned the vine, and Taslo followed the vine to the monster's head and stabbed it with a sword.

"What's going on!" Instead of succeeding, Taslo was sucked into his body by the monster, and because he couldn't breathe, Taslow lost consciousness after a while.

"Gran be careful!" Jirek was too late to protect Gran, watching Gran be forced by the monster's tentacles to choke his neck, and once again summoned a new move, 'Wood Vine', because the monster's entire body was like slime, and the vines easily entered its body, just like Taslo said, if it was too sticky, it could only pull Taslo out.

Taslo coughed violently, thinking he was going to die again.

"Thank you!"

Jirik was careless at this time, he was too late to protect himself, he was hit by an electric ball all of a sudden, and lost consciousness in an instant, the power of the vines was determined by the master's magic, because the vines that could not feel the master's power suddenly retracted back to the island, and Jiric and Taslow fell into the sea one after another.

"Everybody...... Damn it. Gran was choked by the throat, her whole face flushed from the lack of oxygen, and she didn't want to end there when she remembered the good old days, fought side by side with everyone, and created happiness together. Suddenly, she felt a powerful force from within her, and the magic power instantly came out of her brain.

"Give me death!"

The conjured fire knife in Gran's hand cut off the monster's tentacles at once, and while the monster was still recovering, she rushed in front of it with the conjured fire knife and tried to plunge it into its head.

When Gran inserted it into its head, the smoke produced around it was unpleasant and pungent, and the large amount of smoke was enough to plunge the entire Qiersi Island into darkness, and Li Wan'er, who was actively rescuing the island's grass and trees, was startled by the smoke above Qiersi Island.

"You hurt my partner!"

Gran exerted another force, and when it was almost at its vital point, it was swallowed by the monster.

Unable to breathe, Gran struggled, her entire eyeball was bloodshot, her twitching hands and feet seemed to tell of her pain, and slowly her body stopped struggling. Taslo and Gilric had climbed ashore from the sea, and Malsham had come to his senses at the cries of Gilrich, for the only thing they could do was to watch Gran being tortured.

"Gran! Glen! Just as she was about to lose consciousness and close her eyes, he heard the call of the group.

Gran also shouted that she couldn't give up, probably this is the mission of being a true warrior, she once again burned her faith, opened her eyes in an instant, and slashed the monster's brain, only to hear a 'bang', the monster turned into water and merged with the sea.

Li Wan'er controlled the sea water and successfully caught Gran.

"Everyone's okay!"

After extinguishing the fire on the island, Li Wan'er rushed to the ground as fast as she could, and found that everyone was exhausted lying on the ground, but fortunately, there was no danger, and the monster had been defeated by Gran.

Gran, who was brought ashore by the sea, finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled when he saw that everyone was safe.

Marsham, who returned to the Zhiyong Palace, looked at the flowers and trees that were almost burned in front of him, sighed and said: "It was originally a lonely island, but now it is a mess everywhere, how many years and months have these trees regrown, and the main thing is that the flower field behind it has almost been destroyed." ”

"Don't worry about Girek." While Gran comforts Malsham, Jirek has used his magic, and the entire island is instantly restored to its former vitality.

Gilrick winked at Malsham and returned to his room without saying anything.

"Is there something wrong with his eyes, cut!"

Malsham was mistaken, thinking he was showing off, rolled her eyes and went back to her room.

"Is there something wrong with these two?" Gran looked at Li Wan'er and Taslo and asked.

They spread their hands and said they didn't know.

"She should understand if I wink at her, and with my heroic and handsome way of leaving, Malsham will definitely adore me in an instant, hehehe." Jirek returned to his room and was overjoyed at his cleverness.

Dinner time.

"I'm tired of why it's a barbecue this time." Gran grumbled.

"If you like to eat or not, it's time for me to cook this week, and if you don't like it, you can go back." Marsham said as he brought the barbecue to the table.

"Wan'er, when is it your turn to cook?" Gran looked at Li Wan'er with blank eyes.

Li Wan'er looked at her apologetically and said, "I just did it last week." ”

Because Marsham was so vigorous that he was so tired that he lay motionless in the doorway.

"By the way, I'm going to go to Gil to find the key tomorrow, so let's rest early tonight." Marsham looked at the food in front of him and hated it, and missed the cook Lily a little.

"Let's just ask the organization for someone who can cook."

Everyone blurted out: "Agreed!" ”

Marsham gritted his teeth and said, "How much do you hate my cooking?" ”

"Don't you dislike it yourself?"

"Gilric, shut up!" Malsham picked up the hard grilled fish in front of him and threw it into Girek's mouth.

Xiao San, who was hiding in the distance, told the palace master the truth about what had happened recently.

"Yes, keep watching, let's go down."

Xiao San did not retreat.

The palace master then said, "Is there anything else?" ”

Junior: "I heard that the Zhiyong Regiment will find someone at the base to cook for them, I think it's okay......"

Palace Master: "No problem, just do as you say." ”

After getting permission, Xiao San retreated and disappeared into the darkness.

Because Malsham sold badly, the organization agreed to her request in the letter, and immediately arranged for a person.

"The letter said that there was a person nearby, and now it's almost time." Marsham looked forward to the man's arrival more than anyone else, and everyone stood at the door to greet him.

"He's coming!" Marsham ran up to the man, and was so excited that he almost hugged him.

"Hello everyone, you can just call me junior."

After Xiao San got the permission of the palace master, he hurriedly rushed to Qiersi Island, fortunately, the people arranged by the rebels got lost on the island for a while, and Xiao San had a chance to replace him, otherwise his plan would be in vain.

Xiao San looked at everyone and bowed politely.

Suddenly, Li Wan'er patted him on the shoulder and said, "Have we met somewhere!" ”

Xiao San thought to himself that he was a wooden fish head, how could he forget this stubble, thinking that he had exposed his identity, but what he didn't expect was.

"No, Taslo and I have seen you on Angel Island, it turns out that you are also a warrior, how can you say that you can run, if you didn't help us, I thought you were a spy sent by the palace."

Xiao San thought that Li Wan'er had 'saved' herself by saying this, so she hurriedly denied it: "How could it be, hehehehe." ”

"The future meal has been settled." Glenn exclaimed excitedly.

The junior followed Malsham and Gran to the kitchen, and arranged for him to live in a house in the backyard.

The next day, everyone came to the hall in search of the scent.

"Wow! The breakfast was so generous! Gran and Huohuo hurriedly got on the table.

"Good morning, everyone." Xiao San greeted everyone with food.

"Good morning." Everyone responded.

The food in Gran's mouth couldn't block the gossip in his heart, and he asked: "You are a man who is so good at cooking, do you have a wife?" ”

Xiao San smiled awkwardly: "I don't even have a girlfriend, so I let you laugh." ”

Glenn: "Yes, people as good as me don't have boyfriends. ”

This embarrassed everyone.

Gran: "Why are you doing that?" ”

"Uh-huh." Marsham cleared his throat to change the subject, and continued, "Hurry up!" We're about to go. ”

"Yes!"

Junior: "Where are you going?" ”

Marsham: "It's a secret, and I'll hand it over to you while we're away." ”

Mistress: "Okay, don't worry." ”

Gil Country.

"This country has unique mineral sources that are not found in the world, and it is said that each mineral source has magical powers that are different from ordinary mineral sources, such as blue mineral sources for medical treatment, red mineral sources for improving combat ability, yellow mineral sources for improving intelligence, purple mineral sources for defense, and so on. It is because of the importance of these sources and the need to protect them that the country's medical, defense and other technologies can reach the first-class level, especially in the industrial field. "Malsham, as usual, will give you a background before the mission.

"This looks like you, Taslo." Li Wan'er picked up a moving doll and shook it in front of Taslo.

"Miss, this one is very popular, do you want to get one?"

The boss saw Li Wan'er smiling so happily and felt that a business opportunity was coming.

"Boss, I don't have any money......"

The boss fell silent.

Li Wan'er smiled and pulled Taslo away in embarrassment.

"It seems that we are all poor ghosts." Malsham thought it was sad and funny.

"It's okay, just take on more tasks in the future." Li Wan'er hugged Malsham's waist and said.

"What are you doing together?"

Gran stepped forward.

"What's wrong?" Gran grabbed a passerby and asked.

"You're from out of town, no wonder you don't know. A few days ago, I don't know why there was a huge monster in the mine source area, once someone approached, it would be petrified by the monster, hundreds of people had died before and after, and the entire mining area stopped working, causing huge losses, no, the king released a message, as long as someone successfully kills this monster, he will be rewarded with 100,000 gold coins and rare ores, I want to go, but the strength does not allow it! ”

Passerby B: "None of the talented people who went there before came out alive, so we can only think about it." ”

By this time, everyone had come behind Gran.

"Then let's give it a try." Marsham took down the notice, causing an uproar around her.

"Don't go to death!"

"These people must be crazy!"

"I think they're just a bunch of fools!"

"I support them!"

"They're going to make it!"

......

Some people oppose and some support, for every member of the Wisdom Warrior Regiment, there is only success and no failure.

The news reached the ears of the king.

"Nonsense! Isn't it a joke that so many people with superior abilities in our country have died at the hands of monsters, how can a group of people from outside the city defeat monsters? ”

"Your Majesty, I don't think they don't know the power of the monsters, but they already have the consciousness of warriors. According to the news from the soldiers, they are the famous Zhiyong Regiment, and there may be hope. Said the king's most trusted general.

"Your Majesty!" A soldier hurried to the main hall and knelt in front of His Majesty the King and said.

"What's the matter?"

"Report to Your Majesty abroad, there are five people with a notice asking to see you!"

"Exactly." His Majesty wanted to see what kind of boldness a team dared to stop this work.

"Yes!"

"Meet Your Majesty, we are the Wise Warriors, and I am Captain Marsham."

Marsham and everyone clasped their hands into fists and bowed their heads, paying homage to the fat-headed and big-eared king in front of them.

"Oh? It turns out that you are what the general next to me said, the famous Zhiyong Regiment, what wind blew you here? ”

"We're just here to play this time, and I just happened to see this notice, but I have a request, we have to spend the night with you tonight."

As for why they have to live here, it's because they're so poor! Of course, Malsham will not let go of any opportunity to make money, not to mention that this is a full 100,000 gold coins, and the thirty missions are not as good as the number of gold coins this time.

The king looked at the five young men in front of him and was a little angry: "I warn you, don't take this porcelain job without a diamond." ”

In his eyes, the young man is impetuous, inexperienced, not to mention capable, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, it is simply sent to death.

"His Majesty seems to have underestimated us a little, won't we see tomorrow?"

In fact, Malsham was still a little afraid of this greasy king in his heart.

"Your Majesty, we have nothing to lose, so let them stay for one night."

The general tried to convince the king.

"You go and arrange it, young people nowadays really don't know how to cherish life!" After saying that, he left the main hall.

"Everyone, please."

"You're quite qualified, unlike ......," Taslo said as he walked ahead.

"Taslo must not be rude! General, please forgive me for being an ignorant companion. ”

Marsham interrupted Taslo, fearing he would cause trouble.

"It's okay, please."

After a while, they came to the guest room, this room can be said to be the most luxurious they have ever seen, the interior decoration is made of mineral sources as materials, the door is made of purple ore with strong defensive power, the bed is covered with blue ore, and there are some unknown colored ores......

"Everyone, if you have something to tell your subordinates directly, I will leave first."

"Okay, thank you, General." Marsham sent the general off and returned to his room.

The necklace that Gilric had given her flashed in an instant, and because it was worn around her neck, Malsham didn't notice anything unusual.

Li Wan'er looked at the flash of light in the ring in her hand, thinking that it was probably because the gems on the ring resonated with these ores, and she didn't care very much.

Dead.

Li Wan'er was constantly breaking out in a cold sweat on the bed, and her body shook unobediently.

"Don't!"

Sit up in shock.

She dreamed that everyone was petrified by demons in order to save herself, it was a bad dream, she wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and continued to lie down.

At this time, the ring has been glowing slightly, as if to indicate a catastrophe.

After Meimei slept for a while, everyone came to the mine source area mentioned by the general.

"I'm waiting for your good news!"

Because the general had other things, he walked away after saying that.

Marsham: "Are you ready?" ”

Everyone: "Ready!" ”

Marsham: "Everyone is really in good spirits, go!" ”

They watched their surroundings carefully, and because the mine was constantly emitting a faint light, they could see clearly inside the cave with little lighting.

The further she went, the stronger the light emitted by the ring in Li Wan'er's hand.

"Wan'er, your ring." Taslo's words caught everyone's attention.

"I guess the monster is just ahead."

Li Wan'er thinks that the ring must have something to do with the monsters here.

As expected, the monster slowly moved its body and appeared in their sight.

"Be careful, don't be hit by it, it's over!" Marsham was more worried about everyone's safety than he was, because they were all indispensable.

"Whoa......"

The monster screamed when he saw someone approaching, and the whole sound spread throughout the kingdom of Gil, and the people in the streets were shaken.

"Be careful!" Taslo pushed Li Wan'er away.

At that moment, Taslo's left arm was accidentally hit and petrified by the light emitted from the monster's mouth.

"Taslo, your hand!"

Li Wan'er looked at the petrified left arm with some distress, more guilt, she touched his left arm and cried.

"Don't cry, didn't I say you wouldn't look good when you cried? I still have this hand to protect you! ”

Taslo drew his sword, not flinching.

"Protect yourselves, everyone! This guy doesn't do any magical damage other than being able to petrify people and some physical damage! And its magic depends on these sources."

The monster's tail is always placed on the ore source, and every once in a while some ore source will be petrified, which is the main reason why the monster does not dare to leave the mine source area.

Marsham: "Taslo, the tail will be handed over to you!" ”

Taslo: "Good! I can't wait! Everybody try to help me keep it under control. ”

Gilek: "Then I and Gran will attack head-on, and Li Wan'er will cover us." ”

The monsters began to go berserk, and more and more veins were petrified in an instant.

"Everyone, it's going to be big, pay attention to dodge!" Malsham hid in the shadows to remind everyone.

"Good fellows." Jirek was a little excited.

Jirek first restrained the monster in front of him with a move 'Wood Vine', and then Gran burned the monster's whole body with a move 'Lava of Fire', but with a steady supply of mineral power, the monster gradually recovered.

Taslo took the opportunity to cut at its tail, but the monster broke free from Gilric's restraints, and one tail flung out, and Taslo's whole body fell into the stone wall.

At this moment, the monster's eyes began to glow, and the whole body fell silent.

Malsham yelled, "Not good! Get out of the way, everybody! ”

Jirek and Gran had no time to dodge.

The monster opened its mouth wide and shot indiscriminately in all directions, although Jirek used the vine to make a shield for himself and Gran, but the monster crushed the vine with one kick, and they both petrified.

"Gran! Jirek! "Hiding in the shadows, Malsham was targeted by the monster because his whereabouts were exposed.

She only kept dodging, rescued Taslo in the stone wall, and came to Li Wan'er's side, too large body, the monster's movements were a little sluggish, but it increased the petrification of the mineral source, and the whole surrounding area was suddenly out of sight.

The whole surroundings fell silent in an instant.

"Everyone......" Before Li Wan'er finished speaking, she felt a strong magic force approaching, and immediately pushed away the two people around her.

Malsham immediately understood: "Everyone, be quiet! ”

The three of them held their breath, and sure enough, the monster stopped moving.

Marsham had a plan, felt a stone under his feet, and threw it forward.

The monster really took the bait, and after fighting side by side for so long, Li Wan'er and Taslo already had a very tacit understanding, and immediately understood Malsham's intentions, and struggled to hit in the direction where the stone landed.

The next time I heard the monster's screams, and strangely enough, the monster didn't fight back and ran further inside.

Marsham made a move 'Golden Spark' that lit up the surroundings.

Malsham: "Let's go, let's go ahead and see, the monster won't go far after we beat it like that." ”

All the way was full of blue blood flowing from the monster's body, which was transformed from the mineral source to be exact.

Jiric and Glenn were placed in a safe place, and the three of them moved on.

"You two are waiting for us to slay the monster and come back." Malsham wore the necklace around Gilrick's neck, using it as their 'amulet'.

Coming to the deepest part of the mine, the three of them felt an even stronger magic.

"Wait, the target is ahead, everyone be careful."

Malsham called the two to a halt.

"Okay."

After everyone answered, she was reassured, and the three of them continued to move forward.

Suddenly, the three of them opened their eyes wide, and the scene in front of them made people sigh.

It wasn't just an ordinary source of monochrome ore, like the one Malsham had seen in the palace room, but it was obviously different from what she had seen before, and it was more dazzling.

Malsham walked in and carefully stroked the colored ores, how beautiful the light of the colored ores was.

"Be careful!"

The monster attacked when they relaxed their vigilance, and Li Wan'er saw that Malsham was in danger and directly blocked in front of her, and just when everyone thought it was over, the monster fell to the ground.

Taslo helped the two of them up: "It's really dangerous, but what does it seem to be guarding?" ”

Li Wan'er saw that there was a hole behind the monster, and the three of them stepped directly on the monster's body in order to find out.

Taslo: "Don't bite there, it hurts, ah!" ”

Li Wan'er: "Be obedient and obedient." ”

Malsham: "Ah, that's comfortable, go on." ”

The screen turns.

A group of little monsters gathered around them, five or six glued to their feet, one in their arms, and one on their backs......

"So that's what it wants to protect."

Li Wan'er looked back at the monster and felt a little distressed.

Malsham: "The main thing now is what to do with these little monsters, and when they grow up, the country will be finished." ”

Taslora, who was biting the base of his thigh, asked Malsham, "What are you going to do with it?" ”

Marsham thought for a moment: "If it is handed over to the king here, they will definitely want to kill them all, and if it is handed over to the organization, maybe they will be able to ......"

"Hey! Everybody's here! ”

The three turned their heads.

"Gran! Taslo! ”

The three of them were shocked.

"What about you?" Malsham was puzzled.

"Now, thanks to your necklace."

Gran returned the necklace to Malsham.

"Shortly after you left, I slowly recovered to my original state, thinking that it was the result of you slaying the monsters, and that Gran beside me was still petrified until I realized that it was the necklace. ”

Marsham immediately gave the necklace to Taslo, and as expected, his left arm was restored to its original shape.

Malsham took back the necklace and put it around his neck.

"Jirek, I didn't expect you to be a little useful."

"Marsham, you make it clear, what do you call me, or is it a little useful?"

"What are these little ones going to do?" Li Wan'er was a little anxious.

"Just do as I say. Li Wan'er, you and Glenn and Taslow go to ask for help from the organization, and I and Jirek will meet the king, you should do it as soon as possible! ”

"Yes!"

So several people split up.

Back in front of the main hall.

"I didn't expect you to kill that monster."

The king was still a little unconvinced.

"I have one thing to ask the king, please spare the little demons, who are attacking the workers to protect them." Malsham said with his head bowed.

How could the king have conceded in the face of interests, and said: "No, if they do not die, my workers will suffer, and you know that our country has developed to this extent mainly on these mineral sources." ”

Giric: "Your Majesty, I don't think you would have hurt people if it weren't for your over-mining of sources. I had a good look at the colored ore in the cave, and I wanted to dig up a piece to take home as a souvenir, but I didn't expect it to lose its original brilliance the moment it left the stone wall, and when I went deeper, I couldn't feel the magic of the mineral, which means that it has come to an end, and these colorful decorations are the best illustration. ”

The king was dumbfounded by Giric's words and was furious: "Someone! Put me in jail! ”

"Your Majesty, please think again."

"General, shut up for me!"

"Soldiers! Soldier! ”

The two did not resist and were taken down like this.

The other side.

"I already know your situation, so I'll let you go."

"I'm sorry, but His Majesty has refused to see me."

The general came to the cell and looked at the two people in the cell, and was deeply apologetic.

"It's okay, His Majesty is not wrong. It's just a pity that the mother's efforts have been made. ”

The people arranged by the king had reached the depths of the mine and captured the little monsters one by one. People on the street looked at the little monsters in the prison car and threw rotten fruit and rotten eggs.

An old man wept and said, "Go and die!" You killed my son. ”

"Yes, die!"

The little monster was so frightened by the crowd that he curled up in a corner, shaking his body in fear.

The little monster was brought to Xingtai.

The king had been waiting in Xingtai for a long time.

"Citizens, deal with these monsters today, and we will be happier and richer in the future!"

The king finished speaking, and the audience cheered.

"Report!" The soldiers rushed to Xingtai.

"What's the flustered about?"

The soldier leaned close to the king's ear and whispered, "After capturing these little monsters, some workers found that the slain monster had become a source of green ore that we had been scarce. ”

"What?" The king was astonished to hear the news.

"Quickly block the news."

"Yes!"

Green ore source, compared to other ore sources, its role is basically worthless, but because a long time ago, a masked merchant from the outer city bought the green ore source at a high price, but in recent years it has not been dug again, and a fortune has been cut off, and now the monster can become a green ore source, the king looked at these little monsters and smelled the business opportunity, and casually found an excuse to fool the past.

"Listen to me, because I am not sure if these monsters will resist and flee to hurt everyone, and for everyone's safety, I will dispose of them secretly, so everyone disperse." The king thought to himself that these foolish people would believe it, and sure enough, they dispersed.

The king ordered: "Take me back to prison!" ”

"Yes!"

Li Wan'er and the others have already come to the outside of the main hall.

"Report, His Majesty has someone asking to see you!"

"Let them in." Because the king was in a good mood, he agreed.

Representative of the rebels: "Your Majesty, long time no see. ”

King: "It's you!" ”

Representative: "Let me say it directly, these little monsters can't be killed." ”

King: "Don't worry, I've already thought about pardoning them." ”

The representative looked at the two people behind him and thought that he had run away in vain.

Li Wan'er couldn't see the two of them, so she asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, whether Marsham and Jirek are in the palace." ”

"Ah, I'll send someone to ask them out right away!"

The king looked at the guards beside him and whispered, "Don't go yet!" ”

After a while, Li Wan'er saw the two of them

"What are you?"

Li Wan'er asked curiously.

"It's okay, let's go."

Several people exited the main hall.

Because he didn't want to provoke the suspicion of the Zhiyong Regiment again, the king gave the Zhiyong Regiment the 100,000 gold coins and some ore according to the notice.

"It's strange that this king is able to forgive those cubs." Gilrick said.

Everyone didn't think much of it.

Deep in the mineral.

"This is the green source you want, please smile." The king smiled from ear to ear as he looked at the cartloads of gold coins.

Masked Merchant: "Thank you!" ”