"How much money do you have?" asked Lilith nervously.

The question of "...... is really difficult for him".

After being the shopkeeper for a long time, Ivan only knew that he was rich, but he never counted how much money he had.

Under the centralized monarchy, Hyperion and the current Norma are theoretically his property. But in fact, it must not be counted like this, the country is regarded as private property, and those who take it away are all eternal kings.

All in all, even the savings in the royal court's private treasury were enough to buy the entire Crystal City.

"I don't know exactly how many, but it's more than enough to buy your city. Evan replied truthfully.

"Forget it, even if you borrow it, I don't dare to ask for it. ”

The blonde girl suddenly calmed down, leaned on the desk table, and said with some interest: "If I die, what's the use of asking for so much money? If I win, Master Shylock will help me revitalize the family business...... If that's what I'm doing, why would I do that superfluous thing?"

We will work together to set up a real estate development company, take advantage of this time to buy real estate, and fight those profiteers to the end. As long as we buy enough real estate, we will have a part of the future mine. At that time, you don't need to make a wish to revitalize the family, you can completely change to another wish!"

"Yes, yes, this can be had!"

Lilith frowned with joy when she heard this, nodded again and again, and then suddenly frowned, and looked at him suspiciously:

"Why are you so nice to me? Is there any conspiracy here?"

"Because I'm an alien, my money is foreign. Without you, I can't compete with the profiteers of Asfar, you ...... Understandable, right?"

"Oh yes!"

A hint of realization flashed in the blonde girl's eyes, and then she sat up straight from her seat, and said eagerly: "Since this is the case, then you are welcome!

"That's right, that's the momentum. ”

As he spoke, Evan activated the information device in the armor and prepared to contact the channel of the Machine Empire and ask Xiao Xi to allocate a sum of money.

However, just as he searched for the channel, there was no warning at all, and a huge mental fluctuation instantly swept through the entire building they were in. The air fluctuated like water waves, trembling layer by layer, and then there were waves like fish scales.

“......”

Ivan immediately stopped what he was doing, and without saying a word, he teleported to the window, looking out of the window at the Giant Tree School District.

At the top of the canopy of the towering tree sat a diminutive old man, with a straw hat on his head, tadpole-like tattoos on his face, green eyes, short snow-white hair, and a gray cloak shrouded in his body.

With the old man's body as the center, a faint pattern of light stretched out, spreading out in an instant, and a buzzing sound swept across half of the sky, enveloping an area of thousands of kilometers like an arc-shaped giant net.

At the same moment, Ivan only felt a slight tightness in his body, and the whole world seemed to have lost contact with him, becoming illusory.

"Subspace?"

He silently raised his head, his gaze piercing the void and seeing the interlaced golden lines that continued to flash in midair.

Under the weaving of these golden lines, the real world is like the tide receding, turning into patches of light like butterflies flying, dissipating one by one, and after the beautiful campus scenery under the sun subsides, a completely lightless space unfolds, and endless darkness instantly envelops the heavens and the earth.

In Ivan's field of vision, clocks of various shapes, large and small, were all over the void, and the sound of thousands of seconds hands turning combined into a huge roar. At the same time, he felt a cold, sluggish wave overwhelm him, as if it could interfere with the flow of time and slow his mind.

One by one, one by one

"Fool, just pulled me into subspace...... Do you want that old man to make a move on Effie? It's a pity that your subspace can't restrain me at all!"

Faced with the special force field released by the Fool, Ivan just focused his mind to avoid the cold and sluggish fluctuations, and then began to release light energy, turning himself into a dazzling ball of light.

A pillar of light rose straight from the center of the light cluster, and a "buzz" directly pierced the pitch-black sky.

Above the sky, it was dark and depressing a moment ago, but as the pillar of light penetrated the sky, a circle of ripples suddenly rippled around the opening, and the darkness that enveloped the sky was immediately dispersed in all directions, and the shock wave swept away layer by layer, and the invisible darkness was torn and torn apart—rolling into a mass of glittering fragments, and still drifting towards the distant sky.

"It's really an outstanding strength, you should be the Thunderer, right?"

The old man's voice came from all directions, and the subspace was originally collapsing, but it was also temporarily slowed down by the maintenance of a certain force.

"Please don't get me wrong, I'm not hostile. ”

In the darkness, a solid door of light appeared to Evan.

The old man with a snow-white beard sat on a mechanical disc, flew out of the door of light, and bowed as soon as he saw him:

"Please forgive me for my rudeness, Lord Fool only wanted others to discover us because he had enveloped you in subspace, and I hope you will understand. ”

“......”

Evan looked at him with an indifferent expression, slightly retracted his light energy, and asked without any emotion:

"What a boldness, a person dares to appear in front of me, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"It's a sign of sincerity. ”

The old man maintained a humble posture and said respectfully:

"If I'm not mistaken, the Thunder Lord is the 'King who wields the power of light and darkness and is shrouded in the sun's radiance.' It's unexpectedly powerful, and the Fool can feel the immense power within you, and he knows that he is no match for you. ”

"So you're here to surrender?"

"Exactly!"

The old man raised his head, a glint flashed in his pupils, and then he hid it just right:

"We are being hunted by the Force, and we have no choice but to defect to you. ”

"Why should I accept you?" said Ivan narrowed his eyes, a dangerous glint brewing in them.

"That's because...... This time, in the battle of time and space, only the powerful can stabilize the thunder master!"

Speaking of this, the old man accentuated his tone and continued with a solemn expression:

"We all know that you are very powerful, Lord Thunder, but that Strength is beyond the norms! My former companion, the Maniac, was defeated by his men in an instant, and he didn't even have a chance to escape. ”