Chapter 17: Christina

The dragon clan is divided into the golden dragon clan and the black dragon clan, and this is just a big category. Even strictly speaking, dragons are far more than just two categories: golden dragons and black dragons. In addition to the Golden Dragon Clan and the Black Dragon Clan, there is also the Ocean Dragon Clan. It's just that the ocean dragons live in the depths of the ocean, and the opportunities to show their faces are very rare, so that even among humans, they are rarely mentioned.

Inside the Golden Dragon, in addition to the most iconic and powerful Golden Dragon, there are also Silver Dragons and Green Dragons.

Within the black dragon, in addition to the black dragon, it can also be divided into red dragons, green dragons, and poisonous dragons.

Even the Ocean Dragon Clan will be divided into Blue Dragon, Blue Dragon, and Purple Dragon......

Very few have actually seen all the dragons, even the dragons themselves. After all, dragons don't like to live with other races, and they are isolated from each other, so they have little contact. Most of the people who claim to know something about dragons are actually nothing more than hearsay. Some have even simply looked through the relevant texts.

Andrew clearly falls into this category. He had seen an introduction to the dragon clan in the ancient elven books, and knew that there was a green dragon, which belonged to the golden dragon clan. I know that there is a green dragon and belongs to the black dragon clan. However, Andrew didn't know that the so-called green dragon of the Golden Dragon Clan was actually a golden sรจ with a green light, and it was essentially a golden sรจ. And the so-called black dragon clan green dragon is dark blue sรจ. Christina is actually neither.

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"Haunted? You're saying there are undead, right? We've been tasked with saying there are undead. โ€

"Uh...... Let's just say that. Anyway, at night, there will be a lot of oozing sounds coming out. Some say they have seen ghosts here. Unfortunately, it used to be a cemetery. So, now everybody says it's haunted. Now it has become the murderous mansion of Lin Lรณpez. โ€

Andrew looked at the house in the distance.

The three-storey main building, the two-storey annex building, looks like there are at least one or two hundred rooms. In terms of architectural scale, it is even larger than an ordinary castle. It is surrounded by a garden that belongs to the house, planted with various garden plants.

Such a house is rare in Lin Lรณpez. Not only Lin Lรณpez, but also the entire north is rare. It's not that the house is a big deal. The key is the plant. With so many garden plants, it takes a lot of artificial energy to take care of them in a place like the north where the climate is not very good.

Turning around, he looked at the white-haired old man standing in front of him again.

Although he is old, he is quite big, and his shoulders are big and his waist is round, and his fist is two as big as Andrew. A face of horizontal flesh, with a big beard, and a robe made of coarse cloth...... The lines were all open, and it felt like an ordinary civilian.

Of course, as one of the few local billionaires in Lin Lรณpez, there is something different about him. For example, a ruby ring the size of a pigeon's egg, or a gold necklace as thick as two fingers.

"Mr. Eugene. Andrew whispered, "So you want us to help you get rid of the undead who are entrenched here, do you mean that?" I see that the bounty on this is two hundred gold coins. Just against some weak undead, this price seems a little too high. โ€

"You've found the point, Mr. Durrou. The bearded Eugene laughed.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Eugene. I've just said that I'm not a Durrou. My name is Conrad. โ€

"It doesn't matter, does it? it doesn't matter what your name is, you're from the Blood Elves and Dragon Mercenary Regiment. The bearded Eugene reached out and grabbed his belly, and then said, "This price is indeed high." In fact, I originally only wanted to come up with ten gold coins, but the people in the adventurer's hall told me that ten gold coins would be less than a sixth-level mercenary group. So, I can only change it to two hundred gold coins. I'd be very happy if you were willing to lower the price. โ€

"We don't intend to do so, sir. Andrew spread his hands.

"Okay, let's get down to business. The bearded Eugene took a deep breath and said with a depressed face: "Actually, I have already looked for other mercenary groups before, and I have found three of them before and after. The first one told me that they hadn't found anything, but still took my deposit. The second one was a liar, and they told me it was solved, but it wasn't. The third one joined me in deceiving people, saying that it had been resolved...... And then, people don't believe it. Well, you must have understood by this that my purpose is not to solve the problem. God knows how to fix it, I don't know anyway, and I don't expect you to know. My goal is to convince everyone else that the problem has been solved, so that I can sell the house. You know what I mean?"

Andrew and Christina looked at the bearded Eugene in dumbfounded.

Seeing that the two didn't react, Eugene hurriedly continued: "I saw you in the newspaper, and now the whole Lin Lopez is talking about you." You are a popular mercenary group, especially Miss Christina, you are a green dragon. โ€

Christina nodded.

"The dragons all have dragon power, that is, once it is displayed, no matter what kind of creature is within a few kilometers around, even if it is a ghost, it will all run out. โ€

"It's longwei, but it's not that powerful. Mr. Christina quickly explained.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Anyway, everyone else just believes it. Eugene spread his hands and said, "You stay here for one night, and tomorrow morning, I will ask someone from the newspaper to come and interview you." Just tell them that the ghosts have been driven away by you. That way, I can sell the house very quickly. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't live here, as long as you show up tomorrow. I mean...... Can this halve the commission?"

"No, you can't. Andrew replied with a blank face.

Christina looked at Andrew cautiously.

......

"I don't think that's right, he's asking us to lie with him and trick other people. Christina said, "That's not right. If we haven't banished the ghosts here, we shouldn't have told everyone that we've banished them. โ€

"He just wants to sell the house, maybe at a high price. Andrew spread his hands and said, "This task is too easy for us, we only need to stay for one night, and we can get two hundred gold coins." And even if we find out about ghosts later, we can say that we didn't find them at the time. Maybe the ghosts are scared of us, who knows?"

Christina looked at Andrew with blank eyes.

Helpless, Andrew had no choice but to change his words and say: "Okay, I used to be a mercenary leader with a sense of justice, and I would definitely not do such a thing that would damage my reputation." Still, we can continue this task, but we need to find out the source of the strange sound in one night. If it's a ghost, expel it. โ€

"Hmm. Christina nodded happily.

Walking to the side, Andrew stretched out a hand and shook Eugene: "Mr. Eugene, our head of the regiment has decided to take on this task." We'll take care of everything. โ€

"Thank you so much!" Eugene finally breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled for a while: "Then again, can't the commission really be reduced?"

"No, you can't. โ€

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In the evening, after dinner, Andrew lit a fire in the fireplace in the living room of the house, and the whole living room was turned red. I leisurely held the newspaper in my hand, sat on the sofa and read it.

Christina lit a candle and walked around, from the balcony to the cellar, everywhere. In the end, I had no choice but to go back to the living room and sit next to Andrew.

Putting down the newspaper, Andrew asked softly, "How's it going?"

"No, nothing was found. Christina blinked at Andrew, "Why don't you go and see Mr. Durroux?"

"Maybe we should stay here and wait. The employer said there was a strange noise, but we didn't hear it. This means that we can't find it even if we look for it. โ€

"I can't find it, so what should we do?"

"Maybe you can try to let Long Wei go. If there really are undead, Long Wei must be useful. โ€

"And then, how do we know if the undead have been scared away by me?"

"I can't be sure. If there are really undead, you will already solve the problem by letting Long Wei go. If there are no undead...... Even if there is a problem, it is not our problem anymore. Let's wait for the voice. Andrew silently picked up the newspaper and continued to read. Leaving Christina alone.

Time ticked by.

Gradually, the night was already deep.

The house was still quiet, except for the sound of the wind whirring outside the window. Not even the sound of snakes, insects, rats and ants at night, after all, it was winter.

After reading the newspaper, Andrew simply put on a blanket and fell asleep on the sofa in the living room. Christina walked anxiously back and forth in the living room.

"Wow~โ€”โ€”!Wow...... Wow~โ€”โ€”!"

Suddenly, there was a strange sound, like the howl of some kind of beast, like the sound of a man crying. Continuously.

Andrew snapped open his eyes and sat up.

Christina burst of joy: "Voice! It's a strange voice!"

Without saying a word, Andrew directly cast his wind magic and rushed in the direction of the sound at a very fast speed.

The sound came from the courtyard.

Immediately after, he saw a shadow in the courtyard, climbing over the wall, as if trying to escape.

Another short spell. A gust of wind, like an invisible hand, directly wrapped the black shadow, pulled him back, and pulled him directly into the air.

"Let me downโ€”โ€”! let me down!

"Well, it's a person. Not some kind of undead. Andrew breathed a sigh of relief.

With a snap of his fingers, the man fell in front of Andrew with a "click", and half of his body sank into the snowdrift.

He struggled to get up from the snowdrift.

In the moonlight, it could be clearly seen that it was a teenager, about fifteen or sixteen years old. He has short hair and wears shabby clothes.

It was only then that Christina rushed into the courtyard and watched in horror.

Squatting in front of him, Andrew asked softly, "Say, who are you, and why are you doing this?"

"I ...... I, I just wanted to scare him. โ€

"Who to scare?"

"You ...... Eugene. โ€

"But he doesn't live here. โ€

"I know. โ€

"And you still say you're going to scare him?"

When questioned by Andrew, the boy was obviously a little confused. Eyes kept going back and forth between Andrew and Christina.

After a while, he whispered, "I don't want him to sell the house." โ€

"Why?"

"This house was supposed to be mine, and he tricked it with a bastard......!

Oh, it sounds like a grudge and revenge in the middle of a wealthy family.

Before he could finish speaking, Andrew had already grabbed him by the collar and dragged him in.

"No, he's a badass! You shouldn't help him!"

"We're only responsible for getting things done, whether he's a bad guy or not that's a matter between you. โ€

"No, don't do that! Don't give me to him! He'll beat me to death! I won't dare!"

The boy begged bitterly.

Christina stood aside and watched silently.

Dragged into the house, Andrew threw him aside fiercely.

"Why didn't the three teams of mercenaries catch you before?"

"Because...... I don't come every night. Sometimes I oversleep......"

"Then why didn't you oversleep tonight?"

"Because...... Because I took a nap in the afternoon. โ€

Well, sometimes things are just that bizarre. It's not that the opponent is strong, it's just a coincidence.

Andrew casually recited a spell, and the boy's neck, along with his limbs, was quickly clasped to the floor by an invisible force, and he lay on his stomach and couldn't move.

"You can't do this! you can't do this!" the boy struggled and cried.

"Shut up, if you dare to say another word, I'll sew your mouth shut. Believe me, it doesn't take much magic. โ€

With a simple sentence, the boy was so frightened that he quickly closed his mouth.

Andrew sat back on the couch, covered himself with a blanket, and was ready to go back to sleep. Suddenly, I found that Christina was still stunned.

"What's wrong?" Andrew asked.

The fire in the fireplace was burning.

"I think ......," Christina said hesitantly, "maybe we shouldn't hand him over to the employer." He had already admitted his mistake, and had promised not to do it again. The essential...... He looked pitiful. โ€

Andrew sat on the couch and watched silently.

Christina walked up to the boy, crouched down, and whispered, "Tell me what bad things he did." โ€

He ...... I am an illegitimate child. The young man hesitated, "This house was left to me by my father, and my father had already told the others, but before he could make a formal will, my father died." And then...... Then Eugene took advantage of his father's family's eagerness to get rid of his father's promise and bought the house cheaply. โ€

"So what's wrong with him, why didn't I hear it?" Andrew said with a blank face, "It sounds like a normal deal." You are an illegitimate child, and you really don't have any inheritance rights if you don't have a will. โ€

"But my father has already agreed!"

But he didn't make a will. โ€

"But...... But ......" the boy could no longer speak, and tears began to flow, and he fell to the ground and sobbed.

"Rest early. Andrew said to Christina: "He himself is powerless to argue. Let them solve this kind of problem by themselves. โ€

Christina stared blankly at the boy, and for some reason, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.

Andrew was stunned for a moment.

Turning her face sideways, Christina said to Andrew, "We'...... Let's let him go. He was innocent. โ€

"What did you say?" Andrew froze.

"It wasn't his fault that his father didn't make a will. โ€

"Whose fault is that?"

"He was also a victim. And...... And he has promised not to do it again. โ€

Andrew didn't know how to proceed.

"And...... And isn't Mr. Durroux a mercenary leader with a sense of justice, and if we hand him over, Eugene will be embarrassed by him. Looking at Andrew, Christina's expression was unusually determined.

Andrew was helpless.

The whole living room was silent, except for the sound of a campfire burning and the sobbing of teenagers.

Christina's eyes slowly widened.

After a while, Andrew casually lifted the magic from the boy's body, lay down on the sofa, and turned his back.

The boy jumped to his feet, shrank into the corner, and looked at Andrew in horror.

"I don't agree with this decision, it has nothing to do with justice or not. At least to the best of my knowledge, letting him go is in no way justice. Whatever you do, though. We already know the truth anyway. โ€

"Thank you. Christina lowered her head, smiled reluctantly, and looked at the boy in the corner: "You can go, no one will hurt you." โ€

The boy immediately rushed to the courtyard.

"The gate is over here!" Christina hurriedly chased out.

"No, I'd better go back the way I came!" The boy had already climbed over the wall and disappeared before Christina's eyes.

"Wait a minute!"

In the blink of an eye, Christina was the only one standing alone in the snowy courtyard. Everything is quiet.

Will the boy ever come back?

Of course not.

Christina lowered her head slightly, looked at the gold coin she held in her hand, and looked melancholy: "Actually, I originally wanted to give him a little money." After all...... He doesn't look like he's doing well. Bastards are always bullied...... Especially when my father isn't around. โ€

As she spoke, she wanted to turn around and go back into the house.

"What's wrong?" a voice rang out in her head.

Turning around, Christina suddenly saw the white-robed dragon boy, standing behind her.

"Does this bastard make your sympathy overflow?" the white-robed dragon boy smiled and asked softly.