Section B, Chapter 13: Bargaining (Lucina)
"Hmph...... It's been a long time since I've seen my ice prison. This will take a little longer. Happily humming a song, Lucina leisurely approached the ice prison, slapped her right hand on the icicle, and manipulated the mana net to infuse the magic power.
With a "rattle", the icicles began to emit a bitter cold, freezing the man and crying for mercy.
"Still not honest?" extinguishing the cold, Lucina stared at the man, trying to make her expression as vicious.
"IβI don't want to be hanged!" The man had no intention of surrendering, panicking, clutching his head and shouting. Trembling, he looked up hopefully and looked at the two: "It's not what you think!
"Stop. After a silent motion, Lucina exclaimed dissatisfiedly, "Isn't that right? We've all found clues on the bodies of your accomplices, all pointing to you." If you're really innocent, go with the guards. They'll be able to look into it. β
"What do they know?!" Frustrated, he dropped the horsewhip in his hand, and the man looked at the ice prison in despair, with an expression that knew that there was no hope of escape: "No, otherwise we will be like this! I will divide the goods among you, and we will divide the ......."
"No, I can't. The two of them righteously refused.
Is this man sick...... They still want to buy us. Besides, what a bastard on top of the greedy head. It's all come to this point, and you still want to keep seventy percent for yourself?
"That'...... The five-five-" panicked, and the man immediately raised the price.
"How about seventy-three! You seven-me-" Seeing that the two of them were not interested in the slightest, the thief shouted hysterically: "I understand, I understand! It's all for you! It's all for you, right?"
"Do you want it all to us?" Stunned for a moment, Lucina began to think carefully, "Lusa, what should I do?
"Sister, why are you like this! It's so disappointing to me!" Seeing a rare look of anger on her little face, Lucina immediately put on an indescribable countenance, and replied loudly and awe-inspiringly: "It's not acceptable to all of us! Let me tell you, I'm a very principled and righteous person, and I never accept bribes! Don't try to buy me for such a little thing!"
"How about a bag of gold coins?" immediately grabbed the stubble, and the man asked in a dying struggle.
"You can't add as much as you want!" even if it's a bag of gold coins...... Lucina was suddenly attracted by the word "gold coins", Lucina swallowed her saliva, and her eyes gleamed with great anticipation: "Ahem...... How much does it cost? β
"Here!" he took out his money bag in horror and threw it into Lucina's hand: "A lot of money! Please consider letting me go!
"Wow, that's a lot! That's pretty much the testβoh!" Startled by Lusa's inexplicable gaze, Lucina immediately put the money bag into her pocket and became serious again: "Anyway, this bag of money will be confiscated as stolen goods! If I let you go, what will happen to the people who have been stolen? Do you think I'm the one who sees money?"
"Obviously, yes! How can you do anything like this! Take the money and don't do anything!" The angry shouts mixed with the neighing of the horses, and the thief looked like he was about to collapse: "Can't you just let me go......? I just stole something, and I didn't kill anyone. β
"Anyway, surrender honestly, and think about how to explain to the guards for a while. Having made a conclusion, Lucina smiled and took out her purse and began to count the money: "Hehe...... I didn't expect this job to make extra money. Don't get me wrong, Lusha, I don't want to give this money directly, I plan to tell the guards later, and then take it as a reward. β
"Hmm...... Sister, you are free. Carrying her cane, Lusha leaned closer to the ice prison and looked directly at the guy who tried to climb off the icicle but almost fell off the carriage because it was too slippery: "Let's be honest, it's futile to resist." β
"That's right, can you beat the mage?" Repeating the action of cooling the air again, Lucina took care not to freeze the man, "That's all it, let's be honest, I can freeze you in ice with my fingers." β
"I don't believe it! you can try it if you have one?" he pulled out a small shovel and threw it at the mage angrily, but he missed. Feeling that her ability was being questioned, Lucina was very dissatisfied and gathered ice energy in her right hand, and cast a spell that focused a palm-thick frozen ray and swept towards the thief.
Swept from his feet to his head by the ice blue rays, the thief didn't wait for any more reaction, and was frozen in the suddenly condensed ice cubes, his expression still with an expression of disbelief and horror. Due to the slow recruitment, Lucina froze the pine canopy of a part of her head when she raised her hand.
"Hey...... Look at his expression. Proudly starting to count the money again, Lucina's expression was as frantic as if she had just killed someone and sold the goods: "It's like eating a toasted muffin." β
"He's not going to freeze, is he?" Worried, Lusa hurriedly approached the ice prison and leaned on the icicle to look inside: "The horse doesn't seem to be fine, but the man ......"
"It's going to be fine, don't worry. This is a short-term freeze that lasts up to two hours. But be careful, just don't break the ice cubes with him. I don't know where the confidence came from, Lucina swore and said: "It's that when it thaws, it may be cold for a while." To deal with the people to be captured, it is most convenient to use cryorays and cryostats. But the former is more sensitive. β
"Everyone else uses immobilization spells and imprisoning techniques, but sister, you always like to freeze people. Looking at the carriage in a daze, Lusha looked at the pile of goods curiously and decided to go and see what it was. So she spread her wings, landed on the pile and began to churn: all sorts of silverware, jewelry, woodwork that was valuable at first sight...... Literally everything.
"That's a lot of valuable goods...... This thief is really powerful. After some emotion, Lucina exclaimed, "Could it be that there are so many rich people in Beihaiwang, all of them are as big as mad dogs?"
"No, that's not really, but there are definitely more rich people in Beihaiwang than in Eternal Winter City, because it is the most developed place in the permafrost for commerce? Thinking of the group of people living by the sea in Eloa, Lusha was even more convinced of her opinion: "Aren't we in Aloa mainly trading by sea?"
"Well, maybe it is. Staring blankly at the treasure, Lucina showed an expression of "I really want to take some" and swallowed: "I said, Lusa...... The watchman of that lighthouse ......"
"I don't understand. Shaking her head in distress, Lusha said that she didn't understand it either: "If you want to talk about lighthouses, there is only one in Beihaiwang...... Including the lighthouse in the middle of the sea near the opposite shore, there are only two. β
"Shall we go and see?" Lucina was very excited after making this proposal: "Just looking for something to do!"