"As long as you are willing to help me, me, Kapol everything, there is nothing that cannot be given to you. ”

"I don't think you can give me anything. ”

Alexey expressed a lack of interest. He boredly played with the grip of the wine glass in his hand, lowered his head, looked at the cloudy wine in the glass, snorted lightly, and said with a smile: "We mages usually don't trade at a loss. You can't even afford a good glass of wine, let alone my commission for suing the crow?"

"Why does it have to be money?" asked Kapole rhetorically, "since you can agree to my offer, I know I must have something on me that you like." ”

He pointed to himself and said, "It is because of your vision that I will deliver to you the best investment in Darune. I believe that a successful person like you would not waste precious time on rotten wood. ”

"I'm still in a difficult situation, but I'm confident that my worth won't let you down. I have come with sincerity, just as you are willing to give me this opportunity to meet, and I think we trust each other enough to let the adults know this secret. ”

"This secret is the gift I brought to thank you for your generosity. ”

As he spoke, he gently walked around half of the table, came to Alexey's side and whispered, "My lord, everyone knows that I Kapole is an only son with only a mother and no father. But I knew from a young age that I had the blood of the leader of the Brotherhood in my veins, and that my biological father was Dimon Hogg, that unsympathetic, irresponsible scumbag. ”

"Interesting. ”

Alexey's eyes lit up, and he raised his face to look at Kapole and smiled: "The blood of the leader, you use this word cleverly. ”

"But bastards ......"

Retracting his gaze, Alexei thought about rubbing the copper-wrapped cup handle into the residual warmth of his skin.

He stared at the dark background above the grip, blurring the smooth metal surface with a half-pensive face, but not a consideration, but a concrete new plan had been generated.

"And what do you have to prove that you are right?"

Alexei put down his glass and asked his question: "While Dimmenhogg has never hidden that he has a two-digit mistress by his side, I have never heard of rumors that the Brotherhood boss has several illegitimate children outside the home. ”

"That old thing has long since lost his ability, and he keeps a mistress like a dog, just to look good. ”

There was a look of resentment on Kapole's face: "He never looked at me once, and told me to shut up, if I dare to tell the news that I am his illegitimate child, you will see Kapole on the street tomorrow, a head with no surname hanging on a bamboo pole." ”

"I can understand the situation. ”

Alexei picked up the wine glass, put it to his lips and took a sip, moistening his throat: "I also know that Dimmenhogg's wife is the sister of Sheriff Darune, and he also has two children. ”

"But since he doesn't value you, why do you think that after Gruger's death, you can get into the seat of the big boss of West Street instead of being kicked away by the others?"

Alexey, who had already gained some belief, spoke out his final doubt.

"Because this is the opportunity my mother begged for!"

Kapole gritted his teeth and clenched his hands into fists: "That woman, and that old thing, both humiliated my mother. He finally relented and asked me to sign a declaration that I should go to hell before he would agree to me. Damn, I'm going to let them someday taste humiliation, those sluts who look down on people. ”

He flipped over his belt and pulled a folded white piece of paper from the snuggly leather.

Alexey took a look at it, and it contained a letter of appointment signed by Diemenhogg, promising to hand over the position of the chief of the West Street gang to Kapole after Gruger's death, and then three months later, the new leader of the West Street gang would be re-elected by a new vote.

"The old thing just gave the cake out and didn't forget to lick it twice. Stained with saliva and nauseous. ”

Kapole raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, slapped the empty wine glass on the table, and in a pair of eyes, there was only the mage in front of him, and there was nothing else: "A thousand ducats, even if it is two thousand ducats, please, only you can help me, even if it is for my mother, I am willing to give everything for the adults, as long as you can help me, I can climb up step by step." ”

"Ducat, I don't think you can handle it. But ......"

Alexei folded the letter of appointment again and pressed it with his middle finger: "I have other requests. ”

"You just say. ”

"The inner field that collapsed before belongs to me, and I want five hundred slaves who won't attract the attention of the above. ”

"It's easy to talk about the infield, but ......" Kapole scratched his head in annoyance and sat back on the small stool, "Five hundred slaves, isn't it too much?"

"Not much at all, if you can't even do this little thing, I think you'll probably be the same as Gruger when you become the leader of West Street. That's all I could ask for, and if you can't, I think someone will. ”

"That's good. Kapole stood up and sat down several times, and after carefully looking to the side to make sure that no one was paying attention to him, he continued to lean in close and said, "I know a slave trader from Kherson. He has three professional slave hunters supplying him, five hundred slaves, and if you don't ask for more, I think it can be done in three months. ”

"Three months? And what I need is a strong man. ”

"Sturdy man!"

Kapol waved his hand in a hurry: "These are all good goods among slaves, five hundred, that is, three hundred...... Oh my God, my lord, I can't do it, my lord, I really can't. ”

"Can't do it? No, you can do it. ”

"Because ......," Alexei stroked the wall of the cup, squinting his eyes, "no one can be liked by everyone, but you, at least learn to please me." ”

The magic surged, and Capolton felt an irresistible suction force around him, and half of his body was forced to pounce on the table, knocking over the wine glasses of the table.

It was like a mountain on his body, and he could barely turn half of his cheeks, and he was half frightened to death. He struggled to flap his two immobile arms, and his pupils that were open to the limit were full of the mage's two eyes that were faintly angry.

Those eyes, emotionless, black, as if ...... Fisheye. Cold, creamy, black stone wrapped in two balls of water.

In the dead silence, he stopped struggling with his limbs, and the external noise seemed to disappear under those eyes, except for the heavy heartbeat. Kapol squirmed his Adam's apple with great effort, opened his mouth, stuck out his tongue, and exhaled a hot breath: "Wait......"

Only then did he really react, not only his own future, but also his own life was in the hands of the mage, if he wanted to kill himself, it was probably no more difficult than pinching an ant to death.

"I'll think again!"

Kapol felt that many eyes around him were attracted by the sound of rushing to the table just now, but he couldn't care too much at the moment, and under a cold sweat, he was blown by the wind, and his brain, which had cooled a little, flashed out of his wit: "My lord, my lord!"

"Five hundred slaves...... No, five hundred sturdy male slaves. The magic suddenly dissipated, and Kapole's body loosened, and he collapsed and sat back on the original small stool, but Kapole, who already understood his situation, did not dare to let Alexedo wait for a moment.

The young man forcibly overcame his mental fatigue, sat up, wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, raised two fingers, thought about it, took one of them again, and said with a wheez: "One month, as long as you help me get West Street, in one month, you can get five hundred strong male slaves." ”

"I'm not afraid you won't be able to do it. ”

Seeing that the set goal was achieved, Alexei, who was satisfied, knew that he couldn't press the other party too hard. He had calculated the energy of the Blue Brotherhood in Daru Inner City, five hundred strong male slaves, it was indeed difficult for a big boss on West Street, but it was not difficult for the gang leader who owned the entire Blue Brotherhood.

Originally, Alexei just wanted to squeeze a small profit from Kapole's body, and hide the Olmea gems buried in the ruins before they had time to move away, so that other mages would not accidentally discover this treasure. But after learning that Kapole was the illegitimate son of Dimenhogg, he had something else in mind.

Perhaps, it would be a good idea to take this opportunity to take the Blue Brotherhood under his wing.

Kapole is just an idle chess piece that he drops casually, and he won't feel heartache if he fails.

So Alexei changed the hundred slaves that came to his mouth to five hundred in the blink of an eye. The desperate Capol was desperate, and he couldn't refuse the mage.

As for the possible betrayal, hmph, how can a mage be afraid of the tooth of a worm.

Kapole has ambitions, yes, he needs such ambitious people.

He will climb to unimaginable heights faster because of this ambition that has been forced to ignite, and he will go crazy, but the so-called madness is still just a puppet controlled by Alexey.

"Good job. ”

Alexei patted Kapole on the shoulder and whispered to him, "Now you have time to get someone to make you a fancy costume when you go back." Remember to bring me a good glass of wine, now this wine tastes tasteless. ”

When the mage got up to leave, Kapole looked at Alexey's back in disbelief, he thought for a moment, and was about to stand up, when a man in black who suddenly rushed into the tavern raised his hand and threw a round black shadow at him. Kapole couldn't dodge, his hands were wet, his eyelids jumped, and he quickly looked down to see that the package he shook open was actually a blood-stained human head.

The head was still warm, and the blood was dripping through the cloth and dripping down the fingers. The deceased's expression was serene, and until the last moment of his life, his widening eyes still showed doubt, apparently even in the moment before he died, he had not yet understood what had happened.

"Gruje ......"

Obviously holding the precious opportunity he had always dreamed of in the past, but in addition to the fear, Kapole had no surprise in his heart, but also had a trace of pity for Gruger.

Worthless goods are thrown away when they run out, without pity.

I don't know if the head in my hand is a portrayal of my future fate.

Kapol was stunned for a moment, and the heavens and men fought in his head.

But he had already gotten on the sampan, and in the wind and waves, there was no way out.

Either hold out until the day you see the shore, or sink halfway through.

"Dead Raven ......"

In hindsight, the timid Kapole raised his head again, and there was no trace of the man in black in front of the door.

"There's no way back...... Mother. ”

Like a dream, Kapole picked up the head, dispelled the last wisps of distractions, faced the rising sun, and set out on the road of progress in a desperate way.