Back to the rat path.

Alexei cast a spell to blow away the warped dust that had been smeared on everyone's bodies.

A dozen of them were strung together with a rope, and they were watched over by Gog and Joannis, who had been appointed by Alexei, and walked the back roads along the way.

They're all carrying something. In addition to the two boxes of copper that were too heavy for Alexei to take, the basement that he had re-sealed also contained a large number of golems' remaining Olmea gem joints.

As for commissions?

Gruger would then deliver Ducatt to the door. Alexey wasn't worried that he would fall on his bills.

The mage was worried about something else right now.

He used his magic power to gently remove Blue Dream from Goge's back, and the girl was still wearing the previous robe and hood. Her robe was similar in color to blood, and some of the blood that had come out of the wound was dripping down the edges of her robe, and it didn't look very obvious.

But seriously.

She broke three ribs, dozens of large and small wounds on her face, and the tibia of her left leg was also broken.

Alexei didn't care much about her life before, but now she really can't be told to return to Mor's kingdom in peace.

It's hateful for someone to die with a secret.

Alexel's spells have not yet reached the point where they bring people back to consciousness.

Just like the mage's bandaging technique, there is still a long way to go before it succeeds.

He had done a simple thing to stop the girl's bleeding when he was in the basement, but it didn't seem to be of much use, and her wound opened again during the move.

Excessive blood loss.

Lan Meng's face was very pale.

Alexei glanced at the blood dripping along the way and muttered, "What a waste." ”

He instructed Gog to drain all the blood on the ground with a rag, but not to wash it. He also told Ioannis to command several living people to stack the corpses, and the severed limbs to be sorted, and the heads and organs that had fallen out of them to be put in order.

Some people vomited all the way, and some people did not obey the management of the mage.

But in the end, they were all safely pulled through the mage's door.

There was a guy who pretended to be stunned and set an example for them - he was hanged from a tree by his own intestines, in front of everyone.

Killing chickens and monkeys is the fastest way to mobilize human motivation, especially in a short period of time.

Especially when they realize that they have no chance of resisting.

If you don't want to die.

Even without words, the hideous corpse before death gave them the best warning.

As long as they weren't really stupid, the living people present at the time should have understood that they had only one choice left, and that was .......

Obey.

If you need to, do it, it's Alexey's credo in life.

He doesn't care about the laws of the world and the moral order of the world, he only cares about whether he needs it.

In his own words, it can be summed up as "I can kill if I want." ”

Occasionally, though, he had his time to compromise.

Looking at Lan Meng's bare skin, rolling up some light red flesh wounds, Alexei opened the potions box at home, which contained several bottles of dried biovenom.

Damn it.

He fastened the box vigorously, and his brow was cloudy, as if a torrential rain might fall at any moment.

The emergency potion scavenged from Ethia's body could only save Lan Meng's life, and if he didn't want the girl to die from the subsequent wound infection, he had to take precautions.

Unfortunately, Alexei, who is proficient in elemental and biological magic, has not been interested in life spells since he was a child, and the year he chose a teacher, he fell in love with a violent fire mage at a glance.

He was annoyed by the group of weak sissies.

A real man should throw a fireball and set off lightning!

If it weren't for the need to delve into the 'resurrection' spell in the last two years, Alexai had taken the time to learn a part about the soul and body, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to release even the simplest hemostatic technique.

He had to go out and buy a few bottles of healing potions and anti-disease potions.

The large cost of buying corpses, replenishing mercury, and borrowing spell books has drained Alexey's savings. There weren't many people in the world who could actually hurt him, so he didn't keep the most common alchemy products at home, such as healing potions and disease resistants.

A little distressed.

There is no need to question the infidelity of Gog and Ioannis, after they are gone, they will be cranky and cause some trouble if they are not controlled.

Gotta give them a warning.

With this in mind, Alexei stopped the work of the group and told them to follow him to the basement.

"Bring your belongings with you. ”

Most of the halls of the rat road house are cramped, and Alexei is no exception. But like the slums, the rat path is also a continuation of the tradition of Darune, and the basement where the space plays with itself is the true dwelling of this place.

According to the original layout, Alexei excavated three floors of laboratories, storage rooms and reading rooms 15 meters, 20 meters and 30 meters underground.

As for the living of life, it is solved by the narrow bedroom on the top floor.

He spent most of his life in laboratories and reading rooms. The reading room contains a large number of scholarly books he purchased from Onco and Darune, as well as manuscripts of various archmages' experimental notes. He took great care of these valuable tomes, and there were three high-level rune locks in them, each of which was well cared for and placed in a transparent glass case, refusing to let them be damaged in the slightest.

This place is forbidden land, and it is the bottom line that Alexei must not allow outsiders to set foot in.

On the upper level of the reading room was his utility storage room, which was divided into three small compartments, the smallest of which he used to store the corpses and stumps that he had used for his experiments.

In order to prevent the clean corpse from being contaminated by magic and causing fluctuations in the results of the experiment, he only cast an ice spell on the outer wall of this small chamber to keep the temperature low, so Alexei usually did not leave the corpse for too long to prevent corruption.

However, even if it is consciously to prevent and avoid corruption, this uncleaned corpse room still perpetuates a stench, and even Alexei is not very willing to approach it.

As for the other two compartments in the pantry, the adjacent ones were used by Alexei to hold the fresh fruits and vegetables and food he had purchased from outside, in order not to waste the deliberately cooled environment. The other, unremarkable compartment, was filled with miscellaneous items he had gotten from his various missions and shopping for goods.

There are some treasures in the eyes of ordinary people, but the mage doesn't care much about the contents.

It's just a mortal paraphernalia.

It's not worth it to sell it for money.

Like this steel hand half sword in his hand, the sword grid is also engraved with the name of Asia. He should have loved it very much when he was alive, but now in the hands of the mage, flicking the blade of the sword, there was a crisp whisper, it was a good sword, but it was nothing more.

Outside you can sell for 200 tasu.

Maybe lower.

A sword, the value of twenty ducats, most of the bitter mercenaries will not be able to pull it out for a while.

Why don't they buy a better suit of armor when they have the money?

It takes at least three months for it to be sold in the store.

"Joannis, right?"

On the second basement floor, in the dimly lit aisle, the only candle light flickered and cast a shadow on people's faces.

With the exception of Alexey, everyone here is worried about their future, and their frowning brows are condensed with gloom. They only dared to peek at the back of the master with their eyes, and whenever the mage stopped, they would reflexively bow their heads to dodge, even if the former did not look back, and did not care about their peeping.

Standing in front of the door of the storage room, by the light and shadow of the candlelight, Alexei measured the length of the sword with his fingers, and asked lightly: "You have been in the black stork for a few years, what are your specialties?"

"Three years, my lord...... I've been working under Bursente before, I'll do the settling, and I'll take care of the infield and the expenses for him. ”

"What else?"

It seemed that his mood was affected by the oppressive environment around him, Joannis scratched his ears a little restlessly, he thought for a while, he spoke very slowly, and he had to secretly observe the mage's expression every time he said a word, but what he saw was always the same face, he was a little unpredictable, and a little worried: "I will also catch slaves." ”

His voice paused, and he dared to let go of his uneasiness a little when he saw that Alexey's face did not show a different color: "I have been a slave catcher for five years, I have captured two long ears, and I have also helped the old man catch escaped slaves. When I was a kid, I was a neighbor with a hunter and learned a little bit of a trick. ”

At this point, Ioannis's cautious voice showed a clear pause, and it was not until the mage looked at him that he hurriedly continued: "I can see the footprints that others can't see, and I know where the slaves are going, and I have a hunch that they used to call me 'Hound Dog', and now they call me 'Goldfinger', and I am good at both, and I can do both. ”

"Can you do both? Not bad. ”

"Want to learn magic?"

"Huh?" Joannis's eyes widened suddenly.

"I want you to have a contest with Gog, and whoever wins will be my apprentice. ”

"My lord, this, this, this ......"

"Thank you so much!"

I thought it was bad luck, but I didn't expect it to be a gift from heaven. Ioannis couldn't hide the excitement on his face, and couldn't hold back any longer, so he fell to his knees and praised Alexei's generosity loudly.

He knelt and moved his knees, picked up the mage's boots, and kissed them with joy.

"You, get up. ”

Nodding in satisfaction, Alexei reversed the blade and pointed the sword at Gog, who also looked surprised. The tip of the half-sword in his hand pressed against the latter's throat, cutting a little skin, and in a slight tingling, Gao Ge looked at the mage, and the corner of the latter's mouth carried that familiar smile, so cold that before he had time to experience the surprise, it was like falling into an ice cave.

"Your Excellency?"

His hand tried to move, but it stopped immediately. Gog's gaze shifted downward, staring at the blade of the sword slightly raised, and the cold smell flowed along his neck, secreting a bead of blood that pressed against his chin.

"I don't dare to guarantee the safety of a person who doesn't work hard. ”

"If you don't want to die, then work hard. ”

"Yes...... Adult ......"

In the mouth, the bitter taste gradually spreads.

Looking at the back of the mage leaving, and then at Ioannis, whose face was full of ambition, Gog's eyes darkened for a while......

I'm done.

In his blank mind, there was only one thought left in his consciousness.