Eighty-five, Violet Empire
The light rain was dripping, as if to brush away the bleeding and ominousness of the previous days. In this land that was once trampled by the undead, Liye wore a black cloak and a hood to walk in the streets and alleys.
"Hmph...... Hum...... Hmph......"
Humming an out-of-tune tune, Liye shook his head leisurely, immersed in his own worldβuntil he was interrupted by someone.
"Hello, Your Excellency. β
Hearing a hoarse voice, Liye stopped his steps, he raised his head to the sky, and the feeling of the light rain hitting his face was very comfortable. He enjoyed it for a moment before looking at the man in front of him, who was also wrapped in a pitch-black cloak. Unlike him, this man's cloak was clearly an ordinary item, unlike his, an alchemical item - waterproof.
He sighed.
"I said that if I'm not interested, I'm not interested, and I won't trouble you, and to be honest, what happens to you has nothing to do with us, we will leave tomorrow morning, you city lords can rest assured. β
Liye doesn't know how cautious a person has to be to be so neurotic, and he sends people to ask and ask every day, if it weren't for his temper being much better now, and Aili has something wrong so he doesn't want to cause trouble, or he will all die!!
This time, though, he clearly miscalculated.
"Hehe, Your Excellency misunderstood, I'm not his person. β
Li Ye raised his eyelids, and looked at the black-robed guy in front of him with a little boring, and his tone was still powerless, helpless and boring.
"If it's a mercenary guild or a thief guild or a mage, if I say no interest, I'm not interested. β
These people have been looking for him a lot in the past few days, except for the mage who is more knowledgeable, the other two groups have to come to "invite" once almost every day, in order not to make Inoli and them more worried, Li Ye was even ready to kill people at the beginning, and they were also interested, and they didn't look for any public places. That is to say, the mages have no ability but are not ambitious, and the "wild mages" have nothing to do and harass them regardless of location and occasion, but after being cut off by Liye, they are all quiet.
I didn't expect these people to be restless, they actually wanted to "take risks" under the attention of the town garrison, the Temple of Dawn and the Empire, and if they "risked", they didn't want to come out alive, okay?
But this time he guessed wrong.
"Oh, I'm still not one of theirs. β
"Oh, let's talk about it, where's it? Anyway, it's just a few people. β
The road of laziness from the leaves. He leaned against the wall, squinting, but he was thinking about who was and why. But the other party's answer was still unexpected.
"I'm an Imperial. β
"Empire, what is the Fallow Empire looking for me?"
"It's not the Falot Empire!! the man's tone and eyes suddenly revealed an unusual fanaticism!"It's the Violet Empire!!"
"Uh......" Leaves paused, "Violet, isn't that a principality?"
"It's the Imperial !!," the man glared at him with a fierce look in his eyes.
"......" Liye squinted his eyes and said in an unkind tone, "You'd better know who you're talking to, otherwise I'll take care of your principality empire, at least you don't want to leave here." β
"......" the man was silent for a moment, then bent down to apologize, "I was rude, I hope you will forgive me." β
"Who, then, and what?"
Liye hugged his chest with his arms, and a face hidden under the hood made it difficult to see.
"The master of the Violet Empire's Es-El, I have brought a king's order to Your Excellency, or your companion to be precise. β
"S2 Agency, are you Commander Ikati?"
β...... What?"
β...... When I didn't say. β
At the moment of the interruption, after quickly filtering all the possibilities in Liye's mind, he probably guessed the s2 ...... in front of him The main speaker of the Esel Agency, or the purpose of the person he represents.
"I think I need to remind you that there are still two years left before the three-year period, and it is not good to meddle in the 'domestic affairs' of other countries, if your majesty is really stupid, then allow me to refuse it sternly. Liye narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a hint of disdain in his eyes under the hood, "Other than that, I think the only reason is that you have taken a fancy to Inoli's alchemy creation, right?"
He's not afraid that the flame scythe that was sold before will be found to have any problems, in fact, he added a bit of a ban on it that will "turn off the fire regularly", because the system is different, he is not afraid of being discovered, so it is no different from ordinary "magic weapons", if you want to reuse, you don't need to find Honori, just find a fire core to "fill". So when I think about it, I can only think of the problem of "Alchemy Alien Dragon".
"Tell your Majesty to go, it's useless, if you want to use that alchemy creation, unless you have a talent like Inoli or simply find a mage, it is enough to turn ordinary people into brains in an instant, and the alchemy creation is rampant, I believe your majesty will not want to see it." β
The corner of Liye's mouth provoked a thick mockery.
"And your majesty's hand is stretched too long, I don't care if you were found by Falo's pawns or by what means you used to spy on us in the first place, I just want to say ......"
Liye burst out, and pressed the other party against the wall with a "bang", his eyes were full of murderous energy.
"Man, if you don't die, you won't die, understand?"
Compared to Liye's murderous appearance, the man was unmoved, he still half-bowed his head, only allowing people to see his chin and vaguely see his eyes. The tone is flat and confident.
"Are you threatening me? Is this a refusal?" he replied as he raised his hand and pressed the brim of his hat, "I think it would be a pity if Miss Anori and Miss Ellie's family were unexpectedly 'assassinated' by some unknown assassins who were not afraid of death, wouldn't it?"
β......β
Liye found that he hated these guys more and more, whether it was the Violet Principality or the upper echelons of the Violet Principality! He squinted his eyes, thinking about whether to give him a "soul transformation" to brainwash him into his own "dog" and then let him go back to bite people.
After some consideration, Liye still didn't do it, because he was not good at this, and it was inevitable that he would show his feet, and the best at doing this should be mages and devils.
"You're threatening me?"
"No, I'm just stating a sad fact. β
"Hmph!" Li Ye Leng snorted and let go of the hand that was pressing on the man's shoulder, "I said, that thing can't be used by ordinary people, and neither can your soldiers!"
"Then improve," the man moved his shoulder, "and there will only be three days for you, and in three days, the outskirts will inspect the goods." β
β...... Are you kidding?"
Improve a freshly made alchemical creation in three days, three days to make it semi-automatic or even fully automatic that ordinary people can command?
"I don't think it's a realistic topic to improve an alchemical creation in three days. β
"You only have three days!"
The man said heavily, and then turned around and left down the alley without waiting for Liye to say anything. Liye snorted coldly in the direction he was leaving, and left in the opposite direction with a flick of his cloak.
"Three days, hehe," the corner of Liye's mouth pulled into a sneer, "Violet...... The empire is not a small ambition. β
I went to the grocery store and the mercenary guild to buy some herbs, and walked back to the inn from the leaves. The pharmacies in this world are really, and they only sell alchemy potions...... Herbs can only be found in grocery stores and mercenary guilds. Li Ye walked back with a wooden box of herbs in his arms, and slandered the ignorance of the people of this world in his heart - don't you know that the alchemy potion has drunk too much and overdrawn your life??? and who among the civilians can afford to drink the alchemy potion?
Back in the store, Li Ye found that everyone had gone back to the room, he ordered a pot of tea, found a quiet and remote place to sit down, and drank a cup without a cup. I don't know what I'm thinking. Then I borrowed the kitchen and boiled medicine for the little maid to send it up, and then sat back in place, this time for a pot of wine. It was kept like this until the inn closed.
In the middle of the night, a figure slipped in. The man sat down in front of Liye, threw a paper ball, and then casually pulled the wine jug in front of Liye and poured it. Liye didn't care, and took the paper ball and said casually.
"A jug of wine can bring in the most powerful thief ever, and you're cheap. β
The man wiped his mouth. By the moonlight, it can be seen that he is all dirty, and two or three pieces of rags hang on his body, and the whole thing is a beggar. In fact, it's true, Liye also accidentally found him on the side of the road, at that time he fell on the side of the road like an ordinary beggar, not attractive at all, if it weren't for Liye's special problem that made him notice the exuberant vitality of this beggar, he might have really missed the past.
Later, after some conversation, Liye learned that this was one of the most powerful thieves in the Thieves Guild, but he was expelled due to his drunken habit and bad mission. But the miraculous thing is that after being expelled, because he was no longer restrained, his strength was growing day by day, and finally unknowingly broke through the shackles of legend!
But what is very funny is that his legendary realm, that is, the power of the law he masters, is actually "wine"! This legendary realm that makes people laugh and cry makes him more eager to drink wine than before, but he is only drunk, not wine tasting, and he has no interest in brewing at all, so even the god of wine does not accept him, and in the end, he wanders the streets because he finally spent all his savings because of alcoholism and had to join the begging team and become a member of the "beggar gang". But even so, he still spent all the money he begged for on drinking, except for the minimum living guarantee, which led to no one willing to give him money!
"Hey, I can't rob it, can I? I'm a thief, but I still have a conscience, okay?"
"I believe this," Li Ye spread out the paper ball in his hand, with dense words written on it, "Otherwise, with your strength, you will invite thousands of nobles, and you will not live on the streets or even beg." β
"Hey, of course, what about the pay?"
Looking at the impatient appearance of this old drunkard, Liye was also happy.
"Ah, the reward......"
"Uh-huh! yes, yes, yes, pay! my wine money!"
"Let me think about it......" Li Ye nodded his chin and smiled weirdly, "The pot of wine you just drank is the famous wine of this shop, worth five hundred gold, if I didn't have a little way, you drank two-thirds of it in one go." β
Although I didn't pay for the extortion of the castle lord.
β...... Uh......"
The old drunkard's eyes widened suddenly! A hoarse pant of "heh-heh-heh-" came out of his throat, and the whole person looked like he was about to pump, so frightened that the corners of his eyes jumped involuntarily.
I said...... Are you alright?"
Liye shook his hand in front of him, who would have thought that the old drunkard would actually stare at him with blood-red eyes with a cold shudder!
"You!"
"Uh, me?"
"You!you!Why didn't you say it earlier!!" The old drunkard pointed at Liye with a trembling finger, "I haven't drunk such a good wine for decades!!"
β......β
Shouldn't you care about the problem that you can't afford to pay for the drink......??? Li Ye looked at the old drunkard who was jumping and crying for a while, and finally couldn't suppress him-if he continued to quarrel with others, it would be a lot of fun.
"Okay, okay, calm down, I'll give you another commission, this pot of wine will be paid in advance!"
β...... Really?"
The old drunkard wiped his tears with his dirty sleeves and looked at Liye pitifully. The corner of Ye Meijiao jumped involuntarily.
"Really!"
β...... It can't be a bad thing. β
The old drunkard was unexpectedly silent.
"The last commission you gave me alone makes me feel a little wrong, and if it weren't for your repeated assurances, I would have doubted what you were trying to do. β
After drunkenly pouring another sip of wine, he lay on the table, and the drunken eyes of the old drunkard raised slightly emitted two sharp lights, with a solemn expression.
"Don't worry, I'll just ask a random question, it won't touch your bottom line, I said, everything I do is for self-preservation, in order to protect myself, provoke a legendary powerhouse who has broken through for a long time? I'm not that stupid. β
"Ah...... That's good...... Gurgling ......"
The sharpness in the old drunkard's eyes disappeared as if it was just an illusion that flashed away from the leaves, and it returned to a hazy state again. He poured two more sips of wine, and said something slurred in his mouth.
"Ask, as long as there is wine, the old drunkard knows everything. β
"Okay. β
Liye shrugged. Originally, he just wanted to tease this old drunkard, because he felt nostalgic for Liye to feel too much like a friend he used to be, so he planned to ask this old drunkard's "age" and some irrelevant topics. But! At the moment when he was about to speak, a vague thought crossed his mind! It was a revelation from cause and effect and intuition!! subconsciously, and the words that were about to come out changed!
"What was your last failed mission in the Thieves' Guild before you were expelled!?"