Chapter 25: The Crow's Farewell
Li Xiang's hair was messy, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was running around the house, and he was crazy.
Eight thousand gold coins, this is the sky-high fine issued by Black Rose to him. Although Li Xiang now has a few dollars in his hand, it is not enough to pay the fine. The 8,000 gold coin fine was based on the pair of enchanted Mithril handarmies he sold on the black market, and on the one hand, he openly admitted that the pair of armors was his work, and on the other hand, he did not have an enchanter's professional certificate, and according to the guild's rules, if he profited from the trade without a professional certificate, all his ill-gotten gains would be confiscated.
Of course, this provision is not dead, and it opens the door for some people who have money and no certificates. For example, Li Xiang's Danfeng Plastic Surgery Center obtained the legal right to operate because of the professional certificate of the barber Salun attached here. And Li Xiang didn't open an enchantment shop in the same way, so the income he got from the enchantment was completely illegal.
This rule was not only made by the guilds, but also tacitly accepted by the laws of various countries, and became a conventional. Therefore, Black Rose's ticket is completely justified, and Li Xiang will not be able to escape no matter what.
"Colin, how much money do we have?" asked Li Xiang.
As the head of Li Xiang's family, the little goblin has full control over the finances. He did some rough mental arithmetic and said, "That is, a little more than 2,500 gold coins, and there will be no more." β
Li Xiang folded his fingers and counted, and said, "I still have a Danfeng, counting these 2,500 gold coins, I can be considered a rich man." Then he suddenly shouted hysterically. "But it doesn't add up enough to pay back the 8,000 gold coins! I've always thought I should be richer, right?"
Colin glanced at Li Xiang with a slanted gaze and said, "Earlier, when you made those unpopular enchanted items, we earned a few hundred gold coins. Later, you made the Wind Slashing Sword, and you got 5,000 gold coins, deducting 15% of the handling fee, and you got 4,250 gold coins. This money was basically spent on Panxia Danfeng and this villa. Later, there were more and more mouths to eat at home, and Danfeng's profit was just enough to maintain the expenses every month. The most recent big investment is to auction the pair of Mithril hand armor, 8,000 gold coins after deducting 15% of the handling fee, you will settle accounts with Vulcan, and the final one will be a small 3,000 gold coins. Plus, you've recently bought some extravagant jewelry to please the proprietress of the hostess......"
"Okay, okay. Li Xiang stopped the fragmented thoughts of the abacus Jing Colin and said, "Do you have any way to let us get through this difficulty?" Colin shook his head with a sad face.
Crow Odyssey suddenly interjected: "Well, there is a way." β
Li Xiang and Colin hurriedly asked in unison, "What's the way?!"
Odyssey looked Li Xiang up and down with a distrustful expression, and said, "There is a way, but it may not be successful." I originally thought that you Dragon Slayer Warrior could be a long-term meal ticket, but now it seems that I am too naΓ―ve, and it would be better to find another higher position sooner. β
Before Li Xiang could speak, he heard Kyle's disgusted response: "Go slowly, don't send it!" For the black crow, who has no intention and is scheming, Kyle's vigilance is stronger than Li Xiang's, so he has been watching the Odyssey not very pleasing to the eye.
Odyssey smiled and stood up and walked out, saying, "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, then I'll take my leave." When he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and said. "As a final piece of friendly advice, you're a must-have, and you're a bargain, think about who is the right buyer. 8,000 gold in debt?hehe......"
Kingdom of Main, Eagle Castle City.
The metropolis on the border has lost its former prosperity, the gates are closed, and several guards on the tower look nervous.
On the avenue outside the city, two figures gradually became clear. The man walking behind had a strange and stiff demeanor, and the rot on his body was visible to the naked eye, typical of the walking dead. The man who walked in front of him had a defeated face, less like a living person than the walking corpse.
The guards were on guard, poked their heads out of the battlements and asked, "Who is coming?"
The man who walked in front of him replied, "I am Dante, the honorary president and special adviser of the Continental Apothecaries Association, and I have come for this plague. β
Hearing Dante speak, the guards were relieved, those mutated monsters couldn't speak. But they hadn't completely let their guard down and asked, "What's the deal with that thing you're following?"
"It's just a specimen, after all, I need a sample to study the treatment," Dante said. β
"The city lord has long given a death order not to allow any filthy monsters to enter the city. β
Something happened to the guards, and the walking dead suddenly spoke: "I'm not dirty! I'm not a monster! My name is Mordo, and I'm from ...... I'm from ...... I ......" The guy who called himself Mordo was clutching at his hair in pain, as if in agony that he had lost part of his memory, and he had accidentally ripped off a piece of his rotten scalp due to the force he had used too hard.
Dante shouted at the guards, "As I said, he is a specimen, and a more interesting specimen." If you want to cure the normal plague, you'd better tell the lord to let us in. β
In the palace of the Prince of Orleans, Li Xiang, who had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, visited again.
Li Xiang asked, "Your Royal Highness, if I work for the kingdom, what kind of salary can you provide me?"
Orleans had long known that Li Xiang was in a predicament, and he thought that the dragon slayer would pull down his face and beg him again, but he didn't expect Li Xiang to talk about irrelevant things. The prince was puzzled and asked, "Huh, work?"
Li Xiang said: "That pair of Mithril hand armor caused so much fun for everyone, His Royal Highness should still remember it." β
"That's natural, what do you mean?" the prince had almost guessed what Li Xiang was going to say.
"To be fair, does Your Highness think I am stronger or weaker than Gondolin?"
The regent pondered for a moment and said, "Gondolin has always been an important talent in the kingdom, but he has not grown for many years. Your Excellency has been in Roland for less than a year, and it has been a thunderstorm, bringing us one surprise after another. Regardless of your identity as a dragon slayer, although you have not yet gone to the guild to take the professional qualification test, there is one thing that the entire continent already knows - after Gondolin, another high-level enchanter has appeared in the Seven Dawn Continent. β
Li Xiang threw out a very tempting suggestion: "What if these two high-level enchanters both work for the Roland Kingdom?"
In an alley in the slums of Huadu City, in a simple and dilapidated bar, the Crow Odyssey is pouring himself a drink in the corner. A giant tower-like man pushed the door open, and the entire tavern trembled with his solid and powerful footsteps. He sat silently across from the Odyssey.
"Hercules, you're here. The crow expertly poured a glass of inferior brandy for his friend, and this was where the two of them had grown before they became famous, and they would have frequented the place even if the wine was bad.
Hercules didn't drink, stared at the odyssey and said, "You're not trying to find another job. β
Odyssey smiled and said, "You guessed it." β
"I know I can't stop you, so why don't I say goodbye to them?"
The crow just smiled and didn't answer, but instead asked an inexplicable question: "Are you shaken?"
Hercules took his glass and drank it down, then filled it himself, and drank three glasses in a row before nodding.
Odyssey said regretfully, "You are the one who has the best hope of surpassing the rank of the fourth-level Bitao." β
"Then you don't have to risk so much to find the way for me! no one has ever succeeded!Or that the people who came back from there are all crazy! you bastard leave me behind!" Hercules became more and more agitated, pounding the table incessantly, and the old table kept wailing, and finally could not bear Hercules' abuse, and it was shattered.
Odyssey glanced at the shattered bottle and said regretfully, "It's a pity that it's a good bottle." So saying, he got up and left.
Behind him, Hercules' eyes were red, and he roared, "You come back to me!"
The black crows have long disappeared into the streets and alleys of Huadu.