After a few days of traveling, Aaron finally returned to Susar.

When he left Susar, he was empty-handed.

When he returned to Susar, he filled two carts with his belongings, and hired a few people to help transport them, he found a group of Cormier border patrols at the foot of the mountain, recruited a few soldiers as knights of the inner court, and then found a few middle-aged peasants in the nearby village who had just finished harvesting the grain and started farming, and asked them to help transport all the heavy goods back to Susar.

It can be seen that, at least in Cormier, Aaron's viscount status and the knighthood of the inner court are still useful.

Normally, in the kingdom, this kind of adventurer with rich loot and lone has always been fat in the eyes of others.

In addition to wild monsters and alien tribes such as kobolds, gnolls, goblins, orcs, etc., the most common robbers in the kingdom are actually noble robbers, followed by army robbers and official robbers.

Yes, that's right, unlike what normal people imagine, compared to the "professional robbers" in people's impressions, aristocratic robbers are the mainstream in the kingdom.

There was once a knightly nobleman named Vincent, who obtained the position of a tax collector by bribing a superior nobleman, and this buddy sat by the bridge and charged 5% of the "bridge toll" for each caravan that passed by.

He soon made a fortune on this, for the clever knightly nobleman knew how to sift through his targets, and he used to enlarge his group of men and horses to pass through, and then focus his attention on the small number and large number of travelers, and he would arrange for them to be subjected to a "special examination" in a house by the roadside, and then he and his attendants would tie the corpse to a stone and sink it into the river.

He did at least hundreds of such "business" before he was discovered, and he was sentenced to exile by relying on huge bribes.

In the end, the harpist caught up with him on his way to exile and slaughtered him, and the two elite knights in charge of the escort stood aside because of their "internal urgency", saying that they could not stop the harpist's "atrocity".

As a result, more than half of the "robbers" encountered in the wilderness of the kingdom are essentially "noble robbers and vassals of their power", who are often influential and well-connected in their local areas, and have someone to cover for their robbery while sharing in their profits.

And what about professional robbers?

Professional bandits are often more terrifying than noble bandits, and in an environment like the realm, professional bandits mean that in addition to robbery, they also have to fight against all kinds of monsters.

That is, most of the time, a group of professional robbers = organized professional adventurers.

In the kingdom, the gold content of a team of adventurers, needless to say, right?

The wilderness is really dangerous, and in the country, you never know if you'll run into a kind old man with a pipe in his mouth or a Giss Yankee riding a red dragon on the forest path.

Cormier's security is much better than in the chaotic Sword Bay region or the altogether laissez-faire southern forests, where Cormier's army rarely kills people and goods, but the greed of the patrols is still frequent, and the lines between "tariffs" and "extortion" and "inspections" and "kidnappings" are blurred, and the princess regent has to try many similar cases every month - one side claims that she has been robbed, and the other side insists that it is the "protection money" they deserve.

For an adventurer like Aaron, it is a small probability event that the Cormier patrol becomes a robber and directly robs him, but it is a very high probability event to take the opportunity to extort a large sum of money from him.

Fortunately, he was a local viscount of Cormier, a knight of the Inner Court, and the Obeszir coat of arms on his chest was enough for these ordinary soldiers, and he easily asked the patrol leader to transfer a team of people to escort him.

So what is legal and what is not legal, the scale of this is really intriguing.

In this regard, Aaron's attitude is on the same side as that of the regent Alice, both the former king and the current regent have been trying to get the power to set customs duties back to Susar, emphasizing that the aristocracy should not set up tax cards and charge indiscriminately, and provide exemptions and judicial compensation for the victims.

Naturally, this was strongly opposed by the nobles, and the two sides went back and forth for this.

Aaron's point on this matter is that whoever collects taxes, you take the money that should be collected, and you take care of what should be managed.

A negative example of this is the recent rise of the Dark-Sun Church of Hirek, where many merchants operating in the Luna-Sea and Am-Am-Ann regions often complain that the Dark-Sun Princes are "in charge of half" after taking control of the Luna-Sea region.

Rich and profitable things are pervasive, benefits must be taken, and extortion is used to the extreme.

After taking the money, I need to come out of the dark sun to preside over the maintenance and management of order, and the prince of the dark sun said that this is none of my business, and you should go to the gods about the priesthood.

The Moonsea region, which used to be prosperous in commerce and trade, has always been heavily taxed and punished, but Bane, the god of tyranny, has at least ensured the framework of laws and rules, and everyone must abide by Bane's laws.

And recently it was announced that Ciric, the king of the dead, would break the unspoken rule between the gods of humanity for the first time that cannibals must be damned, and that Shirek would welcome all cannibals with open arms to believe in him and take in their souls, as long as they show their worth......

This guy has a hole in his brain, right? Aaron learns the news from the patrol soldiers who help him deliver his goods.

Transporting the goods to Susar, Aaron took out a handful of gold coins as a reward for the patrolling soldiers, and then took out a bag of silver coins to reward the peasants who assisted in the transportation at three times the normal market price of labour, and transported the harvest of his adventure to the Salian house.

"Aaron? Wow, how did you come back with so many things? ”

Aunt Melly was still the familiar fuss and noisy look, she saw Aaron coming back from afar, trotting out of the house all the way, her well-maintained face was full of joy, and she noisily asked the two maids in the house to hurry out and move things in, and patted Aaron on the shoulder happily: "Where are you going to go here for business?" ”

"This time I went to a good place." Aaron smiled and nodded, remembering all the things that had happened in the ruins of the snake god, and it was only a few days back and forth, but it left an indelible memory on his body.

"Don't stand, come in, you must be tired, I'll ask them to boil water for you, buy your favorite mutton, and make grilled lamb chops at night." Aunt Melly chattered as she pulled Aaron by the sleeve and pulled him into the house, and immediately began to beckon the whole family to get busy, and the poor house baker had a sad face, and he had finally baked a stove of bread under the spur of Aunt Melly and was about to go to rest, and now it was time to add more clocks!

If it weren't for Aaron's recent salary increase, and considering that Aaron was promoted to the Knight of the Inner Court and had a promising future, he would have resigned a long time ago.

There is no such bullying! Before coming to Salian's house, he had beautiful hair.

"Hurry up~ Aaron is back, everyone moves!" My aunt snorted back and forth, as if she was the one who had returned with a full load.

Smelling the familiar air in the home, smelling the familiar sweet smell in the bakery, and looking at the furnishings that have hardly changed for more than ten years, Aaron's tense spirit finally relaxed at this moment.

This is home, this is home.

Everyone needs such a spiritual harbor where they can be properly relaxed after a long period of hard work.

It's just that it seems that there is still something missing in the house, Aaron thought as he touched his chin.

His previous interactions with the elf sister made him completely sure that his emotions had fully recovered.

Lord Viscount immediately locked on his target.

Before the New Year, be sure to let Miss Pastor move in!

Eleanor, you're waiting for me~

————I'm the dividing line that I live in————

After returning home, Aaron spent an hour taking stock of what he had learned from his adventure:

There are a total of seven heavy transcendent weapons made of serpentine steel, each with a market reference price of about 1,000 gold lion coins.

Seven serpentine steel weapons Aaron handed over to Susar's Adventurers' Guild for auction, and the appearance of these seven weapons immediately caused a sensation in the city, and the attraction of giant weapons to warriors and barbarians was fatal.

The Adventurers' Guild promises that the reserve price of the auction will not be less than 7,500 Gold Lion Coins, and only 8% of the commission will be drawn.

The auctioneer privately told Aaron that he should be able to auction 10,000 gold lion coins, which means that Aaron can directly pocket more than 9,000 gold lion coins.

A scattered pack of Snake Man Empire gold coins, after opening and counting, there are more than 200 pieces, which is equivalent to a market price of about 1,000 gold lion coins.

This money Aaron directly donated all the money to the Church of Our Lady of Silver, as for how to sell the stolen goods, it is the business of the Church of Our Lady of Silver, as a chaotic and kind church, it is not the first time that the believers of Suren have done this kind of thing, and they are skilled.

The remaining snake man antique treasures are estimated to be worth about 5,000 gold lion coins, and Aaron intends to sell slowly.

This kind of antique art, if you are in a hurry to sell it, it must be discounted.

So in total, the simple wealth gain of this adventure is 15,000 gold lion coins, which is the salary of Aaron's inner court knight for ten years.

Then there's a color-resistant scroll.

This is a priceless treasure that records the forging method of serpentine steel.

At last...... Aaron cast his gaze on a large bag full of fishy stuff.

The snake skin and scales of the legendary Abomination of Snakes.

Alchemical materials such as snake meat, snake gall bladder, and snake venom.

It's time to go to the greedy dwarf.

Aaron sneered, rubbing his hand back and forth against his jaw, which had grown a little stubble, using Tzeentch's power to calculate the plan.

If I don't let you bleed hard this time, I won't be surnamed Salian!

The next day, after going home and taking a shower, and sleeping comfortably, Aaron, who had changed into a viscount dress, arrived at the dwarven blacksmith as scheduled.

The blacksmith shop in Fojar-Wilham was still as crowded as ever, except for the black chimneys spitting smoke outward, and the sound of iron striking in the courtyard.

Aaron kicked straight at the door.

"A standard longsword of the Guard, 95 gold coins."

"Hey! Fogjar ......"

"The price of a tomahawk is two of a longsword."

"Shorty, get out of here!"

"The processing fee for each piece of transcendent weapons is 2,000 gold coins, and non-dwarven currency is not charged...... Oh, it's you. ”

The dwarven master craftsman opened the door, he rubbed his ugly big and small eyes, his body smelled of coal and iron filings, and his beard was messy, and when he saw that it was Aaron coming, the dwarven craftsman's eyes lit up, and his attention was not on Aaron's face at all, the small eyes hidden under the scattered eyebrows and puffy eyelids stared at the small bag in Aaron's hand.

The dwarven craftsman was soon disappointed, and Aaronte's bag was small.

Such a small bag was simply not enough to hold the snakeskins and scales of three snake abominations.

It seems that this guy is blown up to the gods, and his strength is not very good.

The dwarf turned around in disappointment: "If you ......"

As soon as he turned around, the dwarven craftsman's head was hit by a heavy bag, and a strong feeling of dizziness immediately turned into rage, and Fojar grabbed his hammer, and was about to roar, but the leakage of the bag made his anger disappear in the blink of an eye.

The bag contained a whole piece of white and tough snakeskin! The quality of the snakeskin was better than any Fogjar had ever seen.

There was also a bright light reflected from the surface of the cyan snake scales, and Fojar picked up a piece of snake scales with his stubby fingers, put it in his mouth and bit it lightly, and the dwarf jumped up directly with excitement: "You succeeded?!" ”

"Yes, I succeeded!" Aaron Pi said with a smile.

"How?" Fujar directly flipped the pouch over, and the dwarf was first ecstatic, then confused, and then displeased: "What's the matter?" Human, do you think I, Fogjar Wilham, am the kind of person who doesn't keep his word? ”

"I can tell you, we swore a contract in front of the idol of the Father God Moradin, how can the Stone Clan not be trustworthy?" Fogjar subconsciously felt that Aaron wanted to play tricks, and he was aggressive: "Take out the rest of the things quickly, or Moradin will curse you!" ”

"Your god will curse you!" Aaron bent down and grabbed Fogjar by the neckline, and he was equally furious: "Do you know what happened to me? Dwarves, you keep saying that the Abomination of Snake is sleeping! ”

"But I just went in a short time before I met a living Abomination Snake Guard, and there were eight of them!"

"You keep saying that this is an exclusive piece of information!"

"But I met three groups of people in the snake man ruins."

"You said there was no Saruk Witch Lich in the ruins, yes, but there was a legendary six-armed snake man inside!"

"I almost died in there, dwarf, and you'd better give me a reasonable explanation, right in front of your Father."

Aaron threw Fogjar to the ground, and he put away the snakeskin and scales, and waited quietly for his answer.

"Hmph~" Fujar obviously didn't expect things to be like this, the dwarf craftsman looked greedily at the bag in Aaron's hand, slowly got up from the ground, and snorted his nose: "Hmph~ Who knows if what you said is true?" ”

"I can swear to my god, the Silver Lady Suren, that what I say is true!" Aaron said unceremoniously, "I met an eight-headed abomination of snakes, I met an entire squad of orcs, and I also met a legendary six-armed abomination of snakes. ”

The bag was thrown to the ground by Aaron: "These things are evidence!" ”

The dwarf opened his mouth and wondered if it was no wonder, and he said that the quality of the skins and scales was so good, better than he had imagined.

It turns out that this human kid has met the legendary snake man!

This wave, this wave is what I earned!

The dwarf was not ashamed, but proud, and he exclaimed, "Didn't you come back alive?" See you're not hurt! ”

"So you still think it's okay with you?" Aaron laughed angrily.

"You just said you didn't come back alive, right? You just say there's no Sarouk Witch in there, right? The dwarf interrupted Aaron's words, and he clasped his hands on his chest and threw his head up, "You just say, don't you?" ”

Aaron let out a long breath.

"Look at me, dwarf, I can now be sure that your guts are not as big as an elven maid, I thought that Moradin's children were all brave warriors, and those who came out of the heart of the world should be honest and trustworthy, but I understand now, what dwarves are, but a bunch of bearded goblins, and to be honest, the manes on the back of the trolls are all prettier than yours!"

"You still signed a contract, and the statue is notarized, I think your so-called contract with you is not as good as a piece of orcs......"

"You?!" The dwarf jumped straight from the ground.

Aaron directly pressed his head and pressed him back to the ground, and the Viscount said lightly: "Okay, I don't want to tell you, I'm going to flush, and the contract between you and your father will be washed away together." ”

"You !!" The dwarf was already out of anger, and Aaron's every word stimulated the nerves in his whole body, and his mouth was open for a long time, and he couldn't find the words to fight back, so he could only keep shouting.

Such vicious words......

He was still searching for words in his brain when suddenly there was a thunderous sound in the sky!

"Mortal! Keep your mouth clean! ”

In the courtyard, the glow of the Moradin god enshrined in the forge reacted, and from within the statue came a tall male dwarf with a strong body and a square face, his upper body was very strong, with a chest as thick as a bucket, broad shoulders, and muscular arms.

With long black hair and a long beard, a shield and a war hammer encrusted with gems, the tall dwarf was staring at Aaron with angry eyes: "Human! You've crossed the line. ”

"Father!" Fujar immediately hid behind the tall dwarf and pointed at Aaron's nose: "He is insulting the dwarf, insulting the Great Soul Forger, insulting our lord, insulting our Almighty Father and Creator Great Divine Power!" ”

"Human, you'd better give me an explanation today." The tall dwarf nodded, and he raised his hammer and pointed it at Aaron's nose: "Otherwise, even if Fujar does ......"

"That's right! Moraldin! You'd better give my kids an idea today! ”

A ray of moonlight rose from the ground and enveloped Aaron, his gentle voice filled with suppressed anger.

A mature, beautiful, plump, and motherly figure stepped out of the moonlight, embracing Aaron from behind him, his slender hands hugging Aaron's chest, and his long silver-white hair hanging down from his shoulders.

"My child~ You have been wronged~ Don't be afraid, with your mother, no one can bully you!"

Updated, ask for a ticket duck~

(End of chapter)