The man immediately glared at Erin and said with a straight face, "But it's not the first time you've been procrastinating. According to the rules of Deep Blue, I have every reason to ask you to pay back the money immediately, if you can't pay it back, either follow me and work to pay off your debts, or get out of Deep Blue!"

When the man turned to Richard, he had already put on a smiling face, and the speed of the change of face was comparable to instantaneous magic: "Dear Excellency Richard, maybe we shouldn't be here, but we are all doing things according to the rules of the dark blue, and we dare not disobey in the slightest." His Royal Highness the great Helen Su once said that contracts are not to be desecrated. And this woman does not pay her debts, and refuses to pay interest or provide services according to the rules, don't be deceived by her pitiful appearance!"

His attitude is very respectful, but there is also a hint of toughness in his words. The rules of Deep Blue are not strictly speaking, but they are as tough as steel, and even the Grand Magus are not qualified to violate them, let alone Richard.

Richard frowned and looked back at Erin, the girl's eyes clearly wincing and fearing. And her gaze didn't dare to make any contact with Richard.

Richard's five fingers folded, and the leaping magic fireball floated up for several meters, and then exploded and annihilated with a thud. Such subtle magic manipulation made the faces of the three men change drastically, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back. Reasonable is reasonable, but the disparity between the identities and status of the two sides is too great, of course they are still afraid. If Richard is in a bad mood and cripples them, the only trouble is gold compensation.

Richard glanced at them and said, "I will pay what she owes you." Get out of here now!"

The man led by "But......" was obviously unwilling, and was still secretly staring at Erin hiding behind Richard.

Richard sneered and said, "What, you're going to question my credibility?"

The three men's faces immediately turned pale, and they said they didn't dare. But the man in charge suddenly stared at Erin fiercely, and said viciously: "Little thing, you wait for me, it's better not to go home alone in the future!"

Richard's face sank, and the three men immediately quickened their pace and ran all the way away. It wasn't until their backs were far away that Richard looked back, looked at Erin, who was silent with his arms around him, bowed his head, sighed, and asked, "How much do you owe them?"

"One...... One thousand two hundred gold coins. Erin's voice was soft, visibly trembling, while her shoulders were quietly twitching, apparently bowing her head and weeping.

Richard stopped talking, but finally just sighed.

He still remembered the last time Erin refused to make his money, but it was less than a year now, and everything was gone. If it weren't for the desperation, perhaps Erin would still not have sued him for the amount of his debts. And by saying the numbers, it means that she is ready to accept Richard's funding. Within a year, purity, self-esteem, and pride had all left her. And the girl who peeked in through the bathroom door back then used to smell like the sun all over her body.

Richard's heart twitched inadvertently, partly because of the man's words "You don't also make money from men", but more because of the amount of debt that had driven her to such a desperate point was only 1,200 gold coins.

The 1,200 gold coins were just the cost of drinking two bottles of the Restoration Elixir that he had actually used to drink two magical powers. That was a year ago, and now Richard doesn't drink ordinary magic power recovery potions, which are too ineffective and slow to take effect. And when he gets the bill at the beginning of each month, he doesn't even look at the last four digits, because whether it's four zeros or four nines, it's just a meaningless fraction.

Richard was very calm, and he couldn't see any fluctuations in his face at all, so he just asked indifferently: "I'll pay back this money for you." Anything else?"

Erin hesitated for a moment and whispered, "I still owe four hundred gold to the other people, but I can figure it out myself......"

Richard interrupted her: "It's a total of 1,600 gold coins, no problem!"

Erin finally raised her head, and before that, hurriedly wiped the back of her hand over her face. She glanced at Richard, and finally smiled helplessly, and reached out to brush her hair again, now her love has completely calmed down, and her faint smile seems to have a trace of the original sunny girl's shadow, "But I don't have the ability to earn this money, at least I can't pay you back for half a year." I have nothing left but myself. So if you want me, you can come to me at any time. ”

Richard didn't seem to hear what she was saying, but took out a sticky note, swiped it and wrote the payment slip on it, signed his name again, stuffed it into Erin's hand, and then without saying goodbye, he strode towards his quarters. After taking a few steps, Richard suddenly turned around, and the girl did not leave, but hugged herself tightly with both hands and squatted on her knees.

He sighed softly again in his heart and walked back to the girl. Erin looked up, looked up at Richard, and whispered, "I...... I'm scared. Sorry ......"

"Is it because of those men?"

Erin nodded silently.

Richard stretched out his hand to the girl and said, "Let's go, I'll send you back." I'd like to see who dares to stop you on the road. ”

Richard's words already had a faint murderous aura in them. With the fact that he had already promised to pay off Erin's debts, if those people dared to pester Hu Lai again, then Richard didn't mind teaching them a deep lesson, and even sending a few people to hell.

The inhabitants of the main tower of Dark Blue and the periphery are completely two classes, with a huge difference in power. If Richard kills someone in the marginal area, he only needs to lose money, and in the case of the other party's malicious provocation or insult to him, Richard is completely not responsible, and he is even exempted from losing money.

Erin took Richard's hand and stood up. Then she immediately quietly withdrew her hand, and was half a step behind Richard.

It's a long and quiet road from the main tower to the edge area. It was late at night, and there were not many pedestrians on the road, and the few people hurried by, without even glancing at Richard and Irene. They have exhausted their bodies after a busy day, and now they only hope to be able to go back early, sleep warmly, and have a full day of work waiting for them tomorrow.

Along the way, Richard and Erin remained silent and did not say a word. Neither of them knew what to say, and a year later, they were speechless.

Erin's residence is located in an alley on the outskirts of the fringe area, in an enclosed room with no view of the dark blue outside. There are still windows, but they are more like decorations, the windows can only be opened to the inside of the room, and the place where a slap sticks out outside is the wall of the patio, and the magic light is the only source of illumination. Similar houses can be found everywhere on the fringes, and rooms with picture windows cost three to four times as much as these houses. Although there are still a few small towns scattered around the dark blue, outsiders would rather live in the dark blue, even if it is a black house in the marginal area, which is more decent than the residents of the town.

After sending Erin to the door and secretly jotting down the address, Richard turned and left, deliberately not looking at Erin with an expectant gaze.

As the weather was still cold, the marginal area of the night was very quiet, the lights were dim, and the inferior polymeric fuel was quite unstable, and the light flickered and flickered, swaying, pulling out large shadows, like a monster from an alien plane, crawling, and could leap to prey at any time.

For some reason, Richard suddenly felt a little cold. It is already close to the outermost part of the fringe zone, and the temperature is only -10 degrees Celsius. However, Richard's magic robe is naturally different from ordinary magicians, even minus 50 degrees can resist it. But now Richard felt a little cold, and it was unnaturally cold. It was a damp and icy cold, as if in an ice cave that would not melt for 10,000 years, and even the air was solidified, and it seemed to fall into the cellar of reptiles, and from time to time something snaked through its back. Soon Richard was covered in a thin sweat, soaked through his close-fitting clothes, and was extremely uncomfortable.

He let out a heavy breath and loosened the button at the collar of his magic robe. When my fingertips accidentally touched the badge on the neckline, I was suddenly burned! The badge began to glow hazy and hot. This badge is unique to Helen Su's students, not only as a status symbol, but also as a magic that detects hostility. And it became so hot, it means that the enemy is close to the left, and he does not hide his murderous intent!

Richard froze suddenly!

Behind Richard's side, a shadow began to bulge, and a humanoid creature emerged from within. It sliced through the shadows like a cocoon, and then pounced like a cheetah, a dull dark gray dagger stabbing Richard in the back!

The stabbing blow was fierce and swift, and it was suddenly launched at close range, and even the well-trained warriors who were attacked were difficult to resist, let alone a magic apprentice who had not yet reached adulthood? Killers and archer snipers have always been the nemesis of magicians, but one is close-quarters and the other is long-range.

When the tip of the short sword touched the magic robe, it unexpectedly deviated, and failed to pierce the magic robe! The killer's reaction was also good, without the slightest panic, and the tip of the sword did not show any deviation. The magic robe immediately lit up with a faint earthy yellow light, then swelled, and another translucent shield was triggered.

The killer immediately felt his arm and weapon digging into the thick mud, swinging it with great difficulty. However, this is not the first time the Killer has assassinated a mage, and he has more experience dealing with magic shields. So he still fixed the tip of his sword at that point, and suddenly burst out of power, and the short sword stabbed down like a cone chisel, and with a snort, he had already cut a big hole in the magic robe!

However, the back of the magic robe is empty!

With a wave of his arm, the killer tossed his magic robe aside, and saw that Richard had taken the opportunity to run several meters away, running towards the mouth of a shadowy alley. The killer immediately rejoiced, for there was already another of his companions in ambush in that alley, and Richard was killing himself! The killer immediately accelerated, leaning forward almost parallel to the ground, and approached at twice as fast as Richard.

Richard may have fled in too much of a hurry, stumbled under his feet, and fell out of the air in a volley. In a panic, he reached out and grabbed an iron bar attached to the alley wall, apparently trying to stabilize his flying body. The killer Daxi, who was already only a leap away from Richard, was now a live target, and was perfectly capable of killing him before he fled into the alley. Once Richard was allowed to flee into the alley, it would be difficult to get ahead of his companions.

So the killer suddenly raised to the highest speed, and the short sword stabbed Richard in the ribs again!

However, Richard, who had grabbed the iron bar, suddenly showed a completely different strength! His body drew a semicircle with the iron bar as the center of the circle, and slapped against the wall with a snap, but it just happened to avoid the killer's fatal blow! And the killer who flew with all his strength missed, but because of excessive force, he was unable to control the direction of zhì, and flew in front of Richard according to inertia. In the eyes of the killer, this is equivalent to letting Richard review all the vital points of his body, but fortunately he is a magician, if he is also a killer......

The killer had just rejoiced, when he suddenly saw Richard's right hand folded, and the three-centimeter-thick iron bar, which was used to fix the equipment when overhauling the exterior wall, was broken in the center! Then Richard used the broken half-meter iron bar like a short sword, stabbed it into the killer's waist ribs, and then shook it. The stab was taken with such precision that it was inserted deep under the ribs, then struck the spine, then severed the nerves that were still attached, and left a massive wound in the killer's abdomen. A few inconspicuous small movements, but leaving behind a fatal injury that even high-level magicians were helpless, the technique used by Richard was clearly one of the most exquisite skills in the dark world!