Doomsday Mage Summons the Undead.

Chapter 258
"My lord, don't fight anymore!"

Lao Tian trembled and lay on the groom's body, making a gesture to block the raindrops of whips.

At the same time, a shining card was raised to the sky by Lao Tian with one hand.

The card flashes magic lines in the moonlight.

The dazzling light caught Kane's attention, and the whip stopped.

"The passbook of the Huangsha Chamber of Commerce?"

Kane recognized the origin of the card at a glance. It was the bankbook of the official Chamber of Commerce of the City of Yellow Sand.

The passbook of Bafang Tongdui has the ability to exchange even in Lincheng.

Moreover, the minimum balance in each passbook should not be less than two hundred standard gold coins that can be circulated smoothly all over the world.

Once it falls below [-] gold coins, the passbook will be taken back by the chamber of commerce.

Therefore, if this kind of passbook appears in the hands of an unofficial person, it means that the balance in it is no less than two hundred gold coins.

This is a huge sum of money.

A huge sum of money that can lead a good life in any city.

"My lord, there are 530 gold coins in this booklet, all of which I honor you with!"

"Just please stop fighting!"

Lao Tian's cry of prayer shocked everyone in the courtyard.

530 gold coins, which is a huge sum that they could not earn for generations.

Even the knights of the Flower Guard who were outside the surrounding walls to prevent anyone from escaping, all stuck their heads out to peek at the card with magic patterns flashing under the moonlight.

Kane, who was holding the whip, kept the whip motionless, and his heart was moved.

But when I think of the mayor
Kane endured it anyway.

"Humph!"

Kane grabbed the magic pattern card and quickly stuffed it into his pocket.

Then Kane turned around and glanced at the knights lying on the wall with warning eyes.

The latter retracted their heads one after another.

The guests in the courtyard covered their mouths and seemed to be regretting the involuntary exclamation just now.

No one dared to look at Kane, except for one.

Qi Lin.

It would be a lie to say that I was not impressed by that card.

Qi Lin is very short of money, whether it is the big baby of the big octopus, or the debt owed by the merchant, the search and purchase of follow-up materials for the Throne of Bones, the cost of riding the magic circle, the large quantities of magic armor for the undead, etc.

This is where Qi Lin needs to plan carefully.

But it's just a little regretful heartbeat.

Not to mention that local residents have their own rules of survival, whether they will do bad things with good intentions.

In other words, if it was before, if Lao Tian traded this card to Qi Lin, then Qi Lin would not mind being a mercenary to deal with these bad impressions for Lao Tian.

More than 500 gold coins are a huge sum of money for these people.

But for Qi Lin, it was just better than nothing, useless.

Don't worry about debts, Qi Lin, who insists on weird principles, doesn't want to grab five hundred gold coins.

Moreover, what he needs to do most now is to find the mayor and get clues to the station.

Instead of going to dogs and mice to meddle in their own business for [-] tasteless gold coins, after killing these people, they would take pains to erase the beginning and end, so as to avoid some uncertain factors causing follow-up troubles.

If it was someone else, most of the time when a group of people were shocked, they would stand up and say a pretentious sentence: I took this order, then directly killed people and took [-] gold coins, which is better than nothing, and finally left gracefully. As for the future of the parties ?who cares.

"It's a pity." Qi Lin shook his head, a little pity that the card entered Kane's pocket.

In Kane's sight, Qi Lin looked at him and shook his head, quite provocatively!

No one dared to look up at me!

How dare this hide-and-seek person?

Kane subconsciously held the steel sword at his waist, but only held it slightly, and then let go.

There are more than 100 gold rank subordinates outside the courtyard, and Kane is not afraid of this thin figure wrapped in a black robe.

But this does not mean that Kane will have no brains to take the initiative to provoke.

Just pretend you didn't see it!
The conflict that should have arisen was avoided by Kane's care.

Squeak.

Squeak.

Several Wu slaves from the Laotian family came out of the backyard pushing a few wheelbarrows.

The car was covered tightly with red silk cloth, outsiders couldn't see clearly.

Only the ghosts know that these unicycles are loaded with all the belongings of Lao Tian's family.

Most of them are copper and silver coins, as well as gold and silver utensils and other properties.

"My lord, this is all my belongings!"

"Your Excellency and brothers have worked hard to suppress the bandits. I voluntarily reward you for your hard work in suppressing the bandits over the years!"

"Just be careful, my lord, please don't refuse!"

Lao Tian begged Kane, indicating that Kane could take all these things away at will.

At the same time, he looked at the angry Cheng Xiao behind Qi Lin and shook his head slightly, signaling the other party not to act rashly.

"Cheng Xiao, don't you have something to do?" Lao Tian tried his best to show a smile: "Go, we have the protection of the commander-in-chief here, there will be no danger, don't miss your own business."

Faced with Lao Tian's plea and the urging in his words, Cheng Xiao could only put back the dagger while gritted his teeth.

If Cheng Xiao made a move, Lao Tian's family would surely be wiped out in an instant, let alone fighting.

This is what Cheng Xiao regained his sense after his anger dissipated.

Interestingly, Cheng Xiao never thought of begging Qi Lin to help.

Instead, Cheng Xiao thought of what Lao Tian said to him about a few years ago.

At that time, some tall plants were planted in front of the old Tian's house, but they were ordered to be removed by a new tax official.

The first thing a new official does when he takes office is that some people like to show off their prestige first.

At that time, Lao Tian didn't say anything, rolled up his sleeves and pulled out those tall plants that his daughter liked very much.

Lao Tian's daughter didn't understand at the time. After all, she was just a tax officer, and there are many tax officers in the steam town.

My daughter thinks that if you spend some money, or talk to the mayor, you don't have to pull it out.

But Lao Tian smiled and said to Cheng Xiao and his daughter: "It's better to pull it out once and for all."

"if not."

"The people are the people after all, and there will be many things that will make things difficult for you in the future."

As the winner, Kane, after checking the property on the cart, confirmed that it was indeed all the property of the Laotian family in the list.

"That's right, very good." Kane sneered.

"My lord, my whole family will leave tonight. I beg you to show your respect." Lao Tian lowered his body and whispered with a smile. At this moment, he is no longer the richest man, but humble like an old dog whose backbone has been removed.

Kane didn't reply after hearing this, but just raised his eyes and glanced at the guests around him.

From the corner of his eye, he noticed that the man in black robe and the two mercenaries had already walked south slowly.After thinking about it for a while, Kane patted Lao Tian on the shoulder kindly and said with a smile: "Since you are so smart, then I will not be polite."

"What are you doing in a daze?" Kane yelled towards the surrounding courtyard walls: "Come here and move the donations from our richest man to the brothers!"

The night is getting darker.

The bright moon shining high on the earth was obscured by clouds blown by the cold wind.

A group of flower knights escorting property rode horses and roared past the three of them towards the town.

But what's interesting is that when this team of knights passed by Qi Lin on the road, they immediately slowed down, and even the cheery conversation and shouting became silent. They carefully bypassed Qi Lin, seemingly not wanting to Let the dust splash on Qi Lin's body.

It wasn't until the team of flower knights moved away from Qi Lin that they speeded up and resumed their original talk about which tavern they would go to.

Qi Lin walked in the hazy night with a steady pace, heading towards the steam town.

But the two figures in the back have the tendency to look back three times with one step.

The ghost quickly reported this matter to Qi Lin who was at the front.

The latter turned to look at Cheng Xiao after hearing the news.

The only middle-aged mercenary who dared to pull out his weapon when Kane exercised the power of the first night was turning his head and looking in the direction of Lao Tian's house.

Qi Lin knew that this mercenary was still worried about Lao Tian.

After the three of them left Lao Tian's house, they walked, and before they walked far, they saw those knights roaring and scattered away from Lao Tian's house.

Then came the guests who left quickly with solemn faces.

Kane left Lao Tian's house immediately after getting those belongings. It seems that Lao Tian Shangdao's behavior of pouring out his family's wealth has achieved results.

"I'm actually quite curious." Qi Lin stopped, turned to look at Cheng Xiao and asked, "The difference in strength between the two sides is so huge, how dare you draw out your weapon?"

Cheng Xiao froze, as if he didn't expect Qi Lin to say that, slowly turned his head and said sincerely: "Old Tian has helped me a lot, except for a bad life, I have nothing to repay him."

Qi Lin glanced at Alice after hearing the words, and then said softly: "It's not just one, you have two lives."

Cheng Xiao frowned, and looked guiltily at Alice who smiled and signaled that she was fine: "I'm dead, it's hard for Alice to live in the town, Pug in the town."

"Okay." Qi Lin waved his hand and turned to look at the distant view of the town under the hazy night.

After a while, he said: "As I said earlier, you and I owe nothing to each other. Now that I have my work to do, you don't need to be a guide anymore."

"You and I are clean, do what you want to do."

"Let's just let it go."

After Qi Lin finished speaking, he strode towards the town along the road full of flowers.

Cheng Xiao, who was on the spot, kowtowed three times towards Qi Lin's back, and shouted from a distance: "My lord, I'm sorry! I will repay your kindness!"

Qi Lin, who was walking further and further away, waved his hand without any other response.

time flies.

Qi Lin soon approached the town.

As the pace slowed down, Qi Lin thought for a while and said to Lao Jiu: "Turn into a real body and follow me."

Lao Jiu, who had been floating above Qi Lin's head vigilantly, obediently transformed his body from a ghost form into a solid form.

Lao Jiu, who was wearing a tattered shimmering black cloak all over his body, looked at Qi Lin suspiciously and asked, "Master?"

"Call out your accompanying armed forces." After Qi Lin ordered, he continued to head towards the town.

Lao Jiu didn't know why, but he obediently called out his armed forces, grabbed the gleaming deadly dagger with his thick five fingers, and followed Qi Lin step by step.

Only Lao Shi knew Qi Lin's thoughts.

Cheng Xiao is no longer there, Qi Lin's main goal is to enter the town smoothly, find the town and ask about the station.

In order to avoid the trouble of some stalking little ghosts who don't have eyesight in the middle, Qi Lin needs a clear deterrent.

Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger sometimes corresponds to Hades.

Bodyguards in the open can deal with those stalking little ghosts in the dark.

As for why not use Black Wind?
Because Heifeng is following the main body.

From the contact with Cheng Xiao, until the auction house and the village, and now Qi Lin who went to the town, he has always been just a clone of the Phantom Amulet.

But even so, Qi Lin still puts safety first.

One is to be on the safe side and avoid unnecessary trouble.

The second is that the clone of the phantom talisman has no defensive ability, and it will disappear once it is injured. Although the phantom talisman is not a one-time item, it takes a long time and mental power to re-condense after the clone is damaged.

Soon one person and one undead arrived at the entrance of the town.

At the entrance, an intricate network of gears and pipes adorns the arched doorway, exuding a faint smell of steam.

Even in the middle of the night, there are still several guards holding wooden iron-headed spears at the entrance of the town.

They're taking tolls from some people who want to come to town and make a living.

Even if those people did not have copper on them, the guards would take some valuable items from the other person for tolls.

Scraping every drop of oil and water is something the guards are particularly good at.

For example, a tattered coat.

A pair of smelly shoes.

These can be resold on the black market to some people in exchange for money, and then these items will be refurbished and resold to these people who come to make a living.

Maybe it was late at night, and although there was a queue to enter the town, the queue was not long.

Qi Lin didn't want to break the rules either, he just stood at the end of the line and moved forward slowly.

While waiting, Qi Lin looked into the town.

Some exaggerated copper pipes can be seen everywhere, shuttling between buildings, winding into intricate lines.

Under the moonlight, you can clearly see a huge clock tower standing in the center of the town. Its surface is covered by tightly welded iron sheets and copper sheets. The ancient machinery of the clock will emit a kabuki-like melody at every hour.

Even, there are some steam robots on the spacious and neatly paved copper road in the distance!

Those steam robots are the product of the combination of extraordinary and technology, with low-level intelligence.

They shuttled on both sides of the street, reinforcing the magic pattern for the blooming flowers on the roadside.

From time to time, a steam locomotive slowly passed by, and the iron wheels creaked slightly from time to time.

Some of the town's locals wear stylish and distinctive steampunk clothing, with men wearing hats and goggles, leather vests and frayed trousers, with tool bags hanging from their arms.

Women wore steampunk-inspired dresses and puffy tutus, crowned with barrettes and feathers, and brass bracelets and chains.

All these new things made Qi Lin dispel the boredom of queuing.

Soon, Qi Lin lined up next to the guards.

But when Qi Lin handed out the copper to indicate that he would pay the toll.

The guard glanced at Qi Lin's cloak from the corner of his eye, as well as the unattractive Old Nine behind Qi Lin, and said with a flattering smile, "My lord, you are laughing. With your status, you don't need tolls."

"Huh?" Qi Lin hummed lightly, a little confused.

Seeing this, the guard hastily said righteously: "The fee is not the original intention, it is just to prevent some robbers or refugees who affect the city's appearance from entering the town."

"After all, we, as the town's first line of guards, have to provide the residents of the town with the safest living guarantee!"

……

And when Qi Lin went to find the mayor.

Under the moonlight covered by dark clouds, Kane, who was facing north and seemed to be going to suppress the bandits overnight, turned back quickly...

(End of this chapter)