A strange world

Chapter 500 Chapter 157. Give people and money

The early morning sunlight shines into the castle hall, golden light jumps on the cold stone walls, and the dim metal decoration becomes sparkling.

"Annan..." On the king's chair, a name escaped from the tense teeth of Mad Dog Archduke, "Do you think I will forgive you...?"

"Mad Dog Archduke, you seem to have made a mistake... Now it's me who controls your life."

"You scared me...Lily, do you want to play with it?"

"Who is Lily!"

"One of my cats, Lily, came to say hello to a mad dog...did you hear me?"

The Mad Dog Archduke's rage was like blazing lava, burning his eyes red.

"Dar!" Mad Dog Archduke's roar shook the entire hall, "Is what he said true?"

"I once told you that an ancient curse is entangled in your bloodline... Do you want to bet?" The gray-robed mage stared at the Mad Dog Archduke, "Bet he is lying to you."

"Damn it! Why does he have this!" Mad Dog Archduke's reason was almost swallowed up by anger, and his twisted face was full of resentment and violence. But then, a cool magical light pulled him back from the edge of losing control.

"...What do you want, for me to withdraw my troops? Food? Give you Gem Bay? Don't even think about it -"

"I want money."

"……What?"

All the Mad Dog Archduke's anger came to an abrupt end.

"Kinnar, gems, magic scrolls, everything valuable... Do you want to use them to buy your life?"

"Are you humiliating me?"

"If I want to humiliate you, I should make you kneel down and beg for mercy... This seems good."

Mad Dog Archduke asked in a hoarse voice: "How many do you want?"

"I don't care...how much do you think your life is worth?"

"Thirty thousand gold coins."

The young and elegant voice suddenly became sarcastic: "So it turns out that the Mad Dog Archduke who killed all the heirs, suppressed the Principality of Montabourlock, and won the support of the Mage Association and the Knights is only worth thirty thousand gold coins?"

"...My mages and knights will retrieve it themselves."

"Then let's see which one of your troops takes the left leg first, or which one of your curses breaks out first."

"Grand Duke, let me tell you." The gray-robed mage spoke at this time, "Mr. Annan, how can you guarantee that you will fulfill your agreement and hand over the cursed crystal?"

"How about a devil's contract?"

Devils and devils are old enemies. A devil signs a contract for the Devil's Advocate. Brudonna will definitely become a good person through this contract, and maybe she will become the best devil of the month in the area!

"Mr. Annan, I need to remind you that it will be more beneficial to your territory if we withdraw our troops."

"Sorry, there is a blue dragon in my city lord's mansion. She only cares about money."

Annan moved out of Ilimoyas, and what surprised him was that the gray-robed mage was actually cooperating with him.

What did he spy from the river of time?

"The magic scrolls that my Mage Association can produce are about 130,000 gold coins..."

"Too little."

"In addition to the thirty thousand gold coins that the Grand Duke promised you..."

"not enough."

"Some of the collections we brought should be worth about ten thousand gold coins..."

"With all due respect...why are you so poor?"

Annan's question comes from the bottom of his heart: He has invested nearly one million gold coins in Liberty City, but the Mad Dog Archduke, who is already the de facto controller of the Principality of Montable Rock, can only get less than 200,000 gold coins...

In fact this is the status quo of all rulers: their money is not theirs, but the property of the various nobles.

"I'm very disappointed in you, Mad Dog. You didn't even harvest those nobles..." Annan was too lazy to help Mad Dog calculate how much money he had. The lion said loudly: "Give me 400,000 gold coins, and I will give you the cursed crystal."

Exactly the price of one arcane energy core.

"Don't even think about it—"

"Okay." The gray-robed mage agreed to Annan, "We will trade on the battlefield in three days."

"no problem."

The magic of the magic bubble disappears in the castle hall.

"Mr. Dar..., you gave him too much." Mad Dog Archduke looked at the president of his Mage Association coldly.

The gray-robed mage said calmly: "Because he can threaten your life..."

The Mad Dog Archduke walked back and forth in place, his steps heavy and low. At some point he stopped: "I want him dead in three days!"

The gray-robed mage said calmly: "We can sneak attack them during the transaction."

As the words fell, another magic bubble floated into the hall under the gloomy gaze, and exploded with a bang: "I forgot to mention that if I encounter any threats during the transaction, the amount of compensation you have to pay will be doubled."

A spinning gem dagger passed through the sound and landed at the feet of Lord Lorraine who was watching everything.

Lord Luolan lowered his head tremblingly: "Grand Duke, I didn't hear anything..."

Mad Dog Archduke stepped down the steps, walked slowly towards Lord Lorraine, and passed by Lord Lorraine who was sweating coldly.

"follow me."

"Okay, Grand Duke..."

Lord Lorraine followed Mad Dog Archduke to the castle dungeon he was familiar with. Deep in the dungeon, he once again saw the Mad Dog Archduke's pet: a ferocious hybrid beast.

This hybrid beast that only exists in the green-skinned tribes of the south has a terrifying appearance. Its snout is like a strange-shaped sickle, its lower jaw is lined with jagged teeth, and the teeth on its upper jaw are slender and sharp. The stubby limbs are connected with sharp claws that seem to be able to cut through plate armor easily.

The rough dark green skin covered with scars is soaked with an unknown pattern, which is reminiscent of destruction, chaos and disaster.

As the hybrid beast breathed, rich blood filled the depths of the dungeon.

"Loran, you are one of my most loyal men."

The Mad Dog Archduke admired his pet through the fine iron cage.

Lord Lorraine bowed his head humbly: "I have always been your most loyal servant... please forgive me..."

"Forgive what?"

"I accidentally fell asleep and couldn't hear what you were saying..."

The mad dog archduke showed the same chilling smile as the hybrid beast: "Lolan, I leave the assassination to you in three days...either feed Annan to my pet...or you."

…

A few hours after Annan blackmailed the Mad Dog Archduke, there was some movement on the battlefield that was about to turn into scorched earth——

A group of people and soldiers appeared near the battlefield. They brought tools, earth and stones and began to build a city wall.

"They want to round us up..."

When Annan and Ingrid stood in the wheat field and looked into the distance, Ingrid said, "It seems that the Mad Dog Archduke hates you."

"If someone defrauded me of four hundred thousand gold coins, I would hate him too."

"Are we going to drive them away?"

"Mad Dog Grand Duke is willing to spend money and manpower to build an outer wall for us. Why are we driving them away?" Annan said thoughtfully, "But we should drive them out further. The two walls are too close."