They all call me master

The next morning, drizzles of rain blanketed South Los Angeles again.

Wednesday is not a rest day, people are busy as usual again.

Arthur brought the beef that had been stewed over low heat all night to the table with the soup and meat included. The soup was clear, with a side of oily flowers floating on the top, and the beef was already soft and rotten.

After tasting a piece of beef the size of a dice, Arthur narrowed his eyes in contentment.

Although it is not as good as a real chef, the food you prepare will always gain points directly, making its deliciousness 1-10 times greater than the original.

The expansion multiple depends on the degree of hunger.

The beef this morning expanded five times.

When Arthur finished cooking the noodles, the expansion quickly reached 10 times.

Green onions and coriander were sprinkled on the beef noodles in the bowl, and the green and white echoed each other. Arthur, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't help but pick up the bowl and take a sip of the soup.

The soup is moderately salty and has a strong meaty flavor, which makes you want to eat.

Especially when red chili is added to it, it stimulates the taste buds even more.

At this moment, Arthur was extremely grateful to the city of Nanlos. As the city with the largest port in the entire Southern County, relying on developed shipping, he was able to eat enough types of food.

Chili peppers are one of them.

Of course, so do green onions, coriander, and many other spices.

In the farms around Nanlos, peppers, green onions, coriander and many spices have long become indispensable crops and the main source of income for farmers.

However, there are no farmers who have made a fortune relying on these condiments and spices that are not cheap, and some can even be called expensive.

because……

Pay taxes!

The owner of Nanlos is not someone to be fooled easily.

Although it has a good reputation, it is definitely not kind, especially when it comes to tax evaders, it is even more harsh.

Even old Charlie, who is a 'spiritual medium', needs to pay 29 sous in tax every year, which is a tax suitable for middle-class, clerical jobs.

Suck, suck!

Arthur ate the noodles with big mouthfuls, and the memory of the Earl of Nanlos from his previous life flashed in his mind.

This memory is not much.

In fact, I only knew this person in my previous life.

That Earl is more like a symbol in the memory of his predecessor.

For most people, this is true.

Including Arthur.

Apart from verbal thanks, he would never take any more actions, even if the other party was the owner of Nanlos whom he had just thanked.

After all, in Arthur's opinion, with Nanlos' unique geographical location, a dog could do almost the same thing.

"Hiccup~~"

The bowl of noodles bottomed out, and a burping sound followed, with a satisfied smile on Arthur's face.

The next moment, his smile became even brighter.

Because, the words in front of me are beating——

[The murder case at the Joel Chok Sword Club was talked about by people, and more people began to pay attention to you; XP + 10]

[More people have heard your name; XP+1]

…

Everything was as he expected.

The reputation of the 'Joelchok Swordsmanship Club' itself, coupled with the upcoming 'Swordsmanship Conference', has attracted unusually high attention.

What if Arthur revealed some information about how Little got third place in the last 'Swordsmanship Competition' at this time.

Presumably there will be more XP.

Unfortunately, he has already accepted Todd Gilli's compensation.

Although 100 gold tickets + the promise of finding swordsmanship are naturally not as good as XP under normal circumstances, but considering that I will also participate in the 'Swordsmanship Competition' in the future.

For the sake of unnecessary trouble and more XP in the Sword Competition, he thought he needed to keep his promise.

Again, this is in line with the impression given by its predecessor.

‘There are still 4 XP points left. ’

Arthur glanced at the XP required to upgrade to Level 3 in [Swift Bird Swordsmanship. Pseudo], and was not in a hurry. He knew that with the increase in reports about him, more and more people in Nanlos would know his name, and he The value of +XP gained every day will increase exponentially.

For a long time in the future, he will steadily earn a certain amount of XP every day until he reaches a bottleneck.

By then?

Naturally, he needs to open up new sources of XP income.

You can go to other cities to replicate what you did in South Los, or you can go fight, explore, do quests, eat delicious food, etc.

However, the latter still needs to be explored.

Let’s not talk about delicious food. If all that kind of food was called delicious food, Arthur would doubt his life.

Exploration and tasks should be specific.

The battle left Arthur confused. He had fought several battles and killed more than one enemy, but there was no XP prompt.

If the previous battles were not intense enough, then yesterday's battle with the beggar almost killed him.

Even the battle with the toad was quite dangerous.

But there is no XP prompt.

‘You can’t get XP only by killing enemies of this level, right? ’

Arthur frowned as he thought.

Not only is this request extremely difficult for him now, but also because if this assumption is true, it means that the toad is not dead yet.

This made Arthur feel a little uneasy.

The only good thing is that when I woke up this morning, the smell had completely dissipated, so I didn't have to worry about provoking other mysterious people.

‘If that toad is still alive, we must find the other party! ’

Arthur frowned even more as he thought about it.

Finding the toad is more difficult than finding the beggar.

Although the beggar is powerful, Arthur knows what the beggar looks like and has relatively reliable manpower to find him.

And what about the toad?

Arthur has never even seen the other person's real face.

Simply put, there is no way to start.

‘What should we do to lure the other party out? ’

If you can't find the other party, naturally you can only ask the other party to take the initiative to stand up.

Arthur squinted his eyes and began to think of possible solutions.

And at this time——

Ding! Ding!

The doorbell rang with a different ring in the rain. Wiggins stood at the door of No. 2 Kirk Street, with an unconcealed joy on his face, which surprised Arthur.

"found it?"

"Well, I found it!"

Wiggins nodded repeatedly, with excitement on his face.

As Arthur's name appeared in the newspapers one after another, and his reputation grew bigger and bigger, Goldfinger became even more awed, and deep down in his heart, he hoped to be appreciated by Arthur even more.

Because, in the eyes of the other party, this will be a road to heaven.

Therefore, after receiving Arthur's message yesterday, the other party really tried his best. Not only did he stay up all night, but he also mobilized all his connections.

Finally found it just now.

But Arthur frowned secretly.

Did Wiggins really find the beggar?

Arthur expressed doubts, but did not say it or show anything. He just motioned to Wiggins to lead the way.

However, before setting off, Arthur put the puppet at the end of the corridor in his arms.

While Wiggins was leading the way, he turned back to look at Arthur, who was carrying a psychic box in one hand, an umbrella in the other, and a strange puppet in his arms. He always felt that the hairs on his back stood up.

Goldfinger was frightened.

Not only Goldfinger, but as Arthur boarded the public carriage, the man and woman in the carriage were also frightened, and even the baby in the woman's arms was frightened to the point of crying.

Arthur frowned as he looked at the crying baby.

Something is wrong!