This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 33: Who pays to whom?

Outside the old castle, a patchwork army stood in the cold wind.

 The weather that is about to enter winter makes these militiamen tremble a little.

Amberxiu didn't pay attention to this ragtag group of people united by several nearby lords, but focused on the paladin at the front.

 After saying goodbye at the bar, the two of them hadn’t seen each other for more than half a month.

Amberxiu did not expect that this paladin would mix with the nearby small lords. The paladin of the Lane Empire would mix with that porcupine knight, which would be a bit devaluing himself.

 Amber Xiu did not turn into a human form this time, but appeared directly in the skeletal form of a lich.

As soon as Amberxiu appeared, the porcupine knight rode out and said to Amberxiu righteously: "Dirty Lich, I am Knight Aldrich Jaais, you use evil magic to I have confused my subjects, and now as a noble of Alchemy City, I declare that if you don’t release my subjects today, you will start a war.”

The Porcupine Knight is very confident today. Even if he stands in front of a lich floating in mid-air, he can still rebuke him loudly without worrying about safety.

 Because he is not only surrounded by thousands of troops, but also a mage advisor, and more importantly, he is also accompanied by paladins from the Lion Empire.

 If there is any profession in the world that is the best at restraining the undead, it must be the paladin.

 If he can ask the paladin to take action, he has nothing to fear.

Amberxiu looked at the people in front of him carefully, and then said: "The Lion Empire has intervened in the matter of Alchemy City. Is this going to be a war?"

The paladin replied in a deep voice: "Ultraman Master, there is no need to accuse me. I am just practicing in the Alchemy City as an adventurer. As an adventurer, I am hired by the lord to fight against the undead. This is in line with the Alchemy City." It’s about the law. Thank you for teaching me a lesson before. It’s really important to abide by the local laws.”

“Oh, it seems that you have not been idle during this period. You have almost checked my background clearly, right?” Amberxiu asked.

The paladin shook his head and said: "We should indeed investigate clearly. Unfortunately, the life span of mortals is too short. Even the lords around me only know that you have been transformed into the undead for less than a hundred years. Other than that, I can't find you." to other information.”

 “You are quite honest,” said Umbershoe.

 This is not surprising, this is the time gap between immortals and mortals. In this world where the average age is only 30 or 40 years old, Amber Xiu lives in the castle for decades.

 After two generations of mortals, they will become "Legend has it that there is a terrible lich in the old castle", "No, I heard he was a handsome vampire", and stories like this will quickly turn into a dozen different versions.

These small lords nearby are not big families with long inheritance. Investigating the information about Amber Xiu is similar to investigating the life of ancient people after several dynasties.

If Amberxiu hadn't missed the common name of Ultraman Tiga in the tavern, the paladin might not even know that this castle was built by Amber.

There are not many people in the Alchemy City who can clearly understand the details of Amber Xiu. He is just a paladin and is not qualified to let these people provide him with information. As for these small lords, they are even less worth mentioning. Their status is not even as good as the paladins.

 The paladin said in a pious tone: "Honesty is our creed, and I will strictly abide by it even in the face of the undead."

Amberxiu was thoughtful and quickly made adjustments to his originally prepared plan. Amberxiu said to the group of people in front of him: "Time is gold, so don't talk nonsense. Are you here just for my prisoners?"

 Captives?

The Porcupine Knight vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he could only repeat: "Return my subjects to me and make legal compensation, and we can avoid war."

These small lords gathered together not only for the hundreds of free people who fled, but more importantly, they wanted to get a sum of money from Amber Xiu to tide over the current crisis.

In their view, those great aristocrats who have been passed down for hundreds of years are extremely rich. You, an undead person who has lived for hundreds of years, don’t have to support a large family, and you can earn a lot with less money, so you can’t be extremely rich. Maybe a few gold coins dripping from the lich's fingers would be enough for them to eat.

 So, money is the key.

It's just that Porcupine Knight never expected that Amberxiu thought the same way.

Amberxiu floated in the air and said in an emotionless tone: "Human, you think you don't have to pay for making up lies? What do you mean, I confused your people? It was obviously caused by the humans under your command who broke into my territory. According to the rules of Alchemy City, you have to compensate for my losses!"

Everyone fell into an eerie silence. They had thought about many scenarios, such as Amber Xiu arrogantly saying that humans are garbage and then starting a fight, or Amber Xiu being afraid and starting to negotiate... For these possibilities, they I thought of many ways to deal with it.

But I never expected that Brother Amber would tell lies with his eyes open, or even beat him up!

After a while, the Porcupine Knight said angrily: "There is no point in quibbling. If you hadn't confused them, how could they have run into the territory of the undead?!"

Amber Xiu laughed and asked, "Then I have to ask you, you are their lord, aren't you? It was your subjects who ran into my territory and destroyed my magic trap. Who knows? Wasn't it your order?"

Amberxiu even took out a memory crystal on the spot and projected the image inside. It was the scene where Raul forced his way into the castle and triggered the magic trap.

The porcupine knight was very excited and said: "This is a slander. I have never given such an order. Who knows whether this thing of yours is fake?"

Amberxiu said nonchalantly: "It can be verified. Paladin over there, you can tell whether this memory crystal is fake or not."

The paladin sneered and said to Amber Xiu: "Master Ultraman, I will not be fooled by you again. It is difficult to fake the image of the memory crystal, but if this human being falls under your charm spell, you order him to go It is not difficult to perform this scene and then record it. There is no point in checking the authenticity of this memory crystal. "

Amber Xiu smiled and said, "You've really become smarter. It seems I have to collect some tuition fees."

The paladin's face was covered in a helmet, and his expression could not be seen, but his clenched fists still revealed his inner unrest. Previously, he was treated as a fool by Amber Xiu in full view of the public and received a severe slap on his face. This was a lifelong shame.

Amberxiu did not give the paladin a chance to refute, and continued to say to the porcupine knight: "It is obvious now that I can provide evidence that you humans have broken into my territory, but you can only rely on your imagination to slander me.

“I don’t care what reasons you humans have, since you break into my territory, it is a provocation to me. And you human lords must pay the price for their actions!

"According to the rules of your human nobles, if you want to ransom the captives, just give them money. I remember that the price for a skilled freeman is at least thirty gold coins. But they damaged my magic trap, and the cost was three hundred gold coins. , and the stolen skeleton puppet from me caused damage, and the repair fee requires two thousand gold coins.

"Want to take the person away? Bring the money! Otherwise, his soul, his body, and everything about him will be used as my experimental material to make up for my loss."

 (End of this chapter)