This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 7 Just pay taxes

The term "good lich" has always appeared in stories, and it seems more like there are too many evil lichs, and the story makers just made it up to attract attention.

The racial characteristics of lich are already destined to be unacceptable to human society. Seventy percent of humans blatantly discriminate against lich, but for lich, they are even discriminated against by dogs.

No matter how much humanity remains, the undead body will subtly affect the lich's senses and thoughts, and gradually it will completely lose its position as a human being and become another species.

 For lichs who are immortal and possess powerful magical power, mortals are really just like dogs, and they are both inferior creatures.

Don't get me wrong, most lichs discriminate equally against every living race, even other lower-level undead. Skeleton servants are just tools to the Lich, no better than dogs.

 Only strong men with equal wisdom or strength will be respected by the lich.

 Because of the lack of worldly desires, the Lich's thinking will tend to be absolutely rational, and only some extremely strong emotions during his life can be retained. This emotion is like the white moonlight in life, the cinnabar mole in dreams, and more like the only chocolate that can taste.

  Anyway, when I think of it, it mostly tastes bitter.

 Hence, the behavior of many lichs is that they are 90% sane and turn crazy at critical moments.

Amberxiu has not been a lich for a long time, and he has more humanity left in him, and his strongest emotion is his hatred of poverty.

 It’s not about loving money, it’s about hating the state of poverty.

Amberxiu had to be reincarnated into a lich because of poverty. He hated this feeling of having a way to extend his life but not enough money.

 So what he pursues is to buy whatever he wants, rather than hoarding a lot of money and waiting for adventurers to explode his gold coins.

Because of this, even if Apoptotic Rose's request was outrageous, if she really gave it money, Amber Xiu would agree without hesitation.

 Add money, keep the money, pay a deposit in advance... These are like spells with special attacks on Amber Xiu, any one of them can shake his soul.

 Isabel didn't know this, so she could only think in the best direction, hoping that the stories in fairy tales were not all lies.

Amberson could sense Isabel's emotional changes, but he didn't take it to heart. He was already fully at work. The first was to study the information sent by Apoptotic Rose. This sight made Amber Xiu feel that something was wrong.

It's not that the information is too scanty, on the contrary, the information is too detailed. It's not as detailed as asking an outsider to inquire, but more like an undercover agent has been placed in the Ryan Empire, and this undercover agent has a very high status.

  Because these materials almost record more than 300 types of defensive magic, not only the location and coverage area are marked, but also the list of personnel responsible for maintaining the magic circle is recorded.

If what is recorded above is true, just by reporting this information directly to the Lion Empire, it is estimated that one million gold coins could be earned.

 “It’s so generous.” Amberxiu said with emotion.

 Although this information was valuable, he had no intention of betraying Apoptotic Rose.

 Because the consequence of doing so is likely to be that he will be silenced first, and the Lion Empire will not believe that Amberxiu did not make a copy.

 And he will indeed make a copy.

Maybe there will be a chance to sell it to the mountain dwarves of Thunder Castle in the future. They hate the neighboring country of the Lion Empire.

Amberxiu read the magic circle information carefully. The more he read, the more he felt that this deal was a huge profit. There were many magic structures in it that amazed him. It turned out that defensive magic circle could be used like this. When he saves some money, the magic traps in the castle can be fully upgraded.

Intoxicated with reading the information, Amberxiu temporarily forgot about the passage of time until a carriage came to the gate of the castle near dawn.

Amberxiu said to Isabel who was dozing off: "Your brother is back."

 Isabel woke up immediately. She relaxed after drinking the tranquilizing potion last night. She was bored until the middle of the night and fell asleep on the table without realizing it.

 Falling asleep in the presence of a lich, Isabel was shocked at her own courage.

Now that she heard the news about her brother, Isabel asked anxiously: "Lord Lich, can you let me see Raul?" "I just want you to see him, otherwise I will wake you up... Wait, what is this?" Condition?"

Amber Xiu swiped his finger, and layers of light emerged from his fingers, transforming into a scene at the entrance of the castle.

 Raul’s face was full of exhaustion, but he still supported himself to open the compartment of the carriage and took out a **** corpse from inside.

Isabel couldn't help but scream, and then she covered her mouth tightly.

 She had never seen such a horrific scene. The carriage was densely packed with corpses. These corpses may have been disemboweled or their throats cut and their heads looked miserable.

Raul carried it with a numb expression, as if he was numb.

 “Raul…”

 Isabel couldn’t believe that this was actually done by her brother. How could he kill so many people.

 Amber Xiu was even more surprised than Isabel. A teleportation spell sent the two of them to the gate of the castle.

Raul was still carrying the corpses when he suddenly saw Amberxiu and Isabel appear. He was stunned for a moment and then said excitedly: "I brought the corpses back, twelve in total, more than what you ordered! Please keep your promise. , let my sister go.”

Isabel burst into tears. Only then did she realize that Raul was killing people for him, using twelve lives in exchange for her own chance of survival.

She knew she shouldn't blame Raul, but looking at these corpses, Isabel couldn't say a word of thanks.

Raul clung to the gem controller tightly. If Amber Xiu broke his promise, he would control the alien skeleton to attack. Even if the hope was slim, he would try his best to survive.

However, what the two brothers and sisters did not expect was that Amberxiu said strangely: "I asked you to bring back the living people. Why did you give me a carriage of corpses? Raul, I asked you to bring back the fleeing free people." When you come to live in my territory, it’s not for you to help me collect materials.”

"What did you say?!"

  The controller in Raul's hand fell to the ground.

Amberxiu shook his head and said: "What on earth are you thinking about? Didn't I make it very clear? I asked you to bring back the fleeing free people. I also asked your sister to prepare a tranquilizing potion to prevent their emotions. Too excited to listen to me."

Raul said excitedly: "But...but...what you gave me was a murder tool!"

Amberxiu said matter-of-factly: "Otherwise, without the protection of my skeleton, wouldn't you have been captured by the lord a long time ago? If you want to save other free people from the lord, you don't have to rely on killing tools, but your mouth ?"

Raul could only open his mouth this time, but he couldn't say a word.

Amberxiu continued: "You forced your way into my territory, and I treated you regardless of previous suspicions and gave you the power to save your compatriots. But in your eyes, I am already a monster that kills humans. You didn't even ask carefully, because you I feel in my heart that this is not a misunderstanding. Human beings, racial discrimination is your original sin.”

Raul recalled everything that happened before. It was indeed as Amberxiu said. From the beginning, he had never done anything to harm human beings, and indeed he had never said anything about letting him kill people... Why did everything sound like his own? Wrong?

  Could it be said that it was really because of his own racial discrimination that this result was caused?

Raul looked at his sister beside him as if asking for help, and asked tremblingly: "Is this true?"

Isabel vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she could only nod and said: "Master Lich, you did ask me to prepare a lot of tranquilizing potions. This...this is for the living."

Undead creatures don’t need tranquilizing potions, so what Amber Xiu said is absolutely right.

“Lord Lich, are you really willing to accept us refugees? Can we live in your territory?” Raul asked.

Amberxiu nodded and said, "Of course, as long as you pay taxes."

 (End of this chapter)