This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 8 The kind-hearted Lich Lord

 The undead generally will not accept living people as refuge, because for most undead, living people are food or experimental materials.

 Among the undead creatures, vampires are the only strange species that fall in love with their own food. Therefore, vampires do not have a good relationship with other undead.

 Just like it is difficult for normal people to accept the behavior of marrying a roast chicken. Generally speaking, I respect your xp, but please stay away from me.

And mortals who are friendly with vampires will either become vampires or be burned to death as vampires.

 Interracial relationships in this continent usually don’t end well.

Even true love is so miserable, let alone the relationship between superiors and subordinates. Liches often enslave humans, or necromancers contract with lichs.

Amberxiu didn't have this idea. After opening up the path of alien skeletons, his demand for human bones was greatly reduced. The technology of artificial souls completely replaced the uncontrollable human souls, so Amberxiu didn't need to breed humans to serve as slaves. Guinea pig.

 What he needs is money.

It is impossible for mortals to take refuge in evil creatures like lich, but the Alchemy City is facing an economic crisis that has not happened in a century. A large number of free people have fled because the lords have increased taxes. Amberxiu is ready to take this opportunity to recruit some mortals.

 It is easy to make money by doing business without collecting taxes. The poorest lord in the Alchemy City is richer than Amber Xiu.

Behind Amberxiu's castle is a large area of ​​fertile land. After cultivation, it is not a problem to feed three to five thousand people.

This is a one-shot deal between the Alchemist Council and Amber Xiu. Two potion formulas are exchanged for permanent ownership of the land, which is permanently tax-free, but cannot be passed down or given away. If one day Amberxiu's ashes are thrown away by a paladin and his phylactery is smashed, this land will be automatically taken back.

Just the tax-free condition allows Amberxiu to save a lot of costs. Other lords charge 80% of the tax, but he can charge 60%.

　　Rules are meant to be broken. It feels good to hurt others with one's own principles, and it will always feel good to hurt others with one's principles. The main blame is the economic crisis. All living people have become subjects of the lich.

After Raul was subjected to this moral torture by Amber Xiu, he finally confirmed that he had met the Ming Master whom he had never seen in eternity. The Lich Master only charges 60% of the tax. What kind of good person is this?

If this news spreads, I am afraid that tens of thousands of free people will flood into the territory of this lich master, and those human lords will probably form a large army to attack this merciful lich master.

In Raul’s fantasy, Ambrose sat at the negotiation table and said in a deep voice to the noble lords: “Humans, please be kind to your fellow humans.”

For this compassion, Raul was even more sure that he had misunderstood Amberxiu. With an attitude of atonement and repentance, Raul is ready to do his best to help Amberxiu recruit other freedmen who fled.

Only Isabel always felt that something was wrong, and the brother and sister seemed to have completely fallen into the trap designed by the lich.

But something doesn’t seem right. It was just an accident that the two brothers and sister broke into this lich territory. No matter how powerful the lich is, they will never use prophecy on two mere mortals.

Isabel never thought that there would be a lich who was short of money, because he could obviously rob it.

It’s not surprising that lichs go to human lords to steal money and people. There was once a lich that hated humans and used an enhanced version of the poison cloud technique, which infected millions of people and died of plague.

 It would be strange if evil creatures do not attack humans.

Because of this, Isabel felt strange no matter how she thought about it, thinking that Amberxiu must be hiding something, but this was not a problem that a mere alchemy apprentice could figure out.

 After about another day, Raul came back, and this time he came back with ten living people.

When they saw Amber Xiu, their legs were so frightened that they became weak, and several of them turned around and ran away.

Fortunately, Raul controlled the alien skeleton and stopped them. Some people yelled at Raul, a traitor who worked for the lich, and some cried bitterly and said that there was an eighty-year-old mother with an eight-year-old child begging to be spared. Amberxiu's foresight was evident at this time. He poured the tranquilizing potion into them, and the cries that were comparable to ghouls singing opera quickly disappeared.

Calmness is the prerequisite for communication. Only then did Raul throw out the bombshell of Amber’s 60% tax increase, which indeed fooled these people.

 Only 60% of the tax is collected. Is this Lord Lich an angel in disguise?

You must know that before the tax increase, they had to pay 80%. Now it has been frantically increased to 90%, and they have to collect taxes two years in advance.

 Because of this, they couldn't bear it and chose to run away.

But those who can run away cannot escape home. All the property left by these escaped free people in the territory will definitely be taken away by the lord.

Faced with the choice of selling themselves into slavery and losing their property, or simply losing their property, most of them actually had no choice.

And once everything is lost, even free people with skills are likely to starve to death, because this tax increase is not just a lord seeking death, but all the vassals of the Alchemist Council are affected, and they don't even know where to run. run.

 Now, they seem to have a new choice.

　　It would be disrespectful for their own race to consider taking refuge with a lich for even half a second. But now it's almost impossible to save your life. Go to **** with your race and follow the Lich Master to get meat.

After receiving Ambrose's assurance and seeing the environment around the castle, these escaped free people decided to join Ambrose and become his subjects.

Amberxiu knew that his plan was more than half successful. These ten people would soon help him create the character of a benevolent Lich Master and attract more free people to join him.

Amber appointed Isabel as the head maid and arranged for these people to live temporarily in the castle.

And Amber Xiu had to temporarily put aside his undead experiments and go to the real alchemy city to make purchases. The freedmen could not all live in Ambershoe's castle. They had to find a place to build new houses, cultivate fields, and raise livestock.

But when they fled, they could only carry a small dagger and a little change with them. It was impossible for them to run away with their house, so they were completely destitute and needed Amber Xiu to prepare everything for them.

Of course, it’s not free, it’s rented.

 Be it tools, seeds, or livestock, there was a custom of leasing, and the rent all depended on the mood of the lord. A benevolent lord will lower the interest rate to attract new free people to join, while a cruel lord will increase the interest rate. It is best to let the tenant farmers sell their children and daughters, and turn from free people into slaves.

It is impossible to say who is right or wrong in these operations. There are benevolent lords who have their entire families killed by their subjects, and cruel lords may not be able to die.

 This is a world where fists are as big as principles.

Amber Xiu has too many things to buy, and the unit price is not high. If he chooses to send them by express delivery, he will lose a lot of freight. It is more cost-effective to order them directly at his door and spend some time renting a carriage to send them back.

However, if you want to go to the Alchemy City, you have to change your image, otherwise you will easily get into unnecessary trouble.

Amberxiu stood in front of a huge mirror and cast a transformation spell on himself.

 Amber Xiu changed from the appearance of a terrifying skeleton into a handsome young man with black hair and black eyes.

This is exactly what he looked like before crossing over.

 (End of this chapter)