This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 94 War Loan

Amberson sat in front of the porcupine knight, curiously playing with the two swords in his hands.

The elves have all been stuffed into his personal space. With this space that can stop time, he doesn't even need to use magic to seal it. He can just throw it in and freeze time.

There is nothing special about these elves, only these two swords are a little weird.

It was thought that it was a magic that specializes in breaking the mage's shield, but in fact it is not. The magic lines on these two long swords are very special, and they have never seen Anbaixiu.

After careful study, I discovered that these two daggers were like magic black holes, capable of absorbing the magic power of anything.

 When the mage shield was hit by the dagger, part of the magic power was sucked away, causing a structural imbalance, so it was pierced.

 This is not an ordinary "demon-breaking" effect, because the absorbed magic power can also be injected into the user's body.

 “Are people who use this kind of weapon afraid that they will not die quickly enough?”

 Magic power is a very personal thing, and it is not the internal power in martial arts novels. You can pass it on to whomever you want. Absorbing other people's magic power is equivalent to drinking poison.

 In order to enhance the destructive power of the dagger, you would not hesitate to commit suicide?

Looking at the elf's behavior, it seems that he is really trying to commit suicide.

The Porcupine Knight sat across from Amber Xiu anxiously, not knowing what this powerful necromancer wanted to do. Just now Amber Xiu asked him what contract he had signed with the elves. He could only briefly explain the purpose of the elves' coming, and then the powerful necromancer entered a thinking state.

The Porcupine Knight didn't dare to ask any more questions. He couldn't deal with the group of elves alone, let alone this terrifying necromancer.

Amberxiu put away these two weird daggers and prepared to go back and interrogate these elves.

Their arrival was too strange, and it was not as simple as simply clearing a way for the elven army. The army had not officially attacked yet, so it was impossible to open a way to the core.

This must be related to the magic contract sent away by the elf, but there are no clues, so we can only go back and investigate slowly.

Looking back, he saw the porcupine knight standing aside. Amberxiu waved to him, and the lord approached cautiously.

The first thing Ambrose said was: "How many gold coins do you have?"

 The porcupine knight was stunned for a moment and said quickly: "To express my gratitude, I am willing to pay 20,000 gold coins."

Amberxiu shook his head and said, "It's not how much you gave me, I'm asking you how much there is in total."

 “Huh? What do you mean...”

Amberxiu said nonchalantly: "That's what you said. You are willing to give everything. I only want all the gold you have in stock. Isn't that too much?"

The Porcupine Knight said excitedly: "Master, if you take away all the gold coins, this territory will fall apart immediately. If you do this, you will be no different from those elves."

Amber Xiu smiled slightly and said to the Porcupine Knight: "Whether your territory collapses or not has nothing to do with me. Besides, the Alchemy City is about to enter a melee now. What's the use of gold alone? Can you hold it? "

The porcupine knight said in surprise: "Master, are you willing to assist me? I am willing to use all the gold coins to hire you as a mage consultant!"

 Amberson:…

　Why does this person have such beautiful thoughts?

 It’s just tens of thousands of gold coins to hire a legend, but you can’t even hire parallel imports.

"What I'm saying is, you just don't have money, others do. Haven't you formed an alliance with a few small lords? But outside the Alchemy City, small alliances like yours can't be ranked at all. There are so many rich people. Lord, you can go grab it." Amberxiu said.

The Porcupine Knight smiled bitterly. He didn't want to steal it, but as Amber Hew said, their alliance was not ranked at all. Their combined strength was less than a thousand troops, and their defense was insufficient. How could they take the initiative to attack?

As soon as he said this, the Porcupine Knight regretted the lich crusade and should not have listened to the nonsense of those paladins.

As long as we don't get involved with those paladins, the number of troops we can use now can at least double.

The Porcupine Knight said helplessly: "We are unable to expand at all now, and the nearby lords are not fools. They are all ready to fight."

Amberxiu showed a devilish smile and tempted the porcupine knight and said: "If you don't hit others, others won't hit you? You all know that you are not strong enough, and others will definitely choose the weakest one to devour first."

 “Master, what do you mean?”

 “Sir, have you ever heard of war loans?” Umberto asked.

"War loan?" The Porcupine Knight frowned. He had never heard of this. As a knight promoted from a poor man, the Porcupine Knight actually didn't have much culture. He had not been a lord for a long time. The daily management of the territory alone was enough for him. Very busy.

"If you don't have enough troops, you can borrow them. For example, I can lend you a group of undead skeletons to use in battle. And you need to pay me gold coins. With the troops, you can conquer a larger territory and plunder more people. , I can also earn more gold coins, isn’t this a win-win situation?”

 Amberson is now like a devil from hell, tempting the porcupine knight into the abyss little by little.

Writing is a troublesome thing. Amberxiu is too lazy to do it himself, so he might as well let others earn gold coins for him.

Having lived for hundreds of years, Amber Xiu has seen many wars. Every time trouble comes, countless careerists appear. The porcupine knight seems to have little ability, but he is willing to take risks at critical moments. If this kind of person gives him a little help, he may be able to get a good return on investment.

One more thing, the Porcupine Knight has signed some kind of contract with the elves. Although I don’t know what it is yet, this person must have other uses.

 The Porcupine Knight was reluctant in every possible way, but he had no choice.

Amberxiu could kill him and take everything away. At least the conditions of this necromancer were slightly better than those of the elves, giving him a chance to stand up.

Amber Xiu was not polite and moved all the more than 100,000 gold coins in the warehouse.     Less is a bit less, but it is not without gain.

Amberxiu made a list for the Porcupine Knight, including the materials he needed, as well as a price list for the exchange of undead skeletons.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money now. Give him a loan amount of 100,000 gold coins and only charge 15% interest every month. That means you only need to pay back 15,000 gold coins a month. For a war loan, this interest rate can be said to be Very low.

But the Porcupine Knight still felt his liver hurt. The cheapest skeleton in the form of a mantis cost one thousand gold coins, and hiring adventurers was not that expensive.

 Fortunately, the list also includes some materials that Amber Xiu needs, such as various corpses, alchemy materials, etc., and Amber Xiu can deduct the corresponding amount of gold coins.

Porcupine Knight directly decided to loan a hundred alien skeletons, and at the same time gave a pile of corpses and alchemy materials in stock to Amber Xiu to pay off the debt. These were all casualties caused when he annexed other lords' territories. Originally it was just covered with some soil, but now it is time to reuse the waste.

Amberxiu was also very satisfied with the deal. After agreeing on a time for the deal, he asked the porcupine knight to inquire about Isabel's whereabouts.

 Isabel's talent is quite good, and she is serious and responsible in her work. Not every alchemy apprentice can help him cultivate the reproductive bone virus. If it were anyone else, she would have died several times. Amber Xiu needs to get her back to work for him.

But when Amberxiu mentioned the transaction location, the Porcupine Knight's expression changed and he said in surprise: "That castle... does not belong to the Lich..."

Amberxiu smiled slightly, lifted the effect of the transformation spell, and revealed the true face of the lich.

The porcupine knight was so frightened that his legs became weak. Sure enough, the lich was not dead at all.

Lian's paladins are too unreliable. They have already entered the castle, but they have not been able to destroy the lich.

The Porcupine Knight was also secretly glad. Fortunately, he had no plans to attack the castle. Otherwise, this person would not have come to discuss business today, but would have come to take his life.

Amberxiu said to the porcupine knight: "Okay, prepare what I want. Remember, in my place, debts cannot be paid after death. If you owe me money, you have to pay me back even if you become a corpse." ”

 The Porcupine Knight could only promise with a wry smile that he would pay off the debt on time.

Amberxiu nodded with satisfaction, and then returned to his castle.

　　Opening the private space, Amber Xiu came to this group of elves who were frozen in time.

Cicero's time-freezing effect was lifted, and Amberxiu said to him straight to the point: "What exactly do Silvermoon Highgarden want to do in sending you deep into the hinterland in such a hurry?"

Cicero looked at Amberxiu's skull face and said with some surprise: "So you are a lich. I have heard about you. The destruction of the Alchemy City must have something to do with you, right?"

Amberxiu reminded: "I am the one who has the right to ask questions now. You are the prisoner. Figure out your position."

Cicero said confidently: "Haha, what can you do to me? The worst case is torture or killing me directly. But the soul of the elf will eventually return to the embrace of the gods. If you think torture can make me surrender, If so, you can try it.”

Cicero is so confident entirely because of the characteristics of the elves. They are blessed by the elves and gods and have very high mental resistance. Most mental spells such as charm, control, and paralysis are ineffective against them.

This is a blessing given to them by the gods. Even if Amberxiu uses the power of the Golden Throne, he cannot suppress the power of the elven gods.

 As we all know, if you want to attack an elf, you have to do it hard, not even with drugs.

As for Cicero, he looked like an old adventurer at first glance, and it would be difficult for Ambrose's torture to be effective, mainly because Ambrose didn't have so much time to waste with him.

Amberxiu thought for a moment and said to Cicero: "Actually, I probably guessed that the real secret is the contract, right?"

Although Cicero's expression did not change, his pupils shrank uncontrollably.

Amberxiu smiled and said: "You see, this is the difference between living people and the undead. The undead can really have no expression if they don't want to, but you can't. The charm spell is indeed useless to you, but there's nothing you can do about it either. Use mental magic to control your thoughts and prevent micro-expressions from revealing your thoughts.”

Ambersio's words made Cicero panic. He never expected that the lich he encountered was proficient in this kind of interrogation method.

Amberxiu continued: "According to common sense, the content of the contract is actually not important. What ensures that humans can leave safely? Such harsh terms are no different from directly imposing a death sentence. The real key should be the consequences of violating the contract. ?”

Cicero wanted to close his eyes to prevent Ambrose from observing his pupils, but Ambrose reached out and touched his neck, detecting his inner thoughts through his heartbeat and pulse.

"Oh, it seems I guessed it right, but what benefits can you get from violating the contract? Can humans surrender directly?... No, it doesn't seem right... What benefits does the invasion bring to you? Okay, it seems I guessed it right again. Already…”

Amberxiu asked questions one by one and got a lot of information by detecting Cicero's heartbeat.

 First of all, the signing of the contract must be related to the invasion of the elves, and it must be something beneficial to them, and the condition for launching it is that these human lords violate the above contract.

There is also the large-scale invasion of the elves in the past few days. Cicero and the others are not the only advance team. More Twilight Guards have been sent out to force these lords to sign contracts along the way.

Unfortunately, Cicero was silent and Ambrose was unable to obtain more specific details.

But I don’t think a soldier like Cicero would know too much details.

Ambethio sealed Cicero again and touched his chin to think. The elves are as stubborn as the Lion Empire, and they may not be willing to pay a ransom to buy back Cicero's Twilight Guards.

 It seems that it is time to contact the desert dwarves.

 Doing business means constantly opening up the market. The elves are unwilling to pay, so I believe the desert dwarves will be willing to spend a lot of money to buy these elves.

　　Today it’s just over 6,000. Sorry, I need to take a break.

 (End of this chapter)