The walker from Xingyue, Demon King Rimuru!

This undoubtedly made the outsiders startled, they took a few steps back in surprise, and looked at Limuru with apprehension.

"Is there any trouble?" Limulu tilted his head lightly, and said, "It's time for us to go to Hakush's house."

"It's nothing, Master Limuru, I'm very sorry, please give me some more time." Hescart didn't seem to want Limuru to intervene in this matter. Holding the arm of the leader of the outsiders, he was about to walk into the inner corner, as if he wanted to avoid this topic, but the other party didn't seem to appreciate it.

The other party threw Hescart's hand away, he looked back and forth between Hescart and Limulu hesitantly, and asked hesitantly: "Hey, who is your kid from the Konoji family? "

"You..." Hescart was about to step forward angrily, but Limulu suddenly said, "Carter, step back."

"Master Limuru, this matter is not worth your attention." Carter gave the opponent a hard look with a drop of cold sweat dripping from his forehead. He didn't know Rimuru's character so far, so he was a little worried about the other party's safety.

"If it's about the Konoji's family, I think I should have the right to intervene now, right?" Hearing this, Limulu smiled brightly at Hescart, and an invisible coercion enveloped them immediately. The magic power in the air seems to have dwindled sharply, and even the air itself is a bit viscous, making people feel suffocated.

Feeling this feeling, those few outsiders seemed to suddenly realize that they seemed to have provoked someone who should not be provoked at all, and the leader was soaked in cold sweat in an instant, and hurriedly said: "My... my lord, I... ...We are members of the Excavator's Association...we really didn't come to make trouble!"

"Oh? The Extractors Association?"

Limulu sized up a few people with interest, and then dissipated the coercion: "Tell me?"

Afterwards, the few people no longer had the domineering appearance they had at the beginning, and each of them was stunned, as if they were about to bury their heads in their crotches in the next moment.

To put it simply, the name of the Excavator's Association is similar to the Adventurer's Association and the Mercenary Union in the novel. Generally speaking, it is a thing that provides commissions and dispatches labor services.

But he is completely different from those associations, because it cannot guarantee the interests of the miners, let alone represent the miners, because it is not official.

That's right, he is private in nature. To be precise, he was created by a family. He seized part of the demand and occupied the market, and collected handling fees from it. It is a purely service-oriented intermediary.

The Excavators Association is essentially the name of a family, which is very funny.

But after thinking about it carefully, Limulu understood that this is indeed an inevitability of social development.

Because the high-end combat power of some families has been in unknown adventure expeditions for a long time, that is, to mine after sneaking into the [-]th floor. When the family suddenly needs certain materials, it needs additional labor to dispatch.

Where there is a demand, there will be a market, and obviously, the other party took aim at this demand, and thus started this business, and finally, it has grown to its current scale, but... Limulu learned some information about the Excavator Association Afterwards, he was keenly aware that there was a shadow of a faction behind it.

After all, the huge guarantee fee and the absolutely neutral word-of-mouth, these things are not something that a speculative family can come up with. Obviously... this is another gold-swallowing beast under the hands of an unknown monarch.

This made Limulu think of a question.

As a family of witches, Lidal, who are proficient in potions, naturally occupied the supply of potions in the entire mining city. Dao obtained magical potions with certain characteristics, as small as medicine bottles that return blood and mana, these are all naked... money!

If the diggers want to get more money, they must dig deeper, but if they want to dig deeper, they must be more prepared and spend more money on medicine.

Then after buying the medicine, the excavated things still have to be sold to the monarchs, and then exchanged for money to continue buying medicine...

Hmm... look, what a healthy economic flow and industrial chain...

Of course, among them, Lidal cannot recover all the money through potions, but this is not what Limulu needs to consider, what he needs to consider is...

Do other monarchs have similar industries?

Is the Excavator Guild in front of you just a money-absorbing monster that has monopolized the entrustment business?

And what kind of industries will the other monarchs have?

In Meastea, it might not be enough just to eliminate the other party's extractor faction. Moreover, in order to prevent the other party from tearing up their faces and desperately trying to kill the net, Limuru still cannot eliminate the main faction on the other side's face.

After all, it is illegal to physically destroy factions physically, but... if the industry competes, it is not illegal to let you go bankrupt, right?

I am familiar with the business!

Thinking of this, Limu Lu's eyes lit up, and after silently thinking about adding a few more tasks and burdens to Lina, he smiled.

"That... my lord?"

Just as Limulu was thinking, several people couldn't help shivering after seeing Limulu who hadn't spoken for a long time and the dangerous smile he suddenly showed, and said cautiously: "Look..."

"Oh, by the way, which faction are you from?"

"what?"

"Ahem... No, I understand the matter." Limulu asked reflexively after being called back to God by several people, but he quickly reacted and glanced at them slightly.

Especially Hescart, who has already lowered his head in embarrassment, dare not look at Limuru at all.

After the other party's narration, Limulu also understood what the two sides were arguing about, and it was nothing more than money.

Well, Limulu has personally encountered the story of a penny beating a hero.

As mentioned earlier, the role of the Excavator Association is to issue commissions and send some rewards, and there are some high-risk tasks that allow a part of the deposit.

Because the task time is often relatively long, in addition to reassuring the diggers and supplementing some preparations before leaving, the other reason is that tasks of this level are often too dangerous, and almost no one will accept them without a high deposit. Pick.

And once this type of task fails, the person will basically not be able to get back, and this part of the deposit is basically equivalent to a bad debt, so basically they will not get it back.

But the problem is...these people came back alive, but the mission failed!

Several people cried to Limulu with tears and snot, saying that it was not that they didn't want to accommodate, but that under the supervision of the magician, they really couldn't delay for a day, and everyone was a hard-working person working for the family. , If people are alive and the bad debts cannot be matched, they are the ones who are unlucky.

If they don't want the family to find out the bad debts, then they have to make up the penny themselves, but... those of them who sit in the office are not as good as others running outside, where can they get the money to make up for it!

Of course, if this matter is reported truthfully, there will naturally be a special person to deal with it, and maybe it will be accommodated, but the problem is... This will inevitably leave the impression that the person in charge of this matter is not good at doing things, and even You might lose your job because of it.

You know, there are so many people staring at his position!

After listening, this familiar and ridiculous scene made Limulu dumbfounded, but it felt very realistic.

Indeed, even in a different world full of magic, there will be such trivial matters, as well as... the pitiful appearance of social animals.

"What about the money?" After understanding clearly, looking at the other party's pitiful appearance and Hescart's shy expression, since even the decent people on his own side felt ashamed to be online, Limuru didn't feel that the other party was guilty. What was wrong, so I didn't intend to embarrass the other party, but just smiled and looked at Carter.

"Have you spent it?"

"I spent part of it, but..." Hescart hesitated for a moment, and said helplessly, "The captain and the others have fallen into a serious overdraft of magic power, and Haka even lost a lot of vitality. They all need magicians. The rescue... This is an expense in the first place, but in the days to come..."

He gritted his teeth and lowered his tone: "Is it going to go on?"

"They look like they probably won't be able to be mined for the next two or three months."

"Well, what about the others?" Limulu asked softly: "The so-called family, isn't it just supporting each other? What about the patriarch of Konoji? What about the other diggers?"

"The patriarch..." Carter's face became even more bitter when he heard the words, and when he was about to speak, Limulu tilted his head as if he had sensed something, and looked behind him - where a trembling old woman was leaning on her shoulders. The crutches came out and said directly: "Old man, he is the patriarch of the Konoji family. As for the other diggers...you may wish to come in and see how it is."

Chapter 146, Excavator Trivia, Kind Way.

"Patriarch Isenna, didn't I say that I would leave this place to you..." Carter anxiously walked over to help the old man's seemingly weak body, but the other party looked at Carter mercilessly and said angrily: "Leave it to me." You? Give it to you to fight with each other?"

"Things are meant to be solved, and you want to rely on others' understanding and sympathy to get charity. After so many years, you still don't know that this is a luxury."

The old woman broke away from Carter's arm and looked at the people standing outside the door: "Don't worry, they are all living in this city, and no one needs to embarrass each other... The deposit owed to you is almost ready. During this period of time, why don't you come in and have a cup of tea, which can be regarded as an apology for you."

"Patriarch! But if this is the case, the captains..."

"You, shut up and watch from the sidelines." The old woman scolded, which made Limulu suddenly startled when she started to look at the old woman, and regained her senses.

"About Haka's treatment, isn't there another person?"

"Your Excellency Limulu." The old woman's eyes suddenly became sharp, she looked at Limulu and said, "They have already told me about you, if you don't mind, why not come in and sit down, let's discuss it? "

Hearing this, several people glanced at each other, and they were naturally very happy to get the money back so easily, but when they thought that there was a Sha God next to them, they couldn't help whispering a few words cautiously, Only then did he bite the bullet and looked at Limuru.

"Then... this lord?"

"Well." Limulu sighed lightly, raised his eyebrows and said, "I refuse."

"Hmm...? Could it be that you are disgusted..."

"I'm very busy, so I don't have time to play with you." Limulu casually glanced at the dilapidated residence behind the other party, and said lightly: "Just to be honest, I can indeed help, but as you said...you It’s impossible to expect sympathy from others in this world, right?”

"That's right." Hearing Limuru's indifferent tone, the old lady lowered her eyelids slightly, and said as if her figure was a little stooped: "Don't worry, I will give you a satisfactory bargaining chip."

"That's good." Limulu chuckled.

"But even so, I still hope that you can come in and take a look—"

"No need, I know what it looks like inside." Hearing this, Limulu tapped the air lightly, and a layer of rippling magic power quickly spread: "I have eyes that you can't see."

"I also know how much the so-called kindness bears in a family like Konoji's."

Good family, you know what it will be like if you think about it.

Because of kindness, I can't bear to abandon useless people. Because of the same kindness, the strength of those who take in is uneven.

Konoji is already considered a big family, the total number of them has already exceeded a hundred people, which can be regarded as an upper-middle-level family in the entire Maxisfia, but they are still not doing well.

It's not that there is a lack of high-strength teams, but that people with Carter's strength often have to take care of several, or even a dozen people who have no way to survive.

In addition, in this situation, the powerful people will either recognize the reality, abandon their kindness, and leave here as a person who only lives for themselves, or they will work hard for these people, and then exhaust themselves Or in a certain accident, he was also reduced to a useless person.

In fact, there is one thing Limulu is right about, that is, there will always be rewards for giving. The so-called family is to support each other when you need them, but it is precisely because of this kind of persistent support that it will only make this kind of family into a vicious circle.

Therefore, Limuru understands and understands very well.

"But what does that have to do with me?"

Limulu raised her golden eyes lightly, and said, "Frankly speaking, my first impression of your family... well, it's pretty bad."

Limulu glanced at the crowd and found that everyone except the old lady looked puzzled, so she explained to Carter: "Your patriarch knew your actions from the beginning, and also acquiesced to your actions."

"After all, the family doesn't have that much money at all." Limulu spread her hands and looked at the other surprised people: "However, after seeing me, she changed her rhetoric and invited us to go in and have a chat. .”

"Presumably, I think that since I like your family, I should pay this money."

"Well, in fact, I do plan to give charcoal in the face of hardship." Limulu folded her chest and pinched her chin: "After all, you can always get back more intangible gifts, but it seems that your Patriarch wants to clearly mark the price with me. "

"But, patriarch." Limulu looked at the old woman and said helplessly, "I hope you can know something anyway."

"I am willing to be optimistic about your family and want to support you, not because I am optimistic about you, or because I need you."

"It's that when I happened to meet you, I felt that you needed me."

"Don't mistake the primary and secondary relationship. When I want to support you, it is a great gift in itself, understand?"

Limulu was not actually angry at the behavior of the old woman patriarch. The reason why he pointed this out was simply because he didn't like to follow the rhythm of others.

If he had really agreed to enter the station just now, and followed the other party's words, then the 'negotiation' between the two parties would have entered a stage dominated by the other party.

Although in this situation where the other party needs help, the normal way is indeed to help the other party in the way that the other party helps, and to gain the other party's favor and gratitude—but, as Limulu said.

He is not in an equal relationship with the other party.

There is no need to treat each other with courtesy!

The other party must also figure out their own status - after all, they are just a plan that Limuru thought of impromptu, not the existence that Limuru really cares about.

Strong, dominant!Limulu doesn't want the following families to have too much initiative. After all, other families give up too much power because the monarch doesn't have time to come down often, but he is different. He can leave a communication split with the agent Lina , keep informed of the dynamics below.

The old patriarch really felt Limulu's attitude.

So, she sighed a long time, stooped a little more, and said, "I didn't believe that that kid Haka could meet a monarch just by going out casually."

"But you don't give way at all, and you are pressing every step of the way. This old man can feel it."

While Limulu explained all this, he also explained a problem to everyone, that is... Konoji really has no money at the moment, and he must rely on Limulu to solve today's matter.

Therefore, this time, the few people who were just trying to get back the deposit would naturally look at Limulu eagerly, wishing that the other party would propose some conditions, and they, Konoji, had to agree.

This is actually a very vicious method.

Because if Konoji had no money, then he really had no money. Even if you killed them, you wouldn’t be able to get any money back. Even if these people couldn’t get any money, you couldn’t blame them. something wrong.

But since the monarch in front of me has given me the option to help, there are only conditions...

Then if the Konoji family refuses again...

At least these few people will definitely feel that the Konoji family is out of control.

In this way, Ko Nuoji is actually riding a tiger. If he refuses, he will offend both of them. He has no right to refuse at all...

Alas... the old patriarch sighed. Although he had no intention of rejecting him at the beginning, the strength and style of behavior shown by the Limuru monarch always made him feel that even if he got support, it was just a gift. Hukou.

"No...wait a minute." At this point, Carter was even more confused. He quickly stopped the conversation of the few people, walked up to the old patriarch and asked, "Master Patriarch, why did Master Limuru say that we have no money... Didn't Haka and the captain say that in order to prevent the family from being restrained by this money, you are not allowed to ask Lord Lim for help?!"

"And what about our money?!"

Hearing Carter's questioning, the old patriarch smiled wryly and asked back.

"What do you think... why Haka can still say these words?"

"Haka is the boy who was the most injured digger, right?" Hearing this, Limulu seemed to remember something, and suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, he was entangled by the herdsmen for a long time. For a long time, it should hurt the vitality, right?"

"Although the three of them are all entangled, I remember that the other two are barely magicians, and they have magic power in their bodies. However, that child is indeed the most ordinary ordinary person, which will lead to his life force being directly absorbed .”

"Generally speaking, you will die." Limuru held up two fingers and said lightly: "If you want to be cured, you must at least be a magician above the professor level, or a potion that can replenish vitality. .”

"Ah, it seems that these things are not cheap." Limulu withdrew his fingers and said, "As expected of the patriarch of a good family, saving people is decisive."