"The food carnival will end in a few days. List out everything you need to prepare, and consider this money as our tour fee." Luo Ya pointed to the money bag.

Arya and Sophia had no objection to Roya's treatment. After taking the money bag, they left together.

Sophia went to buy daily necessities, while Aria added more kitchen utensils, spices, and precious ingredients to the Velvet.

Roya glanced outside; the rain had stopped. He immediately decided to head to the dock to check on the Velvet.

Old Jack truly lived up to his reputation as a shipwright; under his protection, last night's storm did not cause any problems for the Velvet.

The hull and deck of the Velvet have been reinforced, leaving only the stern and bottom sections remaining.

After surveying the ship, Roya returned to the captain's cabin, picked up the lizard's claws and scales, and prepared to go to the blacksmith's shop to strengthen the steel longsword and repair Mrs. Mars's saber.

When Roya returned to the street with his weapons, he was stopped by the marines on duty.

After Roya presented the pardon, he was immediately released.

Of course, in order not to cause panic among the townspeople and tourists, the two weapons still had to be covered with coarse cloth.

Last night's storm still affected the food carnival. The atmosphere along the street was still lively, but the number of customers decreased by 70%.

There are actually quite a few blacksmith shops in Sugar Town, but they are either not open for business or are already drunk.

In any blacksmith shop run by dwarves, the blacksmiths are invariably drunk.

Roya eventually found a blacksmith shop called "Exide's Boutique," placed an order, and used materials from the poison lizard to enhance and enchant the steel longsword.

Basic enchanting grants one or two special abilities, but it's quite expensive, costing a full eighty gold coins.

The repair of Mrs. Mars's saber only costs five gold coins.

As soon as Roya left the blacksmith's shop, he saw a short, fat man with a large head and ears passing by, dressed in gorgeous velvet clothes.

Beside him were four men who acted like lackeys.

But both the short, fat man and his four lackeys were bruised and battered, their clothes covered in mud and water, looking utterly disheveled.

The short, stout man had a large bunch of keys hanging from his belt, including half of a gold-plated badge that represented his status as a tax collector in the kingdom.

The other half of the badge is with the Inland Revenue Department, and tax officials can only carry half of it when they go out on missions.

The purpose is to prevent tax officials from having their identification badges stolen, as there have been many egregious incidents in the past where imposters have been defrauding people of money and sexually assaulting them.

Many pedestrians on the street covered their mouths and chuckled when they saw the short, stout tax official's disheveled appearance.

Tax collector Robert hadn't been this embarrassed in a long time. His face was flushed and he was extremely angry, but the pedestrians around him were either walking in groups or burly sailors.

He glanced around and immediately spotted Roya, who was alone, unarmed, and thin.

"What are you laughing at? You're a stranger, what right do you have to laugh at me? Beat him up!"

The four lackeys were equally furious and immediately understood what Lord Robert meant: to make an example of someone.

They immediately revealed malicious smiles and walked towards Roya.

This left Luo Ya speechless. He hadn't even laughed, so why was he being targeted out of the blue?

With a sigh, Roya couldn't help but roll up his sleeves.

Although he doesn't want to cause trouble, he's not afraid of it.

Since the matter has already come knocking on our door, there's no reason to back down.

"Snapped!"

Luo Ya slapped the four lackeys hard across the face, sending them flying through the air before they crashed to the ground, splashing dirty water all over them. Their cheeks swelled up instantly after they fell.

This was only because he was holding back, using only 10% of his strength; otherwise, a few ordinary people could have performed the head-disappearing trick.

Tax collector Robert realized he had run into a brick wall again, his face changed drastically, and he tried to run away.

But he was no match for Roya.

In a flash, Roya appeared in front of Robert and slapped his swollen, fat face.

"Snapped!"

"Ah!!" The short, fat tax official was sent flying by the blow, and three teeth fell out of his open mouth.

This time, Roya used 30% of his strength.

Tax collector Robert was stunned by the blow and lay on the ground, unable to get up.

"Splash!" A fancy little purse fell out of his pocket.

Luo Ya picked them up and saw that there were exactly fifteen gold coins, no more and no less.

He immediately recalled what Kino had said that morning: the tax collector had taken away fifteen gold coins under the pretext of collecting taxes.

It appears that these fifteen gold coins were not tax revenue, but rather went into the tax official's private pocket.

Roya casually put the money bag into his pocket, then kicked the tax collector Robert, knocking him down again as he tried to get up.

Then another money bag fell out of his other pocket.

"Ah, it can still drop more gold coins!?" Roya was surprised. He picked up the money bag and opened it. Inside were more than ten gold coins and more than thirty silver coins.

This bag of gold coins was undoubtedly the ill-gotten gains of the people that the short, stout tax official had plundered, and Roya confiscated it without hesitation.

He kicked the tax official twice more, and only after realizing that the tax official had stopped dropping gold coins did he leisurely leave.

Passersby whispered among themselves, wondering who dared to lay a hand on tax collector Robert.

Only after Roya left did the four lackeys who had been lying on the ground pretending to be dead get up, and they quickly helped up the tax collector Robert.

"Ouch, that hurts! You damned scoundrel, I want him dead!" Robert's face was swollen like a pig's head, and his gorgeous clothes were even dirtier.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he wished he could tear Roya to pieces.

The four henchmen quickly carried Robert on their backs and headed to the clinic.

Robert muttered, "He's dead meat. I'm going to have the Navy arrest him and hang him on the dock..."

……

After teaching some idiots a lesson, Roya felt much better.

They returned to the hotel with a bunch of snacks, but Sophia and Aria were not back.

He didn't care and immediately returned to his room, picked up the Staff of Evil Eye Power, and went to a wasteland far from the inn to try using the staff.

[The Power of the Evil Eye]

[Type: Enchanted Equipment, Staff]

[Quality: Bronze]

[Abilities: Intelligence +1, Perception +1, Charisma +1, Light Spell Power +20%, Solidification Spells: Trick Fire Arrow (3/3), Trick Teleport (3/3), First Ring - Disease Ray (1/1)]

[Description: This is the ancestral staff of Evil Eye Potter.]

……

As long as you hold this staff of evil eye power, your Intelligence, Perception, and Charisma attributes will be boosted.

In addition, it also has the effect of increasing the power of light by 20%, and it has solidified two zero-ring tricks and one first-ring spell.

Tricks are the lowest level of basic magic, which all spellcasters can learn and use freely upon entering the profession.

Although they are called magic tricks, many of them are quite powerful, and when combined, they can even take down a Black Iron level superhuman.

High-level spells of level one and above are too complex and require specific spellbooks or magical items to be used.

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