Witch Monastery

Why does this blue dragon look a little impatient?

Is it because the amount is too small?

But why did he want to see me in person?

What went wrong?

He didn't know, and beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead. He didn't let out a long breath until he finished the last page. With a slightly hoarse voice, he tentatively said to the blue dragon opposite: "Great Prince Rahman, what do you think of this plan?"

Rahman yawned imperceptibly. He was actually not interested in economic matters. However, this did not prevent him from pretending to be mysterious and then achieving his own goal: "Mr. Hawthorne, I want to ask you, how much can you pay to get this money?"

Hawthorne was stunned: "You mean... the company's shares?"

"No," Rahman said. "I mean, yourself."

Hawthorne frowned slightly, and had some bad premonitions in his heart: "I'm sorry, Prince Rahman, I'm sorry for being so stupid that I didn't understand what you meant."

"Well, for example." Rahman continued, "Suppose, I mean suppose, there is a matron of the blue dragon royal family who likes you very much and hopes that you can

If you can please her, you can easily get an investment far exceeding your original plan."

As he spoke, he held the plan, which was slightly smaller than its size, between two fingers. After all, Hawthorne originally thought that he was only facing a blue dragon-born teller, not a real, huge blue dragon. Then he asked, "For example, 50,000 gold coins. Hmm, would you be tempted?"

Chapter 81 Life hangs on a thread

Hawthorne was stunned.

What do you mean?

A blue dragon royal family mistress has taken a fancy to me?!

This……

Why the hell do I always run into this kind of thing!

Huo Sang couldn't help but curse in his heart. He thought that his new body after traveling through time and space would be handsome and good-looking, which would be a good thing. However, up to now, this face not only did not bring him - and the original owner of the body - any positive benefits, but instead caused endless troubles!

First, the original owner was targeted by Heidi because of this face and his soul was sucked dry alive;

Secondly, he himself was remembered by the thugs of the Shannasa Guild because of his outstanding appearance, and then was investigated by the investigation team of the Black Rod Tower;

And now, there is an unknown blue dragon rich lady who wants to buy him as a pet...

Damn it, just disfigure yourself!

He cursed in his heart, and after weighing the pros and cons, he raised his head, looked at Rahman with a firm gaze: "Sorry, respected Rahman..."

"Eighty thousand gold coins." Rahman said.

Hawthorne's breath was choked, but his tone was still firm: "I'm sorry, I..."

"One hundred thousand gold coins." Rahman quoted a new price, and then added, "Her heart needs comfort. If she can be happy and give a reward, the price will be much more than this."

At the side, the blue dragon employee couldn't help but glance at Hawthorne. He saw that although the latter looked shocked, he took a deep breath and remained firm: "I'm sorry, respected Prince Rahman. Before expressing my attitude, I must first say that it is my honor to be appreciated by a great blue dragon."

"But, right now, what I'm looking for is serious business cooperation. If I get a large sum of money by relying on the favor of a hypothetical Blue Dragon Mistress, it means that I am mixing the proceeds from my private affairs into official cooperation."

"If I fail to distinguish between public and private affairs, I will inevitably become lazy in my official duties and devote my main energy to pleasing this hypothetical mistress. In the long run, our interests will be damaged, and I will eventually anger this mistress and end up being shattered to pieces."

As he spoke, he bowed slightly and said, "In order to avoid a lose-lose situation, please allow me to reject the appreciation of this hypothetical Blue Dragon Mistress."

As he said this, his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

In fact, this passage sounds very long, but it can be summed up in one sentence: I won’t serve you!

Of course he was unwilling to serve. God knows what special hobbies this "hypothetical" blue dragon mistress has. Steel wool and alcohol blowtorch are probably too light. A blue dragon mistress over 300 years old, lonely and lonely, God knows how many cruel ways she knows!

It's not worth it to cripple yourself for a little money!

As a player, Hawthorne had seen money before. In the later stages of the game, he would easily spend hundreds of thousands or even millions of gold coins. How could he sell his personality and body for a mere 100,000 gold coins?

but……

He felt that he had spoken politely and respectfully enough, but he believed that the blue dragon in front of him should understand. He did not know the character of this blue dragon named "Rahman", and this character did not originally exist in the game, so he was extremely nervous now and even doubted whether he could walk out of this bank alive!

Damn, this is a real blue dragon!

Moreover, this is the enemy's lair. God knows how many terrifying beings are hiding here...

A drop of cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and across from him, Rahman's yellow pupils stared at his face, observing his expression. The hall was deathly silent, like the calm before a storm.

After a long time, the blue dragon suddenly chuckled.

"Very good, Mr. Hawthorne," he said, "Congratulations, you have passed my test."

"I have been looking for a partner who is flexible but determined, and who will not change his mind even when facing a blue dragon." He said, sighing softly, "But unfortunately, the ones I met before were all shameless flatterers. How can I feel at ease handing my funds to such people?"

The atmosphere in the hall relaxed, and Hawthorne also breathed a sigh of relief. Then he secretly complained in his heart: Damn it, it's obviously because of my firm attitude that you say this, right?

If I agreed, I'm afraid I would have given a different explanation, right?

Not only did he think so, the male blue dragon employee on the side was also secretly complaining, thinking, "Your Highness, you have never personally received any customers before, why are you suddenly setting a test for a human now?"

You are clearly looking for a new lover for your mother!

The two humanoids had their own thoughts in their minds, but Rahman didn't care about them.

what do you think.

He then stretched out a dragon finger, and the red gem ring on it emitted a gentle magical glow. Countless red magic threads extended from it, condensed into a seal, and then slowly fell on the table in front of him.

"Let's set the amount of the first investment at 20,000 gold coins," he said. "Blue Dragon Bank doesn't do small business, so you'll have more money to spend."

"Be bold, Mr. Hawthorne. I see your talent from your proposal, so go for it!"

He encouraged her like this, and was not stingy with his praise. The more he did this, the more uneasy Hawthorne became, as he always felt that this guy was hiding some ulterior motive.

He must be thinking that once I lose all my capital, I will be at his mercy?

Hiss...this money is a bit hot to handle!

"You two can discuss the specific details of the agreement."

As it said this, the huge blue dragon slowly stood up, swung its tail which was as long as its entire front half of its body, turned leisurely, and walked towards the gate from which it came.

Just as he was about to leave, his huge head suddenly turned 180 degrees, and his huge dragon face smiled at Hawthorne at the door: "Keep going, young man. I am looking forward to the day when you become successful."

After saying this, he took another step forward. The door of the room slowly closed, and the Blue Dragon Prince finally left.

Hawthorne let out a long sigh, and his heart finally settled back down. At this moment, the male Blue Dragon employee walked over to him with a smile and said, "Please come this way, sir. We have a ready-made contract template here. Please take a look to see if there is anything that needs to be modified."

"If not, we could have signed it today."

Chapter 82: The investigation team is wiped out?

Blue Dragon Bank, on the top floor. Rahman, who had just returned to his room, looked down calmly with his vertical pupils, at the back of Hawthorne who slowly walked out of the door of his bank. He sighed quietly until Hawthorne disappeared at the end of the street.

I have found a gift for my mother, but it still needs a little time to prepare.

Just last year, Rahman's mother's second husband died in a war with an ancient mummy, and his body was made into a dragon lich and could not be resurrected.

Although the family quickly eliminated this blasphemous undead spirit, his mother fell into great grief and has not been able to recover to this day.

Although Rahman did not have deep feelings for his stepfather, he cared about his mother very much, so he wanted to find a gift beautiful enough to help his mother get out of grief and regain happiness.

Hawthorne was the perfect gift that he had chosen. His charming charm attracted Rahman's attention and made him believe that this human could definitely make his mother very happy.

At the negotiation table just now, the blue dragon really wanted to take action directly, capture him, tie him up, dress him up beautifully, put him in a gift box, and then present him to his mother.

He was confident that with his mother's beauty, generosity and gentleness, this human being would not blame him in the end, but would understand his good intentions.

But after weighing the pros and cons, he finally gave up the idea.

The mother is still immersed in grief and unable to get over the loss of her husband. In this state, she needs a pet who truly loves her to help her soothe her pain, rather than a beautiful human doll with fear and resentment, and she needs her to warm the other person with her tenderness.

What's more, there are plenty of beautiful toys from various races that were captured by their elders by force and therefore hold resentment, from beautiful celestial unicorns to beautiful underground dwarfs, in the family, and there is no shortage of this human from the Qingyin clan.

So, forget it. Let's think of some way to make him love and serve his mother sincerely from the bottom of his heart.

With this in mind, Rahman approved a sum of 20,000 gold coins and let Hawthorne squander it.

This amount of money was just a drop in the bucket for him. Normally, any low-level bank teller could easily make more than ten such investments in a day.

But for Hawthorne, this was an unimaginable huge sum of money.

Until the moment he walked out of the door of Blue Dragon Bank with two copies of the contract, Hawthorne's consciousness was still a little hazy and his steps were a little unsteady. He couldn't believe that not only did he see a real blue dragon, but also after rejecting the other party's request, he got an investment of 150% in excess.

Twenty thousand gold coins?

So easy... to get it?

This……

However, thinking of the blue dragon's proposal, Hawthorne couldn't help feeling a chill.

Damn it, it actually wanted to send me to the bed of a middle-aged female blue dragon as a plaything!

Even if I, Huo Sang, die of poverty, die outside, or jump off Nangang, I will never be a gigolo!

Dignity is one aspect, but the most important thing is that the teasing by the rich lady Long is really deadly!

Shaking his head to get rid of these thoughts in his mind, Hawthorne already felt a little hungry.

The sun was setting in the south and it was past lunchtime, so he wandered around the streets, passing through the shadows cast by tall buildings, and found a barbecue restaurant run by a minotaur couple. He ordered a

After eating the very expensive lamb chops, I started to feast on the food.

Well, it tastes pretty good. After being used to the ordinary meals in the monastery kitchen, it is a different flavor to try meat occasionally.

This meal cost him five gold coins. In that era, there was no large-scale industrial farming, so the price of mutton was still expensive.

Moreover, another reason is that this is the central area after all, and every inch of land is valuable.

If you can open a store here, you won’t be able to make back your investment if you don’t sell your products at a higher price.

Ever since the decline of the Sein Empire due to its own internal reasons, the small countries that had once suffered from its oppression began to open their eyes to the world and actively participated in international division of labor and cooperation.

The Amazon Kingdom is a typical example, and there are many more small countries like this. National independence has brought prosperity to the international economy. Thousands of giant sailing ships sail on the ocean every day, loaded with ores from the Black Earth Continent, ironware from the Dwarf Kingdom, electric stones made by blue dragons, or magic items handmade by elves...

The prosperous trade brings endless business opportunities. The slightest fluctuation in the price of international bulk commodities can make countless people rich and ruin others. Every day, countless speculators who claim to be smart discover new business opportunities. Their ambitions need financial support, so they hit it off with the big financial groups that are eager for wealth growth and work together...

The Port of Liber, due to its unique geographical location, unique natural harbor and the special favor of the goddess of magic, became the center of all these trades. The "central area" was specially designated for large international financial groups to do business.

One can imagine how expensive the land here is. Therefore, five gold coins for a small barbecue seems very reasonable.

After the meal, Hawthorne wandered around the streets of the central area, trying to find one or two spell books containing spells of the second level and above, and to buy some trinkets as gifts for the nuns.

The tram back to Nangang District would only run once more in the evening, so he had plenty of time to choose a gift before then.

And recall what it feels like to go shopping in a modern society full of tall buildings.

The sun gradually moved southwards. After all, there was no sure way to buy the magic book. Hawthorne had no choice but to go to the station with a jewelry box and take the tram back to Nangang District with a depressed look on his face.

Before the sun completely set, he finally left the central area of ​​the nearly modern city and returned to the old and backward Nangang district, walking all the way back to the monastery.

At this time, inside the monastery, several nuns gathered at the door, looking anxious, waiting for him to come back.

When Hawthorne stepped into the door and saw his girls, his heart warmed up. He walked forward and was about to say, "I brought you many gifts," when Heidi suddenly stepped forward with a nervous look on her face and said, "Master, something big happened in the slums."

"The investigation team sent here by the Black Rod Tower seems to have been wiped out!"

Chapter 83 The murderer is Die?

Hawthorne was stunned, then quite shocked: "What did you say?! The Gray Hand team was wiped out?!"

That's the team under the Black Rod Tower, the largest openly violent organization in Port Liberl, with more than 500 powerful wizards who have mastered third-ring spells. The Black Rod Tower can even overturn the entire city when it goes crazy!

Oh my god, who has such courage? Who has such powerful strength? !

Although over the years, Port Liber has gradually declined from the southern gateway of the Sein Empire to a comprador city serving international consortiums, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. If this creaking and corrupt bureaucratic machine really gets angry and believes that what happened in the South Port has endangered the safety of the entire Port Liber, and thus sends out a real mage troop, then these people in the South Port will definitely not be able to bear it!

Even the Amazon fishing company could suffer a devastating disaster if it is not careful!

When he thought of this, his body almost trembled slightly. He no longer had the mood to give gifts to the witches to make them happy. He hurriedly asked, "What exactly happened? Heidi, can you tell me in detail how you discovered the problem and what happened to the Gray Hand Squad?"

Heidi hurriedly said, "That's right. This morning, not long after you left, Andre's bugs discovered that the investigation team from the Black Rod Tower did not show up."

"Afterwards, we conducted a more detailed investigation based on the locations they investigated a few days ago, and found several obvious bloodstains around an abandoned lumberyard."

"After comparing the blood with the blood bags of the mosquitoes controlled by Andreni, we can confirm that the owner of those bloodstains is a member of the investigation team of the Black Rod Tower!"

"It is very likely that they have met with an accident in the lumberyard, and it is very likely that they have been wiped out!"

Heidi made this conclusion coldly and ruthlessly, and Hawthorne's face couldn't help but turn slightly pale.

It's over. It seems that the matter is already decided. The thunderous wrath of the Black Rod Tower will soon descend upon the South Port District...

"No!" He frowned suddenly, "Who else in Nangang District has the strength and courage to attack the people in the Black Rod Tower?"