Can't I develop my own character?

"Boss, what you said...why don't we understand?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just follow it."

"However, our industries are all shady. Some of them even require cooperation from the city's nobles. It may not be that easy to expand the industry to the entire city."

"Those nobles should not cooperate with us in the future."

"What kind of partnership are they? They're taking a 70% cut of the profits. What did they do to deserve so much money?"

A leader reminded: "Seventy percent belongs to others, we only take thirty percent."

"If they don't allow it, it will be difficult to open arenas, massage parlors, and real estate development."

Otherwise, how can it be said that power means money?

Among the industries operated by Dihuo, almost every one of them is marked with who it cooperates with, and the profits of all industries added up are actually comparable to the fiscal revenue of Berman City!

"What a bunch of corrupt imperialists! It seems I, a loyal one, am the only one left to eliminate them."

After arranging matters concerning 'Xia Li', Ryan switched to the character interface of 'Weine'. He had been leveling outside the large cemetery these days, and his level had already reached 15. This leveling speed far exceeded that of 'Lin Qi' and 'Xia Li'.

boom!

The magic bullet shot by Silver Wings penetrated Harrier's body. As the last wild monster fell, 'Weinei' picked up the roast chicken that exploded and continued to go deeper into the cemetery.

This time, there were no more obstacles. After walking for about ten minutes, the view widened and the scene changed from forest to grassland. Not far from the grassland, in a huge sinkhole sloping downwards, stood a "fortress" filled with bones.

This is the tower of bones built by the Western Barbarians. The Augustus Empire did not destroy it, but left it here to warn future generations of the hatred between the Augustus Empire and the Western Barbarians.

When 'Weine' stepped into the edge of the cemetery, the long-lost reminder sounded again.

Silent cries echo from the past to the present. Under the shadow of death, resentment never subsides. The power of the past drives mortals back to death, the cycle of reincarnation never ends, and the embers never die.

You hear the echo of samsara.

The boats that cross the Styx carry away the souls of the dead. You guide the boats with your singing, sailing to the other side of life.

"What's that thing on the other side?"

Ryan was stunned. To be honest, he didn't quite understand... Is this a hidden profession?

Just as I was thinking about it, the message popped up again.

[Death is attracted by your singing, please extradite the dead soul: 0/100]

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Chapter 60: Willing to mourn for the deceased, soul singer Wei Nei [5k5]

"Extradition of the dead? Where?"

Ryan looked around, thinking about looking for the so-called ghosts, but he saw rotten corpses suddenly crawling out from the ground.

He was stunned. Isn't this a zombie?

【Undead lv20】

[Description: Refusing death, something that the soul cannot rest in peace.]

Wow, he attacked a level 20 wild monster as soon as he attacked me. He really thinks highly of me.

Ryan's expression darkened. Level 20 and level 19 are two different concepts. They are cross-level monsters.

The problem is, Wei Nei hasn’t even passed the job change!

Is it reasonable for a person who has not changed his job to fight a second-level wild monster?

"Let's try it first."

Now that I'm here, there's no way I'm leaving. And based on past experience, if I hear the echo, I can at least get a cool skill.

boom!

'Vene' fired a shot at the undead, the bullet hit the head, but the health bar only dropped one tenth.

In other words, I have reached level 15 in the past two days, and equipped myself with some equipment. Otherwise, I will be unable to kill anyone and will just be scraping.

"Fortunately, I have a pistol."

There were a lot of undead in the big cemetery. If 'Weinei' got close to them, she would die, so she kept wandering around the periphery, using her long-range advantage to kite them.

However, the number of undead people was increasing, rushing towards "Weinei" madly, and it was difficult to hit one target all the time.

It took almost three minutes to kill the first undead.

After the other party died, a ball of light exploded.

Ryan glanced at the task prompt and saw that the number of extradited people was still 0. It was obvious that killing alone would not work.

'Weinei' led the undead group around, and then took the opportunity to pick up the ball of light.

Please guide the souls of the deceased to the other side.

'Weinei' was at a loss.

So, what about Du?

【You have activated your Word Spirit talent.】

Ryan's heart tightened.

"It's really a spiritual word!"

【You have learned the art of soul control.】

[Word Spirit (Professional Talent): Use the unique spiritual power to communicate with all things, driving them to act according to the user's will.]

[Soul Controlling Technique lv1: Control the souls of the living and the dead. The effect is related to mental strength and level.]

"Weinei" paused and used soul control magic on the soul in her hand. She heard the sound of tides faintly in her ears. She threw the soul into the ferry boat according to the system prompt.

[Extradition of the Dead Souls: 1/100]

"Is it really about transferring the dead souls? So this is the profession of a Word Spirit Master... That's not right. I saw online that the Word Spirit Master's skills didn't seem to include soul control."

Ryan was a little confused.

The Word Masters he knew were actually similar to psychic mages, a profession that Janus had passed through. Generally speaking, they were more inclined towards "light" and there was no such thing as extraditing the souls of the dead.

Of course, according to the scriptures of the Gate of Janus, guiding the lost and redeeming the sinners is also a merit.

"The echo of reincarnation is the belief of the God of Death, right?"

Ryan remembered that the official paths of faith given by the game mainly include three categories:

The first is the naturally existing gods, with Janus being the most popular. In addition, there are the sun god, the god of order, the goddess of the earth, etc.

The second category is gods born from faith and desire, which are defined as "outer gods", including the blood god, the god of death, the spirit of chaos, etc.

The third type, which is also relatively rare, is the gods that depend on the existence of certain special races. They are born because of racial blood or a certain will. They generally only appear in a certain era. Their strength is weaker than the previous two types, but they are also at the level of gods.

There are no racial gods in the August Empire. The main faiths here are Janus and the sun god, while the blood god and the god of death are defined as foreign gods and are hunted by the Gate of Janus.

Ryan actually hoped that Vinay could change her job to become Janus's word master, but now it seems that is not the case... Of course, he has no choice unless he does not change his job.

"With such a high difficulty, his abilities must be quite good. At worst, I can just hide a little later."

Regardless of whether he is a Word Master or not, Ryan can only kill him first.

But he soon faced an embarrassing problem - he had no magic.

The power of the Silver Wings is indeed very strong, and it has a long-range advantage. For the novice "Weinei" who has not changed his job, the situation is two different with it and without it.

But this thing has a disadvantage, which is that it consumes a lot of magic power.

After killing only three undead, his magic power was already at its lowest point, and the automatic magic recovery speed alone could not keep up.

Looking at the less than 20 bottles of mana recovery potions in his backpack, Ryan felt a little painful, but he still gritted his teeth.

It's normal to feel some pain when changing jobs.

"It would be good if we could kill half of them."

Looking at the slowly recovering magic power, Ryan shook his head. This task could not be completed in a short time. 'Weinei' would have to go back to deal with the affairs of the territory later. It would take a long time to go back and forth.

Just let the AI ​​hang up and Ryan went to deal with other things.

...

Because of the dormancy of the Dihuo Gang, the influence of the gangs in Dongcheng District has gradually subsided. Jonathan was puzzled by this scene. Why did the crackdown end before it even began?

It can't be that they were so intimidated by the new mayor's prestige that they were all scared out of their wits by just one notice, right?

Regardless, it's a good thing.

At this time, at the headquarters of the Dihuo Gang.

The newly reorganized Underground Fire still has too many things to deal with, but fortunately there is little personnel turnover. Perhaps it is because the appearance of the "underground emperor" makes some gangsters feel very cool and they rush to express their loyalty.

As soon as 'Xia Li' said this, the younger brothers rushed over, even though she had only been the boss for less than three days.

However, rectifying the gangs is the first and easiest step. The key is how to monopolize the profits of the gray industry through the gangs.

The Dihuo Gang's current industries mainly include arenas, bars, horse racing, prostitution, and insurance premiums, among which the arena revenue is the main source. The partners of this industry are the slave trader Anthony and Baron Burnett, who also serves as a municipal council member.

The parliamentary body is modeled after the Imperial Senate and is basically established in every city. Most of the members of parliament are people who have noble titles but no territories. They hold some power and assist the lords in managing their territories.

There are three council members in Berman City, among whom Burnett is the most powerful and basically the second-in-command of the municipal government.

The cities of the Augustus Empire did not have deputy mayors. After all, the so-called mayor was actually the lord, and the territory was his private property, so there was no such thing as a deputy lord.

After Bill's death, Burnett managed the power of the councillors and municipal agencies until Ryan took office, but because the time was too short, he did not have a conflict of interest with Burnett.

"Boss, are we really going to break up with Burnett? If we do that, he'll definitely cause trouble for us."

The small leaders of Dihuo were still a little worried. Although they were powerful, they had no confidence to go against the nobles.

These people have not experienced any major storms. Although they were gang members in the past, their forces only had three to five hundred people at most, and that included peripheral members. Their ruthlessness was just playing house in the eyes of true extraordinary people.

In the final analysis, the gangs are just dogs raised by wealthy businessmen and politicians, used to do things for them. Things that are difficult to do openly are handed over to the gangs, and the gangs are responsible when something goes wrong. Yet, a group of people are still scrambling to do the work.

So asking them to go against the nobles would be like a dog biting its master; most of them would not dare to do so.

"Don't worry, he can't cause us any trouble." said Charlie.

"Huh? Why?"

"Because someone wants to cause trouble for him."

The small bosses were still wondering what this sentence meant, but not long after, they received news from their younger brothers that Berman City Councilman Burnett was shot in the head on his way home from get off work!

▄︻┻┳═一……☆(>○

As soon as the news came out, the small leaders fell silent.

Although this happened, the boss seemed to be staying at the headquarters and didn't go anywhere.

But the boss obviously knew it in advance.

Maybe the boss hired someone to kill Burnett?

It has to be said that people's imagination is infinite. While the younger brothers were discussing, the small leaders had already started to imagine that the boss would unify Berman City. However, they said nothing and asked nothing, concentrating on doing what "Xia Li" ordered.

Don't listen? If you don't listen, I'll chop you up!

While the Dihuo Gang was silent, the entire city of Berman had become bustling.

Jonathan stood where Burnett had died and smoked a pack of cigarettes, still unable to figure out why he had died so suddenly. He searched the area for clues, and ultimately, based on his experience, concluded that this was an assassination attempt by a transcendent.

The weapon used was a gun, but the bullet was condensed by magic power and therefore had disappeared. A normal person would not be able to find the weapon that killed Burnett.

But what was the purpose of the extraordinary person assassinating Burnett?

"This must be a revenge operation by the Dark Hand or the Blood Archbishop!" Ryan said angrily. "Their conspiracy has been exposed, and they are furious and seeking revenge. Captain, the safety of Berman City depends on you!"

"Is that right?"

Jonathan always felt that something was fishy. Not to mention the Blood Archbishop, the people of the Hand of Darkness were almost wiped out. Why didn't they make a fuss before when there was such a big fuss, and why are they making a fuss now?

So it was the Blood Archbishop who did it?

Regardless of whether it was true or not, the first thing to do was to investigate, so the Fire Covenant quickly took action.

Here, Ryan has begun to deal with the "legacy" left by Burnett.