Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

"Here you go, Krocausin. This is the deposit, meow. I'll find a way to pay you the rest in installments, meow... Please forgive me, a poor lord, for not being able to come up with so much money all at once."

Seeing the gold coins shining brightly in the sun, the old leader finally realized that the Cat Lord was serious.

Until this moment, the old captain Krokosin had never thought that the golden hair on Lord Lordsin was so beautiful.

"Then I'll accept it, meow. I didn't expect that the most loyal person in Kai City would be you, hahaha, meow~!"

The old captain was in a good mood immediately. He pulled Lord Lordesin over and insisted on going for a drink.

However, he was not "drinking a drink" purely to celebrate or have fun, but to repay Lord Lordsin's kindness just now.

At this early hour in the morning, when work was at its peak, the old captain Krocausin had something special to say to the Lord.

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At the cordial invitation of the old leader Whitebeard, the Cat Lord reluctantly came to the other's house.

The old team leader was very active and brought two pots of wine. He didn't use cups or bowls, but just drank directly from the pot.

However, after each of them took a sip out of courtesy, the old leader did not launch an enthusiastic drinking offensive, but instead talked about business with the cat lord.

The old leader told the cat lord that in order to avoid being nagged by the ten elders, he did not tell everything in the meeting hall of the conference building.

The old leader Krokosin said that in order to ensure that the cat-people could pass the "test" of the "Messenger of the Underworld" this time, the old leader actually assigned an extra task to "Cicada": Krokosin asked them to send two people out to investigate whether other sub-human races had also discovered the traces of the "Messenger of the Underworld".

If the ten elders knew about this kind of thing where the "Cicada Bearers" were made to work overtime and their labor force was severely exploited, they would definitely be unhappy.

"You have to pay more, hahahaha, I guess those old guys will definitely say that, meow." Lord Lordesin commented with a sly smile.

The old leader nodded. What he was afraid of was that the elders would take this opportunity to ask for exorbitant prices.

Having already staked all his fortune, he can no longer afford to be "blackmailed".

"Yes, that's why I didn't tell this story in the conference room." The old leader smiled cunningly and continued.

According to the investigation information currently sent back by "Cicada", the other four core subhuman races of the Farnes Empire do not seem to have taken any action yet.

In other words, the cat people are at least ahead in progress and intelligence this time. The rest depends on whether they can maintain their current advantage and hold on to their leading position to the end.

As for the final "test", the old leader Krokosin felt that it was time to start looking for candidates to participate in the "test". Otherwise, when the "messenger of the underworld" was really discovered, it would be a mess and chaos.

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"Krocausin, since you took the initiative to bring up this matter, I think you must have someone in mind who chose Meow?" asked the Cat Lord.

"Haha, Lord, you are such a cat spirit. You even guessed this."

The old captain, Krokosin, did not hide anything and spoke out his thoughts right away.

Krokosin's idea is that there is a real shortage of talent among the cat people in the Farnas Empire.

If we really want to find someone who is capable of passing the "test" of the "Messenger of the Underworld", we will most likely have to select them from the "Cicada Holders" and retired "Cicada Holders" of previous generations.

"But if it doesn't have to be one of our own, there are actually better candidates, nya..."

The old captain stopped speaking halfway, then stared at Lord Lordesin meaningfully.

Lord Lordsin immediately became interested. Is there a better candidate than "Cicada"? Who could that be?

"What do you mean by 'outsider'? Krocausin, please make your point clear."

"Hehehe, I knew you'd be interested, meow."

The old captain chuckled a few times, then expressed a bold idea that Lord Lordsin had never imagined: "You actually know the better candidate, meow... That's 'Zhu Ye Liu Que'."

Upon hearing the name "Zhao Ye Liuque", Lord Lordsin's eyes widened and he was so surprised that he almost dropped the wine jug in his hand.

"How can those Eastern aliens like 'Zhu Ye Liu Que' be considered part of our cat-people?!"

The catman lord was so excited that he stood up directly, but after standing up, when he saw the evil smile still on the old leader's face, he gradually calmed down.

"I'm sorry, Crocusin, I lost my composure."

Lord Lordsin sat down again and asked the old captain Krokosin what he thought of this proposal. Krokosin first praised the lord for his understanding, and then expressed his true thoughts.

The old leader Krokosin believed that no matter whether they were the "real Western cat people" in the Farnas Empire or the "alien Eastern cat people" scattered abroad, in essence, they were all cat people, and this was beyond doubt.

Since everyone is a cat-person in terms of biological race, as long as one party passes the "test" of the "Messenger of the Underworld", all cat-people will benefit.

As for the rule that cooperation with the "alien Oriental cat people" is taboo, this is not a big problem.

"As long as we find a way to make the 'Messenger of the Underworld' and the 'Zhu Ye Liu Que' collide with each other, then even if they don't want to participate in the 'Test', they will have to participate, right, Lord?"

After hearing this, Lord Lordesin finally understood why the old leader had such a wicked smile on his face.

In ancient times, troubles were diverted to the east, and now the "messenger of the underworld" is diverted to the east. The old leader's move not only did not break the rules to cooperate with the "alien Eastern cat-people", but also successfully allowed the strongest "Zhao Ye Liu Que" in the cat-people to participate in the "test", which was really amazing.

"Captain Krokosin, it seems I still have a lot to learn from you... meow."

Lord Lordesin raised the wine jug and drank it all in one gulp. It was really worth it for him to be caught so early in the morning to "drink".

9.111 - Old tricks revisited

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October 187, 9

7:46 AM

[Confession death countdown remaining: 18 days]

"Death Future Remaining: 1 Days"

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Early in the morning, the cat people were already working hard, and the same was true for the Kingdom of Wester, which was located next to the cat people's territory.

In the Kingdom of West, in the Feiqi family's main city, Yanji City, the people in the Feiqi family manor are busy.

Even though Dark Elder Augusto didn't sleep well last night, he was still very motivated this morning because the scouts he sent out last night completed their investigation overnight and brought him good news early in the morning:

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All the monsters in the southern mines have been defeated!

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The scout soldiers said that the corpses of the monsters were piled up like a mountain, and it would take 10 to 20 people a week to decompose and process these materials.

And after processing, the value of these materials will be at least nearly a hundred gold coins...!

[Note: One gold coin is equal to 100 copper coins. The purchasing power of one copper coin is equal to one RMB, so gold coins are equivalent to the purchasing power of one million RMB.]

According to common sense, whoever defeats the monster has the right to dispose of its materials, so these one hundred gold coins should go into Banning's pocket.

However, after defeating the monsters, Benning just abandoned the monster corpses and didn't mention the monster materials when he came to discuss the reward with the Feiqi family yesterday. In this case, if the Feiqi family is a little shameless, it is not impossible for them to swallow these 100 gold coins.

Both moral and financial issues were placed before Elder Minghei at the same time. If the Feiqi family quietly accepted these materials, it would undoubtedly reduce the losses caused by the incidents in the southern and northern mines.

However, after careful consideration, Elder Minghei decided to seek Banning's opinion first.

If Banning wanted to retain his right to receive income, then Elder Minghei would never seize the young man's property, and would even let his subordinates help with the dismantling and sorting work for free;

But if Banning generously offers to donate all the materials to the Feiqi family, then Elder Minghei will not be polite.

Elder Minghei would neither lose the face of the Feiqi family for "just" a hundred gold coins, nor would he try to save face for the sake of pretense.

Act in the most reasonable way possible; this is Elder Minghei's principle of doing things.

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——(Oh my, this was expected, but I was still surprised again...)

——(Banning, how did you manage to eliminate those monsters in the southern mines... Who are you...?)

Elder Minghei was both happy and curious, and he began to arrange people to prepare the reward for the commission with great enthusiasm, intending to deliver it to Banning personally soon.

In addition, an idea that he had had before but had not executed has now returned to Elder Minghei's mind.

Elder Minghei once discussed with Elder Yuhong that they planned to spend a large sum of money to hire the legendary intelligence organization "Zhaoye Liuque" to investigate Banning's background.

Later, because the two were too busy, the matter was put aside for a long time and forgotten.

[Note: See chapter 9.93 - The Young Visitor]

Stimulated by the fact that Banning resolved the southern mine incident, Elder Minghei had this idea again.

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. Elder Minghei immediately went to find Elder Yuhong and expressed his thoughts. After listening to Elder Yuhong, he hit it off with Elder Minghei. He wanted to know the background of this kid Banning even in his dreams.

"But...Rodrigo, it's not easy to apply directly from the family for the funds to hire 'Zhaoye Liuque'..." Elder Minghei said to Elder Yuhong with a hint of meaning in his words.

"It's a small matter. How about I split the cost with you?" Elder Yuhong agreed without thinking twice. However, what he didn't expect was that Elder Minghei couldn't even accept this.

"To be honest, Rodrigo, I've been pretty tight on cash lately..."

"Augusto, you... well, forget it. I'll pay for everything, is that okay?"

"Frank, Rodrigo, that's what I like about you."

Elder Minghei accepted Elder Yuhong's sentiment with a smile, and Elder Yuhong was not too unhappy, because he knew that his old partner Elder Minghei could not help but use money to help the refugees of the "Great Migration", so he was an elder of the Feiqi family but always had no money in his pocket.

"Since I'm paying all the money, you'll have to do all the hard work, Augusto."

"No problem, leave it to me. I've dealt with Teruya Liuque once before when I went to Sunny Town, so we're pretty familiar with them."

"Oh? Sunny Town is the base of Teruya Ryuque?"

"No, that was just a coincidence. They are cunning and elusive. It will probably take some time to get in touch with them again this time."

"Hurry up, Augusto. I don't want this talented person like Benning to run away." Elder Yuhong said directly. As an old stubborn man, he rarely expressed his appreciation so directly.

"Haha, is Benning just a talent in your eyes?" Elder Minghei suddenly had an idea and asked Elder Yuhong tentatively.

"Ah? What else could it be?"

"No, nothing... just pretend I didn't ask, hehe."

Elder Minghei thought about it, but ultimately did not express his true thoughts.

If Elder Yuhong knew that he treated Banning as half his grandson-in-law, the old guy would definitely explode on the spot.

The conversation ended here, and the communication between Elder Minghei and Elder Yuhong came to a temporary end. Next, Elder Minghei will personally bring the commission reward to find Banning for a good talk.

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Under normal circumstances, if the Feiqi family wanted to give a lucky person a reward of up to 300 gold coins, Elder Minghei would definitely deliver it to the door with great fanfare, thus turning the self-imposed act of "paying the reward" into a reputation promotion for the Feiqi family.

But today, Elder Minghei's approach was different. Not only did he not let his subordinates publicize it in a high-profile manner, but he also came to the hotel that Banning told him to stay with the least number of personnel and the most low-key travel method.

The main reason why Elder Minghei did this was only one, which was that he didn't want Banning's existence to be exposed to the world too early.

If Banning is really a miracle-level genius with no identity or background, then once his deeds are known to other forces and organizations, there will definitely be countless people who are eager to recruit talents and extend olive branches to him.

By then, not only will it be very difficult to recruit Banning, but the cost that the Feiqi family will have to pay will also increase several times.

Elder Minghei strode into the hotel and asked the front desk whether the guest in room 3 on the second floor was in the hotel. This was the room number that Banning had told him last night.

When the staff saw the emblem of the Feiqi family, they were so scared that they ran out from behind the counter and knelt on the ground, fearing that they would do something wrong and get into big trouble.

"The guest, guest, guest in room three on the 222nd floor, he should be in the room! I just saw him come back from outside and go upstairs a few minutes ago!"

After hearing the answer, Elder Minghei whispered a thank you, then led his men straight up to the second floor.

But he now had another question in his mind, that is, it was not even eight o'clock in the morning, and Banning had already come back from going out?

Where was he doing?

9.112 - Home Visit

Soon, Elder Minghei arrived at the door of Room 3 on the second floor.

To his surprise, Banning had already opened the door and was standing waiting at the door.

"I am flattered that Elder Minghei has come to visit me in person. In fact, you just need to send someone to call me over." Banning said to Elder Minghei politely.

"Hahaha, you're still as talkative as ever, Mr. Banning... But before we get into the formal conversation, please allow me to ask a small question. How did you know we would be visiting this morning?"

"To be honest, I didn't know. I just happened to be standing by the window looking at the street when I saw you and your men enter the inn, so I guessed you were here to see me."

"I see. I thought Mr. Banning could even predict our actions in advance, hehe... Oh, right, I just heard from the front desk that Mr. Banning went out early in the morning and just came back not long ago. This is really a coincidence. If we had come half an hour earlier, we might not have seen you."

"Yes, I usually go out for a morning exercise when I get up in the morning. I happened to meet the elder when I came back today. It's really my luck."