'I'm saving you, do you understand?!'
Two sentry towers had already been sent flying, so how could Sauss still dare to give Lin Yun an excuse? These warriors were the elites of the Viper Nest, and if Lin Yun attacked again, Sauss wouldn't even have a place to cry.
"Great Mage Merlin, let's go inside and talk, okay?" Thinking of this possibility, Sauss didn't dare to stay outside and enthusiastically invited Lin Yun into his wooden house.
There were three people who entered the wooden house: Lin Yun, Sauss, and Bell.
After sitting down in the wooden house, Lin Yun glanced at Bell. He had heard that the Viper Nest had a very powerful Great Mage, and even Solomon had personally praised him. Seeing Bell now, Lin Yun knew that it should be him.
This was at least a 6th or 7th Rank Great Mage …
Moreover, his Magic Conducting Rune was very powerful, and this Great Mage Bell's actual fighting strength was probably above his rank.
To be honest, Lin Yun was a bit afraid of this most powerful Mage of the Viper Nest.
If the Viper Nest's territory was somewhere else, Lin Yun might not have dared to come here.
But since it was the Poison Fog Canyon, everything was a lot easier, because Lin Yun knew that as long as he stood in the Poison Fog Canyon, he was already in an invincible position. All that was left was to wait for Sauss to lower his head.
"Great Mage Merlin, this is really just a misunderstanding …" Sauss lowered his head much faster than Lin Yun had expected. At this time, Sauss' mind was filled with thoughts of how to quickly send this God of Plague away.
This God of Plague's destructive power was too frightening. He casually came and the Viper Nest lost twenty elites, and they were in chaos for more than half an hour. If he came a few more times, the Viper Nest would definitely be destroyed.
This was like seeing a ghost …
'How come I've never heard of Locke Merlin's son being such a God of Plague?
Wasn't it said that Locke Merlin's son had no future prospects, that he was still a Magic Apprentice at the age of twenty?
To hell with magic apprentices …
Sovann gnashed his teeth and cursed. He swore that if someone said that again, he would bring him to the Poison Fog Canyon and let him see the two sentry towers that were blown up.
"Umm, Leader Sauss …"
"No problem, Great Wizard Merlin, I understand!" Sauss really wanted to send this God of Plague away. Before Lin Yun could state his conditions, Sauss had already hurriedly agreed, "Five Apprentice Alchemists, 200,000 gold each, plus the things Lyos broke, a total of 2,000,000 gold. Rest assured, I'll have someone deliver the crystal card to the Gilded Rose tomorrow. I wonder if Great Mage Merlin has any other requests?"
Sauss dared to swear to the heavens that his last words were just out of politeness …
But it didn't matter if he was being polite, Lin Yun wasn't being polite.
"Other requests, there really is one …" Because Lin Yun suddenly recalled that familiar mana fluctuation he had felt when he entered the Poison Fog Canyon. If he wasn't wrong, that familiar mana fluctuation most likely came from that place that had been mentioned countless times by those powerful mages during the peak of the magic era.
Since the matter was related to that place, there was no need to be polite.
That place might be nothing to others, but to him, it was an opportunity to quickly obtain five Magic Arrays.
"…" Sauron wanted to slap himself twice when he heard Lin Yun's words. 'Who asked you to talk too much? Who asked you to talk too much? Why did you have to be so polite? Now that you're being polite, there's a problem. Are you going to agree or not?'
Since he had already said it, Sauss couldn't take it back even if he wanted to.
Thus, Sauss had no choice but to brace himself and squeeze out a smile. "Great Mage Merlin, y-y-you … If you have any requests, just … Just say it!"
"Since Leader Sovann has said so, then I won't be polite with you …"
"…" Sauss could feel the veins on his forehead throbbing as he thought, 'When have you ever been polite?'
"I believe Leader Sauss also knows that my Gilded Rose has some cooperation with the Silver Moon Mercenaries. Recently, we need to provide a large amount of alchemy items to the Silver Moon Mercenaries when they go to Edge Rift. The Poison Fog Canyon can be said to be a place that they have to pass through. Thus, I want to discuss with Leader Sauss and see if the Viper Nest can make things convenient for me and allow my Gilded Rose's caravan to freely pass through the Poison Fog Canyon."
"This …" Sauss frowned with some hesitation.
It wasn't that Lin Yun's conditions were too harsh …
To be honest, Lin Yun's conditions could be considered reasonable.
Moreover, the cause of this was indeed because the Gilded Rose's caravan had entered the Poison Fog Canyon. Lin Yun's conditions could be considered as a sincere solution to the problem.
The problem was that Sauss was somewhat worried …
Many people in Thousand Sails City knew that Sauss had been thinking of ways to expand into the depths of the Poison Fog Canyon in the past decade, but Sauss had never told anyone the real reason.
That was because Sauss knew that there was a temple hidden in the depths of the Poison Fog Canyon.
In those days, when Sauss was still a hoodlum, he once found the corpse of a powerful Swordsman at the entrance of the Poison Fog Canyon. Sauss's current sword skill came from that powerful Swordsman's inheritance. But Sauss's talent wasn't very good, so he was still a 4th Rank Great Swordsman.
But Sauss didn't just find the sword skill inheritance, he also found a thin diary.
The diary recorded why that powerful Swordsman crossed the sea to Thousand Sails City, and why he went to the depths of the Poison Fog Canyon to find that temple.
At the time, Sauss was terrified as he held that diary.
Sauss established the Viper Nest almost as soon as his swordsmanship reached the small success stage, and he joined the struggles of the various powers of Thousand Sails City. After that, Sauss used twenty years to make the Viper Nest the largest underground force of Thousand Sails City, and under everyone's incomprehensible gazes, he occupied the Poison Fog Canyon as he wished.
To Sauss, the Poison Fog Canyon was too important.
It was so important that Sauss couldn't tolerate any accidents.
Lin Yun's conditions sounded reasonable, but if something unexpected happened, it would mean that twenty years of hard work would go down the drain.
Thus, Sauss thought about it and decided to refuse.
"Oh right, Leader Sauss …" Sauss frowned. Lin Yun knew that he wanted to refuse. This was related to whether he could quickly obtain five Magic Arrays, so how could Lin Yun let him refuse? Before Sauss could say anything, Lin Yun had already taken out a glass bottle. "I heard that the poison fog of the Poison Fog Canyon has caused a lot of trouble for the Viper Nest in the past few years, so I had someone prepare a potion before coming here."
"Potion?"
"Yes, a kind of potion that can make people immune to the poison fog's influence." Lin Yun opened the glass bottle, and a faint fragrance filled the wooden house. "I call it Magic Spring. You don't need too much, just one bottle. Put it in a well-ventilated place, and for at least three days, the poison fog of the Poison Fog Canyon won't pose a threat to your subordinates."
'There is such a potion?' Sauss was suddenly happy. If this Magic Spring was truly as miraculous as this young Great Mage said, then his plan to expand into the depths of the Poison Fog Canyon would be completed at least three years ahead of schedule.
In the past ten years, the poison fog of the Poison Fog Canyon had truly caused a lot of trouble for the Viper Nest. Almost every month, the Viper Nest would lose at least ten elites because of this poison fog.
Sovann really didn't expect that a negotiation that was supposed to be a peaceful one would actually bring him such good news.
'Hold on …
'No!'
Sauss, who was about to thank Lin Yun, suddenly realized that something was wrong. The smile that had just appeared froze on his face, and his face suddenly turned deathly pale. Although his eyes were still looking at Lin Yun, they were already filled with anger and alarm.
'No, this isn't helping the Viper Nest!
This is a blatant threat! '
The young Great Mage taking out the Magic Spring was in fact telling him that the Gilded Rose had already thoroughly researched the poison fog of the Poison Fog Canyon. If they could take out a potion that could restrain the poison fog today, then they would naturally be able to take out a potion that could strengthen the poison fog tomorrow.
It was to the point that this young Great Mage might even be carrying one of those potions.
Otherwise, even if he was a 5th Rank Great Mage, how could he dare to charge into the Poison Fog Canyon by himself?
As he thought of this, Sauss felt a chill run down his spine.
If such a potion appeared in the Poison Fog Canyon, it would be a disaster for the entire Viper Nest. The originally threatening poison fog would instantly turn into a life-devouring monster. The hundreds of elites of the Viper Nest, the painstaking efforts of twenty years, would vanish in an instant.
At this moment, Sauss felt as if all the strength in his body had been sucked out. He sat there in a daze, looking at Lin Yun with an incomparably complicated expression.
'Locke Merlin's son is really too frightening …'
"Great Mage Merlin should have more than one potion in his pocket, right?" Although Sauss clearly knew that he couldn't afford to provoke the young Great Mage in front of him, he couldn't help mocking him when he thought of how close the Viper Nest had been to hell.
"Haha, naturally, if Leader Sauss feels that one potion isn't enough, I can provide a few more." Lin Yun was still smiling at Sauss.
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