"Do you have any ideas?" Fen was also concerned about such important matters. At the very least, she needed to know when she should start a massacre to intimidate everyone and make it easier for her to do things.
Of course, someone understood the meaning of Lich's expression. He shook his head and said, "It's not that bad yet. Let's find out what's going on first. Uzov, please start with the Turtledove Alliance's intelligence network. If you know it's a problem with the airship, you should be able to get some specific information. I'm going to visit a new friend. "
Now everyone was curious. Halumi was the first to ask, "Who are you looking for?"
"Do you remember the fat man who collected taxes on the Sid?"
At the mention of this, everyone remembered that there was indeed such a person. Lin continued, "There must be some kind of pressure that can make serious business people keep quiet. If it's pressure from the underground world, there will always be people who won't give in. But this time, it's a complete wipeout, and we can't even find a single person who can help. This means that the pressure is coming from a bigger place. In larger places, other than the officials, it was unlikely that there would be anyone else. Unless there's an underground emperor in the Guevana Empire or something. Since it's an official matter, of course we have to find someone in this field to ask. "
Thinking of the fat manager's performance, everyone was not confident. Lich, who thought he had a good grasp of people's minds, asked, "Can that man be used?"
"Hehe, if he's some important court official, I'd be worried. But it's an insignificant manager who knows how to curry favor. That guy is a smart man and won't do anything too stupid. Moreover, whether he says it or not, as long as he shows his attitude, it's a clue for us. "
Most people did not understand this simple sentence. Only Dark Dragon and Lich, who had experienced the ways of the world, knew a thing or two. Only Uzov, who was well versed in this field, understood the meaning behind Lin Li's words. From the moment they met, they were testing. No matter what the other party said, it was the same answer. There were very few people who could understand this, but as long as they understood, they could become excellent spies.
It's just that … this Magician is already troublesome enough. If he's also well-versed in human nature, then there's almost no one who can match him. That was Uzov's evaluation in his heart.
"Teacher, do you want us to follow?" Kaya asked, maintaining her usual calm.
Lin, however, waved his hand in disdain and said, "Why are you following us? You're all just burdens. If I was alone, who would be able to catch me? With you guys around, it's like having an extra rope to tie my hands and feet.
Everyone was speechless, but they had to admit that this magician was telling the truth. After spending so much time together, everyone more or less understood the weaknesses and advantages of Blink. In the end, he could only watch the other party leave.
Although he didn't know where the fat manager lived, he would definitely appear in the manager's office. After all, that was where he worked. And that place was a place that someone had passed by before, so there was already a detailed map of it. After confirming the distance once more, Lin activated Blink and directly arrived at the roof of the small house.
Under his detection method, there was no one in the house. It seemed that the administrators had seen the new airship and were excitedly demanding the Empire's taxes.
Lin flashed again and entered the management office. The furnishings in the small house were extremely simple. There were no luxurious decorations, but the furnishings were very comfortable. It seemed that the person in charge of this area was also the kind of expert who was low-key and pretentious.
While someone was groping around like this, the people outside came back. Hiding in the hiding spot that they had observed beforehand and entering the management office, it was the two familiar faces, Hassan Bahsh and his companion guarding the door.
There was no conversation between the two. They just familiarly registered their respective documents. This was a record proof that had to be kept after every tax collection. If some flaws were found in it, those high-ranking officials would throw him into prison and confiscate his family's property on the surface, but in fact, they would fill their own pockets.
Hassan's companion's work was relatively simple and finished in a short while. He picked up his precious pipe and tobacco pouch and walked out of the management office, leaving the fat tax collector alone to write documents.
After setting up a simple soundproof barrier, Lin walked out of his hiding spot. Seeing that the fat man didn't react, Lin could only cough and remind him.
The fat man, who was startled by the sudden sound, jumped up and looked around in panic. But when he saw a certain mage appear behind him, he calmed down instead. However, he still smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, you really shouldn't have come. Listen to my advice and quickly leave on the airship. "
He placed a small bag of money in a corner of the table, where Hassan had to take a few steps forward, but where a certain someone could reach out and take it back. Lin said, "That airship still has some imperfections. It needs to be modified before it can be safely on the road again. So it's not that I don't want to leave, it's that I can't. So I want to know where the resistance I'm facing is coming from. "
"That legendary weapon, Cassette Cutting, is yours, isn't it?" Hassan asked a seemingly unrelated question.
Lin had nothing to hide about this. He directly nodded and said, "It's with me for the time being. So it should be correct to say that it's mine. "
"That's where the problem lies," Hassan said rather vaguely, but in fact, a certain someone could guess these things.
Ever since he knew that something terrible had happened after he handed over the Cassette Cutting last time, Lin knew that he would be targeted. However, he didn't know how deep the water was and how many people were involved. And this was related to the strength of his counterattack and how much strength he should use.
For those nobles, although there were many casualties, it was said that the true descendants of the nobles weren't hurt or hindered. In other words, for the nobles, in this matter, at most, they had lost face and some strength, but it wasn't to the extent of a blood feud that would last until the death of their fathers and children.
Directly targeting that bastard's family and slaughtering them was one of the options, but a certain someone didn't want to do that. Or rather, he didn't want to go to the extreme just because the airship couldn't be repaired. Both sides were still testing each other, and there was no room for negotiation if they went to the extreme.
Lin Xiang didn't know whether the family of a viscount of Niyah could display such power, or whether there were other nobles involved. So he simply asked, "Who are they?"
"All of them," Hassan answered with even simpler words.
Hearing such an answer, Lin's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He questioned, "Is it really all of them?"
Hassan nodded helplessly.
Only then did Lin Xiang feel like he had stirred up a hornet's nest. He held his forehead and sighed. "Is there a need for that?"
"That sword is too dangerous for them." Hassan raised a very realistic question.
At this time, Lin had more or less figured it out. A sword that could pry into people's secrets and unscrupulously spread them out loudly. Which nobles wouldn't be afraid of a sword that could pry into people's secrets? So they only thought of seizing this weapon. It could be sealed, destroyed, or forced to hand it over to a more powerful noble for safekeeping.
But they didn't seem to have thought about whether the Cassette Cutting could be sealed. Could it be destroyed? And could they deal with the wielder? Or did they think that those who had the target were really just a group of barbarians? Perhaps it was all these miscalculations that made the nobles, who only saw the dangers of the Cassette Cutting, take it for granted that they used such a method to deal with it. They forced the wielder to come forward and hand over the extremely threatening sword.
However, having all the nobles in Abadan as enemies made Lin calm down. He looked at the bitter fat man in front of him. At the same time, he noticed that under the environment monitoring, the person outside was about to walk in. Lin smiled and said, "Sir, you have given me a lot of help. I think it would be a bit too much to ask for more information. " He pushed the small purse forward. "I don't know who left this behind by accident. I think you only need to remember one thing, sir. You have never seen me, and this conversation never existed."
With a bow, Lin flashed and disappeared. At the same time, Hassan's companion pushed open the door and walked in.
Seeing a living person suddenly disappear in front of his eyes, and it wasn't any kind of teleportation magic that he knew of, Hassan suddenly felt that it was a mistake for the nobles to choose such an opponent. Originally, he was still worried about how the other party would quietly leave the management office, which only had one door, without alerting his companions. It seemed that he had worried for nothing.
Sensing the unusual attitude of the fat man in front of him, Hassan's companion asked, "What's the matter? Is there a discrepancy in the account? "
"Nothing, I just remembered that I haven't eaten your wife's fish stew for a long time."
"Then, do you want to eat?"
"Let's leave early today. I'll go buy a big fresh fish, and then I'll visit your house with my wife. "
"Okay." The unsmiling companion just nodded and planned to finish the work on hand as soon as possible.
Hassan looked at the small purse on the table. Although his table was still tidy, there were a lot of things piled up. The small purse on top was inconspicuous at all. He couldn't help but think of the mage who put down the purse. He only hoped that what happened next wouldn't cause too much of a disturbance. Otherwise, it would be a sin for him to help the mage.
When Lin returned to the inn, of course, he told the information he had obtained. Uzov, who also came back, said something similar, but the difference was that he didn't say that he had to become enemies with all the nobles in Abadan. However, looking at the confident look on someone's face, Totokani, who was the most afraid of trouble, asked, "Sir, do you have a peaceful solution?"
Lin was amused when he heard the goblin emphasize a peaceful solution. But he still said seriously, "Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything too drastic. But I have thought of a way to solve this problem. Of course, I'll need everyone's help. "
Some people asked what they needed to help with, and some asked what the solution was. Everyone was talking at once, and Lin didn't know who to answer for a moment.
In the end, Lich couldn't stand the noisy situation and cast an Eternal Imprisonment. Everyone was quiet, including the man who was supposed to answer …
He had no choice but to release the imprisonment. Fortunately, no one dared to continue making noise.
Someone thought for a moment and said with a smile, "If there's only one or two enemies, it may be more troublesome. But if the enemy is a group of people, then the best way to deal with a mob is to scare them. So, what I want to ask of you is to confirm who are the nobles. Hey, don't look at me with those suspicious eyes or gloating eyes. I said I won't kill, and I won't kill. "
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