"D — d * mn it!"
Justin brandished his longsword and rushed towards Tang En in exasperation. He tried to take him down as soon as possible and then threaten those people to stop.
At this moment, Vanilla cleaved Justin's longsword away with a clean chop and grabbed Justin's neck with a backhand chop.
"What, what's going on —"
Before Justin could come back to his senses, Vanilla threw him hard, and he fell into the ground.
Looking at the confused Justin, Vanilla curled his lips. "What a weak warrior …"
Tang En squatted in front of Justin happily and said, "So, Mr. Lei, we can talk about the compensation now."
"What, what compensation?"
In his panic, Justin was not even in the mood to think about why this person called him "Mr. Lei".
Fiona said expressionlessly, "Of course it's the compensation for stealing the feudal lord's property and selling it to others, causing the feudal lord to lose money."
Fiona's words confused Justin. In the end, he only heard one sentence clearly.
"My, my feudal lord!?"
"That's right, war … The person squatting in front of you is the feudal lord of this place, the noble Earl Tang En!"
Fiona finished speaking indifferently and secretly kicked Tang En's butt, indicating that he should pay attention to his aristocratic image.
Tang En looked at Justin as if he was looking at a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered. "Since he's a member of a famous guild, he must be able to come up with a lot of gold coins to ransom him … Speaking of gold coins, Locke."
"Yes!"
"Get our brothers to empty their money bags. These are all Ellington's property."
Locke chuckled. "No problem! I'm good at this job! "
As a mercenary, his keen sense of wealth allowed him to not let go of anything of value. These unlucky fellows who met him were completely doomed.
"Wait, wait!"
Justin, who was extremely pale, hurriedly shouted, but Locke had already left. He shouted in panic, "It's a misunderstanding! This is a misunderstanding! "
"I don't think so … Tell me, how many gold coins can your leader pay for the ransom?"
An ice-cold sword was placed against Justin's neck. Looking at the other party's mocking gaze, Justin swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and said timidly, "It, it's a misunderstanding … We, we are actually not members of Caesa's Strength …"
"Hmm?"
"I, I'm telling the truth!"
Justin felt the cold blade against his neck, and his heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly said, "It's true! We're just a third-rate mercenary group! This time, I heard about the underground world, so I came here to try my luck. After seeing Caesar's Strength digging Light Crystals deep underground, I had an idea. I brought my brothers to disguise themselves as members of Caesar's Strength and stay here to take a cut from those who need to dig Light Crystals! "
"Pretending to be a member of Caesar's Strength to collect money here?"
Tang En was dumbfounded. "Are you guys crazy about money? Aren't you afraid of Cesa's Strength's revenge? "
In the mercenary industry, pretending to be another mercenary group to do bad things was a big taboo.
When the mercenary industry had just risen, many arch-enemies liked to do this to tarnish the reputation of their opponents. In the end, the whole industry was tarnished, and everyone almost had no fun. At this time, the mercenary guild gathered the strongest mercenary groups at that time and set the rules of the industry to severely punish impersonators. Then, the industry began to develop well.
Justin laughed dryly. "Now, the main forces in the underground world are mercenary groups. After hearing the name of Caesar's Strength, no one dares to mess around, and they all obediently pay the money. We were also forced, so we had to take the risk to earn a sum of money here. Besides, Caesar's Strength's people have been down there for more than ten days, and they haven't come up yet …"
"Then you guys forgot the time, and didn't want to leave after getting addicted to earning money. After earning a sum of money, you still want to earn a second sum, right?"
Justin was speechless.
Profit could always blind people's eyes, making them unable to see the danger.
Looking at the gold coins they took out, Tang En patted Justin's cheek and said with a smile, "Take these gold coins as a lesson. Listen to me, hurry up and go back. This is not a place for small fries like you to play."
"I, I know …"
Tang En grabbed him by the neck and pulled him out of the ground, then said kindly, "You should be happy. At least, you won't die in the underground world."
"Yes, yes, yes …"
Justin nodded repeatedly. He was in a disadvantageous position, so what could he say?
After driving out the group of clowns, Tang En's face became serious. "The situation doesn't seem good."
"What's wrong?"
Tang En explained, "Ordinary adventurers have a limited area to explore, so they often return to the supply point to reap the benefits while bringing out the resources. Although large mercenary corps will explore more areas, because of the large number of people, it's also very troublesome to resupply. After the initial exploration to a certain extent, they will also return here to obtain supplies and formulate the next exploration plan."
At this point, Tang En's expression suddenly became serious. "However, Cesar's Strength has not returned. This means that they have either encountered some danger and are trapped, or there is a huge benefit that attracted them, leading them to continue to go deeper underground and forget the importance of returning."
At this time, Locke came to the side and added, "Cesar is a powerful and shrewd mercenary. He is very calm and will not be easily tempted by the benefits in front of him. If even he can be moved by the benefits in front of him, I'm afraid it's not ordinary."
"The elemental deposits in the underground world are very strong, and there are rich magical mineral resources and magical plant resources. I wouldn't be surprised if they encountered something good."
Tang En shook his head and got rid of these messy thoughts. He said, "Hurry up and dig out the crystals. We're ready to go."
Ten minutes later, Tang En and the others set off again. It took them a full half an hour to follow the twisted path through the huge cave of light crystals.
At the end of the Luminous Crystal Cavern was a wall full of caverns. A few of the caverns had been marked as' dead end ', indicating that these caverns had already been explored. A few of the caverns had been marked with red danger signs, indicating that these passages should lead to more dangerous areas.
In addition to the caves below, there were also many caves above the cave, which should be the flight paths of the gargoyles.
After a group of adventurers sitting in front of those caves saw Tang En and the others, their eyes lit up and they immediately shouted, "Come and take a look, take a look, it's the most detailed exploration map so far! Every dangerous area has been marked, and all the places that have been explored so far have been mapped. It's a must-have for underground exploration! "
Hearing that there was a map, Fiona's eyes lit up. "How much?"
The first thing that came to her mind was that with a map, it would be easy to determine the scope of the lord's authority in the future. What a competent housekeeper.
The adventurers stared at Tang En and the others for a while, then whispered to each other. Then, one of them, a man with a scar on his face, said, "If you want to buy it, Sheng Hui will pay 200 gold coins."
Fiona exclaimed, "What?! 200 gold coins for a map?! Why don't you just rob us?! "
Another adventurer looked at the shiny armor on Depp and the others and pursed his lips. "We want to rob you, but we can't beat you."
Tang En was speechless.
Fiona was speechless.
Everyone was speechless.
What an honest man.
The man with a scar on his face glared at his companion, then said, "Ahem, we don't sell the map by the set. We sell it by the head, and we've already given you a discount. Such a precious map was drawn by countless people with their lives on the line. We spent a lot of money to buy this information.
"It's not appropriate to sell it too cheaply, but if we sell it too expensive, no one will be willing to buy it. So, selling it by the head is the best way to sell it. If you can afford such good armor, it's only 200 gold coins. You should be able to afford it, right?"
Fiona hesitated. She had been in charge of Ellington's finances for a long time, and she was becoming more and more of a miser. She didn't want to spend a single copper coin on anything that wasn't necessary. Although the map was necessary, it was too expensive.
Tang En tossed out a money bag. "Give me one. You don't have to count it. There are 200 gold coins in there. There's no mistake."
"My lord! We could've haggled … "
In the face of Fiona's dissatisfaction, Tang En chuckled and said, "Don't be too stingy. Anyway, this money is additional income."
Fiona suddenly came back to her senses. Yes, anyway, it's the money that I just took from Justin. It's equivalent to getting it for free!
With this thought, Fiona's mood immediately became much better.
Although Tang En said that there was no need to count it, of course, they weren't stupid enough to not count it. After counting the gold coins, the man with a scar on his face took out a rough parchment scroll and handed it to Tang En. "Sheng Hui, 200 gold coins."
Tang En opened the parchment scroll on the spot. Fiona, who was next to him, poked her head out to take a look. She was so angry that her nose almost went crooked. "What the hell is this map?!"
The parchment was filled with densely packed numbers and all kinds of crude hand-drawn signs from top to bottom. There was neither a road map nor a reference point. How could this be considered a map?!
The man with a scar on his face twitched. He deeply felt that it was impossible to communicate with laymen …
Twain smiled and said, "Fiona, that's where you're wrong. This is really a map."
Fiona glared at Tang En angrily. "My lord, why are you speaking up for them?!"
"This is really your fault." Tang En smiled and pointed to the circle numbered 1 at the top of the map. He then pointed to the cave in front of them. "This is the starting position. Did you find anything?"
Fiona took a closer look. There was a number engraved on the wall next to the entrance of the cave.
1.
After being stunned for a moment, Fiona came back to her senses. She looked at the densely packed parchment and was stunned.
"This is really a map …"
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