Baiyi did not take charge of the discussion with the other nobles. Instead, he let the Engineer Walker do the talking. He sat quietly and listened. The Engineer Walker was the one who was in charge of the project, so he was the most suitable person to talk about it. Baiyi also took the opportunity to look at the rewards he had earned that night. Not bad, right?
An armor that was suspected to be a divine artifact, an exquisitely crafted and expensive magic circle, plus all kinds of miscellaneous materials and Vidomina's beautiful mother … Well, the last one didn't count, but all in all, it was a lot better than the previous years. After all, there were five more slots.
The discussion with the Engineer Walker went smoothly as well. The Engineer Walker had borrowed a lot of tricks to fool investors back on Earth, and he managed to fool a few nobles who were already interested in marionettes. Some nobles were already in the marionette-related business, so they believed his so-called revolutionary technological advancement and swallowed the pie that he had drawn for the new era of marionettes.
Sure enough, people who had never been exposed to Earth's technology were easy to fool. The Engineer Walker only needed to change into a pair of jeans to jump on the stage and shout, "You!
you
Okay? " Under such circumstances, both parties naturally had a good time talking. Very quickly, they skipped over the various difficulties in the research and development process and began to think about the distribution channels and profit sharing. Every noble seemed to see the beautiful money scene outlined by the engineer. They could see the magnificent future where their investment could be recovered several times or even dozens of times.
When the Engineer Walker promised to give each of them a magic marionette of the latest model, the nobles were reminded of the magnificent sight of the spider-shaped marionette. With such a powerful marionette, which was easier to control and could accurately carry out their orders, there was no reason for them to be afraid. How could they lose in future conflicts? As long as they had a few of these marionettes, even Principal Hope would not be a problem.
Thus, the discussion was destined to end in the optimistic manner that both sides had hoped for. However, the nobles would never have guessed that the Engineer Walker's marionettes all had a fatal backdoor that ordinary people would not be able to detect. With a simple command, the marionettes would turn against the Engineer Walker and become part of Da Xue's fighting force.
Imagine a conflict between two sides, and the main force of the marionettes suddenly turned against them. What kind of user experience would that be?
This was the evil plan that the Engineer Walker had come up with from the very beginning. He wanted to use other people's money to create a super army for himself. Baiyi had initially rejected the idea because it was too evil, but now that he had the chance, he had to get to work on it.
Baiyi, on the other hand, was aware of the man's wishful thinking, but he would never expose it for the sake of the nobles. Baiyi sighed inwardly, "This scholar's heart is truly vicious …"
After the nobles left the hall in satisfaction, Baiyi and the Engineer Walker were the only ones left in the hall. "Do you really think this is a good idea?" Baiyi asked.
"What's wrong with that?" The Engineer Walker replied nonchalantly, "If they continue to maintain a friendly relationship with me, there won't be any problems. But if they try anything funny, I don't want my marionettes to be used against me. This is just a safety precaution. You know how those fence-sitters are. They're the best at betrayal and betrayal."
Baiyi nodded. He did not object to the Engineer Walker's opinion, but he reminded him, "Then you'd better make sure you do it properly. If someone else finds out about this, they'll be in big trouble."
"Don't worry. You have to trust my professionalism. With the technology you've brought back, my marionette technology is already a generation ahead of the rest of the world. If anyone else were to look at my designs, they'd be like a caveman looking at a car. They wouldn't be able to decipher the entire blueprint, let alone find out that there's something fishy about it," the Engineer Walker said confidently. "I'm sure you understand the difference in technology."
Baiyi nodded. He was relieved to hear that. The two chatted for a while longer, and then they went their separate ways.
As Baiyi was on his way back to his cottage, he was still thinking about his new armor when he saw a shadowy figure in a black robe. The figure looked creepy and creepy. Baiyi stopped in his tracks and yelled at the figure, "What are you doing wandering around in the middle of the night?!"
The shadowy figure stopped and turned around, revealing a terrifying face beneath the hood. Green flames burned in the figure's eyes, illuminating the metallic face of the figure. The figure spoke in a low, hoarse voice, "I just came back from somewhere else."
"Don't tell me you still haven't learned your lesson, and you've gone out to do evil again?" Baiyi asked.
"You should trust me more. As your most loyal comrade, I deserve more of your trust," the Lich Walker muttered. The black-robed Lich muttered under his breath as he took out the Saint Quartz staff that Baiyi had borrowed from him the last time. The staff, which used to be translucent and colorful, had turned green. It no longer looked as beautiful as it used to be, and the tip of the staff was surrounded by a few translucent souls, which exuded an evil aura. The entire staff had been ruined to the point that it looked like it was no longer the same as before.
The staff was no longer called the Saint Quartz Staff. It should be called the Soul Enslaved v2.0 Green Simplified Version.
"So, you've been out killing people again?" Baiyi muttered. He wondered if he should send the Lich Walker back to the Void. Although the Lich Walker had contributed a lot to the invasion of Duat, sending him back now would be akin to burning the bridge after crossing the river, killing the donkey after he had outlived his usefulness. Still, the Lich Walker was unsettling.
The Lich Walker did not answer him directly. Instead, he tossed three storage pouches at Baiyi. Baiyi opened them and saw that two of them were stuffed full of shiny gold coins, and the last one was filled with a pile of papers. Baiyi took out the stack of papers and flipped through them under the moonlight. It was a huge stack of wanted posters!
The wanted posters were issued by the Empire's government, by various associations, and even by the Church. Most of the wanted posters were about fallen sorcerers who had conducted human experiments, alchemists who had poisoned hundreds of people to death, mad villains who had slaughtered countless civilians, or nobles who had abandoned their subjects during the previous Realm War. In the previous Realm War, the undead from Duat were not the only ones who had caused harm to mankind. There were also thugs who had shown their ruthless nature during the chaos. After the war, many wanted posters were issued by various organizations, and each of them carried a hefty bounty on their heads.
Most of these wanted posters were stamped with the seal of termination, indicating that the villains on the posters had been executed. The signature of the person who received the reward was Desfar Donner. That was the Demigod Lich's real name.
Why would an evil, sociopathic Lich Walker do something like that for the sake of mankind? Well, even though it was to create a new version of the Soul the Enslaved, Baiyi could not find fault with it.
More importantly, there were some people on the wanted posters that Baiyi did not expect. For example, the greatest emperor of the Rohlserlian Empire, the Archmage; the inventor of the Soul Armature; the Soul Armature Practitioner, the pioneer of the realm; the most gifted and talented alchemist. They were all classified as the Void Villains, and each of them had a bounty on their heads.
Even Lady Undine, who had a close relationship with the Voidwalkers, was not spared. The Southern Duke, on the other hand, was not listed as a wanted target, perhaps because he was too powerful.
Among them, the one with the highest bounty, the highest level of bounty, and the highest level of danger was the notorious Void Villain, the Defiler of Gods, the Treader of Faith, the Deceiver of Hearts, the Bandit from the Deepest Dark Lands, the Dean of Da Xue, Hope. His bounty was as high as one million gold coins per person, and his danger level was represented by 10 skulls. It should be noted that a Magician only had a danger level of 8 skulls, and the Demigod Lich that was wanted back then only had 7 …
Other than that, there was a series of detailed notes that emphasized the Void Villains' extreme danger, proficiency in all kinds of combat techniques, excellent equipment, and extremely cruel methods. It was strongly recommended not to attempt a one-man crusade, but to form a large army instead.
Finally, there was the authority that issued the bounty. As expected, it was a bounty from the Church.
"They actually have the guts to issue a bounty like this?" Baiyi was a little surprised. 'Isn't it a little inappropriate for them to be so direct? Don't tell me they really want me to bring Hem, the Fairy Piggy, to their Holy City for Grace Day? '
"Tsk tsk, of course I wouldn't dare to sign it openly. It's actually done in secret. Not even the inner circle knows about it. Only the higher-ups know about it," the Lich replied with a dry laugh.
"Then how did you get your hands on it?" Baiyi asked, puzzled. He shook the other two pouches full of gold coins and asked, "And how did you get your hands on all these bounties?"
"With Umbra's help, of course," the Demigod Lich replied. The Lich Walker walked over to Baiyi's side and picked out a few assassination orders from the pile. These were missions that had been assigned to Umbra by various factions.
Naturally, one of them was a mission to take Baiyi's head. Umbra had accepted the mission due to the Church's influence, and they had also posted a bounty on Baiyi's head in accordance with their professional code of conduct. The reward was the one million gold coins on the wanted poster. As for the recommended level, it wasn't the Blade Scar Assassin or the Phantom Assassin, but the Lunatic …
The mission had been posted for two months, but no one had dared to accept it because there were no lunatics in Umbra.
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