Chapter 42 Your father is not human
Faced with the increasingly decaying family territory, the heir Herbert finally took action.
The early rectification of the territorial stolen channels and taxation channels was carried out in his name, so when the income was divided, he naturally had his share, and it was a considerable amount of the church, no matter how arrogant the church was, he would never dare to challenge the traditional interests of the nobles at will. Many people live by rules, and everyone will be unlucky without rules. Cecil can do a lot to suppress Herbert, but he dared to touch a finger on Herbert's aristocratic rights today, and tomorrow the empire will dare to destroy most unprotected church branches!
The war more than a hundred years ago only proved that one thing is more powerful than combat effectiveness, and the Empire has never lost!
The church without God coming will definitely lose! Of course, the "Proposition of Man and God" signed by Weihuang that year only lasted a thousand years. Based on the lifespan of countries in another world, this time is really not very long... If the church is destroyed, it will not be able to explain it at that time. In short, it is precisely because both sides have concerns that a stable situation can be maintained, and both sides are fighting hard without breaking it.
Having money in hand, Herbert released a large number of tasks in one breath. These tasks cover all aspects of the territory. If they are really executed, it will not only take up three or four months for the mercenaries in the Black Town, but will also bring a real change to the Black Town!
Mercenaries are the power of Black Town and are also an instability factor. Using the instability factor of Black Town to this extent and finding a feasible path in the cracks, it can be said that Herbert, the heir, is really worthy of the title of "The Shan family is a genius and a madman"! But unfortunately, no matter how beautiful the plan is, after being deleted and modified by Knight Cecil, it will become a ridiculous product. There is no genius, and only madman is left.
Those rewards that seem reasonable are naturally impossible to pass, and those that seem meaningful are treated the same as those that seem profound. Only those who are just some kind of attempt, invest very little effort, and do not expect success... are now taken out with great fanfare.
The church even adds a part of the reward to increase the quest's attracting chips and... absurdity!
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For example, the description of one of the tasks is as follows: "Bonus notice: Pirate ghosts hidden in the deep sea, always attacking on the full moon night, can switch between virtual bodies and entities, are powerful and cannot be damaged with ordinary weapons. Even if they are destroyed, they will be resurrected on the full moon night. As long as the resentment remains, they will never die there...
However, by observing the style of the costume, we can confirm that they were pirates during their lifetime. As we all know, pirates are cruel and greedy, and their desire for gold is endless! After the ghost dies, they will retain the strongest part of their desires during their lifetime. So are these ghosts bribed?
It is recommended to use gold powder, gold tools, gold coins to try to buy pirate ghosts, etc...."
Such a ridiculous task is rewarded as much as one thousand gold coins!
The mercenaries burst into laughter and a powerful mercenary group came forward to seize it!
Since taking office as Duke, the cleaning of the Duke's lord has been going on for four or five years. It can be said to be a mercenary who is fighting against the iron town and a flowing mercenary. Those who are qualified in the Black Town have almost known what are the real dangerous areas around the Black Town, which are the boss activity areas. Although everyone knows that going to those areas will definitely make a fortune, no one can easily go to those places to die.
Just like pirate ghosts, their "sleeping" area is not a secret. This mission itself does not require challenging the boss. In fact, just take a boat to that area and then pour "gold" down from the sea, it will naturally sink to the bottom of the pirate ghost's sleeping sea. This mission is simply simple!
Of course, gold is impossible! The entire mission reward is only one thousand gold coins, and Herbert will not provide gold tools... It is really necessary for the mercenaries to run away with these. Anyway, in addition to gold, there is also a yellow metal in the world called Fool's Gold, which looks similar to gold... With the brain that is soaked in the pirate ghost, it should not be able to distinguish the difference between the two.
Many people suspect that this task is not as simple as it seems, and there must be something wrong with it.
However, there was no... there was no pit, no conspiracy. The mercenary group brought a few sacks of golden vessels to the sea, and then took advantage of the calm afternoon to throw all the fake gold into the sea! When they came back... the ten bags of gold coins were waiting for them in the city lord's mansion! This time, they were real gold coins!
When they left with their purses, the mercenaries went crazy! Those messy tasks were picked up in a blink of an eye!
At the bottom of the sea, a thin bone hand picked up the gold sinking on the mud and scraped it with sharp nails. The swaying golden powder fell from the vessel, revealing the black below... Even if they brushed a layer of Fool's Gold, they couldn't bear to give up too much, and it was iron inside.
The bone hand was clenched tightly! The cast iron twisted and broken inside the bone hand and was kneaded into iron slag!
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"Herbert, shit... It's your father, he's not a human!" Herbert still remembers how Shen Yan looked when he told him the "game plot" and his mouth twitched. "After a period of time, his funds began to become less abundant. In desperation, your father began to sell the strange antiques he dug out to the empire for funds to continue digging. But at that time, due to large-scale commotion and suppression, bandits from the entire south gathered in the wilderness of the territory, and land traffic was almost cut off.
Fortunately, there is a small dock at the back of your manor, so your father hired a team of notorious pirates for transportation. The pirates repelled the robbers on the land, and they raised the price to your father on the ground and demanded a high reward. Your father had no choice but to agree to the payment the next day.
As a result, that night, he secretly came to the harbor and imposed all magic and curses on the ship and the anchor. The anchor sank into the bottom of the sea with the ship, and the pirates were killed, and then turned into ghosts under the magic of the undead. He climbed ashore every full night to escape debts from your father..."
What does this have to do with not being a human? Herbert asked helplessly, this practice is very common among nobles? What the hell is it to become a ghost?
"What do you mean?"
"So you know? Although this kind of ghost looks powerful, its shortcomings are also obvious. That bill is their obsession. If you really help your father pay that bill, their resentment will dissipate and will disappear on their own soon."
"You want me to raise money to pay the bill?"
"No, I'm curious about what would happen if I lie to them again?" Old Shen smiled coldly, and Herbert couldn't help but shivered.
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"The debt must be paid!" A wooden leg stepped on it, and the gilded iron can was pierced like mud!
"The debt must be paid!" The dragged pirate scimitar cut the passing stones out of deep dents!
"The debt will be paid!" Countless rotten corpses, exposed bones, and wearing ragged clothes, emerged from the sea mud!
"The debts must be paid!" The vast pirates of death carried out an undersea marching directed to the Black Town!
This time it's not full moon.
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"Borrow notice: Mr. Herbert seems to have found a way to restrain Siren by looking through ancient books, that is, a mirror! Siren Siren can manipulate sea water and people's hearts, and is extremely powerful! But she seems to be afraid of seeing her ugly image...
To confirm this view, Mr. Herbert will provide one hundred and fifty gold coins and four metal mirrors to any warrior who can help him verify this idea!”
Mirror? Can you defeat the Siren? You didn’t joke with me?!
When they saw this announcement, almost all the mercenaries found it incredible! Siren is one of the newcomers who are known as one of the newcomers. Many newcomers were confused by the Siren's singing because they did not block their ears in time and became her captive in a daze. Not only did they drowned in the sea, but they also became marine puppets manipulated by Siren.
But if the announcement is true... everyone is moved! The problem is not that the reward of 150 gold coins is offered, but that the area where the Siren is located has never been conquered by adventurers! There are countless treasures hidden there! If what Lord Herbert said is true, a mirror can drive away the Siren, it is simply a great news!
As long as this is one percent possible, it is worth 100% hard work! How can you do without taking risks when you get rich!
So needless to say, all the powerful mercenary groups set out towards the ocean with mirrors! For a moment, the mirror in Hei Town was hyped to a sky-high price! It also made a dog man and woman who stocked up in advance make a fortune!
As it turns out, Herbert really didn't lie to them! The Siren, who was usually extremely powerful, ran away under the illumination of countless mirrors! As long as she saw her image in the mirror, she would scream like she was burned by fire, and she would turn around and run away... She was so panicked that she would hit the wall and never look back!
Those who went there later were shocked by the treasures all over the ground without even seeing the boss Siren! The next time they naturally joined the ranks of money grabbing... On that day, all the mercenaries who dared to go into the water made a lot of money! Pearls, corals, and tortoiseshells filled their pockets, and everyone returned with a full load! Celebration wildly!
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When the sea cave was plundered and the adventurers left with a happy smile, the Siren Siren crawled back to her own cave.
There is nothing left here except...the mirrors everywhere, intact and broken...
A woman's hand trembled and picked up a complete metal mirror and stood it in front of her. An ugly, hideous fish head appeared in the mirror! The ringworm spots were clustered on the face of the fish skin, the conch and the organs condensed into one, and the sharp and uneven teeth stretched out from the ugly fish lips... Even the deepest nightmare cannot describe the ugly face in the mirror!
The Siren cried, and big tears fell on the stone ground and rolled into a new pearl.
Her paws gradually tightened, the metal mirror twisted in her claws, and the characters in the mirror also twisted!
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"Well, Shen Yan, what is the story about the Banshee Siren? What is your purpose of doing this?"
"It's not all because of the big shit! Your father, he..."
"I understand, he is not a human!"
Chapter completed!