The tavern owner simply walked calmly behind the bar.

He squatted down, lifted a wooden board, and took out a bottle of fine wine that had been treasured for 10 years.

Then, the owner took out 14 more wine glasses from the bar.

Filling each glass with his treasured spirits, the owner, his eyes red-rimmed, said, "Kaitu, this is the last day Ash Tavern is open."

The lizardman Ketu said, bewildered, "Old Lei, I know the forces that resisted those harpies were ultimately defeated, and everyone is heartbroken... but..."

Old Lei waved his hand, interrupting the lizardman Cato's persuasion.

One-eyed Lao Lei lowered his head and handed out glasses of wine to the guests present, one by one, even though these uninvited guests had recently taken all of his genuine old customers.

But one-eyed Lao Lei still hopes to add a sense of ceremony to his last day of business.

After distributing the drinks, Lao Lei picked up his glass, tilted his head back, and downed the wine in one gulp.

This was smuggled at a high price from the Ponceau Empire, known as the "Land of Fine Wine".

The wine in the glass had an amber color, but unfortunately, the people of Sedar lived a very hard life, and even the wine they drank tasted bitter.

After finishing his drink, Old Lei walked up to Leslie.

"From now on, I'm afraid there will be no more customers coming to the tavern for drinks."

"Please take me with you."

"I have tens of thousands of dollars in bounty on me, after all."

The lizardman stared in disbelief at Old Lei, then looked at the unfamiliar faces in the building.

Assange exclaimed in surprise, "It's been so long since I've been to Sedar. Has it gotten to the point where even bounty hunters can't survive here?"

The lizardman clenched his fists, his eyes red, and roared, "What right do you outsiders have to make sarcastic remarks?!"

His indignant speech was interrupted before it even began.

The tavern's stubborn door creaked open, and a group of bird demons swaggered in.

These bird demons have men's faces, human-like upper bodies, and bird-like lower bodies.

Bognar whispered to Li Aili, "The more vibrant the color of a male bird demon's feathers, the higher its status."

Looking at the bird demons, which were either sparrow-colored or raven-colored, Li Aili instantly understood the jade dragon's implication.

"Her Majesty Queen Alila has just become the King of Sedar," the leading gray harpy said haughtily, raising its head.

"We are here to announce Her Majesty's first decree."

"From this day forward, every person standing on the land of Sedar must pay the Queen a gold coin as a poll tax every day."

Li Aili doubted that she had heard correctly.

Even in the West County Duchy, where taxes were relatively lenient, many commoners only earned four or five gold coins a year.

Such an income is enough for them to have enough to eat and wear, and live a comfortable life.

In the desert-like city of Sedar, what does a head tax of one gold coin per day mean?

Either these bird demons have gone mad, or Sedar's gold coins might be made of paper.

The lizardman exclaimed, "What?!"

"Where are we going to get so much money?!"

The sparrow-colored bird demon said coldly, "If you can't pay the head tax, then you can only become Her Majesty the Queen's slave."

At that moment, the raven-colored bird demon spotted the fine wine on the bar.

He licked his dry lips. "Hey, bring the wine from the table."

"It will be presented to you by us as a gift to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's coronation today."

One-Eyed Old Lei calmly watched the group of greedy bird demons, and upon hearing this, he picked up the wine bottle.

"want to?"

The bird demon's small eyes gleamed with greed as it reached out its claws to take the food.

Old Lei slammed his treasured possessions to the ground with a backhand motion.

With a loud crash, the bottle shattered into pieces.

I'd rather smash it than give it to you!

Li Aili: "..."

Bird Demon: "..."

The eyes of all the bird demons present turned bloodshot, their bright red pupils fixed on Old Lei, the tavern owner.

Li Aili reacted quickly, immediately pulling out 12 bottles of 'Forgetfulness Potion'. "Assange~ What are you standing there for? Quickly serve the guests drinks!"

Assange reacted quickly; like a professional bartender, he 'bang, bang, bang' pulled the cork off the medicine bottle, creating the effect of opening champagne.

Wendy Shani understood too. Pretending to be a professional bartender, she picked up the glass of amber-colored liquor on the table and, with the skill of a legendary knight, added the amber-colored liquor from the glass into the potion bottle.

Then she put the bottle cap back on and performed a set of cool bartending tricks.

The bird demons stared in disbelief, the red light in their eyes gradually fading.

After mixing thoroughly, Assange immediately served the birds wine, making sure each bird had a bottle in its hand.

Due to the physiological structure of the species, the lizard man happened to see Li Aili taking the medicine with one of his eyes.

Lizardman Caitu: "That's not..."

The legendary assassin used a Shadow Step to get to the lizardman's side, holding a dagger to the lizardman's back with one hand and covering the lizardman's mouth with the other.

Chatur: "He said, 'If you have deep feelings, shouldn't you drink it all in one gulp?'"

Li Aili: "..."

The bird demons looked at each other, but had no intention of drinking.

Leslie added, "To celebrate Her Majesty's coronation, we must drink it all in one go."

All the harpies raised their potion bottles, chanting, "For Her Majesty Alila!"

"For Her Majesty the Queen!"

"For Her Majesty the Queen!"

Tons.

After drinking it, the twelve bird demons held the empty potion bottles, and the effects of the potion immediately took hold.

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