Chapter 230 If you can't cheat, use your fists
Harvey was awakened from his dizzy head by the wind and sand, and realized that he had been tricked.
"This is wrong. I should be dead. Why would I meet a liar at this time?"
Harvey couldn't figure it out, but he wasn't going to let these two liars go. How could he stop himself from going to the end of his fate at the critical moment? Hastings and Hares were already hiding in a hotel in Ganlu City.
He took off his disguise, revealing a strange body made of machinery and mercury.
"Hehe, I didn't expect to meet such a fat sheep. Now I have enough money for the trip." Hastings' voice came from the magic power furnace in his chest, with a strange echo.
Hares, whose body had turned into a mass of mercury, also sighed, "I don't know how many days we have wasted, and we haven't even seen a single paladin. Now we can finally cross the line of death and look for those paladins, but this little money is not enough. We still need to buy some equipment in Ganlu City to avoid being killed by a paladin's sword."
After being modified by Amber into abnormal undead, these two were given a difficult task.
Test whether this body can be restrained by the Holy Knight's Holy Slash.
But Amberxiu just gave them orders without giving them a single gold coin.
The two brothers came to the ground and found that the war between the dwarves and Llane had ended, and the death line in the desert became the dividing line between the two countries.
It is impossible to cross the death line on foot. Even the body of a puppet will be crushed by the endless wind and sand.
They spent a lot of effort and found someone who could help them smuggle themselves across the border, which people on this side of the desert call "walking the line."
In fact, it is a secret, special underground passage that can cross the line of death.
However, the person who controls this passage is not so easy to negotiate with, and the asking price is 10,000 gold coins per person.
The two brothers didn't even have a single gold coin, and they had only survived for so many days relying on the undead to not need food or water. Where did they get the money to go online?
At first, Hastings wanted to take a hard approach.
After all, the two of them are no longer the same as they were before. Hastings puppet is the latest model of the Alchemy City, and with Hareth who has turned into mercury, it can be said that he has the power of a high-level adventurer.
It shouldn't be a problem to deal with a few thugs who are helping people with the route.
However, after investigation, it was discovered that those who came out to negotiate the price were all outsiders who had no idea where the hidden tunnel was. Only after paying the money would the person behind the scenes appear.
If the two brothers take action directly, it will only alert the real people behind the scenes and make them hide.
With no other options, they could only go back to their old ways, taking commissions in taverns and collecting bounties, while also working part-time as scammers.
There was still a big gap at first, but I didn’t expect to meet Harvey, a fat sheep.
Thousands of gold coins were delivered to them, and as a result, they had enough funds and could prepare to go to the other side of the desert at any time.
"Who is that guy? Is he really a prophecy wizard?" Hastings asked Harris.
It was Hareth who told Hastings that he had found a prophecy mage, and then the conversation started. If it wasn't for his brother's reminder, Hastings wouldn't have known that there was such a profession as a prophecy mage in the world.
Hares's mercury body squirmed a bit, and then he said, "I only found out after I followed the master. When the boy was gambling, he had several secret spellcasting movements, which were exactly the same as our master's postures, just like a student and a teacher. Only a prophecy wizard can win so much money at the gambling table."
The two brothers knew that Harvey was a prophecy wizard, but they still dared to lie to him. In fact, it was because the original plan was that Hastings lied and Hares told the truth.
If Harvey really chose Harris, he would really take the scales to complete the task.
This scale was handed in by Amberxiu when he was handing in a task at the tavern. Harris took advantage of the time when no one was paying attention, turned into a mercury thread and sneaked into the warehouse of the tavern and stole the scale, so no one would notice the problem when he used it to hand in the task.
The pit that Hares dug was just a share of the mission bounty, so he must have thought of various ways to lower Harvey's share and take the lion's share for himself. In this way, he could make a small profit, and after a few more times, he could gather enough funds for the route.
But Harvey was easier to cheat than imagined. He didn't have to do anything, he just took the money and left.
Now everything is almost ready. It's time to head to the Holy Knight's territory and let others use the Holy Slash to chop him.
Hares's mercury body squirmed and climbed onto Hastings, then he put on his coat and mask, and the two of them became one. Ten thousand gold coins were enough.
However, the two brothers did not expect that as soon as they walked out of the hotel, they saw Harvey standing at the door with a sneer on his face, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
Hastings walked past Harvey very naturally, as if he didn't see anything.
When Harvey saw this, he quickly said, "Hey, seeing the victim coming to your door, this is your attitude as a liar?"
Hastings said in a puzzled tone: "My friend, are you talking to me? I don't think we know each other?"
Harvey's eyes widened. He never expected this man to be so shameless. He said angrily, "You cheated me of thousands of gold coins in the tavern, and now you say you don't know me? Do you think I can't recognize you after you changed into a cloak and a mask?"
Hastings was not panicked at all, and said calmly: "Listen to what you said. The person you know is wearing a mask that is different from the one I wear. How can you say we are the same person? Have you seen what that person looks like? Do you want me to lift the mask and let you check it?"
"you!"
Harvey was surprised to find that he couldn't argue with this liar. If his divination hadn't locked onto the man in front of him, he wouldn't have been sure that it was the same person, but now he had no evidence.
"Okay, I'm busy. Next time if I meet that liar you mentioned, I will remind him to return the money to you. Bye."
Hastings said this politely, and then walked away from Harvey again.
Harvey realized that he could not defeat this professional liar with just his mouth, so he chose to use his own method, and the dice of fate fell on Hastings.
A few seconds later, there was a sound of cloth tearing, and gold coins began to fall to the ground from Hastings' cloak.
Hastings reached out to grab it quickly, but he was not paying attention when he was walking, and the mechanical seams on his body caught the purse, which was worn out after a few steps.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
The two brothers did not have a magic pocket with huge space, so they could only carry tens of thousands of gold coins on their backs.
As a result, when the cloth bag fell, the golden coins rolled all over the ground.
This naturally attracted the attention of passers-by. A group of people came over with ill intentions and said enthusiastically: "Oh, how can you be so careless? Let me help you pick it up."
The next moment, more than a dozen hands appeared on the gold coins. When these hands disappeared, half of the gold coins on the ground were gone.
Hastings was furious and wanted to pin the thieves to the ground, but they had already run away.
The folk customs of Ganlu City are so simple.
After collecting the remaining gold coins, Hastings discovered that there were only a little over 6,000 gold coins left out of the original 10,000, which was not enough for the wiring.
Hastings angrily grabbed Harvey by the collar and lifted the young man into the air: "You are looking for death, aren't you?"
Harvey imitated Hastings' tone and said, "My friend, what are you talking about? I just stood aside and did nothing."
Originally, he thought Hastings would be speechless by his words, and he could be said to be fighting back. However, what Harvey didn't expect was: "You want to play this trick on me? Do you think I need evidence?"
After saying that, Hastings punched Harvey in the eye socket, making his eye swollen.
It was because Hastings was holding back a lot of strength, otherwise he could have easily blown Harvey's head off with one punch.
Harvey was stunned by this punch. This liar, his moral bottom line is too flexible, he cheats when he can, and he just takes action when he is cheated?! Harvey threw the dice of fate at Hastings angrily, and then Hastings' body made a crackling sound, and several bolts fell out of his cloak.
The power of the dice of fate is that as long as it can fail, it will fail.
Hastings' right hand got stuck, as if something was wrong.
But when Harvey saw these bolts, he realized that he was not facing a living person, but a puppet.
"Wait, you... weren't sent by my teacher?" Harvey asked.
Harvey had seen the alien skeletons made by Amber, and also seen the various puppet materials in his laboratory. He knew that this teacher liked to tinker with these strange things the most, but these were not enough to draw a conclusion.
Harvey just intuitively felt that the puppet in front of him should be related to his teacher.
Hasting put Harvey down and asked, "Teacher? Who is your teacher?"
Harvey quickly said, "King of Elden!"
Bang, Hastings's other fist responded to Harvey.
Hastings grabbed Harvey, whose eyes were already black and blue, and said, "I don't know any King of Elden! If you don't pay me today, you can't leave!"
(End of this chapter)