Chapter 279: The Tiefling Kingdom, Drinking Poison to Quench

Thirst Ambers did not care much about human morality. Peeping was meaningless to him and he naturally had no objection to it, but he could not let his products have such a dirty reputation.

What if other people talk about it in the future and say that this drone was originally used to spy on women in the bathroom? How can it be sold then?

Many people mistakenly believe that things about the dark side of human nature sell well. In fact, the market for aphrodisiacs will never be as big as that for cold medicines, and bards in taverns who can only sing obscene songs will never make as much money as those who can sing grand epics.

"I can't do things like snooping into the bathroom. Unfortunately, we can't complete this deal."

Amber Xiu decisively chose to refuse, not wanting to lose the big picture for the small one.

But Amber refused, but the orc ranger was not happy and held the remote control tightly and refused to let go.

"We agreed to a free trial for half an hour, why are you going back on your word now? You dare to lie to me, do you know what will happen to you?"

The orc's biceps bulged automatically and trembled, causing his sleeves to burst as if they were about to tear apart. Only orcs could perform such a difficult move.

But this threat is of no use to Amber.

I only heard Amber Xiu say loudly: "What? Are you going to hit me because I didn't help you peek into the bathroom upstairs?"

The sound was so loud that all the guests in the tavern heard it, and everyone turned their heads and looked towards Amber.

The orc ranger was completely confused. He never expected Amber to howl like that.

It's okay to talk about things like peeping in private, but if you make it public, you will immediately become the target of public criticism.

Sure enough, the bartender began to put the empty bottles on the bar. The guests stared at this table with shining eyes. They hadn't found a chance to make a big fuss for a long time.

The orc ranger was about to explain, but Amber Xiu didn't give him the chance. He stood up and said angrily, "I heard you say that he was persecuted by the adventure group, so I kindly recommended alchemical equipment to him. In the end, you forced me to peek at women bathing? I didn't agree, and you beat me?! Are you still human? I shouldn't have helped you out of kindness!"

"No, it's not..."

"It's nothing. You stole my things and didn't even return them! Isn't the evidence in your hands?!"

"I, this...I'll give it back to you."

The orc ranger quickly threw the remote control to Amber.

After An Boxiu took it, he sneered and said, "Are you scared now? What are you waiting for? It's rare to have the opportunity to beat someone up legally, especially an orc who can handle it!"

The guests in the tavern stood up one by one and surrounded Amber's table, each of them with an eager expression on their face.

Amber was right. Adventurers like them risked their lives every day, and they were already exhausted. Those who didn't have money would have to spend half a day even to have a drink, and they basically had no way to vent.

Now, what a rare opportunity it is to beat someone up in a reasonable way.

Seeing that his dumb companion was about to be beaten, the tiefling thief next to him said, "Wait, this alchemist just talks nonsense. He lied to you. He was the one who wanted to peek at others taking a bath!"

Amber Xiu chuckled and took out a memory crystal.

The tiefling thief's eyes widened. This guy actually recorded it?

Amber looked at him with disdain, and then said, "I believe in fairness in business. In order to avoid any disputes, I usually film the negotiation process. I didn't expect to meet such filthy customers like you two."

At this point, the first wine bottle flew over and hit the orc's head.

As a ranger, the orc reacted very quickly and caught the wine bottle with his hand, but it was meaningless because dozens of wine bottles followed closely behind.

An Boxiu had quickly stepped aside, listening to the crackling sound, and sighed: "The folk customs of Ganlu City are still so simple and honest."

When the tiefling and the orc were lying on the ground with bruised faces and noses, the bartender walked over to them and threw down a long bill. All the wine bottles and the broken tables and chairs would be charged to these two people. This was the simple moral value of the adventurers.

Amberxiu had already returned to the bar, drinking the beer that he had not finished for a long time.

After the bartender came back, he wiped the glass and said, "Guest, every time you come, you bring a lot of excitement to the pub."

Amber looked at the bartender in surprise. He was a tall male tiefling. Amber had never seen this man before. Wasn't the last bartender who served him an orc?

"Do you recognize me?" Amber asked.

The tiefling bartender explained, "We have relevant records of those special guests. Although you change your appearance every time, we have our own way of identifying you. The last time, you showed up with the Elf Queen. That was a distinguished guest that our store rarely sees in a century."

“That’s amazing.”

Amber Xiu's praise came from the heart.

Catherine's last transformation wasn't perfect, but it wasn't something that most people could recognize.

The tiefling bartender said, "Don't play like that next time. We can't always fully recover our losses."

Although taverns in various places have a superior status among adventurers, seeking compensation depends on the ability of the owner himself. Sometimes those adventurers have only a few gold coins on their bodies, and even if they are sold as slaves, they may not be able to make up for the losses.

And when you encounter someone who runs fast, you can't even find them even if you want to chase them.

These two unlucky guys have a background in adventure groups, so it is relatively easy for them to claim compensation.

Now that his identity had been discovered, Amber Xiu did not hide it and asked, "What should I call you?"

The tiefling replied, "Akilov."

"Oh, judging from your accent, you are from the Kingdom of Unholy Carols?" asked Amber Xiu.

"You are very well-informed, my guest. I speak with a country accent from the kingdom."

"I used to be an adventurer there, too."

Amberxiu recalled the past. In his hundreds of years of life as an adventurer, the country where he stayed the longest was probably the Tiefling Kingdom of Unholy Hymns.

There he killed a chosen one of the Rose Spider Queens, betrayed an Elf King, and met many, many people, both friends and enemies. It was also in this place that he picked up a stone tablet and mastered the power of the prophecy wizard from the contents recorded on it.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Life began to change from that time.

Thinking back to those days, Amber Xiu felt quite emotional.

Akilov smiled and poured a glass of wine for Amber, poured himself another, and said, "This is for you, to toast the unclean ode of the past."

The two clinked their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

Amber Xiu couldn't taste the wine, but he could hear the bartender's implied meaning.

"Has the Tiefling Kingdom changed now?" asked Amber.

Akirov said, "Of course it has changed, otherwise why would I leave my hometown? Ever since Lion began to invade everywhere, the Unholy Song has had to rely on the power of Hell to deal with it. We tieflings have spent so much effort to get rid of the shackles of our bloodline, and now we are forced to become a mixed-blood bastard again."

Amber Xiu understood his feelings very well.

The Tiefling race is very special. Their ancestors signed a contract with a big shot in hell, and their blood was contaminated by the blood of the devil.

Therefore, most tieflings have fiery red skin, two horns on their heads, scales on their bodies, and tails behind them. Some tieflings with serious atavism may also grow devil wings, making them look like a Cambion.

Generally speaking, tieflings are not evil by nature, but because of discrimination due to their appearance, most tieflings will choose to throw themselves into the arms of chaos. There is no other way, people look at you with tinted glasses, so why not just turn evil?

During the time of the Dragon Tyrant, tieflings suffered less discrimination.

The reason is very simple, below the dragon clan are all ants, no matter if you are a devil half-blood or something else, you are all slaves, everyone is the same.

Later, the dragon tyrant was killed by Arthur Ryan, and the holy king helped the tieflings establish the Kingdom of Unholy Hymns. The name is somewhat self-deprecating, but the tieflings at that time were determined to take this opportunity to draw a clear line between themselves and hell.

We have finally become decent human beings, finally been on an equal footing with other races, and finally have our own home after the world has been renovated. Who would throw feces into their home?

So for a long time, tieflings threw away the name of half-blood bastard.

However, Lion changed, and the tieflings had to change with him.

The royal family of the Unholy Hymn began to split into two factions. One faction adhered to past decisions and drew a clear line between itself and Hell, while the other took the initiative to contact Hell in order to resist Ryan's offensive.

It should have been a life-and-death fight, but a wise man managed to stabilize the situation on both sides.

Amberxiu heard that more than a hundred years ago, the wise man persuaded the conservative royal family to give up power, and now the Unholy Hymns are completely controlled by the Hell Faction. However, because of this wise man, the Hell Faction is very restrained in the use of power, which has resulted in the kingdom not becoming a colony of Hell and not attracting the intervention of gods.

This is not a simple matter. For many gods, once Hell invades the mortal world on a large scale, they will take action without hesitation. This does not violate the rules set by Ao at all.

Therefore, this wise man is very clever in being able to use the power of hell without being struck to death by the gods.

Because of the power of hell, Ryan was unable to gain any advantage over the Unholy Hymn. Otherwise, this kingdom would have lost large tracts of territory just like the dwarves and orcs.

And now, more than a dozen Hell Gates have been installed on the border. Tieflings declared that as long as Ryan did not invade, they would not detonate these Hell Gates. If Ryan dared to come, all the responsibility would be on Ryan's side, and they had no choice.

Ryan could only declare every day that the tieflings had fallen and become pawns of hell, so they would be liquidated sooner or later, but on the other side he could only vent his anger on the dwarves and orcs.

Akilov looked young, and what he said had changed. It should not be as simple as referring to the Hell Faction being in power. Using the power of Hell to deal with Ryan was like drinking poison to quench thirst. This happened many years ago.

Could it be that something is wrong with the Tiefling Kingdom again? (End of this chapter)