Chapter 39 My Paladin Friend
Under the dim candlelight, the young wizard was writing furiously.
"Poor Alan suffered cruel torture once again, but even when he was dying, he still insisted on praying to the Lord of the Dawn. I couldn't help but be moved by his firm belief, but I couldn't help but wonder what exactly his faith brought him.
"As captives of the lich, he is the only one who endures torture, while I, a mere mage apprentice, can even write letters to my family..."
William Harvey wrote proudly on several sheets of parchment, and then handed the article titled "My Paladin Friend Alan - A Brief Discussion on the Influence of Faith on Young People" to Amber.
Amber looked at the content carefully, nodded with satisfaction, and said to Harvey, "Not bad, your writing is quite good. Are you planning to change your career and write novels?"
The young wizard smiled awkwardly but politely, then asked cautiously, "Master Ultraman, can this kind of story really be published in Legendary Spell?"
Ambershu asked Harvey to make up a story from his own perspective, telling the story of a devout paladin Allen who took the initiative to provoke a powerful lich because of his firm belief, and after being captured, he suffered even more cruel treatment because of his faith.
The article, which consists of 20,000 to 30,000 words, implicitly points out that Alan's belief is not sincere, but he became a fanatic of the Lord of the Dawn just because of the influence of his family education since childhood, like brainwashing. It also points out that the fanatic's old father's harsh and perverted training of his son caused the good young man Alan to become a religious lunatic.
Anyway, the main idea of the article is that the editor-in-chief of "Legendary Curse", James Watson, used force to brainwash his son, which violated the universal value of freedom of belief in the mainland, distorted the teachings of the Lord of Dawn, and turned people into religious lunatics.
Harvey felt that if he submitted this article, his name would be permanently blacklisted by "Legendary Curse", and then the Holy Warriors would drive directly to the gate of the castle, not to attack the Ultraman Master, but to send him, William Harvey, to the stake.
Amberxiu happily comforted Harvey and said, "You will definitely not be able to appear in the main issue of Legendary Spells, but the supplement should be fine. Congratulations, young wizard, you are also a contributor to Legendary Spells."
The main issue of Legendary Spells is all kinds of cutting-edge magic research, while the supplement is more entertaining. For example, "Those Years in Silver Moon High Court", "My 80-Year-Old Loli Elf Wife", "The Tyrannical Prince of the Ryan Empire", etc. These "non-fiction works" are very popular, and the supplement is even more popular than the main issue.
Amber could not directly send a threatening letter to the Lion Empire, so he said: "I have your paladins and priests of light in my hands. Hurry up and bring a ransom of several million gold coins, otherwise I will kill them."
If this were to happen, the Ryan Empire would definitely publicly announce that Amberxiu was on their wanted list, and then send troops to kill Amberxiu. The Alchemy City would have no reason to stop it.
Therefore, Ambersou needed to inform James Watson in a more obscure way - your son is in my hands! Letting Harvey write such an article is to inform him in a roundabout way through "Legendary Spell". If James Watson doesn't want to lose his son, he should pay the ransom out of his own pocket to avoid a complete fall-out.
In the article, Harvey repeatedly mentioned the ransom price and his intention to release the person after receiving the money in the tone of an observer. I believe that the editor-in-chief is not a fool and should be able to understand what Amber Xiu meant.
Although Harvey knew very well that he would be in big trouble after sending out this article, as a prisoner, he had no room for refusal. He could only hope that Amber would keep his promise and not make things difficult for him.
From what we've seen over the past few days, this lich is much kinder than expected. Even the paladin and the priest of light have not been abused. At most, they were locked up and not allowed to run around. The cruel tortures described in the article are actually all fabricated.
Harvey even asked Amber why he made up stories instead of torturing him directly.
Amber's answer at that time surprised him.
"Why torture them? I'm so busy doing experiments that I don't even have time to sleep. How can I have the time to torture them? What's the point of torturing them? I can't kill them and take their souls. If they get hurt, I'll have to spend money to treat them. Am I crazy to waste my time and money on them?"
This answer made sense, but Harvey felt that something was wrong. Was it simply because of the cost that an undead lich would not torture a paladin?
No one would believe this, right? But Harvey did not ask any more questions. As a wizard apprentice, he lived a comfortable life in the castle. He had his own room and could read books occasionally.
If it weren't for the alien skeletons that were always following him, Harvey felt that this was no different from when he was at home. If he said too much and angered this kind old lich, it would really be a loss.
Amber put away Harvey's article, mailed it to "Legendary Spell" as quickly as possible, and then went into the laboratory again.
Amber Xiu is not bragging, he is really busy.
The combat record of living mercury still needs to be edited, and the living mercury experiment needs to be concluded. More importantly, he needs to organize the detailed data and information and send it to the rich undead lady, Withering Rose, to see if he can get her to pay the balance.
In Amber's opinion, living mercury already meets the requirements of the withered rose.
The magic resistance is enough to resist most magic traps. Living Mercury is not undead and will not be discovered by the Ryan Empire's undead monitoring system. In addition, the body can be deformed at will, so it can break through through the drainage hole of the city wall or directly climb the city wall.
As long as there are enough of them, living mercury might actually be able to break through the walls of the Ryan Empire.
Of course, the premise is that the legends of the Ryan Empire will not take action, otherwise even the living mercury will not be able to withstand a few large-scale attack magics. They only have magic resistance, but they are not completely immune to magic.
After working for most of the day, Amber finally packed up the information and sent it to the Withered Rose through the Codex of the Undead.
This rich woman seemed to be online all the time and responded almost immediately.
[Death Rose: So fast? I thought it would take you another month or two to come up with a preliminary design.]
High-level undead are not so easy to design, let alone undead troops specifically targeting the Ryan Empire. It is as wishful thinking as ordering beef noodles with only beef but without the noodles.
[Ultraman Tiga: Standing on the shoulders of a master, it is easier to achieve results. I found inspiration from Master Morgan's design of a spirit servant and imitated it to create this new spirit servant, which should be able to meet your needs.]
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
[Decadence Rose: Master Morgan? What a coincidence, I am his student. 】
Amber did not expect such a coincidence. No wonder the Withered Rose wanted to deal with the Ryan Empire. Master Morgan was hunted down by the holy warriors of the Ryan Empire and finally died. This is to avenge the teacher. This spirit is worthy of admiration.
[Ultraman Tiga: For Master Morgan's sake, I can give you a discount. ]
[Dead Rose: Oh, how much discount? 】
[Ultraman Tiga: 9.95% off. 】
The rich woman was silent for a long time before replying.
[Dead Rose: You better not give me a discount. If the teacher knew that you were only worth this much, he would probably come back to life and smash your life box.]
[Ultraman Tiga: That’s fine. Respect is something that should be kept in the heart and should not be measured with gold coins.]
【Dead Rose: ……】
The wealthy woman did not reply to the message. It seemed that she was carefully studying the information sent by Amber.
Amber Xiuzhen was looking forward to Party A's feedback when he suddenly saw new information on the Codex of the Undead.
But this time the person who sent the message was someone he didn't expect.
[Crown of the Headless Horseman: Brother Tiga, can I stay at your place for a few days? ]
(End of this chapter)