Chapter 568 The Price to Be Paid

Alan never thought that one day he would be so eager to see the return of this lich. At the beginning, he wanted to grind this lich into ashes.

Only two years had passed, and Allen had gone from being a paladin with a strong background to a traitor, and then to being the only person who could stand up and represent Ryan.

The time was too short. Allen felt that he could not keep up with the pace of change in the world, nor could he bear the responsibilities given to him by the Holy King.

Amber Xiu felt a little emotional when he saw Allen's haggard appearance.

Not everyone is Arthur Lane, and he himself is well aware of this.

He once thought that he could be on equal footing with Arthur Lane, but when he personally experienced the torture Arthur had suffered, Amber found that the gap between himself and the other party was unimaginable.

"Alan, don't hold yourself to Arthur's standards."

After hearing what Amber said, Allen shook his head and said, "I don't have time to think about what His Majesty the Holy King will do recently. After the collapse of faith, almost everyone is devastated. I have tried my best to cheer up only a few people. But now Ryan really has no way to deal with the dwarves and orcs, so I want to ask you for help. No matter what the cost, please save Ryan."

Amber touched his nose awkwardly. Two years ago, he was a lich who cursed Ryan to death every day. Now he has become Ryan's savior. The arrangement of fate is really funny.

"I've taken a rough look at it. You've done a good job keeping Ryan intact under these circumstances."

It's not that Amber has become more talkative, but that Alan has indeed done a good job.

Arthur Ryan sacrificed himself after the battle with the dragon, but Ryan was technically the loser and the main culprit.

The whole country is on the verge of collapse.

The orcs had thought about taking direct action. The new orc king also needed to establish his authority. Although winter was almost over, the food crisis had not been completely resolved, so why not let Ryan bleed? Before, they couldn't drag it out, so they had to suspend the war. Now they would definitely win if they fought, so there was no reason not to take action, right?

So as soon as Ryan had stabilized a little, Allen rushed to the orc mountains without stopping, hoping to end the war by compensating with food.

But the more they showed weakness, the more excited the orcs would become, making them more eager to invade Ryan.

After confirming this, Allen had no choice but to challenge the Orc King.

The tradition of the orcs is to advocate bravery and many things can be resolved through duels. But if an outsider like Allen wants to challenge the orc king, he must first go through the bloody battle ceremony.

It was a high mountain that was specially opened as an arena. From the foot of the mountain to the top, there were countless powerful orcs waiting for Alan to challenge.

Only if Alan can walk from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain within one day will he be qualified to challenge the Orc King.

Over a thousand years have passed since the inception of this ritual, and a total of thirty-four people have challenged it, but only one has succeeded, and that was the twenty-seventh Orc King.

This is also the simplest and most direct way for orcs to become king.

But in the past thousand years, only one person has succeeded, because the defenders are all legendary masters, at least 20 of them. And it doesn't necessarily have to be a round-robin battle. If the orcs defending the ring don't like you, they can choose to fight in a group at any time.

And Alan is the Ryan people that the orcs dislike the most.

So at the beginning, Alan was hunted down by five powerful orcs.

But in the end, Allen still reached the top of the mountain with wounds all over his body, and finally had his arm chopped off by the orc king with an axe.

Although Allen failed, the Orc King still agreed to Allen's request.

Because in the process of climbing the mountain, Allen also severely injured twenty legends of their orcs.

If Alan chose to kill them, the Orc Kingdom would suffer heavy losses, and Alan would not be so seriously injured. Perhaps he would still be able to fight when he reached the top of the mountain.

The Orc King hesitated for a long time, wondering whether to kill Allen, Ryan's spiritual pillar, directly or to give in.

In the end, he listened to someone's advice, spared Allen's life, and chose to negotiate with Ryan to gain more benefits.

Alan used magic to heal his broken arm, then negotiated with the orcs for a few days, almost giving in step by step and promising the orcs a lot of compensation, only then was he able to barely stabilize his side.

But the dwarves are still the key, because the orcs only agreed temporarily. Once the dwarves start a war and gain an advantage, the orcs may send troops to tear up the contract at any time.

But the dwarves don't have any bloody battle rituals that can make Alan fight to his death.

The current dwarf kings can only be described as greedy. They not only want to take back the desert, they also want Ryan to collapse completely and then take all the benefits.

After listening to Allen's description of the current situation, Amber Xiu asked, "It's such a mess. Do you Ryan still want to hold a world conference? The Lord of Dawn has won the bet now. Didn't he give you any instructions?"

In a world where gods exist, everything should be based on the will of gods.

"The Lord of Dawn only gave me instructions once, after His Majesty the Saint King left." Allen said with emotion, "But I don't understand what He meant."

"Even the paladins can't interpret the oracle?"

Amber was a little surprised. If a priest still had to rely on devout prayers to communicate with the gods, then the paladin was more like a warrior personally chosen by the gods and should be more favored by the gods than a priest.

"It's not that I can't interpret it, but I can't understand it because the Lord of Dawn didn't order me to do anything. He just told me to follow my heart and never give up hope. Then he would convene this World Conference to put an end to Ryan's sins."

Amber Xiu frowned. It sounded like there was nothing wrong with what he said. This was the original teaching of the Lord of Dawn.

But at this critical moment, such a vague oracle is just nonsense.

The Lord of Dawn will not allow Ryan to be destroyed, Amber is 100% sure of this, but what exactly does this person want to do? Amber knows too little about the Lord of Dawn, and cannot infer His thoughts from His behavior habits, so he simply said to Allen: "Since the Lord of Dawn has told you to do it, then you don't have to worry about it. Now tell me the bottom line, what is the highest price Ryan can offer?"

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

"We can return the desert territory to the dwarves and make a certain amount of war reparations. If converted into gold coins, it would be about 6.8 billion."

"Is that all?" Amberxiu was a little surprised. For a country as big as Ryan, it could only get such a small amount of gold coins. How could the dwarf agree to this?

"Lian is in great chaos and needs resources everywhere. This is the limit of what Ryan can provide."

Allen was also helpless. It was already good enough that Ryan could survive now. It was impossible to raise funds with the strength of the whole country as before.

"If it's just this price, it will definitely not satisfy the dwarves. But if I go and negotiate, it's not impossible."

Alan heaved a sigh of relief. Amber's words meant that he was willing to help. As long as the lich was willing to help, no problem would be a problem. After all, it was he who mediated the war between the elves and the dwarves. But Alan was a little surprised. Why didn't the lich talk about the reward first? This was very contradictory to his previous personality.

Allen couldn't help but ask: "Master Ultraman, how about you name a price first? I'm a little uneasy."

Amber looked at Allen with disdain, and then said, "Do you know how much gold a soul coin is worth in hell?"

Alan shook his head.

He hasn't been to hell, so who knows.

Amber Xiu laughed and said, "It can probably be exchanged for about 200 kilograms of gold."

Alan's eyes widened. How could this soul coin be so valuable?

Amber continued, "Gold is worthless in Hell, it's just that the shipping cost to other planes is high. Then do you know how many soul coins I have?"

Alan shook his head again, but he estimated that it would be a very huge number, probably tens of millions conservatively.

However, Amber did not give a specific number, but said: "Alan, I am no longer the lich I used to be. I have higher aspirations now. I will help you solve the troubles of the dwarves. You don't need to pay any gold coins, but I want you to pay something else."

"As long as I can give it, even my soul will do!" Alan said firmly.

Amber said disdainfully: "Your soul is useless, and if I dare to do anything, the Lord of Dawn will slap me in the face."

Alan scratched his head in embarrassment.

"What do you want?"

Amber smiled and said, "I heard you say that millions of people committed suicide in Ryan, and most of them were elite soldiers who committed war crimes, right? Anyway, they are all in hell, so why not let me use them."

(End of this chapter)