Doomsday Mage Summons the Undead

After silence, Cheng Xiao quickly took out the money bag and handed it to the old woman.

The ruins on the north side of the town are not far away. The monsters there have also been dealt with by Qi Lin. His injuries have now healed and he has time to drag the vehicle back before dawn.

Although the road at night is a little more dangerous, the news from the inn will be lost if you miss it this time.

The old woman took the money bag and made it disappear without even looking at it.

Then he handed Cheng Xiao a hyacinth.

"Take this grass and go fifty miles south of the town. It will guide you to the location of the inn."

Cheng Xiao took the weed-like grass floating in the air and bowed again: "Thank you, sir!"

The old woman smiled and said nothing, and disappeared from the spot.

The heavy rain is still falling.

But Cheng Xiao looked at the heavy rain, and his depressed mood finally got better.

"The apostle is extremely powerful and should not lie to others."

"Next, give the hyacinth to Alice, and then I will immediately go to the ruins to drag the vehicle back to the guild to settle the balance."

"If you get the final payment before dawn, you can redeem the person."

Everything is getting better, which finally puts a bright smile on Cheng Xiao's face.

He carefully put the hyacinth into his arms, then turned and ran into the pouring rain.

The old woman reappeared on the same spot. She looked at Cheng Xiao who was running away quickly in the rain and smiled.

"There are hundreds of flowers in spring and a moon in autumn, and there is a cool breeze in spring and snow in the east."

The old woman paused her cane and disappeared again.

All that was left was a soft voice that was drowned by the rain: "Everything is the best arrangement."

North side of town.

In a shanty town called Forgotten Corner.

There are no regular bluestone roads in the town, but only puddles filled with feces of all sizes.

This used to be a temporary residence for many people who were temporarily unable to work in factories.

When those people get jobs in factories that provide room and board, they leave, leaving the ghetto-like gathering place for the next generation of people who want to work in factories.

Due to the recent shutdown of the factory, many people who could not find a living gave up waiting here and left here one after another to try to find a way to survive outside.

Therefore, there are not many people here at the moment.

In a simple shack with air leakage from all sides and rain from the roof.

Alice was huddled in the corner, with the landmine on her legs. Her thin, slightly purple hands, which were frozen, were placed on top of the mine, ready to press the trigger mechanism at any time.

Shantytowns are not safe. There are not only poor people at the bottom who are trying to make ends meet.

There are also some aggressive mercenaries, hooligans and even horse bandits who come in disguise to look for targets.

Many times, these people have a unified name: smugglers, that is, human traffickers.

Alice's eyes vigilantly scanned the surrounding holes where rain was leaking.

Cheng Xiao asked her to wait here, because even he himself was not sure of what Cheng Xiao was going to do.

Although the well-behaved daughter is young, she is extremely sensible and obedient.

Over the years she has never shown any princess-like behavior.

Because Alice knows very well that this family is already very fragile and cannot withstand any willfulness.

Her only willfulness was that before Cheng Xiao went to find Kane, she offered to ask Qi Lin for help.

But Cheng Xiao scolded her angrily, saying that we haven't paid back what we owe, so we can't trouble others anymore.

He also said that we must repay the life-saving grace, just like without Uncle Tian, ​​there would be no you and me.

Boom!

The thunder illuminated the bad weather outside the shack, and also illuminated Alice's nervous hand pressing on the mine.

In the heavy rain, a figure ran towards this side quickly.

Alice couldn't see the man's appearance clearly, so she could only judge based on his outline that it should be her father Cheng Xiao.

But even so, Alice, who had been waiting for a long time, still had no surprises, cheers or shouts.

Some just stood up silently, their backs slightly arched against the rain-seeking wall.

Holding the mine in one hand, he held his arm in front of him with the other hand.

Like a female leopard charging at any time.

"Alice?"

The figure stopped still when it was still some distance away from the shack and shouted softly.

"Dad!" Alice recognized her father's voice, and her vigilant expression slowly relaxed.

After receiving his daughter's response, the figure continued running towards the shack.

After Cheng Xiao entered the shack, Alice saw that Cheng Xiao, who had been soaked by the rain, had recovered from his injuries.

"Dad you"

Facing his daughter's surprise, Cheng Xiao waved his hand and simply said: "Time is urgent, I will talk to you later."

"I have something to tell you."

Cheng Xiaozhen carefully took out the hyacinth in her arms and handed it to Alice, and said: "I want to go to the ruins in the north immediately. You must take this and give it to the black-robed master from before."

"According to the meaning of the previous adult's words, he should be heading south. You should set off to the south immediately."

Cheng Xiao glanced at the heavy rain outside the shack, then turned back to his daughter who was listening carefully and continued: "The rain is very heavy and it won't stop for a while. If you set off now, you should be able to catch up with that adult."

"Remember to tell that gentleman that this thing comes from an apostle. It should be the apostle, but I'm not sure. The apostle said that you can find the inn fifty miles south of the town with this grass."

Cheng Xiao glanced at the hyacinth and added: "But it's better to be cautious about everything. Please check it before using it, just in case. There is nothing fishy."

Cheng Xiao's confession of winning streak made Alice feel a strong sense of crisis in her heart.

In the past ten years, Alice has never felt such a sense of crisis.

She didn't know what Cheng Xiao was going to do in such bad weather.

However, as long as she could remember, she had never heard of anyone daring to go into the wild in such weather.

Because some insidious and cunning demon species like this kind of weather very much, and humans will be greatly reduced in combat effectiveness in this kind of weather.

So basically no one will go out at night in such bad weather. They will just huddle in warm and safe houses and wait for the weather to improve before going out for activities.

This is also an important reason why the mercenary union knew that the vehicle was of great value, but did not go out to look for it immediately.

Alice raised her head and looked outside the shack, and said worriedly: "Dad, with such heavy rain, although there may not be horse bandits, but those monsters..."

She gritted her teeth, looked at the hyacinth in her hand, and raised her head to discuss with Cheng Xiao: "Dad, I don't understand, that gentleman is very kind, why can't we ask him for help?"

"When I was at Uncle Tian's house earlier, I saw that Commander Kane seemed a little worried about that gentleman. I thought maybe our difficulties were just a matter of words to that gentleman. Earlier you said that you can't trouble others until the kindness is repaid, but If I send the news about this inn to that gentleman, wouldn’t it be a good thing? It’s too dangerous in the wild weather. Can you please stop going to the ruins? In this weather, that gentleman should still stay in the town. , when we find that adult, we can try to request him."

"Shut up!" Cheng Xiao interrupted.

He took a step forward and looked at his daughter who lowered her head slightly and said, "It's just a matter of clearing up!"

"What qualifications do we have to ask that Lord?"

"But that adult doesn't really need the inn." Alice lowered her head and supported her father for the first time.

Cheng Xiao's eyes were rounded, as if he couldn't believe that his daughter had said such treacherous words.

"Eh"

Cheng Xiao sighed and looked at the lightning, thunder and pouring rain outside with a slightly sad look.

Then he looked at Alice and said in a deep voice: "Alice, you must always remember not to touch things you can't control, so that you can maintain your most basic dignity."

"If you have always relied on others and formed a habit, you will naturally not believe in your own power. People who don't even believe in themselves are the most pitiful weaklings!"

"But dad."

"Stop talking and leave now!"

In the pouring rain, two figures rushed out of the simple shack.

The slightly older one ran wildly towards the north, his black and white eyes were so determined that not even the heavy rain could shake him.

He wanted to rush to the ruins as soon as possible, then drag the vehicle back to the mercenary union to pay at least two gold coins, and then stick to his heart and find Kane to redeem his people.

The smaller one ran wildly south, his immature eyes full of anxiety and expectation.

She wanted to find Qi Lin as soon as possible and then hand over the hyacinth to him. Against her father's instructions, she asked Qi Lin to help her father.

In the mayor's study.

A dozen well-dressed maids stood around with their hands tied, waiting to serve guests at any time.

The warm light driven by the magic crystal fills every corner of the study, sweeping away every darkness.

As for the object of the banquet, Qi Lin's patience has almost run out.

In the short time between serving dishes.

Under the support of Lao Jiu, a top-notch negative person who can be called the leader, the mayor talked about astronomy, the world, interesting customs, special products, etc. from ideals.

The mayor was not embarrassed at all to talk to himself, he just kept changing various types of topics in a variety of ways.

Qi Lin knew exactly what the mayor was trying to test.

Because when Lao Jiu said the word Natasha without adding an honorific.

The mayor began to change various topics frequently.

Right now, the mayor has already talked about wealth.

He waved a small ornament in his hand.

A small ornament that seemed very interesting to Qi Lin. Qi Lin thought it was much more interesting than the probing words the mayor said.

That's a model of a rocket.

A rocket model with three main colors: rust red, industrial gray and faded black.

The surface of the model is full of discarded pipes, gears, bolts and other parts, as well as various seemingly chaotic but organized lines.

Perhaps sensing Qi Lin's attention, the mayor glanced at the ornaments in his hands, joy flashing in his eyes.

He roughly cut off the question of wealth he just mentioned and pushed the ornament towards Qi Lin: "When I was working on the Yellow Sand Expedition Team, I found some alien books."

"The book said that the place we step on is actually just a big egg called a planet. Then I thought, if the current situation of the world cannot be changed, then I can find another way out."

While the mayor was talking, Qi Lin raised his hand and looked away from the rocket model: "Okay, since the food is almost here, let's eat."

Seeing that Qi Lin was not interested in this, the mayor just looked at the rocket model in confusion.

Obviously this believer who is not afraid of the apostles was indeed interested in this just now. Why?

But that's not important. Observing people's emotions is the mayor's basic skill.

He sensed that Qi Lin's patience was gradually running out, and just as the chef came in with the last dish, the mayor smiled apologetically: "The guests have been kept waiting for a long time."

Then he looked around and said, "Let's have dinner."

The maids all around started to act like the staff of Haidilao, eager to feed the dishes to the guests' mouths.

"He eats, but I'm not hungry." Qi Lin pointed at the confused Lao Jiu next to him, and then began to close his eyes to rest.

On the surface, he closed his eyes and rested, but in fact, Qi Lin had to deal with many things, such as reviewing the harvest, reviewing the real-time progress of each undead team, etc.

The mayor didn't say anything to this, he just smiled eagerly and introduced various dishes to Lao Jiu.

After receiving the order, although Lao Jiu was confused that he obviously didn't want to eat, he still started to eat a little unfamiliarly.

The mayor broke his rule of not talking while eating and continued talking to Lao Jiu about the topics of wealth and ideals he had just interrupted.

"How can a noble person be used as food?"

"So you can talk about your ideals only after you have eaten enough."

As the mayor was talking, he suddenly saw Lao Jiu grabbing the roasted suckling pig with one hand and bringing it to his mouth. He looked slightly stunned and quickly reminded: "Just eat the skin, the meat is very hard to eat."

"Huh?" Lao Jiu was stunned for a moment, looked at the mayor, and then at the golden and crispy roasted suckling pig skin in his hand.

Lao Jiu thought of the people in the village before and curled his lips: "Some people are so poor that they don't even have to eat tree bark, and some people only eat the skin but not the meat. It's really inexplicable."

The mayor seemed to have seized some kind of opportunity and laughed: "Many things are inexplicable, including murder, arson, and robbery of homes."

The mayor said and winked at the servant next to him. The latter immediately picked up a blue lobster the size of an average person's upper body and put it into the boiling water pot that had been prepared nearby.

When the living lobster was put into the bubbling boiling water, its many joints and limbs trembled wildly, but the high temperature soon killed this expensive lobster.

The mayor took a piece of lobster meat handed over by the servant, took a small bite without dipping it in the sauce, and then threw it aside.

The mayor only takes a small bite of each different type of food, as has been his habit over the years.

The mayor glanced at Qi Lin from the corner of his eye, who was concentrating with his eyes closed. After thinking for a while, he continued to Lao Jiu, who seemed to have no appetite but still looked like he was devouring food. "But if you are poor, others will look down upon you. Laughing at you."

Lao Jiu spit out the food in his mouth. If it weren't for Qi Lin's order, he really didn't want to eat something that looked like ashes to him.

"But most poor people won't harm others." Lao Jiu said casually.

The town smiled and shook its head and replied: "But the beggars all over the street will affect the appearance of the town."

"So, just like what I just told you about the Huangsha Chamber of Commerce, being rich and enjoying yourself is equivalent to being an emperor. If you are poor, you are worse than a ghost."

Lao Jiu curled his lips and asked innocently: "I heard that you were appointed by the superiors, and you have the city lord above you. So you are so bad, are you not afraid of being held accountable by the superiors?"

After hearing this, the mayor just smiled and shook his head again, and replied with a smile: "Some things won't weigh four ounces if they don't go on the scale, but if they go on the scale, they won't weigh a thousand kilograms."

"We are local people. As far as the superiors are concerned, local things are so shocking that the local people are kicked out of bed by themselves."

When the mayor said that, he saw the servant pouring wine for Lao Jiu.

Maybe it was because the bottle of wine was very expensive, costing hundreds of gold coins per bottle, so the mayor was reluctant to drink more.

So even if there is wine at the bottom of the bottle, the servant is pouring it.

The mayor glanced at the ignorant servant calmly, and then said to Lao Jiu with a smile: "The wine at the bottom of the bottle, this is called fortune wine. If you get rich in the end, good things will come again."

After the mayor finished speaking, the steward on the side keenly captured this detail and quickly fetched a new bottle of wine, quickly opened it and filled it up for Lao Jiu.

"I'll open another bottle for you and fill it up. This is called starting and ending, going smoothly."

After the steward finished speaking to Lao Jiu, he immediately bowed to salute and retreated.

Such behavior is very useful to ordinary people.

But for Lao Jiu, it was undoubtedly ogling a blind man.

The dinner went by for ten minutes with the mayor talking to himself and Lao Jiu occasionally embarrassing him.

Qi Lin suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the mayor who was chattering to Lao Jiu like an old friend and said: "He is full, let's talk about business."

Upon hearing this, the mayor didn't react as if he was offended at all. Instead, he just immediately sat upright, like a primary school student facing a teacher's mistake.

The time of judgment has come.

The mayor thought so, took a deep breath, and prepared to face his fate.

Qi Lin looked at a picture that looked like the mayor was about to go to the execution ground, and asked directly: "Where is the inn here in the town?"

"Huh???" The mayor's eyes showed disbelief after hearing this.

Sure enough, he was not sent by Natasha to kill me!