Chapter 106: The Dwarf’s Purpose

Kukoch hated others calling him by the nickname Night Owl the most, but now he had to endure it and said, “We have 321 people. At five Gold Coins per person, that would be~”

“Wait!” Old Xie interrupted him directly before he could finish. “I only said I would give a discount to the Dwarves. I didn’t say I would give you a discount. You must pay ten Gold Coins per person, a total of 3210. Not a penny less!”

“But we are together?” Piritz said, holding back his anger.

“Whether you are together or not is up to me. What you say is like a fart, it has no effect!” Old Xie teased with a smile.

“You~” Kukoch, being publicly humiliated by Old Xie, immediately turned red in the face. He looked at Old Xie viciously, then suddenly smiled and said, “Very well, Night Owl remembers you! Pablo, give the money! 3210, not one less!”

Obviously, Kukoch hated Old Xie to the bone at this moment, but due to the situation, he had to endure it. But one could imagine that he would definitely seek revenge on Old Xie in the future.

However, Old Xie obviously did not take him seriously and could not be bothered to deal with him. After getting the money, he casually sent an Imp down to guide these people to find a clean water source. He didn’t even let them enter the Castle. In fact, the water sources in the forest were not poisonous, but Old Xie had a backup plan, which was those small Demon Explosive Spiders and Wyvern Kings. If Piritz and his group dared not to pay, Old Xie would send them to poison the water sources. The small Spiders were very concealed, and the Wyvern Kings could fly, making them experts at poisoning. They would definitely thirst these guys to death.

Holding the robbed money, Old Xie walked into the living room of the Castle with a smile and said to Lan Fake who was drinking, “Not a bad harvest today! If a few more Caravans came, I would be rich!” As he spoke, Old Xie casually threw the money bag to Krishchen, telling him to keep it safe.

Lan Fake, however, showed no sign of happiness. Instead, he sneered at Old Xie, “Kid, just be arrogant. The more arrogant you are, the faster and harsher their revenge will come. I originally thought we could have peace for at least a year. Now it seems, I’m afraid within a few months at most, you will be attacked by them! Ten Gold Coins per person, damn, I can’t believe you had the nerve to ask for that.”

“Haha, what is there to be afraid of? Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover!” Old Xie said indifferently, “Don’t I still have you here? Your performance today was quite good, you actually scared that old guy back, hehe!”

“Hmm?” Lan Fake immediately smiled bitterly, “You noticed that I released a trace of my aura?”

“Of course, there is no way you can fool me!” Old Xie said with a smile, “Do you have some friendship with that Old Dwarf, so you didn’t want to fight him, and intentionally released your aura to make him retreat?”

“More or less!” Lan Fake smiled helplessly, “We were once comrades-in-arms. Meeting is awkward enough, let alone fighting! So I simply exposed my identity to persuade him to leave! Sigh, depressing, how come I feel like I made a mistake coming here?”

“Hehe, it seems that kid is also very wary of you!” Old Xie laughed, “I saw a look of eagerness in his eyes at first. Even after I revealed the Cyclops, his eyes didn’t change. Until you released your aura, he immediately obediently paid up. This guy, was he also turned into a frog by you?”

“No!” Lan Fake immediately shook his head, “It is true that we have fought side by side. We know each other inside out, so we both have scruples. Since he knows I am here, he naturally has concerns. There is really no need to risk his life with me for 500 Gold Coins. So this time, him giving in was also to give me face. I say, if he takes this road again when he returns, can you waive his toll? Just consider it giving me face, how about that?”

“Hehe, alright!” Old Xie shrugged and said, “I will give you face! However, others won’t get this preferential treatment!”

“En!” Lan Fake nodded and said, “The life and death of others are none of my business!”

“Hehe!” Old Xie gave a wicked smile and suddenly said, “You say, how much goods did that bastard Kukoch actually bring? How could he take out over 3000 Gold Coins so readily? I originally thought I would have to waste a bit more effort! But I didn’t expect him to yield so easily. Is there something fishy going on?”

“What kind of fishy business could there be?” Lan Fake sneered, “Those few large carts of his have goods worth at least several hundred thousand. Once sold, the income would be at least over a hundred thousand Gold Coins. For the safety of that batch of goods, naturally they wouldn’t care too much about these few thousand Gold Coins!”

“Damn!” Old Xie immediately exclaimed in surprise, “They brought so many good things at once? Truly too greedy. If they transport several times a year.”

“Where would there be several times?” Lan Fake could not help but smile bitterly, “They can only transport once a year. After all, a round trip takes half a year. Moreover, in winter, heavy snow blocks the mountain, and it is impossible to go! So every time, they transport all the goods accumulated over a year, hence there is so much.”

“Is that so?” Old Xie’s eyes lit up, but then dimmed again. He said hatefully, “Truly a group of hateful shorties. If it weren’t for them, I could have kept Kukoch and the others here! Now it seems, I can only let them go!”

“Hehe, you also know you can’t beat them?” Lan Fake could not help but laugh.

“Che, taking care of them is not a big problem. Not to mention the several powerful units in my hand, even if I only relied on the ‘Number Four’ hallucinogen refined by Pars to launch a sneak attack, I would be confident in wiping them all out.” Old Xie said disdainfully.

“Then why did you let them go?” Lan Fake immediately asked curiously.

“Sigh, I’m not afraid of Kukoch. Anyway, I’ve fallen out with the Augustus Family for a long time, and I don’t care about their family!” Old Xie then said helplessly, “But that group of shorties is not easy to mess with! Piritz is, after all, an important figure of the Dwarves. If I kill him here, I’m afraid the Dwarves won’t let it go. I don’t care about other Dwarves, but their Dwarf King is a Legendary Expert. I can’t afford to offend him yet!” Old Xie was a bit depressed when he said this. If it were before his reincarnation, what was the Dwarf King? He could punch a dozen of them to death! But now, he could only temporarily endure and wait until he became stronger in the future.

“Haha, so you know fear too?” Lan Fake could not help but laugh loudly.

“Nonsense!” Old Xie rolled his eyes at him and said, “Being arrogant has limits. Without strength, blindly challenging those you can’t afford to offend, that is something only an idiot would do!”

“Hehe, congratulations, you are not an idiot!” Lan Fake teased.

“But you have become an idiot!” Old Xie, out of embarrassment and anger, directly activated the Restriction on Lan Fake, making him itch for several minutes before stopping. Only then did Lan Fake realize the situation. It turned out that before the Restriction was lifted, Old Xie was the person he couldn’t afford to offend.

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Let’s talk about the Old Dwarf and Kukoch. After being led by an Imp to a small clear pool in the woods, they set up camp separately. Since both sides lost face today, whether it was Piritz or Kukoch, they both felt a bit embarrassed, so they were too embarrassed to meet each other. They exchanged a few polite words and then separated.

After the tents were set up, Piritz and Cass drank alone in the main tent. Cass recalled today’s encounter and asked somewhat strangely, “Master, there is one thing I don’t understand. With a Saint Domain Expert like you, that broken city gate wouldn’t be enough for you to cut down with one sword. Why did you have to swallow your pride?”

Dwarves are like this, they don’t hide anything, they ask directly to their face. Piritz didn’t mind at all, he just smiled bitterly and said, “You think I wanted to? I actually originally planned to teach that kid a lesson. But who knew an old friend suddenly appeared to stir up trouble. Sigh, no way, for the sake of that guy’s face, I could only endure it!”

“Your old friend?” Cass was immediately surprised and hurriedly asked, “Could there be a Saint Domain Expert hiding in the Castle?”

“That’s right!” Piritz then smiled bitterly, “From this, it can be seen that the origin of this Castle is not ordinary! That kid today, I’m afraid he has a huge background. Hehe, I’m afraid there will be a lively show to watch here in the future!”

“Lively show?” Cass was stunned at first, then realized, “You mean, we won’t participate in the matters here, and just watch from the side?”

“Nonsense!” Piritz laughed, “We Dwarves don’t have a Caravan, the money is all earned by those damn Human Race Caravans. Now there is trouble on the road, if we don’t watch the show, are we going to help? Alright, go to sleep early. We’ll set off early tomorrow morning. I can’t wait to see that Thunder Sword that can use Magic!”

It turned out that the purpose of Piritz coming out of the Kingdom of Dwarves was actually to take a look at the Thunder Sword forged by Old Xie, so as to learn from the experience and see if he could learn something to make his forging skills go a step further.