Chapter 188: Waves Again

Next, Old Xie had the Cyclops take their positions and prepare a large number of stones. He also instructed Pars to be fully armed, and moved the 200 Steel Golems to the square, lined up neatly, and adjusted to a state where they could be dispatched at any time.

Since Old Xie had practiced this set of actions several times before, everyone was busy but not chaotic, and soon finished everything Old Xie explained in an orderly manner. Seeing that everyone was ready, Old Xie stood on the top of a building and said with a wicked smile, “Now everything is ready, just waiting for the fat sheep! Haha!”

Hearing Old Xie’s words, Pars, who was standing beside him, almost fainted. He had just heard from Lan Fake that there were seven or eight hundred well-trained Regular Army troops on the opposite side, and even Priests and Mages, with combat power exceeding a thousand normal people. He thought to himself, where is this a fat sheep? It is clearly a tiger!

However, Pars dared not say the complaints in his heart and could only hold them in, because he knew Old Xie’s temper. The result of talking nonsense would likely be a severe beating.

Since the scouting distance of the Wyvern was very far, by the time Old Xie had prepared everything, the other side had just entered the woods of the Ruins. Calculating by the distance, it would take several hours to reach the Castle. Old Xie naturally wouldn’t let his Underlings wait foolishly. So he first asked everyone to eat, and after eating and drinking their fill, they rested for a while to adjust their condition to the best.

Finally, several hours later, around three or four in the afternoon. Two Knights appeared first. They were obviously scouts sent over. Seeing that the originally empty square suddenly had a Castle, and people guarding it, the two were immediately shocked. Without any hesitation, they immediately turned their horses and ran back.

Soon, Old Xie saw a neat team, in a standard marching formation, slowly appearing on the horizon. Sure enough, just as Lan Fake said, the performance of this team was too much like a Regular Army. Not only did they have scouts at all times while marching to prevent sneak attacks, but their movements were also so swift. From getting the report to them marching over in formation, it only took a very short time. Moreover, these people were all in high spirits, full of Killing Intent, but without the slightest trace of nervousness or fear. One look and it was clear that they were definitely veterans who had been on the battlefield. Obviously, even ordinary Regular Army troops might not be able to do as well as them, which shows how powerful these people were.

Seeing these, Old Xie couldn’t help but frown, feeling a little apprehensive in his heart. Just at this moment, a person riding a snow-white horse walked up and shouted loudly to Old Xie, “Excuse me, who are you people? Why build a Castle here? Don’t you know that this place should belong to all the merchants and travelers passing by?”

“I only know that this place had no master before. Now that I’m here, I am the master of this land. If you want to pass through here from me, you must obtain the consent of me, the master!” Old Xie said coldly.

“Ha, you occupy unowned land and it’s yours? That reason is a bit far-fetched, isn’t it?” that person couldn’t help but mock.

“Ten thousand years ago, the place where the Imperial Capital of Light is located was also unowned. Didn’t your The Church just occupy it as you pleased?” Old Xie sneered, “If my occupying this place is far-fetched, then what are you?”

“Twisting words and logic, that was given to us by the God of Light!” that person immediately shouted in anger.

“Ha, truly ridiculous, when did that become the God of Light’s?” Old Xie mocked.

“That is of course God’s. The entire Continent and even this world belong to the God of Light! We are just God’s servants!” that person shouted frantically.

“Is that so?” Old Xie knew he had met a blind idiot and couldn’t help but laugh, “In that case, the Elves don’t believe in the God of Light, so why did the God of Light give them such rich land in the south but not to you? If they snatched it, then you, as God’s servants, why don’t you snatch it back? Or are you just a guy who only knows how to move his lips?”

“You~” That person heard this and was so angry that his head was about to smoke, but he couldn’t refute Old Xie’s words at all. No way, who told the facts to be so? The richest territory on the Continent is under the control of the Elves, but no one dares to provoke them. Even the Empire of Light, which claims to have a connection with the God of Light and can recruit Angels of Light to fight, dares not go to war with them, truly because they can’t afford to provoke the two-digit Legendary Experts of the Elves.

Just as this guy was rendered speechless by Old Xie’s question, an old man wearing a white robe came over from behind. The Knight, who looked like he had a high status, immediately bowed respectfully and stepped back upon seeing him arrive.

Judging from the cross on this old man’s chest and the cross-shaped Magic Staff in his hand, this person was obviously a Priest, and a high-level one at that; otherwise, he wouldn’t be so respected. But strangely, he didn’t have anything on him that could indicate his identity. He didn’t even wear a formal Priest robe, just a random white robe. The badges and patterns that should have been on it to indicate his Priest level were removed, obviously intending to hide his identity.

After this seemingly kind old guy came to the front of the formation, he first comforted that Knight with a few words, and then smiled slightly at Old Xie, saying, “This Your Excellency, we are just passing businessmen and do not wish to have a conflict with you. If my person offended you just now, I am willing to apologize to you on his behalf!”

“Mhm!” Old Xie said pretentiously, “Forget it, I am a magnanimous person, I won’t bicker with him!”

Hearing this, that Knight almost died of anger from Old Xie. If the old man hadn’t suppressed him, he would have probably fought Old Xie desperately right then and there.

Old Xie didn’t expect Old Xie to be so good at accepting a compromise. He was slightly stunned, then smiled bitterly and shook his head, and then said, “Since the misunderstanding is resolved, I wonder if we can borrow a place to stay outside the Castle for the night? Don’t worry, we will leave early tomorrow morning, guaranteeing not to disturb you!”

“Borrowing a place to stay is fine, but with so many people and horses, you will definitely damage the environment, right?” Old Xie said in a pretentious manner, “After you leave, I have to send people to clean up. How should that be calculated?”

The old man naturally wouldn’t fail to hear Old Xie’s obvious extortion. He was obviously somewhat dissatisfied with Old Xie’s style and frowned slightly, but then he still asked with a pleasant face, “Then how do you think it should be handled?”

“One Gold Coin per person for environmental governance fees!” Old Xie didn’t talk nonsense and just said it directly.

“One Gold Coin per person?” Even though the old man had deep self-restraint, he couldn’t help but be angered by Old Xie’s sky-high asking price. You know, with his status, he could walk sideways in the Empire of Light. Who would dare ask him for money? Besides, even for ordinary people entering the Imperial Capital of Light, the entrance fee is only a few copper coins. Here he is, asking for one Gold Coin as soon as he opens his mouth. Isn’t this extortion?

“Your Excellency, don’t you think this price is suspected of being extortion?” the old man said, holding back his anger, “On this Continent, including the capitals of various countries, there is no such expensive toll, right?”

“The Imperial Capital doesn’t provide clean water, but I do!” Old Xie said threateningly, “Without my permission, don’t think about getting any drinkable water!”

“Is that so?” The old man naturally heard Old Xie’s threat and couldn’t help but sneer, “Your Excellency, your Castle doesn’t seem very solid. I don’t think it can stop my army of tigers and wolves! Aren’t you worried about your own safety?”

“Whether my Castle is solid or not has not been tested yet. Do you want to help me test it?” Old Xie sneered without showing any weakness.

Seeing that he didn’t scare Old Xie, the old man was also quite surprised. He didn’t answer immediately, just stared dead at Old Xie’s eyes. Old Xie naturally wasn’t afraid of him and stared back. Then the two stared at each other for a while. However, in the end, the old man still backed down. It wasn’t that he was afraid of Old Xie, but he seemed to have some concerns. In short, he said helplessly to Old Xie, “Alright, one Gold Coin is one Gold Coin. We have 743 people. I will send the Gold Coins to you later! I only hope that these Gold Coins can get us enough clean water and allow us to leave in peace!”

“No problem at all!” Old Xie laughed, “As long as you pay, I can guarantee your safety and provide enough clean water for free!”

“Very well, then the deal is established!” the old man said with a smile. Then he instructed that Knight to give the Gold Coins to Old Xie.

That guy was obviously unconvinced and wanted to persuade the old man, but the old man didn’t wait for him to speak and shook his head directly, “Don’t say anything. This mission is the most critical, everything else is secondary. Give it to him, it’s just some Gold Coins! For now, let him be arrogant. Hum, when we go back, won’t we be able to deal with him however we want?”

“Yes!” The Knight heard this and immediately understood. He then no longer objected but honestly counted enough Gold Coins, put them in a bag, and threw them to Old Xie.

After collecting the money, Old Xie smiled with satisfaction. Then he instructed an Imp to lead them to a large water source nearby, letting them fetch water and rest by themselves. Old Xie didn’t intend to care about the rest.

Unfortunately, although Old Xie wanted peace in his heart, the heavens didn’t give him the chance. Just as he was planning to go back and rest, an accident happened.