Gold is Justice

Chapter 49 Unusable Property

"The spoils?"

Brad rubbed his shoulders so that Buffy could sit more comfortably, and at the same time looked a little puzzled.

Cream said lightly: "Is it the remnant of the Iron Wolf Guild? Although those slimes have the ability to corrode many things, they won't eat things that have no nutritional value. So , should be able to find something useful."

Coco was a little confused: "Can there really be so many? Their clothes are all covered with the scent of Buffy's pollen, and the slimes probably won't leave much behind..."

Arrow was also a little worried about this, but he should go and see anyway.

Entering the Shining Forest, Napa reluctantly radiates soft magic to drive away the scurrying slimes.

Of the ten members of the Iron Wolves, Airl really couldn't believe that they couldn't leave anything behind.

Facts have proved that his guess is indeed correct.

Relying on Napa's magic power, a group of people strolled through the Shining Forest without any risk, collecting the spoils along the way.

The skeletons of those Iron Wolf members were indeed eaten up by the slime, and only the last bit of wreckage remained to prove that there was a dead person lying here.

Of the eight traps that were released, three of them were recovered and still usable.The remaining five were either completely trampled or vandalized.Those weapons and equipment, metal items are still there, but most of them have been corroded, and they look brittle and thin, so they are not suitable for reuse.

However, there are some things that can be recycled and reused.

That is money.

In the grass, by the bushes, in the corners of tree trunks, where Iron Wolf soldiers dropped their clothes, Airl would search carefully.Fortunately, each site always yields a few coins that have not been corroded and appear to be usable.

Finally, they came to the scene where Wolfe was killed. The body of the iron wolf leader had already been eaten clean, leaving only a suit of iron armor, iron trousers and iron boots left there.

Airl pulled out the flame knife inserted here two days ago, slightly cut open the corroded fully fused armor pocket, and took out a bag emitting a clanging sound from inside.

This jingle sound is really heart-pounding.

After some searches, the Song of the Mermaid Guild obtained a flame knife, three traps, a pile of skins of killed slimes, and money worth 48 gold, 7 silver and 7 copper.

After counting the money, Airl thought for a while, and put two of the gold coins into his pocket, which was equal to the account just now.But looking at the money, the excited expression on his face only stayed for a short moment.Immediately afterwards, it was filled with a deeply bewildered expression.

The sky was dark, and everyone returned to the guild after packing up all their things.

At dinner time, Brad was very happy that Cream had officially joined the guild, and kept bumping fists with him to express his excitement.

But this kind of celebration did not last long after all. Ai Luo remained silent throughout the dinner, staring blankly at the money bag, as if it contained not much money, but an innumerable amount. all the troubles.

"Brother President, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that Ai Luo never drank milk, Ke Ke finally couldn't help asking.

Airl was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head.Seeing that several members of his family were all looking at him, he realized that he was lost in thought, and smiled quickly: "Oh, I'm fine, don't worry, just keep eating and drinking."

But Buffy slowly floated up to Airl's nose: "President, are you worried? Say it! We, worry."

Airl raised his head again, and after scanning Buffy, Brad, Cream, and Coco with his eyes one by one, he finally made up his mind, and slowly opened his mouth——

"I know, we got a lot of money for this battle. A total of 46 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze. This is quite a lot of money, and we really need this money in Mermaid Song. So in general...we should Be happy."

Brad: "Well... President, what's wrong with that?"

Airl let out a breath, and said slowly: "However, I hope you can forget about the money we got first. Because to be precise, this money is stolen money. And our guild cannot accept stolen money."

Although Airl didn't want to do this himself, he also wanted to swallow all the money in one go.In this way, before entering the winter, she had already turned a profit, laying a good foundation for the next goal of a thousand gold coins.

But in fact, he really couldn't do that.

"I know, you're confused now. But if I explain it to you a little bit, you'll understand."

Arrow paused for a moment to organize his thoughts, and said——

"Every guild has been registered in the empire. Just like our Song of the Mermaid, or Iron Wolf, we have all registered as a guild. In a broad sense, every guild registered in the empire must accept the management of the empire, Make sure the right mission is in the right area."

"Fundamentally speaking, the laws of the empire prohibit private fights between guilds, not to mention the fact that the winning guild occupies the wealth of the losing guild."

"Think about it carefully, if two guilds can attack each other anytime and anywhere, then as long as time goes by, those powerful guilds can easily push them out of the adventurer's guild by defeating other small guilds. .”

"In this way, no one will register a new guild. The result is that when you want to entrust a guild to do something, you have to pick and choose. I am afraid there will only be one or two or three giant guilds to choose from."

"Then think about it, if our Song of the Mermaid guild is the most powerful guild in the entire Blue Bay Empire, and if others want to handle things and must entrust our guild to handle them, how should we charge?"

Brad was straightforward: "How to charge? Isn't it the normal charge?"

After listening to Airl's fairy language translation, Buffy thought for a while and said, "More...expensive?"

Airl nodded: "That's right, by that time our guild will enter a state called 'monopoly'. We have monopolized the market of the Adventurer's Guild, so if we say how much it costs to complete a task, others will How much money must be given to us. And after paying the money, we don't have to guarantee the quality of service. Because our guild is the only one, no matter how dissatisfied you are, you have to come to us obediently next time. And after we monopolize the economy like this, we will It will have an impact on prices, thereby affecting the economy of the entire Blue Bay Empire. At least it will reduce the tax revenue of the empire, and at worst it will make the empire fear the power of our guild, and thus begin to make up its mind to destroy us."

After listening, Brad couldn't help taking a breath.

"Therefore, in order to prevent adventurer's guilds from annexing each other, each country strictly prohibits private fighting, and it is even more strictly forbidden to kill each other. Not to mention embezzling the property of other guilds. These are situations that are not allowed by law."

"Then it's back to the point. If a guild suddenly dies because of something, or if it can't continue to operate, what will it do?"

"The state will collect the remaining property of the guild and then distribute it to the family of the guild manager. If the guild manager has no family members and no other suitable person to accept, then it will be collected from the national treasury."

"In other words, the legal owner of the more than 40 gold coins in our hands should be the Blue Bay Empire, which is the property of the royal family. We are occupying these properties now, which is equivalent to illegally occupying the gold coins of the royal family of our country. I believe I don't need to explain more, You should also know what it means to embezzle the royal family's property, right?"

For people like Coco, Brad, Buffy, and Cream, they were either born in ordinary peasant families, or they were punks who wandered in the streets, or they were non-human races who didn't understand what a human emperor represented.

Now let them suddenly understand what a huge bomb the money in their hands represents, I'm afraid they won't be able to understand it immediately.

However, the excuse of "offending the royal family" can immediately let them understand what it means.

Brad was the first to react violently. He shrank his neck, supported the table with trembling hands, and said nervously: "Will you... President! The royal family? So, we are robbing the royal family now." ... money? When I was young, my parents... told me that the emperor's family used gold hoes even when they went to work in the fields! They are always rich! There are so many... ...So many officials, they are very powerful! What should we do now? Should we return all the money? Oh! Yes... Yes! If... If the emperor really If you want to arrest people... President! You are smart, can you tell them not to catch... not to catch Buffy? It's all me... I helped pick up the money, and Buffy can't even handle a single iron coin! She is innocent!"

Although this stupid big guy is a bit stupid, he is really cute.

Ai Luo smiled and said, "Don't worry, just like what you said, the emperor's family used gold hoes for their work, and they haven't fallen to the point where they came to trouble us for just forty or so gold coins. Protect your Buffy with peace of mind."

What Brad and Arrow said was a bit complicated, and Buffy listened hard, but she didn't seem to understand much from her confused expression.Seeing this, Ai Luo just smiled at her and didn't explain anything anymore.

"Based on what you're saying, are you planning to keep the money?"

Cream took a sip from the cup, and there was a little doubt in his eyes.The more I get in touch with this president, the more mysterious he becomes.

Chapter 50 Hope in Despair

Arrow thought for a while, and then said: "For now, it is better not to use this money for the time being. Then, the reason why I said these words to you is that I hope you will not publicize this matter. For us For the safety of the guild, we need to unanimously announce that the Iron Wolf guild has left and everyone is safe and sound. As for where the Iron Wolf guild went next and what they did, we have no idea. Do you understand now? ?”

With Airl's introduction, no matter how unclear everyone is, they now understand how the money should be handled.

Everyone nodded. Although looking at the money was helpless, this is the best way so far.After calming everyone down, Airl also picked up the flaming long knife placed next to him, and sighed with some regret: "Similarly, although this weapon looks pretty good, it is stolen goods after all. Since it is stolen goods, then It cannot stay with us, let alone use it. This knife must be disposed of... I originally wanted those slimes to corrode this weapon, just like other things. But this enchanted weapon It doesn't work, it's hard..."

Arrow said these words also to see if these guys had any way to deal with this weapon.

But look at these people, everyone is also looking at themselves with a pair of big eyes, each one is waiting for their own solution.Even Cream, who had always seemed very assertive before, looked at him expectantly now...

Well, it was indeed my mistake to expect a little gangster who ran out of the street to have some superb insight.

"All in all, this sword and these gold coins are stored first, and everyone is not allowed to tell the outside world. It is already autumn, and the tax officer should come to collect taxes soon. Let's wait until then to talk about everything."

After eating, everyone cleaned up and went back to their rooms to rest.After a busy day, everyone was tired and tired. After a while, the entire guild fell silent.

As usual, Arrow made a final check at the counter.

He raised his head and looked at the bulletin board facing the counter, on which some tasks had begun to be posted piecemeal.

Clean the yard, help carry things, accompany the elderly and so on.

Although the tasks are still fragmented, after all, this is still the most normal operation method of an adventurers guild.If he had to fight a guild like Iron Wolf every day in the future, he really doubted whether he could really last three years later.

"Ah... Huh~~~"

Yawning, Airl packed up the ledger, took the flame knife to the basement, and lifted the board.

The basement has been tidied up and used to store food and herbs.Airl looked left and right, came to the wooden barrel where the blood worms were placed, opened the barrel and glanced inside.

The blood worm walked around inside very lively, and seemed to have gotten used to the environment here.Looking at its slowly wriggling appearance, for some reason, I suddenly felt that this big fleshy bug seemed a little cute?

Well, as expected, we should find some time to think about how to extract the essence from its body.

After inserting the flame knife into a water tank, Airl stretched himself, walked up the stairs to the second floor, and returned to his room.

After closing the door, he took off his hat and let his hair relax.

I don't know when it started, but this time of day has become the most relaxing moment for her.Looking at the girl in the mirror, she can recall the past to her heart's content, so that she doesn't have to hide anymore.And those lies will have nothing to do with me at this moment, the whole world is only left with the truth that does not require any scheming, what a relaxed state this is...

squeak-

The door suddenly opened.

In the panic of the girl, what she saw was Napa slowly floating in.

The girl let out a light breath, picked up the comb again and combed her hair.

Napa gently closed the door, slowly floated to the dressing table and lay down, staring at the girl with a pair of big eyes, as if expecting something.

But the girl didn't say anything, and continued to comb her hair in front of the mirror, as if she completely forgot that there was this cat.

Finally, Napa couldn't bear it any longer: "Ariel, that magic spar ring...can you show it to me?"

"Huh? Do you want to see it? Yes."

The girl was not reserved, she put down the comb, took out the black magic spar ring from her pocket again, and spread her palm for Napa to see.

Seeing the magic spar, Napa's sapphire blue eyes changed instantly!As if seeing the most beautiful thing in the world, it couldn't help stretching out its two furry paws to grab it!

But the girl seemed to have expected it a long time ago, quickly withdrew her hand, and put the ring back into her arms.

"you!"

Seeing that the magic spar that was about to be obtained was taken away, Napa's eyes quickly filled with a different kind of fierce color!

It floated up slowly, all the fur on its body exploded, and the expression on its face was no longer as soft as before!

"Huh? What's wrong?"

The girl was still combing her hair in front of the mirror, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was always there.

However, if Napa can see the essence through the surface at this time, or fly under the table to see the girl's trembling calves, maybe it can judge current events more accurately.

Napa, which was hanging in the air, froze, and the ferocious feeling on its face continued.

In those sapphire blue eyes, the girl combed her hair in an orderly manner.