Gold is Justice

Seeing Ariel wearing a hat, Gouster narrowed his eyes and carefully identified it again for a moment.But soon, he opened his mouth as if his whole body was electrocuted, stumbled back, stretched out his hand and pointed at Ariel in front of him tremblingly, his eyes widened, and he shouted loudly with an expression as if he had seen a ghost— —

"When did you change your gender?!"

Ariel took off her hat, and with a slight complaint on her face, she said slowly: "I hope you can call me a woman disguised as a man."

With the blond hair splashing down again, Goust barely recovered from the chaos and astonishment.He stared at Ariel, his eyes still full of disbelief.After hesitating for a moment, he kept shaking his head and said——

"How is it possible? I... I didn't even notice it before?! Your face was dirty... and you were dressed plainly... and your character looks like a man! My God... My God! It turns out that the president of the champion guild in last year's guild championship battle was a beautiful girl like you?! I suddenly felt that my loss was even more worthwhile!"

At first, Ariel was a little uncomfortable with the vague discrimination in this man's words.But after hearing the last sentence, she suddenly felt that her mood improved instead.Then he smiled again and said: "President Gouster, we have traveled for so long and finally came to your village. I'm sorry I didn't come to inform you before. Excuse me..."

Ariel paused for a moment, Gouster hadn't recovered from the situation just now, but he quickly realized what he should do, nodded quickly, got out of the way, greeted with a smile: "Welcome, welcome!" !Welcome everyone from Song of the Mermaid to our small village! Come, come, come in, please come in! There are no good things to entertain in this small place, so please don’t be disgusted!”

While speaking, Gouster quickly turned around and walked back to the village.He waved to the villagers who were still looking over here: "Everyone go back! Go back! It's okay! It's just some good friends coming to visit! Ah, Uncle White, take the big fat pig we raised Slaughter, there are guests tonight! We eat meat in our village! Let’s eat meat together!"

These villagers are either some old men and old ladies or some children under ten years old, but they seem to obey the orders of the village chief, Goust, and follow them one after another.One of the old men turned around and walked up the side mountain path with a few other old men, it seemed that he was going to prepare dinner.

Dogster's house is right in the middle of the village. He pushed open the door and hurriedly called everyone in.

But after everyone from Song of the Mermaid walked in, he suddenly discovered that the elf had also followed in shamelessly.He wanted to get angry just now, but when he saw that the members of Song of the Mermaid had already taken their seats, he couldn't get angry because he was in the way of the guests, so he could only stare at him fiercely and stopped talking.

"Sit down, everyone! Sorry, there is nothing to entertain in this small place, please wait a moment!"

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As he said that, Gouster hurried to the corner of this not-so-big thatched hut, and stood beside a stove surrounded by stones.He took out a piece of magic power crystal from his bosom again, chanted some spells silently, and threw it on the ground.

After the magic power crystallized a few sparks on the ground, it immediately turned into a small group of fire elements. After watching Gouster swaying for a few times, he quickly ran into the stove and waited obediently.

With the fire, Gouster picked up a ladle made of half a tree trunk, scooped a spoonful of clear water from a large vat next to it, poured it into a clay pot, and put it on the stove to burn it.

After finishing these, he clapped his hands, walked back with a smile and looked at Ariel and the others.

"President Eero Garcia!"

Ariel smiled slightly, pointed at her nose and said with a smile: "Now I have restored my original name, you can call me Ariel."

Gouster laughed again, rubbing his hands against his pants, as if trying to wipe off the dirt on his hands with all his strength, and said with a smile: "President Ariel, President Ariel! Oh my goodness! ...It's really surprising to see you at this time! And Mr. Cream Robin! It's been a long time! How are you doing recently?"

Cream greeted him and said with a smile, "It's not bad! Since our guild leader was promoted to the noble status of a baron, he has also become the mayor of Pelican City. Now, we guild members can be regarded as I worked two jobs, working for Song of the Mermaid and Pelican City at the same time. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Mr. Dak Guang Zhongguang from our guild. He is now a madman in our guild warrior."

Hearing Cream's introduction, Gouster's eyes flashed with surprise again.He looked at Ariel almost in disbelief, only to see that Ariel just smiled back.

"Ha...haha... And, Mr. Dak Guangzhongguang! Really, seriously! Seeing that a character like you has joined the song of the mermaid...I...I really feel, Ariel The president is really a person who can do anything!"

Darke also smiled, and said: "It's an honor, I don't have much talent, it's my honor to be able to work for President Ariel."

At this time, Dak had already hugged the mochi behind his back and placed it on a bed in the corner of the room.

The Mochi inside seemed to feel that he was lying in a slightly peaceful place, and immediately turned over, rolled out of the package, fell asleep on his side, and snored constantly.

Gouster saw the girl's appearance, after thinking about it, he said softly: "This... is Mr. Cheese's daughter?"

Ariel smiled and said: "I also want to tell you, I hope your villagers don't be afraid of me, a new member. She is a new member I just accepted at the beginning of this year. You may not be very clear about it. , but now the entire blood race is also living with us in Pelican City."

Aside, the kettle began to beep as it boiled.

But such a beeping sound still couldn't make Gouster calm the surprise in his heart!

He jumped up from his bench, stared wide-eyed, and kept looking at Mochi over there who was grinding his teeth, and at the same time opened his mouth slightly, revealing small fangs and drooling at the same time, and then looked at this one over here. Ariel with a normal face.

At this moment, he was speechless.Ariel was also not sure what kind of ups and downs this person was going through in her heart.

It's just that after being continuously surprised like this for about ten seconds, until the water in the kettle gushes out, and the water splashes touch the group of fire spirits who are staying there below, causing the fire spirits to start crawling towards the outside of the stove, he After recovering, he quickly picked up a piece of burlap and soaked it in the water tank, wrapped it around the handle of the water bottle, lifted the water bottle, and placed it on the table.

After the fire element didn't need to continue to burn, it climbed out of the stove and shook a few times.Gouster waved his hand at it, and the little fire element disappeared immediately.

"That...that's really...haha...hahaha..."

Dogster took out the cup, poured several glasses of water, and brought the first glass of water to Ariel, while continuing to smile awkwardly.In the end, he seemed to have decided not to think about it anymore, and finally brought the water to Jelly, and said with a smile, "This adventurer is very young! What's your name, please?"

Jelly froze for a moment, seeming a little hesitant.

He looked at the glass of water in front of him that was the same as Ariel, and seemed to want to reach out to get it, but because of his status, he didn't dare to really get it.

Seeing his tangled appearance, Ariel exhaled slowly, and said, "His name is Jelly Fleisch, he is a helper in our guild, not a full member of our guild. He is... a commoner who is intern in our guild." Right. But if the village chief gives you water, you can take it.”

Saying these words, the tangled and somewhat expectant look on Jelly's face was immediately extinguished.His hands trembled slightly, and an unstable electric spark flashed across his fingertips.

Although Gouster is not very clear about the entanglement here, after looking at Ariel's expression and the appearance of Jelly, he thought about it and said: "Even if he is just a commoner, he will definitely be able to bloom at some point in the future." Show your own light! Mr. Jelly Fleischer, your future will definitely shine! I look forward to the moment when you light up the sky like lightning."

After being praised by Gouster, Jelly's face flushed again, and the depressed mood just now disappeared slightly.He smiled, and picked up his own water glass, but it was too hot, and he put it down again hastily just after picking it up.

And finally...

A cup made of leaves slowly moved under the kettle.

Dogst lowered his head, glanced at the leaf cup, then at the elf who handed the leaf cup, and put down the kettle angrily.

When Yi Ge saw that he was rejected, he could only sigh and said, "Mr. Gouster, you asked your villagers to bring me water just now. I haven't finished drinking a glass of water. You have to hurry up." I'm going... Now I want another drink, isn't it too much?"

Dogster glanced at the elf out of the corner of his eye.

Perhaps it was inconvenient to see other guests around, so he raised the kettle again and poured it into the leaf cup.

It's also interesting to say that the cup made of leaves looks soft and soft, and it seems that it will shatter when pinched, but after the hot water is poured, the leaf cup stands intact without even moving.

It's just that Egg, just like the jelly just now, reached out to touch the cup and immediately withdrew his hand, pinched the end of his long ears, and smiled awkwardly.

Seeing the current atmosphere, Ariel smiled and said, "President Goster, how did this elf offend you? He looks like a bard, how could a bard be like that?" Annoy...they rarely annoy people, don't they?"

Now that this topic has been touched upon, there is no need for Dogster to be polite.He put down the kettle, snorted, and said, "Yeah, I used to think that a bard is a profession that can only play the piano and tell stories, and it's not threatening. But now, our village is almost surrounded by this bard." Poets are ruined."

Egg lowered his head, and his two pointed ears drooped, looking a little embarrassed.

"I'm not praising you." Dogster glared at him again.

Cream touched his cup tentatively, and said, "Because this guy is telling you about the bustling city life?"

Dogster: "Isn't it!"

At this time, Yi Ge seemed a little aggrieved, and said: "You can't blame me, most of the situations I mentioned are actually the grand occasion of Pelican City! Such a beautiful city, such a beautiful mayor, such a wonderful city. What's the matter with my comfortable life?"

Perhaps, the contents of this bard's chanting cannot all be about Pelican City.

But now that he has greeted him so directly, Gouster can't continue to scold him with the words just now, so he can only change the angle and say in a softer tone: "Even if you are talking about President Ariel's city , that's too much."

Chapter 290 "Noble" Elf

"I know President Ariel's city is so good, so good, everything is good, but for our village, even if you are talking about other cities, it will make us very uncomfortable, do you know?"

Yi Ge showed an aggrieved expression again, and said, "President Goster, I really suggest that you... go to a big city, and then you will know..."

"Haven't I been to a big city? I've been to Hanhai City, the capital! I know exactly what a big city looks like! I also know that a big city is much better than a backcountry like ours!"

Dogster interrupted Egg's words unceremoniously.He gritted his teeth, sat on his bench, and lowered his head unwillingly.

After a moment of silence, he shook his head and continued: "Everything is good in a big city... But you are always promoting that everything is good in a big city, this is good and that is good, so what about us people in small villages? Your propaganda is confusing. Life in the village is already hard, but now everyone has gone outside. What about our village? After all the old people die, will our village disappear?"

Regarding this, Yi Ge did not speak.He tried the cup in his hand again, and after taking two breaths, he stuck out his tongue and took a sip.

Ariel looked at the so-called village head's room, looked at the simple decoration, exhaled, and said, "What? Our advertisement last year... didn't have any effect?"

President Goist exhaled, with a wry smile on his face, and said: "In the beginning, some magicians were indeed interested in our village. But when they worked so hard to get to our small village, , and then looked at the purity of our magic crystal ore, and never came again."

The village chief shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Actually, I also understand... the magic crystals we used in the guild championship battle last time were already some of the slightly higher purity magic crystals that we worked hard to select. But now, it is really not cost-effective to let those magicians come to us, and then choose the right magic crystal from so many flawed magic crystals, and then leave over the mountains."

Dak didn't know much about the battle between Song of the Mermaid and the Warsong Guild. After only a few words now, he frowned and said, "It's not worth it? If you really have a lot of magic crystal mines here If so, then the large quantity should be favored, right? It’s not very convenient for you here, but if you can take out a large quantity at one time, it shouldn’t be said that you can’t make money, right?”

For this question, Cream next to him answered him: "It cannot be calculated so simply. If too many magic power crystals are taken out, it may be a loss of money for those magicians."

Dak was taken aback for a moment, looking a little strange.He turned his head to look at Ariel next to him, and saw that the president of his family was holding up the cup in a very elegant posture, drinking tea slowly, and then continued to ask: "Losing money? I don't quite understand."

Cream smiled and said: "The reason is actually very simple. That is, although we adventurers usually see magicians as if they are very common and we can often see them. But in fact, magicians with elemental affinity People are a minority in this world after all.”

"The number of magicians is inherently impossible to increase significantly, and the number is small. Generally, one magician may not be able to be produced among a hundred people. Such a rare number means that even if there is a large amount of magic power crystallization, then magic After all, the number of divisions that can be used is limited."

"The amount used by magicians is limited. If you want to make money through magic power crystals, you must pay attention to the purity of magic power crystals. For the mining of magic power crystal mines, you must use a small amount of mining methods."

"Magicians who really use magic power crystals probably seldom mine magic power crystal mines everywhere, just as if we want weapons, we don't make every one of them ourselves. According to my estimation, those magicians who ran to this village basically It is impossible to use it by yourself, but a magic item merchant with elemental affinity."

"Since they are merchants, of course they will not let the things they make money suddenly increase in this world where there are not many users. Rare things are more expensive. If the item itself is not very rare, then it must be Strictly control the output, or create a variety of concepts to increase the scarcity of a certain attribute in this item, because only in this way can the merchant make money. If there are too many things, those magicians who use magic crystals There are more choices, and the price will naturally drop, which is of course a bad thing for magic item merchants."

After some explanation, Dak nodded in understanding.He glanced at Ariel who put down the water glass next to him, and said, "After staying in Song of the Mermaid for a long time, the growth of combat power is second. I think I will learn a lot of strange knowledge on the way to make money..."

Ariel smiled, noncommittal.

She looked at the sighing village chief in front of her, and said, "So that's how it is... I thought your village should have developed a little during this time... By the way, where are the members of your Warsong Guild? I don't think I saw them just now." ?”

"They? Ha ha... oh..."

Dogster patted his thigh, stood up reluctantly, and said——

"Now I feel that I really shouldn't take them to visit Hanhai City. After seeing the benefits of the big city, they were able to listen to me at the beginning and wait for someone to come to the door in the village. But after a few months, the Seeing that the possibility of others coming to mine is getting lower and lower, they couldn't help but ran outside one by one. Really... Two of them have already married... They even have children I just left the child and ran out now, and I don't know when I can come back..."

Cream and Duck glanced at each other, and both of them turned their eyes to Ariel next to them.But after seeing the thoughtful appearance of their president, both of them shut up and became dumb.

At this time, Yi Ge, who was next to him, took a sip of the water glass and said, "If that's the case... it's really my fault. I'm sorry, Village Chief Goust, I shouldn't have figured out anything. Under such circumstances, I continue to promote the prosperity and beauty of the outside city. Please accept my apology."

After talking about it, and Yi Ge apologized, which made Dogster's mood no longer so angry.Now he just felt a little uncomfortable and helpless, so he could only wave his hands and said, "It's okay, it's useless if you apologize or not. Sigh... Actually, I also know that even if you don't come, the people in the village Young people will run away sooner or later. This year's tax policy has changed again, and our guild has been officially canceled. No one wants to stay in such a hopeless place... I can understand them."

Yi Ge thought for a while, turned the lute behind his back, and said with a smile: "How about I weave the deeds of your village into rumors and sing them all the way after I go out? I believe this will definitely attract more people from your village."

Gouster waved his hand, without any convincing gesture on his face: "Okay, okay, you can do whatever you want. You can say that you are a bard who wandered here, or a bard who wants to deliberately The devil who came to destroy our village is up to you. Now I don’t have the strength to drive you away, and our village has nothing to entertain you. Today you can just find a place to sleep in our village. Go whenever you want."

Ariel exhaled slightly, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, she turned her head to look at the distressed village chief in front of her, and said, "Village Chief Goust, to be honest, the situation in your village is a bit beyond my standard." expected."

Dogster nodded, but then he realized that there seemed to be something wrong here, and quickly raised his head to look at Ariel in front of him. "According to my thinking, during this period of time, your village should at least have some development, right? At least... the road to the official road should at least be opened up, right? But look now, your village is completely It's completely closed... This situation is really... Sigh, it makes people feel a little helpless."

Dogster could hear more and more that something was wrong with the words spoken by the mayor of Pelican City.Although he didn't know what this strangeness meant, but because of the intuition of an adventurer...and as a village chief, he couldn't help swallowing, and tremblingly said——

"President Ariel... you Mermaid Song... came to our Demon Mine Village today, what exactly... do you want... to do?"

Ariel shrugged, with a very sweet and gentle expression, showing the most harmless smile, and said slowly——

"If I say... I want your village to sign a contract with me, so that all of you are not allowed to disobey me... Are you willing to sign this contract with curse magic?"

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At night, the Demon Mine Village was originally a very small village.Such a small village has almost no activities that can be called night entertainment, so just after dinner, the lights of the whole village are almost extinguished, and everyone closes the door of their dilapidated thatched huts and falls asleep.

In such a small village, only the house on the mountainside where Song of Mermaid and his party lived was still lit.