The Sun King's Evidence

"What's going on outside?" Veronica walked to the man's side: "The person following us is gone?"

"No, that person hasn't left yet." Ryan said softly.

The two people's plan today was to investigate the movements of the Aesthetic Society, but as soon as they appeared in the shield block, they found that they were being followed.

The stalker was extremely powerful. Ryan and Veronica made several attempts to circle around, but the stalker kept biting them and followed the two of them for the entire street without stopping.

So Ryan and Veronica figured it out, and they just walked around the streets and tried on clothes as if they were really dating. The two of them visited tailor shops in more than half a block and bought a lot of clothes each.

"You haven't left yet? It's really difficult." Veronica bit her lip: "Then what did you see?"

"Do you still remember my experience in Nord? There was a mercenary group working with me at that time..." Ryan briefly explained the matter to Veronica, and then said: "You continue to try on clothes. , let me go out and take a look?"

"My dear, our main goal is to complete the task, and we don't really want to buy clothes. You go out first and see what's going on. I'll be right back." Veronica shook her head, and she motioned to Ryan to go out and take a look first, and she would come right away. Just come.

So Ryan walked out of the tailor shop and found that the remaining dozen or so people from the Blood Ax Mercenary Group were gathering at a nearby street corner. Several people dressed as sailors were grabbing them and refusing to let them go. The leader is clearly the captain.

"Liars! Fraudsters! Get the money quickly! If you don't let me, the guards will arrest you! Put you all in a water prison!"

"Mr. Captain, we have no intention of deceiving you. We are also deceived. We, Blood Ax, value integrity the most. We have no intention of using lead to deceive you! The commission we received also turned into lead."

There was a quarrel outside, and the captain and sailors vaguely surrounded the members of the Blood Ax Mercenary Group. Emilia was only wearing thin fur clothes and tight leather pants, shivering in the cold wind, and the girl's face was pink with cold. Bai, but still tried hard to explain: "The captain was also present when the great alchemist handed over the commission."

"Impossible!" The captain standing in front of Emilia is much taller than Emilia. Emilia is only about 1.63 meters tall. Standing in front of the captain who is 1.9 meters tall, she looks a bit petite. , especially the captain's fierce look, which made the girl's figure look thin.

The faces of the remaining members of the Blood Ax Mercenary Group were rather sad, and the face of deputy leader Wilt was even more filled with shame and anger. Only then did Ryan notice that he was holding some lead weights in his hands.

"It must be you! You were greedy for gold, secretly changed the gold into lead blocks during the journey, and then pretended to be the victim to deceive us!" The captain's face was full of anger, and he turned directly towards Emilia. Stretching out his hand: "Let me see if the gold is hidden on you, little bitch?"

"Ah!" Emilia was so frightened that she backed away repeatedly, and the weak female mercenary was grabbed by the shoulder.

"Stop!" Ryan saw the opportunity and stood up: "What's going on? Please don't use force!"

"Mr. Ryan?!" Emilia saw Ryan appearing, and subconsciously slapped the captain's hand away and hid beside him.

"Are you... that Mr. Lane?" The captain immediately realized who the person in front of him was, and he swallowed: "Well, I didn't mean to do that, I am also a victim!"

"Pfft~Who is the victim?" The voice of high heels came from far away, and Veronica appeared next to Ryan.

"We are all victims!" Unexpectedly, the mercenaries and sailors unanimously agreed.

Ryan learned about the whole thing intermittently from Emilia and the captain.

It turned out that the day after Ryan left, Emperor Karl Franz came to Mjordenhaven. After a short rest, the emperor led his army to the front line to face the barbarian army and won a complete victory.

On the way back from the imperial army, the great alchemist Belshazer-Gelt returned to Miljödenhaven again. He asked that he need a group of mercenaries to help him do something. The mercenaries did not know what to do specifically. A lot of things can be said, but in short, the deputy commander Wilt, who was worried about how to recover in the future, was overjoyed. He felt that this was a connection with the Imperial Academy of Royal Wizards, so he decisively accepted the task.

So the few remaining members of the Blood Ax Mercenary Group boarded the ship from Mjordenhaven with Galt and took the ship to Marienburg.

There were no problems after several days of sailing, but when boarding the ship, the great alchemist did something strange. He took out a large sum of gold and handed it to Wilt in front of the captain. The money included blood. The commission for the ax and the passage fee for the boat.

After the ship docked, Galt left directly. When the Blood Axes opened the bag, they discovered that all the gold in the bag had turned into lead!

The captain quit now. He insisted that the Blood Ax mercenary group secretly exchanged the gold and asked them to pay the shipping fee.

Here's the problem. When they bought the gold, the Blood Ax Mercenary Group had repeatedly verified that it was pure gold. Therefore, when they signed the contract with the Great Alchemist, they had already confirmed that the payment was correct. But now all the gold has turned into lead. , they really have no way to ask for help.

The problem now is that they cannot pay the shipping fee. Galt chartered the best flight. The shipping fee for the entire mercenary group plus his own shipping fee amounted to more than 20 gold coins. The mercenary How can the group afford this money? Even if they did get some money after completing Teresa's mission, it was far from enough to pay the shipping fee.

After listening to these remarks, Ryan thought that even if the problem was with Galt, Blood Ax would have no way to turn to him, because the contract they signed proved that Galt had paid, so the great alchemist could use whatever payment he made. It mattered less, whether he completed the deal in thatch or gold, the deal was done. Even if Blood Ax complained to the emperor, the emperor would not be able to help them.

Seeing Ryan appear and seem to know these mercenaries, the captain felt something was wrong, but he still said bravely: "The famous human hero, Mr. Ryan, who fought back thousands of barbarian armies with one person, will also Do you want to protect these debtors?"

"No, the shipping fee dispute between you has nothing to do with me. I just want to remind you, please wait for the decision and don't use force. Do you understand?" Ryan protected Amelia behind him and said calmly.

"Of course... of course, I was just a little excited. I apologize to this mercenary lady." The captain was very happy to see that Ryan was not going to interfere in this matter. In order not to offend this world-famous human hero, he hurriedly moved toward Emilia apologized: "I'm sorry, Miss Mercenary."

Emilia calmly accepted the captain's apology. The female mercenary bit her lip gently. She was worried about the fate of Blood Ax.

The Poseidon Knight appeared soon. The Poseidon Knight, who was in full plate armor, was stunned when he saw Ryan appearing. Ryan immediately said that he was just here to watch the fun and he had no intention of getting involved in this matter.

So the mercenary and the captain were invited to enter the Ocean Church to accept arbitration. When Ryan saw this, he said to Veronica: "Are you interested in going in to listen? Anyway, we will go to the Beauty Club in the afternoon."

"If you must, okay." Veronica just glanced at Emilia who was standing behind Ryan, and a look of confusion flashed in her eyes. She reached out and touched the female mercenary's face. : "What a beautiful girl! What's her name?"

Fear flashed in Emilia's eyes. She knew that her disguise was seen through by the witch in front of her, and she quickly hid behind Ryan: "My name is Emilia, your beautiful witch."

"Stop bullying this little girl. It's not easy for her to be a female mercenary outside alone." Seeing that Veronica was very interested in her, Ryan said helplessly.

"Emilia...really?" Veronica smiled, but Ryan finally felt that the witch's smile was dangerous.

Seeing that Emilia was shivering from the cold, Ryan took out a blanket made of white wolf skin and put it on the female mercenary's shoulders, and motioned for her to follow him in to observe the situation.

Like he was actually involved in this.

In the shadow of the corner of the street, a man watched Ryan and others enter the Ocean Church. He muttered to himself in confusion for a while, and finally decided to continue waiting.

The three people entered the arbitration tribunal. The Poseidon Knights saw that Ryan was very friendly when he came in to listen. The priest also gave him snacks, so they sat in the arbitration tribunal and listened to the situation in the court. Wilt and the captain were in the court. Everyone holds their own opinion, but it is obvious that the Blood Ax Mercenary Group is at a disadvantage because it is true that they are in arrears with shipping fees.

The three of them sat side by side in the wooden auditorium next to the arbitration tribunal. A temple priest was listening to the facts presented by both parties. Emilia sat on the left side of Ryan, and Veronica sat on the right side of Ryan. They listened for a while. After making the statement, the Gloria Witch shook her head: "There's no way Blood Ax can win. The evidence is too unfavorable to them, but it's not their fault. After all, the other party is an unscrupulous great alchemist."

"The unscrupulous great alchemist?" Ryan was curious: "How do you say that?"

"In the Imperial Academy of Wizards, there is a specialized school of alchemy." Veronica paused, with a bit of disgust in her tone: "The wizards of the alchemy school not only study magic, they also learn chemistry and physics. Among them, the most famous The most important is the great alchemist Belshazer-Gelt. This great alchemist not only has profound attainments in magic, but also has made many contributions to gunpowder and engineering. His existence has greatly eased the imperial royal project. The natural hostility between the academy and the Imperial Academy of Wizards.”

"But there is a situation here, that is, there are some alchemical wizards who abuse magic to convert gold consumption and cause economic market inflation. These converted gold will eventually return to its original metal after a certain period of time (depending on its magic power). This kind of fraud As an economic crime, this act has seriously denigrated the good reputation of the Imperial Royal Academy over the years, and people often protest against such incidents against the academy." Speaking of this incident, Veronica's sweet face was covered with black lines: "So the Royal Academy The Wizarding Academy specifically stipulates that any alchemist wizard who dares to do this will be punished."

"What punishment?" Ryan then asked. Ryan thought that wizards were not governed by secular laws, so what punishment could be given?

"Of course wizards will not be exiled or imprisoned, but they will still be punished publicly, that is, they will be flogged by the law enforcement officers of the Wizarding Academy at Caishikou for all the people to see. For spell casters, This is already a heavy punishment." Veronica shrugged: "At least I can't accept it. If I was done like this, I might hide in your bedroom and not come out for several years."

"Then the great alchemist still does this?" Ryan felt quite confused. Galt was knowingly doing this.

"The Great Alchemist himself is the biggest unscrupulous alchemist! He likes to use this technique to trick people into eating and drinking, buying intelligence, and bribing guards. However, first of all, the gold he creates is stable and takes a long time to change, making it difficult for the victims to do so. He was discovered on the spot, and then, even if he knew it was him afterwards, would the victim dare to go to him for trouble? Don't forget, he is the dean of the Alchemy School of the Imperial Royal Wizarding Academy! A legendary high-level wizard, a humanoid mobile magic turret , who is willing to offend him or even die because of such a thing?"

"Pfft~ It can be said to be very unscrupulous." Ryan couldn't help laughing.

"Ryan, please carefully look at the bounty notice board in Marienburg. You will definitely find the notice offering a reward for Gelt, but do you think anyone dares to answer it?" Veronica gently held Ryan's arm and whispered. Said: "Sometimes I feel that this is really powerful and I can do whatever I want."

"But I won't allow you to do this." Ryan glanced at the Witch of Gloria, and Veronica nodded slightly. This was her promise to the man in front of her, and she would not cross the bottom line in doing things.

"So..." Emilia suddenly spoke, and the girl's voice was a little weak and regretful: "When signing the contract, I persuaded the deputy leader not to sign the contract hastily, but the deputy leader thought that this would make things worse. If the great wizard is not happy, the great wizard may find someone else if he is unhappy."

After saying that, the girl seemed to have made up her mind, and she said softly to Ryan: "Mr. Ryan, please save the Blood Ax Mercenary Group, please? I know you are capable of saving us, please."

Ryan frowned. Out of instinct, he didn't want to agree. He had already been forced by the wandering knight named Ike on this matter once, and what could he get from helping this mercenary group?

There are as many mercenary groups at the level of Blood Ax in Marienburg. With Ryan’s current status and reputation, it would be too easy for him to get a mercenary group to help him. If Blood Ax can’t show his strength, Value, he will not help.

Ryan has never been a good person, and the matter of the Blood Ax Mercenary Group is not a piece of cake.

"The arbitration results are out." Veronica indicated that we would discuss the matter later.

Sure enough, the priest of the Ocean Church ruled that Blood Ax lost the case, and the deputy leader Wilt looked ashen. He hesitated and said to the priest: "I don't have enough money to pay the shipping fee now."

"Hmph! You have the nerve to take a boat if you don't have money?!" Seeing that he had won, the captain's attitude became arrogant again: "I don't care, please pay the boat fare immediately. There are so many of you, if you work together, you will definitely have money. If you really have no money, you can draw lots and see who will be sold to the slave market?"

"You! You bastard!" Wilt yelled angrily: "You are a bastard without a conscience, a scumbag whose head is stuffed with money!"

"Silence! Silence!" The Poseidon priest banged the wooden hammer hard to signal everyone to be silent. The Poseidon knights standing in the arbitration court also unsheathed their scimitars, and the strong force of force deterred everyone present to calm down.

"The shipping fee is a total of twenty-five gold dinars and sixteen silver coins. I don't want any silver coins anymore. You can pay in gold marks or gold crowns... Do you think this is okay? Your Excellency the priest?" the captain first reported loudly. After paying the shipping fee, he "generously" said that he had waived off the small change for the mercenaries, and then humbly asked the Poseidon Priest for permission.

Obviously this wasn't the first time this had happened to him, the captain was already a veteran.

But the Blood Ax mercenary group couldn't raise the money. A dozen mercenaries took out their last copper coins and only took out less than ten gold dinars.

Upon seeing this, Emilia took out all her savings since becoming a mercenary, and four gold dinars were handed into Wilt's hands.

It's still not enough, there are still ten gold dinars left, otherwise the mercenaries will have to take on very dangerous tasks through the intermediary of the church, or some of them will be sold as slaves.

So Emilia made a last-ditch effort. In order to protect the mercenary group that saved her life, she walked to Ryan and said softly: "Please do me this favor? I will definitely be able to repay you afterwards." of kindness.”

Then Emilia whispered something in Gothic into Ryan's ear.

Ryan's eyes widened.

Emilia, can you speak High Gothic? !

The protagonist is also doing serious things, and he doesn’t know that the demon hunters are fighting for life and death. We have to be cautious when investigating this kind of upper-class organization. This was the original division of labor, but I also understand what everyone means. It’s me. I didn’t make it clear, so in order to apologize, I will update twice today!