Chapter 90, Unscrupulous Great Alchemist

"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 plan of the two of them today was to investigate the movement of the Aesthetic Society, but as soon as they appeared in the shield block, they found that they were being followed.

The stalker was very powerful. Ryan and Veronica tried to go around a few times, but the stalker kept biting them, and the vague eyes followed the two of them for a whole street without stopping.

So Ryan and Veronica summed it up, and they just walked around the street and tried on clothes as if they were really dating. The two of them visited the tailors in half a block, and each bought a lot of clothes.

"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? At that time, there was a mercenary group who acted with me..." Ryan briefly explained the matter to Veronica, and then said: "You continue to try on clothes , shall I go out and have a look?"

"Honey, our main goal is to complete the task, and we don't really want to buy clothes. You go out and see what's going on, and I'll be right there." Veronica shook her head, and she signaled Ryan to go out and have a look, and she immediately just come.

So Ryan walked out of the tailor shop, and he found that the last dozen or so survivors of the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group were gathering at the corner of the street next to them, and a few people dressed as sailors were holding them, and they just wouldn't let them go. The person at the head is the captain at first glance.

"Liar! Fraudster! Get the money! If you don't let me, let the guards arrest you! Lock you all in the water prison!"

"Mr. Captain, we have no intention of deceiving you. We are also deceived. Our Blood Axe values ​​integrity the most. We have no intention of using lead to deceive you! The commission we received has also become lead."

There was a quarrel outside, the captain and the sailors vaguely surrounded the blood ax mercenary group, Emilia was only wearing a thin fur coat and tight leather pants, shivering in the cold wind, the girl's face was pink from the cold Bai, but still tried to explain: "Mr. 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, and she looks a bit petite standing in front of the 1.9-meter-tall captain. , especially the fierce look of the captain, which made the girl look thinner.

The faces of the rest of the Bloodaxe mercenary group were quite sad, and the face of the deputy head, Wilt, was full of shame and anger, and Ryan noticed some lead weights in his hands.

"It must be you! You are greedy for gold, secretly exchanged the gold for lead during the journey, and then pretended to be the victim to deceive us!" The captain's face was full of anger, and he directed towards Emilia Stretch out your hand: "Let me see, is the gold hidden in you little bitch?"

"Ah!" Emilia backed away in fright, and the weak female mercenary was grabbed by the shoulder.

"Stop!" Ryan stood up at the right time: "What's going on? Please don't use force!"

"Mr. Ryan?!" Seeing Ryan appearing, Emilia subconsciously patted off the captain's hand and hid beside him.

"You are...that Mr. Ryan?" The captain immediately realized who the person in front of him was, and he swallowed: "Well, I didn't mean it, I'm also a victim!"

"Pfft~ Who are the victims?" The voice of the high heels came from far to near, and Veronica appeared beside Ryan.

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

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

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

On the way back from the imperial army, the great alchemist Balshazer Geert returned to Miljordenhaven again, and he asked for a group of mercenaries to help him with one thing, specifically what mercenaries to do It's not easy for them to say much. In short, the deputy head Wirth, who is worrying about how to recover his vitality in the future, can be said to be overjoyed. He thinks that this is considered to be on the line with the Imperial Academy of Wizardry, so he decisively took over the task.

So the few remaining members of the Bloodaxe mercenary group followed Gelt to board the ship from Mjorden Haven and sailed to Fort Marien.

There were no problems during the voyage for a few days, but when boarding the ship, the great alchemist did a strange thing. He took out a large sum of gold and handed it to Wilt in front of the captain. The money included blood The commission of the ax and the fare of the boat.

After the ship docked, Gelt left directly. When the blood axes opened the bag, they found that all the gold in the bag had turned into lead!

Now the captain resigned. He insisted that the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group secretly replaced the gold, and demanded that they pay the boat fare.

This is the problem. When the gold was bought, 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 become lead. , They really have nowhere to ask.

The problem now is that they can't pay the boat fare. Geert chartered the best flight. The boat fare of the entire mercenary group plus his own boat fare amounted to more than 20 gold coins. Where can the group afford the money? Even if they did get some money after completing Teresa's mission, it was far from enough to pay the boat fee.

After hearing this rhetoric, Ryan thought that even if the problem was with Gelt, Blood Ax would have nowhere to ask, because the contract they signed proved that Gelt had already paid, so whatever the great alchemist used to pay would be fine. It doesn't matter that much, whether he's done it with thatch or gold, the deal is done. Even if the blood ax reported this to the emperor, the emperor would not be able to help them.

Seeing Ryan appearing and seeming to know these mercenaries, the captain felt something was wrong, but he still bit the bullet and said: "Mr. Protect these debtors?"

"No, the boat fare dispute between you has nothing to do with me. I just want to remind you, please wait for the ruling and don't use force, understand?" Ryan said lightly, protecting Emilia behind him.

"When...Of course, I was just a little excited just now, and I apologize to this mercenary lady." The captain was very happy when he saw that Ryan did not intend to interfere in this matter. In order not to offend this famous human hero, he hurried towards Emilia apologized: "I'm sorry, Miss Mercenary."

Emilia calmly accepted the captain's apology, the female mercenary bit her lip lightly, she was worried about the fate of Blood Axe.

The Poseidon Knight appeared soon, and the Poseidon Knight in plate armor was taken aback when he saw Ryan appearing. Ryan immediately said that he was just here to watch the fun, and he did not intend to intervene in this matter.

So the mercenary and the captain were invited to enter the Church of the Sea to accept the arbitration. Seeing this, Ryan said to Veronica: "Are you interested in going in and listening? Anyway, we will go to the beautiful meeting in the afternoon."

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

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

"Don't bully the little girl, it's not easy for her to be a mercenary alone." Seeing that Veronica was very interested in her, Ryan said helplessly.

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

Seeing Emilia shivering from the cold, Ryan took out a blanket made of white wolf fur and put it on the female mercenary's shoulders, beckoning her to go in with him to listen to the situation.

It was as if he was really involved in this matter.

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

Three people entered the arbitration tribunal. The Sea God knights were very friendly when they saw Ryan coming in to observe, and the pastor specially brought him snacks, so they sat in the arbitration tribunal and watched the situation in the court. Wilt and the captain were in the court They each hold their own words, but it is obvious that the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group is at a disadvantage, because their arrears of shipping fees are real.

The three sat side by side in the wooden auditorium next to the arbitral tribunal. A temple priest was listening to the facts presented by both parties. Emilia sat on Ryan's left and Veronica sat on Ryan's right and listened for a while Witch Jialan shook her head, "The blood ax won't win, the evidence is too bad for them, but it's not their fault, after all, the other party is an unscrupulous great alchemist."

"An unscrupulous great alchemist?" Ryan came out of curiosity: "How to say?"

"There is a special school of alchemy in the Royal Academy of Wizards of the Empire." Veronica paused for a moment, with some distaste in her tone: "The wizards of the alchemy school not only study magic, they also study chemistry and physics. The most important is the great alchemist Balshazer-Gert. 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 engineering. The natural hostility of the Academy and the Imperial College of Wizarding Wizards."

"But there is a situation here, that is, there are some alchemists who abuse magic to transform gold consumption, causing inflation in the economic market. These transformed golds eventually return to their original metals after a certain period of time (depending on their magic power), this kind of fraud As an economic crime, the behavior has seriously damaged the good reputation of the Imperial Royal Academy over the years, and the people often protest against such incidents against the academy." Veronica talked about this incident, her sweet face was full of black lines: "So the Royal Academy The Wizarding Academy specifically stipulates that any alchemy wizard who dares to do this will be punished."

"What punishment?" Ryan then asked, Ryan thought that wizards are not governed by secular laws, what punishment can they give?

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

"Then the great alchemist still does this?" Ryan felt quite puzzled, Geert committed the crime knowingly.

"The great alchemist himself is the biggest unscrupulous alchemist! He likes to use this technique to cheat food and drink, buy intelligence, and bribe guards. But first of all, the gold he conjures is stable and changes for a long time. I found out on the spot, and then, even if I found out afterwards that he did it, would the owner dare to trouble him? Don’t forget, he is the dean of the Alchemy Academy in the Royal Wizarding Academy of the Empire! A legendary high-ranking wizard, a humanoid mobile magic fort , who is willing to offend him because of this kind of thing, or even die?"

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

"Ryan, go to the bounty bulletin board in Fort Marien, and you will definitely find the bounty notice for Gelt, but do you think anyone dares to accept it?" Veronica gently took 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 that." Ryan gave Witch Garland a sideways glance, and Veronica nodded slightly. This was her promise to the man in front of her that she would not cross the bottom line.

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

After finishing speaking, the girl seemed to have made up her mind. She said softly to Ryan, "Mr. Ryan, please save the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group? I know you have the ability to save us, please."

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

There are as many mercenary regiments at the level of Blood Ax in Marienburg. With Ryan's current status and reputation, it is too easy for him to ask for a mercenary regiment to help him. If Blood Ax cannot show his strength Value, he will not help.

Ryan has never been a kind person, and the matter of the Bloodaxe Mercenary Corps is not a trivial matter.

"The result of the arbitration is out." Veronica signaled that this matter will be discussed later.

Sure enough, the priest of the Ocean Church ruled that Blood Ax lost the case, and the deputy head, Wilt, was ashamed. He said to the priest hesitantly: "I don't have enough money to pay the boat fare now."

"Hmph! How dare you take the boat without 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 put together together, you will definitely have money. If you really have no money, you can draw lots yourself to see who will be sold to the slave market?"

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

"Silence! Silence!" The priest of the sea god struck the wooden hammer vigorously to signal everyone to be silent. The sea god knights standing in the arbitration court also unsheathed their scimitars. The powerful force deterred everyone present to calm down.

"The boat fare is twenty-five gold dinars and sixteen silver coins. I don't want any silver coins. You can use gold marks or gold crowns to pay... Do you think this is okay? Your Excellency?" the captain first reported loudly. After paying the boat fare, he "generously" stated that he had saved a fraction for the mercenaries, and then humbly asked the sea god priest for permission.

Obviously, this is not the first time he has encountered this kind of thing, and the captain is already a veteran.

But the Bloodaxe mercenary group couldn't come up with the money, and a dozen mercenaries spent their last copper coins, and they took out less than ten gold dinars.

Seeing this, Emilia took out all her savings since becoming a mercenary, and four gold dinars were handed over to Wilt.

It was still not enough, ten gold dinars were missing, otherwise the mercenaries would have to accept very dangerous missions through the intermediary of the church, or some people would be sold as slaves.

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

Then Emilia whispered something in High Gothic softly in Ryan's ear.

Ryan's eyes widened.

Emilia, speak High Gothic? !