Three days later, Inner Circle, Island Affairs Department.
In the office of bounty agent Janela, Li Nuo was checking accounts with Janela.
"The first wanted criminal, Lituart, you handed over a relatively complete body. After inspecting the body, the Island Affairs Department confirmed that there were no traces of triggering the "Soul Retreat Crystal" on the body. Lituart himself did not master the magic of soul-body separation. Therefore, Lituart was indeed killed in action. I will now pay you 20% of the total bounty, which is the remuneration you deserve. The remaining 80% will be returned to the bounty sponsor by Wizards Law Enforcement. "
While referring to the autopsy report and relaying the autopsy results, Janela pushed 26,000 gold coins in front of Li Nuo.
"The same goes for the second wanted criminal. What you handed over was also the body. The same is true for the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth wanted criminal. The autopsy report confirmed that all five wanted criminals were killed. "
Janara put the other five rewards on the table and pushed them towards Li Nuo. She looked at the calm wizard across the table and couldn't help but sigh and said:
"You are really quick and agile. You used the law enforcement method of killing all six wanted criminals on the spot instead of arresting them for trial. In fact, you don't have to be in such a hurry. At least the sixth wanted criminal, You can capture him and interrogate him yourself, or hand him over to the Island Affairs Department. In this way, not only can we get more clues and find more traces of criminals, but you can also harvest the complete bounty. When you think about it, you just I felt a bit pity after receiving 20% of the total six bounties."
Li Nuo smiled:
"I have my own arrangements, Janara. Since wanted criminals are dead, then dead criminals are good criminals. If they live one more day, I think it is a waste of clean water in the Suman Islands. Are you right? "
"That's what I said, but..." Janela always felt that something was strange, but she couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.
She raised her shoulders slightly and stopped arguing with Li Nuo. After all, the biggest contributor to catching the criminal was the other party, not herself:
"Okay, Jarvis. In terms of the specific execution of bounty missions and wanted orders, you are still in charge. Well, what are you going to do next? I haven't received any news about wanted criminals showing up here recently. Regarding bounty missions, There are currently no tasks that meet your requirements."
"Let me think about it." Li Nuo rested his chin on the armrest and entered a state of thinking.
The intense work in the past three days not only earned him six remunerations.
The six criminals are all from the Dreadsail Pirate Kingdom.
Just the deconstruction results brought about by passive deconstruction can help Li Nuo weave an intelligence network about Terror Sail.
The level of these six criminals is not high, and their combat strength is at least level four.
They are specifically responsible for wreaking havoc in the outer reaches of the Suman Islands.
Using poisoning, arson, blasting, etc. to destroy seafood, water purification, farms, orchards and other production facilities in the Suman Islands is a sabotage task that they must perform regularly.
Every half a month or a month, six criminals can receive funding from the Dreadsail Pirate Kingdom by completing a sabotage mission.
The funding includes: the deep sea magic power needed to practice the "Deep Sea Scale Meditation Method", gold coin rewards, magic elixirs, magic props, magic books on deep sea spells and meditation methods, etc.
After these six criminals become five-ring wizards, they can truly step into the ocean and become veritable Dreadsail pirates.
This promotion system within the Horrible Sails Pirate Kingdom is quite scientific, which makes Li Nuo feel very happy.
Very, very cool.
Since members of the Third Ring and Fourth Ring Terror Sails prefer to fight alone, they will carry important items with them or hide them in secret corners.
It would be great if they brought important items with them. Li Nuo could find them directly among the loot.
It doesn't matter if it's hidden in a secret corner. Li Nuo can find clues in the deconstructed memory fragments and get the important items.
No matter what, important items cannot escape Li Nuo's hands.
Now think about it, the benefits of killing wanted criminals are amazing.
The total proceeds from the six wanted criminals include:
Six rewards, with a total amount of 166,000 gold coins.
Volumes 1 to 4 of "Deep Sea Scale Meditation Method" cover the training content from the first to the fourth level of this meditation method. Li Nuo cracked the magic lock and learned this meditation method through harmless deconstruction;
Volumes 1 to 4 of the magic book "Deep Sea Secret Book" record some of the spells of deep sea wizards from the first to fourth levels. After cracking the magic lock, Li Nuo used harmless deconstruction to obtain three spell blueprints, with completeness ranging from 10% to 20%;
Six sets of deep sea magic robes, wands, and underwater breathing masks, and three magic rings that record simple spells;
Six pieces of soul fragments, a total of about 1300 soul strength points;
The cash and equivalents on the six criminals totaled 180,000 gold coins.
In terms of energy value rewards, the system directly awarded a total of 130,000 energy points.
In addition, the six criminals' personal belongings contained many rare magic gadgets and precious metal ornaments.
These things can obtain energy value rewards in a passive structure, with a total of about 300,000 energy points.
Li Nuo did not use the energy points for the time being, but saved them as a backup.
In total, just killing six criminals instantly brought Li Nuo more than 300,000 gold coins in profit.
This harvest can be described as earned with blood.
Li Nuo really wants to continue this kind of work.
But it is a pity that the Terror Sails Pirate Nation has received a tip-off, and they have noticed the news that six peripheral members died suddenly one after another.
When Li Nuo was tracking the sixth criminal, this guy had already boarded an ocean-going merchant ship escaping from the Suman Islands and planned to go to the Cahir Continent to avoid the limelight.
If Li Nuo hadn't acted quickly, this guy might have escaped.
Fortunately, Li Nuo successfully stopped him.
Judging from the memory fragments obtained through passive deconstruction, the criminal was reminded by the Dreadsail Pirate Kingdom, and then embarked on a journey to avoid the limelight.
And the way he contacted the Terrorsail Pirate Kingdom was very interesting. He was actually exactly the same as a legal wizard, and he also communicated face-to-face with Professor Terrorsail through spiritual contact.
Of course, "Professor Dreadfan" is not a formal term. In the Terror Sails Pirate Kingdom, the position of professor is also called by another name. Li Nuo has not gained any information about this yet, but he only knows that such a person exists.
Judging from the current situation, Li Nuo must disappear for a while before he can wait for the next batch of wanted pirates who caused trouble in the Suman Islands.
Or, he can only adjust the screening criteria and select criminals with fifth- and sixth-ring combat prowess as tracking targets.
However, it is a bit difficult to kill such an enemy instantly, and it does not meet Li Nuo's definition of "Farm strategy".
"Jenara, I'm going to rest for a while first." Li Nuo said:
"As soon as I have news about the wanted criminals and bounty missions I need, please inform me immediately."
"Okay, Jarvis." Janara was not disappointed when she faced Li Nuo who was planning to take a vacation.
She knew the situation here in the Suman Islands. In two to three days at most, there would be wanted criminals and bounty missions that met Li Nuo's requirements.
There's no way around it, there's a huge turnover of people in this place.
"I have something here, and I want to ask your help." Li Nuo took out 100,000 gold coins from the table and put it back in front of Janela:
"I need to rent a stone house for a long time in the visitor area of the core circle. These 100,000 gold coins are one year's rent. Please help me contact the Deep Sea Branch."
"No problem." Janela found a pen and paper and wrote a receipt to Li Nuo:
"After I arrange the stone house in the visitor area, I will bring you the lease deed and the house key."
"Well, that's it for this time." Li Nuo swept the remaining money and receipt into the magic pocket.
Before Li Nuo could get up and leave, Janela stopped him:
"Wait a minute, some people asked me to bring you a message."
"Oh? What?" Li Nuo stopped getting up.
"You are somewhat famous now, Jarvis." Janara smiled and said:
"Your efficiency and methods have attracted the attention of some people. They asked me and Ms. Selina for information about you, and wanted to see which member of the wizarding force has such outstanding law enforcement capabilities. I have to say that you are now Although the level of the wizard is not high, it is enough to enter the field of vision of certain forces."
Li Nuo thought about it:
"Let me guess, some of the forces you mentioned should include the Pangola family, right?"
"Yes, Jarvis." Janara clapped her fingers and said:
"The Pangola family is just one of them. It is one of the most powerful wizarding forces in the fields of rock, soil and metal. It is very influential here in the Suman Islands.
"In addition to the Pangola family, the Mantas family controls the magic items exchange, the Haitian family controls the largest shipyard and most docks in the archipelago, and the Char family controls the ocean channel from the archipelago to the Cahill continent. The Nar family, these three families are also asking for information about you. The bounty missions you took before are more or less related to these families."
Li Nuo nodded slowly.
This situation was within his expectation.
As a man who takes one step and sees three steps, he has sufficient plans and preparations to deal with the attention of various families.
"Why are these families asking about me?" Li Nuo asked knowingly.
"Of course I'm asking you to be the family consultant." Jenna rummaged through the drawer and took out several invitation letters and placed them in front of Li Nuo.
The family consultant, well, yes, just as I expected... Li Nuo was sure that things were going in the direction he planned.
A family advisor is a non-family wizard who provides magical advice to the family leader in a specific field.
The essential job of a family advisor is to provide advice. If he needs to take action, the reward will be calculated separately.
Such a role has very obvious benefits for Li Nuo.
First, the relationship between the family consultant and the family is not strong, and Li Nuo can end the consulting contract with the family at any time.
Secondly, family advisors can observe internal meetings of family leaders.
Li Nuo didn't care about the content of the meeting. What he wanted was the opportunity to get in touch with people in the core circles of each family.
In this way, he can master a large amount of information through deconstruction, and it is the kind of information that hides huge wealth and extraordinary power.
Finally, family advisors provide advice and do not sell knowledge.
Many times, family advisors only need to give their opinions without explaining why. This is suitable for Li Nuo, because many of his judgments are made by deconstructing the results, which is difficult to explain to others.
There are also disadvantages to becoming a family consultant, but Li Nuo has already considered the countermeasures in this regard.
Look at the envelope on the table. No more, no less, exactly four invitation letters, corresponding to the four wizard families that Janela just mentioned.
Each invitation bears the family crest.
The Pangola family started out by exploring and extracting minerals, and their emblem is "a pickaxe that strikes the ore and produces sparks."
The Mantas family specializes in operating magic item exchanges in various places. Their emblem is "a magic gem is placed on the left and a scale of equal weight of gold coins is placed on the right."
The Haidel family is a famous magic ship tycoon, and its emblem is "a magic mechanical ship that splashes large waves when it is launched into the water."
——The magic mechanical ship is not the metal magic ship owned by Captain Berkeley who surrendered to the enemy. It is obtained by modifying steam mechanical ships and sailboats, and has a normal ship appearance.
The Chanal family specializes in ocean trade and operating magic workshops, farms, orchards, etc. It accurately detects fog thresholds and builds a fleet of magical maritime machinery to control important waterways. Its emblem is "an ocean-going fleet heading towards the horizon and the rising sun."
These four families are not all the family wizard forces here in the Suman Islands.
In addition to them, there are at least dozens of family forces on the islands.
The other family forces did not send an invitation letter to Li Nuo. It was not because they looked down upon Li Nuo, but simply because they lacked information and connections and had not yet heard about Li Nuo.
Only the top wizard family with the most extensive connections and the fastest intelligence channels could complete the investigation of Li Nuo's identity and true origins in such a short period of time, and then send him an invitation letter.
It is estimated that in the next few days, Janela will continue to receive letters from small and medium-sized family forces.
Li Nuo opened the four invitation letters on the table and looked at them one by one.
The four invitation letters were all issued in the name of the family, and the inviters were the legal heirs of each family.
It seems that here in the Suman Islands, each family's business on the islands is handled by the heirs within the family.
This type of family heir who is in charge of family property in a certain place is the local manager.
They were the ones who sent the invitation letter, and they were also the ones paying attention to Li Nuo.
Then, they should be the ones who asked Professor Erica for information before.
Li Nuo mentally matched Professor Erica's letter with the invitation letter in front of him.
"How about it, Jarvis, do you have any plans to become a family consultant?" Janela asked after seeing Li Nuo finish reading the invitation letter.
"I have to think about it." Li Nuo responded thoughtfully:
"Although I can serve as a family consultant for multiple families at the same time, and I don't need to quit the "Silent Girl", the price is that I am always available. I have to be on the scene as soon as the family needs me. This will delay my own affairs. The most troublesome thing is when multiple families summon me at the same time. No matter which family I am called to, I may offend other families. However, it would be good to take the invitation letter and go meet the local managers of each family first. "
Li Nuo put away the four invitation letters and prepared to visit them one by one to look for opportunities to make a qualitative leap in his combat strength and financial strength.
His current energy inventory is so large that it can explode, and he can just deconstruct the magic books he has seen in various families.
It would be great if you could unlock "Evocation Magic".
Li Nuo stood up to say goodbye, and Janela sent him to the door.
The invitation letter Li Nuo got contained the contact information of the manager butler. As assistants to the head of the family, each of these butlers has his or her own magical messenger.
Before Li Nuo came to visit, he had to contact the housekeepers and make an appointment with the time and place, otherwise it would appear abrupt.
When visiting someone's home, you should dress more formally. And just because you are a guest, you should not take it lightly and think that the other party will respect and tolerate you. You must pay attention to rules and etiquette in everything.
In addition, Li Nuo had to inquire about the hobbies, habits, reputations and dislikes of each family leader in order to cater to the other party's preferences and handling style and gain more favorability.
Most of these trivial but essential things were known to Li Nuo before he traveled through time, and a small number of them were summed up by understanding the background of the world after traveling through time.
In short, he must be fully prepared and fully understand the "habits" of the person in charge before he can visit him.
If you regard door-to-door visits as a way to get to know the person in charge, you will be doomed. Getting to know the person in charge must happen before visiting the person. It is because many people do not know this truth that they suffer in social circles.
As a human being, Li Nuo would naturally not make such a mistake.
"If you want to understand the manager, it would be easiest to throw a deconstruction technique on him. But where can I find these closely protected managers?"
Li Nuo walked on the street, thinking to himself.
Due to the existence of extraordinary power, important members of the wizard family in this world will be closely guarded by powerful battle mages. Some important members of the family may possess sixth-ring, seventh-ring, or even higher combat prowess.
otherwise
Otherwise, just the secret fight within the family for the first place in the succession would be enough to kill the family members who are ranked high in the line of succession.
It is conceivable that as local family business managers, they will live on an island in the inner circle, spend most of their time handling family affairs in the magic castle, and spend a small amount of time traveling low-key and attending banquets.
Li Nuo appeared rashly near the island, squatting secretly and waiting for an opportunity to throw out the deconstruction technique. If this operation failed, he would be caught by the family guards on the island, which would further put the relationship on hold.
Li Nuo didn't want to see such a scene.
He shook his head slightly and thought to himself:
"Forget it, let's follow the most normal visit process. I will first send a letter to the manager's housekeeper to have a brief communication and understand the manager's situation. After I am fully prepared, I will formally visit the manager. This will take a little more time, but after all, this is a difficult operation, and time and effort are inevitable. As long as the result is good, it is all worth it."
"Mr. Jarvis" a familiar female voice came from the front, just blocking Li Nuo's way.
Li Nuo looked up and saw Nellie, the island salesperson whom he had met several times, with obvious joy on her face.
"Good day, Nelly." Li Nuo greeted.
Nelly stepped forward, took out a letter from her magic pocket, and handed it to Li Nuo:
"Mr. Jarvis, the seller of the five islands you purchased asked me to bring you a letter. I don't have a magic messenger. I wanted to personally deliver the letter to the Island Department and ask the bounty agent there to deliver it to you. Yeah. I didn’t expect to meet you on the road."
"A letter was sent from the seller of the island." Li Nuo took the envelope and looked at it. The "pickaxe" emblem of the Pangola family appeared on it.
Take a closer look, isn't this an invitation letter from the Pangola family? ?
Why did another invitation letter from the Pangola family come? ?
A series of question marks appeared in Li Nuo's mind.
He controlled his facial expression, maintained a calm look, nodded and said:
"Thanks, Nellie, thank you for your help."
"You're welcome, sir, this is what I should do. Thank you for buying an island from me. I will soon be able to raise enough money to try the contract magic messenger."
Nellie smiled and waved goodbye.
Apparently, Li Nuo's purchase of five cars in a row left a very deep impression on her.
Li Nuo tore open the envelope in his hand and poured out the letter inside.
He compared this letter with the previous letters he had gotten from Janara and soon discovered the differences between the two letters from the Pangola family.
The previous letter was sent in the name of the fifth heir to the Pangola family.
The letter Li Nuo is holding now was issued in the name of the twenty-fifth heir to the Pangola family.
Fifth, twenty-fifth.
You can tell the difference in family status between the two people just by looking at their rankings.
But here comes the problem.
How come there are two heads of the Pangola family here in the Suman Islands?
The fifth-ranked heir said in the letter that he is responsible for handling the land and mineral resources of the Pangula family in the Suman Islands.
The twenty-fifth successor also said the same thing.
this.
What's going on? ?
Li Nuo felt that things were a bit strange and even suspected that the second letter was fake, but then gave up the idea.
Forging letters wouldn't do Nellie any good and she wouldn't do it.
Li Nuo thought for a while and threw the deconstruction technique at the second letter.
He spent some energy points and got the letter's panel information.
"Well, it was indeed written by the butler of the twenty-fifth heir of the Pangula family. This letter is authentic. It seems that there is something uncoordinated within the Pangola family, so Suman Islands Here, there will be two managers who deal with land resources and mineral resources."
Li Nuo sensed a hint of infighting within the family.
Thinking deeply again, it is not difficult to see how big the gap is between the fifth and the twenty-fifth heir.
The fifth heir came to him, Li Nuo, through Janara. This shows that the heir is well-informed and has his own channels of information in areas other than the land and mineral fields.
The twenty-fifth heir was much inferior. He only paid attention to Li Nuo because of the purchase and sale of islands, and the letter did not praise Li Nuo for catching criminals and completing bounty tasks.
The gap between them is enough to illustrate the difference in overall strength between the two.
"Oh, I really didn't expect it. I haven't decided which family I want to be a family consultant for. I have to consider the side issue of the two managers of the Pangola family first."
Li Nuo couldn't help but sigh:
"Sure enough, when it comes to interpersonal communication, things become a lot more troublesome."
(End of chapter)
