"Oh! I hope I can come back safely."
An Kai sat on the chair and spoke slowly as if he was worried about the safety of Hanks and his party.
In response to his behavior, Malcolm's mouth twitched slightly without making a sound.
As an accomplice who deceived Hanks into going to the seven countries to resume trade, Malcolm's perception of Ankai changed again.
When he had a conflict with Ankai in the desert, Malcolm thought he was a real desert barbarian.
Then he was subdued by An Kai, and when he saw An Kai imparting magic knowledge to His Highness Wayne, Malcolm thought that An Kai was a knowledgeable old scholar who was forced to live in the desert.
Later, on the way to Chaos City, Ankai asked Wayne to cancel the wanted order of Hanks in their Shaq Kingdom.
After hearing An Kai's explanation of his relationship with Hanks, Malcolm believed that An Kai was a kind and caring person.
Until this moment, Malcolm stood in the hall and saw Ankai sighing for Hanks to go to the Seven Kingdoms...
He suddenly understood that An Kai, from the beginning, only had himself in his heart, and everything he did was for himself.
In order to get him, a fifth-level [Assassin] professional, as his subordinate, he could endure his impatience and accept His Highness Wayne as his student.
Then the wanted order of Hanks was cancelled, and Hanks was forced to go to the seven countries to resume trade with the "life-saving grace".
Finally, let him appear and coax the fifth-level [Assassin] to escort Hanks to the Seven Kingdoms, in order to achieve the goal of making Hanks willingly go to the Seven Kingdoms.
What Malcolm could foresee was that even if this team could return, they would suffer heavy losses.
But by that time, they must have already contacted some groups of traveling merchants.
This also achieved An Kai's purpose.
Business and trade resumed in the outer city of Chaos City, and Ankai could safely serve as the underground king and collect high taxes.
Link by link, the characters shown are also different. It can be seen that An Kai is not only terrifying in strength, but also... very thoughtful!
Standing in the main hall, the fifth-level [Assassin] Malcolm has seen countless people of all kinds in his life.
But there are not many people like An Kai who have clear goals and are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.
Even Ankai's use and indifference towards others reminded Malcolm of what the King of Shake Kingdom looked like when he was young...
The same indifference, the same unscrupulous use of people around him, but he still has great righteousness and makes people around him willing to do things for him...
"terrible!"
Malcolm kept thinking about it, and the more he thought about it, the scarier it became.
Until An Kai waved him away, Malcolm still had a solemn expression on his face. When he saw An Kai, his eyes were a little more... cautious.
actually…
I can’t say that Malcolm’s idea is completely wrong, but it’s basically half wrong.
Wayne is the person Ankai really wants, and Malcolm is the bonus.
An Kai had no choice but to let Hanks go to the Seven Kingdoms. After all, his resource consumption has increased visibly. After thinking about it, only Hanks, a former spy from the Seven Kingdoms, is a suitable candidate to go to the Seven Kingdoms for trade. condition.
In addition, Hanks is old and may die one day, so Ankai urgently needs a new exchange route for gold coins and magic stones.
Also, about getting Wayne to drop Hanks' wanted warrant.
When An Kai mentioned this matter, he didn't have any other thoughts. He just suddenly remembered that Hanks was wanted by the Shaker Kingdom, and it happened that his pawn was the eldest prince of the Shaker Kingdom. .
Just mentioned casually during casual conversation...
"What's going on with this guy?"
Ankai frowned and watched as Malcolm left. He could clearly see that the ice-faced man had something wrong with his expression when he left.
[Lv23] [Meditation] makes Ankai very sensitive to changes in other people's expressions.
He can clearly see even the slightest changes in expression.
How could An Kai know that some of his actions had been turned into meticulous plans by Malcolm...
However, if Ankai knew about the use of people around him, he would not deny it.
In this desert, Ankai has always believed in the principle that only interests can become long-term partners.
There were some people around him, but in the end, the only one left was the old guy Hanks.
In the final analysis, Ankai and Hanks have enough common interests. The two have already established enough trust through cooperation and exchange of interests.
Including this trip to the Seven Kingdoms, Ankai also spent 10% of the future tax revenue from the city outside Chaos City in order to allow Hanks to go willingly.
10% doesn’t sound like much.
But if it is 100,000 gold coins, or even 10% of a million gold coins, this profit is quite considerable for Hanks.
Nowadays, the seven countries surrounding the desert are in civil strife. In the desert, the orcs and the inner city of Chaos City are fighting fiercely.
Another powerful town of the dead does not accept living people. Therefore, among the desert and the seven surrounding countries, only the city outside Chaos City where An Kai is located is the real "paradise"!
There are no wars, no civil strife, no alien races.
As long as food is provided and commerce is restored, it is foreseeable that in this surrounding war-torn environment.
The outer city of Chaos City will become a "holy land..." sought after by many people.
At that time, it is completely up to Ankai to decide how much tax he wants to collect.
This is what Ankai plans to look like in the future outer city of Chaos City.
Therefore, he was able to give 10% of his tax revenue to Hanks, which was already a huge concession based on their past relationship.
If it were Sally Bucklin or Will Bucklin who had socialized with An Kai, An Kai would not have given this 10%.
One is whether the two of them can open up the trade between the outer city of Chaos City and the seven countries. This is something An Kai is skeptical about.
Although they are the prince and princess of the Bucklin Principality, they are not the princes and princesses of the Seven Kingdoms, let alone the princes and princesses living abroad.
In one case, Will Bucklin is relatively good. Because of the special nature of his profession, Ankai still has some trust in him.
Sally Bucklin was directly eliminated in An Kai's mind. An Kai would never cooperate with her in this kind of business worth millions or tens of millions of gold coins...
Therefore, Hanks can be trusted by An Kai and promised to go to the Seven Kingdoms, which shows his trustworthy position in An Kai's heart!
The trust level of others in Ankai's case is 0.1, so Hanks's trust level is at least 1.
Of course, the full trust level may be 100...
After Malcolm left, Ankai chose 5,000 of the 6,000 low-grade magic stones that Hanks had given him before he left and exchanged them for skill points.
In Hanks' words, there are still more than 5,000 gold coins left, and they need to wait until he comes back to collect them all.
This statement made An Kai even more certain, and he started looking for a new way to exchange gold coins and magic stones...
[Skill Points +5000]
[Skill points: 5999]
An Kai was quite relieved to be one skill point short of 6,000.
Then he chose to use 200 low-grade magic stones to replenish the energy of the mage tower.
[Razier’s mage tower energy +20%. 】
[Raziel’s Mage Tower Energy: 100% (80%+20%)]
"Can 10 low-grade magic stones be exchanged for 1% of energy..."
"not bad…"
An Kai still recognized the defensive effect of [Razier's Mage Tower]. It consumed 20% of energy and could withstand the fatal blow of the fifth-level [Assaulter], Malcolm. This kind of equipment was rare.
Sitting in the main hall, things have been arranged.
Including Wayne, An Kai also arranged for him to study the Wind Blade Book next door.
In Wayne's words
, within a few days, the wind blade technique will be studied by him to the point that even a trainee mage can use it.
An Kai is still looking forward to this.
A few days ago, when Ankai communicated with Wayne about spells, he had already determined that the spells he mastered were not the same thing as those mastered by mages.
He himself thought about the reason, and it might be related to his four-dimensional attributes.
Not only is it balanced, it is also much higher than its peers.
In his memory, the mage profession, at the first level, only gained 9 attribute points for each level.
As for the warrior, he only gains 8 attribute points at the first level.
All in all, for some traditional professions, when they are at level one, the attribute points they gain per level up are not many compared to An Kai.
On the other hand, An Kai, in terms of spell levels, requires 40 attribute points for each level he improves at level one!
After all, he has balanced development of four-dimensional attributes...
Of course, in addition to the four-dimensional attributes, An Kai also estimated that his spellcasting did not need to ask the old immortal God of Law for anything.
In the entire East Continent and even the Divine Punishment Continent, An Kai may be the only mage who can bypass the God of Magic to cast spells...
After listening carefully for a moment, Wayne was still mumbling about wind blade skills that An Kai couldn't understand, but through his speaking speed and tone, it could be heard that this guy was very excited.
Maybe it's just like what he said, it won't take a few days to develop the wind blade technique...
Looking at the hot courtyard outside, Ankai suddenly felt that everything was getting better.
With a thought, he used [Summon] to summon [Withered Vine Tree Man: Level 23], and then held the [Brute Force Staff] to attack the core of [Withered Vine Tree Man]...
After rummaging through it, there was no magic core.
"unlucky!"
Cursing secretly, a fireball appeared out of thin air and burned the [Withered Vine Treant] to ashes...
This scene made Nurnasius, who was guarding the courtyard and looked at Ankai inadvertently, feel a chill in his body. After trembling violently, he murmured: "Tomorrow... I'll summon that guy here tomorrow to make the boss happy..."
In the main hall, Ankai heard Nurnasius' murmur and threw ten low-grade magic stones...
It fell right in front of Nurnesius.
"Don't delay your cultivation."
"Thank you, boss! Thank you, boss!"
Nurnesius quickly stood up and kept shouting thanks.
Even though it doesn't use these magic stones...
In the main hall, An Kai smiled warmly and then cast a [Freezing Technique] to seal the main hall door.
Then with a thought, [Razier's Mage Tower] materialized from the body, enveloped Ankai's figure, and disappeared underground.
The next day.
An Kai reappeared from the mage tower in the main hall of the Evergreen Gang.
A night's rest plus [Meditation] allowed him to gain an attribute point.
Add it to your [Stamina].
[Endurance +1]
【Endurance: 525】
Then he took out the [Enhanced +5] [Beast Meat Refining Table] and ordered Nurnasius to go to the Evergreen Gang's reserve point and get two pieces of fresh Warcraft hind leg meat.
After taking out two low-grade magic stones and placing them on the [Beast Meat Refining Table] table, in an instant, the magic stones turned into powder and melted into the hind leg meat.
Just for a moment.
The beast meat is then strengthened and completed by the [Beast Meat Refining Station].
[Strengthened hind leg meat +5: Lv1]
[Quality: Ordinary]
[Remarks: Don’t eat too much of the enhanced animal meat, or be careful of being overstuffed. 】
The [Beast Meat Refining Table] has been strengthened to [+5], and the beast meat strengthened by it also has a [+5] quality.
Just right, it can satisfy An Kai's current appetite.
Take the meat of the beast, one on your left hand and one on your right hand.
An Kai glanced at Nurnasius, who was staring at him eagerly: "What's wrong with you?"
Nurnesius was stunned for a moment.
Are you preparing these two pieces of animal meat for yourself?
Nurnasius' dark face showed an awkward smile: "No...it's okay..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Nurnasius turned around and walked towards the outside of the hall...
Just as it walked to the door, An Kai's voice suddenly sounded from behind: "Wait a minute."
Nurnasius paused, and he knew that Ankai had it in his heart...
As soon as I turned around, I saw An Kai throwing two bone sticks over...
"Go out and eat it, don't thank me."
Looking at the two bone clubs in front of him, Nurnesius didn't know what he was feeling...
When did the mighty Dragon Clan fall to this level?
After looking at Ankai's expression, Nurnasius only struggled for a second before hugging a bone stick and biting a bone stick.
He whimpered and said, "Thank you...boss..."
Watching Nurnasius leave, Ankai was very satisfied.
In his memory, this was how he kept pets in his previous life.
After the owner eats the meat, the pet feeds the bones.
After stretching his body, Ankai listened for a moment to the progress of Wayne's spell research today, and then left the hall.
Today, he planned to go deep into the outer city of Chaos City to check the integration of the original residents of the city with the foreign residents.
After all, the living conditions of these people are related to their vital interests in the future.
If the new residents cannot survive, Ankai will step in to provide them with a relatively comfortable environment.
Then press hard...
Thinking of this, An Kai smiled softly.
In these troubled times, it is reasonable for him to provide a stable place to live and then receive some small compensation.
When passing by Nurnesius, it was holding a bone stick and gnawing on it without raising its head.
"Sure enough, our ancestors' raising methods were right."
With a murmur, An Kai left the Evergreen Gang's station, his face exactly like that of Hanks' father.
After walking along the street for about half an hour, on the west side of the outer city of Chaos City, some people gathered in front of me.
Ankai walked there with old steps.
I pulled away from the crowd and saw the scene inside.
Among them, Polpi, the knight without a mount, and a few scoundrels, cursed at the five refugees in front of him who had fled from the Seven Kingdoms:
"You bitch, our city lord protects you, but you don't even want to pay for your protection? Are you escaping again and again?!"
"Do you really think that our city lord is doing charity?"
The five city residents who were lying on the ground lowered their heads and sobbed softly: "Sir... we really have no money..."
"No money?!"
Polpi suddenly opened his eyes, glared angrily, and continued to shout: "There are five houses allocated to you. You squeeze in one house and sell or rent out the remaining four houses. This is not money. ?!"
"I see you guys just don't want to give it!"
"You bitch, do you want to eat for free? I'll beat you to death!"
