"Wait, wait, wait! It's weird, no matter how you think about it, it's weird! Why is there compensation?!"
Several members of the team gathered together.
Sato Kazuma held a check with trembling hands, and his voice trembled as much as his hands after seeing the high number on it.
He really couldn't understand why he had to lose money instead of getting a reward for defeating a powerful monster.
"And it's still 150 million Eris?!"
Aqua was also dumbfounded and looked at the bill blankly.
"It's an exaggerated amount. It's dozens of times higher than the compensation required for the ruins I destroyed in the past." Megumin raised her right hand and made a gesture of "I want to work hard too." She didn't know that she Who are you comparing to?
Darkness nodded and said, "Indeed, what we did was a bit too much."
Everyone recalled the scene when they killed General Dong.
Hundreds of explosions with power comparable to explosion magic were released together, blasting out a large crater hundreds of meters wide and bottomless on the plain. It would be understandable even if the claim amount was as high as hundreds of millions. Understand the hammer!
After working hard to kill a powerful monster, when you are about to receive the reward, you are told that you have to lose money. Who can understand the pain?
Is this reasonable? !
Isn’t this bullying an honest person? !
Kazuma Sato rushed to the counter, pointed to the amount on it and asked the receptionist: "Miss Luna, why is it like this? Don't you think this number is strange? In fact, what is written in front of the amount is not the amount owed, but the amount written in front of it. Bounty, right? The kingdom’s bounty is 150 million Eris, right?”
"this……"
Luna looked embarrassed and didn't say anything, but her expression told them that it was true.
Aqua excitedly grabbed Luna's collar with both hands and lifted her exaggeratedly broad chest. When she rocked back and forth, the ripples of the water and the white halo reflected in everyone's eyes.
He tilted his head slightly.
No, I almost got immersed in it.
"What do you mean? Why is there such a high compensation? Are you looking for trouble? Hey~~!" The underworld goddess glared at Luna with an unhappy expression, especially the last flick of her tongue, which made the little gangsters wandering around the street angry. Essence.
Sometimes people have to wonder if she is really a goddess.
"Miss Aqua, even if you say so, it has nothing to do with me. This is the kingdom's decision... to be precise, it is the Lord's decision." Luna looked helplessly at the unreasonable Aku. Ya.
Indeed, this kind of thing has nothing to do with Luna. As a receptionist, she can only convey the results of the trial.
But I seem to have heard an interesting name.
Lord? Aldap?
Aqua asked relentlessly: "So, even the lord can't ask for so much compensation, right? There has to be a reason, right?"
"actually……"
Luna gave an explanation for this.
——Destroying the ecological environment and hindering Axel's development plan.
The plain where Xiaolin and others were doing their missions was not the only place where snow spirits were active. There were also many hibernating monsters under the snow-covered plain. The high temperature generated by hundreds of magic spells melted the snow on the plain, causing many monsters to wake up early.
And because of the winter, most of the adventurers were cultivating, causing monsters to cause chaos everywhere. Many villagers' pastures were attacked, and most of the cattle and sheep they raised were devoured.
"So we have to compensate the villagers for their losses, right?"
"Yes, that's it."
This compensation is reasonable.
Because he had a hot head and arrogantly wanted to kill General Dong, he was negligent and caused damage to the villagers' property, and he should be compensated.
"But it doesn't take that much!"
Aqua restrained herself slightly after hearing this, but she still danced angrily and gestured: "150 million, 150 million! Do you know how much high-end bubble wine you can buy? Do you know!"
This guy doesn't care about the life or death of other people. He just wants to enjoy himself and doesn't want to pay high compensation.
She doesn't look like a goddess at all.
Xiao Lin sighed, and just about to teach her a lesson, he heard another receptionist who was wearing the same uniform but with short hair and small freckles on her face talking to her.
"Actually, you really don't need that much."
"Deborah!"
Luna's expression changed slightly, trying to stop her colleague from continuing.
"What does it matter? It was the evil and disgusting lord who asked the kingdom to increase the compensation." Deborah looked like she despised Lord Aldap.
It has to be said that Aldap failed extremely as the lord of Axel. Not only were the guards and adventurers secretly belittling him, but even the waiting ladies were resentful of him.
Xiaolin turned his attention.
"Ms. Luna, it's not appropriate for us to have to pay compensation without getting the money after we worked so hard to defeat a powerful monster."
"Inappropriate."
"It's inappropriate for you to say good things for the lord that everyone hates."
"…Inappropriate."
"Then tell me what's going on."
Under Xiaolin's guidance, Luna quickly told the truth without much struggle.
Originally, it was only necessary to compensate for the damage to the ecological environment. The bounty from the kingdom for defeating General Winter could be used to make up for it. However, Aldap complained to the superiors that the trade road he planned to lay had been blown up, and he insisted on using " "Hindering Axel's development" was used as an excuse to increase the amount of compensation by 150 million. .z.br>
It would be fine if it really meant blowing up trade routes to hinder development, but in fact they all knew that this was just an excuse for the greedy lord.
"I see, that's it."
Xiao Lin nodded expressionlessly after hearing this.
He was truly a disliked lord, and what he did was quite disgusting.
"Aldap, right? Go talk to that guy now and make sure he looks good!" Aqua was furious. She rolled up her sleeves and was about to rush to the lord's mansion to fight.
Xiao Lin grabbed her and said, "It's useless. The other party is taking control now. Even if we go to find her, it will be unreasonable. Instead, it will give the other party an excuse to take advantage of us."
Darkness also echoed: "Aldap's reputation is indeed not good. Looking for it rashly will have no effect at all. However, this matter can be reported to higher-level nobles. If evidence can be found, he should be able to pay the price."
She was talking about her family.
The Dustinis family, known as the "Kingdom's Arms", as the kingdom's great nobles, owns several surrounding novice villages including Axel.
Especially since Dustinis's family is still in Axel and he offended the daughter of a noble family, how can he do it without paying the price?
I will remember this grudge!
"hateful!"
Aqua shed tears of reluctance.
She really cried. She hugged Xiao Lin and cried loudly because she lost so much money. She didn't look like a goddess at all.
And Dast, who was enjoying the show the whole time, jumped out to add insult to injury when he saw that Xiao Lin wanted to compensate for the huge amount of debt.
"Hey, Xiaolin, I heard that you want to pay hundreds of millions in compensation?"
"...You were watching the whole process, weren't you?"
"Hahaha, I didn't expect this day to happen to you! How about, you have no money! You will become a poor man like us!"
This guy--!
But he doesn't seem to know that he is rich, so you can use this to play with him.
Xiao Lin raised the corners of his mouth slightly and then immediately closed them, pretending to be in pain and said: "Ah, indeed, I have no money."
"Hey, hey, then come with me..."
"Now only Eris is left."
"Gah——?!"
Dust's eyes widened like a giant toad.
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I always feel that Xiaolin is in Versailles.
What's even more outrageous is that Xiaolin deliberately sighed loudly: "What should I do? From now on, the rare ingredients can only be reduced to one meal a day, and the bubble wine with a limited logo will also be reduced from three bottles to one bottle a day. Ah, what the hell should I do? What should I do!"
"you you……!"
Daxter couldn't say anything.
Axel, the scumbag that everyone calls for beating, should give him an assist at this time to give him a chance to slap him in the face.
Dust, you did a great job.
Give you five-star praise.
Xiao Lin's pretentious look made other people in the guild gnash their teeth in hatred, and they all thought silently in their hearts.
——I really want to beat him!
