Volume 6: Helping the World Chapter 167: Recovering the Travel Expenses
Leo Silvester, who had just invited the outstanding ranger through the head of the headquarters, heard the staff rushing to report the changes in the hall, and almost knelt down to the Holmes noble who ran to Elliot Palace to avoid the territory war - isn't it good to be alive? !
Yes, that's right, foreigners have no status in the human kingdom, and if they are targeted by nobles, they will be skinned alive if they don't die. But among their group, there is the god of war Primo and a suspected dragon! !
When he thought of the dragon Leo with a head full of pure green hair, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back. He hurriedly pulled the excellent ranger who had not yet figured out the situation to rush to the hall - if the dragons really started a fight in the headquarters, the damage would be difficult to control!
While Leo was extremely anxious, in the reception hall of the headquarters, a group of people had been persuaded by Viscount Colbert to gather in front of the VIP room where the Snow Wolf Tribe was staying.
"This viscount keeps his word. As long as you capture those thieves, I will give each of them 20 gold coins! This viscount will only take back the treasures of the Colbert family, and the rest will be yours!"
"Your Excellency, are you serious?"
"Of course, this viscount does not have the time to bring these foreign thieves back to Holmes for trial. As long as the Colbert family's treasures can be returned to their original owners, that's enough. Please don't destroy the statue that belongs to the Colbert family!"
"Hahaha, of course not!" The faces of several rangers who came forward to negotiate with Viscount Colbert were flushed. Although they didn't know why this stupid nobleman used such a sinister trick on the group of aliens, since there was a nobleman taking the blame in front, it would be a cheap thing for them to take the opportunity to make some extra money... Twenty gold coins as a reward are nothing, the Snow Wolf slaves can be sold for a good price~!
There are seven Snow Wolves. If this Viscount hadn't come out, they would have been left with nothing but envy.
Although Elliot Palace is just a city-state that relies on absolute neutrality to protect itself, and it does not have much restraint on professional strongmen, it is the headquarters of the Bards Association after all, and the rules must be followed.
"Brothers, let's get to work!" One of the rangers raised his hand and waved his hands back, and immediately twenty or thirty men with sturdy looks and the gait of dragons and tigers walked out from the crowd.
Viscount Colbert, who was standing aside, counted the number of people and looked a little grim. The money he had to pay for so many people was not a small amount; but when he thought about the statue of the goddess he had just seen, the greed that surged up in him suppressed the pain.
But Viscount Colbert was still unwilling to give in, so he raised his hand and said, "Wait, the aliens in the thieves' group are yours, but the humans must be given to me. I suspect that he is a young master who was abducted from a noble family, and this Viscount wants to take him back to the Kingdom of Holmes."
Dahe and Ashan were both sitting in the back row. Without the comparison of Dahe's handsomeness beyond common sense and Ashan's handsomeness within common sense, Balke was barely acceptable... Such a young master who seemed to have a good family background could be worth some money in certain circles, and could allow Viscount Colbert to recoup some of the cost of hiring him.
"No problem, Your Excellency." The leading ranger was a little displeased, but since the other party mentioned that he might be a noble, he didn't say anything.
Inside the VIP room, a group of people looked at each other in bewilderment...
As the only human, Primo's face was so embarrassed... Really, there is nothing more embarrassing than meeting a group of people of the same race who are trying hard to act stupid in front of a group of friends of different races; after hearing Count Colbert specifically mention Balk to be taken away, Primo's face turned even darker, and he simply couldn't bear to look at the green dragon's face...
Balk couldn't help it any longer: "Ayun, let me spray them to death, okay?"
Xiao Yun: “…”
"I kind of regret holding you back just now..." Xiao Yun stared with dead eyes, the corners of his mouth twitching, "Damn it, the Bard Headquarters, which was supposed to be a holy place for literary youths, how come it's such a rotten place?"
"Should you let me go or not?" Balke was anxious.
Xiao Yun looked at him with disdain: "Do you think I am willing to watch you and control you like this? Isn't it because you are not well-trained and you are not delicate at all when fighting? Think about how loud the noise and the damage will be when you fight. This is the headquarters of the Bards after all. If you break something, you have to pay for it! Will you pay?"
"Uh..." Balk was stuck.
"Let me do it." Primo stood up.
"Okay." Xiao Yun nodded, and then looked at the others. "It's not good to smash and damage things on someone else's territory. Only careful people can do it... Chief Ali, Ashu, Xia, Qingyan, Rosemary, you go out with Primo to deal with the people outside. Chief Ali, you keep an eye on them and don't let the noble and his thugs get away."
When Da He heard that he was not being called, he collapsed back comfortably. A Shan blinked and said, "A Yun, what about me?"
"No matter how agile you are, it will be of no use in this kind of indoor fight. Those guys have nowhere to run even if they want to. It's not yet time for you, Uncle Ashan, to show your abilities." Xiao Yun gave him a soothing look.
"...Wait." Chief A Li was about to leave when he thought of something and stopped. "How far did the fight go?"
"Don't beat him up, he'll be useful later." Xiao Yun answered immediately.
"I understand." Chief Ali held his head high, chest puffed out, and walked away.
A one-man tribe god of war, a retired warrior tribe leader, a Snow Wolf tribe warrior with internal injuries, and a cat tribe warrior. Soon after, the six of them went out in twos. The sounds of fighting, cursing, and crying for their parents began to sound as if they were competing to see who was more enthusiastic...
Not to mention Primo and the two retired Snow Wolf warriors, the cats, who are compared to the Snow Wolf tribe's bravery and look like cute animals, are not really specialized in being cute - the Cursed Land is after all the ultimate dangerous area where adventurer teams have to be cautious at every step. The cats have been able to thrive there for more than two hundred years. If they really wanted to be cute, they would have been wiped out long ago. How could they have developed into the largest tribe on the grassland?
This is called information asymmetry killing people. The cats and snow wolves have been trapped on the grassland for more than 200 years due to the pressure of survival. Their fighting power has really been completely forgotten by the forgetful humans...
After the sounds of fighting outside died down and the cursing could no longer be heard, Xiao Yun calmly stood up, walked to the door and looked outside.
Well... as long as you are not blinded by greed, there are indeed many smart people in this world. The crowd that had gathered to watch has already retreated far away, and the nearest ones have stopped at a distance of 20 meters; those who have not retreated far have either fallen to the ground, or are being beaten by Chief A Li and Ashu, or are being chased and beaten by Primo and the cat warriors like teasing mice...
Anyway, the situation is very good. It is impossible to gather a group of rabble and want to slaughter the Snow Wolf Tribe and the Cat Tribe like fat sheep.
After calmly looking around the battlefield, Xiao Yun still had the leisure to remind his people, "Chief A Li, A Shu, hit them gently, don't hurt them."
"Oh." Ashu responded, muttered "gently", and slapped him hard. The ranger who was confronting him firmly turned three circles on the spot and fell to the ground gorgeously.
"It's bad!" Ashu was shocked. He quickly took two steps forward, picked up the man and shook him. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party still had the strength .
The other ranger who had been strong enough to hold on until now couldn't bear it anymore and turned around and ran away.
Ashu let out an "Eh!" and then he saw the Leopard Xia, who had been idle for a while, rush out from the side and kick the ranger to the ground.
Among the cats, there are basically no slow leopards...
The grassroots chief came out and saw people lying all over the ground, so he took action himself... He picked up the people and placed them in a row, head to head and foot to foot, against the wall.
Xiao Yun stared at her for a few seconds, then silently looked away… As long as the grassroots chief is happy.
Onlookers: “…”
Balk came out with his hands in his pockets and an unhappy look on his face. He looked around and asked, "Where is the noble who wanted to arrest me?"
"Here it is." Rosemary dragged back a bruised guy, put him down, turned him over, grabbed the back of his collar, and showed him to Xiao Yun and Balk.
It must be said that Rosemary was a bit mean. Viscount Colbert's injuries were all concentrated on his face, which was swollen like a pig's head. Xiao Yun and Balk could not recognize him at first glance...
Xiao Yun: "...Rosemary, what are you doing?"
"Don't we have to pay for breaking things? They ran around and caused us to break some things, so we have to pay them back." Rosemary said as she took off the jewelry on Colbert's body.
Xiao Yun looked up at the onlookers. Well... no one was so blind as to jump out and shout that this could not be done, so he just let him do it.
By the time Primo brought back the two nobles who had fled to another corner of the hall, the trouble was basically settled.
Xiao Yun tried hard to identify the group of people who were beaten into pig heads, picked out Viscount Colbert's followers and thugs and dragged them into the house, and left the others outside. He also picked out two pieces of jewelry that didn't look very valuable from the jewelry that Rosemary had looted and threw them to the stunned staff as compensation for breaking tables, chairs and benches. Then he closed the door and began to interrogate them.
Dragging a chair over and sitting in front of Viscount Colbert, whose belt Rosemary had taken away, Xiao Yun smiled and said, "Viscount Colbert, right?"
The Viscount, whose head was swollen like a pig, lowered his head and said nothing.
Xiao Yun turned to look at the receptionist who was sitting in the corner in fear: "Ma'am, who kicked you in the stomach just now?"
The human girl didn't dare to say anything, but she couldn't help but look towards one of the thugs.
Xiao Yun picked up a chair and walked towards the thug who was lying there pretending to be dead. He whipped his shoulders, back, and thighs until the chair fell apart.
To be honest, Xiao Yun's beating with a chair is not as painful as a real fighter's fist, but it looks scary enough and the pain is sufficient (that's why regular fighting matches don't look as exciting as WWE); the guy who was beaten howled, the other two thugs trembled, and Viscount Colbert also raised his head in horror.
Throwing away the chair legs, Xiao Yun looked at Balk with a smile: "Balk, this guy just said he wanted to capture you and sell you, what do you think we should do with you?"
Balk said expressionlessly: "Burn it."
"Wait! I'm the Viscount of Holmes, you can't do this!" Colbert was shocked. "This Viscount... No, I was wrong just now. I am willing to compensate you. How much do you want? I'm a noble. If you kill me, you will be in big trouble!"
“Hahahaha…” Xiao Yun smiled sincerely, “Your Excellency Viscount Holmes, if we, the alien race, really do anything to you, it will be quite troublesome.”
Colbert's eyes lit up, and he was about to threaten, but he saw Xiao Yun stretched out his hand to Balk: "But if Lord Balk really burns you, I think the Holmes royal family will not mind too much. After all... he is a green dragon lord. A certain noble who doesn't know how to live or die actually wants to capture a dragon lord. Isn't it natural for the dragon clan to retaliate? No one in the entire Bloomfield continent will question this, don't you think?"
Colbert was simply stunned.
Outside the door, the Snow Werewolves were already cleaning up the battlefield when they arrived. Leo Silvester, who had missed his chance to appear, and the excellent ranger they had invited were also stunned.
The best ranger in the headquarters looked at Leo in shock, his eyes full of "Are you sure these people need my protection?"
Leo was shocked because he never expected that this noble from Holmes could be so stupid... How blind are you?!
In the house separated by a door, Xiao Yun seemed to be kind enough to persuade Balk: "This is someone else's headquarters. It's not very decent to burn people here. Why not take them outside and burn them? Oh, yes, Elliot Palace is an absolutely neutral city-state. Killing nobles from other countries here might cause trouble for them. Anyway, we have to pass through Holmes, so why not deal with the noble who offended you when we are in the territory of the Kingdom of Holmes? How about it?"
Colbert and his thugs were almost fainted from fear, but Balk said impatiently: "Why bother? Otherwise, just burn them to a level where they won't die. I don't want to see these guys' stupid faces any more. It makes me unhappy."
"In that case—" Xiao Yun stretched out his tone.
"Don't, don't!" Colbert struggled to sit up, knelt down very honestly, and begged with a sad face but it was not visible at all, "Honorable and great lord, please forgive me, a stupid insect, for coveting you and your precious works of art without knowing the consequences..."
"That's right! This bastard wants to steal my goddess statue! I'm going to burn him to death! I must burn him to death!" Balk almost jumped up when he heard this.
Outside the door, Leo was so angry that he foamed at the mouth, which scared all the excellent rangers... Someone actually set his eyes on the dragon's treasure, what kind of magical way to die is this?
Xiao Yun was very satisfied with Balke's temper. He easily frightened the Holmes nobleman and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Balke. Let's hurry up and burn whatever you want when we get to Holmes. Someone, help take off their clothes. Primo, go ask the Bards' Guild for a few sets of the worst clothes. It's not very decent to take the nobles out of the country in public. Let's save some face for Elliot Palace."
Leo wiped the corner of his mouth and raised his hand to knock on the door.
"Come in."
"Mr. Ayun...everyone." Leo pushed open the door and straightened his back firmly. "I'm very sorry to let you encounter such an unpleasant incident...and I am very grateful that you can still consider the position of the association when you are so angry."
Viscount Colbert, who still held out a glimmer of hope, fainted when he heard this guy who looked like an association official say this.
Xiao Yun smiled slightly, and the plains elf said: "We just hope not to cause you any trouble, Sylvester."
"How could that be?" Leo smiled firmly. "Viscount Colbert is a guest of Elliot Palace and the Bards' Guild, but since he has angered the Dragon Lord, we can only express our regret..."
What Leo meant was that both Elliot Palace and the Bards Guild were absolutely neutral! As long as the person did not die on their territory, they would have only one attitude: deep regret and sympathy, but admiration could help!
"Hahaha..." Xiao Yun smiled, "We will definitely try our best not to let this matter affect your association and Elliot Palace. But, I wonder if this Viscount Holmes is here to run a business, visit friends, or go on vacation?"
Leo understood what he meant and said immediately, "The Colbert family came to Elliot Palace to spend the winter last month . It is said that they bought a mansion near Ninth Avenue. Six members of the Colbert family came with them, including Viscount Colbert's cousins, uncles, and female relatives... servants and housekeepers... and the property they brought was..."
The excellent ranger standing nearby only understood what Leo meant halfway through, and looked at the president of the Ananas branch in shock, "Wait? Are you serious? ! Is the PY transaction between you two what I understand? ! !
Xiao Yun was extremely satisfied with this plains elf - now he didn't even have to bother interrogating Colbert!
"Lord Balk, Viscount Colbert has offended you, and his family should apologize to you. We, the Snow Wolf Clan, are very happy to serve you." Xiao Yun looked at Balk with sharp eyes.
Balk blinked and puffed out his chest proudly: "Of course!"
Xiao Yun looked at Leo again with sharp eyes: "Sylvester, Lord Balk is not familiar with Elliot Palace. Can we hire those rangers to lead the way?" As he said that, he pointed his hand outward, and the height of his finger dropped to the angle at the base of the wall in a very suspicious way.
The people lying on the wall outside the door were just the thirty or so unlucky people that the grassroots clan leader had just lined up...
Leo really likes Xiao Yun's skills - no wonder he is a wise man, look at his comprehensive work! He used Colbert's money to continue hiring those idiots and let them help him confiscate Colbert's property, directly eliminating the last hidden danger of this operation!
"It is my great honor to serve you and Lord Balk, Mr. Ayun." Leo bowed slightly respectfully, "It is also an honor for our association. No one will refuse your request, Mr. Ayun."
Xiao Yun laughed and spread his hands to invite people outside. Leo smiled and invited them back. The two of them walked out in a friendly and winking manner...
The forgotten excellent ranger: "..."
The confused crowd: "..."
Primo, sweating profusely, said: "..."
Leopard Xia looked at Xiao Yun's back with great admiration. With such a unique way of handling the situation, it was only normal for him to lose to A Yun (??)!
Xiao Yun and Leo sang the same tune and colluded with each other. Without much effort, they pulled more than 30 unlucky idiots who had tried to steal chickens but lost rice to their side, and made these guys grateful without paying a penny. Then Xiao Yun sent Balk and Xia, Qingyan, Rosemary, Chief A Li, Mumu, and Ashu, and led the rangers who had transferred their hatred to the Corbett family to kill and rob their house...
This is Xiao Yun's way of solving problems. To deal with a problem, one must distinguish the primary from the secondary and make precise and effective attacks.
There is no doubt that the Colbert family is the main enemy, and the instigated rangers are only secondary enemies. The sword bought by Viscount Colbert can be used to kill the enemies, but the sword can be used for my own benefit... It seems very cool to wipe out all the enemies on the opposite side in one fell swoop, but it is actually very stupid. The reason is very simple. The larger the attack area, the more dispersed the attack force on the main enemy will be, and it will not have a fatal effect.
After all, the Bards Guild is not a dead body. What are they thinking by not giving them face on their territory?
"Don't move his family members, and don't hurt the servants and thugs. Seal off the mansion and control all the people. Search for valuables first, and let Balk put everything he finds into the space prop. Leave a hundred or two hundred gold coins for his family to live on, and don't leave any pearls behind. Chief A Li, is there any problem?"
"Don't worry!" Chief Li said confidently.
"Okay, go ahead. Move quickly. It's best to solve it within two hours. If you exceed this time, the local sheriff will come over. It won't look good if you run into someone from the official position."
"Just watch me!" Chief Li patted his chest and strode away with high morale.
In the tribe, besides Xiao Yun himself, the one who was most careful with money was Chief A-li. Given this opportunity to recoup the teleportation fee and make a profit, it would be strange if Chief A-li didn't remove all the lamps on the walls of the Corbett family...
Turning around, Leo finally remembered that when Xiao Yun, the excellent ranger he had invited, was greeting people with a smile, the other party who had been watching the whole process silently had no expression on his face...
"...Harris, the Snake Ranger." The Snake Ranger, who had no obvious non-human features on his body and only his pupils revealed his race, stretched out his hand, gently shook hands with Xiao Yun, and then let go.
"Hello, Harris. Leo said you are the best ranger in the association headquarters. We need to go through Holmes to St. Bridge. I'm sorry to trouble you along the way." Xiao Yun said politely.
"..." Harris wanted to say that you guys can just rush through... Of course, he couldn't say such a thing that went against his professional ethics, so he just nodded and said, "Glad to help."
"Don't stand, sit down and talk." Xiao Yun said, and sat down next to Primo first. "Harris knows a lot about the Kingdom of Holmes, can you tell us about it?"
Harris looked at Leo first, and when Leo nodded to him, he carefully introduced the situation of the Kingdom of Holmes.
As Primo and Xiao Yun had guessed, things really changed for the Kingdom of Holmes after the royal families of the six countries adopted a policy of banding together. A group of nobles led by the prince claimed that the Holmes royal family's act of joining Ferdinand's family was tantamount to selling out the country, which would inevitably lead to retaliation from the Northern Federation and destroy the Kingdom of Holmes. After the royal supporters voiced their opposition, the prince's faction did not hesitate to instruct a noble to pick a weak persimmon among the royal faction to launch a territorial war...
Primo's mouth twitched when he heard this, but Xiao Yun was very calm... There shouldn't be too many people on Earth accusing each other of being traitors and traitors raising the banner of justice. It's just a basic operation.
It stands to reason that local wars should be relatively controllable, but apparently some people do not want the domestic chaos to end quickly. It is clearly a territorial war between two small territories, but it has expanded to the extent that the entire Kingdom of Holmes has fallen into chaos under the situation of mutual competition between the parties. In desperation, the royal family has recalled the eldest prince who was visiting St. Bridges and temporarily withdrew from the Six Kingdoms Alliance...
"Destroy the Six-Nation Alliance?" Xiao Yun raised his eyebrows and stroked his chin. "This does have a bit of a conspiracy vibe to it. In the Holmes royal family, who else is truly reliable besides the king?"
This question was a bit abrupt. Harris was stunned for a moment before he could barely keep up with his thoughts: "Ayun...Sir, you mean those in the royal family who have less involvement with the Northern Federation?"
"Yes." Xiao Yun nodded.
Harris felt a little tired... He had already discovered that the snow wolf cub in front of him looked at things from a completely different perspective than most people. While others only noticed the superficial chaos in the Kingdom of Holmes, he had already considered whether there was a third-party force intervening within the Kingdom of Holmes, and was heading towards resolving the source of the civil unrest in Holmes.
Seeing the confusion of the snake ranger, Xiao Yun explained with a smile: "Although it is not worth bragging about, Prince Carlisle of Saint Bridge is also a master-disciple relationship with me. Someone is trying to destroy the good situation that my disciple has worked hard for several years to build. Since Carlisle respectfully calls me a teacher, how can I sit back and watch?"
"..." Harris had a blank expression on his face. He instinctively felt that the other party was bragging. So what if you are a wise man of the Snow Wolf Tribe? Can you solve the civil unrest of a country?
But... for some reason, Harris vaguely felt that the other party's attitude did not seem to be bragging...
