Chapter 164: Morion Must Be a Vampire Prince in Any Case |
This extreme sense of terror made the mayor’s whole body tense up, and a chill would run up his spine from time to time.
Even though the mayor, for selfish reasons, did not want the city-state and the Holy Rite Church to send a large number of personnel to investigate, now he had to prioritize his own life.
“No problem, but you need to entrust Mr. Engineer to repair the bridge first, otherwise the reinforcements from the city-state will not be able to arrive smoothly.”
Dekan said with a solemn expression.
He appeared exceptionally professional.
“But what if the bridge gets destroyed again?”
The mayor asked worriedly.
He was very worried that as soon as the bridge was repaired this time, it would be broken again in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Morion came to the mayor’s side with a smile, handed him a document with a price list, and said:
“This…”
The mayor thought for a moment.
This time, he could still take another 500 Holy Gold Coins from the town.
But if the bridge broke again in the future, even he would not dare to take money like this again.
Not to mention whether the town’s reserve fund could hold up.
Repeatedly using bridge repair as a reason to withdraw the town’s funds.
At the end of the year, when the province reviewed the accounts, seeing that the town had several large expenditures for “bridge repair” in a row, it would be easy to determine that the mayor was suspected of “abnormal withdrawal of public funds” and launch an investigation.
This was something the mayor absolutely did not want to happen.
“Okay, then let’s add the warranty service.”
The mayor agreed with a pained expression.
This time, he would have to pay 100 Holy Gold Coins out of his own pocket.
But as long as he could get through this matter safely, he would consider it as losing money to avoid disaster.
Morion quickly took out a new contract for the mayor, waiting for the mayor to sign with a business-like smile:
“After your payment, our merchant guild will help you repair the bridge within two days.”
“Two days? No! That’s too slow!”
The mayor exclaimed in alarm.
In two days, their town might already be finished.
“Then you can choose the express service.”
“Express?”
“Yes, as long as you pay an additional 300 Holy Gold Coins, we will repair the bridge before dark today. At the same time, we will also use the merchant guild’s dragon to send Mr. Priest back to the city-state at the fastest speed, so that he can bring you reinforcements.”
“……”
The mayor was very hesitant. This express fee would also have to be paid out of his own pocket, which was undoubtedly asking for his life.
Just as the mayor was hesitating.
“Mr. Mayor, vampires move at night. You don’t want the whole town to become dried corpses tonight, do you?”
Dekan whispered from the side with a serious expression.
This made the mayor’s face instantly turn a few shades paler, and even his fingers twitched a little.
He gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and said to Morion: “A total of 900 Holy Gold Coins, right? Wait for me to get it for you.”
Then he hurriedly walked out of the church.
…
“This old guy has hidden a lot of gold coins. The ones I saw in his attic last time were not cash.”
Watching the departing mayor, Morion laughed sarcastically.
This time, the corrupt mayor would have to pay 400 Holy Gold Coins out of his own pocket.
To take out so much at once, the mayor must have another unknown private stash.
“Looks like we can suck a few more mouthfuls of his blood.”
Dekan also nodded, obviously very satisfied with the mayor’s financial resources.
“You two… meow…”
Cat Teacher felt that today it had witnessed a fake vampire and a real vampire.
“Cat Teacher, it’s up to you next.”
Morion said with a smile.
Cat Teacher: “?”
“What are you standing there for?”
Seeing Cat Teacher’s idle appearance, Dekan squatted down and poked Cat Teacher’s head.
Cat Teacher: “Why are you poking me, meow!!”
Dekan: “Hurry up and follow the mayor, find out where his private stash is!”
If they had only scammed the mayor for 100 Holy Gold Coins this time, the mayor could very likely have paid for it by taking out half of the 200 Holy Gold Coins he had embezzled last time.
But this time, they had scammed the mayor for a full 400 Holy Gold Coins. The mayor would definitely have to go to his hidden gold stash to get this amount.
“This, this is not good, meow! I am a teacher, how can I do such a thing, meow!”
Cat Teacher hid its tail behind its back, showing great resistance to Dekan.
“Let’s put aside the luxurious seven-day tour of the Holy Kingdom for now. What’s wrong with finding the location where this big corrupt official mayor hides his illicit funds? As a noble priest, I have an obligation to investigate clearly!”
Dekan’s words were forceful, and Cat Teacher was a little stunned.
How did this guy’s speech suddenly become so righteous?
And there was nothing wrong with his logic.
Then Dekan pushed the astonished Cat Teacher directly out of the church and shouted:
“Cat Teacher, please teach us what justice is!”
“Meow-wu!”
Cat Teacher spun around on the spot, seeming to go through a quick internal struggle, but in the end, it still ran out of the church courtyard to track the mayor.
Dekan: “After we finish the remaining Mission Objective 2, we’ll help the mayor clean up his attic and restore his integrity.”
Morion: “But do you have any clues about Mission Objective 2?”
Mission Objective 2 was still in a locked state.
Its related clues were very likely in the city-state.
And Dekan’s group of three had mainly stayed in the small town for the first three days of the mission.
They also hadn't tried to contact other challengers, so they were completely lacking in information.
“I have some speculations. I think Mission Objective 2 should be to find the Vampire Count hidden in the city-state.”
Dekan’s tone was quite confident.
After successfully verifying Mission Objective 3, he had also drawn many conclusions.
Since Mission Objective 2 was hidden.
It meant that it was unlikely to be a progress-based mission like “explore a certain percentage of the map” or “collect a few clues.”
Because there was no need to be secretive about that kind of mission.
The situation that required concealment must be that the mission objective contained information that could not be made public.
For example, Mission Objective 3 revealed the name of Marquis Roderick and the existence of this hidden boss, so it needed to be hidden.
Then Mission Objective 2 very likely also contained the true name of a vampire, and his identity should be the regular boss of this Shadow World.
So Dekan boldly speculated that Mission Objective 2 was very likely to be finding a Vampire Count with a hidden identity in the town!
Dekan said with a sneer:
“This Count is probably still foolishly planning the grand cause of reviving Marquis Roderick.”
Morion adjusted the glasses that originally belonged to the engineer:
“Since this Vampire Count is still so motivated, shouldn’t we squeeze out his remaining value? Otherwise, it would be too much of a pity.”
Dekan: “As expected of you. The moment you open your mouth, you’re already a candidate for the gallows.”
