Chapter 278 To untie the bell, one must tie it

Solomon died.

The news spread throughout the city of Pasiro like the wind.

Solomon was the new nobility.

The so-called new aristocracy are the wealthy people who emerged after the steam revolution.

They are not like the old aristocrats who have an ancient heritage. They could have been of any identity, but after seizing the opportunity, they soared to heaven.

Compared with the old nobles, they lack background, but they are not rigid and can always come up with some new ideas. For example, most of the steam machinery on the market were basically developed by the new nobles.

And these things have also greatly improved efficiency.

Of course, this is not the point.

The point is, really kill Solomon.

He had an entire mercenary group under his command to protect his safety, and this mercenary group was very famous and powerful, but no one noticed the sound of fighting, and no one even saw the figures of the mercenaries.

It was as if the mercenary group suddenly disappeared.

“Someone has twisted all of us.”

In the bar.

Sophia shook the red wine glass in her hand, and a hint of fear flashed in her eyes.

It started from the time when that task was posted here a year ago.

None of them, even Solomon himself, seemed to notice that the mercenary group protecting him had disappeared.
“What on earth could be capable of doing such a horrible thing?”

“How should I know, anyway?”

Li Zhongren looked at the title deed in front of him.

“So, this piece of land is my reward?”

“Yes.”

Sophia nodded and looked at the young man in front of her.

“This piece of land also has a villa in the inner city owned by that impoverished nobleman. However, the villa has fallen into disrepair and has not been taken care of for more than a year. If you want to move in, you may need to clean it up. By the way, you didn’t take the money from the Solomon family, did you?”

“No.”

“That’s good.”

Sophia exhaled.

“As long as the fight between nobles does not happen in the city or does not cause any impact, neither the Empire nor the city lord will pursue it. In their words, it is dog-eat-dog. If you kill him and steal his money, the Empire will definitely cause trouble for you.”

“I see.”

Li Zhongren took a sip of milk and nodded slightly. He knew that this was a means used by the empire to check and balance the extraordinary people. In a world with extraordinary people, the probability of blood splattering within five steps when a common man gets angry would be more frequent.

And, this is especially true when they target rich people. It’s so easy to kill you and rob your money.

However, this would undermine the development and structure of the empire.

Say something.

There is no good capitalist among us. Every one of them should be shot to death.

But the existence of capital is indeed the engine of the economic cycle.

Therefore, if we condone the extraordinary people to kill people and rob money, then this world should have no chance of development.

Now this rule is very interesting.

First, we will designate a safe zone for you, and you should stay in the safe zone to ensure your safety.

Second, revenge killings are allowed outside the safe zone, but after killing someone, you cannot touch the other person’s property.

This only leaves the outlet for the Avengers; anyone else who wants to take advantage of the situation will be targeted by the Empire.

Mission: Sophia’s Curiosity.

Mission description: Sophia was very curious about the bar owner. It was obvious that he would not be in danger as long as he stayed in the city, but this person actually built a secret passage leading out of the city and took the initiative to run out of the city. In addition, the people who protected him disappeared. So, she was very curious, who did all this?

Mission Difficulty: Epic.
“Huh? It’s actually an epic quest.”

Looking at the task that glowed with a deep red light, Li Zhongren couldn’t help rubbing his hands inwardly.

The previous mission to assassinate Solomon allowed him to level up three levels, and this epic mission, if not handled properly, could even push him directly to level ten.

“accept.”

Li Zhongren muttered to himself.

“So, little brother, you are interested too, right? So, do you want to investigate for your sister? If you are paid, I will definitely satisfy you.”

“can.”

As the saying goes, to untie a bell, you must tie the bell.

If you want to get to the bottom of this matter, you have to sort out the case from the beginning.

There were four people involved in this matter.

First, the impoverished noble who died.

Second, the daughter of a noble.

Third, Violet Boss
Fourth, Solomon, of course.
One and Two have turned to dust.

Third, there is no way to investigate at the moment.

So, Li Zhongren decided to start with four.

He planned to perform an autopsy on Solomon, leaving traces wherever he went.

Although it seemed that everyone had fallen for the hypnosis, Li Zhongren keenly discovered through investigation that this was not the case. Those who did not know about it were not hypnotized. In other words, this was a directional or halo-like phenomenon.

So, Li Zhongren took out Solomon’s body and placed it on the stone platform.

“Brother Li Harry, it’s your turn.”

“I’m coming..”

Li Harry descended into the present world again, looked at the corpse in front of him, waved the magic wand in his hand, and examined the corpse bit by bit.

After a long time, he spoke.

“His body does have traces of someone casting forgetfulness magic on it. This is an aura skill, and it even has a bit of a causal chain. Anyone who knows about his situation will assume that he has lost that memory due to hypnosis today. And it’s not a simple, abrupt loss, but a very smooth transition that is difficult for anyone to detect.”

“development!”

As he spoke, Harry Lee swung his wand.

A ray of light illuminated the corpse, attracting something from inside it.

Then, the corpse turned into dust, and a ball of light appeared in Li Zhongren’s hand.

“What is this?”

Li Harry left, and Li Zhongren took over his body again. He looked at the ball of light in his palm that seemed to have condensed into a solid entity, and asked curiously.

“Twist the remnants of his power. You can use it as a compass. Follow it and you will find that person, or something else.”

“I see.”

Hearing this, Li Zhongren nodded. Of course, he could just hand it over to Sophia and the mission would be accomplished, but he didn’t plan to do that. He wanted to go and take a look first.

After accepting the task, he investigated the identity of the down-and-out nobleman and found that he had not done anything that would anger God and man, so he would complete the commission. Similarly, the person who helped the down-and-out nobleman was theoretically a good person. He wanted to see the other party’s identity first and then make a decision. If his behavior would lead to his exposure, he would rather not complete the task.

If not, he could secretly tell Sophia the identity of this person. After all, Sophia was a good person, otherwise she wouldn’t have been stuck with that mission for a year. She was just simply curious.

There is
Pull out the radish with the mud on it.
Li Zhongren looked at the corpse that had turned to dust and took out a letter from his arms. It was a letter from Sofia. He accepted the mission and killed Solomon. This matter has become a fact, and Solomon’s family also intends to seek revenge on him, or more precisely, his brother, Sarumon.

Both brothers climbed up from the bottom. They were once the lowest class of people. In the process of climbing up, they could sacrifice everything except each other.

It’s very touching and inspiring. They themselves think so, and they believe in the principle of the survival of the fittest.

So, Li Zhongren felt that the elder brother had somewhat violated his beliefs. He who kills others will be killed.
Looking at the field, Lawrence felt calm.

He killed the adulterous couple, but there was only emptiness left in his heart. After all, that was what he once cherished the most, but now it was empty.

But now, looking at the golden waves of wheat, he felt an indescribable comfort.

He bought this piece of land.

It was not so easy at first. When he arrived in Pasrow, he realized that even if he wanted to buy land, the good land here had already been bought up by the nobles. However, coincidentally, a local new-style noble was killed.

He had no descendants, so his property was directly confiscated.

I heard that he had a biological brother, but when the other party wanted to come and take over the inheritance, the mayor of Parslo City refused because the other party could not provide evidence that the other party was his biological brother.

The reason is very simple. Without the body, all means of identity verification are useless.

Therefore, these lands were auctioned again by the city lord.

He was lucky enough to buy a piece of land, but to be cautious, he bought a more remote piece of land. Anyway, he didn’t want to become rich, he just wanted to be a farmer here and live out his life there. He planned to build a manor here, hire a few servants, and then live out his life here.

“what is that?”

Suddenly, Lawrence discovered that something seemed to be moving in the wheat field in front of him, making a rustling sound.

“Is it some kind of beast?”

“probably not.”

Lawrence knew that ever since humans began to cultivate the land here, there were no more ferocious beasts to be seen in these areas. The beasts sought benefits and avoided harm, and had all fled to the jungle or grassland.

Even if there are, they are just small animals, such as coyotes, which even dogs may not be able to beat.

However, Lawrence still took out his revolver.

Lying down with it will make me feel more at ease.

Furry ears
Is it really a coyote?

Lawrence raised his pistol. He didn’t intend to kill the coyote. After all, it would only eat a few chickens. But a beast is a beast, and he didn’t want to get hurt. In this era, getting injured was a very bad thing. So, if the coyote attacked him, he would just kill it.

Then, a head popped out.

“people??”

“Orc?”

“Orcs??”

Lawrence put down his gun and looked at the girl emerging from the wheat field.

She looks about fifteen or sixteen years old, but has a petite figure.

She has long furry ears and wears simple clothes, but the most attractive thing is the fluffy fiery red tail on her butt.

Swaying in the air, like a ball of fire.

“Who are you?”

Lawrence asked.

The country he was in was called the Xia Empire.

As the name suggests, the country was founded by Char I. However, in the Char Empire, it is very rare to see orcs or even half-orcs, as they are a race only found in the Far North.

Now, he actually saw an orc loli in his own rice field?
“We are Holo.”

The girl stood up and dusted herself off.

“Of course, they also like to call me the Harvest Wolf.”

“Harvest Wolf?”

Every city has its own customs. In this backward era, many so-called customs are inseparable from the local soil, so most people must not have heard of this custom in Pasiro.

But Lawrence is different. As a businessman, traveling all over the country is his basic job. Moreover, he used to be very talkative and could talk to anyone. Apart from his personality, it was more for the purpose of gaining intelligence. After all, in business, intelligence comes first.

For example, one time, he accidentally got a piece of news from a local farmer and saw cartloads of lead ore being pulled into the workshop. He was very perceptive and immediately realized a problem: the city was planning to mint inferior currency.

So he hurriedly sold all the currency in the city to avoid losses.

Naturally, because of this, he had heard of the legend of the Harvest Wolf.

However, when he saw the beautiful girl in front of him, he couldn’t help but hesitate.

“Are you really the Harvest Wolf?”

“Of course, I won’t lie to you. Let’s not talk about this anymore. Just take me away from here.”

“what??”

“What? My intuition tells me that someone is following me. If it were in the past, I would definitely not be afraid, but now, fewer and fewer people believe in me, and my power is also declining. I have no choice but to leave here. In fact, I also have this plan to move to another place.”

“Can this be changed?”

“Of course, but I want to go to those places where there are more farmers. Those big machines can’t do that. The more people sing my songs, the more power I can recover.”

“Then you may have to go far away.”

Lawrence said.

“The entire Char Empire is promoting the Steam Revolution. Perhaps you may need to go to a more remote country.”

“That doesn’t matter, but the only problem is that we can’t leave here alone.”

“What do you mean?”

“I am the guardian spirit born on this land. If I want to leave, someone must bring a bag of soil from this land to let me leave. So, will you help me?”

As she spoke, the girl came up to Lawrence, and a fresh scent of wheat fields and a pair of big watery eyes wafted towards her.

Looking at Lawrence was a little dazed.

A very cute word suddenly popped up in my mind.

Then, he felt a sharp pain in his chest and flew out. Not only him, but also the girl.

The two of them fell heavily to the ground together.

Not far away, a man in knight armor led a woman in a robe, and the two of them walked over.

“I didn’t expect that a guardian spirit could be born in such a remote place.”

the man said.

“So, Rose, she was the one who twisted the soul of her employer’s brother?”

(End of this chapter)