Chapter 68: The Deadly Work
On the morning of the second day after Li Ang returned to the manor, the royal family sent over 200,000 gold coins he had raised.
However, looking at the crystal card, Mrs. Juventus did not immediately take it and prepare for the rescue team as before. First of all, the amount this time was huge than ever before. In addition, this was also the first time she had doubts about doing good things. Or she had hesitated between doing good things and the life of her children, whether to save thousands of innocent refugees or her own children.
"My lord, someone else is waiting for you to sign for it!" Seeing the adopted mother standing at the door of the manor in a daze, Li Ang decisively stepped forward to remind her, after all, the envoys of the royal family should not be left there forever.
Mrs. Juventus shook her head, and then said to Li Ang in a negotiated tone: "We don't want this money anymore, the child should not do anything for the royal family, okay?"
Although Li Ang also wanted to regret it, it was obvious that this situation could not be done, so he could only say: "There is no possibility of going back on his word now."
"But you will die. If you don't regret it, the king will definitely find a way to kill you!" Maria hugged Li Ang excitedly. "You can't work for the royal family, they will really kill you!"
Of course, Li Ang agreed to this judgment, but even if he regretted it, it would be meaningless. So Li Ang asked back: "Then even if I regret it, will he not kill me?"
"You...you know everything?" Maria Juventus was a little frightened because she had never told Li Ang about this problem. So after knowing that Li Ang had already understood, she panicked: "Li Ang, my mother didn't mean to hide it..."
Ahem!
Li Ang coughed and interrupted her speech. Because the royal messenger was still watching here, he did not want Maria to say everything here. Moreover, according to the information summarized now, he actually had more information than his adopted mother, so he also stretched out his hands and hugged Maria and said, "Don't worry, I won't blame you. No matter what you have done, I won't blame you!"
Maria was very moved after hearing this, and then said unhappy: "Then you beat me up because I hugged you to sleep in the middle of the night!"
"I... can I take this seriously?!" Li Ang was speechless about her divine turn, so he could only bring the topic back to the main topic again: "You can take over the donation you raised yesterday first, and we will discuss the issue of sleep when the royal messenger leaves!"
"No! That will really kill you!" Maria is willing to listen to Li Ang's other words, but she cannot compromise on this. "Since you already know, I shouldn't say it!"
"It doesn't matter, there is no problem! Please believe me!" Although Li Ang himself doesn't believe in himself, if he regrets now, he will inevitably be punished with the crime of "despising the royal power" and "deceiving the monarch". If he bears such a crime, he will be directly imprisoned in prison, and accidents will be more likely to occur at that time. After all, prisons are places where accidents occur frequently. Whether in the world of novels, movies or comics, prisons are the most likely places to have accidents.
"But..." She still didn't want Li Ang to take that risk.
"No need, but, the one who wants me to serve is the prince, not the king. Can you not trust him?" Although Li Ang himself could not trust Prince Hart now, his adopted mother still believed him very much, so he decisively took advantage of this.
"Hart is a good boy...but..." But Maria dared not do this by betting on Li Ang's life for her own eyes.
So Li Ang simply went up to sign for the contract on his own, but in fact he should have done this from the beginning.
The messenger handed over the crystal card to Li Ang and said to him: "The prince asked me to tell you: Don't worry, he only needs you to do a very simple little thing."
"Hmm? Let's talk about it." Li Ang believed that it was definitely not a trivial matter, so he still had to learn more about the detailed information.
"It's just to replace the magic core for the Pillar of Wind." The messenger said this in a contemptuous tone.
In terms of word count, this is indeed a small matter, but Mariya, who was held by Li Ang, was trembling a little. So Li Ang could also see that this task, which is very small and simple in word count, may not be that simple.
Even so, he still responded politely: "I understand. Since it is such a simple task, I'll leave it to me with confidence!"
After the messenger left, Maria collapsed in Li Ang's arms and said in disbelief: "How can he do this by Hart!"
"Who knows?" Li Ang didn't care much. He was probably only himself who knew what kind of person the prince was.
Mariya was silent for a while, as if she no longer considered how the Seventh Prince had become so bad, so she discussed with Li Ang: "Child, you'd better not go there. That job is too dangerous and you shouldn't do it at all!"
"What kind of job is that? Why are you so scared?" Li Ang was very curious. Isn't it just to change a pillar to a magic core, and can that pillar still eat people?
"That is the pillar of wind, which provides wind-type spells to the entire magic network of the Kingdom of Lot!" Maria explained like Li Ang. "That is the pillar of wind that is five hundred meters high!"
Five hundred meters...
In Li Ang's original world, the World Trade Center was 400 meters high, and the antenna was only 500 meters high, so he suddenly understood why his adopted mother was so panicked. She asked an untrained person to climb up to 500 meters, then do high-altitude operations, and replace the magic core for the Wind Pillar. This is equivalent to saying: Go to death.
Of course, the royal family wanted to tell Li Ang this way, but if possible, the royal family would try their best to let him die from an accident. After all, Li Ang is not strong enough, and if he wants to kill him, he can kill him at any time. If he can kill him, he can die from an accident without activating the ability of the Virgin Mary. That would be better.
But is it so easy for me to give up the person who is waiting for death? Li Ang had no intention of giving up in the face of this challenge. Instead, he tried hard to learn more about the details of the Wind Pillar from his adopted mother.
Usually, changing the magic core to the Pillars of Wind is done by a magician who has flying skills. One is that the magician can practice flying skills, and the other is that the magician will understand the structure of the magic core, so they are naturally responsible for maintaining the magic network. Li Ang is still a thousand miles away from the level of the magician, so according to the normal people in this world, he is absolutely dead.
"So...Li Ang, let's not do it."
"You have to do it! You must do it! How can you give up when you reach this point?"
"But it will be really dangerous to keep doing it..."
"Don't be afraid, it's okay to wear a condom!" Li Ang said as he found something was wrong. Although the Chinese characters claim that even if they were written in the wrong order, people can still see the existence of the original intention, but sometimes it seems that the problem of writing in the wrong way seems to be very big, so he hurriedly corrected: "I mean, it's okay to wear a seat belt!"
Mariya had never heard of such things, so she could only look at Li Ang with a puzzled expression and said, "Condom?"
"Seat belt!" Li Ang hurriedly corrected again.
"Oh, what is that for?" Even if it's not a condom but a seat belt, Maria has never heard of it.
So Li Ang explained to her what the rough structure of the seat belt used for climbing was, and explained to her the function of the seat belt to reassure her. At the same time, he considered possible accidents after using the seat belt. However, thinking that a person's thinking breadth was limited, he planned to discuss it with several of his oriental strategists.
But before that, there is another thing he needs to do. "My adopted mother, don't know how you plan to use this donation? I want to borrow a part from it to expand my welfare organization."
"Leave it all to you." Mrs. Juventus considered it for a while and then made such a decision. "Such a large amount of funds is just to form a fleet to rescue refugees, and it will not be used up at all. If it is handed over to a welfare institution to operate, it will have better results."
"But isn't this a donation raised in your name? I'm afraid that the welfare institution I handed over to me like this would cause criticism?" If he could use it all for him, he would naturally not be dissatisfied, but considering that it might have a bad impact on his adopted mother's reputation, Li Ang was still a little worried.
However, Mariya patted his head and said, "Silly boy, that's not your personal agency! It was formed in the name of our Juventus family, so the donations raised by our Juventus family are operated by our own welfare agency, which is normal!"
"Uh, it seems like that." After hearing Maria's explanation, Li Ang agreed very much, and then complained: "My adopted mother, you are very smart sometimes, but why do you sometimes not understand the truth?"
"for example?"
"For example, you have to hold me to sleep at night!"
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At noon, Saint Laurent Library.
Li Ang met Sima Gang and Xu Zhe again here. In addition to handing over a quarter of the funds to them to operate, he also told the story of changing the core of magic power to Feng Zhizhu and the information from all parties.
"So you see, are there any other mistakes in my plan?" Li Ang said as he took out the safety belt he tried to make by his adopted mother, and explained his climbing plan in detail to them.
"Yes!" After hearing Li Ang's words, Mr. Sima immediately said this word, and Xu Zhe nodded in agreement. Then he continued: "If the seat belt fails, what is your backup plan?"
"I came to you for this question too." Li Ang had also considered the question raised by Master Sima. It was precisely because he considered that he came to seek help.
The other two also realized that Li Ang had his own ideas, so Sima asked: "So what are your own plans for Mr. Li Ang?"
"I plan to make a prop that can slow me down when I fall from the air, well... like the white-haired lion flower (dandelion) that can slow people down when I fall." Li Ang was talking about the parachute. Although there is no suitable material for parachutes, the effect may not be as good as expected, but it is better to have it than not.
Sima Gang lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and then said, "It seems that someone in Tianji Palace has made similar things. That kind of thing should be huge when it is unfolded, right?"
Li Ang nodded, not very much, no slowing effect at all.
"So what if it becomes the target of someone else's attack in mid-air? Once the prop is unfolded, your movement will be restricted... So it is possible, I still think you carry two wind-type magic scrolls with you, or learn some wind-type magic spells? Although we orientals don't know much about magic, spells are indeed a convenient and effective method, right?" Sima Gang said with an example: "So, aren't the ones who change the core of the Wind Pillar? So this shows that magic has enough safe means to make people fall into the ground."
"I have thought so too, but since the royal family wants to kill me on this, they will definitely bribe or subdue other mages in advance. Even if they don't, if the royal family and some mages discuss and deliberately teach me the wrong way, then I will die miserably?" It was precisely because of considering this possibility that Li Ang simply did not ask who the mage who was the core of magic was.
Master Sima also had to admit that Li Ang's analysis made sense, so he could only seek one from Xu Zhe who was beside him.
"Xu Zhe, what do you think?"
"Use...use, dry...haystack...buffer." Xu Zhe also responded to his request and immediately gave the answer he considered.
Before Li Ang could express his opinion, Sima Gongzi immediately applauded and said, "What a good idea, it is worthy of being the 'intellectual sting' in the Assassin Alliance!"
What a big idea, your sister! That's five hundred meters high! It's still wise, I think it's wise and shame! Seeing Sima Gang actually discussed the details of using haystack buffer with Xu Zhe, he slammed the door and left in anger. These two people did have great achievements in business and government, but they didn't seem to have a deep understanding of physics.
Before leaving, Li Ang swore: If he could survive this time, then every time he saw a haystack, he would hide a pitchfork inside.
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Of course, who is right, who is far from calculating, who is a genius, and who is a mentally retarded, can't make a conclusion yet. It will be clear until Li Ang climbs the 500-meter pillar of wind before he will know it. But what we all know is that even mentally retarded will have spring, so don't worry that Li Ang will fall down from the pillar of wind and fall stupid.
I went out with my family on May Day and started typing at 10 o'clock in the evening...
According to the character of the 2KK Party, this is the amount of two updates. I guess I will start at 10 o'clock in the evening if I made up yesterday.
Chapter completed!