The largest federal kingdom in the Northern Kingdom, the upper echelon of the country is composed of huge business families. Among them, the headquarters of the Magician Federation is in Isenberg, the capital of the Business Alliance.
Merchants are different from nobles. Successful businessmen are generally very open-minded and easily accept new things. A kingdom controlled by merchants is free, prosperous, and rich.
The capital of the alliance, Isenberg is one of the most prosperous cities in the northern continent. It has many nicknames, such as the 'City of Gold', 'City of Freedom', 'City of Miracles', etc., all of which are compliments.
There are many satellite cities around Isenburg. One of them, called Juno City, is located 500 kilometers west of Isenburg. It is also very prosperous, with a permanent population of more than 300,000. The diameter of the main city walled alone is
five kilometers.
Outside the main city, there is a large slum built with a large number of oilcloth tents. In one corner of the slum, there is a low shed. In the shed, a dirty and slovenly old beggar sits cross-legged.
"Have mercy! Have mercy! Can you give me a copper coin?" The old beggar was wrapped in tattered cotton wool and padded with moldy thatch. There was a chipped and broken bowl in front of him. In the bowl were thrown a few shiny oily coins with the words "Freedom" engraved on them.
Copper coins with Alliance inscription.
Among the nearly 100,000 people in the slums, there are at least 5,000 such old beggars. They are all old and feeble laborers and bankrupt adventurers. When they grow old, they have no one to rely on, so they just struggle here, day after day.
In short, beggars are very common. There are seven or eight of them on this street.
After a while, a woman wearing a long black skirt and a black gauze hat appeared in the slum. Her neat attire was incompatible with this dirty place.
The beggars on the street immediately knew that a big benefactor had come, and their begging voices immediately became louder.
"I'm starving to death. Kind people, could you please throw a copper coin down?"
"For Odin's sake, will you give me a bite to eat?"
"Beautiful and noble lady, your generosity and kindness shine on me like the stars in the night. Please relax your fingers. Are you missing a copper?"
Amidst the constant voices, the woman slowly walked up to the old beggar, gathered up her long skirt, being careful not to touch the mud on the ground, squatted down carefully, and sniffed slightly. There was a puzzled expression on her face.
"Beautiful madam, are you here to stutter?" A humble smile appeared on the old beggar's face, revealing a pair of black teeth with missing front teeth.
The woman said nothing and stared at the old beggar carefully.
This old beggar has a face as wrinkled as old tree bark, turbid and white eyes, hair and beard like withered grass, and an unbearable stench all over his body. He is really a beggar who cannot beg any more.
Being looked at like this, the old beggar showed an uneasy look on his face and said timidly: "Madam, what do you want from me?"
While talking, he put away a few coins in the bowl for fear of being snatched away.
The woman suddenly said: "Russell?"
"What are you talking about?" The old beggar looked confused.
After looking at it for a long time, the woman didn't find any flaws, so she gave up and continued walking along the dirty street.
Sun Ran breathed a sigh of relief and ran all the way, finally successfully deceiving the female devil.
The woman in the black dress was Akana. She chased her all the way, and Sun Ran ran all the way. In half a month, he ran out of the Helm Kingdom. He passed through Xidis, through Dontis, and finally arrived at the Free Alliance.
I tried every possible means, but I couldn't get rid of her.
The two of them fought several times. However, his strength did not recover and Sun Ran, who could only use level 6 magic, soon discovered that the demon sword master's martial arts skills were so terrifying that he could not defeat him!
So I could only keep running away.
Now hiding in this slum and pretending to be a beggar is a helpless act.
Seeing Akana slowly walking away, Sun Ran did not dare to take it lightly. He took out the broken bowl again and continued to shout: "Have mercy! Have mercy! Have mercy on me, a helpless person..."
Just in the middle of shouting, a small black shadow flashed in front of my eyes, a "clang" sound came from the broken bowl, and a yellow gold coin fell.
The gold coin gave off a brilliant golden light as it rolled back and forth in the broken bowl, attracting the attention of half of the people on the street around it. The only thing left in everyone's eyes was this gold coin.
After a while, a dozen strong men came out and walked toward Sun Ran with ill intentions.
Sun Ran immediately picked up the source of trouble and threw it into the street, causing a group of people to grab it.
The dark shadow flashed in front of him again, and Akana appeared in front of him again, asking: "Old man, why did you throw away the gold coins?"
"You woman, you are so cruel, you want to kill me!" Sun Ran said angrily.
"How do you know it was me who threw it?" Akana smiled slightly.
"Other than you, who else on this street can afford this money? Do you think I am a fool, old man?" Sun Ran said plausibly.
"No matter what, you are a very special old beggar. If you make me unhappy, I will definitely punish you!"
Sun Ran secretly complained, it was really a scholar meeting a soldier, and he couldn't explain why. This demon swordsman had a very keen intuition. If he had even the slightest suspicion, he would kill someone wrongly and he would not let go. He was very difficult to deal with.
"Oh, madam, please do well. I was wrong. Please forgive me... Oops!"
With a sharp sound, a large number of wind blades suddenly appeared in the air and rushed towards Akana. A sudden black light flashed in front of Akana, but the long sword was unsheathed, and countless sword shadows appeared in an instant. All the wind blades
They were all killed by her in one blow.
Then she discovered that in just such an instant, the old beggar from before had already ran out for more than fifty meters, and at the same time, cyan light wings appeared behind her, which was the sixth-level flying technique.
Needless to say, this must be Russell, and this guy ran away again.
Akana was angry and funny. While catching up, she scolded: "Russell, you are a magic master after all. I won't talk about pretending to be an orc before, but now you are pretending to be a beggar in this damn place. How can you be more depraved?"
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"The body is just a shell, and the reputation is a burden. Why do you think it's so important?" Sun Ran laughed, and amidst the exclamations, he spread his wings and rushed into the sky, flying away from the dust.
Akana hurriedly followed up. In the past half month, I don’t know what happened, but the opponent’s flying speed turned out to be much faster. Now, it is only flying a little slower than her. If I don’t catch up, I will really be beaten.
He escaped.
The two rushed out of Juno City at high speed, bickering as they flew.
"Ahead is Isenberg, the headquarters of the Magician Federation. If you dare to chase me, I will make sure there are no intact bodies!" Sun Ran threatened.
"Do you think I'm stupid? I can't disguise myself to enter the city? If I disguise myself, will those stupid magicians find me? Then, I will assassinate them one by one and kill all the human magicians!" Akana sneered.
Sun Ran was shocked, this bitch really has this ability. If she were lured to Isenberg, it would definitely be a tragedy. Before killing her, at least half of the magicians of the Federation would be lost.
Thinking of this, Sun Ran turned around in the air and flew directly to the southeast: "I won't go to Isenberg, I will go to the southern continent. You can kill the magicians there, hehe."
"Hmph. I want to see if you have the ability to escape there." Akana chased after her hard, her speed suddenly increased a lot, and she gradually closed the distance with Sun Ran.
After chasing for more than six hours, the distance was shortened to less than 200 meters. Sun Ran was exhausted. The excessive use of magic gave him a splitting headache and he had to start talking: "Akana, I am going to be exhausted."
, hungry and thirsty. Let’s take a rest?”
"Okay. Let's catch up to 200 meters now and rest on the ground. The distance must be 200 meters. If you dare to keep the distance, I will fight with you!" Akana was also tired and panicked.
Her physical strength was far greater than that of her opponent. However, unlike her opponent who used magic to fly, she used her own strength to catch up all the way, consuming many times as much body energy as her opponent, which resulted in her being exhausted.
"Do I seem to be such a worthless person?" Sun Ran asked.
"I remain skeptical."
"Do you want to rest or not?"
So the two began to fall, and when they arrived on the plain, still two hundred meters apart, they sat cross-legged facing each other, each took out food and water, and began to replenish their strength.
Sun Ran took a few bites and asked in confusion: "I've been running for so long, why don't you give up? I don't understand. Do you and I have a mortal grudge?"
This is too tough. If you are a normal hunter, you only need to escape once. Why has he escaped more than a dozen times and traveled tens of thousands of kilometers, and he can still be caught up by her? Sun Ran has lived for tens of thousands of years.
, I have never seen such a relentless pursuit.
"No grudge." Akana shook her head.
"Then why?"
"The king's order. If I don't catch you, my entire family will be at risk." Akana took a bite of the barbecue in her hand and stared at Sun Ran like a wolf, with an attitude of not giving up until she achieved her goal.
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Sun Ran was really tired of running. He now needed time to recover from the damage caused by the last forbidden spell, but the sword master refused to give him time. Instead, he chased him around. Instead of reducing his injuries, his injuries tended to get worse.
, it’s really annoying.
He felt that it would not be a problem to continue like this. He had to find a way to regain his strength before he could really escape. After thinking about it, an idea suddenly flashed and he came up with a plan. He took a big sip of ale and then discussed: "Arkana, I
Can I ask you something?"
"Say it."
"You said, if I take the initiative to follow you back, can you really promise not to kill me?"
"The Great Lord is eager for talents, has a far-sighted vision, and is open-minded. As long as you are willing to return to the Underdark with me, transform into a lich, believe in Hades, and be loyal to the Great Lord, nothing will be a problem. Of course I will not kill you."
Kana said.
The Maharaja said that he wanted to bring Russell's head back to the Skeleton Hall because Russell was unwilling to surrender. If he was willing to surrender, he would never mind having a body attached to his head.
"Transform into a lich? This is really a cruel request. But...I agreed." Sun Ran sat down on the ground and spread his hands: "Come and catch me. I'm tired and don't want to run away."
"Really?" Akana's cheeks were bulging and she was chewing barbecue. She looked unbelieving and suspected that this was another trick of the other party!
"Take me back to the Dark Territory. But let's make it clear first that I have relatively high requirements for the quality of life. I have to eat well, drink well and sleep well along the way."
The change was so fast and the happiness came so suddenly. Akana almost choked and coughed several times before saying: "Of course there is no problem. But I don't believe you unless you can hand over the staff to me."
"Go on." Sun Ran threw the staff over very simply.
Akana took the staff and saw the exquisite alchemy creation in front of her. She could hardly believe that it was real.
A magician without a staff can only release level 2 magic at most. Even if Russell regains his strength and becomes a great magician, he can only release level 3 magic, which will directly reduce his power by 99%. For a sword master like her,
, no different from ordinary people.
This Russell showed enough sincerity.
"Okay, I believe you!" Akana was finally satisfied and carefully hid this priceless staff in the dust bag.
"On the way back, I don't want to fly. I've been vomiting these days and I'm exhausted. I want to live a high-quality noble life and have a good rest."
"There is no problem with this." Akana assured generously that this was just a small request, not excessive.
"Remember, this is an aristocratic life! Don't regret it then."
"Don't worry. As long as I agree, I will never regret it. In the Dark Territory, when people mention Sword Master Akana, the first thing that comes to mind is the word 'promise'!" Akana is very generous.
