One hundred and eighty-two. A new source of human nature
Lu Li had difficulty understanding Hades's enthusiasm for wealth.
Those who came into contact with Hades attributed it to a tragic childhood or lifelong regret.
When Lu Li first came to Belfast, he was indeed in need of a large sum of shillings. However, after completing the investigation and becoming an investigator, the meaning of the shilling gradually returned to its monetary value, and after returning from the underground
Later, the wealth of the merchants became a pure number that could not be memorized.
But now, Lu Li more or less understood Hades' desire for money, because he felt the same emotion.
Souls are the currency of hell.
Currency can be exchanged for humanity.
"Resolve the threat? Do you want to help the town clean up the hidden dangers?" The blue-blooded police chief extinguished the subconscious taunt that was born and extinguished. Maybe this bastard who was marked by the devil and just made Beautiful Lake Town lose three guests forever can really do it:
"If you do it, I will ask the mayor to allow you to become a resident of Beautiful Lake Town."
"I need actual payment." Lu Li pointed at the waiter who glared at him: "At least let me have the soul to pay."
"You want to make money in the town? Don't even think about it." The Blue Blood Sheriff firmly rejected the paid projects: "They will not break into the town and affect us, and we will not pay a penny for it."
Lu Li fell into reminiscing about what methods he would use to defraud Hades of his wealth if he were here.
"They do affect the town."
Lu Li imitated Hades' style and glanced at the guests here: "How long has it been since there were no new guests in Beautiful Lake Town? The most important thing for a gathering place is safety. No one... No demon likes to come here.
There were constant attacks on the road.”
"That's right! I had three broken legs when I came here, and they haven't grown back yet!"
A centipede demon sitting on a seat raised its right lower limbs, and three of the limbs that were densely arranged like a comb were missing.
As the second smartest demon in Beautiful Lake Town after the mayor, the Blue Blood Sheriff was attracted by Lu Li's hypothesis and thought it made sense. The centipede demon also played a big role.
"You think so too?" Sheriff Blue Blood asked the other demons in the tavern.
"I think it's so right!" the waiter screamed in agreement.
After all, Lu Li still owes it 1.3 souls, and cleaning up the hidden dangers may actually increase the town's travelers and improve the tavern business, and it doesn't need to pay him anyway.
So are the guests. There is nothing but wind and sand in Beautiful Lake Town, and nothing is allowed. They tend to be chaotic and can't wait to have some fun.
The demons shouted, banged the table and clinked glasses, and their boiling shouts drowned out the sobbing wind and sand outside the tavern.
The blue-blooded police chief looked down at Lu Li: "What I say doesn't count."
"You can take me to see Mayor Brubby."
"...I'll ask Mr. Brubby."
Finally, the blue-blooded Sheriff left the tavern. The demons couldn't wait to cheer for Lu Li and wish him success, as if they were a group of kind people. Even the waiters were no longer anxious to ask for 1.3 souls in bribes.
The blue-blooded sergeant came back soon and spoke in the quiet tavern with expectant eyes: "Mr. Brubby wants to see you."
Amid cheers and applause, Lu Li calmly followed Sheriff Blue Blood out of the tavern and walked along the obsidian steps to the upper level of the rock wall.
Arriving at the highest point of the beautiful lake town built on a steep rock wall, an obsidian building with a sloping roof stands here. Entering the building, the doors, windows and corridors are several times larger than the tavern. Even the blue-blooded police sergeant is stunned when walking here.
Seems compact.
Knock knock knock
In front of an exquisite double door with withered flowers, Sheriff Blue Blood knocked on the door, pushed it open silently, bowed respectfully to the figure in the room, and gave up his position to reveal Lu Li.
"Mr. Brubby, it's coming."
In a bright room with quite a literary atmosphere like a study room of a noble on the surface, a fat giant figure is sitting in a special chair as big as a bed. Only the armrests indicate that it is a chair.
The aristocratic crimson tie jacket blocks the stomach-turning light brown fat, and is blocked by the equally widened desk.
For the barrenness of hell, the mayor must be quite wealthy.
Behind the chair was a book wall on the front wall. Unfortunately, Lu Li couldn't read the cursive characters that were too far away.
"Ho ho ho... Is it you who came up with the devilish idea?" Mayor Brubby leaned forward with interest, his chin was piled up to seven or eight layers of folds with only one layer left, and he sniffed the air vigorously: "I smell it
Our guest smells like the devil."
"The Devil Lord marked it, so after death it was dragged from the human world to hell." The Blue Blood Sheriff answered.
"Who did you offend?" Mayor Brubby asked with interest.
"I don't know. His territory is between the Main Continent and the Allen Peninsula."
"Main Scroll Continent, what a long-lasting name..." Mayor Bluby fell into a kind of nostalgia that is common among older people.
Lu Li observed it. Unlike known or common demons, Mayor Bluby did not have many characteristics of demons, especially the obvious chaotic traits. For example, the blue-blooded Sheriff next to him, even though he is a law enforcer, obeys order.
, but you can still see the chaos restrained by the order framework. But Mayor Bruby cannot feel this chaos.
"Are you the devil?"
Lu Li asked, this was not an adjective but a question.
"Well... I do have some devil blood." Mayor Brubby leaned back in his chair, and the layers of chin and tightened buttons reappeared: "But don't worry, the devil hates devils the most, so hell has never been unified.
"
"I'm very interested in what you said, human soul, how do you plan to cooperate?"
"Are there any bounty hunters here?"
"What is that?"
"The entrusting party issues a bounty hunt, and the entrusted party completes the bounty."
"Like a mercenary army?"
"Almost." Lu Li didn't know about the mercenary army, but it didn't affect his understanding of the meaning of mercenary representatives.
"Okay, so what's next?" Mayor Brubby continued to wait expectantly for Lu Li to tell him a novel statement that he had never heard before.
"I first need to know their location and strength."
Mayor Brubby looked at the blue-blooded Sheriff next to him.
"Seven places, they won't be stronger than the three guests you killed, but they are more numerous."
"How many?"
"A dozen to hundreds."
In other words, if he is not unlucky, Lu Li can increase his humanity to 10 copies in Beautiful Lake Town, and there will still be rewards to collect: "How much will you pay for this?"
"How about the price according to the mercenary army? How many souls are hunted, you will be given as many souls as you want."
Hades' acting style tempted Lu Li and there was still room for bargaining, but Lu Li directly agreed to it: "Deal."
The extra reward was an unexpected bonus. Even without reward, Lu Li would clean up the hellish creatures around Beautiful Lake Town, but they didn't know it.
