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Chapter 302 Protection Fee

Chapter 302 Protection Fee

"Master, it smells like blood." Just when Lin Li was confused, Nofei Le beside him suddenly frowned.

Nophele is a real high-level vampire. His life, strength, and everything come from blood. His sensitivity to blood is naturally far beyond ordinary people. Since even he said that he has the smell of blood, then in this dark cloud town, only

I'm afraid that something is really bleeding...

"Where?"

"Church Square."

"Come on, let's go there."

Before he could finish his words, Lin Li's levitation technique had already been released. Under the support of the levitation technique, Lin Li's whole body swept towards the church square like a gust of wind. In the past month, he had attacked more than a dozen cores.

The study of magic rules has indeed brought him countless benefits. A simple floating spell in his hand was as fast as lightning. Fortunately, no one saw it at this time, otherwise he would have been frightened.

Is it possible for a human to do this without losing half of his life? To turn the Great Mage-level levitation spell into a legendary-level flying spell?

Lin Li controlled this levitation technique that was comparable to the legendary magic, and flew over the church square in an instant. The scene in the square surprised Lin Li. There were almost a thousand people crowded in the square, which was not very spacious. You must know that here

However, Wuyun Town is neither the prosperous royal capital of Oranna nor the chaotic city of Garros crowded with eighteen forces. It is just a remote town near Duoland. The whole town is full of resources, but it is only a small town.

There are more than a thousand households. This number of more than a thousand people means that there are people coming to almost every household.

"Hurry up, don't wait around. Those who should pay, pay, and those who should go home, go home. If you delay me from having dinner, you will be in trouble next month!" came out from the crowd!

The sound sounded a bit gurgling, like a severe nasal congestion.

Lin Li looked down in surprise and saw a strong man in his thirties. There was a long table in front of him and a large wooden box on the table. The strong man was shouting curses there.

, while putting the silver coins one by one into the box, the townspeople lined up in a long line in front of the long table, and under the loud scolding of the strong man, they handed over the silver coins one by one...

At first, Lin Li thought it was the tax collector coming.

In fact, it's no wonder that Lin Li would think so. In recent years, the border of the Kingdom of France has become more and more uneven every year. Especially this year, the two human kingdoms of France and Leiding have fought several wars in a row.

Although they are all small-scale armed conflicts, in the current general environment, even a fool knows that these two human kingdoms will have a war sooner or later. War and taxation are always connected, so this year's taxation will also be taxed.

It was particularly heavy. Lin Li had only lived in Wuyun Town for a month, and he had already seen the tax collector's carriage twice...

But when I thought about it again, I felt something was wrong - how could those tax collectors in black clothes and carriages be so cool? Look at this guy, with a pair of small triangular eyes, a face full of flesh, and he was shouting curses with foaming at the mouth,

While crossing his legs on the table, he glanced over and saw that he really had to be classy and elegant, more impressive than any tax official!

"Everyone of you is a damn miser. If we, the Char Thieves, hadn't been protecting you these past few years, would your crops have grown so well? Your business could have lasted so long? How could your children have grown so big? I'll accept you.

Do you still have any conscience for pushing back and forth with just a little money? Let me tell you, our boss said that prices have risen recently and expenses have increased than before. Starting from next month, each family will have to pay an extra fifty silver coins. You

These stingy people, it’s better to prepare your money as soon as possible and don’t waste time like today!”

Lin Li finally understood the ins and outs of the strong man's endless complaints. This guy is really more popular than the tax collector. Tax collectors have to worry a lot about collecting taxes. Think about it.

What tax name should be used, but this guy doesn't even have to think about the tax name, he just charges as much as he wants for protection fee!

Lin Li didn't like things like protection money, so he slowly descended from the sky. Just when he was about to talk to the strong man, he suddenly heard someone calling his name.

"Feire, why did you come here?"

Lin Li looked back and saw an old man with gray hair: "Good evening, Uncle Sarat."

This old man named Sarat is Lin Li's new neighbor. He is in his fifties. He runs a blacksmith shop with a light business next to Lin Li's hut. He usually makes a living by buying farm tools. Wuyun Town is so

It is a small place, and the farm tools in most people's homes may not be replaced every few years. The business in Salat is naturally deserted, and no one comes to the door for several days. Plus, there is a son who is idle and doing adventures all day long.

He dreamed of making a fortune as an adventurer. He started wandering around in Dorland when he was a teenager. Now he doesn’t think of himself as an adventurer, but he is almost becoming a low-level land hooligan. In the past few years, he has not made much money, but he relies on the support of old Sarat.

He lost a lot of money, business was not doing well and his son was not up to par. Naturally, old Sarat's life was extremely difficult.

However, despite living an extremely difficult life, Old Sarat was well-known as a good guy in Wuyun Town. Take Lin Li as an example. When he first moved to Wuyun Town, he was not treated less well by Old Sarat.

He took special care of him, running up and down to ask questions, and he was as enthusiastic as a family member. Until now, if old Sarat made something delicious, he would not ask this young neighbor to share it, so that

Even a person as thick-skinned as Lin Li can't help but feel a little embarrassed sometimes, always thinking about whether he should find an opportunity to repay this kind old man some other time.

At this time, Old Sarat had a look of anxiety on his face: "Feire, please tell uncle quickly, why did you come here?"

"Haha, I went out during the day and just came back, and then I found that there was no one in the town..."

"Hey, you are really..." Old Sarat sighed, with a wrinkled face full of anxiety: "Why are you coming back? Isn't it good to be outside? Why do you have to choose this time?

Come back, hey, there will be trouble now..."

"What happened, Uncle Sarat?"

"Don't ask so many questions first..." After Old Zarate looked around, he quietly pulled Lin Li aside and pointed to the woods opposite the church square: "Feire, did you see that over there? Yes, yes, yes

, there is a path next to the woods. Before those vampires can find you, quietly run from that path to the outside of the town to hide, and come back after dark..."

"What vampire?"

"That's them!" The old man quietly pointed to the center of the crowd, where a strong man was collecting money behind a long table with his legs crossed: "They are all members of the Char Thieves Group. These vampires collect a lot of money from the town every year.

Money, and you say that this is the price of protecting us, bah, it would be better if these damn vampires don’t come to harm us, and you still expect them to protect..."

"You just pay them if they charge you?"

"So what if we don't surrender? They all have weapons. How can we fight them?"

"What about the militia in the town, and Doland? Wuyun Town is also protected by Doland, right? The city of Doland has never asked about this matter?"

"The militiamen can't fight them. There are only dozens of militiamen in Wuyun Town, and their weapons are obsolete products from decades ago. Xia Ya has a band of thieves with more than a thousand people, and they are ranked first in the Qingfeng Plains.

Damn it, how can dozens of militiamen with outdated weapons protect Wuyun Town? As for Doland, I heard someone say that the relationship between the city lord Andrzej and the boss of the Char Thieves Group is not ordinary.

good……"

"That's it..." Lin Li nodded and said nothing more.

"Okay, Feyre, I've told you everything you want to know. You'd better run away from the alley. You may not know that in addition to collecting money, these vampires often arrest young people in the town.

Go, either join them or become a slave. You have seen my boy, right? If I wasn't afraid that he would be captured by these vampires, why would I have watched him fool around in Dorland?"

When the old man said these words, his old face was full of anxiety. If possible, he really didn't want this young neighbor to be harmed in any way. Although they had not known each other for a long time, Old Sarat

He has always treated this young man as a nephew. Compared to his unsatisfactory son, this young man seems to be the other extreme. He is humble and gentle to others, always with a polite smile on his face.

He was always full of respect for himself, a humble old blacksmith. When he occasionally visited his blacksmith shop, he would ask him some questions about forging.

Who could bear to see such a young man captured by the Char Thieves, or losing his life under torture, or being brainwashed into a murderous thief?

"It's okay, Uncle Sarat. Don't worry, I won't be captured by them..." Lin Li naturally knew what Old Sarat was thinking. After a few words of grateful comfort, his eyes fell on the long table.

On the strong man behind.

I have to admit that collecting protection fees is indeed a strenuous job. There are more than a thousand households in Wuyun Town. Each family has fifty silver coins, which adds up to more than fifty thousand silver coins. It is not easy to collect these one by one.

Generally tiring, no wonder the boss of the Char Thieves Group is going to raise his price next month...

"Okay, you damn misers, hurry up and stop dawdling around. If you delay me from having dinner, I might skin you!" Russell yelled and cursed.

A few silver coins were placed in his hand and they made a tinkling sound.

Lin Li curled his lips and was about to tell this guy that you probably don't have time to have dinner when there was a sudden commotion outside the crowd.

"Let me go, you bastards, let me go!"

Several members of the thieves group armed with weapons were escorting a young man to the center of the square. The young man looked to be in his twenties, and between his eyebrows and eyes, he looked very similar to old Sarat!


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