After leaving the Guelph Family, Liang Lidong found a clean and quiet hotel in the city. With safety as his top priority, he set up a mini warning magic circle on the door. Then, Joan Of Arc flew in through the window. The man and the eagle slept soundly for a few hours. At noon, Liang Lidong got up and had a meal of bread and vegetable chowder that he could barely eat. Then, he checked the system and found that the negative attributes of the Foodie Aristocrat had been stacked twice. If this went on, he would trigger the negative status of all attributes decreasing.
He had to cook his own food for the next meal. Liang Lidong clicked his tongue and left the hotel. Meanwhile, Joan Of Arc flew up and continued to patrol the Temple of Life. Now that the threat from the mayor's mansion was gone, the only enemy was the Temple of Life. Liang Lidong had to prevent the attacks from these enemies, and Joan Of Arc was a good scout.
After wandering on the street for a while, Liang Lidong went to the Mercenary Union. To deal with a necromancer, he had to be fully prepared. First of all, he had to have enough scrolls for light and fire magic, because these two kinds of magic were the bane of undead creatures. In particular, spells such as Fireball and Meteor Shower could kill a large number of undead creatures.
In addition, light magic was the bane of necromancers. It was always good to have a few more.
Making scrolls required alchemy materials. Generally speaking, only the Mercenary Union had magic alchemy materials. Liang Lidong went to the second floor of the Mercenary Union again. This time, the person in charge of selling materials wasn't the black-robed girl, but another plain-looking middle-aged man.
This man seemed to recognize Liang Lidong. When he saw the red priest robe that Liang Lidong was wearing, he immediately became nervous and sweaty.
Liang Lidong looked at him strangely and began to choose materials. Compared to the last time he was here … This time, there were more kinds of alchemy materials, and they seemed to be of better quality. All the materials used to make a scroll would affect the power and effect of the scroll within a certain range. Therefore, normally speaking, when making a scroll, one would usually choose better materials to make it.
However, the better the quality of the material. The higher the price, the higher the probability of failure. Considering this factor, everyone had a balance between the power of the scroll and the cost according to their own financial strength.
Liang Lidong was choosing the materials when two people came downstairs. Liang Lidong recognized one of them. It was the black-robed girl. The other one was an old man. According to the data given by the system, this old man was a level 8 professional.
It was not surprising that there were powerful professionals in the Mercenary Guild. Liang Lidong glanced at the two of them and continued to choose his materials.
The two walked down the stairs and went straight to Liang Lidong. After the old man bowed slightly, a friendly smile appeared on his old and wrinkled face. "Your Excellency, Red Priest Beta. Nice to meet you. I'm the president of the Mercenary Guild. David Bruce. "
Liang Lidong turned around and nodded in greeting. "Nice to meet you too, old man."
He glanced at the black-robed girl, only to find that her head was lowered and her body was trembling slightly. Even the hem of her black magic robe was trembling slightly. Liang Lidong had long known that the black-robed girl was a timid person. But a few hours ago, she had dared to join forces with Barbara to deal with him. To a certain extent, it could be considered a necessary step. After all, if a Magician did not dare to fight with an enemy, After all, if a Mage did not dare to fight his enemy, his life would be halved.
Although she could be a theoretical Mage, if a Mage did not dare to fight, he would only be used by others for the rest of his life. He might not even be able to control his own fate. After all, this wasn't Earth. This world was full of deceit, oppression, betrayal, and murder. A Mage did not have to be ruthless and murderous, but they had to at least have the ability and courage to protect themselves.
The black-robed girl was capable, but she did not have the courage, which was her weakness.
"Whatever alchemical items you want to buy today, sir, will be sold at half price no matter how many," said David Bruce.
Looking at Bruce for a while, Liang Lidong smiled too. "You don't have to work for nothing."
David was an old guy with a high EQ. He immediately understood what was on Liang Lidong's mind. He said with a smile, "Actually, there's something I'd like to ask you, sir."
"Go ahead."
David glanced at the black-robed girl beside him and said, "Lilith is a talent that our Mercenary Union is nurturing. She is very important, but yesterday, she was forced by someone to go against you. Now that she knows she was wrong, I would like to ask you to forget about her and let her go this once."
Now, Liang Lidong finally learned the black-robed girl's name, but he was not interested in it. He believed that Lilith must have her reasons for not attacking him. After all, the girl was too timid.
"It's not a problem to let her go." Liang Lidong nodded. He could spare the mayor's life, let alone this harmless girl. "But Lilith, that's your name, right? You have to tell me, who forced you to deal with me?"
"Mayor …" Lilith lowered her head, her voice like a mosquito.
But Liang Lidong heard her clearly. He nodded and said, "No problem, but remember, there won't be a next time."
"Thank you, thank you." Lilith bowed hard.
Honestly speaking, Lilith was a good girl. She should be more suitable for Kail than Barbara. But feelings could not be forced. It was already certain that Kail liked Barbara. It would be difficult for him to choose another woman. It could be seen that Kail was a very stubborn person. Once he decided on something, he would not change it easily.
"Thank you for your magnanimity, sir." David was about to leave with Lilith.
"Wait …" Liang Lidong suddenly stopped them.
David looked at Liang Lidong, somewhat puzzled. "Is there anything else, sir?"
"Of course there is." Liang Lidong said matter-of-factly, "I won't be too calculative about Lilith, but the Guild of Mercenaries has to give me an explanation."
David frowned. "What are you referring to, sir?"
Liang Lidong raised his eyebrows. "You're still pretending that you accepted Rex's commission and deliberately spread rumors about me in the city to tarnish my honor. In addition, although your Mercenary Union has not openly opposed me, you have secretly supported the Temple of Life, which has caused me a lot of trouble. Both of these things make me very angry, and I can't just let it go. "
David's face became serious. Although he was old, the skin on his palms was quite smooth, and most importantly, the curves of muscles bulged under his clothes. It could be seen that David should be a physical professional, and judging from his level of eight, his combat ability shouldn't be low.
The higher the level of a professional, the more oppressive they could be. It was the same for David. However, his aura had no effect on Liang Lidong at all, but Lilith was trembling in fear.
Seeing that his aura was ineffective, David snorted. "Then what do you want?"
"It depends on your compensation."
David snorted. "We're already giving you face by giving you half of the cost of the materials. Don't be ungrateful. We're a Guild of Mercenaries with a lot of professionals under our command. You can't compete with the Guild of Mercenaries on your own. "
Liang Lidong chuckled. "I believe Lilith must've told you what happened yesterday, or to be exact, early this morning. Not to mention how many strategic spells I have, the fact that the Longman family has submitted to me is enough to make you tremble in fear. "
David's face turned solemn. Then he asked, "It seems that it's true that the mayor has become your Knight. Okay, tell me about your compensation proposal."
"First of all, from today on, the Guild of Mercenaries is no longer allowed to intervene in the open and secret struggle between the Temple of Life and the mayor's mansion."
David frowned but didn't say anything or express an opinion.
Liang Lidong continued, "Second, I want half of all the alchemical materials in your guild."
"That's impossible." David's old face was furious to the extreme. "Do you know how valuable that is?"
David snorted and continued, "It's worth more than 300 gold coins, which is not a small sum for both individuals and the guild. You're an ascetic believer. How can you get such a large compensation? Do you really think our guild is stupid, or do you think that we're tigers that have no teeth to arm ourselves and have become cats for you to bully? "
"Just because Uther is my Knight, I believe Lilith should've told you what happened." Liang Lidong activated noble temperament and said to David, "It's true that we're going to deal with the Temple of Life, but we have the upper hand right now. How will you feel if I ask Uther to identify you as a wanted criminal from abroad? He's the mayor and has the right to do so. As long as we have the warrant, it won't be a problem for us to rummage through the city. It won't be difficult for us to drive the Mercenary Union out of Winterwind. It's even beneficial for us to weaken the Temple of Life. "
David's lips moved. "Okay, you win this time. You can take half of all the materials in the guild."
Just like that, Liang Lidong got a lot of alchemical materials for free, which saved him a lot of money. After returning to the inn, he immediately devoted himself to the production of scrolls. After ten hours of hard work, he made eight scrolls of the light class, twelve scrolls of the fire class, and six magic scrolls of the ancillary class, such as Healing.
After resting in the hotel for more than an hour, Liang Lidong took advantage of the darkness to go to the Guelph Manor. Fatty Gavin had been standing at the entrance of the manor. When he saw Liang Lidong, he immediately came up and bowed. Then he said, "You're finally here, sir. We've been waiting for a long time."
"We …" Liang Lidong followed the fatty into the manor. "Katerina hasn't left this place."
The fatty was rather embarrassed. "Not exactly. She and Tina get along very well."
As the two of them chatted, they soon arrived at the study on the second floor. Katerina was already waiting in the room. Seeing Liang Lidong, she smiled and said, "You're right on time. The old woman has already gone to rest. We should make a battle plan now. Are you going to do it, sir, or should I?"