Chapter 1265 - Perfect Acting and Exorbitant Price (1/2)
The Heaven Rank powerhouse died and his soul was torn apart. The earth elements converging around John’s body rapidly dispersed and boundless mana burst out of his body, soaring in the sky like smoke.
It took less than ten seconds for the mana covering John’s body to thoroughly disappear. His body also fell towards the ground.
Lin Yun released a two-meter-big Mana Hand and caught John’s corpse. He stripped him of all his items and even directly collected that silver-colored piece of metal.
In a small mountain village in the distance, the two sweating Archmages sighed in relief seeing John’s death.
“Fortunately, that moron was eliminated…”
“Yes, fortunately he was killed before releasing that steel spell, or this would have become troublesome…”
“Right, it’s better for him to have died. At least he died as a Death Sickle bandit, he had nothing to do with our Rodney Family…”
Enderfa floated towards Lin Yun, his three faces solemnly looking at John’s corpse.
“Merlin, why did you kill him like that? He is definitely a direct member of the Rodney Family, didn’t you see him taking out a medium to cast? That was a unique metal material, he was about to cast a steel spell of the Rodney Family.
“I wanted to see it… Moreover, that spell would have exposed his identity as a member of the Rodney Family and exposed their relation to the Death Sickle bandit group. This was more than enough evidence…
“I would have liked to see how the Rodney Family would be able to keep their foothold in the Odin Kingdom once it was known that their direct descendants controlled the Death Sickle bandit group.”
Enderfa grumbled a bit, but Lin Yun only smiled.
“I purposefully stopped him from casting that steel spell. Killing him if he cast that spell wouldn’t have been great.
“If I could capture him alive before he released that steel spell, I would have gotten a Heaven Rank Death Sickle bandit, that would have been worth a lot of money. But a living Heaven Rank Rodney is completely worthless…
“If he cast that spell, I wouldn’t have been able to kill him. If I did, the Rodney Family would have counterattacked, saying that I infiltrated their family’s territory and killed a Heaven Mage of their family who was dealing with the Death Sickle bandit group…”
Hearing Lin Yun’s words, Enderfa suddenly came to a realization and noticed Lin Yun’s smiling expression.
“I have to say, Merlin, you are getting increasingly more wicked. But you are right, you only killed a Heaven Rank Death Sickle bandit, the Rodney Family can only grind their teeth and spit out blood. Moreover, they have to keep smiling and thank you even though you killed one of their own.
“You are truly getting more and more evil…”
Lin Yun smiled.
“It is how it is. It would be impossible to discuss with the Rodney Family if he released that steel spell, but now? Hehe…”
Lin Yun landed on the ground while holding onto John’s corpse and calmly waited. At the same time, those two Archmages in the distance quickly sent a simple report to their family.
In less than half an hour, a member of the Rodney Family came and listened to the detailed report of the two Archmages before sighing in relief.
Playing by the rules was still necessary. Since there was no proof, the Rodney Family could deny all they wanted and no one could do anything. But if there was iron-clad evidence brought up to light, that matter would become very troublesome and the Rodney Family’s reputation and fame would be completely destroyed.
The member of the Rodney Family that came to negotiate was a 3rd Rank Heaven powerhouse, he flew over with the two 9th Rank Archmages in tow.
“Oh, it turns out to be Sir Mafa Merlin! I really didn’t expect Sir Mafa Merlin to personally come and eliminate these damned bandits.
“Our Family had just come to a decision to cooperate with the Gilded Rose to eliminate those damned maggots and sent the news to the Gilded Rose. I truly didn’t expect Sir Mafa Merlin to have already acted on your own.”
The Rodney Family’s Heaven Rank powerhouses appeared to be very cordial, but his eyelids involuntarily twitched and a trace of anger could be seen in his eyes when he noticed John’s corpse.
Lin Yun was smiling as he glanced at the two Archmages and casually said, “Oh, it was like that? I was away for a bit and accidentally heard that these damned guys actually attacked a few of the Gilded Rose’s convoys. Since they were discovered, death is the proper outcome for these guys wasting the Gilded Rose’s resources. This would prevent others to think that the Gilded Rose is easy to bully.
“If someone else thinks that they can put their hands on the Gilded Rose, they would be unable to keep them.
“Well, Sir, do you need anything? Otherwise I’ll go back. As for this Death Sickle bandit group, there is no need to thank me, I only destroyed them for the Gilded Rose.”
After saying those words, Lin Yun grabbed John’s corpse and turned around.
The Rodneys suddenly became worried.
The two Archmages lowered their heads and didn’t dare to speak, they felt that Lin Yun’s gaze had a deeper meaning, as if he had already discovered them before. As for the 3rd Rank Heaven powerhouse, he was even more anxious.
‘Sh*t, John is a member of our Rodney Family, a 2nd Rank Heaven Mage who knows steel magic, there are too many people that could recognize him.
‘Ordinary mages and small forces might not be able to recognize him, but any member of a major force with a bit of knowledge would know that John was a direct member of our Rodney Family. It’ll be very troublesome if John’s corpse is taken away.
‘I definitely can’t let Mafa Merlin take away his corpse. F*ck, did the guys in charge of intelligence eat sh*t while growing up?! How is Mafa Merlin a 1st Rank or 2nd Rank Heaven Mage? He is obviously a 3rd Rank Heaven Mage, and from what these two morons said, he is stronger than the average 3rd Rank Heaven Mage.
‘Could those idiots not find any valuable information apart from the fact that Mafa Merlin is the true owner of the Gilded Rose…?
‘Even though I don’t want to, I can only keep a friendly smile on…’
“Sir Mafa Merlin, I’m called Pass Rodney, you can call me Pass. There is something I’d like to discuss with Sir Mafa.
“It’s concerning that damned bandit’s corpse…”
Pass paused, confidence visible in his eyes.
‘In any case, I can’t let Mafa Merlin think that I value John’s body. I’ll use some small negotiation techniques to show that I don’t attach too much importance to it, I believe that it’ll be easier to discuss then.’
Lin Yun casually froze John’s body into a chunk of ice before putting it into his Spatial Ring.
“Eh, is there a problem with that bandit corpse, Sir Pass? If there is no problem, I can freeze it and hang it at the entrance of the Gilded Rose so that all bandit groups will learn the consequences of attacking the Gilded Rose’s convoys.
“I can use Black Gold Ice to prevent any possible disease from spreading. Alright, thank you for the reminder Sir Pass, see you later.”
Pass was stunned as he watched Lin Yun’s movements.
‘Sh*t, is that guy a barbarian? This was clearly negotiations, could it be that he didn’t even understand that I was trying to negotiate with him? Does he have no intention of conversing with me?
‘Damned b*stard, how could you do something like this and leave without talking?
‘What a joke, how could you take John’s body away and hang it at the entrance of the Gilded Rose encased in Black Gold Ice? Isn’t that a huge waste of money?
‘A fist-sized chunk of Black Gold Ice is worth over a thousand purple golds, and the bigger the Black Gold Ice, the more expensive it gets as its price increases exponentially. To encase an entire body in ice, one would need over ten million purple golds.
‘Sh*t, has that guy gone insane? Does he plan to freeze John’s corpse and put it on display for a millennium?
‘Let alone a millennium, the corpse would still remain intact after ten millennia…’
Pass panicked as he noticed Lin Yun about to fly away.
“Sir Mafa Merlin, please wait a moment! Please listen to me before making a decision!”
Lin Yun frowned as he looked at Pass
“Sir Pass, my time is limited, I don’t have time to waste…”