Upon hearing Ye Chui extend the invitation to join the guild to Xi Le Si, and Xi Le Si agreeing at this juncture, Reyes felt boundless anger. Was this completely disregarding him?
The knife he held against Xi Le Si’s neck quietly pressed a bit harder: “Guild Master Ye Chui, do not think I am joking. I will really kill her!”
“Reyes, Xi Le Si is now a member of our guild. Do you think killing her will be that easy?” Ye Chui said with a cold laugh. He quietly made a gesture to Debbie.
Reyes’s eyes shot out two rays of ferocity. The dagger he gripped suddenly thrust forcefully towards Xi Le Si’s eye, intending to first harm Xi Le Si and make Ye Chui understand his resolve. If Ye Chui did not cooperate, he would truly tear up the ticket! But the instant his dagger left Xi Le Si’s neck, a golden light suddenly flashed across Reyes’s vision.
That was Gilga summoned by Debbie. The golden female swordsman appeared abruptly and had already flown into mid-air. The next moment, streams of golden sword qi poured into the tower’s window like a torrential downpour.
Reyes’s body instantly turned to undead form. Streams of golden sword qi passed straight through him. He let out a cold, mocking laugh: “What a childish trick. Sword qi is ineffective against me, even golden sword qi is the same!” As he spoke, he had already dodged behind Xi Le Si. Gilga’s golden sword qi naturally avoided Xi Le Si, making the space behind her the best hiding spot.
Immediately after, the dagger in Reyes’s hand decisively stabbed towards the back of Xi Le Si’s neck.
Reyes was also a decisive person. Seeing Ye Chui so uncooperative, he immediately decided to kill Xi Le Si first and deal with the rest later. To him, Xi Le Si was someone he harboured infinite anger and hatred towards. He had never intended to let Xi Le Si go after exchanging her for Ye Chui’s magic. If he was doomed to die today, he would undoubtedly take Xi Le Si down with him.
However…
The instant his dagger touched Xi Le Si’s neck, black flames suddenly ignited on Xi Le Si’s body.
Those flames carried scorching heat. Almost the moment his dagger contacted the black fire, it immediately melted into molten iron. Reyes cried out in agony, dropping the searing dagger. His body instinctively retreated, while also rapidly entering undead form.
He was utterly shocked in his heart. How could Xi Le Si suddenly use magic?
Xi Le Si was a darkness magic mentor. Her magic guide book had long been destroyed. To cast magic, she could only borrow a darkness magic guide book. But when the Cicada Castle Guild handed her over to him, the darkness magic guide book had been confiscated by Reyes. Without the darkness magic guide book, she should have been nothing more than an ordinary woman!
At this moment, Reyes suddenly saw a undead figure flash past the tower’s window. He instantly understood something in his heart. Just now, while Ye Chui was entangled with Xi Le Si, Ye Chui had already controlled a undead to quietly retrieve the darkness magic guide book and climb up outside the tower. In that fleeting instant just now, it had delivered the magic guide book into Xi Le Si’s hands.
Xi Le Si was a black fire magic mentor. Her magic was something even Reyes dared not underestimate. It was precisely because her strength was sufficiently formidable that Reyes had harboured those ulterior motives towards her back then…
Realising that Xi Le Si had regained her magic power, he immediately resolved himself, no longer hesitating, intending to flee this place. His body in undead form turned to smoke and was about to drift away.
But the next moment, a hand burning with black flames swiftly reached out and grabbed Reyes’s neck.
Scorching pain instantly spread throughout Reyes’s body.
“Guild Master Reyes, have you forgotten? My black fire can harm you in your undead form.”
Xi Le Si said coldly.
Black fire was a fusion magic of shadow system and fire system. Undead was a fusion magic of shadow system and life system. Both carried characteristics of the shadow system, so black fire could harm undead!
Reyes let out a pained howl, his body writhing ceaselessly: “Xi Le Si… spare me… I beg you… spare me…”
“When you locked me in the black prison and swore to torment me forever, did you ever think of sparing me?” Xi Le Si was not a soft-hearted person. She was good to her friends, but she never showed any mercy to her enemies. Back when she left Stan Town, she had killed in one go all those who betrayed and mocked her, which showed her character.
She said coldly to Reyes: “I will burn your soul to ashes as well.”
…
When Prince Geller suddenly realised that the “matters to resolve” Ye Chui had mentioned upon leaving the Red Fort earlier actually meant coming to the Skeleton Wanderer Magic Guild to stir trouble, he immediately set off with a portion of the Black Armoured Guards, hurriedly rushing towards the Skeleton Wanderer Magic Guild in the west district of the city. All along the way, he was filled with worry. The Skeleton Wanderer Magic Guild was a five-star major guild. How could it compare to the level of those magic guilds Ye Chui and his group had encountered before?
Moreover, most importantly, the Skeleton Wanderer Magic Guild was situated atop a massive graveyard. The graveyard had a history of five thousand years. Back when the empire was first established, the regicidal first emperor had executed tens of thousands of rebels here in one go. In this place, the guild master of the Skeleton Wanderer Guild would possess tremendous power!
Even Prince Geller’s Black Armoured Guards dared not claim they could enter this place and retreat unscathed.
Upon arriving outside the Skeleton Wanderer Magic Guild, Prince Geller indeed saw a crowd gathered here, discussing animatedly. Some among them even showed signs of being scared out of their wits. Upon inquiring, he learned that just moments ago, ghostly wails and wolf howls had suddenly erupted from within the guild, and quite a few undead had lost control and rushed out.
That had frightened quite a few people badly.
Hearing this, Prince Geller’s worry deepened. Disregarding his own safety, he immediately led the Black Armoured Guards in a menacing charge into the guild’s vast manor building. The Black Armoured Guards were already prepared for battle, drawing the long swords at their waists. The few magic mentors among the Black Armoured Guards had also summoned their magic guide books one after another, with spells poised to unleash. Along the way, they saw some Skeleton Wanderer Guild members lying on the ground. These were evidently the ones Ye Chui and his group had knocked down earlier. The battle seemed to have already begun. He wondered if Ye Chui and the others could still remain intact now?
Then…
Prince Geller saw Ye Chui and his group standing happily before the castle. In front of them were several backbone members of the Skeleton Wanderer Magic Guild, and these backbones seemed to be trembling incessantly.
This completely unexpected scene successfully left Prince Geller dumbfounded.
“Oh dear, Little Seven, you are here.” Debbie spotted Prince Geller from afar and thus waved her little hand in greeting.
“Sister Debbie, Ye Chui, you… are you all alright?” Prince Geller hurriedly walked to their side, his eyes sweeping over everyone. Ye Chui, Debbie, Lessa, Green, Guni, they were all present. And there was another girl in black clothing standing to the side. Judging by the girl’s appearance, she was precisely the friend Ye Chui had mentioned, Xi Le Si. Ye Chui and his group had come here precisely to rescue Xi Le Si. Now it seemed they had indeed saved her safe and sound.
Prince Geller looked towards the others again. The people from the Skeleton Wanderer Magic Guild were standing trembling somewhat to the side. Among them were several quite famous figures in the imperial capital, but now they all had the appearance of having been scared out of their wits. This left Prince Geller utterly puzzled. Although Ye Chui was powerful, those powers of his had only just been used not long ago. He should not be able to use them again in a short time. What exactly were these people so terrified of?
Could it be that because of Ye Chui’s duel on Dragon’s Nest, he had gained a terrifying deterrent force, so no fight even broke out and the people in the Skeleton Guild automatically submitted? How could that be possible! From Prince Geller’s understanding of Reyes, he was not such a person… Thinking of this, Prince Geller suddenly paused and looked around left and right: “Where is Reyes?”
“Oh, he is here.” Ye Chui replied, pointing to the black, charred lump beside him. Just now, after Xi Le Si killed Reyes, she had thrown him down from the building.
Prince Geller looked at that smoking black charcoal-like object: “…”
“You… you all…” Prince Geller had originally been somewhat annoyed at Ye Chui’s rash actions, but now for a moment, he did not know what to say. These people always managed to catch him off guard in every aspect… He shook his head and smiled wryly, “Your Casual Names Magic Guild has just been promoted and already killed the master of another five-star guild. This counts as establishing prestige. Come back with me.”
“Wait a moment first.” Ye Chui said with a smile to Prince Geller. He then walked towards those from the Skeleton Wanderer Magic Guild. Just before Prince Geller arrived, he had been preparing to discuss some matters with these people. Now it was just right to have Prince Geller serve as a witness. He walked up to a middle-aged magic mentor among them, “You are the vice master of the Skeleton Wanderer Magic Guild, right?” he asked.
That magic mentor hurriedly nodded: “Yes, correct…”
“Now that your guild master is dead, you are the guild master, right?” Ye Chui continued to ask.
That magic mentor said in panic: “In principle, yes, that is the case…”
“Then congratulations, Guild Master.” Ye Chui immediately laughed, “Now I am prepared to discuss something with you… Sell your guild castle to me!”
“What? You want to buy our guild castle?” Hearing Ye Chui’s words, those few all started in surprise, but immediately after, they revealed joyful expressions. This place was originally a graveyard, where “haunted” incidents frequently occurred, that is, undead appearances. Their guild master, being a necromancy magic mentor, naturally felt no fear, but they, these magic mentors of other systems, had not been so fortunate.
If not for the guild master, they would have wanted to move away long ago!
Now that the guild master was dead, this place had become even more terrifying to them. If Ye Chui was willing to buy it from their hands, that could not be better. Merely… that middle-aged magic mentor exchanged glances with the others, then asked Ye Chui: “You, how many gold coins do you plan to spend to buy this place?”
Ye Chui wanted to make this place the guild’s base. On one hand, it was because the construction here was indeed very fine, with the manor and castle both quite luxurious. On the other hand, it was because of the graveyard here. Here, Ye Chui could unleash the full power of the 【Horn of the Undead Army】. This could provide Ye Chui with the strongest power guarantee. Choosing here meant no one could breach their guild!
Debbie, Green, Lessa, and the others were also very satisfied with this place. Buying it down was also the result they had just discussed.
As for how much money… Ye Chui turned his head to look at Prince Geller.
Prince Geller was stunned, knowing that Ye Chui wanted him to help haggle the price. He pondered and said: “The location here is inherently poor. Although the built castle is very luxurious, the price will not be high… At most, it is worth thirty thousand gold coins!” Saying this, his old face reddened. This was not an ordinary mansion or villa, but a manor. Even if built on a graveyard, the land area was sufficiently large. Plus, the constructed castle was also very luxurious. The value was at least starting from sixty thousand gold coins. He was helping Ye Chui, throwing caution to the wind with his old face.
That middle-aged magic mentor’s body immediately trembled: “This, how can that be? Not counting the cost of buying this land, we spent over fifty thousand gold coins when we built it initially. No…”
“But your place is haunted.” Ye Chui interrupted that middle-aged magic mentor, even pointing to several windows of the castle. There, ghostly shadows were indeed dense, with undead wandering incessantly inside.
After Ye Chui stopped the Requiem for the Undead BGM, those undead had dispersed one after another. Some returned underground, while others chose to remain outside. Now, at least over a hundred undead were wandering unconsciously. Ye Chui continued to say to that middle-aged magic mentor: “There are many of these undead. You definitely will not feel at ease here in the future. If you sell to others, I am afraid few people will take over such a haunted castle. I guarantee that even if you hire other necromancy magic mentors to come here and exorcise the undead, the undead will still keep emerging (hmm, this was blatant intimidation). You had better think it over carefully.”
That middle-aged magic mentor’s face twitched somewhat. He turned and discussed softly with the other members for a moment. After Reyes’s death, their magic guild would probably plummet, no longer regaining its former glory. How much the castle could sell for was not the point anymore.
So, moments later, the middle-aged magic mentor stood out somewhat humiliated: “Fine… we agree to sell this place to you for thirty thousand gold coins!”
“Wait.” Ye Chui hurriedly interrupted his words, “Guild Master, are you playing dumb? Thirty thousand gold coins is Prince Geller’s suggested price, not the final price we decided. You imprisoned our guild member. We still need to settle that account, right?”
“Our guild master has already been killed by you…”
“That was him threatening our guild member. It was legitimate self-defence on our part, but we cannot skimp on mental anguish compensation. Moreover, after we move in, we still need to exorcise the undead, which is also a considerable expense.”
“The undead were all summoned by you…”
“That is a separate matter. This place of yours does not seem fit for people to live in at all. Buying it from you is truly a loss for us.”
“Guild Master Ye Chui, you, exactly how much do you plan to pay to buy this place?”
“This…” Ye Chui turned his head and glanced at Debbie and the others, then smiled at that magic mentor, “Fifteen thousand gold coins, how about that?”
Prince Geller, standing to the side, at this moment could not help but start trembling.
Bloody hell, do you have to be so ruthless when haggling!? You might as well just go rob them!!
