Chapter 18: Maid Alice

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“What, the assassination was unsuccessful?” In an opulent castle, Ymir was furious. “She claims to be able to kill in ten steps, yet she was unable to deal with a mere Summoner! What a pile of dogsh*t!”

Ymir threw the teacup in his hand onto the ground. “Goode, I want to personally murder that detestable Summoner. I want to feed his flesh to the dogs!”

“Young master, now is not the time to strike!” Goode pulled gently on his beard. “The masters won’t return from sea for a month. Recently, several people we don’t know have also come to the town. It is not appropriate for us to strike now!”

Ymir was in a pinch lately. He had been faced with problems ever since he suffered defeat in the battle against the elves. Someone had spread the rumor that there was a giant dragon’s cave in Terras Forest, and that had attracted many unidentified people into the town. Some were money hungry explorers, some were troops from all over the land, some were knights whose dream was to slay a dragon. In fact, it was said that the Church had secretly sent an envoy to this town.

With the influx of strangers, the power situation in the town had become more complicated. Lately, several members of the family had been killed or gone missing. Some said that it was the family’s enemies seeking revenge, others claimed that they had offended a powerful mystery person when they were patrolling outside. This complicated situation had given Ymir many headaches.

Ymir did not care much about ordinary explorers or troops, but the envoy sent by the Church was no small matter. It would be a troublesome situation if the envoy was to obtain evidence of their criminal activities. Unfortunately, his father had been forced to take a large number of elite warriors with him to attend to an important matter. There were not many experts left in the family.

“Goode, what you mean is…” Only Goode, a tactician who had followed his father for many years, could calm Ymir down.

After a moment’s deliberation, Goode slowly said, “The situation in the town is very complicated, so we should not act rashly until the master comes back. In the past two days, I have contacted a great swordsman from the Banto Empire. Perhaps we could…”

…

After a secret discussion, Ymir and the tactician had come up with a plan. The family’s main source of income was the trafficking of slaves, and amongst those slaves, beautiful elf ladies were always on high demand. In order to clear the obstacles hindering them from capturing the elves in the forest, and also to exact revenge for the arrow to his butt, Ymir had to remove the mysterious Summoner that was Yang Ling.

In a bar not far away from the Anca family castle, Yang Ling smiled as he took a sip of beer, completely oblivious to the tornado he was going to be engulfed by.

“I will go see to the preparations immediately, and I would like both of you to monitor the situation here for the next few days!”

Nonchalantly tossing a few Purple Crystal Coins onto the table, Yang Ling left quickly. Behind him, the thief Fenlist exclaimed in shock, grabbing the Purple Crystal Coins on the table immediately. A few cups of beer only cost a little more than ten Black Crystal Coins, but Yang Ling had tossed five Purple Crystal Coins onto the table. He sure was a rich nobleman.

Noticing Fenlist’s reaction, Yang Ling smiled. To deal with these people, Yang Ling knew that he had to display a certain amount of wealth. Money was a great motivating factor for these guys. He understood that getting locals such as Gullit and Fenlist to work under him was the fastest way for him to gain a foothold in Wissen Town.

Attacking was the best defense. In order to deal with the Anca family’s attack, Yang Ling had decided to take the risk and open a unique shop selling weapons made by dwarves right in Wissen Town. He could not only obtain information, but also attract the attention of the Anca family, taking a more active role in the conflict. Of course, it would be even better if he could earn money.

The influx of foreigners into Wissen Town was a headache for Ymir, but a golden opportunity for Yang Ling. The more complicated the situation was, the more cautious the powerful Anca family had to be, and the more advantageous it became for Yang Ling.

After quickly returning to the elf tribe, Yang Ling tried his best to convince the elf elder. The elder was worried, but he would support Yang Ling all he could. He promised to send a few brave warriors to protect Yang Ling. At the same time, because Yang Ling asked, he took out the last of his eighty barrels of rum and handed them over.

Taking a full eighty barrels of rum, Yang Ling headed over to the dwarf tribe with confidence. As expected, the dwarf Rumi immediately accepted the offer after receiving the full eighty barrels of rum.

“Brother Yang Ling, as long as I can have good wine every day, I’ll follow you to Dead Soul City or the Delan Desert, much less Wissen City!” Rumi grabbed the wine flask by his waist as he walked, taking a huge gulp.

“The world outside is very interesting, and there’s an abundance of good wine!” Seeing Casey and the rest filling their bags with weapons, Yang Ling made an empty promise. “Rumi, as long as you and your men can forge weapons for me, I’ll make sure that you can sleep in a bathtub full of wine if you wish!”

According to the customs of the dwarves, Rumi had to gain experience in the outside world this year, since he had come of age. Under the influence of alcohol, he had decided to agree to Yang Ling’s request, even inviting a full five members of his tribe to help him.

At the same time, with Rumi as his mediator, Yang Ling was able to buy a large number of weapons for a cheap price from the dwarf tribe. Luckily, Yang Ling had saved many people from the hands of the barbarians; otherwise, he did not know how he was going to move the weapons out of the Terras Forest.

Even though the elf elder did not say anything, Yang Ling understood that it was unsuitable for this many humans to live with the elves for such a long period of time. After discussing it with Casey and the rest, they decided it was best to head to Wissen Town together; after all, many of them had been born there and had lived there all their lives.

Ever since she was saved, Alice and the rest had hoped to return quickly to Wissen Town. But the journey was long, and there were many Magical Beasts prowling the forest, so they had no choice but to rest in the elf tribe for the time being. But now with Yang Ling personally leading the team, their worries had been largely quelled.

“Sir, after we reach Wissen Town, if you do not mind, you can first live in my house. How about that?” Casey caught up to Yang Ling and extended a warm invitation.

“Casey, since there are so many here without a place to return to, how many can your house fit?” Yang Ling laughed. “Don’t worry, I have made appropriate arrangements!”

After convincing the elf elder, Yang Ling had returned to Wissen Town on his gryphon and purchased a large house with Gullit and Fenlist’s help. The front of the house would be used to sell weapons, while the back would be used to forge weapons as well as house the homeless. Two birds with one stone.

With Yang Ling and the Magical Beast army’s protection, the group managed to escape the vast Terras Forest ten days later without much harm. With Gullit leading the way, they headed directly to the place they had purchased not long ago.

Following that, the group got busy. Rumi had brought with him the forge used by members of his tribe and was preparing to forge weapons in town, and Casey led some warriors Yang Ling had saved to patrol the surroundings, in case of a sudden attack from the Anca family. Gullit and Fenlist were responsible for promoting the dwarf’s weapon shop to people in the town.

“Refreshing, not bad, better than the high class Biluochun served in Anxi!” Yang Ling took a sip of the tea Alice had brought him as he leaned back on his tiger skin chair. He surveyed the busy group and the fast progress.

“Sir, this is a jasmine tea made using a Lone Petal Vine. It has a refreshing scent, and it is the specialty of Wissen Town!” Alice gently massaged Yang Ling’s shoulders after he put the teacup down.

Ever since Yang Ling had saved her grandfather, Alice had been full of gratitude toward him and had taken great care of him. She hoped to repay the favor this way. When Yang Ling was busy and covered in sweat, she would hand him a handkerchief. When Yang Ling did not have time to eat, she would keep the food warm. When Yang Ling was tired, she would gently massage his shoulders.

At the start, Yang Ling felt a little bad, but seeing how persistent Alice was, he began to accept the lady’s goodwill.

“Alice, you need not call me Sir in the future, and please do not address me as Master or what not.” Seeing Alice’s pretty face and her perky breasts, Yang Ling had a thought. “You can call me Big Brother Yang in the future!”

“Alright, Big Brother Yang!” Alice was blushing as she replied. For some reason, she felt that the gaze Yang Ling was giving her was different from what she had seen in the past. There seemed to be a blazing ball of flame in his eyes.

The feeling of being a boss is pretty good!

Leaning comfortably into the chair, seeing the weapons made by dwarves in the shop, smelling the faint fragrance coming from Alice’s body, Yang Ling slowly closed his eyes. He’d had an office job in the other world, nearly starving even though he worked hard. He did not expect to earn his first basket of gold so soon after arriving in this strange, foreign world.

Yang Ling closed his eyes, fully enjoying Alice’s service, completely oblivious to the troubles to come. A few hundred miles away, in an uninhabited plain, a horse was galloping fast toward Wissen Town.