This Lich Requests More Remuneration-Chapter 234 - 215 Everything Goes Smoothly

Chapter 234: Chapter 215 Everything Goes Smoothly

Chapter 234 -215 Everything Goes Smoothly

Katherine looked at the wooden cup in Amberser’s hand and said doubtfully, “Is the bet still the same?”

Amberser said casually, “Of course, as long as you can take the cup out of the city, whatever you say, I’ll do.”

Katherine glanced at Amberser a few times, snatched the cup, and then quickly left the tavern.

But before long, Katherine returned to the tavern with a downcast look and angrily said, “You tricked me, I was stopped again when leaving the city, they said there must be a problem with me leaving so quickly, and when they inspected, the cup was smashed by them!”

Amberser smiled and said, “It’s not me tricking you, but the arrangement of fate. After these two experiences, you should understand that things that seem simple are impossible to do. You might still be thinking now, if only you had persisted, rushed straight out of the city, you would have won. But it’s useless, a destiny that has been set cannot be changed by anyone, not even the deities.”

Amberser had used his destiny-weaving ability to weave two failed destinies for Katherine. So no matter how hard Katherine tried, it was impossible for her to win.

However, it was only with this kind of small bet that destiny could be casually woven. It was impossible for Amberser to weave a fate where the Laine Empire would be destroyed tomorrow. Attempting such a thing would guarantee spell failure, followed by a backlash from destiny.

This ability could be understood as sticking an oar into the river of destiny, using the oar to control part of the river’s flow. Creating a few small whirlpools was no problem, but trying to stop the entire river flow with a single oar would only break the oar. Unless Amberser himself was a dam blocking the river, attempting to change the destinies of such massive entities would surely lead to a crushed and shattered end.

Although Katherine didn’t fully understand these things, she believed Amberser’s words and stopped dwelling on the topic related to Naomi. Instead, she remarked with feeling, “If it’s really like you said, then a diviner mage is too pitiable, just like a slave to destiny.”

Amberser: …

“Say another word and I’ll weave a future of baldness for you!” Amberser said angrily.

Katherine covered her head instantly, no longer daring to speak. Baldness, how scary.

After a while, Katherine asked again, “So what do we do now, just wait here for Harvey?”

Amberser nodded. Initially, it was Harvey who brought Amberser’s Life Casket to this city, appearing in this tavern. Calculating the time, Harvey would show up in at most two days.

But before that, there were preparations to be made.

“Katherine, let’s go pick up a commission later,” Amberser said.

Katherine asked, “A commission? What kind?”

“Any kind, as long as it’s an exploration type. An underground ruin, a magical beast cave, or anything else. Later, take off your mask and let the bartender recommend one.”

“Ah, aren’t we supposed to wait here for your student?” Katherine asked curiously.

“Don’t ask so many questions, you’ll find out when the time comes,” Amberser said.

Katherine could only obediently do as told and went to chat with the orcish bartender at the bar. Katherine, having taken off her mask, not only received the bartender’s recommendation for the best commission but also a promise of a lifetime of free drinks at the tavern. Katherine flaunted her free sea buckthorn fruit wine in front of Amberser, but only received a roll of his eyes in response.

The girl still didn’t know what a freebie meant, did she?

The tavern offering freebies to a beautiful woman was just to have the beauty help attract those men with an excess of male hormones needing release.

But seeing how happy Katherine was, Amberser couldn’t be bothered to burst her bubble and began to study the commission.

Someone in Dew City had released a commission, to investigate a magic cave outside the city, because the situation was now tense, and nobody knew when Laine might attack Dew City, so the commissions for explorations outside the city had their prices doubled.

Katherine’s beauty did not disappoint, as the commission was clearly a pure profit at a glance.

It talked about the possibility of a subterranean sand lizard in the cave, requiring adventurers to investigate, to find concrete evidence of the existence or non-existence of the subterranean sand lizard, with a reward of thirty gold coins.

The subterranean sand lizard was a creature of the Gloomyland, with adults reaching legendary rank, although they were rare. These creatures seldom appeared on the surface, so the commission only asked for investigation, and thirty gold coins was already a very good payment.

Amberser didn’t even have to visit the cave to know, a roll of the Dice of Destiny was enough to confirm that there were no subterranean sand lizards there; it was probably other magic beasts that had caused similar traces.

But Amberser wasn’t there for the reward, he was there to prepare Harvey’s “death”.

In the prophecy seen by Harvey, he would go with an adventurer squad to explore a dark place, then encounter an ambush by magic beasts, with Harvey himself dying in this sudden attack.

However, because Harvey also hadn’t seen much detail, his description to Amberser was quite vague.

What Amberser had to do was to fabricate this fake prophecy for Harvey and control everything in the prophecy himself. Adventure, there could be; teaming up, that was also possible; magic beasts, all the more possible; but death, that couldn’t happen.

Undoubtedly, the simplest way was to find a commission himself and then arrange a script for Harvey, to lead him out of the shadow of this death.

This commission to find the subterranean sand lizard was very suitable, the best stage.

No wonder he had brought Katherine along, thank the deities, everything was arranged by fate.

After a few drinks, Amberser left Dew City with Katherine and arrived at the magical beast cave. Amberser surveyed for a moment and quickly came to a conclusion.

It wasn’t any subterranean sand lizard, just a nest of sandworms.

Sandworms sounded similar to sand lizards, but in reality, they were completely different things.

The Subterranean Sand Lizards that can hunt on their own are at least fifteen meters long, with mouths wide enough to swallow the strongest Orc in one gulp. Their teeth are highly venomous, and their scales are so tough that Paladins have to deliver several Holy Slashes just to break their defense.

These creatures are also adept at burrowing and launching surprise underground attacks, and often adventurers had been swallowed without even getting a glimpse of them.

As for Sandworms, they are quite weak desert creatures that are almost harmless to humans, but they are also skilled at burrowing, so the trails left by a large number of Sandworms crawling underground can be easily mistaken for those of a Sand Lizard.

Amberser could have simply captured a few Sandworms and presented them to complete his assignment, but of course, he wouldn’t do that.

Amberser quickly opened his personal space and took out a pile of white, gleaming bones.

Katherine frowned upon seeing them because the bones were suffused with a smell of decay.

“Are these… Netherroth Beast bones?” Katherine asked.

“That’s right, a friend gave them to me. I’ve put together a few Skeleton Tanks with these bones before and taught those Paladins a lesson. But now, I’m going to assemble them into something else.”

Amberser worked quickly, piecing together the bones according to his will, and soon he created a skeletal structure resembling a lizard.

The Netherroth Beast was originally a herbivore, so Amberser took some human canines and fitted them in, creating a mouth filled with sharp teeth.

Then, Amberser crafted a Pseudo-Soul and inserted it into the skeleton.

The “Sand Lizard” skeleton came to life, and though it looked clumsy, it certainly had a threatening air about it.

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Amberser then cast Laila’s True Illusion on this “Sand Lizard”, cloaking it in a skin so realistic it looked indistinguishable from a real Sand Lizard.

Katherine was also amazed, thinking she would have believed it to be a real Subterranean Sand Lizard if she hadn’t watched Amberser fabricate it right before her eyes.

But as fierce as it seemed, the creature was nothing more than a larger low-level Undead. It would probably fall apart after a couple of good hits with a hammer.

Amberser surveyed it up and down, tweaking various details, and finally said with satisfaction, “For the purpose of deception, this should be enough. Go burrow underground and take a nap, little guy, it’s not your time to shine just yet.”

At Amberser’s command, the Undead Sand Lizard clumsily scraped away the sand on the ground and buried its body within it.

Its speed couldn’t compare to that of a real Sand Lizard, but buried under the sand, it would be hard to detect.

With everything in place, Amberser and Katherine returned to the tavern and submitted the evidence of the Subterranean Sand Lizard’s lair.

The evidence was simple, a damaged scale of a Subterranean Sand Lizard, which was just part of Amberser’s collection.

The scales of these Magic Beasts were a niche Alchemy material, and Amberser happened to have a small stock of them.

The Orcish Bartender couldn’t tell the age of the scales, but after handing them in, it didn’t take long for Amberser to receive a reward of thirty Gold Coins, and the original commission to investigate the cave was reclassified as a Subterranean Sand Lizard extermination mission, with the price raised to a thousand Gold Coins.

Unfortunately, none of the adventurers in the tavern were willing to take the job.

If it turned out to be an adult Subterranean Sand Lizard, that would be of Legendary Rank. Who would take on such a task for just a thousand Gold Coins?

But the client couldn’t possibly pay a Legendary bounty unless the creature actually turned out to be one.

Anyway, as the task remained posted over time, sooner or later someone would be willing to accept it.

Everything progressed exactly as Amberser had planned, so smoothly that he himself could hardly believe it.

After waiting in the city for two days, Harvey appeared in the tavern of Dew City exactly as Amberser had calculated.

Harvey looked much more wretched than Amberser had imagined, with his head wrapped in a yellowing, darkening bandage, and his right hand also in a sling as if he had taken a severe beating.

But Harvey wasn’t alone; he was accompanied by a dark-skinned…

Upon seeing the girl helping Harvey into the tavern, Katherine frowned and said, “She’s a mixed-race of Elf and Orc!”

This dark-skinned girl had the Elven long ears and Orcish fangs, her features were softer than an Orc’s but more robust than an Elf’s, clearly the offspring of both races.

However, the Elf Tribe generally did not mate with other races, and on the rare occasions they did, it was usually with humans, often with good-looking men and women.

A mixed offspring of an Orc and an Elf was usually only possible under dire circumstances. Perhaps a pitiful Elf was kidnapped by Orcs, and then… Only under such circumstances could a mixed-breed child occur.

Which meant that this girl’s existence indicated a tragic tale of an Elf’s fate.

Katherine clenched her fists. As the Elf Queen, the mere thought filled her with immense sorrow.

Amberser consoled her, “Don’t be sad, it might be a mix with a Drow Elf.”

Katherine gave Amberser a stern look. Although she found his comments rather unethical, thinking this way did indeed help her relax somewhat. She wasn’t sure whether to consider him cruel or kind.

But Amberser didn’t have so many other thoughts; Harvey had appeared, and all he was waiting for was the moment of realization, for Harvey to complete his redemption.