Broad World

Money is the driving force behind businessmen. The innkeeper's current behavior perfectly reflects this. Since he saw the two big bags of gold coins on the table, his movements more than doubled. In just five minutes, this slightly obese guy wrote a transfer agreement and sent it to Henry along with the title deed.

"Please see, this is the agreement, and this is the title deed. If there are no problems, the hotel will belong to you after signing."

Henry glanced at it briefly, then signed his name on it. After collecting the contract and title deed, he pointed to Bourne who was still lying on the ground. "If this guy accidentally dies, there won't be any trouble, right?"

While counting the gold coins in his pocket happily, the boss replied: "It shouldn't matter. This guy is a scum through and through. He has done almost all bad things like fighting, drinking, blackmailing, and rape. Besides, he doesn't have any family and friends except for a few villains. What, you plan to kill him? I think it's more painful to live than to die now."

"Haha, don't think too much. I just want to use the waste." Henry shook his head with a smile. He suddenly thought of a good idea to deal with the Lich, and planned to use this guy.

The fat boss quickly finished counting the money, then came over and took out two gold coins and put them on the table. "This is the salary of the waitress Geweila, please pass it on to me. She may be frightened today, but she will definitely come to work on time tomorrow."

"You are really an honest and good man. No problem, I will pass it on for you. By the way, do you know if this hotel has a basement, secret passage or something like that?" Henry nodded slightly in agreement, and then began to ask about the structure of the house.

The boss frowned and thought about it for a while and replied: "There is a basement, but the secret passage is not very clear. After all, I took over the "Crane-necked Crane" hotel halfway, and I don't know if there is anything left during the construction. It is said that this hotel has a long history, so it is not surprising to find anything. You must not have heard that there are some treasures before buying it, right?"

Seeing that there were no clues to ask, Henry shook his head helplessly. "Treasure? This is in the city! If there was one, it would have been crowded with adventurers flocking here."

"That's true. Anyway, the hotel is already yours. Even if it's demolished, it doesn't matter to me. If there's nothing else to do, I'll leave first. You have to know that you have to hide so much money quickly, otherwise the shadow thief will come over like a shark smelling blood." After speaking, the boss carefully hid the gold coins in the large cloak, opened the door and walked out.

After watching the fat boss leave, Henry asked Sandy to go out and put up a closed sign. He first healed Bourne who was in a coma. Then tie up the guy and throw it in the basement. Since there was no one else in the hotel, the two split up to check all the walls and floors of the hotel.

Before nightfall, they finally found a hidden secret door in the northwest corner of the first floor. Due to the long time, the door has been completely integrated with the floor tiles, and there is an extremely complicated magic lock on it. Sandy put her hand on it lightly to feel the complicated patterns, and then whispered to Henry: "Master, I'm afraid we can't open this lock without alarming the Lich."

"I understand. This cautious guy actually combined the lock and the warning trap. Whether he used the knocking technique to open the lock or forcefully destroy the door, he would be discovered in an instant. It seems that Bourne, who is locked in the basement, can finally be used. We can let him rush down to consume the trigger spell of the Lich first." Henry showed a sinister expression on his face.

You must know that most high-level spellcasters encounter sudden attacks. They will subconsciously use the fastest speed to put protective magic on themselves. Because they cherish their own lives very much, even Liches with infinite resurrection ability. As long as this wave of all-round three-dimensional defense is exhausted, the two sides in the next battle can only see each other.

In fact, duels between high-level spellcasters are similar to gambling. Both sides are constantly predicting that the other party is about to cast spells, and have given themselves corresponding protection in advance. If either party makes a mistake in judgment or the protection on the body is cracked, it means that half a foot has already stepped into the ranks of losers. certainly. This just refers to ordinary races such as humans, elves, and gnomes.

If fighting special spellcasters like ogre mages and sorcerer giants, be prepared for hand-to-hand combat. These sturdy, powerful guys will let you know what a melee mage is. They can interrupt the opponent's concentration of spellcasting while wielding their weapons, and at the same time they can chant spells to deliver a fatal blow with magic.

According to Henry's idea, first use the third-level spell "Furious Charm" to completely control Bourne, and then add a few protective magic and the sixth-level magic "abnormal dawn" and other positive magic spells. As long as he is allowed to rush in from here, there is a 90% chance that the Lich will mistakenly judge him as a paladin of the temple. At that time, as long as the instant protective magic time is up, I and Sandy can take the opportunity to defeat it.

After hearing the battle plan, the sorceress had a satisfied smile on her face. As a member of the evil camp. It had been a long time since she had personally participated in a sinister and despicable plan, and this wonderful feeling was as addictive as a drug. Shandier even believed that the master had an evil smell in his bones, but he hadn't discovered it yet.

The two did not launch an attack immediately, but after locking the door, they found a clean room on the second floor and planned to rest for the night. Henry needs eight hours to adjust his spells. After all, he must prepare a few more destructive spells to deal with liches. Before going to bed. He pinned Darken's Seth knife to his waist, just to have a few more spell slots.

The next morning, there was a knock on the door and the two quarreled. Henry rubbed his eyes and got up from the bed, then quickly put on Vecna's robe and boots and opened the door. I saw a girl with blond hair and ponytail standing at the door. She looks like the morning sun. Full of youthful and healthy vigor. After looking at each other, the girl shouted in surprise: "Ah! I remember that you were the one who came with that crazy woman yesterday."

"Are you the waitress Gavela who works here?" Henry asked with some uncertainty. Yesterday was so chaotic, he didn't even notice what the waitress looked like.

The girl nodded slightly. "I'm Gavila. Where's the boss here, Grokanna? Why did you come to open the door?"

After learning the identity of the other party, Henry directly took out the land deed, contract and two gold coins. "I have bought the "Crooked Crane" hotel with 5,000 gold coins. In addition, these two gold coins are your salary, and the boss specially asked me to hand them over before he left."

After receiving the money, Gevira asked in surprise, "Damn it! So I'm unemployed?"

"You can also say that. I'm going to tear it down and build a new one. It won't be possible to reopen it within a month at least." Henry doesn't have the heart to run any hotel. He just wanted to get rid of the lich quickly, and then run away with the phylactery and all the treasures.

The girl's eyes lit up and she said with joy, "Heavy cover? That's really great! You must need a female worker who can cook, sweep the floor, wipe the table, and wash dishes. Hire me, one person can serve five people, and the salary is only two gold coins a month."

"Uh... But I don't even know where to hire workers now, maybe it will take a while before I start work." Henry rubbed his forehead and made an excuse casually. He really didn't expect that the girl in front of him would be so persistent for a job.

Hearing that even the workers hadn't been recruited yet, Gavila seemed even happier. "My God! Could it be that the goddess of luck heard my prayers? Thank you! Great Tymora. When I get my salary, I will definitely go to the temple to offer it. Sir, I have a way to recruit fifty strong workers for you. Not only are they not able to work hard, but they only need to pay half of the market salary."

Seeing the expectant eyes of the girl in front of him, Henry could only nod helplessly. "Okay, you go recruit workers and bring them all here tomorrow morning."

"Thank you very much, kind sir. A good person like you will definitely be rewarded." Geweila rushed over and kissed Henry on the cheek fiercely, and then hurriedly ran towards the slum area.

After the girl's back completely disappeared, Henry sighed. It seems that this lich must be completely dealt with today, otherwise it will be troublesome if there are too many people tomorrow. After all, this is on the territory of the Masked Mage Guild, and it would be bad if they noticed it. When they returned to the house, Sandy had already dressed and washed.

The two first locked the door and sealed it completely with spells. When they came to the basement, they used a "violent charm" to completely take over Bourne's thoughts. After a night of recuperation, the guy looked much better. Henry took out a set of magic equipment from the dimension bag for him to wear, and then added a lot of protective magic and divine spells.

Due to the "abnormal dawn", Bourne now exudes strong positive energy all over his body. If you don't use magic detection, it looks like a paladin in the temple at first glance. Henry also stuffed several bottles of holy water into the inside of the armor, and at the same time placed an alchemical explosive inside him.

Fully prepared, Sandyr activated a magic scroll of "Knocking" and opened the secret door to the secret room. This is a tunnel leading underground. Even without using magic detection, Henry can still feel the coldness emanating from the negative energy inside. He nodded at the sorceress, who immediately controlled Bourne to rush in aggressively with the two-handed giant sword "Furious Curse".