Chapter 260, Don't Mess with Him
"The wanted criminal is dead. Three hostages and a small chest of silver coins were found on the ship—about a thousand coins in total. The purpose of the transaction is still unclear. There are also two items on the criminal's corpse."
[Light Boots][Scale Armor].
One increases movement speed, and the other enhances magic defense.
Wu Heng nodded but didn't take them. He said directly, "Let's go. We'll send these things to the Guild first and discuss the rest tomorrow."
"Alright."
The dwarf gave a brief command and docked the ship at the pier.
Then, taking a few scantily clad girls and the remaining spoils, they headed toward the Guild.
After arranging everything properly,
Wu Heng took Andviel back to his residence.
......
The night grew deeper.
Opening the door, Minnie immediately came up rubbing her eyes.
"Master, Sister Andviel, you're back!"
Wu Heng pinched her cheek. "You didn't have to wait for us."
"I had nothing else to do, so I waited for you to come back," Minnie said.
Wu Heng picked her up and spun her half a circle, praising, "Good girl!"
"Hehe! I'll go heat up your meal." With that, Minnie ran to the kitchen.
After eating a simple meal,
They went to bed to rest.
......
The next day.
They headed to the Guild.
Just entering the hall, they heard some idle Professionals discussing the matter of the Sharktooth Pirates.
"Lier is dead? Really? Is the news reliable?"
"The Sharktooth gang hasn't come ashore for years. Lier has merfolk blood; no one can catch him at sea. How could he be killed?"
"It's true. The Guild has already verified the corpse. I heard it was Team 3 who killed him."
"That dwarf? He could drown in shallow water. How could he kill Lier?"
The Sharktooth Pirates have been wreaking havoc in the archipelago for many years.
Because of their evil deeds, they are notorious.
They have countless enemies, but no one has been able to kill Lier at sea.
Even now, hearing that he was killed by a small team,
It's really hard to believe.
However, just as they were quietly debating,
Several Guild staff members walked directly to the Guild's bulletin board.
They took down the bounty notice for Lier.
The arguing voices came to an abrupt halt.
"Lier... is really dead?"
......
Wu Heng stood in front of the bulletin board, eavesdropping for a while.
After they left, he went to the office.
Andviel had already been there for a while.
Seeing Wu Heng come in, she smiled and said, "Master, there's nothing much today. You didn't have to come so early."
"Hmm, just came to take a look. If there's nothing, I'll leave later."
Knock knock knock~!
The door was knocked.
The dwarf Orlin opened the door and walked in, followed by two human team members carrying a wooden box.
With a thud, they placed it on the ground.
It seemed that all three had uncontrollable joy on their faces.
It appears that the arrest of the pirates yesterday made him quite happy.
After all, the entire Guild was discussing this matter.
"Thank you for your help last night, Deputy Steward," Orlin thanked again.
"No problem."
Orlin continued, "We carefully counted the spoils last night: a total of 1,200 silver coins, two small boats sold for 420 silver coins. We've calculated half for you and brought it over."
Normally, team spoils are usually divided equally.
When a Deputy Steward or Steward leads the team, they usually take a bigger share separately.
Last night, Wu Heng killed the wanted criminal himself; they cleaned up afterward, so naturally, they had to follow this unspoken rule.
"Alright, have a seat. No need to stand," Wu Heng motioned for them to sit.
Andviel brought tea for the three.
The dwarf stroked his fiery red beard and continued, "The bounty for the wanted criminal hasn't come down yet. I'll bring it to you when it arrives. Also, the two items—we'll give them to you."
Saying that, one of them opened the box. Besides the silver coins, there were also two magical items.
[Light Boots][Scale Armor].
The effects provided by the items are very practical, but worn by pirates, they're already tattered.
He couldn't use them himself, and giving them to Andviel and the others—they would definitely dislike them.
He glanced at them and said, "I can't use them. Whoever among you can use them, divide them among yourselves."
The dwarf thought for a moment, "Then I'll ask around and convert their value for you, and bring it along with the bounty."
"That's fine."
Wu Heng felt that this dwarf was quite considerate.
Moreover, he wasn't as irritable as imagined.
Wu Heng continued to ask, "How are those hostages?"
"Still under investigation. It seems to involve a case of trafficking girls of various races. When there's a result, I'll report to you," the dwarf continued.
"Alright, good."
The group chatted for a while.
The dwarf introduced some local places of interest to him, and then took his people away.
......
Walking out of the door,
The human team member curiously asked, "Captain, since when are you so polite?"
The dwarf turned his head to look at the room they had just left.
He said, "Be more respectful to this one in the future. Don't provoke him."
"Captain, do you have some information?"
The dwarf stroked his beard and said as he walked, "If you don't want to become skeletons, don't ask."
......
Wu Heng put away the silver coins the dwarf had brought.
After sitting for a while, he left with Andviel.
Walking out of the Guild,
Wu Heng headed to the Snake Emblem Consortium, while Andviel went upstairs to find Minnie to see the newly renovated house.
Entering the hall of the Consortium,
The interior was still luxuriously extravagant. The counter area and bulletin boards were crowded with many people.
It seemed that business here was much better than in Rentam City.
He walked directly to a staff member and took out the Consortium's emblem.
The staff became more respectful, "Sir, this way please."
He was led into a private lounge.
Snacks and tea were brought in.
At the same time, a middle-aged man in a suit walked in and bowed slightly, "Sir, how may I assist you?"
"I plan to post a few commissions."
Wearing such a suit, he wasn't the local person in charge like Lecia but a slightly higher-level staff member.
Similar to a lobby manager.
"Sir, what type of commissions do you need? I'll fill them out for you."
"Help me collect advanced skill books for necromancers, and corpses of Professionals above level 15, especially alchemist corpses, and rune master corpses above level 10," Wu Heng said directly.
Hearing about level 15 corpses,
The man's expression froze slightly.
Level 15, a fourth-tier Professional, is a top figure in any faction.
He actually wanted to buy corpses directly.
"Is there any difficulty?" Wu Heng asked.
"It's not particularly difficult, but collecting them might be a bit troublesome. We can't guarantee the time," the man said.
He didn't have too strict requirements on this point.
Wu Heng said directly, "It's okay. You can collect them normally."
"Alright, sir. I'll fill out the commission for you."
The man began to write on the side.
Wu Heng waited.
At this time, he thought of Lecia—a beautiful and intelligent woman.
Occasionally, she would give him some advice.
Soon, the commission was written.
"Sir, you need to pay a deposit of 3,500 silver coins."
The price really skyrocketed.
Wu Heng directly took out the corresponding amount of silver coins and handed them over.
The other party stamped it with the emblem, and the commission took effect.
......
Coming out of the Consortium, the sky was nearing dusk.
Wu Heng returned to the Guild.
Some staff members were walking together and approached.
"Good evening, Deputy Steward."
"Deputy Steward!"
Some people who knew Wu Heng greeted him.
"Good evening!" Wu Heng responded.
After walking a bit further,
He faintly heard voices coming from behind.
"The new Deputy Steward?"
"A human becoming a Deputy Steward at such a young age."
"Yes, so young."
......
Wu Heng entered the hall.
He went directly down the stone steps to the mortuary.
In the cold and empty room, corpses were covered with linen cloth on iron beds.
Two coroners in blue robes were dissecting a corpse.
Seeing Wu Heng come in, they frowned.
Wu Heng spoke first, "I am the Guild's Deputy Steward. Where are the corpses of the Sharktooth Pirates sent yesterday?"
Hearing he was the Deputy Steward, the coroners became respectful, "Over there."
Wu Heng walked over and lifted the first cover, seeing the corpse of the leader, Lier.
"How are these corpses to be handled?" Wu Heng asked.
"The Guild has arranged for the third and fifth teams to cremate them tomorrow at noon."
Wu Heng covered the corpse back and said, "Take out the internal organs of this corpse for me."
The coroners' movements paused.
"Deputy Steward, this doesn't comply with the procedures."