"What deal?" Seeing that Lanaya's expression was cold but not murderous, the old woman finally gained some courage and asked.

"I can buy you a batch of phantom fruits at double the price..." Lanaya pointed at the corpse of the vendor and said calmly, "but you have to promise me never to tell this matter."

The old woman still had a look of fear on her face. The person in front of her was just a girl in ragged clothes. From the looks of it, she was most likely someone else's slave! There was clearly wet blood spraying out from under her feet, and the air was especially filled with...

The smell of blood, but she didn't change her expression in front of such a shocking corpse!

"You...how did you kill him?"

"You don't seem to need to know." Lanaya glanced at the old woman, walked forward deliberately to block the body, and said: "Don't be so nervous, shouldn't you be happy that someone is willing to pay double the price for your things?"

The old woman's wrinkled mouth was slightly open, and the inside of her mouth was empty and pitch black, with few intact teeth missing. Reason gradually suppressed the boundless fear. If this girl was really a poor person, where could she be?

She had the ability to put this merchant to death, but where did she have the courage to stand here and negotiate a deal with him? The old woman pondered for a long time, then took a deep breath, and the words sounded extremely heavy: "Okay. I promise you.

"

"Deal." Lanaya smiled with satisfaction. She didn't know when a heavy money bag appeared in her hand, and she threw it to the old woman and said, "I hope you won't break your promise. I have already made a note of this place and will visit again if I have the opportunity."

of."

Lanaya followed the instructions on the note and took twenty phantom fruits and put them outside, and put the rest into her storage space. She stepped out of the foggy swamp, and the surrounding scene finally became much clearer. A car

The carriage was parked there far away.

The coachman glanced at Ranaya in confusion and asked, "Why is there a different person?"

"Why, they refused to carry the passengers when someone else changed them?" Lanaya put all the phantom fruits into the car and said to the coachman: "How much more do I need to pay?"

"No, it's getting dark. Get in the car."

…

It was already dark, and in front of the high gate, Angus was taking a nap, yawning from time to time, and squinting his eyes to look outside. "It's so late, Xiao Qi probably won't come back..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves gradually sounded from a distance. Angus immediately became very energetic, and even the surrounding guards including him became nervous.

What if Xiao Qi is really back?

The carriage stopped at the door, and a figure stepped out of the carriage. Without saying a word, he began to move the things in the carriage to the ground one by one. Halfway through, Angus looked shocked and ran up.

Asked: "Xiao Qi, what are you doing when you come back?"

"Why...why can't I come back?" Lanaya looked up and was confused.

Angus thought of what Steve had said and became increasingly anxious, "Aren't you... the sister of the deputy commander!"

Lanaya thought for a moment and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"If he finds you here, we will all be doomed!" Angus lowered his voice and pushed Lanaya out, "You should leave quickly. I am very sorry for what happened before!"

Angus knew the identity of Lanaya's deputy commander's sister, and his attitude towards her was much more respectful than before.

"No, don't drive me away, just listen to me." Lanaya took a few steps back, pointed to the inside of the carriage, motioned for Angus to enter, and winked at Angus mischievously.

Angus hesitated for a moment and then did it.

After the two of them got into the car, Lanaya opened the car curtain a little, looked out, then closed it, and whispered: "I want to tell you a secret."

Angus found it difficult to accept Lanaya's identity for a while. The aloofness he felt at the beginning had disappeared, and now there was only awe. "Say."

"Actually, I don't want to stay in the army at all. I think you are very good to me. The reward you give me is two or three times the military salary, and you don't ask me like you ask a soldier."

Angus's heart was actually a little shaken. He has never met a girl who said "you are very good to me" to him in his life...

"Let me stay, as long as I don't get discovered by my brother? I can hide and I won't hurt you." Lanaya lowered her head and begged.

"I don't want you to leave either, but Steve..." Angus was so angry that he almost cursed the turtle grandson. He thought that there were a lot of guards outside, and he didn't know if he would complain to Steve later...

He coughed lightly and changed his words: "If you are discovered by Steve, you will be kicked out by him."

"Don't worry, it's my honor to help you. I won't be discovered by Steve! But if he finds me, I will leave this place immediately."

Angus hesitated until Lanaya took the lead. She got up, jumped out of the car, and continued to move the goods on the car to the ground. In today's society, there are too many hypocritical people, but Lanaya

Use actions to prove your determination to stay and do things. There are not many good girls like her left!

Perhaps influenced by Lanaya, Angus raised his lips slightly and started to help her move the goods. After all the things were moved to the ground, the carriage drove away. Angus said to Lanaya: "Xiao Qi

, be careful yourself. It’s already so late, you go and have a rest, I’ll move these things myself.”

After Lanaya left, Angus moved all the goods back to his house. Steve was probably resting at this point, so he planned to send these goods to his studio the next day.

Through the window, Angus saw the darkness in the thatched house where Lanaya was located from a distance, and sighed that this girl was so obedient... A strange feeling gradually arose in his heart. This feeling was very complicated, among which

Mixed with peace of mind and emotion, perhaps it was this feeling that made him reluctant to let Xiao Qi leave his side.

As soon as dawn broke in the sky, Angus got a cart and loaded all the goods on it. Steve is a lunatic with a work and rest schedule that is even more abnormal than that of the most genius scientists. By this time, he had already finished his morning tea and started planning for the day.

's work.

"Come in." A voice came from inside the door. Steve's voice always sounded strange, even if he used the most normal voice.

Angus pushed the door open and walked in, neatly stacking the goods at the designated place by the wall. He looked up and glanced inside the room. Owen had arrived at some point. He was sitting next to Steve's chair, hunched over the desk and recording.

what.

"What's going on with you?" Steve heard the movement behind him and turned around quickly and asked nervously.

"Sorry, it's a bit late over there. It was only delivered here early this morning."

"No, you didn't understand what I meant." Steve walked towards Angus and his eyes fell on the bags of purple phosphorus powder and neatly stacked phantom fruits on the ground, as if he was checking whether they had quality problems.

Then, he raised his head, stared at Angus and said, "I'm asking, who sent it here?"

"It's my maid, sir." Angus said, "But don't worry, I will let her leave immediately."

Steve stared at Angus for a long time, then returned to the table, took out a note and handed it to him, saying: "After you get these back today, go and call Luke, Simon and Chris over.

I am developing a new type of ammunition and need your help."

"Yes." Angus agreed and exited the room.

Steve nodded, his expression seemed to be thinking about something. He walked behind Owen, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "You five are the people I trust most now, and I have nothing else to ask for.

I'm very happy that you can stay here and work for me. As the saying goes, it's better to be inactive than in vain. I have also hired many workers or guards over the years, but they all left midway."

Owen was slapped like this, and the pen in his hand stopped for a moment. It was difficult to pick up his thoughts after being interrupted. At this moment, he forgot what step he had just taken in the recording, but he did not dare to tell Steve directly.

"Master, I..."

"You are the only one who has been taught so much ammunition knowledge by me. None of the four of them are as lucky as you. It doesn't mean anything when I say this. I have a premonition that bad luck is about to befall me. I just hope that I will

From that day on, you can take my place and continue to contribute to the legion with this knowledge."

Owen's heart suddenly felt like a stone weighing a thousand pounds was hanging on it, and he was so heavy that he couldn't breathe.

…

Steve is not the only one who can get up so early. In an inconspicuous hut in this area, Ranaya is huddled in a dark corner, placing some fragmented metal blocks on the ground, carefully

She estimated that if she spent so much time carving the magic circle every day, this great guide would be born in more than two months.

There was a knock on the door, and Angus's voice came from outside the house: "Xiaoqi, it's time to work."

Lanaya responded, put away the debris on the ground, extinguished the light on the amethyst ring, and then rubbed it upward with her fingertips, and the entire amethyst ring disappeared. Xiao Zi, who had been napping next to her, was also there

At the same time, he disappeared and followed behind her.

"What are you going to do today?"

Angus's attitude was more kind than before. He took out a note and said: "I won't follow you today. You go to the same place as yesterday and bring these things back. I have already agreed with that person

, the money will be paid to him together next month."

"But..." Lanaya looked hesitant, "I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you yesterday, that person... was attacked by a ferocious beast on the way back. When I passed by, he had already...

…”

"What?" Angus opened his eyes wide.

Lanaya further confirmed her suspicion that this merchant was definitely in the same group with them! If he was just an ordinary merchant, why would Angus be so surprised by the death of a merchant? Besides, he owed the merchant
Chapter completed!