“I need to know what exactly these chivalrous bounty hunters have done and how they were framed,” Milo said.
“Actually, the upper class knew full well that those bounty hunters were truly chivalrous.” Melgor said with a laugh, “At that time, many children dreamed of growing up to be chivalrous heroes like them. Some of them made shoddy crossbows out of wood for themselves and tied them on their arms.”
“Did you try that as well?” Milo asked.
“Yes,” Melgor said.
“Why would you tie a crossbow on your arm? To shoot frogs?” Milo snapped.
Melgor was speechless.
Melgor said with a dark expression, “You came to me asking for books with a special significance, and I’ve even taken out my scrapbook of love letters for you, yet you’re talking to me with that attitude? Do you think people show their love letters to others so easily? I’ve already shown it to you, yet here you are grumbling about it!”
“Alright, alright, continue with what you were saying,” Milo said, “You tied a crossbow on your arm, everyone admired them very much, and then?”
“And then, the bounty hunters raided an archmage’s clan in the secular world in the dark of the night.” Melgor said, “Actually, the common folk don’t know about this. If my family weren’t a reputable clan in Ghent City back then, I wouldn’t have known about it either.”
“Raided a sorcerer clan? They actually dared to do that?” Milo asked curiously, “Didn’t the sorcerer clan put up a fight?”
“No, how could the House of Voss have expected that anyone would dare to attack them? You have to know that even if the Voss family weren’t in the top five clans in the Kingdom of Sorcerers at that time, they were still among the ten most powerful clans. They were a true behemoth,” Melgor said.
“So how much money did the bounty hunters steal?” Milo asked, “Was it so much that the sorcerers needed to tarnish the bounty hunters’ reputation like this?”
“Money isn’t important to those sorcerer clans since they have plenty of it.” Melgor said, “Moreover, it isn’t easy to carry off valuables like gold. They stole 21 Eyes of True Sight, including a gold one.”
“Such a big heist?” Milo gasped.
He could even imagine how furious the Voss family must have been. “However, 21 Eyes of True Sight would mean that they had to deal with 21 sorcerers. How did they pull it off? Were there any powerful individuals among those bounty hunters?”
“No, they didn’t take the sorcerers head on.” Melgor shook his head. “Rumor has it that someone infiltrated their servant ranks for two years and found an opportunity to lace the food at a clan gathering. Hundreds of people were poisoned to death in that incident.”
“I think they weren’t there just for the stones. There was probably immense hatred between them as well.” Milo frowned. “Is the Voss family still around now?”
“Yes, a large clan like them has many members. For example, the House of Tudor probably has several thousand members. The current monarch of the Tudor family has 71 children. As for the Voss family, the clan authority no longer rests with the main household. During an internal power struggle, one of the ancillary branches inherited all that authority.”
“Was that why the Magi could no longer tolerate the bounty hunters and started to exterminate them?”
Melgor nodded. “Mhm, but they were unsuccessful even after many attempts. Those bounty hunters are really good at hiding their tracks. They blend in among the residents, so you don’t even know who’s a bounty hunter.”
Melgor shrugged and added, “And when they gained their reputation for being unkillable even by the gods, the Magi started slandering them, causing them to lose their reputation.”
Melgor continued, “From then on, the residents no longer trusted them. Some of the bounty hunters were betrayed by the people while others went even deeper into hiding. In more recent years, there’s occasional activity from the bounty hunters, but it’s rare. If you hadn’t mentioned it, I‘d have even thought they had ceased to exist.”
“The residents are way too gullible.” Milo sighed.
But after hearing what favonovel.com said, Milo’s impression of that young sorceress and the organization backing favonovel.com changed.
It was not that favonovel.com admired their attitude, but that favonovel.com would have to be careful of being poisoned in the future!
If that sorceress were unrelated to Albert, favonovel.com would have offended favonovel.com deeply last night. He really was not afraid of getting in a fight, but favonovel.com did not know whether favonovel.com could survive being poisoned. After all, some types of poison were so lethal that just five grams would be enough to kill a person!
***
In the morning, the sheeple returned to the Sorcerer’s Tower and resumed their role as Melgor’s servants after just one night of rest.
Milo initially thought the sons of such influential families would rest for a few more days before coming back. Actually, Melgor would not mind taking a few more days of rest either. After all, everyone was exhausted.
This time, the two servants came back together with the heads of their respective clans, Dave’s father and Benjamin’s father.
Milo gave a half-smile to the two servants in the main hall of the Sorcerer’s Tower. After they came in, the fathers of Dave and Benjamin realized their sons did not pay respects to Lord Melgor first but ran over to greet this unfamiliar young man instead.
The heads of the Gurion and Tarahu clans looked at each other, unsure of what was going on. However, the two of them could not be rude.
After entering the Sorcerer’s Tower, they went over to Melgor and knelt on one knee. “Your Excellency Lord Melgor, how have you been? Please forgive us for not coming by immediately yesterday. We thought you also needed some time to rest and reorganize.”
Although Melgor was a sweet idiot in private, favonovel.com still held his composure when facing outsiders. “Mhm, you may rise. You two are rather considerate, but I wonder, what’s the purpose of your visit today?”
When the heads of the Gurion and Tarahu clans got up, the head of the Gurion clan said, “I heard from my son that Lord Melgor intends to head to Ghent City soon and will be assisting favonovel.com in buying an Eye of True Sight?”
Melgor nodded. “Yes, that’s what I plan. Dave and Benjamin have worked hard and performed outstandingly for the past two years. I was moved by their drive, so I decided to grant their wishes as soon as possible.”
Dave and Benjamin looked over with gratitude. Just as they had said, there was also rivalry within their own clans, so they needed to maintain their competitiveness in the face of their siblings’ jealousy.
Now that Melgor was heaping praise on them, it would help push their standing a little more.
However, Milo nearly laughed out loud.
What outstanding performance?
Did they eat more grass than other sheep?!
But favonovel.com definitely would not say that at this time. After all, it would directly affect the two servants’ personal interests.
Dave and Benjamin were most worried that Milo would start spouting nonsense at this moment. Fortunately, they were able to put their minds at ease when they observed his expression and realized that favonovel.com didn’t intend to spoil their party.
The head of the Gurion clan said, “To express our gratitude for Lord Melgor, our clans are willing to pay in advance 5,000 gold coins each as a reward. If the purchase of the Eye of True Sight does not work out, we won’t ask for a refund either. This is to show our sincerity. However, we hope that Lord Melgor can set off as soon as possible..”
