This lich needs more money

The undead generally will not accept the refuge of living people, because for most undead, living people are food or experimental materials.

Among the undead creatures, vampires are the only strange species that fall in love with their own food, which is why vampires do not have a good relationship with other undead.

Just like it is difficult for normal people to accept the behavior of marrying a roast chicken. Generally speaking, I respect your xp, but please stay away from me.

And mortals who are friendly with vampires will either become vampires or be burned to death as vampires.

Most interracial relationships on this continent don't end well.

Even true love is so miserable, let alone the relationship between superiors and subordinates. Liches often enslave humans, or necromancers contract with lichs.

Amberxiu didn't have this idea. After opening up the path of alien skeletons, his demand for human corpses was greatly reduced. The technology of artificial souls completely replaced the uncontrollable human souls, so Amberxiu did not need to breed humans to serve as slaves. Guinea pig.

What he needs is money.

It is impossible for mortals to take refuge in evil creatures like lich, but the Alchemy City is facing an economic crisis that has not been seen in a century. A large number of free people have fled because the lords have increased taxes. Amberxiu is ready to take this opportunity to recruit some mortals.

It's easy to make money by doing business without collecting taxes. The poorest lord in Alchemy City is richer than Amber Xiu.

Behind Amberxiu's castle is a large area of ​​fertile land, which can be cultivated to feed three to five thousand people.

This is a one-shot deal between the Alchemist Council and Amber Xiu. Two potion formulas are exchanged for permanent ownership of the land, which is permanently tax-free, but cannot be passed down or given away. If Amberxiu's ashes were thrown away by a paladin and his phylactery was smashed one day, this land would be automatically taken back.

Just the tax exemption can save Amber Xiu a lot of costs. Other lords charge 80% of the tax, but he can charge 60%.

Rules are meant to be broken. It feels good to hurt people with your rules for a while, and you will always feel good if you keep hurting people with your rules. The main blame is the economic crisis. All living people have become subjects of the lich.

After Raoul was tortured morally by Amber Xiu, he finally confirmed that he had met the Ming Master whom he had never seen in eternity. The Lich Master actually only charges 60% of the tax. What kind of good person is this?

If this news spreads, I am afraid that tens of thousands of free people will flood into the territory of this lich master, and those human lords will probably form an army to attack this merciful lich master.

In Raul's fantasy, Ambrose sat at the negotiation table and said in a deep voice to the noble lords: Humans, please be kind to your fellow humans.

For this compassion, Raul was even more convinced that he had misunderstood Amberxiu. With an attitude of atonement and repentance, Raul is ready to do his best to help Amberxiu recruit other freedmen who fled.

Only Isabel always felt that something was wrong, and the brother and sister seemed to have completely fallen into the trap designed by the lich.

But something didn't seem right. It was just an accident that the two brothers and sister broke into this lich territory. No matter how powerful the lich was, they would never use prophecy on just two mortals.

Isabel never thought that there would be a lich who was short of money, because he could obviously rob it.

It’s not surprising that lichs go to human lords to steal money and people. There was once a lich that hated humans and used an enhanced version of the poisonous cloud technique, which infected millions of people and died of plague.

It would be strange if evil creatures did not attack humans.

Because of this, Isabel felt strange no matter how she thought about it, thinking that Amberxiu must be hiding something, but this was not a problem that a mere alchemy apprentice could figure out.

After about another day, Raul came back, and this time he came back with ten living people.

When they saw Amber Xiu, their legs were so frightened that they became weak, and several of them turned around and ran away.

Fortunately, Raul controlled the alien skeleton and stopped them. Some people yelled at Raul, a traitor who worked for the lich, and some cried bitterly and said that there was an eighty-year-old mother with an eight-year-old child begging to be spared.

At this time, Amberxiu's foresight was revealed. He poured the tranquilizing potion into them, and the screams that were comparable to ghouls singing opera quickly disappeared.

Calmness is the prerequisite for communication. Only then did Raul throw out the bombshell of Amber's 60% tax bill, which indeed deceived these people.

Only 60% of the tax is collected. Is this Lord Lich an angel in disguise?

You must know that before the tax increase, they had to pay 80%. Now it has been increased to 90%, and they have to collect taxes two years in advance.

Because of this, they couldn't bear it and chose to run away.

But those who could run away could not escape home. All the property left by these escaped free people in the territory would definitely be taken away by the lord.

Faced with the choice of selling themselves into slavery and losing their property, or simply losing their property, most of them actually had no choice.

And once everything is lost, even free people with skills are likely to starve to death, because this tax increase is not just a lord seeking death, but all the vassals of the Alchemist Council are affected, and they don't even know where to run. run.

Now, it seems they have a new option.

Taking refuge in a lich, before they even think about it for half a second, it is disrespectful to their own race. But now it's almost impossible to save your life. Go to hell with your race and follow the Lich Master to have meat to eat.

After receiving Ambrose's assurance and seeing the environment around the castle, these escaped free people decided to join Ambrose and become his subjects.

Amberxiu knew that his plan was more than half successful. These ten people would soon help him create the persona of a benevolent lich master and attract more free people to join him.

Amberxiu appointed Isabel as the head maid and arranged for these people to temporarily live in the castle.

And Amber Xiu had to temporarily put aside his undead experiments and go to the real alchemy city to make purchases. The freedmen could not all live in Ambershoe's castle. They had to find a place to build new houses, cultivate fields, and raise livestock.

But when they fled, they could only carry a small dagger and a little change with them. It was impossible for them to run away with their house, so they were completely destitute and needed Amber Xiu to prepare everything for them.

Of course, it's not free, it's for rent.

Whether it is tools, seeds, or livestock, there is a custom of leasing, and the rent depends on the mood of the lord. A benevolent lord will lower the interest rate to attract new free people to join, while a cruel lord will increase the interest rate. It is best to let the tenant farmers sell their children and daughters, and turn from free people into slaves.

It is impossible to say who is right or wrong in these operations. Some benevolent lords may have their entire families killed by their subjects, and cruel lords may not necessarily be unable to die.

This is a world where fists are as big as principles.

Amber Xiu has too many things to buy, and the unit price is not high. If he chooses to send them by express delivery, he will lose a lot of freight. It is more cost-effective to order them directly at his door and spend some time renting a carriage to send them back.

However, if you want to go to the Alchemy City, you need to change your image, otherwise you will easily get into unnecessary trouble.

Amber Xiu stood in front of a huge mirror and cast a transformation spell on himself.

Amber Xiu changed from the appearance of a terrifying skeleton into a handsome young man with black hair and black eyes.

This is exactly what he looked like before time travel.