She Chooses To Destroy the World

Chapter 69: Fraud art.

In the eyes of Corimo, who was duressed by Alice and had to become a guide seriously, today is a very unfortunate day.

Corimo lived in the east for a long time and had a very regular life. He got up early every day, put cotton in the harness to make it look swollen, then led the horse, drove the gate open, and immediately went to line up. He is a law-abiding citizen and never carries smuggled goods in his parcel. The guards stationed here at the national gate are very familiar with him, and the inspection is only a meaning. At most two serious inspections out of ten times, most of the time they just waved and let him pass.

After passing the country, he waited in an inconspicuous place. He waited until someone who looked like a fat sheep showed up, pretending to be extremely enthusiastic and accosted.

Most people who are going to the east for the first time are not too vigilant. In particular, many people are in a state of blinding their eyes. Seeing an “enthusiastic person” like him, it is inevitable to get hooked.

Coremo pays great attention to skills in talking to people. He offered to help people lead the way, but never provided services for free. The price he proposed would make most people feel that it was a little higher, but it was still within the acceptable range. This form makes him more likely to be believed. The other party only treats him as a hawker and earns some leading money on the way to sell goods. How can I expect that the person in front of him is not a hawker at all, and only relies on the kickbacks from eating black shops.

There are a lot of people like Corimo at the gates of the country, but most dare not provoke knights with weapons. They only pick ordinary travelers and earn a hotel rebate. Coremo claims to be a fraud artist, with sophisticated techniques and boldness, and is by no means comparable to ordinary liars. He specializes in picking people with weapons and introducing them to the “Mage Tower” enchanted with weapons, earning ten times more money than guiding ordinary travelers.

Introducing the Mage Tower is a very skillful thing, which Corimo calls “art”. He first listed the names of the most famous mage towers to the knights, then talked about the well-known mid-level mage towers, and added some very reliable introductions. Generally, the knights did their homework before they came to the east, and the other party listened to him very reliably, and they would slowly relax their vigilance. At this time, Corimo would quietly place his recommended place in a few places. In a mage tower where ordinary people can call it a name.

In this way, even though the knights who came here had never heard what he said, they would probably not be suspicious, and would always follow Corimo to where he wanted to lead them.

The “Mage Tower” that Corimo took the people to was not far from the gate of the country. However, he will always take many detours, making it difficult for people to find it easily. This “Mage Tower” is just a few apprentices who have gone from the real mage tower to find a tower abandoned by the wild mage and strengthen it a little, and then apply a few illusions to make it look as if it is towering into the clouds. It’s done.

Even people who have a little doubt in their hearts will dispel their doubts when they see this decent “Mage Tower”. Eighty percent will pay out and let them enchant weapons or armor here.

How do the few masters who have not graduated know how to enchant, but they put a layer of blue phosphor on the armor to make the armor look a bit like it has been enchanted. The enchanted gems sold are also third-rate goods reprocessed from waste materials. Cheap is really cheap. It may not be activated for half a minute, and the mana inside will be used up.

If anyone takes some of the weapons and armors they have processed on the battlefield, that’s really bad luck. If someone did not die by chance and went back to the east to find them to settle the accounts, they would find that they could not find the specific location of the “Mage Tower”. Even if they found it, the sign at the door had been replaced. People.

Coremo’s hand can basically be called a Bailing Bailing. He has almost never lost his hand. He did not expect that this time he was lame and encountered this red-haired female knight.

These “fraud artists” have a rule that must be followed, that is, they must never provoke the Flamel family. This is not because the Flammel family had any agreement with them, but mainly because the Flammel family’s influence in the east is too great. If they provoke them, it is still a trivial matter to smash their jobs. So when Corey saw Alice’s red hair, his first reaction was to run.

It is a pity that the person he met was Alice.

Alice is indeed young, and a girl, easily despised. But she was trained in the tavern by the old mercenary Master Roma, and had dealt with all three teachers and nine liu, so she was not too unfamiliar with this practice of deceiving artists. In addition, she has always had a good habit of saving money seriously, and she will never hand over the money she saves carefully to others, and it is even less likely to be deceived.

But Master Roma’s money saving tutorial is not just about fraud prevention:

“Such deceptive artists are usually very familiar with the local area and have a very wide network of contacts, but they are usually weak and courageous. If they can see through their tricks and force them to yield with their wrists, then give them a little bit of sweetness, maybe… It really saves a lot of money and time.”

To sum it up in one sentence, Master Roma, who is good at calculating, even if he encounters a liar, he must squeeze all of their last drop of value.

Alice had made up her mind and wanted to find a local to help. Since this guy ran into the door by herself… it was him.

Alice held his horse and took his wallet, nicknamed “Keep it for him”, which made it impossible for him to escape easily. Coremo looked at Alice with a weeping face:

“How can you let me go?”

“Like I said, I need a guide.” Alice said, “Take me to the Frammel Mage Tower. Not only will I let you go, I will also give you a sum of money. But if you don’t like this proposal, I don’t mind taking you back to the country gate again and handing you over to the local lord. I believe there must be a lot of places in the dungeon over there that can be reserved for a guy like you who deceives knights.”

“Since you are from the Flamel family, why bother to embarrass me here?”

“I’m not from the Flamel family.” Alice said calmly. “I just happened to have such red hair.”

Seeing Corimo’s eyes, he obviously didn’t believe Alice’s statement. But Alice didn’t need him to believe it either.

“Okay.” When Corimo realized that at least today he would not be able to run away, he resumed his posture as a businessman. “Since you insist, then I will accompany you for a while. I am a good guide, Fra Mage Mel’s Tower is far from here, you have to go out a little bit more.”

Although Alice was not clear enough about the exact location of the Flamel Mage Tower, she still knew about it.

“No problem.” She agreed happily, “You also have to promise that you will not do anything to deceive me or try to escape during the process of taking me to the Frammel Mage Tower.”

“I promise.”

The two stood on the side of the road and negotiated the price. Alice took out a contract ring from her luggage:

“Since everything has been said, let’s take this stuff with you.”

Coremo saw the thing and jumped back immediately in shock:

“is it necessary?!”

“This is the east,” Alice said. “You also said that everyone who comes to the east will be deceived three times, but it just so happens that I don’t like to be deceived.”

The ring of contract that Alice took out was specially prepared for her by Mrs. Meredith under the sign of the Duchess. When she first got it in her hand, Alice still felt a little fuss about carrying this thing, but now it seems that if there is no such thing, Alice is really not at ease. Alice would feel a little embarrassed if she were to put this thing on the fingers of a common guide, but she didn’t need to be conscientious at all when she met someone like Corey.

Corimo has an advantage in that he can judge the situation. He looked at Alice’s expression and stretched out his hand resignedly.

Of course Alice would not put such an expensive covenant ring directly in his hand. She pulled up his finger, put the ring on his hand, and smiled kindly at him. And Corimo is like a bride in an arranged marriage. Although he actually wants to cry, he still has to squeeze out a reluctant smile:

“The contract is established, you can rest assured now.”

“When I arrive at the Flamel Wizard Tower, the ring will automatically fall off.” Alice said, “I will treat you well during this time.”

This kind of tragedy warning will not bring much comfort to Corimo. Wearing this contract ring means that the record of fraud artists never missed has been completely broken, and his career has encountered a major crisis. His eyes were hollow at this time, and he seemed to have completely lost his vitality.

“Don’t be so depressed.” Alice said, “I’m a good boss, and I won’t treat employees badly. Take me to a tavern, and I’ll buy you a drink.”

On weekdays, whenever a whole day of work is over, Corimo likes to go for a drink. If he runs into a fat sheep one day, he will even generously invite other colleagues in the tavern who are not lucky enough to have a drink. It is an important place for his leisure. Normally he would never bring his “customers” there. He didn’t want to find someone waiting there to block him when he went back to a pub for a drink one day.

But this time he had missed before he even started, and insisting on this…it seems unnecessary.

Coremore took Alice Ribbon to the tavern where he usually goes.

All the people here are Corimo’s old acquaintances, and they greeted him enthusiastically when they saw him coming:

“Hey! Corimo, how is business today?”

Corey waved his hand, a face of prostration.

He walked straight to the bar and sat down, Alice sat next to him, and greeted the bartender by herself:

“Give this guy a glass of his usual drink, and give me a glass of light ale.”

The bartender looked at Corimo and then at Alice, somewhat puzzled. He knew that Corimo had never brought work to this shop, but it seemed too strange to say that a female knight like Alice would have any other relationship with Corimo.

He looked at Corimo and asked tentatively:

“This young lady… is your relative?”

“Ah, no.” Alice smiled, looking very happy. “I’m his new boss.”