Absens watched Yolande's exhausted appearance and couldn't help saying, "Go get some rest. Leave this to us."
After staying awake for two days and one night, Yolande truly felt tired. The work here was not difficult, so he said, "All right, I'll leave this to you. I'm going to rest for a while."
Yolande turned back to look at his sixty-eight brothers and said, "I'm logging off to rest first. I'll be back soon."
"Go on, go on," Ens said.
The dozens of brothers also urged Yolande to log off quickly. Yolande felt warm inside. He knew that no matter what happened, these brothers would always have his back.
A flash of light passed, and Yolande flew back to Sky City. Absens and Ens exchanged a glance, then each returned to his post.
"Brother, please have mercy and let us through. I only make thirty gold coins per trip. I'll give you all ten of these—please, just let us pass," a player said dejectedly to Absens, who had just returned.
"Go ahead." Absens naturally put the money into his backpack and gestured for the player to lead his caravan through.
This player was Tian Feng. He was stunned at first, but his gloomy expression immediately turned to delight. Excitedly, he said, "Thank you, thank you so much."
As the two accepted money, the other sixty-six players under their command also began secretly taking silver coins. All sixty-eight men occupied checkpoints, and every caravan passing through had to pay them.
The merchants who had originally been lined up in long queues all cleared the checkpoint in just half a night. Lu Yang watched with a smile and said, "Very good. That's another one taken care of."
Tu Feng said, "Sure enough, nobody can resist money."
Lu Yang said, "Yolande might be