Gift
The Black Wizards' shameless habit of bullying the weak and fearing the strong was absolutely mind-boggling. The Wizards around Somalia had upgraded their worldview with a new update package, installing a Li Bai patch, all so no fool would provoke this Great Demon again.
Old Hei, the town mayor, would swear that if Doctor Li really were as terrifying as the Black Wizards claimed, he wouldn't bother reasoning with him. He wouldn't have paid him a fee for his services (a bribe), let alone done so many other things for him.
Aside from the tavern, which had created plenty of local jobs and boosted the town's economy, the only school within a twenty-li radius had been built and was still funded by Li Bai.
Even though the school's teachers, the Martins, were volunteers with an international charity, they still needed a basic salary to cover food and other necessities. Add the school's daily expenses and teaching supplies, and it all came to a considerable sum of actual money.
If he were truly a vicious brute feared even by the Black Wizards, why would he do things the Black Wizards couldn't do and wouldn't even deign to do?
After decisively cutting off his call with Sali, the Wizard of the Papagana Tribe, Li Bai said to Old Hei, with complete seriousness, "Mayor, that's a rumor. Utter nonsense!"
"Yes, yes!"
The more the mayor thought about it, the more anxious he became.
After all, Wizards had deep-rooted prestige and status in Africa. It wasn't something a few words could erase.
Even the Black Wizards were terrified, and the other Wizards were willing to acknowledge Li Bai's power. Had he gotten a little too full of himself?
At that thought, even Old Hei grew increasingly apprehensive. He remembered all the money he