"This is Miss Hedra."
Under the guidance of the tall tiger-headed Orc, a girl wearing a long black dress with dark gold trim appeared. She had beautiful black hair. She held a book in one hand and stretched her other hand. Her white and delicate fingers brushed the chair, and then she sat down.
Since that serial murder case was completed, many Orcs in the neighborhood knew that this girl was the one who helped uncover the murderer, and was also the girl who defeated the Agate Street bully before.
Because she helped with the aftermath, Sylutia visited many Orcs in the neighborhood, generously provided help, and used herbal medicine to cure many Orcs who couldn't afford to get sick. As time went by, her reputation slowly built up in the Orc neighborhood. Sometimes when she encountered problems that were difficult to solve, she would ask this girl for help.
"That's it, Master Hedra." A tall and thin Lizardman came over and explained the situation to the girl.
"Many schools and facilities at Asura District regularly clean exterior walls and roofs, as well as complex large statues and equipment. At this time, the management will contact the fixed "headman" and ask them to find people to do the work. This will be simpler and more trouble-free than directly looking for scattered cleaning personnel. In case of damage or accidents, you can also find the "headman" to solve the problem, so that the person doing the work will not suddenly run away and cannot find anyone."
"Asura District has four "headmen" in total, namely "Fire Pig", "Vertical Eye", "Four Fingers" and "Spider Woman". Under these "headmen", there are also some cadres in charge of different blocks. They will find people to work in their own blocks when there is a shortage of people, and they are also in charge of various small businesses in this area."
"This time Duss accidentally broke the equipment in the classroom while working at School No. 64. In order to not affect the subsequent work, "Four Fingers" has already compensated the school, and then "Four Fingers" asked "Chili Face" who was responsible for Agate Street to make up for the loss."
"Duss has little money and only has a 14-year-old daughter. "Chili Face" wants to sell his daughter to "Spider Woman" in exchange for some money, but Duss refused to give up and said he would definitely pay back the money, but Chili Face didn't believe it and led his men to take his daughter away by force, and then Duss started fighting with them."
"After that, Duss was beaten to death. Other neighbors and friends who had made good friends came over and felt that Chili Face was too much. After that, the two sides became deadlocked."
After listening, Sylutia looked at the unconscious Orc on the bed in front of him, and asked the tall and thin Lizardman beside him.
"How much was the compensation for the instrument he broke?"
"It is said to be 5 gold coins, but we guess it may not actually be that high. "Four Fingers" was very resourceful, and it is estimated that the compensation was only 2-3 gold coins."
Five gold coins? Sylutia thought about it and was ready to pay for it directly, but Lizardman on the side saw her thoughts.
"Master Hedra, you cannot give money directly."
"Why?"
"This is more complicated. You can understand that giving money is a sign of weakness. They will keep looking for trouble, and then you have to keep helping and giving money." He explained the rules of the underground world.
Is it so complicated? Sylutia raised his forehead slightly and thought for a while before speaking.
"Where is "Chili Face" who wants money?"
"He said he would come over in the evening and ask us to prepare the money or Duss daughter."
"Where is Duss's daughter now?"
"Currently hiding in the cellar of Auntie Huru's house."
After listening, Sylutia sat on a chair and thought carefully. Several other Orc gathered in the room also lowered their breathing and voices to avoid disturbing her.
Giving money directly would be considered "cowardly" and surrendering. This is Orc's worldview. With her current status, it is true that she cannot keep giving money, otherwise this kind of kindness will be continuously exploited by people with good intentions, causing her to keep paying.
But how can we settle the matter without giving money?
She can really beat "Chili Face" directly, but it will offend the leader "Four Fingers", who will continue to make trouble for her in the future. However, she is limited by the identity of "Hedra" and cannot reveal too much, and her hands will be tied up. If the situation is really critical and she has to expose additional abilities, leaving a loophole in her identity, the gain will outweigh the losses.
How can she solve this matter and make "Four Fingers" unable to find any reason to continue causing trouble?
At night, "Chili Face" came back with a group of ferocious Orc. It seems that after suffering a loss in the morning, he also found a lot of thugs. No wonder he said that he would wait until the evening to discuss the solution.
"Where is that guy Duss?" Looking at the open space in front of the house, Duss did not come out. Chili Face glanced at the few people standing outside and asked arrogantly.
These people didn't speak, but soon the door of the simple house where Duss lived opened, and a girl in a long skirt walked out. Her long black hair had a golden butterfly hairpin, which complemented the floral decorations of the black skirt. It looked particularly abrupt in the simple environment. It seemed that such a person should not appear here, but should appear in a grand ceremony or a banquet for upper-class dignitaries.
"Who are you?" Chili Face frowned.
Sylutia glanced at the Orcs behind him, and instantly counted out the opponent's situation. There were 11 Orcs in total, including 4 second-level ones and 7 First Orders. No wonder the Orcs in this neighborhood did not dare to confront the opponent head-on.
The leader, Orc, was of short stature, wearing a crocodile leather vest, with rotten yellow teeth, and dark red pigment plaques accumulated on his face, as if he had some strange disease. However, Sylutia could tell at a glance that this was the result of "Blazing Sun" Aspect Power's erosion, which caused skin burns, ulcers, and blood vessel congestion. Even after he recovered, some traces remained.
No wonder it's called "Chili Face". Sure enough, nicknames are not given casually.
"You can call me Hedra." Sylutia took a step forward.
"I heard about Duss, and I hope this matter can be resolved peacefully." Although it meant a peaceful resolution, there was no timidity or weakness on the girl's face.
"A peaceful solution? Haha." Chili Face smiled, a little mockingly.
"You said it would be settled peacefully, that's fine. How are you going to compensate? You can't just say it in vain."
"These are three gold coins. Consider them lent by me to Duss. I will give them to you first." Sylutia opened his palm and revealed three gold coins.
Immediately, three white Flying Bird appeared beside her, each holding a gold coin, Rotation next to her.
Seeing how flexibly she manipulated Flying Bird's spells, Chili Face frowned. "He's still an top student, huh."
"Three gold coins? Okay, hand it over." Hearing him agree so readily, Sylutia knew that "Four Fingers" definitely did not pay as much as 5 gold coins, and it was probably only 2-3 gold coins.
"I can give it to you, but how are you going to compensate Duss who was injured? He is seriously injured now and can't work. What will happen to his life?" Sylutia did not give out the gold coins immediately.
"That's his own problem. Who made him make a mistake?" Chili Face shrugged, looking like it was none of my business.
"He deserves compensation for his mistakes, but you and your men severely injured him, so we can't just let it go." Sylutia shook his head.
"Haha, hahaha." Chili Face looked at Sylutia and suddenly laughed.
"How dare you talk to me like this? Do you know who I am? Don't think that doing well in school is everything. I'm just an apprentice."
"If you insist on getting involved, don't blame me for finding someone to sue the school. If you drop out of school, you will never become Mage for the rest of your life. In the end, you will die like a wild dog on the roadside and no one will care."
"You are just stupid in studying and dare to take care of everything. Haven't you heard that children should not interfere in the world of adults?" After saying that, he laughed again, as if he had seen something particularly funny, and a group of Orc around him also laughed.
Some of them have heard about Hedra, but in their opinion, this girl is a second-level apprentice with slightly better academic performance. She can defeat a down-and-out student, which is not very powerful. The leader "Four Fingers" has hidden "third-level" thugs with deep connections.
"Whether I can be Mage has nothing to do with you, but if you doubt whether I have the ability to intervene, I can show it."
To deal with Orc, it is not feasible to rely solely on words. You must use strong strength to make these guys shut up and be willing to sit down and negotiate.
The three white Flying Birds beside Sylutia dragged long silk threads and rushed towards the group of Orcs. Seeing this, several of the Orcs immediately let out violent roars. The sound waves spread, making other people watching around so scared that their legs collapsed and they sat down.
After that, these Orcs displayed their respective abilities, and some even showed their huge, thick curved corners and crashed into the flying white bird.
Under Sildiya's flexible command, the three white birds avoided the attack and weaved through the crowd. Silk threads were tightened and entangled. One of the orcs tried to pull the bird off with the help of silk threads, but his fingers were soon strangled with sharp threads, leaving blood stains.
I felt that these Flying Bird were too flexible and would be troublesome to deal with. The Orc in front rushed directly towards Sylutia. Their thick fingers were a bit bigger than the girl's head. If they were caught, the result would be bad.
Sylutia held the book and backed away. When the people in front continued to chase, they were strangled by the silk thread hidden in the air. If Sylutia hadn't stopped and used Sharpness's silk thread, these guys would have been cut into pieces on the spot.
"How can this thread be so tough Sharpness?" After one Orc was strangled by the neck, he had to slow down under the stinging pain and did not dare to move randomly anymore.
Abbys Jeliven spent nearly ten years studying and improving from learning "Sobis Magic Thread Manipulation" to striving for excellence and developing it into "Head-Severing Thread" that can kill people at will, and then committed serial murders in Asura District.
Even if a second-level apprentice masters the secret technique "Sobis Magic Thread Manipulation", it would be difficult for him to perform it to such an extent, so the few Orc present were particularly unbelievable.
Although Abbys Jeliven failed to become the real Mage, his research direction was indeed correct. The silk thread construction did not require much Aspect Power power, but as long as the skill was deep enough, the silk thread could be made Sharpness is tough and can exert a lethality that far exceeds that of the same level. This was also realized when Sylutia was studying, so the spell model of "Thread Bird" was constructed.
In the subsequent battle, Sylutia continued to use Flying Bird and silk thread to contain Orc who was present, and subdued them one by one, until finally Chili Face knelt down unwillingly, and his joints and neck were tightly entangled with Sharpness's silk thread, making him unable to move.
After the battle, Sylutia opened his palms, and the three hovering Flying Bird turned into light and shattered, and the gold coins they held also fell in front of Chili Face.
At this time, Chili Face also had to admit that the girl in front of him was indeed different from the ordinary apprentices he had seen.
In Orc's world view, if you can defeat him, you are naturally qualified to make conditions in front of him.
After acknowledging Sylutia's strength, subsequent negotiations became smoother. Chili Face accepted three gold coins and said that he would hire a doctor to examine his injury and save him a month of work.
After getting this result, the matter was settled peacefully, and the neighbors and friends around him breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm going to bring Duss's daughter here." It will be safe now, and there is no need to hide at Auntie Huru's house.
While waiting, Sylutia asked the tall and thin Lizardman beside him.
"Vidley, why did you persuade me to agree just now? I feel like he doesn't know how to hire a good doctor, and the treatment is probably just casual."
"I know, but this result is already very good, Master Hedra." He answered the girl's doubts.
"If you want to help this guy Duss, you can find an additional doctor or medicine in private. This is not a problem, but we must agree openly and let Chili Face find anyone to treat him at will, because this will fulfill his "prestige" and "face"."
"The reason why he can be a cadre and subordinate of "Four Fingers" in Agate Street is his "prestige" and "face." If you make the other party completely unable to step down, you will have a deadly feud with him."
"Let him hire a very good doctor and spend a lot of money to treat Duss. Such behavior will be considered that he has completely lost in this dispute. This "big defeat" is a very dangerous signal. It will destroy his prestige and face various challenges that he is eager to try. His status will be shaken. Once he loses his status, the resentment he has accumulated before will explode, leaving him dead without a burial place."
"So, if you make such a request during the negotiation, he will never agree. The negotiation will definitely collapse in the end, and we cannot kill him or forcibly detain them. This is tantamount to starting a war with the leader "Four Fingers"."
"Solving problems while maintaining face for both parties is the normal state of the underground world. Otherwise, it is a war, because the underground world is maintained by "prestige" and "respect." If you let the other party lose its prestige, you will destroy the foundation of the other party."
"I understand." Sylutia quickly understood the rules.
Seeing how quickly he got to know her, Lizardman on the side couldn't help but sigh. This girl is indeed Mage Alliance's genius student. She is extremely smart and can understand everything.
While the two were talking, Duss's daughter was also brought back. Sylutia saw this 14-year-old girl with cat ears. She was wearing a simple coarse cloth dress with a slightly swaying cat tail behind her back. After seeing Sylutia, she was very grateful, but also a little awed and scared, because she had heard about Sylutia's deeds on the road.
"Sir Hedra." She saluted as respectfully as possible, bending almost at 90 degrees.
"It's okay, just take care of your father during this time."
"Yes, thank you Mr. Hedra." She replied gratefully again.
"What's your name?" Sylutia Looks like she has black cat ears and a tail.
"My name is Milika."
"Okay, Milika, here are 40 silver coins. Use them to buy food and daily necessities during this period. As for your father, I will come over from time to time to check on you."
After taking the bag of silver coins, the girl with black cat ears was extremely grateful. She raised her head, as if to remember the girl's appearance, and nodded solemnly.
After the matter was taken care of, Sylutia felt much more relaxed and happy. However, the biggest gain this time was that she had increased her understanding of Orc's customs and world view. She thought that she could probably write a book about and analyze Orc's culture when she was promoted from the second level to the third level. The day when such a book was completed would be the day she was promoted.
The practice of "Secret Speech" Aspect Power's Law of Three Phases is like this, from memorizing knowledge to mastering, and then from mastering to exploring, analyzing, summarizing, summarizing and creating the world. It represents the reshaping of all past information and uses it to influence the future.
"History is hidden in proverbs, and the past shapes the future."