Chapter 89: I Really Want to Be a Hands-Off Shopkeeper!

In the evening, outside Wildfire City.

Bullock carts were piled up in disorder, and the sound of wailing and crying came one after another, coming from the cracks in the city wall, attracting people's curious eyes.

The people of the ice field who were busy rebuilding their homes immediately discovered the uninvited guest outside the city wall, so the news was quickly reported to the current backbone of Wildfire City, the City Lord.

When Xu Nan arrived in a hurry, he found that there was no one else here except Viscount Mou Lu and his more than 300 soldiers.

"Didn't you say they have legends?"

Xu Nan looked at Jiang Yuanchi with a puzzled expression, wondering if the senior sister wanted to give herself a surprise?

He checked those soldiers, and there were obvious traces of strong electric current on their bodies.

On this point, Xu Nan is confident that he will not make a mistake in his judgment. After all, he is also a man who has experienced it many times.

Jiang Yuanchi's little face was also filled with bewilderment.

She pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "It may be that their legend has betrayed."

The legend has turned against the water...

Xu Nan's mouth twitched slightly.

Just as he was about to refute Jiang Yuanchi's strange conclusion, suddenly, he saw a dark shadow in the corner of his vision.

He was wary at first, and then relaxed.

"I see……"

Xu Nan easily jumped off the city wall with the help of a small spell.

"Beware of deceit!" Jiang Yuanchi was obviously worried about the enemy's legend, and she followed on the magic carpet.

"It doesn't matter, it should be a misunderstanding."

Xu Nan signaled to the rest that they don't have to follow, and took Jiang Yuanchi to the grove beside the road alone.

Not long after, he really saw the figure who had met once.

Tattoo Samurai Charles!

"Sure enough, you are here."

Charles turned around, his voice unmistakable.

Just as Xu Nan was about to say something, senior sister Jiang beside her had silently opened the portal, ready to run away at any time.

"It's okay, this is my own."

Xu Nan coughed and explained: "This is Mr. Charles, the only surviving legendary warrior of the Sebalon family. We met once in the Double Moon Square before."

"This... is my friend, Ms. Jiang Yuanchi, who is from Stephen Sang. She just came to Wildfire City to help me, and she is not familiar with many things."

Although I don't know exactly what happened between the two of them, but seeing Senior Jiang's guilty look and her previous style of Dianyu, Xu Nan can probably guess that they are close to each other.

So, taking the opportunity of the introduction, he also vaguely wanted to excuse Jiang Yuanchi.

Charles said sullenly: "It turned out to be Stephen Sand's witch, no wonder she was so vicious."

It seems that he is quite prejudiced against Stephen Sand's mage.

Jiang Yuanchi coughed, not daring to beep more.

She could feel the power of Charles. Even though she was already a fourth-tier mage after she left the level, she was still in awe of the existence of the tattooed warrior, who had a natural professional restraint relationship with spellcasters.

As a characteristic of awe, she rarely wears glasses, a sign of importance.

Xu Nan laughed awkwardly and made a few jokes, barely apologizing for the previous misunderstanding.

In fact, he is not familiar with Charles, but he only learned some supplementary information about the Sebalon family from Qin Lele, and after the Shuangyue Square incident ended that day, he had a little communication with Charles. After Liote, he disappeared.

Xu Nan originally thought that he had left Wildfire City, but he didn't expect to kill the carbine again.

"These people can be regarded as a meeting gift."

Charles seems to have not communicated with people for a long time, and he speaks straightforwardly, without any oblique meaning:

"I know that you are the current Lord of Wildfire City, those people from the Ice Field—that is, my compatriots, their fate is in your hands."

"I can feel the extraordinary power in your body, but I still have some doubts in my heart."

Xu Nan nodded, looked at the only surviving old man of the Sebalon family, and said calmly:

"If you have any doubts, you can ask directly."

Charles was silent for a long time before asking the first question:

"Are you a man or a woman?"

Xu Nan almost choked on his own saliva with a puff!

Please, you are a majestic legendary tattoo warrior!

Why gossip like everyone else?

"If privacy is involved, it's okay not to answer this question." Charles added.

"Male." Xu Nan didn't hesitate.

"That's it. There is nothing wrong with my perception." Charles said with emotion: "I have been imprisoned for so long, and after I came out, I heard a lot of rumors about the new city lord. I thought it was a major mistake in my judgment."

Xu Nan and Jiang Yuanchi looked at each other, and both felt that the old man's thinking was very clear.

However, he has big fists, and he obviously came prepared, so the two young people pretended to be smiling and chatted along his topic.

"Second question, are you confident that you will lead my compatriots through the catastrophe of the ice dragon?"

Having said that, Charles' tone became a lot more serious.

Xu Nan frowned: "Have you confirmed that it is the catastrophe of the ice dragon?"

Charles nodded: "In the past few days, I went north to check on the sleeping situation of the giant dragon. It is now sleeping more and more restlessly, and it has shifted from a deep sleep thousands of years ago to a light sleep. He Your consciousness will become more and more active, and your breathing... will become more and more intense."

"The catastrophe of the ice dragon on the ice field is coming, and you may have to face not just one winter... but five or six winters in one breath."

Xu Nan took a deep breath.

If there is no unknown city, he really can't solve this problem!

After all, it was the catastrophe of the ice dragon that had plagued the Northern Continent for an unknown number of years!

It is said that a long time ago, the Northern Continent was not as cold as it is now; it was as warm as spring as the Southern Continent and the Old World—when the gods of Puluo formulated the Spring and Autumn Law, they did not formulate the severe cold relationship according to the dimensions like on the earth. After all, the radiation of the sun is the same as that of rain and dew. What causes the change of seasons is the core law of climate in the general world, not pure sunlight.

So the Northern Continent in the Primordial Era had a climate similar to that of the current Southern Continent, with four seasons, especially spring and autumn with distinct climates.

Until the Kunyu-level frost dragon came across multiple universes.

It is said that the giant dragon named Asgard once fought against the ancient gods, and then retreated completely, but because he was too tired, he fell asleep on the cliff of the plane in the northern continent.

One of his nostrils is facing the general world, and between breaths, it has caused the phenomenon of freezing thousands of miles on the highest mountains and ice sheets.

And his other nostril is facing a certain part of the world of the dead. If it's just the severe cold, then the undead probably don't care, but his breath carries substantial damage, and it can actually hurt the spirit body, so Not even the undead can live in that area.

The existence of Asgard not only caused the unique perennial severe winter climate in the Northern Continent, but also indirectly protected the Alphalia civilization. When the gods attacked the Alphalia civilization, they temporarily chose a truce. For fear of waking up the giant beast.

A Kunyu-level giant dragon is no longer a transcendent existence that can be interpreted by ordinary levels.

Legend has it that only one Kunyu-level giant dragon can appear in 300 million universes—this kind of supreme creature that transcends the ancient dragon, is immortal, and has power stronger than the gods. Even the Arcane Empire At the peak and most inflated moment, those arcanists clamoring to take down the kingdom of heaven did not dare to provoke Asgard.

Such creatures naturally receive widespread attention from the multiverse.

It's just that in the past thousands of years, he slept very deeply, and gradually, people also forgot about it.

Only the powerhouses who care about the northern continent pay attention to the sleeping situation of the frost dragon all the time.

Generally speaking, the sleep of the great ice dragon can be deep or shallow. When it is deep, it breathes lightly and has less cold air. The northern ice sheet may even attract rare summer days; while when it is shallow, it may be snowstorms and dark winters for many years!

The "Calamity of the Ice Dragon" in the legend of the North refers to the time when Asgard was sleeping lightly.

This means that the population of Icelanders is about to drop off a cliff!

Charles was concerned about this, which Xu Nan expected.

He cut straight to the point and said directly:

"I have an underground city with enough energy, as long as they follow my arrangements and carry out reasonable work; I can guarantee that they will have no worries about food and clothing."

"Dungeon?" Charles was still a little worried: "Although I haven't personally experienced the severe cold of the Ice Dragon Calamity, there are many tragic records in history. It's not that the people of the ice field have tried to dig buildings underground..."

"Trust me, Mr. Charles."

Xu Nan smiled slightly: "This will be the most advanced dungeon you've ever seen. We have the best air conditioning system."

"Air conditioning system?" Charles was confused.

Xu Nan coughed: "Why don't you go and have a look?"

Jiang Yuanchi next to him skillfully opened a portal. In the portal, the professionals from Earth were still fresh and frantically exploring the limited area that Xu Nan had opened to them.

Charles thought for a while, and walked in with big strides.

...

A few hours later, in the unknown city.

"To be honest, you amazed me again." Charles stroked the hot metal wall of the power furnace curiously, carefully watched the beating heart of the big devil inside, and said with emotion: "We icelanders are too far behind in civilization." many……"

Xu Nan couldn't say anything, after all, what he said was the truth.

Whether it is the technological civilization of the earth or the magical civilization of the Arcane Empire, compared with the barren and backward ice natives, it is simply like alien technology.

"So you intend to place them here?"

"Is this your plan? To have my countrymen work for you?"

Although Charles didn't understand dungeons, his brain was obviously fine, and he could see the benefits at a glance.

Xu Nan said without changing his expression:

"It's not about working for me, it's just mutual benefit."

"Mutual benefit?" Charles sneered, "How many hours a day do you plan to let them work?"

"I can warn you, if you want to enslave my compatriots like the dungeon master of the dark world, I will not hesitate to take them south, even if they leave this land!"

Xu Nan frowned.

Is this old man bargaining with himself?

As a city lord (capitalist), he certainly hopes that the people in the ice field can work as long as possible!

He originally wanted to try to play the alien version of 996... Being bullied by the old man, Xu Nan could only continue to think about it in his heart.

Charles stared at Xu Nan:

"Why don't you talk?"

"You really are greedy for their labor!"

"Although you saved them, we need to be reminded that we icefield people are not so easy to exploit!"

Xu Nan remained silent.

Charles sat down and stared at Xu Nan viciously:

"I need your assurance."

"You have to treat them kindly. Only in this way can I leave with peace of mind, otherwise I will take them away."

leave? take them?

Xu Nan looked at the old man in surprise.

Charles sighed:

"Mr. Santo, there is no need to cover up the negotiations between us; the Sebalon family has perished, and this place is not a long-term place for me. If there is no accident, I will go to find my son Barnes, as you said He is being hunted down by the God of Day, and I am very worried about his safety."

"But even so, I will still set out on my journey after I settle things here."

"My compatriots, I cannot allow them to be bullied and exploited!"

The pressure at the legendary level slowly passed over.

"I need a clear statement about working hours."

He looked at Xu Nan.

Xu Nan asked tentatively, "Huh? Eight hours a day?"

"What?!"

Charles was stunned for a moment, and then flew into a rage:

"Are you looking down on the hard work of our Iceborne people?"

"At least twelve hours a day!"

This time it was Xu Nan's turn to be dazed.

"I thought you would make my compatriots work twenty hours a day like those dungeon masters in the dark world

When..." Charles said embarrassingly.

"Eight hours a day is definitely too little. We icelanders are a very hardworking race. As long as you give them the opportunity to work hard and get rich, I believe twelve hours is a more reasonable time..."

"After all, it's much better than dying under the Ice Dragon Calamity."

"Okay, now that you have made such a decision, and Stephen Sang endorses you, I am willing to believe that my compatriots can live a better life under your rule than before. This underground city will definitely become a part of the North A bright new star."

"All the things left by the Sebalon family will be handed over to you. I hope you will not waste these materials."

"Finally, if there is news about Barnes, please be sure to contact me."

Having said that, Charles solemnly took out a black rag from his pocket.

That thing is extremely greasy, if it wasn't for Legendary handing it over, Xu Nan really wouldn't have picked it up.

"This is?"

He looked curiously at the rag in his hand.

"This is my skin." Charles said quietly:

"Ignite it, and I can feel it immediately. If there is no accident, I will come back soon."

"Remember, it should only be lit when there is news of Barnes, or when my fellow citizens are in an existential crisis."

"Wildfire City will be handed over to you, Mr. City Master from another world."

In the end, he bowed deeply to Xu Nan, then turned and left gracefully.

"He's a ruthless man."

Jiang Yuanchi looked at the human skin in Xu Nan's hand and made such an evaluation.

Xu Nan nodded sincerely, and sighed a little:

"He is going to find his son."

"I don't know whether Barnes still recognizes this old man after he becomes a rock devil. It's really sad."

"The next time I see this old gentleman again, don't you know when it will be?"

Before he finished speaking, the tall and burly figure appeared in Xu Nan's field of vision again.

"Um."

"Excuse me, how to get to the surface?"

Charles asked a little embarrassedly:

"I just tried several ways, but none of them worked."

...

After Charles and Viscount Molu were settled, the uncertain factors about Wildfire City were reduced by more than half!

In the next few days, Xu Nan took drastic measures and formed the first city hall member of Wildfire City-Anonymous City with the recommendations of the Icefield people and the members of the Taotie God Sect.

The temporary government agency in Wildfire City began to operate officially, and Xu Nan also tasted the taste of power for the first time.

Viscount Mou Lu and his soldiers, Xu Nan sent them back to Tieshan collar intact; after losing the shadow demon, the eldest prince also kept a low profile, and did not reply to Xu Nan again, probably because he was frightened courage.

And Mr. Gerich, who quietly returned to the port of Banduo, although he was reluctant to disclose it, still informed the public that he had ended his engagement with Tumersu, which made many people more curious about Xu Nan.

At the same time, with the help of the vagrants, the news that the new Lord of Wildfire City has the support of Stephen Sand also spread like wildfire.

This made many ambitious people who plotted against Wildfire City restrain their minions.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, at least Stephen Sang did not explicitly stand up against the statement of Wildfire City, which can already explain a lot of things.

Throughout the Eastern Kingdom, more and more people began to pay attention to this border town.

And inside Wildfire City, an unprecedented change is also going on.

With the help of the new city hall, Xu Nan boldly conveyed his political appeal, revenge and ambition to every icelander through speeches and leaflets.

Under the influence of the city lord's super charm, it didn't take long for the Icefield people to accept the decision to move to the unknown city.

Facts have proved that after experiencing the previous incidents, and with the blessing of Stephen Sang's mysterious aura, Xu Nan now has a very high prestige among the Iceborne people.

After almost three full days of speeches, there was no more voice of resistance in the city.

Under Xu Nan's plan, most of the Icelanders will live in the Unknown City near the Zombie Swamp.

A small number of people are still continuing the renovation work of Wildfire City.

For Xu Nan, this is a very important move.

The abandoned Wildfire City will soon become a hub of Unknown City and a fortress of Xu Nan!

Of course, these are things in the future.

For Xu Nan now, the top priority is still to deal with the various problems exposed during the migration.

For example, the most basic thing, the promotion of the household registration system, is proceeding very slowly because of the low literacy rate of the Ice Plains people.

Another example is the allocation of living areas, which also caused quite a lot of riots.

These things are things that Xu Nan, as the city lord, must deal with.

"I really want to be a hands-off shopkeeper!"

In the main hall of the Unknown City, Xu Nan listened to Liu Huo's report, wishing he could grab the ground with his head.

"But Mr. City Lord, aren't you in the state of throwing your hands away as the shopkeeper?"

The silver-haired little Luoli ruthlessly made up the knife.

Xu Nan patted the table expressionlessly:

"You turned off your [Poison Tongue] module for me!"

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