I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 117 - 87: This Deer is Not for Sale, Photo Costs 5 Yuan

Chapter 117: Chapter 87: This Deer is Not for Sale, Photo Costs 5 Yuan

Therefore, he naturally charged over on horseback, intending to finish off Gu Shanhai.

Gu Shanhai casually flicked his hand, enhancing the sniper version of the healing "Spirit Blade" with abilities like Master’s Touch, Magic Power Manufacture, Lethal Strike, and Heart of the Arrow, instantly penetrating the opponent’s head.

In the next instant, vitality, flesh, spirit, soul, and other aspects were all extracted and drained by some force turning the person into a dried-up corpse that fell off the horse.

His healing "Spirit Blade" naturally included the effect of a soul baptism, thoroughly draining the opponent and reducing him to fertilizer.

"Compared to a Transcendent being, ordinary people really aren’t worth much," Gu Shanhai remarked disdainfully before feeding everything he gained to the Meditation Tree, hoping to help it reach level 1 sooner.

Gu Shanhai wouldn’t have harmed an ordinary person if they had not come seeking death.

"Isn’t it odd that my healing technique feels somewhat perverted?" Gu Shanhai pondered for a moment but then thought it seemed alright.

He did perform healing, after all; it was just directed at the Meditation Tree.

Thinking from this perspective, Gu Shanhai reassured himself that his healing technique was normal, simply unconventional in its logic—achieving the desired outcome was what mattered.

After he killed the Hired Knight, his horse seemed a bit confused. Having undergone professional training, it naturally stopped.

"And that Lord Coreya, tsk, which big merchant was that again?" Gu Shanhai tried to recall, but no memory came to mind.

A merchant able to afford a Hired Knight definitely wasn’t ordinary.

Although the knight died quickly, his gear was very expensive, including his armor and weapons which required maintenance. To maintain combat efficacy, the knight had to eat well, not to mention the horse consuming even more costly feed—qualities beyond the reach of most merchants. Plus, raising Hired Knights usually meant maintaining more than just one.

"So, retaliation is necessary, and who knows, maybe I could pick up some spoils," Gu Shanhai thought, adhering to his principle of not provoking others unless provoked.

He simply wanted to leave, for everyone to live in peace, but sadly, someone disagreed.

"The main issue isn’t their possessions, but that they provoked me," declared Gu Shanhai, a low-profile man who wasn’t indiscriminately benevolent.

So, he immediately turned his horse around to head back.

"Speaking of which, is it only Coreya’s family that dared to act against me? The ratio seems a bit off," Gu Shanhai mused, looking at Little White lying on the horse’s head. While a young White Deer lying on a horse seemed odd, it was undeniably rare.

"With that rare, how could only one family be tempted, or is it that Lord Coreya has monopolistic power?" Gu ShanhaI pondered this.

"If he really holds such power, then it indeed wouldn’t be wise to kill him openly."

"It’s necessary to make his death mysterious to avoid future complications."

"Otherwise, provoking trouble and then killing, repeating this cycle endlessly will leave no room for maneuvering—just kill and be done with it."

Gu Shanhai found this problematic; he preferred straightforward killing, not only to simplify matters but also possibly to profit from it. Yet, in the Camelot Kingdom, where relationships mattered, if he still wanted to leverage resources from Atilis, he couldn’t go too far with the killings, or else he would be criticized.

This time wasn’t like his last world, where he freely followed the Human God, He Lingyun.

The more people involved, the more he had to consider.

Fortunately, there were many ways for someone to die unnoticed. Gu Shanhai might not claim expertise, but employing a couple of such methods wasn’t too problematic for him.

Take the healing technique, for instance; unleashing it upon an entire family guaranteed their deaths from rapid diseases, possibly from various causes.

"The risk is too low, making it impossible for me to locate them through my sixth sense," Gu Shanhai felt somewhat helpless, thus resorting to Internal Organ Divination.

The Xuanwei Sect’s destiny calculations could work too, but the local divination methods had higher accuracy.

He caught a bird and performed the divination right on horseback. Although the conditions weren’t ideal, he boosted them substantially, confident nothing would go wrong.

In his mind, an image emerged, showing a corpulent, richly dressed middle-aged man jovially conversing with a dark-robed, sinister-looking old man.

The old man had a bat perched on him, a savage wolf lying at his feet, and a venomous snake hidden in his arms.

"A Wizard?" Gu Shanhai quickly located Coreya and observed what he was currently doing.

"This is interesting—but also quite expected, for anyone able to afford Hired Knights would naturally be in touch with Wizards."

He wasn’t sure about the Wizard’s strength, but it probably wasn’t significant.

"If there were no Wizard, it indeed would be tricky; having one means I might not need to get involved."

Handling a Wizard, let a Priest do it.

"I recall there’s a church in the town; I’ll just go and report this."

Once the Priest intervenes, both the Wizard and Coreya would likely face a fiery execution.

Not every Wizard is Merlin Ambrosius; most are rats from the gutter, doing people’s dirty work.

Though it was revenge, Gu Shanhai preferred not to get physically involved if possible, opting instead for indirect methods.

And if the church’s Priest doesn’t act or has been bribed, then we’ll see, and he might still have an opportunity to benefit.

"Now it’s also certain that this Lord Coreya is likely someone’s nobleman; otherwise, the Wizard wouldn’t be chatting so amiably but instead extorting."

"However grandly a merchant operates, he’s just an ordinary person, powerless against Transcendent beings."

"Only with strong backing could a Wizard coexist peacefully with him."

In the eyes of Knights and Priests, Wizards are gutter rats continually pursued and exterminated, but to ordinary people, Wizards symbolize terror—not just because of public sentiment but because these Wizards truly act as such.

Each one arrogant due to their extraordinary powers or backing, allowing them freedom from normal constraints.

"Tsk, such a complicated mess, I hate it the most."

"Now I also need to consider the issue of prophecy, thankfully, I’m fairly adept in that area."

Based on the portrayal, Coreya seemed quite wealthy, hence very likely a major noble’s treasure keeper. If he were to die, an investigation would surely follow; thus, Gu Shanhai had to account for this in his plans.