I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 152 - 102: The Red Hat Living in the Castle

Chapter 152: Chapter 102: The Red Hat Living in the Castle

After rummaging around, Gu Shanhai found what he needed and jotted it down planning to leave.

"This old man is really rotten, the data he gave me was not only falsified but also deliberately distorted," Gu Shanhai grumbled as he started a fire.

Murder and arson, murder and arson, once you’ve killed a man, you might as well set a fire too.

"And then there’s Duke Snow Donia, a man of dual faces, just perfect to set him up," Gu Shanhai took not only the data but also letters from two people.

Whether Atilis believes it or not is one thing, but now with this knife in hand, it’s up to him to kill or not. Colluding with a Wizard, initiating a coup, whichever the charge, it could cost Snow Donia his duke position.

Even though most nobles keep quite a few Wizards, Snow Donia was particularly ruthless. A Wizard had emerged from his family, which was of a different nature altogether. Employing a Wizard and having one in your family were two completely different charges.

"It’s a pity, he didn’t have a ledger, otherwise it would be more direct," Gu Shanhai expressed his regret. A Magic Pet Wizard is a Wizard, not an accountant; as long as each received item matched the list’s numbers, there was no need to keep books.

Under the firelight, Gu Shanhai felt refreshed, striking back at his enemies was not a so-called emptiness but a joyous feeling.

"Yo~ Yo~" Little White frolicked beside Gu Shanhai, though not understanding what was making Gu Shanhai happy, it was excited nonetheless.

"Yo, yo deer cry, eating wild apples, tsk~" Gu Shanhai looked at Little White and couldn’t help but remark.

Little White was a bit puzzled, not quite understanding the meaning.

"It means a group of deer chirping ’yo yo,’ leisurely eating Artemisia in the wild. Come on, here’s something," Gu Shanhai said, taking out a potion bottle. It meant there was no Artemisia, but it was time to eat.

Little White didn’t think much and gulped it down cheerfully.

The potion made by Gu Shanhai had various flavors, specifically meant for Little White, taking taste fully into account and not some unpleasant taste, more like the candy and spicy sticks kids love.

"But... Little White, did you see the horse that came with us?"

At that moment, Gu Shanhai realized a serious problem—his horse, previously tethered nearby, was gone.

"There are people out here stealing horses in the wilderness, that’s outrageous, with the noise just now and this thief dares to come close, truly desperate for money," Gu Shanhai fumed.

He had been too focused on his acts of murder and arson before and hadn’t paid attention to this aspect.

"I can’t swallow this; I must find him and give him a beating."

Gu Shanhai was still clear about right and wrong. It was just horse theft, not an attempt on his life. There was no need to beat the person to death, just beat him up severely.

"If only I had placed a hunting mark on the horse, I wonder if an ally tracking would work." Gu Shanhai tried using ally tracking, but the spell only recognized Little White, not the horse anymore.

"Little White, can you smell something?" Gu Shanhai’s senses were sharp but still limited.

On the other hand, Little White’s sense of smell was much stronger than a human’s, at least... it should be stronger than his.

Understanding Gu Shanhai’s intentions, Little White sniffed the air and then signaled to follow; it had found a trace.

"You can really smell it, it’s unbelievable, I thought only dogs had this ability! Oh, seems there’s no ’police deer’ either." Gu Shanhai felt that Little White’s potential seemed overly abundant; he had to delve further into it.

With Little White leading the way, they soon found their own horse but unfortunately, they were one step too late, the horse had been put in a pot.

The culprits were a group of Red Caps, creatures that fell between goblins and dwarves, both mean-hearted and cruel.

Of course, Gu Shanhai recognized this species now, blood-red eyes, sharp claws, long fangs, robust old men with a red cap, wearing iron shoes, and holding a long spear in their left hand.

They always needed to kill, using the blood to stain their red hats. Once the blood on the hats dried up, they would die, hence the name Red Hats.

"Does that mean there’s an abandoned castle nearby?" Gu Shanhai thought although he lost a horse, it seemed like a blessing in disguise.

As Red Hats all lived in abandoned castles where everybody inside was generally slaughtered, leaving no creatures behind.

When they saw Gu Shanhai, the group of Red Hats killed their way towards him with incredible speed, it was astonishing how they managed it, neither their long spears nor their iron shoes were light, and with their less than one-meter stature, they obviously didn’t have the strength to match.

Alone, a commoner might have had a chance to win, but in such numbers, they became a large threat.

"Too bad, your strength is hardly impressive," Gu Shanhai didn’t even move, and under his aura, the approaching Red Hats all died from various injuries.

These creatures indeed had a decent chance of victory against a remote village without Transcendents, but facing someone like Gu Shanhai, a Transcendent of his caliber, it was no different than courting death.

Looking at the dead Red Hats on the ground, casualties of fire, frost, and other causes, Gu Shanhai sighed, "If you were human, I would’ve just given you a beating, but unfortunately, you are not."

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