Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 782: Section 530: Winter Campaign (Part 2)

Chapter 782: Section 530: Winter Campaign (Part 2)

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Ails immediately begged for mercy, genuinely a qualified flatterer.

"Alright, alright, if you don’t want it, we’ll leave it," Malin consoled him and then asked Ails if he could deal with the scene, "Hey, big chin, can you gather up the Chaos souls that died on the battlefield?"

·Absolutely no problem, leave it to me, I will definitely be the most professional soul handler you can find.

Ails said the souls of the Chaos warriors were each twisted, not to mention belonging to Lord Nagoth, but as they say, something is better than nothing. After that declaration, Ails pulled a bunch of souls, releasing the human souls on the spot and then produced a batch of Gold Coins right there. In his words, these Gold Coins were of suspect quality, which even a devil might not want, only the least picky demons might have a use for them.

But so long as there was a demand, that was all that was needed. Everyone could get what they needed and have a happy transaction.

I guess that’s fine, Malin told him that if he could swap some ores from the demons, that would be great too. If the other party dared to welch on the deal afterward, no problem, he’d have Nameless and the Terror go wreck the place. Now that Malin also had some clout, he could join in the fun and lay the foundation for his future of trashing such establishments.

Ails said no problem and added that now he just had to mention he was working for Malin Gaiate, and at least half the demons would act very honestly, the other half would also try their hardest to appear very honest—the story of Malin’s previous battle had already spread. A legendary Mortal wielding two artifacts who cut down one unfortunate chosen champion of a god; this tale was currently in wide circulation.

There’s no helping it, news about such divinely blessed brutes tends to spread fast. After all, in this Multiverse, the distance between high-end powers can be considered both far and close; one might bump into them any day.

Moreover, there are also accounts of Malin from alternate timelines as versions of the Evil God and the Mechanical Deity. Although these two don’t seem related to Malin, who would dare to bet they truly aren’t? If they turned out to be related...let’s not even mention the Evil God version of Malin, just the Mechanical Deity is trouble enough for everyone to handle.

So, to not accidentally kick an iron plate, everyone was very attentive to such news.

And after hearing that Malin could fight so well and was so favored, the prominent demons had no intention of playing tricks in front of Ails, fearing they might inadvertently attract Malin’s attention. As for the single ones, Ails was not about to do business with those wastes; what trash could they possibly have in their possession?

Besides, those wastes were not even worth Ails’s effort to kill, so being in a seller’s market, Ails was having a very good time lately.

Malin entrusted Ails with the task and told him that he would have an opportunity to come and harvest Chaos souls when possible.

This, of course, made Ails very happy, and he also very subtly informed Malin that he should have been called to take down that champion of Nagoth a few days ago—he was a bit reluctant to deal with the champion of Terror since Malin is his favorite, and besides, what if one day the champion took offense to what Ails did and came at him with an ax? Ails didn’t think his frail body could survive that.

That’s a life-threatening move; if he couldn’t handle it, he’d really be chopped up like firewood.

But Nagoth was different, ah yes, his plagues and other nonsense were effective against the living, but Ails was a very resilient Undead, and as he puts it, not taking advantage of a bargain is foolish.

So, Malin nodded, indicating that he would certainly give him a chance at a champion’s Golden Cake.

When Ails was about to leave, he asked Malin a question, "Sir, I see you’ve been at the forefront of battling Chaos, and I know you’re guarding this world, but is all this effort really necessary? To you, is this world really that important? You know you can leave anytime, for a legendary being as strong as you, countless worlds would welcome your arrival."

Malin, who was about to leave with a few youngsters, turned around with a smile at this new big shot from the Realm of the Undead and replied with a classic line from a certain movie, "Nothing, everything."

Ails was silent for a moment before nodding as if in acknowledgment.

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·I understand your feelings now.

He replied this way and at the same time opened his teleportation channel.

Malin nodded, watched the man leave, then got onto his motorcycle, preparing to depart.

The hesitation of the captain caught Malin’s attention once more, "Captain, do you have any other questions?"

"Who was that undead just now? I need to write a report, and I can’t just write about your friend without knowing anything."

"No problem, just write his name as Ails. He’s an old friend of mine, and the Lord of Justice is well aware of him."

"Oh, I see!" The moment the Lord of Justice was mentioned, the captain’s hesitation vanished— everyone knew that Malin was the favored one of the Lord of Justice, but the captain certainly wouldn’t let Malin talk nonsense.

Since he had his endorsement, the captain had no more worries, and after Malin had Salis confirm that there were no more Chaos troops in the nearby area, he took the young man and hurried towards Copenhagen.

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On the very same night, His Majesty Manheim received a report from the military that confirmed Malin had an acquaintance from the Realm of the Undead, known by the name or codename Ails. This undead had also been recognized by the Church of Justice, a bishop was present during communication with the Lord of Justice, who was heard speaking of Ails in a tone of admiration.

The whole sentence was—"Ails, I know him, an old friend of that boy Malin, a rather interesting skeletal Lich, already at a legendary tier. As long as no hostility is shown towards him, he should be harmless, at least in this world."

With these words, the military had nothing more to say, and according to other Church representatives present, this Lich indeed reaped souls but spared the souls of human soldiers, while turning Chaos souls into Soul Coins—what a good deed indeed.

Therefore, the military felt there was no issue, but since the king had the right to be informed, they included this matter in the report.

"Look at this, a skeletal Lich from the Realm of the Undead, legendary, a friend of our Malin. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a fearsome divine champion as a friend," Manheim said with a loud laugh to his subjects.

"You really are joking, Captain. How could Malin possibly have that kind of friend?" Everyone was laughing, including the old head of the Hagelberrys.

"Indeed. Nonetheless, tell the soldiers at the frontline, if they see a Lich claiming to be Ails, they should let him take away the Chaos souls. But remember to watch out if he tries to steal the souls of our soldiers behind Malin’s back," Manheim eventually issued this somewhat absurd command. However, at this time, as long as the Chaos souls were taken away, they could not be revived in Subspace, so as long as this skeletal Lich named Ails played by the rules, Manheim would not mind its presence.

An enemy’s enemy, even if not a friend, should at least not become an enemy.

The military representative immediately agreed with his king’s command, stating that the next time Ails came, he would try to communicate with him.

Mage Tower and Church representatives announced they would monitor Ails’ actions closely, as the fellow was all nods and bows in front of Malin. If he were to act differently behind Malin’s back, he might do something bad, so it was better to be safe than sorry. If he truly committed any evil acts, they would turn to Malin to deal with him.

With Malin’s power (holding four World Tree Saplings), defeating a Lich, even a legendary one, might be easily done.

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