Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 385: I’ll Take the Ships
Zhu Wan did not believe Zhao Hai's words at all. In his eyes, Zhao Hai was just a dark mage who had offended the church of light and had fallen into despair. He had left their family and would not be able to survive, so he was not afraid of Zhao Hai's threats. Instead, he coldly smiled and said, "Don't scare me. There's no use in talking big. You're here seeking our family's protection, but you don't want to pay any price at all. Instead, you're desperately trying to earn money from our family. Don't you think that's shameful?"
Zhao Hai was taken aback. He really didn't expect Zhu Wan to think like this. However, he didn't mind and simply looked at Zhu Wan and said, "Not at all. What's so shameful about it? If I weren't a dark mage and was doing business in Tianshui City, wouldn't you protect me? And besides, during my journey to Tianshui City, did your family send someone to protect me? Did I need your protection in Tianshui City? I actually didn't want to stay in the Lord's Mansion. Brother Smith insisted that I stay there, which wasn't my wish. What? Are you trying to hold that against me? It seems you can't find a reason."
Zhu Wan was left speechless by Zhao Hai's retort. Indeed, as Zhao Hai said, if he weren't a mage and was just doing business in Tianshui City, the Karlqi Family would still have to protect him. This was why Tianshui City was so prosperous; if it didn't do this, it wouldn't have reached its current level.
Zhu Wan was silent for a while because he truly didn't know what to say. Seeing Zhao Hai's relaxed demeanor, anger surged within him, and he shouted loudly, "Just say if you're paying or not! If you don't pay, don't blame me for being rude."
Zhao Hai looked at Zhu Wan with amusement and said, "How are you going to be rude to me? Are you going to attack me now? Do you have that kind of strength?"
When Zhu Wan looked into Zhao Hai's eyes, he felt a chill in his heart. He suddenly realized that he had been too arrogant, stepping onto Zhao Hai's ship. If Zhao Hai wanted to deal with him, it would indeed be very easy. He had heard that Zhao Hai's strength was not weak.
However, when Zhu Wan saw a figure standing behind him, he slowly calmed down. This person was actually not well-liked by him; he was the steward sent by his family, always telling him what he could and couldn't do, but he was quite strong, a seventh level dark mage.
Seeing him, Zhu Wan felt relieved. He turned to Zhao Hai and said, "If you have the ability, then bring it on! I want to see how you will deal with me."
Zhao Hai smiled slightly and said, "You'll find out." After that, he waved his hand, and a horde of undead beings flooded over, completely overwhelming the people on the ten ships. No one had expected that Zhao Hai's target was not Zhu Wan, but rather those on the ships. In no time, there wasn't a single living person left on the ships.
Zhao Hai then waved his hand, ten clouds of black mist surrounded the ten ships, and when the black mist dissipated, the people on those ten ships had all turned into undead beings.
Zhao Hai then turned to the astonished Zhu Wan and said, "I'll take these ten ships. In a moment, I will prepare a small boat for you. Since there aren't many of you, you don’t need a large ship. There are often ships passing by in this area; I think you’ll be able to return to Tianshui City soon." After saying this, he waved his hand, and the ten ships that Zhu Wan brought began to set sail, with the crew being the undead beings.
Zhu Wan and the others stared blankly at everything happening before their eyes. They truly hadn’t expected Zhao Hai to do this; it was far beyond their expectations.
Meanwhile, the head steward from the Karlqi Family, who had been standing behind Zhu Wan, sighed inwardly. Zhao Hai's move was too brilliant; he slapped Zhu Wan in the face while still saving face for the Karlqi Family. Moreover, with Zhao Hai's strength, they had no ability to resist now.
The steward had already realized that the people on the ten ships had all turned into high-level undead beings. Turning several thousand people into high-level undead beings was no small feat. Even with his strength, he couldn't achieve that without greatly shortening his lifespan. Yet Zhao Hai had done it, which gave him a renewed understanding of Zhao Hai’s capabilities. He also noticed that all the undead beings on Zhao Hai's current ship indicated that he had far more high-level undead beings than they could see.