"..." Ximu listened to what Richard said so clearly. He couldn't refute it for a moment. After a few seconds, he couldn't help but said, "Why do I always feel that you are deceiving me?"
"No." Richard shook his head and said sincerely, "Everything I said was serious and in accordance with the rules. I did not deceive you."
"But -" Ximu still didn't want to accept it. He suddenly thought of something and shouted, "By the way, I remembered something! You said that my escape caused damage to your property, so you let me I compensate you for working for you, right?”
"Yes." Richard nodded.
"So, how do you calculate the damage you caused to my property?" Ximu became more aggressive.
"Your property?" Richard asked.
"Yes, my property." Ximu's voice became louder, "My property in the lonely forest - those trees and animals are all! It was you shameless intruders who invaded my place and killed Many animals in the forest burned almost all the plants with flames, and finally captured me.
If you have to work for a hundred years to repay your property loss, then if you have to work for me for ten thousand years to repay my property loss, it won’t be enough! "
After listening to Ximu's words, Richard immediately recalled the time when he and the people from the Truth Society performed a mission in the lonely forest. Speaking of which, he was the one who proposed to set fire to the forest and force out Ximu's body. Ximu asked him for compensation, which really made sense.
It's just that it's one thing to make sense, but another thing to be able to get it.
Looking at Ximu, Richard said calmly: "I don't deny what you said. However, there are several aspects that I want to make clear. First, the person who invaded your forest and caused damage was not the one who took the lead. Me, but the organization behind me - the Truth Society.
In other words, even if I don't go, someone else will. Therefore, you should not ask me for your losses, but you should ask for them from the Society of Truth. As for how you ask them for it, it doesn't concern me. It's a dispute between you and them, and it shouldn't be involved with me.
Secondly, even if you really want to claim your losses from me, one very important thing is, do you have evidence or witnesses? "
"Huh?" Ximu was confused.
Richard explained: "As you said before, you can work as long as I can without asking you to work, and you must have proof. Now, the scene you can see is the proof, which can prove that you caused the damage. In addition, I We can also let others prove it a second time.”
"Pandora!" Richard turned his head and shouted.
Pandora, who was standing nearby, understood and said seriously: "Well, I can testify that it is the damage caused by his tree."
"Look, this is a witness." Richard said, looking at Ximu and asking, "Then can you find evidence and witnesses to prove it together? Also, can you prove that you are the owner of that forest, or can you prove that you are the owner of that forest? The forest does not belong to you at all, you are an intruder and have secretly taken over it, like a hermit crab on the beach.”
"I..." Ximu opened his mouth and faced Richard without making a sound for a long time. His strong momentum gradually decreased until it disappeared.
"Look." Richard spread his hands, "I said, I am reasonable. If you really deserve compensation for your losses, I will not refuse. However, if I don't deserve compensation, then I will not be willing to suffer a loss. .So, I also hope that you can also have this contractual spirit and perform the contract well. To be honest, although the contract stipulates a hundred years, if you perform well during the period, I can reduce the remaining time for you as appropriate.
For example, if you can work hard for a year, make no mistakes, and make outstanding contributions, I can shorten your time by one year. In this way, if you work for fifty years, you can shorten your life by fifty years. In the end, you will only fulfill half of the contract and you will be free. "
"Really?!" Ximu shouted in surprise. He really didn't expect that Richard could be so kind.
"Of course." Richard said, "I will definitely implement what I said and will not go back on it. Of course, having said that, if you perform well, you will be rewarded, and if you perform poorly, you will be punished. If you are passive and slow in your work, I have the right to Extend the contract time. If your behavior is more egregious, such as trying to escape a second time, then I'm sorry. The first time is the first offense, you can destroy the body and leave a tree heart. The second time, even the tree heart will not be left. Directly made into a pen holder.”
"I won't." Ximu whispered after a while.
"I hope so." Richard said, "In this case, the contract will be concluded, is it okay?"
"Do I have the right to choose?" Ximu asked.
"Of course." Richard said, "You can choose to accept it and fulfill the contract. Or refuse it and make it a pen holder."
"I promise, if you make a pen holder, I will make it very beautiful for you." Pandora was at the side and found the right opportunity to quickly interject, hoping that Ximu would consider the latter.
"..." After hearing this, Ximu twitched his face, looked at Richard and sighed, "Okay, I agree to your contract."
After hearing this, Pandora shook her head in disappointment, turned and walked away.
Richard looked at it, smiled softly, and looked at Ximu again: "You agreed, that's good. Next, I have some chores to deal with, such as storing the materials brought back, repairing buildings, repairing equipment, etc. So, I’m going to hand you over to Mr. Afu to monitor you for a period of time, and then when I’m done, I’ll put you in a place where you can grow, recover, and work, how about that?”
"Okay." Ximu continued expressionlessly. Suddenly something seemed to come to his mind, and he rolled his eyes and said, "I can promise you that I won't cause trouble. But do you dare to talk about that skeleton named Afu?" Accept it and don’t care about my affairs.”
"Huh?" Richard was slightly confused, "Why doesn't Mr. Ah Fu dare to accept it?" As he spoke, he looked doubtfully at the old lich Ah Fu not far away.
The old man Lich noticed something and turned to look. When he saw what Ximu was about to say, his eyes widened involuntarily. He quickly ran towards Ximu and said as he ran: "Hey, stupid tree, shut up. Don't do it." Nonsense!”
The old Lich finally took a step slower.
Just before the old man Lich ran over, Ximu spoke, and said to Richard arrogantly: "It's very simple. When you didn't come back before, I beat him very hard when I was escaping. He almost Beat him to death. To be honest, if a skeleton hadn't saved him, he wouldn't be alive now!"
"Huh?" Richard was stunned and became confused.
According to the message Pandora sent him, his guess about the truth of the matter was: Ximu escaped and was discovered by the Lich Old Man, who then called out Pandora, and the two of them joined forces to take care of Ximu. But now listening to the words of Ximu, who has experienced it, it seems that this is not the case, and there is something fishy.
Could it be that the old Lich was really beaten badly
So, how was tin wood solved
Pandora alone is at best on par with Ximu, right
Also, what about the skeleton that the other party mentioned? A skeleton came out from somewhere. Could it be made by the old man Lich
With his eyes flashing slightly, Richard turned his head to look at the old Lich running over with confusion.
The old man Lich stopped awkwardly, scratched his head, looked over and said, "What about this? Listen to me and tell you slowly."