Chapter 155: Dekan Would not Swindle Sincere Of us

Contained in the church, Mauleon took the keys from the mayor’s pocket and had been gone for nearly an hour.

In the meantime, Dekan, who remained within the church, had skillfully sure the unconscious engineer and locked him within the confessional. Then, he helped the mayor up and positioned him on a chair, letting him lie sprawled throughout the lengthy desk.

Lastly, Dekan took out paper, a pen, and the paperwork he obtained from the engineer to review the bridge design plans requested by Mauleon.

A number of tens of minutes handed within the blink of an eye fixed.

Lastly, the heavy doorways of the church had been pushed open as soon as once more. Mauleon appeared to have gathered helpful info from his investigation.Up to date from novelbIn.(c)om

Dekan glanced up at Mauleon earlier than returning his consideration to his design process, focusing intently. Fulfilling Mauleon’s request was proving to be considerably difficult. However this problem did not deter Dekan.

Holding all the pieces inside a funds of 30 holy cash is nothing!

Mauleon, carrying the mayor’s look, leisurely walked over to the true mayor and punctiliously positioned the keys again into the mayor’s pocket.

Then, he walked to the facet of the confessional, touched the engineer, and activated [Touch of Mimicry.]

When Mauleon returned to Dekan’s facet, he had reworked into the looks of the engineer.

“Did you discover something throughout your investigation?” Dekan requested with out lifting his head.

As Mauleon approached him to a sure distance, Dekan naturally grew to become alert.

“I searched fastidiously, together with the mayor’s home and the locations solely he had entry to. There was nothing associated to the mission, and completely no clues associated to the vampires you talked about,” Mauleon stated, leaning again in opposition to the desk and eyeing Dekan’s unfinished design drafts with curiosity.

“There should be one thing occurring with this small city. Its suspicious that there aren’t any clues in these locations; its virtually as in the event that they had been deliberately cleared out,” Dekan muttered, furrowing his forehead.

In spite of everything, the story’s background was very clearthe city was brewing with an impending occasion. With the disappearance of the priest a couple of days in the past and the destruction of the bridgetroubles had undoubtedly begun.

It was inconceivable to not uncover any info.

If mild strategies could not reveal something, then they must resort to extra excessive measures. Nevertheless, this must wait till after Dekan and Cornelia had reunited.

“No, 500 holy cash is an excessive amount of,” the mayor firmly refused.

“With my years of expertise, earlier than this priest, earlier than the church and below the statue, I swear that regardless of which contractor you discover, it will not be decrease than 450 holy cash. Plus, they cannot assure the standard like we will with our skilled crew.”

The mayor fell into silence.

“Until… this is what we will do. We’ll nonetheless cost you 300 holy cash, however you will must pay the total quantity upfront to assist with our money movement,” Mauleon sighed, showing to make a troublesome choice. “Think about it a service to the townsfolk. We’ll even take a loss to get the bridge fastened. You already know, enterprise hasn’t been good for us recently…”

The mayor raised an eyebrow, seeming considerably tempted. If Mauleon’s calculations had been appropriate, the mayor may solely take about 500 holy cash from the city’s public funds. In the event that they had been to spend 500 holy cash on the bridge restore, the mayor would not be capable of pocket a lot.

Going through this proposal with important temptation and threat, regardless that it appeared like a entice, the mayor hesitated.

“Please relaxation assured, we are going to signal a correct contract with you,” Mauleon added earnestly.

On the similar time, Dekan discreetly unleashed a spherical of [Rampant Desires,] engaging the mayor’s grasping wishes to erupt. In the meantime, Mauleon used a [Friendship Halo] card, counteracting the consequences of “Rampant Needs” on each of them.

[Friendship Halo]

[Category: Spell Card]

[Rarity: Orange Epic]

[Tier: 3]

[Effect: Reduces the impact of mental magic on individuals within the range and decreases the level of hatred towards the caster. The range determines the mana consumption.]

[Note: Thank you.]

This card was the one Mauleon used in the course of the earlier psychological magic confrontation with Dekan.

For a second, the mayor appeared to have misplaced his senses. He snatched the contract Mauleon provided as if grabbing a treasure. “Then it is 300 holy cash in full!”

“I am glad you’ve got made the best choice,” Mauleon replied.

Afterward, the mayor and Mauleon left the church to seek out the accountant, full the paperwork, and make the fee in a single seamless course of.