Chapter: Scamming the Welt Family
Red Maple Winery—a relatively large wine estate near Snow City—belonged to the Welt family.
Cheng Yu, wearing a black cloak and a ghost mask, came to the gate of Red Maple Winery.
"Who are you?"
The servant of the Welt family saw Cheng Yu dressed strangely and stopped him directly.
"My name is Kuwait. I'm a mage, and I have something to discuss with the head of your Welt family."
Cheng Yu explained his purpose to the servant.
The two servants saw Cheng Yu was wearing a mask and cloak—seemed mysterious and unusual. They didn't dare to neglect him. One of them led Cheng Yu into Red Maple Winery.
Red Maple Winery mainly brewed wine. There were many grape vines planted in the estate. Slaves weeded and fertilized in the vineyard.
Passing through a large vineyard, at the end of the road was a Gothic stone castle covering an area of over ten thousand square meters.
The servant led Cheng Yu into the castle, came to a room, and knocked on the door. "Master, a mage wants to see you."
The door opened. It was Ramante Welt, the head of the Welt family, who stood straight—like a well-behaved gentleman.
"Hello. My name is Kuwait, and I'm a mage."
To avoid being recognized, Cheng Yu deliberately lowered his voice, making it a bit low.
At the same time, he took out the bounty issued by the Welt family.
Ramante saw the bounty and instantly understood what Cheng Yu was here for.
"I'm Ramante Welt, the head of the Welt family. Please come in."
Cheng Yu followed Ramante to his office and sat opposite him.
"Dear Mr. Ramante, are you the one who wants to assassinate Cheng Yu?" Cheng Yu asked Ramante.
"That's right! That bastard named Cheng Yu deliberately mocked and played tricks on me. He must pay a heavy price!"
Ramante had been so angry with Cheng Yu a few days ago he broke his composure.
The more I endure it, the angrier I get. The more I take a step back, the more I lose. I was so angry I directly issued a bounty order and found a killer to assassinate Cheng Yu.
"How much are you going to pay for Cheng Yu's head?" Cheng Yu asked.
Ramante didn't know the person before him was Cheng Yu. He raised a finger. "One hundred gold coins."
Ahem~
Cheng Yu coughed twice. "In fact, this young man named Cheng Yu is my nephew."
"What?"
The mage before him turned out to be a relative of Cheng Yu.
He got the bounty order from Cheng Yu. Did he come here to help Cheng Yu kill himself?
Ramante was shocked and quickly stood up, taking down the long sword and shield on the wall at lightning speed.
"No, no, no! You misunderstood!"
Seeing Ramante's reaction, Cheng Yu hurriedly explained.
"???"
Ramante was full of confusion.
What does misunderstanding mean?
"Cheng Yu is my only relative in this world. If I assassinate him, I have to charge more."
This guy is ruthless. For money, he won't even spare his own nephew.
Slightly relieved, Ramante put down his sword and sat down opposite Cheng Yu again.
"Mr. Kuwait's behavior of sacrificing relatives for the sake of righteousness is really admirable! I'm willing to increase the bounty of this reward to 200 gold coins. Please take Cheng Yu's head and bring it to me within three days."
Thinking of Cheng Yu, that bastard, being backstabbed by his only relative, Ramante smiled unconsciously.
This is so interesting.
It's worth spending more money.
"Mr. Ramante, you also know the rules of our business. You have to pay half of the reward first, then pay the other half after the mission is completed."
Cheng Yu came here to scam the Welt family's money.
"It's okay to pay half of the reward, but how do I know if you can kill Cheng Yu? Cheng Yu has an orc slave who can release lightning power—very powerful."
That day in front of the manor, the reason why Ramante didn't fight Cheng Yu was mainly because he was afraid of the Thunder Bracelet on Mina's hand. That thing seemed to be a high-level magic item.
Cheng Yu walked to the window. "Mr. Ramante, do you see the hill over there?"
"I see it."
Ramante also walked to the window and looked at the hill a thousand meters away.
Cheng Yu condensed magic power in his palm. The fly-swatting magic array appeared in his palm. He raised his hand and slapped it.
Boom!
With a loud sound that shook the earth, a long crack appeared in the middle of the hill dozens of meters high.
The whole hill was split in half by Cheng Yu's palm.
Standing in the castle, you could feel the slight tremor of the ground.
Ramante was stunned with surprise.
What kind of method is this? Too terrifying!
"Do you think I can kill Cheng Yu now?" Cheng Yu laughed.
"You're too strong! Stronger than any mage I've ever seen!"
Ramante no longer doubted Cheng Yu's strength. He called a butler and asked the butler to take Cheng Yu to collect the money.
Following the butler to the winery warehouse, Cheng Yu got 100 gold coins.
I only earned 1.5 gold coins by selling bread today, but I easily got 100 gold coins by cheating.
Sure enough, the ways to get rich quickly are all written in the law.
"Don't worry, Mr. Ramante. I'll bring you Cheng Yu's head within three days."
Cheng Yu patted his chest and promised Ramante solemnly.
"With your words, I feel relieved."
Ramante felt Cheng Yu was a very reliable person.
"If you want to contact me, you can write a letter and leave it in the grocery store east of Bailu Town."
"Okay! No problem!"
Back in Bailu Town, Cheng Yu came to the grocery store in the east.
The owner of this grocery store was Buck, the guide of the Shadow Society.
Buck sat at the counter, one hand supporting his chin, idly staring blankly. His bald head was as bright as a light bulb.
"Buck, good afternoon!"
Cheng Yu walked to the counter and took off the mask on his face.
"Cheng Yu? Why are you dressed like this?"
"Cosplay."
"Cosplay? What's that?"
"Nothing. It's not important."
Cheng Yu took out ten gold coins and put them on the counter.
"Wow~ Ten gold coins!"
Buck lay in front of the counter, staring at the ten gold coins.
The golden light was more attractive than a naked beauty.
"For you."
Cheng Yu smiled.
The money he was able to defraud the Welt family of was thanks to Buck bringing him the bounty.
"So much money... for me?"
Buck's eyes were as big as two copper bells—unbelievable.
"Yeah."
Cheng Yu nodded.
"Godfather! My real father!"
Buck screamed at the top of his voice, put away the ten gold coins, and rushed out of the counter in excitement.
The muscular man weighing 180 kilograms hugged Cheng Yu.
Buck now has the attitude of "Lu Bu has been wandering for half his life, only regretting he hasn't met a wise master. If you don't abandon me, I'm willing to be your adoptive father."
"Get lost! Who wants to adopt you as an adopted son?"
Cheng Yu shook Buck off. He didn't like to stick to muscular men.
Buck stood up with a smile. "Boss, if you have any instructions in the future, I, Buck, will go through fire and water and die without hesitation!"
Monthly salary of 3,000, boss? What a shitty boss?
Monthly salary of 5,000, this boss is okay.
Monthly salary of 10,000, I'm in love with the boss.
Monthly salary of 100,000, the boss deserves to be enshrined in the imperial temple.
"Someone should send a letter to you later. Just give it to me in time."
"Leave it to me! I'll definitely send it to you as soon as possible!"