Gods, Ashes Descend

Chapter 51 Arrangement

They shook a hundred knight-themed cans in a row, and while everyone knew how to slay people or monsters, they were all dumbfounded when they started the ship and gripped the rudder.

The other locals, the unfortunate souls in the cages, were powerless against the demons and had nowhere to hide, dying tragically.

As for the sailors, all the survivors jumped into the sea. After all, the sudden appearance of cans of food was no less terrifying to them than the demons.

So they put their heads together and decided, well, since we're not going to die anyway, let's raise all the sails and just drift wherever we end up.

Maybe it will drift to that land.

However, as it turns out, people are often driven by necessity, and the group actually managed to master the art of sailing.

While Dark Souls magic isn't suited for playing any new tricks, the Miracle Force Shot can be thrown out and used as a shockwave.

Thus, the shock wave and the sail produced a magical chemical reaction.

The group began speeding the ship across the sea, managing to increase its speed from five or six knots to thirty knots.

But Li Wei only hoped that the creaking ship could hold out until it reached land.

The ship was left to them to play with. Levi leaned against the window of the captain's cabin, watching the setting sun outside. It was a rare moment of leisure for him to quietly consider the future.

Li Wei gazed at the shimmering, orange-red sea, a cigarette dangling from his lips as he pondered his next move.

It's fine to want something exciting, but isn't it a bit low-class to be a robber who does bad things and steals everywhere at noon with no skill involved?

Soul Thief, what an awful nickname, even though he did put in the effort to kill the other party.

Suddenly, Li Wei, staring at the setting sun, thought of something: as the saying goes, heroes are not judged by their origins, and rogues are not judged by their age.

One strong man like myself can walk around here with impunity, and a hundred strong men could easily conquer a territory.

But I have tens of thousands of undying hunks, and people are joining every day. What am I supposed to do?

I can sign a contract just like Gundam, I'm not one of those ancient barbarians, I need to be technically proficient.

There are plenty of people who can't survive. Protect their safety while they're alive, make sure they're well-fed and healthy, and let their souls belong to you after they die.

To give an example, in ancient times, robbery was like saying, "This road is mine, this tree is mine, if you want to pass, leave your toll."

After thousands of years of civilization, modern robbery looks like this: Toll station 500 meters ahead, please slow down.

See, this is much more technically advanced.

Moreover, it's not necessary to exterminate them all. In a magical world with powerful figures like this, even a single soul fragment is enough to feed them until the population explodes, and then they can win by sheer numbers. Neither I nor the First Flame are picky eaters, and time is meaningless to me.

If we make the cake platter bigger so that everyone can have some, then there's still a possibility of negotiation.

However, the most likely outcome is that they will have to fight a fierce battle with the underworld of this world, at least to prove that they can't do anything to them, in order to snatch food from the tiger's mouth.

Li Wei pressed the cigarette butt against the windowsill, and made his decision.

From this day forward, please address me as Your Majesty Li Wei.

After all, life is like a deaf person hearing a mute person say that a blind person sees a ghost; the world is just a makeshift operation, so everyone should just make do.

Just as Li Wei was considering how to make a bigger cake, Ken pushed open the door and came in to tell Li Wei some good news.

"Boss! We've found land!"

Li Wei shrugged at this.

"Why are you asking me? Do you think I can maneuver the boat to dock? Tell everyone to find a place to hold on tight."

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White Orchard is an area within Temuria, located east of the country's capital, Vijma.

Its name comes from the largest village in the area – Baiguoyuan Village.

As its name suggests, this is a region famous for its orchards, which are covered in white blossoms every spring.

Visiting this village in winter offers a unique experience; the orchard covered in snow is the most beautiful of all.

However, such opportunities don't come around every day. Being able to appreciate the beautiful scenery at this moment is enough, at least enough to attract the attention of a certain "conqueror king".

After the ship ran aground, Li Wei continued to row more than 900 people, making a total of 1,000.

They drove in a grand procession to a nearby village, looked around, and then chose the territory of an unlucky guy as their starting point.

The White Orchard of the Ignatius Verires family was unfortunately chosen. When hundreds of canned goods and a group of mages appeared on the outskirts of the territory, no one chose to resist.

No one even ran away; everything remained the same except for the local lord who was thrown out for trying to discuss sovereignty with Livy.

Well, actually, there's a big difference. At least there aren't many living creatures around anymore, and you can't see any monsters at all. After Li Wei called for an emergency halt, every household had cured meat hanging outside their doors, and the hunters were out of a job and were hired by Li Wei to be the village's night watchmen.

As for taxes, what taxes do people who don't die need? Just collect a symbolic elevenths tax, and that's it.

So these troublemakers suddenly didn't find the blue and gold lilies of Temuria so appealing anymore; at least these guys weren't like the former lord who extorted money from the land with a bunch of messy taxes and fees.

It wasn't that no one disliked Li Wei and his intruders, but Li Wei didn't waste words with them. He simply threw them out, or told them to leave on their own.

As for the local Temurian reaction, Levi didn't care about the king or anything like that. Levi just wanted to talk to the goddess of this world, Meritelli.

At night, in the former lord's bedroom, Li Wei took out the soul of the ferryman that Steel Bullet had given him, placed it on the table, and began to chat with the ball of souls.

"Hey buddy, give me some feedback. Go tell your boss that I know the last guy I beat up went to call for backup, but I'm not one to be trifled with."

If you can call in reinforcements, so can I. When things get heated, we'll smash the world to pieces and nobody will survive. Anyway, you can't stop me.

The first time I came alone, the second time I brought a thousand people, and the later I brought ten thousand. I could have slaughtered everyone in the world without a single survivor. Why don't we have an open and honest discussion?

Don't just focus on this small piece of land. Your world's production capacity is limited and can't support many people. But my world is different. As far as I know, some worlds can support hundreds of billions or even trillions of people.

Even if we suffer a broken bone, we can still support billions of people. Isn't this pie incredibly huge?

I'll take one-tenth of everyone's share. That's not much, is it? I'm using your space to bake the cake, and we don't object to you taking the lion's share, but you can't forget the cook when you're eating, right?

After talking for a while without any response, Li Wei reached out and poked the Soul Orb. Still no response, so Li Wei kept poking it.

Li Wei didn't believe that a soul, which was originally a soul, could just die like that. After all, when a demon spirit dies, it only turns to ashes, while its soul is absorbed.

Without a campfire, this kind of soul cannot be strengthened, and it will be dropped upon death. If you really have to fight, you'll have to go back and find a spiral sword, otherwise you'll be at a loss.

Perhaps realizing there was no way to avoid it, a shrill voice came from the Soul Orb.

"Don't touch me with your dirty hands!"

(Ginkgo Garden)

(Northern Kingdoms)