Bloodline Wizard's Dragon Transformation Diary

Chapter 143 Entering the City, the First Hurdle: A Penny Can Stump Even a Hero

To be more precise, what Ralph and his group wanted was not just to drag Ansellow into their scheme and get him to help them cover up the changes in the Shield Kingdom—they also wanted Ansellow to return to the Silver Grey School to cover up the changes in the Shield Kingdom for them.

For Ralph and his companions, they genuinely did not want the Silver Ash School's power to be directly involved in the situation of the Shield Kingdom.

After all, compared to the powerful figures of the Silver-Gray School, the wizard Anselo in front of them was far too easy to fool!

Moreover, a great upheaval caused by a wizard has just occurred in Giant Shield City, and the wizard's influence has swept through the city. If other powerful members of the Silver Ash School were to arrive in Giant Shield City at this time, who knows what they would think?

Would he think that Ralph and his friends had also violated the wizarding "commandments" and therefore deal with them as well?

With the cooperation of the four, the still not 'mature' wizard Anselo was quickly persuaded.

……

When Loon arrived in Giant Shield City, it was noon, the sun was high in the sky, bringing boundless warmth.

But under the sunlight that had completely dispelled all the fog, Luo Ang felt not warmth at all, but rather a chill.

At the gates of Giant Shield City, Luo Ang let out a long breath, then tugged at his clothes, wrapping himself up even tighter, before heading towards the city gates.

Beyond the Great Shield City lay endless farmland and dilapidated, filthy shacks.

Along the way, judging from the condition of the farmers, Luo Ang knew that the agricultural tax here was also at 70% of its maximum!

When Luo Ang emerged from the forest, he could still clearly see several hanged corpses hanging at the edge of the forest—a flock of birds that looked like both crows and seagulls were pecking at the flesh, blood, flies, and maggots on the corpses.

Beneath the trees where the corpses hung, words and pictures described why these people were hanged—not for theft, nor for robbery.

Even after the nobles refused, they still sneaked into the mountains to gather firewood, thus polluting the "cleanliness" of the forest.

Amidst the rows of flat, fertile fields, besides farmers, one can occasionally see energetic groups moving between the fields and village huts...

Although the city of Giant Shield had just experienced a major upheaval, this upheaval was far removed from the lives of ordinary farmers. These farmers had no intention of taking the time to talk about the upheaval or gossip about it. For them, if they were to slack off now, they might have less food to eat at harvest time, and someone in their family might go hungry!

The only impact of the changes in the Great Shield City on these farmers is that they have to pay an extra "Royal Palace Repair Tax" today.

This tax was to be paid not only by farmers, but also by other citizens, merchants, knights, and minor nobles!

The taxes of the nobles had to be paid uniformly after the king issued a decree.

But those outside the nobility have to pay now!

immediately!

immediately!

When Loon stopped at the city gate of Giant Shield City, a tax collector and a squad of soldiers were blocking the gate, collecting taxes from the knights and merchants entering and leaving the city.

Seeing this, Luo Ang first frowned, then touched his body, and then felt a jolt.

Once on land, he prepared himself to be a traveling knight—as for a horse, he could buy one at the horse market after entering Giant Shield City.

In these central kingdoms where knights were highly regarded, horses, though precious and luxurious, were considered a "consumable" commodity and never lacked a market. Every city had a place dedicated to buying and selling horses—the horse trade was even more prosperous than the slave trade.

But as he stood at the city gate, looking at the tax officials, Loong suddenly realized another problem.

He had grown accustomed to being served by others as a wizard and had long since lost the habit of carrying money—originally, his spatial bag contained coins and jewelry obtained from the lair of wizard Lessent.

But when he was building Chashanling, he had already scattered all those coins and jewels there for the construction...

In addition, the two merchant guilds took good care of his and Scarlet Wizard's daily lives, so they had no need to spend money.

As a result, Loen has completely lost the concept of money.

So, after he spent all the money in his spatial bag, he never replenished it again.

This means that he is currently penniless and cannot produce a single copper coin.

Let alone buying horses.

He couldn't even afford the tax to enter the city!

Under these circumstances, a few beads of cold sweat appeared on Luo Ang's forehead.

The late emperor spent all the budget before his great undertaking was even halfway done—but now, he doesn't even have a budget left!

"The plan to travel and hide in the central kingdoms can't possibly fail before it even begins because of a lack of money, can it?" Luo Ang glanced around, trying to see if there were any passing caravans that he could temporarily act as their bodyguards and give them a ride—he could see very clearly that when those caravans entered the city, the taxes for entering and leaving the city were all paid by the caravans themselves.

"We also need to find a way to earn the money to buy horses."

—As for robbery and theft…

Although his current power means he no longer needs to care about the laws and rules of ordinary people, deep down he is still a law-abiding person.

Luo Ang would never do something like bullying ordinary people for no reason, relying on his own strength.

"Why isn't there a shrewd businessman out there for me to act as a righteous swindler and rob the rich to help the poor?" Luo Ang thought with a hint of regret, before quickly dismissing the dark thought.

Under his watchful eye, the surrounding caravans were all traveling steadily.

The accompanying guards also behaved themselves, and none of them had time to break out of the ranks to bully others...

As for those legendary noble playboys—there was trouble in Giant Shield City, the status of the Sulun family was shaky, and even the other four great nobles began to take action against the Sulun family members… Under such circumstances, which noble family would be foolish enough to let their own members out to cause trouble?

Just then, a huge procession slowly approached from a distance and came into Luo Ang's view.

Although Luo Ang was also of noble birth, he was not good at heraldry—to him, most of the noble families on the continent were unfamiliar families.

The nobles of this shield-coated kingdom were no exception.

But coincidentally, the banner carried by the approaching group was the coat of arms of a noble family that Loen knew.