Anduin noticed the disdain of the noble merchants on the scene, smiled slightly, and released his momentum.
Soon, the aura of the gold-level powerhouse spread from Anduin, oppressing every noble merchant present.
"Golden level!"
"A gold-level priest?!"
"Isn't the information about Bronze a lower rank?"
The noble businessmen exclaimed.
Seeing how powerful Anduin was, the disdain on the faces of the noble merchants present quickly faded and turned into awe.
Anduin did not stop, he released three more spells on himself, and the shadow of a gold-level high-level dragon gradually took shape in the open space in front of him.
"roar!"
The pale golden dragon flapped its wings in mid-air and roared at the crowd. The noble merchants were knocked away one after another, and two even fainted directly to the ground.
...
Anduin came to Kapur Port through Khadgar's [Teleportal Gate] this afternoon, but he only came here for a visit and would not stay permanently, and Riverbank Town cannot do without him for the time being.
Count Powell never expected that Anduin would be so powerful. Seeing the gold-level dragon, he also felt frightened.
It turns out that Sean has more than 5 powerful sky-level experts under his command, and the gold-level experts under his command are no worse than the veteran nobles like them!
It seems that hugging Sean’s thigh is not bad at all!
This strengthened Powell's determination to defect to Sean.
"Everyone, please cooperate with Lord Anduin in testing," Powell said.
"Okay!" The noble merchants present accepted their fate and walked over one after another, following Anduin's instructions to conduct tests one by one.
...
Anduin asked them to line up, and at the same time said to Powell: "Master Powell, how about you be the first one?"
"Me? Do I have to be tested too?" Powell pointed to his nose.
Anduin smiled and nodded: "Yes, you can be the first one. This can set an example. But don't worry, this test will not cause you any harm."
Powell hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, Lord Anduin, I believe you."
After saying that, he walked over from the side and stood at the front of the team.
Anduin said nothing and directly used [Thought Stealing] on Powell.
With the improvement of Anduin's strength, Anduin can now explore all the target's memories in the past month.
After some investigation, he found that there was nothing wrong with Powell, that he was very loyal to Sean and had no thoughts of rebellion.
So Anduin smiled and said:
"Okay, Mr. Powell, please go over, next one!"
"Is this the end?" Powell felt a little confused. He didn't feel anything during the entire test.
But Powell didn't say anything and walked to the side honestly.
Anduin began to use [Thought Stealing] on all the subsequent nobles in turn, and determined their respective donation shares based on their asset stocks, number of powerful men, degree of black-heartedness and other indicators.
Among them, the "degree of black heart" is the dominant component.
If this noble or big businessman behaves too dirty, such as holding many lives in their hands, excessively exploiting their workers, or having many black industries (slave trading, skin and flesh business), Anduin will define them as "high black heart"
", the donation is higher, otherwise it is much lower.
When Anduin mentioned the "donations" that several families needed to pay, it naturally aroused huge doubts.
One of the big businessmen named Wild Duck said: "Lord Anduin, Blainey Dove's family is engaged in the same industry as ours, and their business scale is much larger than ours. Why do their 'donations' are less than ours? This is unfair.
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"It's quite unfair." Anduin smiled.
"So...can you change it..." the big businessman said in a flattering manner.
Anduin shook his head: "What I said was unfair was for the innocent residents you killed.
In June last year, in order to defraud the Kapur Port of subsidies, you led 100 civilians to build a dam on the Fengling River, but you lied that you had 500 people. In the end, the dam was not completed on time, so you sent magicians to blow up the dam.
I caused the death of these 100 civilians, am I right?"
Hearing Anduin's words, the big businessman was immediately shocked and blurted out: "You...how did you know?"
This matter is a top secret in the family. How did he, a governor from Hetan Town, know about it?
However, he also realized that by saying these words, he had admitted his crime, and hurriedly covered his mouth.
The nobles around him also pointed at him with sideways glances:
"It turns out that he has done such dirty things! I heard about the dam building incident, and I felt something was wrong at that time!"
"That's 100 lives! I'm really ashamed to be a noble with such a person!"
"This kind of person is the worm of our principality!"
...
Anduin looked at Robert Mallard with a smile: "Do you still want me to continue? Just a week ago, on Jubberley Street in the east of the city..."
"Okay! Okay! I know I was wrong! Lord Anduin, please don't say any more!" Seeing that the scandalous things he had done recently were about to be made public, Robert Mallard hurriedly begged for mercy: "I am willing to do this.
Money, please stop talking about it."
"No, double!" Anduin sneered and raised two fingers.
"No problem, I'll do it, I'll do it." Robert Mallard said through gritted teeth.
...
After this small episode, the nobles and big businessmen at the back remained silent. While they accepted [Thought Stealing] honestly, they did not dare to raise any questions about the "donation amount" proposed by Anduin.
During this period, Anduin also discovered several nobles and big businessmen who were very likely to collaborate with the enemy. Without saying a word, he knocked these people unconscious with a [Smite] and asked Powell to put them in prison.
Then, Anduin, Powell and the remaining nobles and big businessmen signed a "Donation Contract" and agreed on the specific date and amount of the donation.
Finally, Powell and Anduin took a carriage to Sean's residence.
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Sean has been practicing lightly since he came back. When Powell and Anduin arrived, Sean immediately met them in the study.
"How's it going? Did things go smoothly?" Sean asked after taking a sip of the ice water in front of him.
"Your Highness Sean, the donation is going very smoothly!" Powell said with a red face: "Thanks to Anduin this time!
Because of his presence, we scraped 200,000 gold coins from these nobles and big businessmen, as well as a lot of bronze and silver-level free labor!
And none of them dare to have any objections, they are all very honest!"
Chapter completed!