Chapter 16
Chapter 16
After Thanos left the mayor's mansion, he immediately took out the communicator, sent a message to Sumante, and then walked to the previous mayor's house.
On the way, he saw deserted streets, and people looked at the skeletons and zombies behind him in fear.
Looking all the way, he found that the development of Zixi Town was abnormal.
There are blacksmith shops and mining workshops everywhere on the road, but there are almost no other industries.
Pedestrians walked by in a hurry, most of them were dressed in gray clothes, and they looked like miners.
It gives people the feeling that the people living here are very miserable.
It's no wonder that people from Homan Continent don't want to come here anymore.
Except for some people who can't survive, it is estimated that no one would be willing to come here to suffer.
After ten minutes, he returned to that temporary home.
At this time, the appearance here has been cleaned up almost.
Those scorched places have been wiped clean, and if it is really impossible to deal with, they are covered with white cloth.
It looks pretty good.
And he immediately noticed that Ai Ruo was looking up at the door, probably looking for someone.
When the other party saw him, he immediately showed a happy smile, and then trotted over.
"Hoohoo, Lord Mayor, when can I have lunch?"
So he was waiting for himself to eat.
Thanos said lightly: "First serve the food slowly, I'll wait for a few people."
After speaking, he walked into the house.
Ai Ruo was stunned for a moment when she heard that the food was being served, but she immediately realized it.
Just about to say something, but seeing the skeletons and zombies behind Thanos, she hesitated and followed.
When Thanos came into the house, he frowned immediately.
Because the servants in the house were all empty-handed and looked at him eagerly.
As if waiting for him to bring something.
At the same time, there was not even a plate on the five-meter-long dining table, and it didn't look like it was going to be served.
At this moment, Ai Ruo chased after him. Although she was a little afraid of skeletons and zombies, she still came to Thanos and said in a low voice: "Mayor, we don't have any food for lunch except breakfast."
"No?"
Thanos suddenly remembered that he was in a hurry to go out, leaving no money at all, and arranged for purchases or something.
After thinking about it, he took out his withered money bag, took out a few silver coins and handed them to Ai Ruo.
"Take it and buy some food, and four people will come over to eat together later."
Ai Ruo looked at the five silver coins in his hand, immediately nodded happily, and then called the others to go out together.
But Thanos looked at the deserted room and shook his head helplessly.
Everything is difficult at the beginning.
Now I still have a lot of things I haven't done.
For example, set up a laboratory, study the cat's eye sapphire improvement plan, transform the doll factory into an undead factory, purchase more advanced meditation methods, learn new undead witchcraft, and so on.
But all of these are inseparable from one thing, that is, money.
Money, money, never too much.
Just as he was thinking about how to make money, the half-burned door was pushed open.
Turning around, he found that it was Sumante and others who had arrived.
"Master Thanos, what are your orders?"
Thanos said: "I'll talk about it later, sit down first, the servants have already gone to buy food."
As soon as the words fell, he came to the main seat and sat down.
When Sumante, Chitty, Wilkin and Thackeray heard the words, they could only untie their leather armor, weapon shield and other equipment first, and then sat down on both sides of the dining table one by one.
Looking at the spacious room around him, Wilkin couldn't help but said, "Master Thanos's place is better. Although it's a bit dilapidated, at least such a big room won't be crowded."
Thanos said, "Why don't you stay here for you."
When Wilkin heard this, he immediately realized that he seemed to be complaining at the wrong time, and he would say these things as soon as he entered the door, as if he was begging for a house.
So he stood up quickly, and said in fear: "No, Lord Thanos, don't get me wrong, I just sighed, and I didn't mean it at all."
Thanos smiled slightly when he saw the other party's appearance.
"Don't panic, I know you don't mean it, but I can't live here for too long, after all, I don't even have a laboratory, and I will definitely move to another place after a while."
The laboratory here was destroyed by a fire, so I had to find another place to build my own laboratory.
And he also wanted to build a factory for the undead, so he needed a wide place to conduct experiments.
Hearing this, Wilkin was relieved.
"Scared me to death, Lord Thanos will stop making such jokes in the future."
Thanos shook his head and said with a smile: "Haha. Everyone is like friends, chat casually, don't be too restrained."
Hearing this, Chitty, Wilkin and Thackeray who were present all heaved a sigh of relief.
Because Thanos's swift action and decisive action in the morning put a lot of pressure on them.
After all, anyone who has seen the mayor's first day in office has emptied the former chief soldier.
Moreover, General Roger, who was still under pressure, had no ability to resist at all.
Especially Thanos' powerful aura and sense of oppression made them all think they were about to fight.
But now being able to say the same things as friends to them means that he is trying to win them over.
After a while, the situation on the scene quickly became harmonious as Thanos took the initiative to pull in, and everyone started talking and laughing.
Ten minutes later, Ai Ruo came back with other servants, carrying large and small bags of ingredients.
Then it's time to cook and eat.
two hours later.
Everyone is full.
But Thanos saw that the atmosphere was almost over, so he asked Ai Ruo to leave with other servants, and at the same time, there were skeletons and zombies guarding the door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.
Seeing this scene, Sumante, Chitty, Wilkin and Thackeray knew that they were about to enter the theme, so they immediately put away their relaxed expressions and sat down with serious faces.
Of course they knew that coming here was not as simple as having a meal, and they must have something important to ask them.
"How long will it take you to fully control the troops in Zixi Town?"
(End of this chapter)