Constructing-Style Wizard

Chapter 619: 199. Light and darkness coexist

The next day, early in the morning, Noland Lee left the Core District to meet with Janelle Thompson from the Island Affairs Department.

His highly efficient money-making operation yesterday allowed Janelle, the bounty agent, to experience the thrilling sensation of gold coins pouring in.

10% of the total bounty from bounty tasks would be taken by the Island Affairs Department.

Half of this 10% belongs to the Island Affairs Department, while the other half is Janelle’s commission, which corresponds to 5% of the total bounty.

Noland Lee received 48,600 bounties yesterday, and Janelle had an income of 2,700 gold coins.

2,700 gold coins were equivalent to her hard-earned income for half a month. Such generous remuneration was enough to make her admire Noland Lee’s talents and strength.

As soon as Janelle saw Noland Lee entering the room, she handed over the task order book she had prepared with a beaming smile:

“You’re here, Jarvis. This is the task I picked out for you. Take a look. And the arrest warrants you asked me to search for also have some leads.”

“Oh? So soon?” Noland Lee took the order book, glanced at it, stuffed it into the Magic Pouch, and looked at Janelle, who had some dark circles under her eyes, and said:

“Thank you for your hard work, Janelle, staying up late to help me look up arrest warrants.”

“Don’t mention it. It’s my job. Do you want to hear the results of my search now? Or do you want to wait until today’s business is over to talk about this?” Janelle asked with a smile.

“Let’s talk about it now.” Noland Lee pulled up a chair and sat down.

Janelle took a seat opposite him, using her liquefied right hand to fetch several scrolls sealed in metal boxes from the glass pipeline.

The metal boxes that stored the task order books were relatively thin, while the metal boxes storing arrest warrants were heavier, which clearly demonstrated the difference in weight between the task order books and arrest warrants.

Task order books can be initiated by any legal entity, such as ship owners, workshop owners, ordinary residents, and so on. The rewards for tasks are solely gold coins or equivalents.

Arrest warrants are different. The initiators are definitely the Wizard Enforcement Department, and the rewards consist of gold coins and law enforcement credit points.

Upon receiving an arrest warrant, one can enjoy convenient services provided by the Wizard Enforcement Department.

For example, after Noland Lee received Moscat’s arrest warrant, he was allowed two free teleports.

In order to prevent enforcement wizards from taking advantage, the Wizard Enforcement Department stipulated:

At the same time, an enforcement wizard can only receive one arrest warrant. After completing or canceling the current warrant, then they can receive a new one.

However, just looking at the list of wanted criminals on other arrest warrants is not a problem.

Noland Lee asked Janelle to look up arrest warrants because he wanted to confirm how many targets he could legally kill on the Suman Archipelago.

By taking down these targets, he could receive the bounties on the arrest warrants but couldn’t claim credit points nor enjoy free teleport services.

Noland Lee didn’t care about free teleportation or credit points – his only goal was the bounty.

So before leaving yesterday, he asked Janelle to help him search the Wanted Records Archive and find all the wanted criminals who met his screening criteria.

Noland Lee had only two screening criteria:

Screening Condition 1:

The wanted criminal’s fighting strength should not exceed four-circled, the crime level should preferably be Inferior Mage Level – that is, the second-tier criminals, and the total bounty should not exceed one million gold coins.

Screening Condition 2:

The wanted criminal prefers to work alone, or the number of people in the small group the criminal belongs to does not exceed 5.

Targets that meet these two conditions have a very high kill-to-price ratio, and Noland Lee is confident in taking them down in an instant.

The six metal boxes placed on the tabletop by Janelle corresponded to six wanted criminals who met Noland Lee’s screening criteria.

Janelle opened the metal boxes one by one, allowing Noland Lee to view the arrest warrants inside while saying:

“These six wanted criminals have appeared near the Suman Archipelago within the last seven days. With your ability, it should be relatively easy to find their whereabouts. There are about 20 other wanted criminals who haven’t been seen on the Suman Islands for at least half a month. Once these criminals expose their whereabouts, I will notify you immediately. What do you think, is this arrangement suitable?”

“Very good, no problems,” Noland Lee picked up the six arrest warrants and checked the details.

Since the wanted criminals are not legal wizards under Ulnas Circle protection, their personal information is not protected by the law. Noland Lee can freely view the contents of the arrest warrants without worrying about violating the privacy of the initiators of the task order books.

Noland Lee memorized the information on the arrest warrants using Deconstruction Technique.

“Sea poachers… Deep Sea raiders… peripheral members of the Pirate State… fraudsters… the origins and compositions of these wanted criminals are indeed diverse.”

Noland Lee read the arrest warrants and said:

“Moreover, behind every wanted criminal, there is the shadow of the Pirate Nation. It seems that the Suman Archipelago is plagued by the Pirate Nation. What is the origin of this Pirate Nation? How can it withstand the Deep Sea Branch for so long?”

“Actually… Jarvis, the main members of the Pirate Nation are the native inhabitants of the Suman Archipelago,” Janelle said.

Noland Lee was slightly taken aback:

“Native inhabitants? You mean, after Hotams established the Deep Sea Branch here, he drove out the native inhabitants of the island? These native inhabitants then founded the present Pirate Nation?”

“Yes, that’s about it. However, the real situation is somewhat complicated. It involves ancient knowledge from the last era, which can only be obtained from the Deep Sea Branch,” Janelle said.