Infinite Evolution System Made Me Too OP!

Chapter 391: A Loyal Patron

This unknown young man doesn't even look as if he has any cultivation. If he confronts the Sand Scorpion Syndicate members, then he will surely... die.'

Both father and son, as well as the other ten or so tied-up commoners, watched the confrontation with bated breath.

They were aware that the newcomer likely stood little to no chance against the Sand Scorpion Syndicate thieves, but that didn't stop hope from bubbling up within them. The way they saw it, if they were going to die either way, then they might as well die with the tiniest smidgen of hope within their hearts.

Then, like an explosive bullet, a fast-moving object flashed past their faces and crashed into the side of a caravan wagon, knocking it over and spilling out all its goods!

"!!!" "!!!" "!!!"

The merchant, his stupid son, and the commoners all swiveled their heads behind them. Completely out of their wildest dreams, they saw the thief captain knocked unconscious while planted into the shattered wagon!

"How can that be possible!?" The merchant yelled with absolute horror etched across his face. "The Thief Captain is a Grade 9 Immortal Venerable! He's considered extremely powerful in the outer empires! Even Kings don't dare to mess with him!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Shooting right past his astonished expression were the other Sand Scorpion Thieves, all of whom were frothing from their mouths and fading into the afterlife.

"I don't know about being a King," Azmodeus said while slowly walking past the kneeling merchant. "But I am, however, a businessman. And I am looking to conduct business right now."

"!!!" "!!!"

His nonchalant words took everyone out of their stupors as they shot their eyes to the back of the tall black-robed man. They watched as his hair ethereally fluttered in the wind, and they also watched as he... shamelessly looted the thief corpses.

Even for him, they had some nice goodies. He was not yet stupid enough to pass up on free loot.

After slicking back his black hair and regaining his sophisticated demeanor, the Merchant turned toward the one who saved them. "Ignore him, good sir, and let us get back to what we were talking about," he said as he rubbed his hands with a kiss-ass disposition.

"Oh?" Azmodeus raised one of his brows in interest. "And remind me, what exactly were we talking about?" He asked.

BING!

The merchant's storage ring flashed as a small metallic object shot out of it and landed in his hands. "This here, good sir, is a map tracker," he announced with a hint of pride. "It is something that our business association helped found and patent, and it is also what will allow you to find our stores to sell the goods obtained by those vile Sand Scorpions."

Azmodeus krinkled his forehead in slight annoyance. "What exactly does this have to do with claiming the bounties on their heads?" He asked.

The Merchant started to sweat even more than before as he took out a handkerchief and wiped off the perspiration forming on his forehead. "Don't get me wrong, good sir!" He said out of desperation. "Right beside one of my store association buildings is a Bounty Hunter Office. As the saying goes: 'Two birds with one stone'.

You can sell all your obtained goods to me, and then you can move over to the Bounty Hunter Office to claim the rewards for the bounties you killed!"

Azmodeus relaxed his expression at this explanation as he understood the gist of what the wizened merchant was getting at.

After a moment of thought, he focused his piercing gaze on the nervous merchant. "Where is your Business Association located?" He asked.

"The Azureflask Empire, good sir!"

Azmodeus's eyes softened. "You, merchant, have earned yourself a loyal patron," he said as he patted him on the shoulders with a toothy grin. "I will do you the honor of escorting you back to your Business Association. While doing so, I will also actively flush out the rest of these Sand Scorpion Thieves and obtain some more goods."

"!?"

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