Chapter 81: The Indignant Langli Baitiao

  As soon as Langli Baitiao ehe most famous tavern in Baator City, "Carolyn's House," all the pyers looked at him and ughed. Some shouted:

  "Langli Baitiao, you got killed again!"

  Langli Baitiao didn't reply. He said to the bartender, "Two warm beers, and a grilled sausage."

  Saying this, he id out nine copper s.

  The food and drinks sold at "Carolyn's House" are a great way for pyers to replenish stamina, certified by many professional strategy pyers.

  The pyers deliberately shouted loudly again: "You must have stolen someone else's stuff again!"

  Langli Baitiao widened his eyes and said, "How you snder me out of thin air..."

  "Snder? I saw you with my owhe day before yesterday using Mage Hand in the mio steal 【Royal Authority】 guild's magig. They blocked you at the respawn point and killed you seven ht times."

  Langli Baitiao's face turned red, veins bulging on his forehead, and he argued: "Stealing equipment doesn't t as stealing... stealing equipment!..."

  "Is what a Rogue does sidered stealing?"

  Then he said a string of inprehensible words, like "Mage Hand Legerdemain," "Are Trickster's main css," "Thieves' Tools proficy," which made everyone burst into ughter.

  The tavern was filled with a cheerful atmosphere inside and out.

  Suddenly, Mantou, dressed in a stable's uniform, swaggered into the shop. The longsword in his hand, carved with intricate emblems, made many pyers envious.

  Langli Baitiao was suddenly very excited but didn't know what to say. He just said:

  "Ah! Mantou."

  "—You're here?"

  During Mantou's eighteen days as a borer, Langli Baitiao had many iions with him while sneaking around in the mines, so he had many things he wao pour out: mines, hobgoblins, ogres, blog the door, moving bricks...

  But he always felt as if something was blog him, swirling only in his mind, uo speak out.

  Thinking that Mantou has now made it big, perhaps he could get some gold s by following him, Langli Baitiao thought.

  "Yo, isn't this Brother Lang!"

  "How have you been tely?"

  Mantou was also very happy to see him. He took off his helmet and greeted him warmly.

  Langli Baitiao shook his head rather indignantly, sighing: "Ah, not so good. 【Royal Authority】 guild is really bullying people too much. The things I worked so hard to get with my own hands were all robbed by them."

  Mantou patted his chest heroically: "What did they rob from you? I'll help you get it back!"

  "Robbery is a serious crime!"

  "It's the responsibility of us stables to punish all criminals, whether it's robbery or theft!"

  When saying "theft," Mantou deliberately emphasized his tone.

  Langli Baitiao shivered suddenly. He khat there was now a sad barrier between them.

  "No, it's nothing. I already got it back."

  Langli Baitiao mumbled vaguely.

  Mantou pulled Langli Baitiao over and said cheerfully: "It's okay, Brother Lang. If you've been wronged, just tell me!"

  "I, Mantou, will definitely stand up for you!"

  With his fragile body as an Are Trickster rogue, Langli Baitiao couldn't resist Mantou, a warrior.

  Langli Baitiao was on the verge of tears: "No need for you to take aantou."

  "These things are nothing."

  Someone nearby, eager to watch the excitement, said: "Lang-chu stole others' stuff again and got chased aen, hahaha!"

  "Exactly."

  "He even steals from 【Royal Authority】 guild, tsk tsk."

  "Lang-chu hasn't died enough yet."

  Langli Baitiao barely broke free, widened his eyes at those pyers again, and argued loudly: "Why do you always snder me out of thin air..."

  "Heh, there's even a video on the forum. Go check it yourself!" a pyer who had been stolen from by Langli Baitiao gritted his teeth.

  "Is what they say true?"

  "And... was that healing potion in the mine before also stolen by you?"

  A faintly unfriendly smile appeared on Mantou's face.

  Langli Baitiao suddenly recalled that when he was w in the mine, he had secretly taken a potion from Mantou. He didn't expect this guy to remember it until now!

  Langli Baitiao serouble and looked for an opportunity to escape.

  "No..."

  "Mantou, what are you going to do?"

  "Brother Lang, sorry, but I have to do my duty."

  Mantou's tone was heavy, but his hands didn't stop moving.

  He pulled Langli Baitiao ain and snapped a carefully prepared silver bracelet onto his wrist.

  "Citizen, you are suspected of theft. I am ordered to arrest you!"

  Mantou's panel refreshed with reward information.

  [You have captured an offender, gaira fa tribution: 150 points]

  "Hehe, effortless gain."

  Mantou immediately beamed with joy.

  Langli Baitiao was a bit stunned. His face showed a mix of joy and sorrow. He moved his lips but made no sound.

  His expression finally turned indignant, and he shouted clearly:

  "Mantou, you..."

  But his mouth was immediately stuffed with a towel.

  "Citizen, please do not attempt to provoke a stable," Mantou said smoothly.

  "Hahaha!"

  The tavern was once again filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

  That night, Langli Baitiao leaned against the cold wall of the Baator City jail, idly browsing the pyer forum. He still had three days of impriso before he could be released.

  At this moment, he found a hot topi the forum.

  "Manthteously arrests Lang-chu 【Video】"

  The ents below were full of joy:

  "First time I like Mantou so much."

  "Support Mantou!"

  "There are still good Mantous in the world!"

  "No friendly talk, just arrest him!"

  As Langli Baitiao browsed the ents, his face gradually turned red, and he gnashed his teeth:

  "Hmph, damn Mantou..."

  Langli Baitiao suddenly came across Singo's strategy post, whitroduced the Tieflings' homend, the city shrouded in blood and sin—Northwind Fortress.

  "I, Langli Baitiao, am a crafty hero in chaotic times. How I be trapped in this small Baator City?"

  He stared at the cold, hard prison bars, suddenly making a certain decision in his heart.

  .........

  The day, the prison guards found that the cell door had been pried open, and there was no one inside, leaving only a line of small words:

  "How a gold-scaled fish be fio a pond? Upon entering wind and clouds, it transforms into a dragon."

  The handwriting was crooked but still quite imposing.

  However, the guards didn't uand it and just wiped it off as a stain.

  Meanwhile, a new hot post appeared on the pyer forum:

  "How this small Baator City trap me, Langli Baitiao! Brother Lang's Northwind Fortress Adventure!"

  "Wow, Lang-chu left the main city?"

  "Awesome, Brother Lang!"

  "No worries, knowing Lang-chu's nature, he'll get himself killed and respawn back soon."

  "Good news: after Lang-chu left, Baator City's crime rate has signifitly decreased."

  "Everyone disperse; let's wait to block him at the respawn point ter."

  While pyers were discussing this, Langli Baitiao was frantically running at the edge of Storm Highnds, followed by several ugly hill giants.

  "What the heck are these things—"

  Langli Baitiao wailed, activating his rogue's dash, his legs almost leaving afterimages.

  FAL